Mullet-Wearing High Schooler’s Slam Dunk Shatters Backboard, Stuns Ref
A video has gone viral of a North Texas high schooler, who sports a mullet, shattering the backboard during a slam dunk.
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Bree Clarke Wants to See Plants and Diversity Grow in North Texas
Bree Clarke just wanted to support a local plant shop. Specifically, one owned by a person of color. What she found instead was that in the entire city of Dallas, she says, there were zero plant shops owned by Black women. For Clarke, that needed to change. Her new shop,…
The New Tom Hanks Western Is Set Partly in an Unrecognizable Dallas
In his over 35 year-career as every dad’s favorite actor, Tom Hanks has played historical figures — from Ben Bradlee to Walt Disney — wooed mermaids, saved Private Ryan, solved crimes with dogs and played “Chopsticks” on a larger-than-life piano. Yet, at the age of 64, Hanks has done a…
Pocket Sandwich Theatre Struggles to Hang on Till the Day the Popcorn Can Fly Again
When Jessica Zeller went to a show at Pocket Sandwich Theatre for the first time three years ago, she thought she was settling in for a night of serious theater. Then the popcorn started flying. “The first show I saw was a melodramatic comedic reimagining of Jekyll and Hyde for Halloween,”…
A White-Owned Dallas Company Apologizes for ‘Insensitive’ Mahjong Game
A new case of cultural appropriation is making headlines, and for once it has nothing to do with the Kardashian/Jenners. A Dallas company called The Mahjong Line has recently come under fire for releasing a line of mahjong sets that critics say “whitewash” Chinese culture. Mahjong is a traditional Chinese…
Jan. 3 Was Expected to Be the Busiest Dating Day of the Year
Dallas-based Match is celebrating “Dating Sunday” on Jan. 3, an unofficial holiday that marks the busiest online dating day of the year.
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Real Housewives Filmed Without Masks Despite Having a Doctor in the Cast
During the premiere episode of season 5 of The Real Housewives of Dallas, which aired New Year’s Eve night, Stephanie Hollman greets Brandi Redmond at Redmond’s house with a big hug. “This is a corona-free zone,” Hollman says during a confessional. “We’re filming a TV show. We’ve been tested, like,…
5 Big Wishes We Have For 2021
Every list you’ve read this year likely reminded you just how bad 2020 was for all of us. According to several retrospective features from news outlets (including this one), 2020 was “volatile,” “disruptive,” “frustrating,” “disorienting,” “surreal,” “chaotic,” “the worst,” “a horror story,” “an American nightmare,” “a dumpster fire,” “a radioactive…
Dallas Says Farewell to 2020 With New Year’s Eve Fireworks
Just before midnight, fireworks cascaded from the top of Reunion Tower, celebrating the end of 2020 and the beginning of a new year. If ever a departing year deserved a “don’t let the screen door hit you on the way out,” this was it. With many of the normal New…
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2020 May Have Sucked, but It Was a Great Year for Film Sequels
If you scrolled back to the beginning of the year and looked at any lists of “the most anticipated films of 2021,” you’d see titles such as Dune, Black Widow, Halloween Kills, Top Gun: Maverick, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Godzilla vs. Kong, Fast and Furious 9, A Quiet Place: Part II, Coming…
North Texans Turn to Multi-Level Marketing Schemes and Scams to Get by in the Pandemic
If you spent some time on social media looking for local businesses to support with your holiday shopping, you might have noticed more people selling nail polish strips, candles and skincare products from their homes. “Just in time for Christmas,” Deborah Ines wrote in a Dec. 9 Facebook post. “Scentsy…
The Best New Year’s Eve Scenes in Film
The end of the year generally marks an exciting time for movie buffs, when fans can put together their yearly lists of favorite films, speculate on the offerings of the new year and dedicate some time to that stack of Blu-Rays gifted over the holidays. “New Year’s Movies” doesn’t have…
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The African American Museum’s Hair Story Exhibition Grabs History by the Hair
Hair can be a deeply personal topic. For Oak Cliff artist LaShonda Cooks, its cause for reflection — about artistry and politics, especially for Black women. Recently, Cooks has been on a quest to collect stories about hair, resulting in Hair Story, an exhibition by seven artists at the African American…
Real Housewives of Dallas Star Hospitalized for COVID-19
D’Andra Simmons, star of The Real Housewives of Dallas, is in the hospital with COVID-19, her rep confirms to the Observer. Simmons was admitted into UT Southwestern Medical Center. “Her oxygen levels were borderline, and she will start Remdesivir,” her rep wrote in an email. “At this time we ask…
Artist Agency Gossypion Investments Spreads Cheer! in Dallas
If there’s one positive thing we can take away from this year, it’s that through the pain and hardship, new cheerful endeavors were born. Gossypion (Gossy) Investments, founded by Darryl Ratcliff and Maya Crawford, is an agency that aims to represent artists while helping communities and businesses thrive together —…
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10 Important Lessons We Learned From 10 Interesting People We Met in 2020
One of the perks of working for the Dallas Observer is getting to meet interesting people, and pretty much every encounter gives us a nugget of wisdom that has the potential to change the course of our beliefs. 2020 has been a dark year, and we’ve all been waiting for…
Scandals, Closures and Borat: The Biggest Stories in Film This Year
Movies will never be the same. The industry has been changing rapidly over the past several years, but the biggest development has been the antiquated notion of seeing new theatrical films in theaters. Maybe Parasite winning Best Picture was the last good thing to happen? This was a big year…
Socially Distanced New Year’s Eve Events in Dallas
In a year that was tumultuous and tragic, there is a collective hope that 2021 will bring us all good fortune. Let us start with a New Year’s Eve celebration. While in previous years, we’ve aimed to out-drink and out-slut everyone we know with the wildest party we could find,…
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Jesus Stops Dallas Man From Winning The Bachelorette
Oh, no, this probably isn’t the news you were expecting to read on Christmas Eve, but someone has to tell you. Ivan Hall, an engineer from Dallas, didn’t win Tayshia Adams’s heart on The Bachelorette. And it’s because of Jesus. While spending the night together in the Fantasy Suite, Hall…
Theater and Venue Owners Optimistic But Cautious About Stimulus Bill for Show Spaces
Live entertainment has taken one of the hardest hits from the coronavirus outbreak. A survey conducted by the National Independent Venue Association last June revealed that 90 percent of the nation’s entertainment venue owners said they may have to close without more federal funding to replace their disappearing revenue. It’s…
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Reality Show Replaces Body Talk With Moving Story
During the second episode of the 15th season of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making The Team, the reality show that chronicles DCC hopefuls through the audition process, DCC director Kelli Finglass fitted the women for their potential uniform. This segment happens every season and in past seasons, it was usually filled…
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John Ashley Bellamy’s Death Marks the End of a Long-Standing Christmas Tradition in Dallas
John Ashley Bellamy, a Dallas artist and arts patron, died Tuesday, Dec. 8, at age 77. For many Dallasites, Bellamy’s death also means an end to a long-standing holiday tradition: the annual Christmas Eve party where eclectic crowds gathered each year to celebrate at Bellamy’s home, an old church known…