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Better Lojack The Batmobiles

High on Phineas and Ferb

Selena Gomez Says She's Almost Done With Music

The Ten Best-Selling Musical Soundtracks

Hook 'em.​Today marks a milestone of sorts: On July 8, 1958, the RIAA issued its very first gold record. The recipient of this gold record? The Oklahoma! soundtrack. Not as exciting as other music being produced at the time, but, hey, people liked it. And people bought it. Musical soundtracks we ... More >>

Watch: Westlake's Own Nick Jonas Performs At White House As Part of Motown Tribute. Huh?

Disney Channel swag.​Last night, to celebrate Black History Month, President Barack Obama invited a whole cast of big name musical performers to the White House to participate in a tribute to Motown. Among those invited to perform? Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, T ... More >>

You Can Take the U.S. Trade Representative Out of Dallas, But You Can't ... Well, You Know

​Late yesterday, as the boy grew fidgety from yet another day stuck at home, we flipped on the teevee hoping to find something interesting, educational. Which meant: No Disney Channel, no nonsense. A few flips later, and there we were on C-SPAN2, listening to former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk address t ... More >>

Super Bowl XLV Media Day: My Top 10 Observer-ations

Brooklyn Decker? Meh.​10. Though the NFL did its best to pamper the thousands of journalists at Tuesday's Media Day, it was still an uncomfortable experience out at Cowboy Stadium. Waiting for hyper-thorough security checks of bags and body. The 100-yard walk from security (which was conduc ... More >>

The Problem With... Avril Lavigne's "What the Hell"

Man, just seeing the name Avril Lavigne on the charts again takes me back to my teenage years. Back then, I loathed her singles "Complicated" and "Sk8er Boi" for their obvious pretense toward skater punks. Seems little has changed.

We're Supposed to be Excited About the Black Eyed Peas Playing Super Bowl XLV?

Now That They're Both 18, Let's Finally Discuss It: Who's Hotter, Demi Lovato or Selena Gomez?

​ Earlier this week, we shared with you Selena Gomez's new music video for "A Year With No Rain," a clip that finds the freshly 18-year-old Grand Prairie native touting her new of-age appeal. Meanwhile, on Sunday night at the Superpages.com Center, Gomez's BFF and fellow Disney Channel-approved st ... More >>

Watch: Nick Jonas and Fucked Up's Ben Cook Have A Drum-Off in Camp Rock 2, Even Though Neither Is Really A Drummer. Oh Well.

Westlake's Own Jonas Brothers just wrapped a big weekend, as their Disney Channel original movie, Camp Rock 2, which also features Colleyville's Own Demi Lovato, made its television debut. But, go figure, the DFW Diz Kids weren't the only musicians in the cast: Fucked Up guitarist Ben Cook is in the ... More >>

The Problem With... "Can't Be Tamed" by Miley Cyrus

I usually don't go after underage artists (har dee har, guys) in this column. Most of the kids you see on the charts are likely being paraded around by their parents and music industry captains with little artistic integrity on their part. So, it's not usually their fault they're making bad music. A ... More >>

Furry Vengeance: A Movie With A Message-And Not Much Else

Rolling Through One Swanky Joint

Kids Love Cheese

Nick Jonas and The Aging Of The Area Disney Crop

Pussing Out

Hey Monday, This Providence, The Friday Night Boys, Stereo Skyline, The Bigger Lights

Thursday, July 23, at The Door

What Do T. Boone Pickens, Josh Hamilton, Willa Ford, Craig Watkins, Demi Lovato and Pete Freedman Have in Common?

Patrick MichelsOur music editor in action ... Well, none of them are building wind farms in West Texas. Two have known the soft touch of Mike Modano. Three are former or current Disney Channel stars. All are enamored of copious amounts of free publicity. Two have posed nude. And all have been named ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Kenny Chesney, Dave Matthews Band and Demi Lovato

Kenny Chesney @ Pizza Hut Park, Saturday, May 2Sure, his tractor is sexy, but that was the last thing Kenny Chesney fans were thinking about Saturday in Frisco. Instead of disappointing thousands when a spring storm rolled in, the sleeveless heartthrob pressed on, giving concert-goers at least a lit ... More >>

The Biggest Stories in North Texas Music, Circa 2008

In a year that saw Ozzy, the Jonases and The New York Times storm through North Texas, which area music stories will go down as the most important of 2008?

The Jonas Brothers

A Little Bit Longer (Hollywood)

Schoolhouse Rock

Rainn Wilson comedy is more childish pop than hard-core funny

Last Night: The Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato at Superpages.com Center

No Big Surprise Here: Disney Channel Movie Camp Rock Has Already Been Tapped For A Sequel

Disney Channel Fits Colleyville's Demi Lovato For A Glass Slipper

She's now lined up to be the next Hannah Montana.

Hannah Montana, the Jonas Brothers and ... Dallas' Demi Lovato?

Tony Romo Is More Popular Than Zac Efron -- Kind Of, Sort Of

Who's Tommy?

A Carrey co-star visits the Improv

School's In

High School gets straight A's

All-Day Suckers

Sedaris and Colbert peddle Candy not everybody wants

Standard Transmission

Tune up and laugh at Stanton's Garage; a fun ride into Bombay Dreams

Our critics' top 10 albums

Revolting

Two Marx beat as one

Funny Boy

Life is coming up cow patties for kid comedian Corbin Corona

Depress Tour

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

Hilary Duff

Metamorphosis (Buena Vista/Hollywood)

Fear Factor

But just think, no one hates TV more than Trent Lott

Hush Mush

A teen girl with issues keeps secrets for 50 cents a pop--and who cares?

Joe Blows

Tim Allen's the only tool in this humorless revenge comedy

You're Not The Boss of Me

The Boss is coming to your living room

Porn to sell

Product placement comes to adult videos...hey, watch where you put that thing!

Signing off

Local talent scout Teresa LaBarbera-Whites discovered singing sensation Jessica Simpson the way she always does: without even trying

Night & Day

June 11 - 17, 1998

Year of the dog

Wishbone's Dallas creator prepares to follow Barney down the PBS path to riches

GROUND ZERO

Atomic Cafe filmmaker Jayne Loader has won raves for her CD-ROM Public Shelter, but calls the 'new medium' a dud