Michael and Carol Garland may be in their 70s, but they’ve spent most of their years on dance floors, and something as meaningless as age hasn’t stopped them. “If you put us behind the silhouette, people think we’re in our teens,” Michael says. “We do some crazy routines that even…
Where would the gaming world be without the advent of virtual reality technology and the 1993 film Super Mario Bros., the first mainstream film based on a video game? We definitely wouldn’t have cool, futuristic headsets like the Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR, and video game movies would be waaaaaaay…
The story behind Cherokee Creek is more than just the usual tale of an ambitious filmmaker enduring obstacles such as dwindling funding, long editing sessions and persuading the cast to do nude scenes in freezing weather. The raunchy horror-comedy and first full-length film written and directed by actor Todd Jenkins, which…
The sequels that followed the first RoboCop to the theaters, including the most recent remake, were meager attempts to capitalize on its success. But they ignored the parts that made it work so well. Ed Neumeier and Michael Miner, the screenwriters behind the original 1987 hit flick filmed almost entirely…
Every Friday the 13th, the staff and artists at Elm Street Tattoo, a Deep Ellum tattoo parlor, spend 24 straight hours tattooing people who line up to a “13” themed tattoo for a rock-bottom price. The place opens at midnight every Friday with a number 13 on its date and…
Your kids have been cooped up in the house all summer. Why would they go outside? They’ve got their Xboxes and Nintendo Switches and VR headsets that can simulate, down to the nearest pixel, what it’s like to be outdoors. The only ironclad excuse they have to leave the house…
TheBlaze, the conservative cable media company established in Dallas by former Fox News host and chalkboard enthusiast Glenn Beck, seems to be struggling to stay afloat. And based on Beck’s recent CNN interview, that’s starting to get to its founding father. Beck built his media business in the old Studios…
Opening a new themed bar and pizza restaurant can be quite an adventure. Uncovering a secret Easter egg can upgrade it to the Atari 2600 video game classic Adventure. The crew working on the new Regeneration Arcade Bar and Pizzeria on Dallas Parkway just north of Addison uncovered a floor…
You should always be careful what you tell a comedian. You could become more than just a clever bit in an act. Comedian George Redd learned that lesson when he told fellow comics Joel “Junebug” Runnels and Flo Hernandez about an old parking ticket he planned to pay. Runnels and…
Playing board games may seem quaint in this modern age of high-definition first-person shooters and virtual-reality headsets that can make you feel like Spider-Man, but the industry is experiencing a lucrative renaissance and attracting a fearsome, fervent fanbase. “We look at hundreds of games, and it’s always more and more,”…
Plano is getting its first comedy festival this week, but the founders of the fest had to do a little shuffling at the last minute. The first Plano Comedy Festival kicked off Thursday and runs through Sunday with more than 30 comedians performing live comedy shows at locations around Plano…
The staff of Prosper High School’s student news website Eagle Nation Online has racked up an impressive number of awards and a reputation for reporting on more than just pep rallies and school events. The students dig deep for sources on stories such as a report on how teachers “strongly…
The moment that comedian and impressionist Melissa Villaseñor learned she’d be a cast member on Saturday Night Live, she didn’t celebrate the way most people think they would. “My brother picked me up [from the airport], and we went to go have pizza and we watched Dunston Checks In,” Villaseñor…
The crew behind the Stomping Ground Comedy Theater, a new nonprofit comedy community space that’s been in the works for the last year, has a week to go before its grand opening, and there’s still a long to-do list. Managing director Lindsay Goldapp’s vision of a nonprofit space dedicated to…
If you’ve got someone on the side and you live in Dallas, now is the time to start worrying about your other significant other showing up on a date with a crew of cameras, boom mics and a smartly dressed host. Cheaters, the long-running reality show in which private eyes…
The great thing about the streaming video platform YouTube is the accessibility and chances it continues to give people with talent who may never get seen by the Hollywood machine. The bad thing about YouTube is that it made people like Jake Paul famous. The Vine maker turned YouTube vlogger…
The tell-all celebrity autobiography is more than just an easy way to make another buck for a person who’s lucky enough to spend any amount of time in the spotlight. It’s become a comedy goldmine for writer and performer Eugene Pack and the other stars he sends out onstage with…
Tig Notaro relishes the challenges of doing stand-up, but doing a charity show like the one she’ll be doing on May 31 at the Eisemann Center for Cancer Support Community North Texas takes the challenge to another level. “I would say I do one every other month for some sort…
The deep, cavernous sounds of the cello are perfect for heavy metal. They can be dark and brooding. They provide a nice, long bass sound that provides a perfect backup to songs about sadness and destruction. They can also give a band that extra foundation underneath the sounds of guitars…
The lineup for the Oak Cliff Film Festival will rock, literally. Festival officials announced the lineup of feature-length movies, documentaries and short films for the 2018 Oak Cliff Film Festival at the Texas Theatre that runs June 14-17. The list consists of 25 feature-length films, including 10 that will make a…
U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions’ 32nd Congressional District seat is one the Democratic Party hopes to flip in November, and it’s not alone. A pro-marijuana political action committee also wants Sessions out of his seat. Sessions possesses a considerable amount of power in the House as an 11-term representative and the chairman of…
Pretty soon, Frisco drivers will be heard uttering phrases like, “Holy #*$&! There ain’t nobody driving that car!” and “Are ghosts real because I think one is driving that orange van!” The city of Frisco inked a deal with the California-based tech company Drive.ai to test a new driveless car…
