It’s okay to admit that you still get a little warm-n-fuzzy whenever Heath Ledger high-steps across the bleachers, belting out “You’re Just Too Good to be True” in 10 Things I Hate About You. We never learned how to “quit” the Aussie heartthrob, either, and as a result of his…
Veteran comedian Bryan Callen needs no introduction, but we’re going to give him one anyways. From his days as an original cast member of MAD TV to playing Eddie in The Hangover, Callen has been making audiences everywhere laugh hysterically. While stand-up is something Callen does on the fringes of…
Albert Pujols is breaking records and stealing titles. The Los Angeles Angels first baseman has dusted himself off from that early season slump and charged ahead, racking up 18 home runs (as of press time). He’s great to watch when he’s on a streak, unless of course you’re cheering on…
In a perfect world this would happen every day: You wake up, stretch, tug your shoes on and then get irrationally excited because you’re about to throw hundreds of pies in other people’s faces. It would solve socioeconomic division, crime rates would plummet and war would be nothing that a…
In a perfect world this would happen every day: You wake up, stretch, tug your shoes on and then get irrationally excited because you’re about to throw hundreds of pies in other people’s faces. It would solve socioeconomic division, crime rates would plummet and war would be nothing that a…
Of all the laws on the books in this great land of ours, one of the more patently hilarious is Public Law 91-443, enacted under the 91st Congress in 1970. We think about that time in the early 70s and we know that our government had its hands full with…
Our appetites for entertainment change with the seasons. Sure, in winter you want something brooding and philosophical. But in summer, man, you just want to party. Water Tower Theatre understands this, so they’ve brought in a showstopper, it’s Smokey Joe’s Cafe and it goes down easier than a root beer…
While most photographers feel comfortable off-camera, capturing the world from behind their lenses, Erica Felicella has stepped out in the open. She’s the same wonder woman performance artist who spent 48 hours in a plexiglass box behind the Kessler Theater in May. That piece of performance art was part emotional…
Michael Winterbottom is multitasking — like that’s a surprise. He has made a dozen films in the past decade, as varied as the Steve Coogan joints 24 Hour Party People and The Trip, the controversial Jim Thompson adaptation The Killer Inside Me and two radically different assessments of the War…
See also: Our five favorite local wig shops. They don’t have a Joe Allen or a Sardi’s to repair to after an evening of theater. So where do Dallas actors gather to unwind when the curtain rings down? We asked some busy local thesps and they told us…
While every major touring comic pops into Dallas, our local comedy scene is often overlooked. We’ve got the talent, it’s just scattered all over the metroplex. House of Blues is going to make it easy on you and showcase the best comedy acts in the area on Saturday at LOL!…
The women of Dallas do a lot of questionable things for fashion: ripping out hair from their nether regions by the roots; teetering within an inch of a sprained ankle on platforms; squatting naked while having cold chemicals sprayed up the length of their bodies, inevitably leaving a trail of…
You realize you’ll have to work your way up in the corporate sector until you advance through the chain of operations. Who knew that the same rules apply at the Texas Renaissance Festival? They’re holding a job “faire” on August 11 and 12, in search of seasonal help. No, you…
With the advent of food trucks in DFW and the subsequent craze — the will there/won’t there be a food-truck court suspense rivals the Rachel and Ross chemistry that we all apparently cared about before television ditched the scripts and got “real” — it seems that almost anything can and…
The Graduate turns 45 this year (and screens at the Angelika in 35mm starting next week), and as I started to reminisce about the film I noticed that I felt kinda blue. I started thinking about that beat-to-shit bus that young Dustin Hoffman and dreamy-eyed Katharine Ross hopped on in…
See also: Second Thought’s Bomb-itty of Errors Playwright Charles Busch always plays the leading lady in his en travisti comedies on a New York stage. But Dallas actor Coy Covington is so close to Busch’s league of broadly comic cross-dressing broads that the playwright takes tips from him on how…
There used to be a family joke in the Morpurgo farmhouse in Devon, England. Whenever the phone would ring at odd hours or during a meal, dad Michael, author of more than 100 children’s books, or his wife Clare or one of their kids would say, “Answer it. It might…
Let’s say you’re a decent human being who believes that people shouldn’t feel like shit for wanting to get off with other happy, productive tax payers. Oh, you are? Great. Come make out with me Friday night, August 3. This is the only instance in which half-buzzed straight girls making…
Those tantalizing vixens of Viva Dallas Burlesque recently expanded their enterprise with the new series Cirque du Burlesque. Still firmly rooted in cheeky flirtation, the ladies elevated Friday’s show with aerial acts by Austin’s Bethany Summersizzle and seductive hula hooping routines by temptress Lula Houp Garou. That uptick in weekend…
The Cowboys might be in off season, but that doesn’t mean the Etsy booster club has slowed down its production of must-have items. On the contrary, there’s more weird shit on there than ever. Is your dog a football fan but also a captain of industry? Does he need clothing…
The Fairmont announced yesterday that Dallas-based artist Mikki Mallow has been chosen as artist-in-residence through September. Mallow, focusing on a bright and bold portraiture series entitled I’m Seeing Someone, has been living at the Fairmont and working in its translucent studio since the first of the month. I’m Seeing Someone…
The National Space Society of Texas isn’t all about data crunching and calibrations: It also has a soft spot for poetry. The organization is holding a poetry contest that anyone can enter, if you love the red planet. Or lust after it enough to scribble down prose on the topic…
