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Comedic play coming to Houston highlights Texas’ reign at Miss USA pageant in the 80s
Read full article: Comedic play coming to Houston highlights Texas’ reign at Miss USA pageant in the 80sDid you know the Miss USA winners from 1985 to 1989 were all Miss Texas titleholders? No other state has been able to achieve five consecutive wins and now there's a play about it. "Aces!" is about their live fictional tv reunion and it is coming to Houston. Today we learned more about the show that's full of laughs and interesting history as some of the cast joined us live in studio.
Matthew McConaughey talks about his mom pretended he won a ‘Little Mr. Texas’ pageant
Read full article: Matthew McConaughey talks about his mom pretended he won a ‘Little Mr. Texas’ pageantHOUSTON – Actor and Texas native Matthew McConaughey was always called a winner of “Little Mr. Texas” for most of his life -- until just two years ago when he learned the truth. During “The Kelly Clarkson Show” Tuesday promoting his new memoir “Green Lights,” the “Dazed and Confused” actor told the story of how his mother pretended he won a “Little Mr. Texas” pageant when he was 8 years old, but actually won runner-up. Here’s McConaughey telling the story in another interview. “Every time I would go to the kitchen for breakfast, my mom would point the framed photo of me and would say ‘Look at you, Matthew, Little Mr. Texas, that’s you!'" “You know what, would I be sitting here right now with the life I have if I was raised thinking I was runner-up?"