A very proud Friend of Unfair Park sends word: A short film he worked on has taken top prize in a contest sponsored by Universal Studios — thanks, in large part, to a big thumbs-up from competition namesake Rob Zombie. Mr. Cummings (and why wouldn’t you stick with that name?)…
Hal SamplesOn the set of Lone Star. Sure hope we get to see this episode.Well I’ll be damned. We’re up and running again. For now. How … surprising. Again, data was corrupted, but at least everyone got a scholarship (thanks, Congressional Black Caucus!). My apologies, of course — you couldn’t…
Back to that Houston-to-Dallas bullet train for a second …Erik Noriega, manager of communications for the Greater Houston Partnership, was kind enough to send me Central Japan Railway Company’s PowerPoint referred to below. Says Noriega, GHP just hosted Monday’s event, which was attended, for the most part, by Harris County…
Sam MertenIn July 2009, U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater dismissed the Securities and Exchange Commission’s complaint that Mark Cuban violated insider-trading laws when, in 2004, he sold off $750,000 in Mamma.com stock. Cuban, of course, poo-poohed the claim when originally brought by the SEC in November 2008: “The government’s claims…
About a year ago there was some big back-and-forthing over the viability of a high-speed rail connecting Dallas and Houston. But since then, we’ve heard next to nothing. Except: Our sister paper in Houston directs our attention this morning to news of a Monday-morning meeting during which Yoshiyuki Kasai, the…
Heritage Auction GalleriesFrom time to time I kill some time perusing the Heritage Auction Galleries website — maybe we’ll find more gems like these photos. And, sure enough, this morning I stumbled across this soon-to-go-on-the-block keeper: a photo of the Dallas Lightweights taken by one G. Bannon in 1901.This much…
Patrick MichelsWhere to begin — Vegas, maybe? Perhaps you’ve heard: Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa’s now just one of two finalists for the Clark County School District’s top job, since the Floridian in the mix dropped out. Meanwhile, this Thursday, the DISD’s board of trustees will meet to…
Photos by Danny FulgencioI’m headed to Fair Park shortly for a Very Special Sneak Peak at … well, you’ll find out later, so there. Till then, the surest sign yet that the State Fair of Texas kicks off its till-October-17 run this very Friday: the annual erecting of Big Tex…
Photos by Hal SamplesAdrianne Palicki, left, and Jon Voight on the set of Lone StarAs you’re no doubt aware by now, Lone Star premieres tonight on FOX at 8 p.m. It’s shot here but set in Houston and Midland, between which James Wolk’s Bob/Robert bounces while leading the con man’s…
The City Auditor’s Office this morning released its look-see at the amount of overtime paid to Dallas Police Department officers waiting around to testify at municipal court. DPD’s got a general order that says: Off-duty officers can either hang around court waiting for trial and be guaranteed two hours overtime…
Back in ’07, during his brief break from the paper version of Unfair Park, Out Fearless Leader Mark Donald profiled Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins — “Impact Player of the Year” — for Texas Lawyer. In that piece, Mark mentioned that two prosecutors fired by Watkins during the early…
In the past few hours, stories from the U.K. began surfacing: Tom Hicks isn’t leaving Liverpool after all, but has instead asked a Blackstone Group subsidiary to help him refinance his debt. Which suggested to some that Hicks’s has no intention of getting Yanks-out after — hence this weekend’s planned…
A 2008 rendering of the new Sylvan Avenue bridge, which will be discussed at another public meeting on October 7Feels like it’s been forever since last we heard of plans to replace the low-lying, flood-prone Sylvan Avenue bridge — almost two years to the month, matter of fact. Back in…
First off: G’mar chatimah tovah. Now, then.When I posted the link to that Feb. ’68 Jimi Hendrix Experience show at the Music Hall at Fair Park a few weeks back, I espied the set list for the next night’s follow-up at the Will Rogers Auditorium — a little different, mostly…
Shortly after the Clark County School District’s board of trustees announced that Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa is a finalist for the top job there, the super released a statement in which he said, among other things:Tomorrow, we will announce our final budget numbers from the 2009-10 school…
Kit NelsonA week ago today we told you that the Royal Bank of Scotland has given Tom Hicks till October 6 to find a buyer for Liverpool FC, or else it’s taking over. Hicks and George Gillett owe the bank £237 million. Hicks and Gillett want £800 million for the…
Says so right here: November 10. She’ll be out promoting Austin-based Heroic Media, self-described as “a faith-based non-profit that reduces abortion by creating a Culture of Life through television, billboard and internet advertising which connects women in crisis with life-affirming pregnancy centers.” No word on ticket prices yet, and I…
Earlier this year it appeared Carl Icahn was all done with Blockbuster: The one-time major shareholder in the downtown-based video-rentalist, the guy who led the charge to oust CEO John Antioco and replace him with Jim Keyes, resigned from its board in January. Then, in March, he began dumping stock…
On July 9 Your Texas Rangers acquired Cliff Lee from the Seattle Mariners. Which was great. Very exciting. But, just maybe, something just as interesting was taking place in the chambers of Judge Michael Lynn, the Fort Worth bankruptcy judge who, on July 9, gathered behind closed doors several of…
Patrick MichelsOn Wednesday, Dallas Police Chief David Brown released that dash-cam video and called upon the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office to prosecute three officers involved in the beating of Andrew Collins. Thursday evening, the Dallas Police Department sent word: Brown has fired five more officers for alleged offenses dating…
Patrick MichelsPatrick took this photo this morning at the Jubilee Park event. I knew it would come in handy.A few minutes ago, the Clark County School District announced: Sure enough, Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa’s a finalist for the superintendent’s job there — no surprise. Joining him on…
That’s the just-posted, very-latest exclusive from Deadline Hollywood, which earlier brought news that several networks were vying for Sex and the City creator Darren Star’s adaptation of Kim Gatlin’s semi(?)fictional tome about the Park Cities. Reports Nellie Andreeva:I hear ABC’s new chief Paul Lee spearheaded the network’s efforts to land…
