For the second time in three months, the Brinker International Forum has had to swap out celebrity guests -- once again because of a "scheduling conflict." (Do these people not have calendars? Or assistants with calendars?) After already getting a two-for-one deal in September, when Carl Reiner and Martin Short replaced John Travolta, the Brinker International Forum sends word this morning that two-time Oscar-winner Hilary Swank can't make Tuesday's showdown with Gary Cogill at the Morton H.
Patrick MichelsIn more than three decades as an animator, Henry Selick has lived not only at the edge of the film industry, but as a stop-motion animator, even the fringes of animation world. From The Nightmare Before Christmas to Coraline, though, audiences have gladly followed him out to the edge.Tuesday night, AFI Dallas recognized Selick's accomplishments in stop-motion animation by giving him this year's Texas Avery Animation Award.In the basement of the Nasher Sculpture Center, Selick held
Seems like any one of the nights we do a Girl Drink Drunk would be a "girls' night out" but this one was officially a "Girls' Night Out." Like, I got an invitation. People RSVPed. There were boys around once we arrived, but hey, we were at a public bar and it's not like they clicked "Will Attend" or anything. So it was still Girls' Night.It was also hot in the yard at Lee Harvey's, with an occasional breeze. And there was a jazz band with logo'ed music stands -- which I feel instantly transforms
Danny HurleyGlenn Morshower in a photo the great Danny Hurley grabbed at the Sci-Fi Expo in Richardson back in April. "I didn't realize I had so many freckles," says the actor of the picture.My dad came by the office yesterday -- not to see me, of course, but to meet his favorite actor, Glenn Morshower, who'd stopped by Unfair Park HQ for a chat-up. Morshower -- who began acting at the Dallas Theater Center when he was 12 before making his big-screen debut in 1976's made-in-Dallas Drive-In --
The missus and I are going to Steve Martin's bluegrass hoedown tonight at the Meyerson -- good cause, sure, but also a good time from the sound of recent reviews. And, say what, Onion A.V. Club: "The band nonchalantly launched into a bluegrass take on the novelty tune 'King Tut.'" Sure 'nuff; here's a version from Toronto earlier this month. The folks at the AT&TPAC say there are still tickets available in the way-back up-top. Bonus: Gary Cogill's emceeing.
