1,000 rescues and 60 miles hiked in 20 hours during the July Fourth floods. Meet the volunteer firefighters who did it.

The Mountain Home Volunteer Fire Department rescued over 1,000 people in a 20-hour operation during Texas Hill Country floods. MOUNTAIN HOME, Texas — When floodwaters surged through the Texas Hill Country over the Fourth of July holiday, a small but mighty swift water rescue team from a volunteer fire department became an anchor in the … Read more

‘Oppenheimer’ director’s next movie doesn’t open until July 2026. Tickets are already on sale at one Texas theatre.

Tickets for IMAX 70mm screenings to “The Odyssey” are already selling out ahead of its July 2026 release. SAN ANTONIO — Christopher Nolan – the director who brought “Inception, “Interstellar” and the “Dark Knight” trilogy to multiplexes while filling Hollywood’s coffers – is about the surest bet in movies these days. Few filmmakers have had … Read more

Yes, you can buy ‘The Odyssey’ tickets a year early for some screenings. Does that include SA?

Tickets for IMAX 70mm screenings to “The Odyssey” are already selling out ahead of its July 2026 release. SAN ANTONIO — Christopher Nolan – the director who brought “Inception, “Interstellar” and the “Dark Knight” trilogy to multiplexes while filling Hollywood’s coffers – is about the surest bet in movies these days. Few filmmakers have had … Read more

Chip and Joanna Gaines, other Texans to guest star on upcoming season of ‘Shark Tank’

The Gaineses, who built a reality TV empire based in Waco, will join the ABC show this season. DALLAS — Shark Tank is returning this fall without Mark Cuban, but several Texans will step in to fill his empty chair, including North Texas moguls Chip and Joanna Gaines.  Cuban exited the show last season after … Read more

Corpus Christi Comic Con kicks off Friday at American Bank Center

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coastal Bend’s premier pop culture event returned to downtown Corpus Christi on Friday, as Comic Con kicked off a weekend of costumes, collectibles and community at the American Bank Center. The convention, which draws fans of comics, movies, anime and gaming, features a wide range of attractions, including celebrity photo … Read more

Director of ‘Selena y Los Dinos’ combed through hundreds of hours of family archives for new documentary

The documentary, which hits Netflix in late 2025, will first screen in San Antonio at CineFestival this Saturday and Sunday. SAN ANTONIO — Isabel Castro’s “Selena y Los Dinos” has thus far screened at Sundance, SXSW, Miami, even Australia.  Still, the journalist-turned-documentarian understands that when the new movie makes its San Antonio premiere as part … Read more