After a long time of ready, growing, and deal-making, “Darkish Winds” blew into Austin, TX Thursday night time for its international premiere.
“That is such a particular present for us. ‘Darkish Winds’ has had an extended journey to this second,” Dan McDermott, president of AMC Leisure and AMC Studios, mentioned from the stage on the Paramount Theater. “It began over 30 years in the past, when Bob Redford found Tony Hillerman’s novels and optioned them. He spent a very long time making an attempt to get this present made — and he heard ‘no’ quite a bit.”
Heralded as probably the most formidable Native-led TV present ever made, “Darkish Winds” is a thriller based mostly on Hillerman’s Leaphorn & Chee ebook sequence. Zahn McClarnon (“Fargo,” “Reservation Canine”) stars as Tribal Police lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, a married investigator engaged on a distant outpost of the Navajo Nation close to Monument Valley. When two high-profile instances cross his desk, Leaphorn is assigned a brand new deputy: Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon), who works alongside Sergeant Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten) to assist crack each crimes.
“I’ve performed just a few tribal cops,” McClarnon mentioned throughout the post-screening Q&A. “I’ve definitely achieved my analysis [for the role.] I grew up on and off the reservation. One in all my uncles was a tribal cop in Montana.”
“I grew up a little bit bit on the reservation in Arizona, and I had a pair spats with the tribal police there,” Gordon mentioned. “My dad, he was a cop. He was a deputy, and all the pieces I do know, I do know from my dad.”
Matten mentioned she’d additionally performed a tribal police officer earlier than, however she was thrilled to embody a personality as sturdy, sensible, and humorous as the ladies she grew up with. “I’m actually actually excited for everybody to see what an Indigenous lady seems prefer to me and has been my complete life,” she mentioned.
Filmed in three separate sovereign nations, “Darkish Winds” is among the first productions from the Native American-owned Camel Rock Studios. Chris Eyre directed the majority of the six-episode first season, and the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribesman has been on board the venture since a fateful lunch with Robert Redford and George R.R. Martin, each govt producers on the sequence, again in 2016.
“We referred to as this a movie noir, then we referred to as it a western movie noir, then we referred to as it a Southwestern movie noir, then we referred to as it a Native American Southwestern movie noir,” he mentioned throughout the panel. “But it surely was all for love. It was for our love of the Southwest, our love of Tony’s materials.”
As famous by moderator Mo Ryan, “Darkish Winds” is the most recent in a run of distinguished Indigenous tales to hit TV. “Reservation Canine” and “Rutherford Falls,” each with second seasons launching this summer time, have been crucial hits that made their mark in a crowded tv panorama. “Darkish Winds” hopes to maintain the streak going for years to come back.
“Is that this a golden second?” Matten mentioned. “There’s going to be a degree the place it’s not about being Indigenous. You’re only a rattling good actor.”
“We simply hope that ‘Darkish Winds’ retains that door open for Indigenous expertise in entrance and behind the cameras,” McClarnon mentioned. “I feel all of it comes down to simply getting the voices heard and telling our personal tales. I’m excited. We hope to proceed doing the present and open that door additional.”
“Darkish Winds” has loads of materials to tug from, contemplating Hillerman’s sequence ran for 18 novels. Nonetheless, a minimum of one star isn’t positive they need to stick round that lengthy.
“I used to be with George [R.R. Martin] and he mentioned, ‘Let’s do that for 18 seasons, Jess!’” Matten mentioned. “And I used to be like, I like you guys, however I don’t know if I need to be with you for 18 years.”
Jessica Matten in “Darkish Winds”
© 2021 Stalwart Productions / AMC
The sequence premiere additionally marked the beginning of the ATX TV Competition’s eleventh season, and the primary for the reason that pandemic compelled the Austin-based occasion to go digital two years prior. Together with Could’s version of Seriesfest in Colorado, the previous two months have seen TV festivals return to in-person gatherings with marquee screenings and enormous crowds.
“We deliberate the primary pageant in 12 months,” ATX co-founder Caitlin McFarland mentioned throughout opening remarks. “We had an concept in Could 2011 and placed on the pageant in June 2012. It has now been 36 months since we’ve been right here [in-person], and I don’t know methods to course of that info aside from to say it appears like the primary time once more.”
“We actually simply need to take a minute and actually be right here, be current, and actually enjoy the truth that we’re again collectively,” co-founder Emily Gipson mentioned. “That is what feels magical: us being collectively watching TV on the large display.”
The ATX TV Competition will run from June 2 – 5 in Austin, TX. Highlights embody solid and inventive reunions for sequence like “Parenthood,” “Justified,” and “Scrubs,” in addition to a “Westworld” Season 4 panel because the Closing Evening celebration. Tickets in addition to Digital Passes can be found through the web site.
“Darkish Winds” premieres Sunday, June 12 on AMC and AMC+.
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FOX 7 Austin’s Dennis de la Pena and producer Julian Martinez talk about the College Football Playoff semifinal matchup between the Texas Longhorns and the Ohio State Buckeyes!
ARLINGTON, Texas – The Texas Longhorns and Ohio State Buckeyes will face off in Arlington, Texas on Friday in the College Football Playoff semifinal.
The winner of the game between Texas (13-2) and Ohio State (12-2) will go on to play Notre Dame in the national championship.
Neither quarterback in this game is a stranger to playing in Arlington.
Ohio State quarterback Will Howard and Ewers both won Big 12 championships the last time they played at AT&T Stadium.
Texas won the Big 12 in its last season in the conference last year. Howard transferred to Ohio State from Kansas State. He led the Wildcats to a Big 12 championship win over then-undefeated TCU two years ago.
The best matchup of the game could be Texas All-American senior cornerback Jahdae Barron vs. standout Buckeyes freshman receiver Jeremiah Smith. Barron won the Thorpe Award, which is given to the nation’s top defensive back. But Barron gives up four inches and 15 pounds to Smith, the second-team All-American who may be the most electric freshman in the country. Smith has 70 receptions for 1,224 yards and 14 touchdowns. Smith has four touchdowns in these playoffs.
Predictions are made by the Data Skrive betting model.
FOX Sports Analyst Joel Klatt went with Ohio State in his prediction for the Cotton Bowl. Klatt says the Buckeyes are playing the best football in the country right now and the fact that the game is being played in Texas is keeping the line (Texas +6) lower than it should be.
The winner of the Longhorns and Buckeyes game will take on Notre Dame in the championship game.
The game will be held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, where the Longhorns played in the SEC Championship and against Arizona State in the College football playoff.
The Source: Information in this article comes from the College Football Playoff, the Associated Press and FOX Sports.
TEXAS — The 89th Texas Legislature will start on Jan. 14 with 181 lawmakers.
The House of Representatives’ organization will be managed by Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson, who will also select temporary officers. The Secretary leads until a Speaker of the House is elected.
Secretary Nelson announced that Walter Fisher and Sharon Carter were appointed as parliamentarians for the House’s session inauguration.
“This is a duo with extensive parliamentary knowledge and the experience to guide the opening of the 89th Legislative Session,” said Secretary Nelson. “With the support of these individuals, we will make sure the organizing of the House is a fair, transparent and orderly process.”
The 150 members of the Texas House of Representatives and the 31 members of the Texas Senate will be sworn in as the 89th Legislature on Tuesday. The legislature will meet until June 2.
You are able to watch the Senate proceedings on opening day at this website.
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — KXAN is keeping track of the number of homicides in Austin.
As of Jan. 9, two homicides have been reported thus far in 2025.
Last year, 70 homicides were reported, down from 75 in 2023 and 71 in 2022. A record 88 homicides were reported in 2021.
The charts below will be updated as we learn new information. Scroll down for a map of where each homicide occurred.
The chart below shows how the number of homicides reported in recent years changed through the year.
Below is a map showing where homicides occurred in 2025. The map is interactive, so clicking on or hovering over a dot will reveal information about that incident. You can also click on a month in the top left to show only homicides that occurred during that month.
The chart below shows the number of homicides reported each month in 2025.
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