Remember, like, two days ago when NorthPark Center was a dull, dreary beige-bricked enclave desperately clinging to its Neiman’s and Burberry? No matter what kind of high-end finery was available at the posh places, the Charlotte Russe and that creepy hamburger place by the pet clothing store made you feel…
With Posh and Becks moving stateside, people in this country may start caring about soccer, er, football, a bit more. We’ll go to the games, we’ll join Hoops Nation, we’ll proudly wear our red and white and we’ll be hooligans. OK, maybe not that last part, because that’d be a…
From Minnie Pearl to Dolly Parton to Amy Sedaris, Southern chicks have always played an important role in the comedy world. And judging by the promotional video on their Web site, it’s possible the women of the Southern Fried Chicks Comedy Tour—Leanne Morgan, Karen Mills and Etta May—might ruin the…
For their one-year anniversary, the Road Agent folks are serving gallery-goers a revolving, mashed-up smorgasbord featuring work from some of their favorite artists, among them the bold canine portraits of Raychael Stine and James Christopher Case’s intricate ink and charcoal reflections on modern disaster. Road Agent: The Audience Is Listening…
My all-time favorite chef/food-realted personality is Anthony Bourdain. The guy’s full of ‘tude, he knows the ins and outs of running a kitchen, he’ll eat anything and he’s written the books to prove all of it. But while I enjoy his being a bit of an asshole, others might not…
In the month when Hollywood director James Cameron makes a splash (or belly flop) with The Lost Tomb of Jesus, a unique exhibit arrives at Fair Park with 350 rare artifacts from the Holy Land. Created in conjunction with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Institute of Archaeology, the interactive exhibit…
I saw Shut Up and Sing and loved it before the Dixie Chicks won five Grammys, but the stubborn remarks by country DJs—whose hatred of the Chicks was only deepened by their recent success—made me love the film even more. The documentary chronicles the aftermath of the Chicks’ Natalie Maines’…
It may be hard out there for a pimp, but it ain’t too hard for a writer-director to make a movie whose marketing hinges on the lurid spectacle of Samuel L. Jackson pulling a half-naked Christina Ricci around on a chain. This sort of cheap trick is what they used…
Wild Hogs—in which John Travolta, William H. Macy, Tim Allen, and Martin Lawrence play emasculated suburbanites taking a cross-country motorcycle trip to rediscover their masculinity—doesn’t even sound like a real movie when you describe it to people. They give you that yer-shittin’-me stare, as though it were even possible to…
Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (New Line) You probably already know where you stand on Tenacious D, the pudgy hard rock comedy duo that made Jack Black famous. And if you haven’t heard of them, this isn’t the place to start: Their DVD of short films and music…
For the aging videogamer, nothing’s as sorely missed as the corner arcade. Unlike the family-friendly Dance Dance Revolution discos you see today, classic arcades were seedy little dives tucked into strip malls — dark caves thick with the musty bouquet of cheap carpet and adolescent stench. They were also thick…
Bratz: Fashion Pixiez (Lions Gate) Conversations With God (Fox) Cool It Carol (Image) Deep Red (Blue Underground) Dreamland (Image) Filmation’s Ghostbusters (Brentwood) George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing (MPI) Journey to the End of the Night (First Look) Little Einsteins: The Legend of the Golden Pyramid (Disney) Hawaii, Oslo (Film…
The knock on Lebron James this year is that he’s coasting, that he seems uninterested, and that he doesn’t seem to have the fire in his belly of a true champion. So maybe he’s not the next Michael Jordan, and maybe he’s just sick of playing in godawful Cleveland. Regardless,…
To (possibly) be famous, or to be blue-collar? That is the question. For Larry the Cable Guy, it’s a non-issue. Then again, he’s a total sham in a sleeveless flannel so perhaps I shouldn’t even grant him the honor of that mention. For Troy Maxson, Negro Baseball League star-cum-garbage man…
When some people think of the name Wayne Newton, they picture a cocky teenage Matthew Broderick defiantly lip-synching “Danke Schoen” whilst straddling a float in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. That’s OK. Most of you out there were only a twinkle in Daddy’s eye when Wayne was scorching the airwaves with…
Cheese is, without a doubt, the greatest stuff on earth—I’d give up my left arm before I’d give up cheesy goodness. Luckily local legend Paula Lambert, founder of the Mozzarella Company, is here to make sure that fresh, quality cheeses are at our fingertips daily…allowing me to still use a…
Don’t you like pirates? Sure you do. They go “Arrr!” and wear eye patches and have parrots and scurvy! What’s not to love? Oh, I don’t know—maybe the fact that for, what, five or six years now, pirates have been the hipster in-joke that’s so very, unbelievably, out. And yet…
On his AllMusic Web page, Randy Travis is compared to the Beatles. Seriously. Something about how his 1986 album Storms of Life marked a “generational shift” in country music. I’m not entirely sure how an album with a title that sounds like a Lifetime Movie about menopausal sisters could possibly…
This isn’t some li’l prissy, powder-puff football team; this is your three-time world champion Dallas Diamonds. Still, the “Tryout FAQ” on the team’s Web site reads like Redbook, focusing on the latest diet crazes (“Eat something that will give you energy, but stay down.”) and fashion footwear (leave the heels,…
In the wake of Academy Award season, it’s time to remember the work of Horton Foote, one of the most underappreciated theater and film writers of our time—mainly because he doesn’t blow his own horn, I guess. He received an Oscar for the screen adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird…
Want to see some creepy pallbearing clowns jump around at a funeral? Go pay a million fafillion dollars and see Frenchie’s Cirque du SoNotAsCoolAsItUsedToBe. Me? I’m paying 15 bucks to see the Vault Texas 2007 Benefit. It’s got all the gymnastics you could possibly want—and it’s on horseback. Did you…
They say that since its inception in 1983, the North Texas Irish Festival has always been centered on the music, dance and culture of Ireland. With a majority of its demographic aged 21 to 45, we gotta wonder what it’s really all about. What do people over 21 want in…
