Entertainment Resource GuideIssue #16 •Jan. 6-19, 2014Bi-WeeklyFREE

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VERONICA R. HERNANDEZ SPEAKS

INDIE FILM INTERVIEWA $2,000 SOUTH TEXAS

SHOWDOWNIS PARANORMAL ACTIVITY

SCARED TO DEATH?

NOT YOUR AVERAGE

JOEJGL makes his return

to TV, but this time he’s running the

show, and it was created by you.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is

Let the search begin! Applications are now being accepted for the 2014 Miss Teen Beeville, Miss Beeville and Mrs. Beeville International.

All the women compet-ing in the pageant have the honor of representing their

area at the Granville

Arts Center in Dallas at the Texas International Pageant March 14-16.

“The Texas International system is something that dads and husbands can be proud of their daugh-ters and wives partici-pating in,” said Rachel Hedstrom, director of

Texas International. “This is the kind of system that rewards women for who they are and what they want for themselves and their families.”

Previous pageant expe-rience isn’t necessary, and there is no talent or swim-suit division in this com-

petition.Married women com-

pete in interview, fitness wear and evening gown, where they are escorted by their husbands on stage.

Teen and miss contes-tants compete in inter-view, fitness wear and evening gown, as well as “fun fashion,” a category devoted to showing off their own personal style in an age-appropriate outfit of their choosing.

“It’s all about celebrat-ing women as they truly are, and showing a level of confidence as they sparkle on-stage,” said Hedstrom.

Mrs. applicants must be married and between the ages of 21 and 56 as of July 1, 2014.

Miss applicants must be unmarried and between the ages of 19 and 30, and teen applicants must be unmarried and between the ages of 13 and 18 as of July 1, 2014.

The winning women who are selected as Miss Teen Beeville, Miss Beeville and Mrs. Beeville will serve as ambassadors

from the Beeville area with an official title and sash. Other area titles are also available.

The women crowned will each receive a prize

package valued in the thousands of dollars and the opportunity to repre-sent Texas at the 2014 International Pageant in Florida in July.

JANUARY 6-19, 2014P. 2

YOUR LOCAL GUIDE TO MOVIES, MUSIC,

MODELS, ART & ENTERTAINMENT FROM AROUND

THE WORLD

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Do you have what it takes to be the next Teen, Miss and Mrs. Beeville 2014?

So, you think you can sing? Sure, your mom or significant other may tell you that you have a voice of an angel, but are they willing to give you $2,000 to prove it?

T h e S o u t h T e x a s S i n g e r s Showdown is doing exactly that, plus week-ly cash prizes.

Here’s the deal. Come out every Tuesday and Thursday to Bar @ Three Rivers, 201 N. Harborth Ave. in Three Rivers, and sign up to sing some karaoke.

And every time you sign up to sing on either Tuesday or Thursday, your name will be entered

for a chance to win $100 every Thursday.

That’s a chance to win $100 every week until the end of February when the contest ends. And don’t forget that you have to be present Thursday at the time of

the drawing to win.

Doesn’t sound like a bad deal. But

what about that $2,000?

Well, the c o n t e s -tants with the most e n t r i e s after the entire con-

test will c o m p e t e

for the final showdown and

a chance for what could eventually be

well more than $2,000.

All that cash just for singing a few nights a week. If only life could be that easy.

The competition is hosted by Cisneros Music Entertainment, which hosts music events all over South Texas as well as local karaoke gigs.

You can get more information at facebook.com/cisnerosmusic.

Miss Teen Texas International 2012Briana Daughtry

The “Paranormal Activity” franchise may have finally passed away this weekend with the latest entry, “Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones,” making signifi-cantly less at the box office than “Paranormal Activity 4.”

While the highest opener of the franchise is “Paranormal Activity 3” with $52.7 million, that seemed to be the last gasp of life the series had. “Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones” opened with about $18 million.

The only problem with the series seems to be fatigue. How many times can you scare the audience with the same premise, no matter how many plot twists or jump scares you toss in the movie? And adding the Latino element in “The Mark Ones” boosted the box office a bit I’m sure, but it seemed more like a culture sucker punch than a viable attempt to entertain the ever grow-ing Latino film market.

While “The Marked Ones” is by far not a bad movie, it’s more of a “been there, seen that” type of film.

What the “Paranormal Activity” franchise has done, and continues to do well, is use the found foot-age aspect of the films is to continue to produce low-cost, feature horror

films that are actually done well. Most people seem to think that, since it’s all hand held and shaky, it’s easy to do.

How many ‘found foot-age’ movies have you seen since the first “Paranormal Activity”? (Or the best example, in my opinion, “ The Blair Witch Project”)

The audiences seem to think that anyone can make a horror movie just because they have a cam-era, but that is not true. There’s a huge amount of skill in lighting and cast-ing the seemingly ‘found’ film, and the franchise does it so well, they make it look simple. And that’s one of the many pros of the films.

The only con I can seem to come up with is that they’re just beat-ing a dead horse. I think they’ve ‘artistically’ done all they can with the franchise, and with “The Marked Ones” being more of spin-off than a sequel, I applaud their efforts. But in the end, it seemed like a straight-to-video rip off than a legitimate addition to the series—though better made than most other films in the genre.

And the films have also inspired their share of spoof films, most recently “Paranormal Whacktivity”.

And that’s why we’ll more than likely see

another sequel or spin-off.The films are popular.

Maybe their popularity is waning, but it’s still there.

And the movies are shot on the cheap, so they’re pretty much always guar-anteed to make the stu-dios some quick cash.

The first “Paranormal Activity” cost $15,000 to make and ended up making upwards of $100,000,000. The sequels ended up costing anywhere from $3 million to the latest at $5 million.

And in the film busi-ness, that’s pretty cheap, especially when they’re pretty much guaranteed to make their money back after one weekend.

And so far, that seems to be the only motivation to keep beating the afore-mentioned dead horse.

So, what could the stu-dio possibly do to rein-vigorate the franchise?

No one seems to have a clear idea. They tossed demons at Latinos, so maybe try African-

Americans next? Ghosts in the hood? Or maybe they’ll go back to where the genre started and do “The Blair Witch vs. the Paranormal”.

Who knows?

And it may seem like a moot point; when the

films continue to make money they’ll keep toss-ing out sequels, prequels, spin-offs until they just start ripping themselves off.

After the ‘disappoint-ing’ opening of the “The Marked Ones” they might just cool their jets and

maybe have a meeting or two to figure out how to move forward with the films or perhaps just lay the series to rest finally.

I mean, it’s Hollywood. Nothing ever stays dead for long. It is a franchise about the paranormal after all.

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JANUARY 6-19, 2014P. 4

Veronica R. Hernandez is a single mother who has worked in every aspect of the filmmaking process.

She’s done it all.And on Dec. 31,

2013, “Sanitarium” was released on Blu-Ray, DVD and VOD.

What do the two have in common?

Well, “Sanitarium” was shot in San Antonio with local folks on the pro-duction team, including Hernandez who served as the unit production man-ager.

The movie stars Malcolm McDowell, hometown favorite Lou Diamond Phillips and hor-ror icon Robert Englund.

So, it was a huge task for first-time production manager Hernandez, but she seemed to take the

challenge head-on and learned a thing or two about making movies in the process.

S T X s c e n e : Tell us a little about yourself and how you got into the movie business.

V e r o n i c a Hernandez: I have always been creative, since I was a child. I am part of a legacy in film, I guess you would say. My grandfa-ther came to the

States to play and write for silent films. I retired from Southwest Airlines, and the whole time feel-ing like I was missing

something. So I just dove in, wrote a short script (just to see if I could do it; I still haven’t made that short), bought a camera and started creating.

Now, I’ve made about 10 shorts, and four fea-tures. I’m a single moth-er working in my sec-ond career, doing what I love—making movies.

STX: You worked as the unit production man-ager on “Sanitarium” which just got released Dec. 31 on DVD, Blu-Ray and VOD. How did you land that job?

VH: One of the produc-er/writers/directors gave

me the opportunity.

Although I have never done the job, he believed in me to handle it. So

yeah, I can produce. I’m pretty damn resourceful.

STX: What was it like working on a film of this scale?

VH: This was my first time to work in an envi-ronment with this sort of demand for production value, and I loved it. This was the first time I got to work with actors such as these. It was a wonderful experience.

STX: Everybody, of course, will always remember Lou Diamond Phillips as Richie from La Bamba, but he’s proven to be such a versatile actor beyond that one iconic role. What was he like

to work with the Corpus Christi native?

VH: LDP is intense. As we know, he’s Filipino, but we claim him as our own because he has the alma of the Mexicano. He really does. He believed in this film, and he gave it his all. He’s an awesome man and actor.

STX: There are a few horror icons in this film, most notably Freddy Kruger himself, Robert Englund. How was he on set?

VH: Robert Englund is a gentleman. I hope I didn’t ruin any impres-sion of the man you might’ve had.

He played with the children. He was light-hearted and shared his experiences, not only act-ing experiences.

STX: Do you have any funny or interesting pro-duction stories?

VH: There are lots. What I loved the most is working with Latinos on set. We have our special way of communicating.

I have to say, out of the many stories I can share, the wrap party was the best story. A toda madre, our last day, we were going to put in chingo of hours. Lou was so sup-portive. We shot during the night and didn’t fin-ish until 10:52 a.m.

Our last scene was a stunt, all of us with gloves were holding wires, everyone was going to make this scene happen. It was teamwork, and then Kerry called, “It’s a wrap!”

We went crazy in the parking lot of the studio off Hwy 281. It was all bittersweet!

STX: What drives you to make and be involved in film?

VH: It’s in my blood. I remember the legacy. I’m a total creative person. I’m a writer, and I love to direct, and I love to produce (yes, I’m a con-trol freak). I have a drive to tell stories that will impact people’s lives.

STX: The film industry isn’t like any other indus-try out there. What were some hard lessons you learned along the way?

VH: LMAO!!! Oh yeah... I have done three features since “Sanitarium.”

It’s hard to describe. You just have to iden-tify signs of a possible catastrophe, and if you do, run the other way. If you don’t, as a good direc-tor and producer friend has said, “Go down with the ship.”

Stay away from people who don’t listen to the voice of experience and “green” people who don’t understand production value.

STX: What’s the most gratifying aspect of the filmmaking profession?

VH: Seeing it on the big screen and knowing you were a part of some-thing with great produc-tion value. That you were part of the “machine” as I like to put it. Working with brilliant people.

Veronica R. Hernandez

San Antonio indie filmmaker

Lou Diamond Phillips as James Silo in ‘Sanitarium’

Malcolm McDowell in ‘Sanitarium’

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a very busy guy.

Sure, his directori-al debut “Don Jon,” in which he also starred, came out earlier this year and is nominated for a Independent Spirit award for Best First Screenplay.

And not to men-tion he’s had roles in Steven Spielberg’s “ L i n c o l n , ” C h r i s t o p h e r Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises” and Rian Johnson’s “Looper.”

But why just take over the big screen when you can conquer the web and TV— all in one fell swoop?

In 2010, at the Sundance Film Festival, JGL launched hitRECord; a production company which uses video, music, pho-tography, literature, performance, spo-ken word and basi-cally any art medium culled together on the site from different art-ists around the world to make various projects such as short films, books and DVDs.

Basically, it’s a huge, worldwide com-munity of people com-ing together to make art. The site now hosts more than

80,000 members and receives about 1,000 vid-eos, songs, stories and pieces of artwork daily.

“Hundreds of thou-sands of artists from all over the world contribute to the collaborative proj-ects we have going on our site — hitRECord —

where I’ve been directing each piece and perform-ing in a bunch of them too,” JGL wrote in the YouTube trailer descrip-tion.

Not too shabby.But of course, that’s not

enough for ol’ JGL. Now, hitRECord is headed to

your televi-sion screens.

C o m i n g Jan. 18,

2014, on the Pivot channel,

h i t R E -Cord will launch a half-hour v a r i e t y s h o w f i l l e d w i t h s h o r t f i l m s ,

live perfor-mances, music, car-

toons and more hosted by JGL himself.

“I love variety; I like performing

live,” JGL said in a recent interview. “I

grew up on ‘Third Rock From The Sun’ perform-ing live for big

laughs ... Let’s just do a whole

bunch of really fun s***.”

Each epi-sode will have

one main theme that all the medium will revolve around, with the first episode being

stories of first times, unity and solitude.

And why should you all care?

Well, because you’re invited to partake in the mischievous melee of modern art and submit any and everything you feel would be a perfect fit for the website and could possibly make it on to the show, that’s why.

As described on the site’s description, “Each episode focuses on a dif-ferent theme as Joe invites and encourages anybody with an Internet connection to join him and contribute.”

So, if you head over to hitrecord.org, you’ll find all the info you’ll need to upload your masterpiece.

Feel like you’re a mas-ter editor? Everyone who joins is welcomed to mix and mash-up any art-work that’s available on the site. There’s also a list of contributors looking for help, whether it be music, animation, graphic design

— it’s all there waiting for you to play with it.

And if they decide to use your work and pos-sibly publish it, you’ll get paid for it, too.

While there’s a slim chance you’ll become rich off of it, if you do get published or your work is used, it’ll be viewed by like-minded people all over the world and quite possibly end up on TV as well.

HitRECord seems to be the first online artist com-munity giving back to the artists themselves to keep making more art, which seems to be JGL’s main goal here.

And, for the third time ever in Sundance his-tory for a TV show, the first episodes will screen at the 2013 film festival the day before they hit

your television set and be introduced by JGL him-self.

A Rec Room also will be there for the duration of the fest to make “live art” and possibly be featured in future videos and mul-timedia events.

As more and more cre-ative power is handed over to the artists and backed by artists such as JGL, the art world is quickly expanding to encompass more facets of the imagination.

To begin submitting today, simply head on over to hitrecord.org and sign up to begin uploading that short film you and your friends shot in high school. You never know what it might become.

Joseph Gordon-Levittand his return to TV

JANUARY 6-19, 2014P. 6

It’s like a punch to the face...but in a good way.

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EatBEEVILLE

Beeville Diner2503 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 362-9724Burger Depot515 E. Houston St.(361) 362-2400Chili’s Grill & Bar400 E. FM 351(361) 354-5600Church’s Chicken611 N. Washington St.(361) 358-9256Dog & Bee Public House119 N. Washington St.(361) 354-5871Domino’s Pizza414 N. Washington St.(361) 358-6871El Charro Restaurant601 E. Houston St.(361) 542-4572El Jardin Restaurant806 W. Corpus Christi St.(361) 358-2922Gasthaus Berliner Bear2510 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 354-5444Golden Chick2305 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 358-5525Hensley’s Cafe307 N. Washington St.(361) 358-8414Hong Kong Palace301 S. FM 351(361) 358-2861

Jalisco Mexico Taqueria1401 W. Corpus Christi St.(361) 362-0841KFC200 E. Houston St.(361) 358-7222Little Caesars Pizza420 E. FM 351(361) 358-9555The Lodge at Shorty’s Place702 S. Washington St.(361) 358-7302McDonald’s(Walmart) 502 E. FM 351(361) 358-92552301 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 354-5215Mi Familia Restaurant2017 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 358-9255New China Super Buffet2003 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 358-8889O’Daddy’s901 W. Corpus Christi St.(361) 358-5945Pantry Stores3803 N. St. Mary’s St. (361) 358-4965911 S. Washington St. (361) 358-8477

1720 E. Houston St. (361) 358-8602Pizza Hut1103 N. Washington St.(361) 358-2970Sammy’s Burgers & Brew2144 Ellis Road(361) 358-1067Scores Sports Bar & Grill1502 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 358-5055Stars Restaurant2403 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 358-0020Stone Creek Grill4402 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 354-5189Subway710 E. Houston St.(361) 358-62001700 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 358-6000Taqueria Chapala1805 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 354-5945Taqueria Guadalajara622 W. Corpus Christi St.(361) 358-1971Taqueria Jalisco2020 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 354-5803

Taqueria Vallarta1611 S. Washington St.(361) 358-5948Washington Street Seafood 1602 S. Washington St.(361) 358-8454Whataburger1710 N. Washington St.(361) 358-1971

GEORGE WESTAgave Jalisco Restaurant403 Nueces St.(361) 449-8899Burger King4059 W. Hwy 59(361) 449-3014Church’s ChickenHighway 281 at Burleson(361) 449-1864Dairy Queen1350 U.S. 281(361) 449-1822Nueces Street Grill206 Nueces St.(361) 449-2030Pizzarriffic407 Nueces St.(361) 449-1900Sonic Drive-In805 Nueces St.(361) 449-2614

GOLIADBlue Quail Deli224 S. Commercial St.(361) 645-1600Dairy Queen243 E. Pearl St.(361) 645-3274Empresario Restaurant141 S. Courthouse Sq.

(361) 645-2347Hanging Tree Restaurant144 N. Courthouse Sq.(361) 645-8955La Bahia Restaurant1877 US 183(361) 645-3900Subway420 E. Pearl St.(361) 645-3709Whataburger348 E. Pearl(361) 645-8800

KARNES CITYBecky’s Cafe201 W Calvert Ave.(830) 780-4339Big Daddy’s Tarbender’s426 CR 298(830) 780-3202Dairy QueenTexas 80(830) 780-2712El Mariachi Jalisco

Restaurant118 Texas 123(830) 780-3350The MarketSat. & Sun. only208 E. Calvert Ave.(830) 780-3841Partner’s BBQ204 S. Hwy. 123(830) 780-5121Polak’s Sawsage Farm

Restaurant2835 U.S. 181(830) 583-2113Taqueria Vallarta202 Texas 123

(830) 780-2465KENEDY

The Backyard Grill496 N. Sunset Strip St.(830) 583-0438Barth’s Restaurant445 N. Sunset Strip St.(830) 583-2468Church’s Chicken110 N Sunset Strip St.(830) 583-9030Jerry B’s4531 U.S. 181(830) 583-2500Lucita’s Mexican Restaurant500 W. Main St.(830) 583-9455Pizza Hut106 N Sunset Strip St.(830) 583-9864R J’s Hamburgers420 W Main St.(830) 583-2344Rodriquez’s Tacos205 Texas 72(830) 583-9800

THREE RIVERSAgave Jalisco Mexican

Restaurant400 S Harborth Ave.(361) 786-2020Bar @ 3 Rivers Bar & Grill201 N. Harborth Ave.(361) 786-2020Beckett’s Dugout800 N Harborth Ave.(361) 786-3600Brush Country BBQU.S. 281 (361) 786-4335

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El Tapatio405 N. Harborth Ave.(361) 786-3949Pepe Boudreaux’s3145 Texas 72(361) 786-4938Ranch House100 S Harborth Ave.(361) 786-2196Sowell’s BBQ114 W Thornton St.(361) 786-3333Staghorn Restaurant1019 N Harborth Ave.(361) 786-3545SubwayS Harborth Ave.(361) 786-3308Church’s Chicken110 N. Sunset Strip St.(830) 583-9030Jerry B’s4531 U.S. 181(830) 583-2500Lucita’s Mexican Restaurant500 W. Main St.(830) 583-9455Pizza Hut

106 N. Sunset Strip St.(830) 583-9864R J’s Hamburgers420 W. Main St.(830) 583-2344Rodriquez’s Tacos205 Texas 72(830) 583-9800

DrinkBEEVILLE

19th Hole Patio Cantina3601 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 358-2837B.O.B.W.E.1308 S. St. Mary’s St.(361) 542-4551Chili’s Grill & Bar400 E. FM 351(361) 354-5600Club 591610 W. Corpus Christi St.(361) 362-0591Dog & Bee Public House

119 N. Washington St.(361) 354-5871The Grand Dancehall2461 U.S. Hwy 59(361) 358-1185Papi’s Place1517 W. Corpus Christi St.(361) 358-7160The Riverbend Sports Bar1603 N. St Marys St.(361) 362-0471Roadside Tavern2503 S. Washington St.(361) 362-1720Scores Sports Bar & Grill1502 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 358-5055

Stone Creek Grill4402 N. St. Mary’s St. (361) 354-5189T’s Honky Tonk209 N. Washington St.(361) 358-1411Tejano Highway1205 S. Washington St.

GOLIADSchroeder Dancehall12516 FM 622(361) 573-7002

KARNES CITYBar Tonik102 N. Market St.(830) 780-5255

KENEDYCoyotes Sports Bar116 W. Main St.(830) 583-9243Desperado Saloon312 S. Sunset Strip St.(830) 583-0371Jerry B’s4531 U.S. 181(830) 583-2500

PAPALOTEChasers Bar & Grill10620 CR 535 Hwy. 181(361) 287-3340

SKIDMOREAl’s Friendly Bar517 County Road 619

(361) 287-3326THREE RIVERS

Bar @ 3 Rivers Bar & Grill201 N. Harborth Ave(361) 786-2020Beckett’s Dugout800 N. Harborth Ave.(361) 786-3600Pepe Boudreaux’s3145 Texas 72(361) 786-4938

TULETA7 Brothers Saloon7961 Hwy, 181 N.(361) 318-5250

RestauRant and baR guide continued

Tues. Jan. 7• Ghost Police at

1301: Greedy Mouth and a Disco for Ferns will be opening up for Ghost Police which will be the first time the band per-forms in C.C. The music starts at around 8 p.m. 1301 Ayers in Corpus Christi.

Fri. Jan. 10• The Best Little

Whorehouse in Texas at Aurora Arts Theatre: The Aurora Arts Theatre kicks off its musical production of “The Best Little Whore House in Texas” which runs through Feb. 22 on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays

at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are

$12 - $14 each. 5635

Everhart Rd. in Corpus

Christi.

Sat. Jan. 11• Granger Smith

at Schroeder Hall:

Renegade West will be

opening the show. Special

performance by Earl

Dibbles, Jr.! Doors open

at 8 p.m., and the music

starts at 9 p.m. Tickets

$12 advance and $15 at

the door. All ages wel-

come. 12516 FM 622 in

Goliad.

• Corpus Christi

Writers Meet-up at

Cafe Calypso: For

the first few months of 2014, the Corpus Christi Writers will be focusing on offering unique educa-tional workshops for the plethora of writers in the Coastal Bend. It’s free to join and open to all genres of writing, so meet up with some other writ-ers just like you! 5425

S.P.I.D. #185 in Corpus

Christi.

• Papalote Cook-Off Benefit at Chasers: IBCA Sanctioned Cookoff

with categories in brisket,

pork spare ribs, chicken

and two jackpot items.

There will also be

darts, pool, horseshoes,

and washer tournaments: along with live music and stuff for the kiddos dur-ing the day. 5425 10620 CR 535 in Paplote.

Sat. Jan. 18• America’s Got

Talent Auditions at Reliant Center: America’s Got Talent is hosting open auditions on Jan. 18 at the Reliant Center. The auditions kick off at 8 a.m. Pre-register for your by visit-ing www.AGTauditions.com. 1 Reliant Park in Houston.

Need your awesome event listed? Drop us a line at Info@stxscene.com with all the details, and we’ll be glad to gen-tly place it on this page.

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