Andrew W.K. plays House of Blues Wednesday, Oct. 4. If you’ve been to a party where doing a keg stand counted as the price of admission or sat through the loading screen of a Madden NFL video game, then you’ve heard Andrew W.K.’s music. The California-born Michigan native has been…
David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, the cult mystery series that returned this year — 25 years after its initial two-season run on ABC — for a final, mind-bending season on Showtime, is one of the most surreal TV-watching experiences, and it was just as surreal for the people who played the show’s most…
You don’t just laugh at the punchline when Gilbert Gottfried tells a joke. You laugh at the setup. You laugh at his comments about the joke. You even laugh at the segues between his jokes. Gottfried has one of the most original formulas in the history of comedy, which he…
The 200 to 500 block of Jefferson Boulevard in Oak Cliff possess some of the most familiar sights in the city of Dallas, such as the giant, plastic cow on top of the Charco Broiler Steak House, the black raven on the former home of Raven’s Pharmacy and the star-studded…
Clowns look scary. Even if their intention is to entertain children, their wide, painted smiles instantly become menacing with a droop of their makeup-coated brows. That’s why, in 1986, horror writer Stephen King chose a clown named Pennywise to be the child-eating villain of his classic novel IT. In 1990,…
The early days of comic books featured some ethnically diverse and multidimensional characters, but they were few and far between. Most nonwhite characters reinforced stereotypes and served as C- and D-tier backup to blond-haired, blue-eyed superheroes. “Growing up with superheroes like the Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Spider-Man, Batman and Superman,…
Hector Rodriguez didn’t want to just create a comic book starring a Latino superhero. The artist, who was born in Eagle Pass and grew up in El Paso, wanted a superhero who stood for something real and cared about the humanitarian issues facing people on the Texas-Mexico border. El Peso…
Hector Rodriguez says he finally heard his calling to become a superhero comic artist and publish a superhero story that he created in college when a student came to him in tears. His father, the student said, had been deported. “He’s crying and that kind of hit me,” Rodriguez says. “What…
Dallas almost lost one of its few remaining classic record stores earlier this year, but Top Ten Records will open for business again this weekend with a unique concept. Top Ten Records on Jefferson Boulevard will officially reopen Saturday as both a music store and a nonprofit music library for…
Last weekend, thousands of fans of strategic, virtual violence descended upon the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine for QuakeCon, an annual gaming celebration that offers first glimpses of some of the most anticipated game releases of the year. The people who turn out aren’t ordinary gamers. They’re a special breed…
If you’re a fan of Canada, sketch comedy or both, then you’ll be happy to learn who will receive the Ernie Kovacs Award at this year’s Dallas VideoFest. Comedians Kevin McDonald and Dave Foley, two of the five members of the renowned stage and TV comedy troupe The Kids in…
The national effort to remove Confederate statues and symbols, after the fatal clash between protestors in Charlottesville, Virginia, has reached Six Flags Over Texas. TMZ Live reported on its live show Thursday that the Arlington theme park had a Confederate flag as one of the six flags flying over the…
OpTic Gaming, a hugely successful Call of Duty eSports team that’s based in Chicago, announced on its website that the team plans to move its headquarters to Dallas sometime this year. The news of the team’s move comes on the heels of OpTic Gaming’s big win Saturday at Major League…
Clive Revill will appear at Infinicon at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Addison this weekend. Actor Clive Revill has more than 180 acting credits in films, television shows and video games spanning practically every genre of entertainment. Besides being a renowned theater actor with more than 60 years of acting experience,…
Cinépolis won’t officially enter the Dallas luxury movie theater fray until 2018 when it opens its theater in Victory Park, but its newest theater in Euless could give us a glimpse of what’s to come downtown. The luxury movie theater chain, which moved its headquarters to Addison last year, opened…
The television wing of the Sony Pictures corporation now owns the largest stake in the Flower Mound animated film studio Funimation, but there’s no indication so far that Sony plans to change how Funimation makes, dubs or distributes its cartoons and merchandise to fans. Sony Pictures Television announced Tuesday that…
Until recently, I was convinced that if I had been born in the times of our Paleolithic human ancestors, my life would have been as short and bloody as Anthony Scaramucci’s political career. I didn’t think I possessed any of the skills needed to survive in a harsh, unforgiving world…
Twelve-year-old Dallas comedian Saffron Herndon broke the internet in 2015 when a Buzzfeed article introduced the world to her irreverent and edgy sense of humor. That exposure led to a performance on NBC’s Today Show, and the following year we learned Herndon had been given her own A&E reality series, Little…
The gaming world may be new compared to movies and music, but it already has some interesting myths. Lost and fabled relics are being uncovered, like Atari’s “E.T.” cartridge landfill dump and the infamous “Hot Coffee” mode in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which sparked another national debate about children…
“Cutting the cord” has become a point of pride for some TV watchers. Streaming services like Netflix, SlingTV and Hulu have challenged cable’s longtime monopoly, offering both traditional and original TV programming, and the ability to access it from a variety of devices, all for a low monthly subscription fee…
The middle of winter may not sound like an ideal time to open a massive water park. However, Grand Prairie’s new 80,000-square-foot water park, under construction and scheduled to open its first phrase around mid-November, will be able to make it feel like summertime no matter the season. The $100…
One of the most hallowed weeks of the year is almost upon us: Shark Week. It’s that glorious time of year when the Discovery Channel and everyone else pays homage to one of the most feared and majestic creatures of the ocean, presumably so sharks see it as a sign…
