Austin Powers in Goldmember Jones, Tom Cruise, Danny DeVito, Katie Couric, Gwyneth Paltrow, John Travolta, Nathan Lane, and The Osbournes. In a self-parody of the "Austin Powers" series, there is a film within the film in the opening. Austin Powers is featured in a bio-pic called "Austinpussy" (a parody of the James Bond film "Octopussy") directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise as Austin Powers, Gwyneth Paltrow as Dixie Normous, Kevin Spacey as Dr. Evil, Danny DeVito as Mini-Me, and John Travolta as Goldmember. "Goldmember" is a loose parody of the James Bond films "Goldfinger" and "You Only Live Twice", also incorporating elements
1922 Austin twin tornadoes 1922 Austin twin tornadoes The twin tornadoes that ripped through Austin, Texas on Thursday, May 4, 1922 are the most violent to ever strike Austin (with one estimated to be an F2 and the other a possible F4). The storm originally had one funnel cloud, but was eventually separated into two tornadoes. One tore through East Austin, Travis Heights, St. Edward's University, Penn Field, St. Elmo, and Manchaca. Meanwhile, the other devastated the State Institute for Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Colored Youths, Deep Eddy, and Oak Hill. The west tornado (believed to be an F2) thrashed the University of Texas