Back when she was in high school, aspiring filmmaker Campbell Wilmot decided to capture the day-to-day life of her longtime friend, Rhyle McKinney, who was born with a hole in her soft cleft palate and with perforations in both of her ears.
It’s easy to sell Halloween to young children and adults. The little ones get to trick-or-treat, and the adults get to drink at slutty themed parties.
Sometimes TikTok gets it right. Last year, we reported that local TikTokers had declared Dallas a “dating dumpster,” which was no breaking news whatsoever to us sad singles still dumpster diving through the Dallas dating pool in search of a fairly decent, hopefully unbroken, halfway good-looking miracle.
If you need further evidence that corporations are firmly in charge of the future of entertainment, just look at the shenanigans at Warner Brothers.
Whether they know it or not, every artist is inspired by one who came before them. In the case of Salvador Dalí, he was open about his obsession with those that came before him. Specifically, Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.
The Dallas International Film Festival opening weekend brought to mind the words of famed Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert, who once said that “movies are the most powerful empathy machine in all the arts.”
It’s been two years since the Texas Latino Comic Con has been able to meet on a non-digital platform. The first statewide comics convention dedicated to Latin representation,
Long before hits like The Producers, The Book of Mormon and Hamilton came along, Broadway felt like some distant land trapped in a time bubble. If it wasn’t stage productions of popular movies and TV shows, it was something even worse: the same, old classics over and over and over…
Don’t let Halloween lose its magic for you or your family this year, even if it does fall on a Monday. There are many unique ways to celebrate Halloween across the Dallas area throughout the entire month of October, from trick-or-treating trails and themed bars to haunted houses and family-friendly…
Growing from a small San Diego-based mail-order company to a glossy cultural touchstone, the International Male catalog helped define an entire era of fashion.
Last Sunday’s showdown between the Dallas Cowboys and the Los Angeles Rams wasn’t the only battle at SoFi Stadium.
The past two decades haven’t like a time warp for Jeff Wells, even though he’s going into his 20th year playing the same role: Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
There are some figures in Hollywood history who are so iconic that we assume they will live forever. Audiences of all ages received the sad news this week that legendary actress, singer and performer Angela Lansbury died at the age of 96.
This is high drama from the Dallas Opera. The season opener is Verdi with a vengeance: Rigoletto. There’s something automatically compelling about the funny guy turned avenger, but with music like this and the talent of this cast… it’s beyond.
Shepard Fairey has built a reputation for challenging the establishment. From his early days as an outlaw street artist to his current role as a darling of the art world, he never shies away from the beauty and the dark underlayer of American culture.
Somewhere through the years, October was rebranded as “spooky season.” While horror movie buffs used to get only one day a year, the entire month has been transformed into a celebration of ghosts, ghouls and other haunted creatures.
Retirement isn’t for everyone. Even those who have successfully made the transition from working stiff to creature of leisure can sometimes find themselves with the itch to jump back into action if the opportunity presents itself.
Comedian Wes Corwin doesn’t take any credit for the Plano Comedy Festival becoming the largest comedy festival in all of North Texas.
Deep Ellum will turn 150 years old in 2023, and to do this historic occasion justice, celebrations having already gotten started.
Whenever a comedian tries to play a character on stage, that character usually has an over inflated ego or is some larger-than-life specimen whose presence demands your attention by yelling into a mic or speaking with a self-appointed authority and importance. It’s just a rule.
If there’s one thing we have more than enough of right now, it’s Star Wars parodies. It seems like everyone who thinks they have a single funny bone in their body has at least tried to breathe heavy into a microphone to mimic history’s most famous Sith lord or speak in broken English to imitate Yoda.
Some of the greatest compositions ever written are about our furriest, scaliest and slimiest friends. No, we’re not talking lawyers, politicians or that relative with psoriasis who constantly sleeps on your couch. We’re talking about animals.
