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Vanity Fair Traces the Dallas Years of Norma McCorvey, the Plaintiff in Roe v. Wade

In 1969, Norma McCorvey was just 21 and living in Dallas with her father when she got pregnant for the third time. She was poor, working menial jobs and couldn't afford another child. She wanted an abortion, but she also couldn't afford the trip to one of the six states that allowed the practice at ... More >>

Our Idiot Brother: The Littlest Lebowski

Long-haired dreamer has predictably profound effect on his siblings.

Opening Day: When a Game is Just an Excuse to Tailgate

Today in Buffalo, New York, it's 37 degrees. There's snow on the ground, and more is expected tonight. Who cares, right? Well, Arron Wight does. He's from Buffalo and came to Texas for opening day at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington with his uncle Steve Greis, who lives in Dallas. Photos by Lauren Drew ... More >>

L.A.-Based Photograper Insists "The Disrepair at Dealey Plaza ... Is An Insult to History."

Photo by Harry Wilonsky​Vanity Fair's Jim Wolcott directs our attention today to a dispatch from Los Angeles-based photographer Donald Barnat: "Disappointment at Dealey Plaza," posted yesterday. Long story short: Barnat was in town during the Super Bowl and, like most visitors to our city, found h ... More >>

Celebrating a Different Independence

Restrepo: Capturing Men at Work at War.

"Jessica Simpson Has Hovered Over This City Like a Dark Cloud." That's Not Very Nice.

We'll return to weightier issues in a moment -- ba-dum-dum -- but, for a moment, this respite from hotel talk and DISD chatter. Vanity Fair's been gracious enough to post the entirety of its Jessica Simpson June cover story, due to his stands shortly. It's quite the breathless read that touches on p ... More >>

Vanity Fair Recounts the First 100 Days of the George W. Bush Not-Presidency

Courtesy Elliott's HardwareVanity Fair contributing editor Nancy Jo Sales has a lengthy "Web exclusive" about the post-presidency of George W. Bush -- specifically, how he's looking to "reshape his legacy," both alone and with the assist of former White House colleagues. From Bush's March 17 speech ... More >>

Slick Oil Story

Bryan Burrough doubles up on Texas tea

What Will Become of Robert Johnson's Historic Recording Site Downtown?

How to Lose Friends and Nick and Norah: Double Your Disappointment

Two mediocre adaptations by two directors who really should have known better

WWMCD? Well, For Starters: "Get Out" and "Short the Shit"

Downtown Dallas, One Big Ad

Clients of Industry

Brazil's kidnapping epidemic spawns its own supply-and-demand economy

Logrolling In Our Time

Fifteen Minutes of Fame

It's tough to crack the Bernhard mystique

Who's Vanity Fair's Mystery Man? Probably Not Mark Cuban, For Starters.

Darwin's ACS in a Sling. Or Not.

Heart Attack

Attempting romantic comedy, Sir Ridley Scott conquers neither

Ray Nagin's Dallas Daze

Dallas Ain't a Believer

The Luce-y Show

With The Women, CTD tests the Clare-voyance of a 1930s single-sex comedy

Odds & Ends

Cory Helms benefit entertains and helps out; The Hourly Radio plays NYC showcase; rockin' women headed for Hailey's

Oh, My Goss

Goss Gallery has more going for it than the George Michael buzz

Barnstormer

Tift Merritt breaks through with an impressive album and an even more impressive Grammy nomination

Frida's Frames

See the real Frida Kahlo, unibrow and all, at PDNB Gallery

Reese's Piece

Mira Nair's Victorian England bursts with sensuality, but not impact

Blessed Are the Cheeky

Python's Brian returns, bearing cinematic salvation

Tough Sledding

Rosebud is far from a work of genius

Not Our Thing

There's drama at Café Nostra, but it's not on the menu

Fallon Fast

Saturday Night Live's prime player is rapidly outgrowing television's small screen

Face Time

The Carter's latest exhibit revels in the human visage captured by the artist's hand

Wynter of Our Discontent

Beresford finds truth and beauty in the Wind between her ears

Awesome Possums

Being a dame isn't what one keeps in his or her support hose

That's All, Folks

Contemporary art superstar Ed Ruscha turns a mirror on his times, and finds...not a whole lot

Cumming Up

Is he a writer, director, actor or...sex symbol? Um, yes--and more

Almost Famous

Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell isn't Carrie Bradshaw. Like, really.

By the book

Julie Speed tells her viewers all they need to know about her art -- and her

The men who did too little

Michael Mann's The Insider proves real life trumps fictional suspense every time

Hot tango

Love hate

Nicholas Broomfield's Courtney problem

Events for the week

Time to kill

McConaughey and Zellweger take a Chainsaw to their careers

Go ahead and cry

Madonna's Evita is better fashion than fascism

Unsentimental journey

A confident cast traverses T3's The Fantasticks

Zoo story

Pegasus Theatre rounds out a Nicky Silver festival with Raised in Captivity

Events for the week

Deep six: The ungrateful dead

Rushes

Buzz