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Aug
19
2021
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By Troy Warren
Austin: Angry parent rips mask off teacher’s face, superintendent says

Austin: Angry parent rips mask off teacher’s face, superintendent says

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By Avery Newmark, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for AustinNewsAndTalk.Com A teacher in a Texas school district was physically assaulted Monday when a parent ripped off her face mask, news outlets reported. “A parent physically assaulted a teacher by ripping a mask off her face, others yelling at a teacher to take off her mask because they could not understand what the teacher was saying while her face was covered,” Eanes Independent School District Superintendent Tom Leonard wrote in a statement Tuesday. “This type of behavior will not be tolerated in Eanes ISD. Our staff are on the front lines of this pandemic;…
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Aug
07
2021
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By Troy Warren
Austin: Soho House’s First Texas Outpost and 4 More New Hotspots to Check Out in Austin

Austin: Soho House’s First Texas Outpost and 4 More New Hotspots to Check Out in Austin

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BY LAURIE BROOKINS | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for AustinNewsAndTalk.Com #RealEstate  Spurred by "so many of our members moving there," the private club just opened in the Texas capital. SOHO HOUSE The members-only social club known for drawing stars to its splashy locations in L.A., London and New York has chosen Austin for its first Texas outpost. Situated between downtown and South Austin, the club opened in June with amenities that include 46 hotel rooms, a rooftop pool (above), a screening room and restaurant. “It was an obvious city for us — so many of our members were moving there from the West…
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Aug
06
2021
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By Troy Warren
Austin: Why I Left Hollywood for Austin

Austin: Why I Left Hollywood for Austin

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BY BECCA TOBIN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for AustinNewsAndTalk.Com Becca Tobin, who stars in the new Disney+ series 'Turner & Hooch,' explains why she traded Laurel Canyon for the Texas burbs: "People now realize that life is short." In the middle of the pandemic, I was living in Los Angeles when my husband and I formed a pod with two of our other really close friends — Jamie-Lynn Sigler and her husband, Cutter Dykstra, and Haylie Duff and her husband, Matt Rosenberg. We had been chatting about how we’ve been able to do all our work remotely and were getting fatigued…
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Aug
06
2021
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Austin: How Austin Has Undergone a Pandemic Influx From Hollywood: “Growth on a Turbocharger”

Austin: How Austin Has Undergone a Pandemic Influx From Hollywood: “Growth on a Turbocharger”

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BY JAMES HIBBERD | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for AustinNewsAndTalk.Com  As stars like Stephen Amell and Zachary Levi flock to the Texas capital, median home prices have risen a stunning 43 percent in one year in the "cool," "friendly" city: "I've just been waiting for the secret to get out," says Matthew McConaughey. “It’s absolutely insane,” marvels Jared Padalecki. “It’s like nothing I’ve ever seen. It’s growth and expansion on a turbocharger. You’re just going like … whoa.” That the Walker actor might struggle a bit to express the seismic changes to Austin over the past year is perfectly understandable. The Texas capital has undergone…
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