Chris Elliott Scanning Variety this a.m., I stumbled across this note from the Film Production Chart: Come Monday, writer-director David Jackson Willis is set to start shooting Renaissance Girl in and around Dallas. Which is interesting for several reasons, chief among ’em the plot more or less suggests at least…
State Sen. Rodney Ellis of Houston, who called for yesterday’s meeting to discuss Texas’ wrongful convictions At some point, the Texas State Senate’s Web site should contain the audio from yesterday’s “Roundtable on the Prevention of Wrongful Convictions,” held down in Austin. Till then, here’s the Houston Chronicle’s account of…
Think his new, all-time favorite baseball moment is being driven in by Mike Rhyner? While a lot of you wasted your Thursday evening on Red Wings 4, Stars 1, I trudged out to Frisco for some baseball. At least, I think it was baseball. It was KTCK 1310 AM The…
In sorting through the rubble of a series, a season and an era that totally and hideously imploded, Dallas Mavericks general manager Donnie Nelson is discombobulated. How else do you explain him awkwardly giving a vote of confidence to his team’s wayward pot-head while leaving a crack in the door…
Kids rule: Buzz was wondering when the Liberty Legal Institute, that Dallas-based network of lawyers who labor on behalf of religious freedom and parental rights, would weigh in on Texas authorities’ raid on the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints compound in West Texas. How could Liberty…
Farmers Branch’s May 10 election poses a pivotal question: Will the suburb known nationwide for its efforts to expel illegal immigrants push forward on the same path, or will its some 26,000 residents chart a new course? Mayor Pro Tem Tim O’Hare was the driving force behind Ordinance 2903, which…
“Tarnished Star,” by Richie Whitt, May 1 I liked the article. However, you’re both on and off the mark! I was born and raised in “D-town.” Every Sunday I watch the Cowboys and scrutinize the team’s every move with honesty and open-mindedness. No doubt Pacman’s arrival in Dallas is almost…
The southern edge of downtown Dallas has grown quiet and dank before tonight’s storm, and there’s not a homeless person in sight. Most have sought cover in shelters, under bridges or in the construction sites that dot this side of town. But that doesn’t stop Mike Faenza, on this blustery…
Farmers Branch touts itself as a homey community of parkland and wide, landscaped medians — you know, a “charming” paradise. Only, as you no doubt well know, the suburb has seen some pretty charmless chapters over the past year or so. And as this Saturday’s municipal election approaches — including…
Hal Samples is on the list of people to whom TVT Records owes quite a bit of money. If I may direct your attention to our other blogs … Over on The Sportatorium, Richie brings news that Your Texas Rangers have indeed begun talking to other folks who might be…
On deck? According to two baseball sources I trust way farther than I could throw them, your Texas Rangers are making plans for when – not if – manager Ron Washington is fired this season. The Dallas Observer – via this here The Sportatorium sports blog – has learned from…
DallasCowboys.com Tony Romo, missing out on the U.S. Open cut last year at Hackberry Creek Country Club in Irving Tony Romo can’t seem to make the cut for the U.S. Open; he’s tried for years, and just yesterday shot a 75 at a local qualifier to miss out making the…
From the looks of her credits, Dallas author Jenny Block has written for danged near every publication in town — though, surely, nothing she’s done thus far will attract the attention sure to accompany the June publication of her book Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage. It…
Yes, that is indeed Josh Brolin as the former co-owner of the Texas Rangers. And, yes, that is indeed Elizabeth Banks as a former Longfellow Elementary School teacher. Entertainment Weekly is graciously providing a sneak peek at this week’s cover story, concerning Oliver Stone’s W, about a certain former and…
This joint is already jumpin’. Okay, it’s not that cool. Unless you’re a fan of Arizona State or Notre Dame, that is. But it is a sporting event. And, no, it ain’t coming to Dallas. In a deal announced just moments ago, the Sun Devils and Fighting Irish have agreed…
Peter Calvin Did you ever hear about the night Bobby Patterson played with Golden Smog at South by Southwest? Goes a little like this. Ladies and gents, Mr. Bobby Patterson as performed by Golden Smog on April 18, 1996, at a place called Cat’s Cradle in Idunnowhere, Someplace. It’s courtesy…
Was reading this the other day. Then this. And this. When it struck me: For all its greats and glories, the University of Texas spits out some real goofballs. To be fair, Cedric Benson may prove to be innocent and Roger Clemens may not have taken steroids and Tom Hicks…
Now, see, I would pay $35,000 to have dinner with Steve Martin dressed as King Tut. A mention only because, really, this is so Dallas. In the morning mail, we discovered the invitation to experience “a once-in-a-lifetime entertainment and dining experience fit for a king and queen,” courtesy the Dallas…
Addison-based Razzoo’s, which is kind of a Cajun-food theme park, is on the hook for $1 million to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission — because the chain’s got a thing against the mens. The EEOC filed a lawsuit against the eatery claiming it discriminated against male applicants and employees,…
So, it’s official: Your Dallas Cowboys will indeed be the stars of HBO’s Hard Knocks this season, which debuts on August 6. Below, from the NFL Network, a lengthy interview with Jerry Jones and NFL Films president Steve Sabol, who says the Cowboys “are always on the red carpet.” And…
The big news of the a.m.: The city’s $50-million budget shortfall, as noted yesterday at City Hall by Dallas Chief Financial Officer Dave Cook. This morning, newest KERA-FM (90.1) correspondent B.J. Austin lays out the deficiencies: everything from a precipitous drop in sales tax revenue and property tax growth to…
Nancy Brinker Much big news in recent days for Dallas-based Susan G. Komen for the Cure: Founder Nancy Brinker last week found herself perched at No. 45 on Time’s list of “The World’s Most Influential People.” (“What a difference she has made!” exclaims Cokie Roberts, who penned the appreciation.) And…
