Nancy Cartwright will speak Friday, April 28, at the USA Film Festival Actress and writer Nancy Cartwright may have one of the most lucrative voice-acting careers in the history of entertainment, but that doesn’t mean her wandering days are over. The Ohio native turned Californian, best known as the voice…
Like most people in the entertainment industry, Bucks Burnett used a celebrity’s name to wedge his foot in the door. His name is the Mister Ed. The world’s most famous talking horse had a primetime CBS sitcom from 1958-1966 and ran in syndication on UHF channels and cable networks like…
Regular attendees of the Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF) felt the absence of one vibrant film critic at this year’s gathering. Gary Murray died during last year’s festival after a pickup truck hit him while he was crossing Mockingbird Lane. The driver, still unidentified, fled the scene. “When Gary was…
Jay Pharoah performs at the Arlington Improv Friday, April 21, and Saturday, April 22 You won’t see Jay Pharoah doing anymore Barack Obama impersonations on Saturday Night Live, but that’s just about the only place you won’t see him. Pharoah is still doing regular stand-up gigs just like he’s done…
There’s no excuse for skipping this year’s Thin Line Fest in Denton. The festival, which celebrates film, music and photography, takes place from Wednesday to Sunday during the post-Easter traffic lull. The weather will be crisp and clear after a weekend of wind and rain. Oh, and here’s the most…
Sebastian Maniscalco performs at the Majestic Theatre on Thursday, April 13. Sebastian Maniscalco recently got one of the highest compliments any comedian can receive. Another comedian said he’s funny. On his web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, host and show creator Jerry Seinfeld described Maniscalco as someone who “just…
Frank Conniff and Trace Beaulieu will perform at Alamo Drafthouse April 28 and 29 Mystery Science Theater 3000 is more than just a universally beloved TV show; it sparked a comedy phenomenon. The show is about a lowly janitor trapped in space with two wisecracking robots who are forced to…
Music and art may seem like appealing career paths for creative people. However, at a Dallas Startup Week panel on Wednesday, several entertainment entrepreneurs warned that these fields require business sense as well. “A lot of people want to create, but one of the things you have to worry about…
Steve Martin and Martin Short will perform at Verizon Theatre on April 8 When you’re talking to Steve Martin and Martin Short, everything is a setup to a joke. Even a joke. “I’m originally from Waco,” Martin says when we ask him a question about his hometown. “I moved away…
Actor Khary Payton has come a long way from his days as a theater student performing Shakespeare at Southern Methodist University. He’s still playing majestic kings, only these days he’s doing it on The Walking Dead, where his role is King Ezekiel, a benevolent ruler who keeps a tiger as…
There’s a new obstacle worrying some classic arcade owners. According to VentureBeat, stockpiles of the cathode ray tube (CRT) monitors that give classic arcade games their distinctive look are dwindling. Since electronic companies stopped making the monitors in 2007 thanks to the rising demand for high-definition LED screens, CRT monitors…
The Texas Pinball Festival, held last weekend in Frisco, is one of the largest of its kind in the country. It’s only 16 years old, but in that time it’s moved from a small arcade in Arlington to the 45,000-square-foot Frisco convention center. The most recent three-day festival delivered more than…
Deon Cole performs at the Arlington Improv Friday through Sunday, March 24-26 Chicago-born comedian Deon Cole has enough dream jobs to satisfy the aspiration of three comedians. He’s got a national fanbase and a stand-up tour. He’s a writer and frequent performer on a top-rated late night talk show. He’s…
The very first QuakeCon, the annual gaming convention held by gaming software giant ZeniMax Media that oversees game developers such as id Software of Dallas, was held in a La Quinta Inn in Garland with an attendance of just 50 die-hard fans. These days, QuakeCon needs a much more substantial…
The Dallas Comedy Festival has come a long way from its early days in Deep Ellum, even though it’s only moved a quarter of a mile north from its original location on Commerce Street. Eight years after the first festival, the Dallas Comedy House is holding this year’s DCF in…
Ask Linda Gray what makes the the show Dallas so iconic, and the actress — who played J.R. Ewing’s long-suffering, alcoholic wife Sue Ellen on the long-running CBS primetime soap opera as well as its TNT revival — can’t fully explain it. “Sometimes the answer is I have no idea what makes…
An electrical fire that started Tuesday afternoon destroyed a two-story building on the site of the Scarborough Renaissance Festival in Waxahachie and left the costume company Pendragon Costumes without a space to sell their wares. The festival’s loyal community rallied troops to make sure that Pendragon will have whatever they…
Louie Anderson performs at the Granada Theater on March 23. Except for the Osmonds and the Jacksons, few entertainers have gotten as much mileage out of their family as comedian Louie Anderson. Anderson’s large Minnesota family — he has 10 siblings — has not only provided him almost 40 years…
Gia Woodrum, a third-grader who lives in Arlington and goes to school at the Garner Fine Arts Academy in Grand Prairie, has two passions in life: art and helping people. She’s combined the two things she loves doing most in life. She sells her portraits at auctions and through her…
The Thin Line Fest has brought an eclectic mix of musical acts and documentaries to downtown Denton for the last nine years. This year, they plan to celebrate their 10th by giving a gift to their fans that’s more than just a lineup of music and movies. The 10th annual…
Think of your favorite movie character. It doesn’t matter the genre or the franchise. Just think of the movie character you love the most and always wanted to become if money, opportunity and the basic laws of physics weren’t standing in your way. Now imagine getting a phone call from…
Even as some members of the Texas Legislature work to kill state incentives used to draw television and film productions to cities like Dallas, a big one is preparing to come to town in a couple of weeks. A film crew from the Fox network is planning to shoot an…
