As no one in America is watching the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, you probably missed last night’s piece on those truancy-curbing GPS devices currently in use at Bryan Adams. What I am saying — of course you missed it. Now, you didn’t. –Robert Wilonsky…
Reunion Arena isn’t on the gallows just yet, but the hangman has reached the cell door. Today, the city council’s Economic Development Committee unanimously passed a motion recommending City Manager Mary Suhm close the 28-year-old arena and generate a financing plan for the structure’s demolition. City attorneys could not answer…
Pete Freedman Edie Brickell and Kenny Withrow, not necessarily new but Bohemians nonetheless As promised yesterday, Pete’s posted to DC9 at Night some rather nice aural souvenirs from Saturday night’s Arts Magnet homecoming performance. Me, I’m partial to the new Norah Jones cut myself, though the hometown crowd surely appreciated…
I know people accuse Unfair Park of being the Angela Hunt Fan Club on occasion, but of late I have decided it’s The Dallas Morning News that is Anglea Hunt-obsessed. Last November, on the day after the big defeat of the Trinity River toll road referendum, Rudy Bush did a…
This is Tipper Queen. She’s a professional gamer. I know, right? Gamers of the world, unite! And get a job. And, um, move out of your mother’s basement. That’s the message over at SMU’s Hughes-Trigg Student Center, where the school is hosting the first national Game Education Summit today and…
I briefly considered getting a Prius, till I was informed they’re only for earth-hating douchebags. So, instead, I think I’ll pick up a used 2001 Greater Dallas EMS ambulance, currently available on eBay for $22,800 — which sounds a bit high, given the 233,230 miles, but it does come fully…
Notes the good Friend of Unfair Park who shot us this suitable-for-framing poster, today Mayor Tom’s meeting with folks from the Deep Ellum Association, ReelFX and historian Alan Govenar in advance of the June 27 meet-and-greet. There will be plenty more forthcoming in this spot over the next two weeks,…
For those who read The Dallas Morning News’ announcement of its latest print product — Briefing, a “quick-read” freebie aimed at “time-crunched families” — the press release outlining the August 27 debut left out a few things. Which is why you should also read the Editor & Publisher piece, which…
Lisa Garza For those so interesting in the doings and musings of Lisa Garza, Suze co-owner and would-be Next Food Network Star, she’s posted a rather lengthy what-up in the comments sections of yesterday’s wrap-up. She begins thusly, before reposting a treatise she wrote earlier for SideDish: “I only wish…
This morning, Fort Worth-based XTO Energy Inc. announced it’s spending $4.186 billion to buy Hunt Petroleum Corporation — “and other associated entities,” which would include its real-estate endeavors. Of course, the 83-year-old company started by wacky bigamist H.L. Hunt isn’t getting the whole briefcase of cash: There will be $2.6…
One of the proposed “deck covers” for the so-called Urban Zone of the Trinity Parkway So, yet again, the renaming of Industrial Boulevard becomes the Hot Topic at City Hall today, as the Trinity River Corridor Project Committee early this morning wrestles with the prospect of its becoming César Chávez…
I do not know what in the ever-lovin’ eff The Balancing Act is. An infomercial? An access-cable program? Something broadcast over closed-circuit television from host Wendy Walsh’s basement? (Oh, you say it’s available on Lifetime at 6 a.m.? So, the answer to all three questions is “yes,” then.) Well, regardless,…
Tony Romo’s graduated from gossip-item fodder to magazine covers — you saw his Us Weekly close-up last week, right? Well, after the jump is the latest In Touch Weekly cover, which is even better. And though it’s probably all lies, damned lies, it’s a right tickle nonetheless — though not…
Maybe the most interesting parts of the docs prepared for tomorrow’s Reunion Arena throwdown at City Hall are the first two attachments, which detail the events held in the old joint from 2006 through ’08. There are a few curious line items, among them: On February 17, 2007, the Dallas…
For those not keeping track of today’s American Airlines chat-chat concerning the airline’s $20 fare hike over the weekend, AA spokesbot Tim Wagner just posted this breaking news in the comments section: We pulled the entire increase this afternoon. The fare increase that we initiated Friday night did not stick…
Skip Bayless You know who people really don’t seem to like? Skip Bayless, who’s had more jobs in local media than Eric Celeste: The Dallas Morning News, the Dallas Times Herald, KTCK-AM (The Ticket) and even the paper version of Unfair Park for a while, after Belo shuttered the Herald…
Elizabeth Mitchell, emceeing Saturday night’s Arts Magnet “homecoming” In a lil’ bit, Pete’ll post to DC9 at Night some audio and visual highlights from Saturday night’s Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts homecoming shindig, during which Norah Jones, Edie Brickell and Roy Hargrove paid homage…
Jared Padelecki’s back on the market. Or something. Till this morning, I’m not sure I knew the name Jared Padalecki — maybe some guy with whom I went to Hebrew school? Guess I shoulda paid closer attention to Patrick “Buzz” Williams’ beloved Gilmore Girls. Or, more to the point, The…
Dora the Explorer makes French toast on a train. Backpack, of course, acted as sous-chef de cuisine. OK, so a few folks from the neighborhood gathered last night to watch the second installment of The Next Food Network Star, since, well, Suze’s Lisa Garza actually lives in our neighborhood. And,…
We get our entry in the now-regular Ask American Airlines Spokesbot Tim Wagner series early this week, as news arrives this morning of AA’s fare increase on all domestic flights. Due to rising fuel costs, Tim tells the Associated Press, the Fort Worth-based carrier is hiking its U.S. ticket prices…
Plenty going on at City Hall today — tomorrow too, for those interested in the fate of Reunion Arena or what in the hell they’re going to call Industrial Boulevard. Today’s council committees’ agendas cover everything from street-lamp repairs to an update on DART’s Green Line construction and that downtown…
George P. Bush, throwing McCain a BBQ fund-raiser in Dallas next week John McCain hasn’t allowed media into his fund-raisers, insisting he wants to protect his donors’ privacy — though, more likely, he also wants to protect John McCain’s privacy. Barack Obama has also raised dough in private, but earlier…
