They’re soon to be Dallas’ dynamic duo of daytime TV: Mark Donald, who wrote the first substantive profile of Phil McGraw for the paper version of Unfair Park way back when, notes that CBS Television Distribution is prepping a syndicated series hosted by The Potter’s House honcho and frequent Dr…
Jeff Koons The fine-art world is all atwitter this a.m. with the news that Howard and Cindy Rachofsky are parting with one of their prized possessions: Jeff Koons’ “Balloon Flower (Magenta),” described in The New York Times this morning as “monumental.” Till it was sent to Germany for polishing –…
As many Friends know, Tim Wagner is the spokesman for American Airlines. He’s also a frequent contributor to Unfair Park’s comments — especially, oh, when it comes to items concerning American Airlines, which are more and more frequent during these troubled times in the airline industry. To that end, Tim’s…
Rick Noriega — beloved in his native Houston, yet all but unknown here — brought his mounting battle to unseat Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn to Dallas this morning. Standing outside City Hall, the Democrat and National Guard Lieutenant Colonel criticized Cornyn for “consistently voting against veteran services and benefits”…
NEWSCOM Women from the FLDS sect troop into the courthouse in San Angelo earlier this week. When I was down in San Angelo this week covering this story, which appears in this week’s paper version of Unfair Park, lawyers representing members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter…
We’re not exactly known at UP for posting help-wanted ads, but we’ll make an exception for a notice we noticed this afternoon. Seems the American Airlines Center’s looking for a new director of event marketing, which sounds from the description like a very big gig: “Develops and implements public relations…
After the jump, the official announcement concerning the Fourth of July shindig at Fair Park, as previewed yesterday. Very catchy cumbersome name they’ve given the event, for which I hope the city made a pile in naming rights: Dr Pepper Snapple Group Fair Park Fourth. Happens, duh, July 4 from…
Maybe not, but certainly a … um … rockin’ New Year, as evidenced by the few seconds of new music previewed in the trailer below, for the band’s eponymous release due September 9 on Touch and Go. The label has just released the song titles and album cover (oooh, fall…
Nastia Liukin was born in Moscow but lives in Parker, that Collin County hot spot; moved here when she was little, with her very famous and very decorated parents, both of whom were Soviet champion gymnasts. Fourteen years ago, her father, gold medalist Valeri Liukin, opened the World Olympic Gymnastics…
American Airlines’ decision to charge $15 per checked bag gets a rave review this morning from Claes G. Fornell, a professor of business administration at the University of Michigan: “Seems really, dare I say it, stupid.” Also noted in there: American does not plan to offer refunds if suitcases do…
Rev. Andrew Weaver Every few days or so, there appears in the Unfair Park e-box a missive from one Andrew Weaver, a Brooklyn-based Methodist minister and Perkins School of Theology grad who, from jump, has been trying to keep George W. Bush’s think tank off the SMU campus. Weaver, whom…
Here’s your hat, Indy, but, really, what’s your hurry? Because 19 years after the Last Crusade that clearly wasn’t, and 15 years after the old man joined Young Indiana Jones on the small screen to recount his glory days blowing horns with Sidney Bechet, it’s almost unfathomable that this hoary…
As long as there are stories about the dangers associated with the smoking-cessation drug Chantix, there will be references to Carter Albrecht, who was on the drug the night he was shot to death on September 3. Take, for instance, this story from the Los Angeles Times posted this afternoon,…
So says this short film, one among many just posted to the YouTube by a company called Your Concierge TV, which makes promotionals for cities and posts them to interactive maps, if this Chicago map’s any indication. Only, the site’s “currently in production” at the moment, so it’s hard to…
Johns Hopkins University Well, thank goodness for Morgan Lyons, that’s all I can say. A little birdie called to alert me to a very important meeting taking place Friday at City Hall to discuss building a trolley line through downtown and also to talk about the second downtown light-rail alignment…
After I posted the note that the Inwood Theatre had completely revamped its downstairs theater, several Friends wondered what, precisely, does the new interior look like, anyway? Well, the Landmark-ers have kindly provided photos of the joint, three more of which are after the jump — including a shot of…
People has the “exclusive photo” from Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz’s nuptials over the weekend. But, really, I think it’s the photo of Joe Simpson’s other daughter at bottom left that is far more … interesting. –Robert Wilonsky…
You know who hates these brilliant ads? The Parents Television Council, duh. Also can’t stand MILF Island, which isn’t even real. After the jump, the entirety of a media release we just received from the Parents Television Council, which showed up to the American Airlines shareholders meeting in Fort Worth…
The Gruccis were responsible for the Statue of Liberty Centennial Fireworks in New York Harbor on July 4, 1986. Speaking of things that go bang, we just received word that tomorrow morning, in front of Hall of State at Fair Park, Mayor Tom’s going to make some announcement concerning the…
Found this story this morning in the Army Times concerning the Army and Marine Corps’ peeping “a new, long-range sniper rifle, designed to kill an enemy from as far away as 1,800 meters.” Didn’t know why it was datelined Dallas, till I realized the story stemmed a discussion held yesterday…
Week from today, ExxonMobil shareholders stage their annual meet and greet at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, which means folks who work in and around the downtown might want to consider alternate routes. Looks like you might want to make it in before, oh, 8 a.m., as that’s when…
Looks like former Dallas Mayor Laura Miller’s battle with Big Coal didn’t go unnoticed by some folks in D.C. Because yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency included her among some 15 recipients of the 2008 Climate Protection Award. Also receiving the honor — which is bestowed upon folks who “have demonstrated…
