Sean Avery and his ex, Elisha Cuthbert Really, the Dallas Stars’ acquisition of Sean Avery last week will go down as the Best Thing to Happen to Local Sports since, oh, Alex Rodriguez got married here in 2002, aw. Today, the Canadian National Post ran a Q&A with the Stars’…
So, now we know what’ll become of the contentious former Carnival at 1800 N. Henderson Avenue: It’s going to be a grocery store again. Months after brothers Marc and Roger Andres withdrew their zoning request that would have transformed the site from an abandoned grocery to a multi-use residential-retail development,…
Spencer Campbell Last week, when Dillard’s announced it was shuttering its Valley View Center location by the end of August, Intern Spencer went over with his camera to shoot the other vacant storefronts in the once-popular mall at the intersection of LBJ Freeway and Preston Road, formerly the site of…
All the best book titles are taken. Victor Horadam’s an oncologist who offices out of Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas on Walnut Hill Lane. He’s also the subject of an Associated Press story that’s been circulating since July 4, concerning a battle over the rights to and royalties from the novels…
Merritt Martin Above, one of Merritt’s photos from the Fair Park Fourth — a review of which is available here, where, um, “Pdiddy” deems the event’s debut a success but also “a mixed bag.” Some of us opted for a less stressful in-and-out: the intersection of Mockingbird Lane and Preston…
Murphy Martin Everything you need to know about former WFAA-TV and ABC News anchor Murphy Martin, my late grandfather’s favorite local newsman and the gent known to most as The Voice of Texas Stadium from 1975 through ’98, you’ll find in Charlie Van Dyke’s introduction of Murphy recorded for his…
Spencer Campbell At Fair Park today, the Gruccis gave a sneak peek at the stuff they’ll blow up tomorrow night. And they say Fair Park is dying. Why, just this weekend — we’re counting today as the weekend, and judging by traffic, you are as well — two high-profile events…
Frisco’s Daniel Lewis Um, so Green Peridot Salon co-owner Daniel Lewis totally took over the drama on Shear Genius last night. It all started when, after having won immunity in last week’s challenge, he also got the privilege of choosing his client first for the shortcut challenge … which actually…
Good Friend of Unfair Park William O. Holston Jr. sends his fellow Park-ers a sneak peek at his commentary scheduled to air tomorrow morning on KERA-FM (90.1). The title: “Fourth of July & Freedom.” ‘Preciate it, Bill. –Robert Wilonsky…
As getting someone from Google to respond to a media query is nigh upon impossible, for the moment we’ll have to take Philipp Lenssen’s word for it, which oughta be good enough. He’s the German-based bossman behind Google Blogoscoped, which today is reporting that Google is shuttering its Dallas office…
Yesterday, Allstate released its 4th Annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report™,” which manages to get pretty specific — not only are cities ranked according to traffic safety, but also by such categories as “Males” vs. “Women,” “Pre Baby Boomers” vs. “Baby Boomers” and “Generation X” vs. “Generation Y.” But when…
Last night I took a shower with Shawn Williams of Dallas South — no, wait, that did not come out right. Let me rephrase: Last night at 9, KERA-FM (90.1) got around to airing Wednesday’s episode of National Public Radio’s News & Notes, during which Williams joined host Farai Chideya…
We’re the first, because we’re the best! Coming to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in August: “Baggage Carousel advertising.” Or, as it’s more commonly called, “screw-you money.” AdWeek’s blog is much more sensitive: “More reasons to be annoyed at the airport.” –Robert Wilonsky…
On the occasion of Ghostbar’s second anniversary, the folks at N9NEGroup Dallas posted to Vimeo what must be the world’s longest video slide show — I bailed at the 12:47 mark (and stopped paying attention long before that), which isn’t even halfway through the epic. Though, really, I’d have ended…
Daniel Rodrigue Ray Hunt The Dallas Morning News’ A1 story concerning a Congressional committee’s investigation into the Hunt Oil Company’s controversial deal with the regional Kurdistan government is a fine summary of yesterday’s revelations. But The New York Times had Jim Landers outnumbered five-to-one, and it shows in a detailed…
The Sixth Sense, starring Bruce Willis as a dead man, was writer-director M. Night Shyamalan’s breakthrough, but its follow-up, Unbreakable, starring Bruce Willis as the walking dead reborn as a superhero, was the filmmaker’s masterpiece. It remains the most quietly influential of all recent superhero movies, the unacknowledged template for…
Just got this from a Peruna-proud Friend of Unfair Park, concerning the football team’s uniforms for the upcoming season: The SMU football team will don new uniforms in 2008, it was announced today. SMU will return to white helmets and white pants and will have three jerseys to choose from:…
Right now, there are some dudes over at the Crescent going, “What the hell did we just invest in again?” Crescent Court-based Maverick Capital — which, says here, is “a $10 billion hedge fund” — has gotten into the online video business. It’s done sunk some $30 million into Youku,…
Thomas Urquidez and his wife, with some of the T.J. Patriots who’ve achieved Academic Success Sure, fine — you can “T.J. Who?” me all you want. Won’t make a difference. Not today, as Friend of Unfair Park and Dallas Independent School District yeasayer Louisa Meyer sends word that 21 kids…
Later this summer, Zenescope Entertainment will debut a comic book titled Beyond Wonderland, featuring cover art by J. Scott Campbell, a fave among the fanboys who dig his drawings of the rather busty danger girls. This morning, Zenoscope sent us a completed cover, and it looked a tad like one…
Welcome to Dallas, Sean Avery. You’re so awesome. –Robert Wilonsky…
Director Barak Epstein, a local boy who got his start being Troma-tized by Lloyd Kaufman, sends word that he’s spilling his made-around-town Blood on the Highway July 11 at the Lakewood Theater. Also on the bill with the tongue-in-neck vampire film, notes Epstein: “a few other local short films and…
