Tyra Banks

The Eight Worst NBA/Music Crossovers

Listen, we know most of you aren't paying attention to the NBA finals like you were last year, but for those of who are (some out of Heat Hate, some out of love for the game), we've been treated to some rather abysmal NBA promos featuring Linkin Park's shitty, shitty music. This is nothing new, as ... More >>

The Top 10 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Covers in the History of Ogling

​Whether her name is Irina Shayk or Iwanna Shake, we've fallen for it again. Every year I hear the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue is about to hit stands and my initial reaction is to yawn. We don't have harsh winters in Dallas plus, don't know if you've heard, but you can find women i ... More >>

Model Watch: America's Next Top Model Is...

Ann and Tyra!​I learned my lesson. I'm not going to throw a spoiler in the headline or even in the first paragraph of this blog post -- not even if you already know who won. Some people have DVRs and were busy with Top Chef All Stars and Celebrity Rehab, and I respect that. But that doesn't keep m ... More >>

Model Watch: Dallas' Ann Cannot Roller Skate, While Arlington's Chris Can

Ann from Dallas, looking slightly less awkward than usual​Took us a while to get 'round to watching this week's America's Next Top Model -- something to do with bats, balls and boys in tight pants. And, there was the World Series. Anyway. Let's catch up:Last week, Arlington's Liz ousted Dallas's A ... More >>

Model Watch: This High Fashion Business Is Getting Boring, But the Local Girls's Still Hot

Ann from Dallas, who puts the "run" in front-runner​This week on It's All About Product Placement and Tyra, I was, sadly, bored out of my gourd -- it is officially fall, after all.But seriously, I remember those seasons of yore when the models were put into sideshow-freak prosthetics and wind tunn ... More >>

Model Watch: It's a Roller Coaster Ride for These Sea Princesses

Ann from Dallas, a rising star in the modeling world. Or, rather, the CW.​First off, apologies: Apparently, all this time there's been another model on America's Next Top Model from Arlington, which makes three. Or, now, two. I know, right? Clearly, she captured my attention for these last three w ... More >>

Model Watch: It's Makeover Time, Angels!

Let's be honest: We can just post this pic of Dallas model Ann and walk away, right?​For another week, we watch America's Next Top Model so you don't have to. That, right there? That's a solid. So then, to commence with the recapping.Last night's episode began with the de rigueur reality-show open ... More >>

Model Watch: Bullying and Being Too Thin Aren't In, But, Like, Demi Lovato Totally Is

Dallas model Ann, tethered so she won't blow away in a slight breeze​We found the chosen girls from the America's Next Top Model premiere talking themselves up something crazy and strolling Venice Beach, which, if I'm not mistaken, go hand in hand. A Venice street performer rolled up, and they al ... More >>

Model Watch: Tyra Chooses Slim Pickings and the Chuckle Sisters

Ann from Dallas: hater of holiday sweaters, according to her bio​The newest season (Cycle 15, for those counting or interested) of America's Next Top Model kicked off last night, and since I'm posting this here, you know we have at least one contestant from our fair city. Oh, but wait, there are m ... More >>

The Late Judge Jerry Buchmeyer's Son Sends the World's Greatest Press Release

​Well, it was more of an e-mail from Jon Paul Buchmeyer -- a sort-of casual, friendly heads-up about his book Alphabet City: My So-Called Sitcom Life. The book tour-slash-traveling party begins, but of course, in Dallas on May 17 with a wingding at the Hotel Palomar. So, then, whatever is the book ... More >>

Ren of Grand Prairie, Sadly Not Destined to be America's Next Top Model

That's all, Vokes.​When a reality show begins by focusing on a particular contestant, follows said contestant through show and pokes contestant with a big stick to see if said contestant will react, it's usually a fair bet she's leaving. She's out. Auffed. Adiosed. Knives will be sheathed; bags wi ... More >>

Next Top Model Behavior: Because, Sometimes, It's Just Nice to Wear a Hat

"Ren is from Grand Prairie." This will be the first line in our next novel.​We knew at the end of the last episode that this week's America's Next Top Model would start off with some nakedness. So it was really no surprise when silver-haired "TV personality" Jay Manuel told the girls to choose one ... More >>

Hairy Stuff: Local Girl Vying to Be America's Next Top Model Is the Pits

​Cleared out the TiVo last night after watching American Idol for DC9 and realized I just haven't been watching enough of the CW of late. I had totally missed that the 14th cycle of America's Next Top Model was set to premiere. And that, Friends, is unheard of in my reality-recapping world. So ... ... More >>

Girl Drink Drunk: ANTM Edition

In the quest for girl drink knowledge, I looked, this time, to my past--to the bottles that I remembered (from high school, mind you) containing a deceptively refreshing alternative to yucky, stinky boys' beer.Ladies, remember the dawn of Sprite-like malt beverages? Yeah, well so do I. Before I ... More >>

Food For Thought 3.02.09

"He says, 'There's a drunk club, I forget what it's called, but you have to like be really drunk to get in, I don't know if they'd let you in, but you could ask them for tips.'" (Rosie O'Donnell, explaining to Tyra Banks how her 13-year-old son convinced her to stop drinking. Seems she tried to pul ... More >>

Dunno Why Dallas Would Be Interested in a Doc About Good Looks

Not So Pretty

Tyson Bites Ambreal's Mango. And ...?

Keepin' it Ambreal For One More Week

Dallas Top Model Discovers Every Rose Has Its Thorn

Dallas Girl Ambreal is "Disgustingly Fabulous" on Top Model

Step to It

See Joey Lawrence and friends bust a move

That's So Craig Watkins!

People, People Who Read People

Fort Worth Curves

The Real Lady Marmalade

Patti LaBelle visits the Nokia

Universal Song

This love isn’t just black and white

Femme Form

Party Paws

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

The Naked Truth

When it comes to Dallas' practice of prosecuting low-level porn clerks, jurors know hypocrisy when they see it

Jerry rigged

Bruckheimer's Coyote Ugly pours a lethal cocktail

B.S. 101

John Singleton's college melodrama Higher Learning is a baffling misfire