The 34th season of Survivor began airing last night. It was also the 500th episode. Jeff Probst has won four Emmys for hosting the show, and yet I had never seen one minute of it. Fort Worth native Michaela Bradshaw returns for this season, which takes place in Fiji. She…
DFW just gained one more place to see live music. The Star in Frisco, which hosts the Dallas Cowboys corporate offices, has a state-of-the-art indoor facility, Ford Center, which up until now has just been used for the Dallas Cowboys and Frisco ISD practices and some other non-music-related entertainment events…
Apparently pop singer Selena Gomez has a home in Fort Worth. And now it’s on sale. For a cool $3 million. Everyone seems to be pretty tight-lipped on the two-story mansion in the private residential area, Montserrat. The realtor selling the home, Todd Terry, directed us to another blog for…
What could the Northeast Police Department be working toward on any given day? Stopping sex trafficking? Pulling over drunk drivers? Pursuing strong arm robbers and drug kingpins? Making sure pesky teenagers and drunk college kids don’t steal those little orange number tents from Whataburger? The police department responsible for Cross Roads…
Don’t walk, don’t run, effing backflip your way to Cirque du Soleil’s Kurios — Cabinet of Curiosities production. Cirque du Soleil is a fancy Canadian circus and each show has a different theme. Kurios takes place during the Renaissance, and the characters are seen as early fans of science who…
I only have two questions in life, and they are: Who killed Jonbenet Ramsey, and why the hell did John MF Tesar get sent home on this round of Top Chef? I’m not angry, I’m just furious. I’ve spent the last 10 or so weeks watching, rooting for and crying…
This won’t come as a surprise to most people currently navigating the rough waters of online dating, but whom you voted for in the November election has a big impact on your number of potential mates. According to Match.com’s seventh annual Singles in America survey — which sought responses from…
After completing the first season of Inside Amy Schumer, the show’s head writer wasn’t sure whether a second season would be greenlit. “It’s terrifying. It’s really scary,” Jessi Klein says. “You can kind of get better at handling that anxiety, and I think I have gotten better at it, but…
Monday night Chris Harrison visited Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show to announce the next leading lady on ABC’s The Bachelorette. Dallas native Rachel Lindsay will pass out roses next season, and be the first black woman to do so. Lindsay told Kimmel that when the producers first approached her about…
John Tesar is crying. Brooke Williamson says, “John is crying.” He says, “No, I’m not.” But he’s crying. He’s in shock that he’s safe from another elimination round of Top Chef. I’m in shock. The other three remaining chefs hug and congratulate him. I hug my life-size Tesar cutout. This episode’s…
Sitting down with chef John Tesar is like a therapy session. The two-time Top Chef contestant and bad press magnet has changed. Unlike season 10 Tesar, season 14 Tesar is nice to his competitors. He talks about his time in therapy and frequently references his newfound zen. He’s also not…
Milk chocolate and a stuffed bear don’t cut it anymore. Anyone can buy those from CVS or from a guy selling them on the street. This is Valentine’s Day, damn it, and your significant other wants to feel special and loved. We see the fear in your eyes, but even…
The mimosa. Chicken and waffles. An omelet. All of these things were not conceived in 10 minutes at Whole Foods. I’m not fact checking any of that, but I can assume the people who invented these things put some thought into it or possibly, they accidentally screwed something up and…
Sheriff Parnell McNamara says he wanted witnesses in the room when he read lines with Jeff Bridges over the phone. “I put him on speaker phone, and I got three of my captains and my secretary in the office to listen because I didn’t think anybody would believe that I…
DNCE is what happens when the preacher’s kid gets ahold of some drugs. It’s the quarter-life crisis after the Jonas Brothers split for failure to agree artistically. It’s Joe Jonas’ band and it’s weird as hell. The band walked out onto the Granada stage at 9 p.m. sharp to the…
John Tesar and Casey Thompson are still wiping the tears and sweat of last week’s restaurant wars. They appear to be dealing with an emotional hangover as they question why Katsuji Tanabe would be such a dick and turn on Tesar. But out with one contestant and in with a…
On Sunday, Miss Belize will compete in the Philippines against 85 other women from across the world for the title of Miss Universe. Her evening gown, however, is from a Carrollton dress shop. Shimmer Boutique is owned and operated by Larissa Maner, who has been in the pageant and prom…
It’s about an hour before showtime at Freedom Place Church in Rowlett for The Voice alumna Holly Tucker. She made the top 6 in season four as a country music artist on Blake Shelton’s team. While finishing her courses at Baylor University via email and competing on one of the…
Asa Butterfield was at the Joule Hotel on Jan. 20 to promote his new film. The Space Between Us is ambitious. The film, starring Asa Butterfield from Hugo and Ender’s Game, is one part sci-fi, one part romance and one part road trip, with a little bit of action mixed…
It’s restaurant wars! While it usually takes months, years, decades to open a restaurant, Top Chef expects its contestants to do it in three hours, give or take. This isn’t a big deal for Dallas chef John Tesar. In his career, he has opened 21 restaurants, 11 which were his…
On Saturday morning, Liz Cook is in a back room of her tattoo shop, Rebel Muse in Lewisville, inking a creepy clown on the left leg of a returning client. On a nearby shelf sit about 10 trophies for tattooing. Sometimes she enters the competitions, sometimes her clients enter for her…
John Tesar has changed. He’s done some reading. He’s discovered himself. He’s gone from a scorpion to an eagle soaring above the ground. Episode 7 of Top Chef season 14 starts with a quickfire challenge, but with an elimination. Everyone is stressed. But considering there’s still about 74 chefs left…
