Wired brings what could be big news out of a small start-up in Dallas that has the potential to become a strong player amongst those creating applications for iPhones. Newtoy mays be a new company, but its founders are familiar faces in the gaming industry: As Paul and David Bettner…
The “Jackson” in question is Gary Jackson, concierge at Barney New York’s NorthPark outpost, who was profiled a year ago by our former colleague Ann Zimmerman in The Wall Street Journal. His name pops up today in the Houston Chronicle, where he offers “An ultimate insider’s guide to Dallas.” Because,…
Anand Jon with one of his famous former clients Several Friends of Unfair Park who quite vividly recall the sordid story of fashion designer Anand Jon have sent this update: Yesterday, Jon was convicted in Los Angeles of raping and sexually assaulting aspiring models as young as 14. The conviction,…
Beth Andresen, in the Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division of the Dallas Public Library, was kind enough to provide the Friends of Unfair Park with a blow-up of the mystery photo from yesterday. Turns out, yup, that is indeed a guy standing on the roof — but, to be honest,…
Has there ever been a better montage ruined by a worse soundtrack? Discuss. – Richie Whitt…
Larry James, president and CEO of Central Dallas Ministries, sent out an e-mail this morning directing folks to the second issue of CDM’s online magazine, which is more or less a compendium of videos, all of them worth a peek. Among the contributions is the story of the great Brent…
A sneak peak at tonight’s Very Special Episode of Don’t Forget the Lyrics, hosted by Wayne Brady. And looks like the Mavs’ owner is still dancing with the stars. More highlights after the jump. Far as you know. –Robert Wilonsky…
… Fox! So, last week it was The Dallas Morning News and Star-Telegram trying to figure out how to share a sleeping bag. Today, it’s Fox and NBC — not the networks themselves (not yet), but the local affiliates owned and operated by the networks, which would indeed include KDFW-Channel…
The photo above is of the planned $300-million “sophisticated, euro-urban” Glen at Preston Hollow development at Walnut Hill Lane and N. Central Expressway, which was announced exactly one year ago and which, at present, looks like a lunar landscape dotted with the random bulldozer and tree. Now, Provident Realty never…
He leads the Stars in penalty minutes. Not a single one of them for being “different.” Sean Avery is refreshing. Eclectic. Tough. Successful. Courageous. And not gay. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Or is there? In my column in this week’s dead tree version of Sportatorium, I examine…
Gird your loins: The conspiracy theorists — by which I mean the truth-tellers, of course — are coming to town. Beginning a week from tomorrow, the Adolphus Hotel will host JFK Lancer’s November in Dallas 2008 confab, scheduled to run for three days to coincide with the 45th anniversary of…
We tried this once before, so here goes again: Can you please, pretty please, help the folks in the Dallas Public Library’s Texas/Dallas History & Archives figure out just what in the heck’s going in this picture? Because, right now, this is all they got to go on: “Crowds of…
What’d else didja expect? Terrell Owens had his Top 10 on Letterman and I seem to have developed a nervous tic that spits out lists. So, hey, what’s one more? 10. Sense of urgency. Dallas just has to play well – and win. If not, all the Super Bowl posturing…
No doubt you already know all about Fellowship Church Senior Pastor Ed Young’s sex challenge, which kicks off Sunday. It was first noted in a Religion Blog brief on Monday, but was everywhere come Wednesday. Well, this morning it made its way onto CBS’s Early Show, where Young had a…
On December 10, 2006, 48-year-old Dallas landscape architect Kelly James spoke to his wife Karen for the final time. As you no doubt recall — because it seems like only yesterday rescue workers were searching a storm-bound Mount Hood in Oregon for James and his two climbing companions, Dallas’s Brian…
Dalton Sherman and some other guy No doubt about it — Dalton Sherman is the Dallas Independent School District’s feel-good story of the school year and has been ever since his kick-off speech at the American Airlines Center in August. Two months later, the Charles Rice Learning Center fifth-grader found…
A bump in the road? Or the beginning of the end? Couple months back I forecasted a significant change in the way the radio ratings wind would blow around these parts in the fall. Wow. I had no idea. With Arbitron finally awaking to the digital age and replacing its…
Local actors Christopher Dontrell Piper and David Jeremiah in Topdog/Underdog Theater in this town has never been better. So why are there so many empty seats? Tickets are reasonable—about $10 for most shows, with free parking at most theaters. Many companies, including Kitchen Dog and Theatre Three, even offer “pay…
As promised, the Dallas billionaire was on The Daily Show last night promoting his book and his plan. About halfway through the interview concerning Pickens’ desire to get America’s trucks running on natural gas sooner than later, Jon Stewart fell in love. And a May-December bromance begins. –Robert Wilonsky…
Numbers game: Ooo, looky here. In Buzz’s hands we have a copy of an investigation report from Dallas Independent School District’s Office of Professional Responsibility. It’s labeled “highly confidential,” and it’s about how some ne’er-do-wells at DISD submitted false Social Security numbers to a state agency—fake numbers for foreign nationals,…
They call him “faggot.” They call him “idiot.” They call him “agitator.” They call him, simply, “the most hated man in hockey.” And how does Sean Avery respond? With a shrug. “I laugh it off…doesn’t faze me,” he says. “If you’re going to dish it out you’ve got to be…
“Pole Position,” by Megan Feldman, November 6 Sexy Things I am reading your story on pole dancing, and while I may not go out and learn to dance around a pole, I am happy that women are becoming more aware of sexuality. Feminists made us believe that in order to…
