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Happy National Doughnut Day. Here's Where You Should Get Doughnuts in Dallas

I'm an unapologetic Shipley's fan. I don't know of many things better than a plain glazed warm Shipley's doughnut that melts in your mouth like angels singing atop a beautiful mountain overlooking ... you get the scene. Most important: One free glazed doughnut today until noon! See Also: -- Delic ... More >>

Summer Movies 2012: The Season Brings a Crop of Films Suitable for All Ages -- Including Adults

Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Simian Disobedience

Ooking 'bout a revolution.

Narnia: An Ailing Franchise Gets Another Chance

Yes, But Is TNT Gonna Shoot Dallas in Dallas?

If you want one of these bumper stickers, why, you just let me know.​Two months ago TNT announced that it was indeed planning on a return to Southfork with the Ewing clan in tow. For now, though, the new Dallas is but a hypothetical -- a pilot that will more than likely shoot in the spring. Effort ... More >>

Conviction: Guilty of Hokiness.

L.A. Times: Blockbuster CEO Keyes Briefed Studios on Pending Prepackaged Bankruptcy

​Fifteen days ago, Blockbuster spokesperson Patty Sullivan told Unfair Park: The company's delay in releasing its what turned out to be dismal second-quarter stats had absolutely nothing to do with a pending prepackaged bankruptcy. "There will be no news announcing that," she said. Not until late ... More >>

As Netflix Tries to Fry Blockbuster's Canadian Bacon, a Former Observer-er Pens An Adios

​Blockbuster continues to insist it ain't going nowhere -- even as 24/7 Wall Street puts the downtown-based company on its death-watch list (one of three locals to make the list, actually, and not the first time someone has predicted Blockbuster's inevitable demise). But just in case it goes, my l ... More >>

For a Moment (Or Two), FOX Considered Shooting Lonestar in Austin. But Then ...

What you see above is the trailer for Lonestar that FOX Broadcasting posted a few days ago. The pilot, as you surely know by now, was filmed here this spring as Midland with (500) Days of Summer's Marc Webb directing. And I was going to post this yesterday. But Wednesday morning I heard from an acqu ... More >>

Dallas, Get Ready for Chaos! (Maybe.)

Freddy Rodrigurez in the Planet Terror half of Grindhouse​Patrick Michels and I are at City Hall for this afternoon's big ol' teevee announcement with the mayor and Pistol Pete. And we'll return shortly with a few choice quotes and, better still, photos. But here's the big announcement, which I tr ... More >>

Why Today's Press Conference Wasn't About What It Was Supposed To Be About

Photos by Patrick MichelsGovernor Rick Perry, Fox TV veep Jim Sharp and state Sen. Royce West at City Hall about an hour ago​So. Patrick and I just returned from the press conference in the Flag Room at City Hall, where quite the bold-faced crowd gathered for Coyote Slim's big announcement with Ma ... More >>

Is Dallas Getting Yet Another TV Series? Called Cutthroat? Made by Fox? Maybe.

Mia Maestro​On Friday, Variety published a piece about how TV networks and production companies are looking outside of Los Angeles when scouting for pilot-season locations. Which, sure, Dallas knows all about, what with Jerry Bruckheimer's The Chase and Midland, with Jon Voight, having wrapped pri ... More >>

Since We Have "Great Looking Readers," Well, You Can Still Hang Out With Billy Zane

Patrick Michels​The Deep End's extras casting director sure knows how to butter up the Friends of Unfair Park. Tara Di Leva, from 20th Century Fox, sends word that the ABC series, currently shooting at The Studios at Las Colinas and around town (saw signs around Victory Park yesterday), needs extr ... More >>

C'mon, People, Billy Zane Really Needs Your Help. And He's Even Lowered His Standards.

ABC TelevisionThe pay's peanuts, but you could spend all day with Leah Pipes and Billy Zane. Right.​Before they were looking for a "Pretty-Handsome Harvard/Yale Type" to stand next to Billy Zane; now, "fit" will do. Seems Twentieth Century Fox had some trouble finding extras with whom they could f ... More >>

Let's Choke Some Sugar Outta Sundance

All You Ever Needed to Know About Sundance -- Like, Ever

Pretty in Pink

The Parent Trap

Joshua gets it: Your kid is a monster

The Music Men

Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune

Sundance: The Music Men

Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune

The Calatrava Bridges of Movies

Unromantic Non-Comedy

Trust us: Save your $9 on this one

The Short Goodbye

Vampires of Moscow

Giveaway City

It's All About Perspective

Bennifer Can't Do Dallas

Lucky X III

The third X-Men is a charm for comic fans

Sunset on the Sunshine State?

When Movie Studios Attack

More Ewing Need to Know About "Dallas"

Ewing Better Have a Better Plan Than This

Dallas Observer's top DVD picks for the week of September 15

War: What Is It Good For?

In Ridley Scott's latest epic, it's good for one really stunning siege

Talkin' 'Bot Love

Like Big Fish for little kids, Robots works hard to please everyone

From Major to Minor

Why the best films of 2004 look like indies but aren't

Pick of the Litter

Six years in, the Deep Ellum Film Festival has become the cagey vet

Minor League

The comic-book Gentlemen have never been more flat

Burr, Not Chilly

With the rich, says Igby, always a little pity

Fight Club

When it comes to producing movies, it's a fine art (or Art Linson)

Deep Freeze

In the Ice Age, three mammals and a baby try to keep us warm

Flaming Wreck

Owen Wilson goes down Behind Enemy Lines and lands in familiar terrain

Treat Him Write

Sam Hamm writes great scripts. So why do they rarely get made?

Lost in Hollywood

Star Maps hustles its cheap wares

Might vs. right

Boys and their toys take charge in Courage Under Fire and Independence Day

Low-lifes on parade

Strange Days spikes your popcorn with entertaining sleaze

Rushes

Bang for your buck

Crimson Tide and Die Hard With a Vengeance provide summer's action fix

Big sleep

Kiss of Death fires blanks in an increasingly tough crime saga competition

Lip glossy

Valley of the Dolls proves life doesn't imitate art--it imitates bad movies