Donald Trump

Roll Over, Andrew Dice Clay

At WaterTower Theatre, It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play Earns its Wings

Donald Trump and Mark Cuban Are Fighting On Twitter Right Now

Today, from the annals of meaningless, social-media ephemera, we'd like to direct you to the bitchy little TwitterFight between Mark Cuban and Donald Trump. It is, we assure you, the kind of TwitterFight that can only exist between insanely wealthy, Type-A megalomaniacs. No matter how far removed so ... More >>

Mark Cuban Offers Donald Trump $1 Million To Shave His Head

The Donald Trump-Mark Cuban feud has been relatively quiet for a while now, but the Mavs owner threw down the gauntlet last night for his billionaire arch-nemesis. Cuban, appearing in a painfully long segment on Fox 4's 9p.m. newscast, which inexplicably included a basketball hoop and quickly desce ... More >>

Texas Lawmakers Beware: The American Federation of Teachers is Coming for You

Last spring on the steps of the State Capitol, it was possible to buy a highly metaphorical cupcake, one that would cost you just $100 million. The "Billion Dollar Bake Sale" was put together by an outfit called Save Texas Schools, and it was meant to draw attention to the $5.4 billion Texas lawmak ... More >>

Armed and Loquacious

Shakespeare Dallas updates the look but not the language (or length) of Macbeth.

The White Rock Lake Boathouse is Just the Latest Attack on Inner-City Dallas

The lesson of the Highland Park Party Barge is the lesson of Winfrey Point is the lesson of 30 years of history in East Dallas. At key rubber-meets-the-road moments, City Hall becomes the single worst enemy that inner city neighborhoods can confront. Forgive the Parkies, for they know not how goof ... More >>

Rick Perry Is Either a Birther or a Jedi

The wavier the hair, the shinier the tin foil looks.​In an interview published Sunday in Parade magazine, Rick Perry was asked whether he believes the president was born in the United States. His response, which you'll find below, has caused some alarm, because it makes Perry appear to be alig ... More >>

Frisky Business

In a summer stocked with major musicals, add How to Succeed in Business ... , Little Shop and Victor/Victoria.

The Trinity River's 'Standing Wave' Crashes into Reality

The city spent millions on a kayaking park that almost no one can use -- and the money's still flowing.

Osama Bin Laden's Death: My Top 10 Observer-ations

​10. When I first heard President Obama was making an emergency announcement at 9:30 on a Sunday night, my first thought was ... asteroid. Then aliens. Then NFL lockout. Then Osama Bin Laden. And somewhere along the process I figured it was just a ploy to interrupt Donald Trump's Celebri ... More >>

Birther Nonsense a Window into White Souls

​Last week The Associated Press did a story about the disgust and dismay of black Americans confronting the birther issue. "I find it hard to summarize in mere words the amount of pain and rage this incident has caused," one man was quoted as saying at the top of the story. The story quoted b ... More >>

We knew it! Porn is Good.

A pro-porn column in the News doesn't get a rise out anyone.

Bret Michaels, Fuel, Cowboy Mouth, North of Autumn

Tuesday, July 20, at American Airlines Center

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work -- Too Much Work, Too Little Joan

Carrollton-Based Christian P.R. Firm Sues Carrie Prejean in Denton County Court

​Dunno how we missed this one, but on Friday, Courthouse News posted a lawsuit filed in Denton County District Court on March 18, in which A. Larry Ross Communications alleges that the Miss USA 2009 first runner-up didn't pay up after the P.R. firm guided her through that rough patch following her ... More >>

Free Ice Cream for Everyone, Cinnabon Adds a Sweet New Addition, Rathbun's Blue Plate Kitchen Hosts a Wine Dinner, While 8.0's Goes the Beer Route

www.sodahead.com​We were just thinking the other day that there should really be more free stuff available for the public. What if Steve Jobs set up shop on a street corner one day and just started giving away free computers and iPods? Or if Donald Trump decided it was a good day to rent a hot ... More >>

Girl Drink Drunk: Capitol Pub

A fireside Taxi Cab​It was a brisk night. Jessica and I had set out to see John Spriggins' Paper Dolls exhibition at the South Dallas Cultural Center. We made several illegal u-turns before successfully achieving our goal (the SDCC is precariously located at a wonky intersection) and perusing the ... More >>

Cowboys On The Verge of Signing New Receiver

Now that Tony Romo is done with his girlfriend, his golfing and his goofs, hopefully he can start concentrating on his gift: A new wide receiver. While I was out on vacation, the Dallas Cowboys' quarterback dumped Jessica Simpson, created a buzz with this extremely unfunny video and finish ... More >>

Andy Beal is Donald Trump's Benefactor

Andy BealAndy Beal's the Dallas banker most (in)famous for having single-handedly taken on the bestest of poker's best -- a so-called syndicate that included the likes of Chip Reese, Howard Lederer, Doyle Brunson and Jennifer Harmon -- back in 2001 in the Bellagio's high-stakes poker room. The subti ... More >>

Dude Food: The Idle Rich Pub

The Idle Rich Pub2614 McKinney Ave.214-965-9926Dude Factor: 7, or "Mr. Burns," on a scale of 1 ("Donald Trump") to 10 ("Bruce Wayne")As much as I love The Old Monk, I hadn't really thought of it or its sister bars (The Dubliner, Blackfriar Pub and The Idle Rich Pub) as Dude Food destinations--partic ... More >>

TLC's Looking for Local Fashion Disasters, and MTV's Sending a Dallas "Gutter-Mouthed Girl" to UK Finishing School

Todd Selby/MTVLillian, the Dallas girl being shipped off to England courtesy MTVTwo makeover items for those in need of refreshing. First, we received word that TLC's What Not to Wear will be casting here in the near future. So, Friends of Unfair Park, that of course means a rare chance for you or ... More >>

Swingin' Sinatra Style

Steve Lippia croons the blue-eyed

Section 8 Improv Comedian Mark Orvik Fights Back From a Near-Fatal Illness With Sidesplitting Humor

Deep Ellum Still Keeps It Real

Mark Cuban Takes His "Dancing Pants" To Jimmy Kimmel's Show

Chamillionaire

Ultimate Victory (Chamillitary/Universal Motown)

Cuban’s Cubbies?

Deathless Tiki Tacky

Kitsch is cool again at Trader Vic's

Radiant Still Milkin' That Kimmel Contest Win

The Late Show

War on Tiara

In Pageant, six beauties in size 11 heels battle royally for the crown

Trump-a-Rama

Want to be like The Donald? First, get a few million dollars...

Air Apparent?

After three years of Tuna, it's time for a Leach

Hear What We Hear

Find the perfect Christmas CD for your favorite guitar-slaying Navajo cousin

Idol Rich

Angel Feud

With heavenly hosts, Marisol and Living End take two different looks at the afterlife

Dining Tyranny

Are we choosing ourselves crazy?

Disney Chicken

Grand Lux Cafe is tasteful like Vegas

Letters

Table Dance

Plus: The Benefactor...of pure comedy

Class Dismissed

Freaks and Geeks, now on DVD, made TV a better place

Depress Tour

I coulda sworn I was there when they turned on the TV

Mystic Chords of Memory

The Burning Question crew looks back at 2002

Father's Day

Kitchen Dog and SMU team up for a searing, stripped-down King Lear

Planet Hawaii

Roy's holds the cheese and does Hawaiian with style

Grammar School

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

Food to go

A Dallas chef beats it out of town ahead of bill collectors

Events for the week

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX