A few years ago, the Observer began a series calling out what we thought were some of the area’s ugliest buildings. The AT&T office building at Bryan Street and Haskell Avenue, the Dallas World Trade Center, the Turley Law Center on Central Expressway, Irving’s convention center, Dallas City Hall. (That…
Little Women is a novel turned movie about the life and struggles of sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy while growing up in poverty and without a father during the American Civil War. Little Women is also a “reality” TV show on Lifetime about women with dwarfism, who are “friends”…
Imagine Cops and First 48, but live. Real time. Little to no editing. That’s what A&E will deliver starting Oct. 28. While Dallas has seen its fair share of time on the reality small screen this past year, A&E is offering up a completely different show. Live PD is a weekly…
During the first 10 seasons of The Voice, 52 contestants have been from the Lone Star State with 18 of those being from the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The Voice apparently loves Texans, and Season 11 has proved to be no different. Five DFW residents or homeowners have made it past…
Kacey Musgraves State Fair of Texas, Fair Park, Dallas Friday, Sept. 30, 2016 I’ve never seen Texas-country musician Kacey Musgraves in concert. And after attending her show at the State Fair of Texas its opening night, I still have never seen her in concert. There were hundreds or probably thousands…
Attention, men of the Dallas area: If you are 30 to 50 years old and into women who are 10 years older than you, man, are you in luck. Dallas just happens to rank seventh in “cougar” activity in America. According to the online dating site PlentyOfFish, a cougar is a…
Thursday afternoon, Real Housewives of Dallas cast member Marie Reyes tweeted a police report from 2008 that says Real Housewife LeeAnne Locken threatened her ex-boyfriend with a knife and hit him in the face with sandpaper. “LeeAnne Locken has a documented history of violence with knives — so I’m staying away…
Waco is the next New York City! You heard it here first. Who needs bright lights and busy streets and high fashion when you could have college students and being in the place where HGTV’s Fixer Upper is filmed and … What else is in Waco? Apparently the people who…
Carrie Underwood With Easton Corbin and the Swon Brothers American Airlines Center, Dallas Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016 Carrie Underwood is like a Barbie doll but better. There isn’t a note she can’t hit. Her blonde hair bounces with every step, yet never gets messy. Her outfits are made for a…
Attention single people everywhere: There’s another dating app on the scene. This one was given the thumbs up by SMU students, so there’s a lot of no doubt it’s great. Keevee was conceived by Dallas-based Eve Mobile, and it’s different from Tinder or Bumble or Match.com in that you start with the…
Alyssa Edwards is idolized by people around the world. She is stunning and fierce and funny, and she’s Mesquite’s own Justin Johnson. When Johnson isn’t his drag queen persona, Edwards, he’s a dance studio owner whose desire to be the best and teach the best translates to his young dancers. He…
Dallas hasn’t been the same since The Real Housewives of Dallas wrapped its first season back in May. No one here can handle the limbo of “is there or isn’t there a season 2?” Our district attorney and police chief both posted their resignation and stray dogs have just been wandering the…
Rick Perry is sitting at home with his wife, eating Funyuns and scrolling through channels on the moving picture box in his living room when he comes across President Obama standing behind a podium and delivering a heartfelt, encouraging speech to the nation. “I could do that,” Perry says to…
New bakeries come to town all the time. Everyone’s aunt seems to think they make the best cookies or their cupcakes are more special than others, but when your bakery is featured on a wildly successful TV show, it’s bound to draw enthusiastic customers. Even if you’ve never seen Cake…
A few weeks ago, JoJo Fletcher chose Aaron Rodgers’ baby brother Jordan as the love of her life on everyone’s favorite shitshow, The Bachelorette. The Dallas native then told host Chris Harrison and America that she and her fiancé would move here. Dallas residents everywhere rejoiced, and we sought out…
The Real Housewives of Dallas star LeeAnne Locken is really, really mad at me. And not because I made fun of her blush, like most other people on Twitter do. And not because I made a jab at the fact she is a Real Housewife and not even technically married…
It’s been months since The Real Housewives of Dallas finished its inaugural season and we — as in the loyal fans, the people who lose sleep over this — don’t know yet if there is a second season. But while the first season’s cast awaits that news, they are trying…
In the back room of Flying Saucer in Addison, six women sit together drinking and playing Pokemon Go on their phones as they await the arrival of the other members of their fantasy romance novel book club. It’s called Vaginal Fantasy, and it’s a local chapter of a national club…
Everyone has a great idea that’s going to make them rich. But more times than not, they wake up the next day, sober, and don’t follow through with it. But what happens when you do? What happens when you take that in-the-moment, genius idea you and your friends schemed up…
It was the mugshot seen ’round the world. A picture of a University of North Texas mug was trending on Facebook last week thanks to its awkward handle, shaped like a “C” and positioned to the left of the letters “UNT.” See you next Tuesday. Oh, did you think we…
98 Degrees With O-Town, Dream and Ryan Cabrera South Side Ballroom, Dallas Monday, July 11, 2016 On Monday night, nostalgia in the flesh walked through the door of South Side Ballroom. Five female friends had dressed for the show like it was 1999: overalls, plaid shirts, chokers, jean shorts, and…
In 1980, civil rights activist Rosa Parks participated in the game show To Tell The Truth. Rosa Parks! Rosa Parks, along with two imposters, answered questions from celebrity panelists, Nipsey Russell, Gordon Jump, Kitty Carlisle and Tiiu Leek, until time ran out and they were forced to guess who they…
