Aaron Parsley

Dec 16, 2024 | texasmonthly.com | Aaron Parsley

For more Best Things in Texas coverage, read about the greatest show over Earth, the issue that brought Republicans and Democrats together, the horny toad’s likely comeback, and the Man of the Year, Brisket Powell. For less dignified behavior, read the 2025 Bum Steer Awards. Of the 1,039 gold, silver, and bronze medals awarded at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Team USA received 126 of them—35 more than any other national team.

Dec 13, 2024 | texasmonthly.com | Aaron Parsley

“Which movie would you want to smell like?” sounds like a prompt for a profile on a dating app for cinephiles. But let’s consider the question. I’d pick Top Gun over, say, Pretty Woman. A James Bond film seems like a safe bet for me—Casino Royale, perhaps, with its seductive smell of money, martinis, and Mayfair. Home Alone might smell of pine, cinnamon-apple potpourri and freshly baked sugar cookies, which would be nice this time of year.

Jul 11, 2024 | texasmonthly.com | Aaron Parsley

Shelley Duvall, the actress who starred in classic films ranging from Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining to Robert Altman’s live-action version of Popeye, died Thursday at her home in Blanco. She was 75. “My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left us,” her longtime partner, Dan Gilroy, said in a statement to the Hollywood Reporter. “Too much suffering lately, now she’s free. Fly away, beautiful Shelley.”Duvall died in her sleep due to complications from diabetes, Gilroy said.

Nov 16, 2023 | themessenger.com | Aaron Parsley

Moriah “Mo” Wilson's heartbroken family and a friend spoke out in an Austin courtroom Thursday after Texas yoga teacher Kaitlin Armstrong was convicted earlier in the day of murdering her rival in a love triangle on May 11, 2022. Armstrong now faces up to life in prison. She sat mostly with her head down and appeared emotionless Thursday afternoon during the sentencing phase of her trial, according to NewsNation reporter Alex Caprariello.

Nov 16, 2023 | themessenger.com | Elaine Aradillas |Aaron Parsley

A 12-person jury will hear closing arguments in the love triangle murder trial of Texas yoga instructor Kaitlin Armstrong, who's accused of fatally shooting her rival, pro cyclist Moriah "Mo" Wilson. Wilson was gunned down in cold-blooded fashion hours after she went to a swimming pool and a burger joint with Armstrong's live-in boyfriend in Austin on May 11, 2022.