Robert Decherd Seeking Alpha has posted the transcript of yesterday’s conference call during which A. H. Belo Corporation execs, including chairman Robert Decherd and Dallas Morning News publisher Jim Moroney, chatted with three analysts concerning the company’s second-quarter earnings. But, of course, first and foremost on the minds of the…
The Monte Cristo — was it ever delicious? Really, in light of the Bennigan’s news this morning, all I can think about is this clip from Mike Judge’s immortal Office Space — some of which was partially shot ’round these parts. Oh, and if you really wanna make your own…
Henry Wade First thing that comes up when you search for “Dallas” in Google News for the past month is this freshly minted piece about former Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade. The headline blares: “After Dallas DA’s death, 19 convictions are undone.” Craig Watkins says of his predecessor: “There…
This is Elizabeth Reesman — who dresses up as “an underground-dwelling elf that lives in a completely matriarchal society,” duh — from Keven McAlester’s film The Dungeon Masters. Mazel tov to Dallas boy Keven McAlester, who, it was announced today, got his second documentary feature — The Dungeon Masters –…
Now, see, if that were a real Bennigan’s ad after the jump, maybe they’d still be open. Alas. Me, I’ll miss Steak & Ale far more than Bennigan’s. Haven’t been to either in decades, but Steak & Ale was the most affordable “fancy” first-date restaurant I could find back in…
Sounds like Plano-based Metromedia Restaurant Group got tired of trying to fix Bennigan’s and went ahead and just shut ’em all down — in the middle of the night, no less. Also gone, though with far less fanfare this morning: MRG’s Steak & Ale. At least, when I just called…
So, about that Corvette that pulled in a little too close to the Lemmon Avenue La Madeleine on Friday. A couple of Friends pointed out in the comments that it was a Hertz rental special. No kidding: It’s so rare, matter of fact, that this morning, news of the crash…
Bust out the Excel for a peek at the May S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index, out today; or just take away the takeaway, which is: Dallas’s home prices are down 3.1 percent since May 2007, which is nothing compared to the national average of a 17 percent plunge spread amongst 10 major…
United Airlines’ Red Carpet Club lounge is located in Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Terminal B, near Gate 30. There, frequent fliers willing to shell out a few hundy for a gratis T-Mobile® Hotspot®, some snacks and coffee and a cash bar can kill time comfortably whilst awaiting their delayed…
Sherman’s KTEN-Channel 10 considers Dallas a staycation hot spot, having run recent features on the Dallas Zoo and the Children’s Museum at the Museum of Nature & Science. Yesterday, the station, which also serves much of southern Oklahoma, turned its unblinking eye toward yet another getaway some 63.7 miles to…
Kudos to the headline writer at KLTV-Channel 7 in Tyler for figuring out how to get a joke out of that whole awful, don’t-wanna-even-think-about-it Mineola under-age sex-club story. –Robert Wilonsky…
Russ Martin, courtesy the Southlake PD Just got a e-mail from an elated Russ Martin fan: “He’s back on the air.” Sure enough. Says David Henry, general manager at KLLI-FM (Live 105.3), of the decision to put Martin back in the air, following his July 18 arrest, “Russ came on…
I left a message earlier today for Bob Mong, president and editor of The Dallas Morning News, for further details concerning this morning’s announcement that, beginning immediately, A.H. Belo will reduce its workforce by 500 employees spread amongst its four newspapers. Mong, who was relatively forthcoming with Unfair Park during…
Jesse Hughey Lewis Black built his entire stand-up comedy career on appearing as though he’s about to blow a blood vessel from sheer outrage at world’s stupidity. Years of Daily Show segments and television specials have proven that the closer he comes to suffering an onstage stroke, the bigger the…
Kenny Cooper Yesterday, FC Dallas forward Kenny Cooper scored two goals in two minutes on his way to embarrassing the David Beckham-led L.A. Galaxy 4-0 in Frisco. Today comes word that Cooper, a beloved native son, may have played his last game for the Hoops. Really, you can’t blame him…
Courtesy Deadspin — which got it from here, which got it from here — a reason to watch local television after all: Adam Jones and Deion Sanders’ Drivers Select ad, which, notes Deadspin’s Clay Travis, features “the most persuasive opening to a commercial in the history of television.” Which is?…
Yesterday, the teaser for Oliver Stone’s W made its online debut. Please, do get your popcorn ready. –Robert Wilonsky…
View Larger Map From GlobeSt.com late Friday came this good-news exclusive: Dallas-based NorthPoint Properties is set to sink $30 million into a sprawling “retail gateway” at the intersection of Samuell and Buckner Boulevards. It’ll be called Buckner Crossing, with the first phase scheduled to open next summer. Notes Connie Gore…
Sarah Ann Walker Last October, it took a Collin County jury just three hours to sentence Kosoul Chanthakoummane to death for the July 2006 murder of real estate agent Sarah Anne Walker. Walker, as you no doubt recall, was showing a model home in The Hemingway at Craig Ranch in…
Jeffrey Yarbrough, the man who shot Liberty Noodles Our old pal Jeffrey Yarbrough surfaces this morning in the Dallas Business Journal, which notes that Hillwood has hired the former co-owner of Club Clearview and Liberty Noodles to revamp the menu in Victory Park, where it costs a fortune just to…
You will find here this morning several “arguments why A.H. Belo would be a good investment,” among them “experienced and shareholders-aligned management” (meaning Belo’s chairman, president and chief executive officer Robert Decherd) and its estimable catalog of valuable properties. The analysis comes on the morning A.H. Belo announced a net…
As promised, the first of a few sneak previews from Lifetime’s Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal, which bows on the ladies-only network August 2 at 8 p.m. — set your DVRs accordingly. Course, this is the fictionalized retelling of the McKinney North High School scandal involving the cheerleaders who…
