Longview’s Brandon Maxwell leaves mark as fashion designer

Published 6:00 am Friday, March 13, 2020

On this date in 2019, Longview native Brandon Maxwell was a guest on “Today.”

He first attracted attention for being the stylist for pop singer Lady Gaga. After launching his luxury women’s ready-to-wear label in 2015, he won the Fashion Group International Rising Star Award for Womenswear and has been one of the industry’s most in demand designers ever since.

In 2019, he began serving as a celebrity judge on Bravo TV’s “Project Runway.

In the Spotlight

— 2015: Gladewater native and pro football coach Lovie Smith is a guest on “Mike and Mike” sports talk show.

— 2014: The Oak Ridge Boys, featuring Lamar County native Duane Allen, appear on “The Wendy Williams Show.”

— 2012: Lindale native Miranda Lambert is a guest mentor on “The Voice.”

— 2010: Shea Whigham, who attended Tyler Junior College, appears in the comedy “Barry Munday.” 

— 2010: Joe Nichols of Tyler is a guest on “CMT Insider.”

— 2010: Longview native Forest Whitaker appears on “Inside Hollywood.”

— 2009: Longview native Chae Balisteri appears in “The 2 Bobs.”

— 2007: Whitewright native Julie Johnson voices Baby Bop in the video “Barney: Let’s Go to the Firehouse.”

— 2004: Tyler native Phyllis Cicero appears in the movie “The Beautiful Country.”

— 1999: Wood County native Ray Price performs on the TV series “Austin City Limits.”

— 1997: Anna Nicole Smith, who grew up in Mexia, is featured in the video of the Supertramp song “You Win, I Lose.”

— 1995: Quitman native Sissy Spacek and Jacksonville native Lee Ann Womack appear in an episode of Biography” saluting Loretta Lynn.

— 1995: Tyler native Phyllis Cicero plays Stella the Storyteller on “Barney & Friends.”

— 1993:Tyler native Johnny Gimble, a fiddle player, performs on “Austin City Limits.”

— 1992: Longview native Forest Whitaker and Mineola native Noble Willingham appear in the movie “Article 99.” . 

— 1988: Tyler native Sandy Duncan is a presenter at the People’s Choice Awards.

— 1980: Anjanette Comer, a native of Navarro County, has a guest role on “Barnaby Jones.”

— 1978: Tyler native Sandy Duncan is a celebrity panelist on “Hollywood Squares” and a guest on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.”

— 1977: Atlanta native and opera great Barbara Smith Conrad portrays singer Marian Anderson in the TV movie “Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years.”

— 1976: “Keep Holding On” by The Temptations, featuring Texarkana native Otis Williams, peaks at No. 3 on the Billboard R&B singles chart.

— 1976: “Take it to the Limit” by The Eagles, featuring Linden native Don Henley, peaks at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. 

— 1975: Mount Vernon native Don Meredith is a guest on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.”

— 1972: At the Academy of Country Music Awards, Harrison County native Stuart Hamblem is presented the Pioneer Award.

— 1968: Linden native T-Bone Walker begins recording his album “Feeling the Blues.”

— 1948: Posey native Eddie Dean appears in “The Westward Trail.”

— 1927: Corsicana native Mary Brian stars in the silent film “High Hat.”

Happy Birthday 

— 1886: Henry Roquemore is born in Marshall. He appeared in more than 100 movies, mostly in bit parts, from the 1920s to the early 1940s.