Texas, where the South by Southwest film festival is under way, has been the setting for many

Texas, where the South by Southwest film festival is under way, has been the setting for many important films over the years. Here are five:

v “The Last Picture Show” (1971): The lonely, small-town West Texas life depicted by Peter Bogdanovich is just so vivid, with its leisurely pace and big skies.

v “No Country for Old Men” (2007): Joel and Ethan Coen present a haunting, beautifully bleak landscape. They’ve crafted a contemporary Western in which you can feel the heat of the baking sun and the scratch of scrub brush.

v “Friday Night Lights” (2004): Peter Berg’s film completely gets the obsession with high school football in Texas.

v “Slacker” (1991): This movie captured a specific kind of youth culture in a specific place and time — when Austin was still weird — and it played a crucial role in the rise of independent cinema in the early 1990s.

v “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” (1974): One of the earliest films from Austin native and horror master Tobe Hooper, this became hugely influential on the genre, with its grainy, B-movie visuals and slow, silent suspense.

“fashion star” (9:30 P.M., NBC): In an extraordinary surge of creativity, some brilliant programmer decided that, yes, the nation needs another fashion- centric show. And so we have “Fashion Star,” a reality series hosted by Elle Macpherson that gives unknown designers a chance to launch their collections with major retailers.

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Oakland delays opening of play

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Because of illness among cast members, the Oakland Center for the Arts, 220 W. Boardman St., has moved back its production of “Distracted” by one week. The play was originally scheduled to open Friday and run for three weekends on Fridays and Saturdays. It will now open March 23 and run for two weekends, but with Sunday matinees. New curtain times are 8 p.m. March 23, 24, 30 and 31; and 3 p.m. March 25 and April 1. For tickets, call 330-746-0404.

WWE show coming to Covelli Centre

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The WWE will bring its Smackdown World Tour to Covelli Centre at 5 p.m. May 13. Tickets are $95, $50, $35, $25, $15 (additional charges may apply) and go on sale at 10 a.m. March 24 at all Ticketmaster locations, Ticketmaster.com, by phone at 800-745-3000 and at the Covelli box office. Scheduled to appear are Sheamus, Randy Orton, Daniel Bryan, The Big Show, Mark Henry, Cody Rhodes, the Great Khali and the Divas.

Nick Clooney to give lecture at Packard

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Nick Clooney will give a lecture as part of the Trumbull Town Hall Series at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Packard Music Hall, 1703 Mahoning Ave. NW. For tickets, call 330-373-1900.

Clooney, 78, has been a journalist who worked in Cincinnati and Columbus, an author, television personality and activist.

A Kentucky native, he is also the father of actor George Clooney, and the brother of the late singer Rosemary Clooney.