You’ll know people who grew up in New Orleans the second you meet them. There isn’t some shared physical or genetic trait or even a discernible accent. You’ll know because we’ll constantly tell you we grew up in New Orleans. I know this because I’m one of them. I grew…
The term “missing link” gets thrown around a lot in discussions about humanity’s lineage, but it’s incorrect for many reasons. One of the biggest misconceptions created by the term is that human evolution only followed one direction that never strays from its path. “If you want to think of human…
The latest tour for Joel Hodgson’s movie-mocking TV creation Mystery Science Theater 3000 is special for many reasons. The Cheesy Movie Circus Tour features new gadgets and effects for Hodgson and his robot friends Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot. The two movies that will face Hodgson’s firing squad include…
Digital media may be more convenient in terms of access, quality and storage space, but VHS and other forms of physical movies will have something that no streaming service or m4v file never will: the ability to brag about its size. VHS, DVD and Blu-ray collections are just like any other…
The Dark Hour Haunted House sets a very high bar for its very frightening attractions. The costumes are intricately designed. The rooms and sets look like something built by a movie studio with a high-priced budget. The makeup designs are seamless, striking and supremely scary. The makeup team — which…
Halloween is coming up and you probably want to celebrate this joyous season of candy and death, while the last thing you want to do is throw on a furry outfit and traverse outdoors in this wet weather. (It would not only be cold and uncomfortable, but everyone would wonder…
The CW sitcom Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, created by and starring comedian Rachel Bloom, is a joyous anomaly of television. Despite its low ratings, the high level of critical acclaim carried the show through four glorious seasons, two Emmy wins and a Golden Globe for Bloom’s performance of Rebecca Bunch, a successful…
The tornado that destroyed the main studio and offices of KNON 89.3 FM left crews with a massive challenge to get out of the building as quickly as possible — and its regular listeners without a broadcast. The community radio station went off the air when one of the three…
Every good show on TV should do what Breaking Bad has done. For starters, every show should strive to be as awesome as Breaking Bad. Someone should tell the makers of CBS’ Fam. Breaking Bad is as close to perfect in achieving what humanity hopes for from any TV show…
The Deadly Sins Burlesque show is a variety show in one of the most strictest senses of the word. The monthly burlesque and sideshow showcase held at Wits End in Deep Ellum starts out with beautiful burlesque dance performances; then, it immediately switches to the darker side of entertainment with…
Seeing a pile of poop at Klyde Warren Park isn’t an unusual sight, especially if you’re in the dog park (sigh), but a rather large one is attracting crowds to the downtown Dallas park. For one day only on Thursday, a 30-foot inflatable turd (This is why I took on…
Twenty years ago, comedian Steve Treviño was a regular at the Addison Improv, but not as a comedy act. He was working there. “I was the answer phone calls guy,” Treviño says. “I was the take the tickets guy. I was the cook guy. I was the take the comedians to…
In 2009, comedian Jim Breuer found himself carrying a thriving comedy career and rabid fan base thanks to his manic style of hard rock stand-up storytelling, his time on Saturday Night Live and memorable performances in cult films like Dave Chappelle’s Half-Baked and as a frequent guest on Howard Stern’s radio show…
The creator of the Horror Museum and Chocolate Bar promised a whole heap of horrific fun for Dallas’ horror fans. Founder Ali Sheikh said back in August that his Deep Ellum attraction on Main Street would feature unique horror exhibits like a collection of artifacts that carried macabre and sordid historical…
The climate of our political landscape may seem more unnecessarily divided than a Cici’s Pizza pie, but just because you don’t agree with certain views doesn’t mean you can’t find them funny. Comedian Trae Crowder who’s also known by his YouTube moniker as “The Liberal Redneck,” says he performs in…
When an editor gives one of their writers the task of covering a concert fronted by a celebrity who isn’t known for their musical talents, it’s either because they know that it will suck and the writer can turn such torture into something hilarious or the writer did something wrong…
Talking to actor, jazz pianist and a being of radiating light Jeff Goldblum is never a one-way conversation. He’s so genuinely interested in people and being alive in the moment that he can turn a simple press interview around on the person talking to him. Goldblum spoke to us about his…
July 22, 2016, is a date that will live in infamy for pop culture geeks, film fans and tapeheads. It’s the day that could be the first step of the long, slow death of the videotape. This was the day Japan’s Funai Electric manufactured the world’s last new video cassette…
The ongoing investigation into the alleged inappropriate behavior of opera star Plácido Domingo hit home again over the weekend when a Dallas singer, college professor and daughter of Southern Methodist University’s president stated publicly that she was a victim of Domingo’s behavior. Angela Turner Wilson, a seasoned opera singer who…
Opera star Plácido Domingo was scheduled to perform in Dallas next year, but after an Associated Press story revealed that nine women accused him of sexually harassing them over the last four decades, the Dallas Opera pulled his tour date from the schedule. The Dallas Opera removed the link to…
The first Plano Comedy Festival made quite an impression on Dallas’ comedy community. Comedian and founder Wes Corwin and his crew put together one of the year’s most impressive festivals with a list of local comedians and even some seasoned comics who perform across the country. The festival organizers set…
There’s been a virtual reality boom in DFW’s entertainment offerings, with story-driven experiences that put players in some of their favorite film franchises or in real world landscapes that would cost a fortune to actually visit. However, there hasn’t been a place to do what all gamers truly wish they…
