Everyone’s stealing my book titles. The latest is Johnny Wilson, whose self-published tome is titled Str8 Ballin’ and is available from AuthorHouse. Says here it’s “a riveting storry from the streetz of Dallas, where money, power, and greed rule. Sex is everywhere, loyalty is everything, and betrayal’s always lurking. Jealousy…
At least I didn’t run into Sean Penn in the bathroom … So, which you like to hear about first — what the AFI Dallas International Film Festival people are doing at the Toronto International Film Festival, or what I said to Sean Penn in the bathroom Saturday night after…
Apparently, there is no GQ curse, as Tony Romo tossed for 345 yards and four TDs. But what the hell is Roy WIlliams’ excuse? See. See what happens when you have a head coach who plays to win instead of plays not to lose. This is what happens: Tony Romo…
If you go to YouTube’s home page this morning, you will notice at the top right-hand corner a video titled “Neiman Marcus — The Mystique Part 1.” It’s no amateur posting, of course, but one of six slick docu-ads Neimans is posting in the low-rent district as part of its…
Remember when you thought the private nightclub shtick dressed in VIP rooms was getting a little worn at the knees? Not so fast. Dallas has a brand new uber-buck lounge made exclusively of private parts — Praeda Ultra Lounge. Praeda means booty acquired in battle in Latin. (Or was it…
If you remember the alt-country “explosion” of the mid-1990s, then you probably recall the twangy swamp pop of Misissippi’s Blue Mountain. Maybe you saw the band open for Son Volt at the Sons of Hermann Hall back in ’95 (where the group actually fulfilled a request for “Freebird”) or, perhaps,…
In this week’s Buzz, I update you on the case of the painfully adorable Jacob Cato, adopted son of Tracy and Kelley Cato of Corinth. I first wrote about the Catos back in June 2006, when they found out they might be forced to give up their new son because…
This week, the so-called “Leprechaun Bandit,” 27-year-old Richard Earl Kemp of Fort Worth, pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of bank robbery. He faces up to 40 years in prison, where he’s sure to get plenty of ridicule from bank robbers who thought ahead and ended up with…
Remember, kids, gambling on the Pokes with real money is illegal, so don’t get caught. Nothing better than watching the Cowboys win, right? Unless, that is, you watch the Cowboys win while getting a naked rubdown from this chick and having them cover the spread as the sixth winner in…
KTVT-Channel 11 The week began with the horrific news that one of Dallas’ most beloved and gifted musicians had been shot and killed, for reasons still to be unraveled — which has stopped few from debating them. Now, the week ends with the funeral of Carter Albrecht, at 2 p.m…
So, Fort Worth-based American Airlines doesn’t want your cash money any more — plastic, please, and only plastic. At least, that’s the new policy on flights departing from San Francisco, and it’s only for the next three weeks, according to this media release, which says the carrier will only take…
I just got off a plane in Toronto, for the Toronto International Film Festival, only to find in my inbox a link to this piece from a New York Times blog today about Carter Albrecht’s death and the possible cause of his uncharacteristically violent behavior on Monday morning. This is…
The September issue of Spin counts among its three “Must-See Videos” the latest from Ghosthustler, “Parking Lot Nights.” And, yeah, we featured it here months ago, but let’s see it again. Because, as Spin spins about this fabtastic video from the Denton band, it hearkens back “to a simpler time,…
Cas Haley, the second place finisher on America’s Got Talent, swears he’s happy he didn’t finish first. Otherwise he’d have been ground in the gears of ye ol’ reality TV machine. Turns out, No. 2 is a pretty sweet victory anyway: This morning on the Ticket’s Dunham & Miller show,…
We’ve decided to skip hockey season in 2007-’08 and just watch our special-edition bootleg DVD of Youngblood with Rob Lowe. The Dallas Stars will hold their annual “Ice Breaker” on Saturday. And, lemme guess, they’ll stage their annual “Heatbreaker” come April? ‘Twas five months ago the Stars bowed out of…
A few Neiman Marcus-related items this morning, chief among them the news released this a.m. that August revenues are up, from $264 million last year to $283 mil this annum — and, like, whew. And lookit what sells: “designer handbags, shoes, designer jewelry, women’s fine apparel and men’s.” Hunh. Never…
Anthony Bourdain thinks very highly of the “dangerous” Casey Thompson. After what felt like a two-month break between new episodes, Top Chef last night returned, offering a smörgåsbord of delights. Local girl Casey Thompson, executive chef at Shinsei, won the Elimination Challenge with what appeared to be the only edible…
The members of Sorta have requested we pass along this info for those who knew Carter Albrecht or just wish they had: Tonight at 8 p.m., there will be an informal get-together at Kitchen 1924 on Abrams Parkway in Lakewood; it’s easy to find. Folks will gather “to hug and…
Dogging on Michael Vick Arf, arf: You know, just the other night I was watching an episode of Law and Order where the defendant, who was a bookie, was accused of killing another bookie because he owed him money. The evidence was pretty much cut-and-dried…corpse, fingerprints, motive, opportunity, etc….the whole…
Remember back when Greg Ellis was a good guy? Before the position change grousing and the contract complaints and the trade demands and the retirement threats and the career-jeopardizing injury, he was one of the Dallas Cowboys’ best players and best people. Not anymore. Not right now. It’s been a…
A missing court reporter’s stenographic notes and tape of testimony in a 1994 criminal trial shed light on the haphazard and antiquated way that Dallas County court records are handled and stored, and the failure points up a little-noticed “triple-dipping” by county-employed court reporters, who can get paid up to…
Bringing up baby: Nineteen months ago, Kelley Cato and his wife, Tracy, knew their lives were about to get a lot more stressful. That’s just part of life with a new baby: An infant’s job description is pretty much just to cry, whine, demand food at odd hours and poop…
