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  Houston's Craziest

  In a one-of-a-kind short list, HPD names the 30 most troubled mentally ill in the city.

  By Paul Knight

  Thursday, December 31

  Jimmy Bailey has taken so much lithium in his life that all his teeth, except a few that wouldn't give up, have rotted away, leaving him with a... More >>
• Houston's Craziest: The 30 Worst

  The troubled people whom Houston police officers hate to see headed their way.

  By Paul Knight

  Thursday, December 31

  1. A 34-year-old man whose grandmother filed a restraining order against him because he beat her up. The man eventually moved to Pasadena with an... More >>
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  Year in Film: Director of the Decade

  Clint Eastwood talks straight about his prolific career.

  By Scott Foundas

  Thursday, December 24

  On a late March morning, the sun sits high in the Cape Town sky, illuminating the trapezoidal monolith of Table Mountain in the distance, while... More >>
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  Year in Film: Grounded

  Up in the Air director Jason Reitman has a good sense of where he's from and where he's headed.

  By Scott Foundas

  Thursday, December 24

  Unlike the zigzagging protagonist of his latest film, Up in the Air, Jason Reitman tends to stay close to home. "If we were in a small town,... More >>
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  Year in Film: One from the Heart

  Jeff Bridges shines as a country music has-been. Will the elusive Oscar finally be his?

  By Ella Taylor

  Thursday, December 24

  Enticing Jeff Bridges to voice a washed-up surfer dude in the 2007 children's movie Surf's Up, the filmmakers sent the actor a video of an... More >>