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Bill Gates

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    The Problem With.... Flo Rida's "Good Feeling"

    Flo Rida has only become more and more interchangeable and average since he transitioned from R&B party music like 2008's "Low" to poppish party music like 2009's "Right Round." At this point, he oughta change his name to Cam Ofloj. Or something similar.

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Point/Counterpoint: Is Lil Wayne's Newfound Sobriety a Good or Bad Thing?

    Weezy F. Baby​Little Wayne emerged from Rikers Island late last year. Now, owing to the terms of his probation, he must lay off drugs and liquor for three years or return to prison. And, by all accounts, he's kept kosher. And yet something doesn't quite sit right. For the man who once composed a l ... More >>

  • News

    July 22, 2010

    On L.A.'s Skid Row, a generational war over how to teach the American children of illegal immigrants

    Weezy F. Baby​Little Wayne emerged from Rikers Island late last year. Now, owing to the terms of his probation, he must lay off drugs and liquor for three years or return to prison. And, by all accounts, he's kept kosher. And yet something doesn't quite sit right. For the man who once composed a l ... More >>

  • News

    August 13, 2009

    The Mexican Has a Ball With the Etymology of Cojones

    Weezy F. Baby​Little Wayne emerged from Rikers Island late last year. Now, owing to the terms of his probation, he must lay off drugs and liquor for three years or return to prison. And, by all accounts, he's kept kosher. And yet something doesn't quite sit right. For the man who once composed a l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    Today In Music News: Big Four Take On Apple, Kings of Leon Talk To Detractors and Jermaine Jackson Turns Humanitarian

    Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, August 10, 2009...The "Big Four" music companies are taking on Apple with a new form of digital music. Maybe they should ask Bill Gates what happened to the Zune. It seems like Kings of Leon are starting to figure out they've sold their soul to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2009

    Food For Thought 4.28.09

    "This is a journey, and we still have work to do, but expanding our sourcing of beans from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms and partnering with the Gates Foundation represents significant steps." (Steve Yucknut, vice president of sustainability, announcing Kraft's intention to increase coffee be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2008

    The Shock Wave Felt 'Round the Amusement Park Business

    "This is a journey, and we still have work to do, but expanding our sourcing of beans from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms and partnering with the Gates Foundation represents significant steps." (Steve Yucknut, vice president of sustainability, announcing Kraft's intention to increase coffee be ... More >>

  • News

    March 6, 2008

    Life Without Debt Leaves Jimmy Phipps Owing Society

    "This is a journey, and we still have work to do, but expanding our sourcing of beans from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms and partnering with the Gates Foundation represents significant steps." (Steve Yucknut, vice president of sustainability, announcing Kraft's intention to increase coffee be ... More >>

  • Music

    February 7, 2008

    Kelly Law-Yone is Queen of Fake Rock

    "This is a journey, and we still have work to do, but expanding our sourcing of beans from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms and partnering with the Gates Foundation represents significant steps." (Steve Yucknut, vice president of sustainability, announcing Kraft's intention to increase coffee be ... More >>

  • Music

    February 7, 2008

    Guitar Hero Breeds a New Kind of Bar Band

    Videogamers are living out rock and roll fantasies on screens at your local pub

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2008

    French Lessons (From Mrs. Bill Gates)

    Videogamers are living out rock and roll fantasies on screens at your local pub

  • Home Entertainment

    June 7, 2007

    Three's a Charm

    A promising glimpse of the next Halo

  • Music

    January 4, 2007

    Missing from the Dallas Scene: You

    A promising glimpse of the next Halo

  • News

    August 10, 2006

    Royalty pain

    Don't forget to read the fine print

  • News

    February 2, 2006

    Wize Guys

    Here's your chance to get rich quick -- or lose your shirt, in which case, GlobalTec disavows all responsibility for, well, anything

  • News

    January 26, 2006

    Stacked Deck

    Giving penny-ante politicians a say over lucrative affordable-housing developments seemed like a good idea--until the FBI came calling

  • Calendar

    March 10, 2005

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    Giving penny-ante politicians a say over lucrative affordable-housing developments seemed like a good idea--until the FBI came calling

  • Music

    February 10, 2005

    Yuppie Pricks

    Friday, February 11

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2004

    The Geek

    Anthony Michael Hall grows up

  • Music

    February 6, 2003
  • Film

    July 11, 2002

    Slow Love

    Christina Ricci finds a way to warm her wickedly funny cold heart in Pumpkin

  • Culture

    May 2, 2002

    Simple Simon

    California Suite isn't Neil Simon's best, but Richardson Theatre Centre could have done worse

  • Film

    April 11, 2002

    Hairy Plotters

    Ignoble savages go ape in Human Nature

  • Culture

    March 14, 2002

    Misery Loves Company

    Addison's Out of the Loop Festival stages some strange, dark, wonderful works

  • News

    January 3, 2002

    Odds and Ends

    The more things change, the more we try to keep up

  • Music

    November 1, 2001

    Industrial Evolution

    The record industry crippled Napster with litigation. But has it made things worse for itself?

  • News

    July 26, 2001

    Something about Stephan

    After 25 years in Dallas' restaurant jungle, Stephan Pyles has come out respected and rich. How does he stay so clean?

  • News

    May 3, 2001

    From Russia, with Love

    Just $25,000 gets you a bundle of hot Russian babes from one Dallas matchmaking firm. What more could a rich American geek ever ask for?

  • Film

    January 11, 2001

    Microsofties

    If Antitrust were written in computer code, it'd come up all zeroes

  • News

    November 9, 2000

    Hope and Glory

    Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has reason to shout-his money and enthusiasm are resurrecting a dead team

  • Music

    August 31, 2000

    Grammar School

    Nelly sets out from his beloved St. Louis on the road to fame and fortune

  • News

    July 6, 2000

    Software and hard time

    Texas prisons take a byte out of crime with a computer rehab program

  • News

    May 11, 2000

    Cyber bore

    The DotComGuy gets loads of publicity just like this for being a zero

  • Culture

    April 20, 2000

    Fatman and slobbin'

    DC Comics places its superheroes in the RealWorlds

  • Dining

    January 21, 1999

    Oldie but goodie

    Lawry's The Prime Rib: an old wrinkle ahead of its time

  • Calendar

    January 7, 1999

    Night & Day

    January 7 - 13, 1999

  • Calendar

    December 10, 1998

    Iron butterfly

    January 7 - 13, 1999

  • Music

    November 26, 1998

    Oh, Brother

    Russell Miles, the "Bill Gates of weird," finds religion in crank calls

  • Calendar

    August 20, 1998

    Night & Day

    August 20 - 26, 1998

  • News

    August 6, 1998

    Rocket man

    Former NASA engineer Tom Moser dreams about launching the next generation of spacecraft from Texas soil

  • Music

    July 30, 1998

    Fair game

    Feminism posing as trend, profit masquerading as activism, and a bunch of really bad songs: Why Lilith Fair isn't so fair at all

  • Music

    June 25, 1998

    Ani DiFranco, musician

    Reconsidering the image of the do-it-yourself poster child

  • Music

    March 12, 1998

    Write or wrong?

    Marilyn Manson's Long Hard Road Out of Hell is paved with one journalist's bad intentions

  • Film

    January 30, 1997

    Pulling up lame

    Hoop Dreams creators cripple the myth of legendary runner Steve Prefontaine

  • News

    November 21, 1996

    Cyberbunk

    Kevin Massey is no 'cyberstalker.' But when he tangled with another bullheaded loudmouth on the Internet, their 'flame' war spawned a great publicity stunt.

  • News

    September 19, 1996

    Buzz

    Kevin Massey is no 'cyberstalker.' But when he tangled with another bullheaded loudmouth on the Internet, their 'flame' war spawned a great publicity stunt.

  • Music

    August 29, 1996

    Cosmic cowboy

    Jimmie Dale Gilmore goes once more into the mystic

  • News

    April 25, 1996

    Buzz

    Jimmie Dale Gilmore goes once more into the mystic

  • News

    April 4, 1996

    Wish Woman

    She hasn't got money or connections. But straight-shooting Linda Terrell is helping dying grownups live their dreams.

  • Film

    November 24, 1994

    Slam dunk

    Hoop Dreams is a thrilling gut check for sports fans and athletes alike

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