Daniel Rodrigue We’re pretty sure Cedric Bolden pretended to cut Mayor Tom’s hair. Because it always looks the same. Always. Still, Leppert did get a lollipop afterwards. So cute. Unfair Park dropped by Cedric B’s on 321 S. Corinth at 3 today to watch Mayor Tom get his head cut…
Back on February 20, I filed an open records request with the City of Dallas to get information about the convention center hotel project, along with any communications between Mayor Leppert and council members regarding Lynn Flint Shaw, the former DART board chair who was killed by husband Rufus less…
Or bust? Everyone – from NFL Films prez Steve Sabol to gambling websites to this dork — is picking the Cowboys to go to the Super Bowl. But out at training camp in Oxnard, Calif., players, coaches and even owner Jerry Jones are being very careful to avoid hyping the…
David Gordon Green In The New York Times today, Richardson High School’s own David Gordon Green talks about transitioning from Indieland to Hollywood — specifically, how he went from making such elegiac films as George Washington and All the Real Girls to the stoner bromance Pineapple Express, which, you certainly…
Last month, the Department of the Army published War Surgery in Afghanistan and Iraq: A Series of Cases, 2003-2007, a textbook selling for $71 on Amazon, which is currently out of stock. It’s not exactly a coffee-table tome, as The New York Times notes today that “the pictures show shredded…
Now that the city council’s Trinity River Corridor Project Committee has recommended renaming Ross Avenue for Cesar Chavez — surprise, surprise, surprise — the great Emilio Velasquez Jr. has a suggestion that I think we should all take very, very seriously. I’ve pulled it out of the comments, because, frankly,…
Belo at its best. Dallas’ Only Daily sports columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor (wearing a white lab coat, v-neck sweater, bow tie, scruffy, proletarian mustache and Bluetooth earpiece, peculiarly speaking with a robust Irish accent): Ya know what I’ve been thinking? Dallas’ Only Daily sports columnist Tim Cowlishaw (wearing a white lab…
Following last week’s gruesome attack on one of its Canadian buses, Dallas-based Greyhound has yanked a nearly year-old ad campaign — this one, to be specific, which was aimed at the 18- to 24-year-old would-be bus rider. No doubt, a very wise move. Odd thing is, the ads were already…
Seems like the sound of fun no longer surrounds Six Flags, which, according to this front-page piece in this morning’s Wall Street Journal, is “weighed down by $2.4 billion of debt, and faces a $288 million payment to preferred stockholders next August.” The amusement park chain, founded in Arlington in…
Amusing. Entertaining. Exciting. But magical? Nope, not yet. The Texas Rangers produced another dramatic climax last night, beating the Yankees on Marlon Byrd’s 9th-inning grand slam. With fans doing that retarded “Byrd Dance” where they girlishly flap their arms like a, um, ya know, bird, Byrd launched the first pitch…
Someone totally not busted up about the shuttering of Plano-based Benningan’s last week? Jon Stewart, who, in the clip below, introduces the worst fast-casual concept since Shenaniganz. Speaking of, this morning there’s more bad news for Dallas-based Brinker International. –Robert Wilonsky…
This morning, I believe — five games back of Boston for the wild card, no problem, not with Marlon Byrd at the plate with two outs and the bases loaded. Then again, the Rangers still have the White Sox, Twins and Yanks in their way as well. Won’t be easy…
You know who kinda hearts Barack Obama today? T. Boone Pickens. No kiddin’. The Dallas oil billionaire who’s out selling his plan to “create a new renewable energy network” today released a statement following Obama’s speech in which the Democratic presidential nominee outlined his energy plan. Notes Pickens: “I’m strongly…
Per the city’s Trinity River Park guidelines, this is a “rendering of West Dallas Lake Amphitheater used for concert venue and spectator viewing of fireworks.” Tomorrow, in addition to discussing the new name for Industrial Boulevard — spoiler alert: It’s Riverfront — the city council’s Trinity River Corridor Project Committee…
Biggest Dallas sports ticket. Ever. Just got my grubby little hands on what will be one of the hottest tickets in Metroplex sports history – the final regular-season Cowboys game at Texas Stadium. As you can see, the Cowboys certainly think it’s big. The actual ticket to the Saturday, Dec…
Say this for Dallas-based Blockbuster: It’s willing to throw anything and everything against the wall in the hopes that something, anything, will stick. Because only a few days after taking its new downloading kiosk to the Comic-Con International, the video rental company announced this afternoon that it’s teaming up with…
Later this week, folks around the Fort Worth might spot the bus pictured above and wonder to themselves, “Hey, is Kanye West in town?” No, no, silly. It’s just a roadshow sponsored by Americans United for Change, which has been rolling The Bush Legacy Tour across the U.S. and A…
Lily Tomlin, now a concerned citizen for Jenny Lily Tomlin couldn’t save her show about Dallas that was intended for HBO. But now, she’s trying to keep Jenny the elephant from going to that safari park in Mexico, where the Dallas Zoo intends to send her unless the city council…
Coming to a station near you soon: The Ticket’s new head-to-head competition? As his old bunkmates revel in ratings success, Greg Williams is angling to become one of The Ticket’s head-to-head rivals. Though he’s been flirting with a weeknight gig at ESPN Radio for months, Live 105.3 is now the…
Speaking of the council getting back to work, it looks as though the city is trying to speed up the process that allows the demolition of properties within historic districts. In about half an hour, the city council’s Public Safety Committee will meet to discuss, among other things, the streamlining…
At this very moment at City Hall, the city council’s Economic Development Committee is discussing myriad topics as it gets back to work, chief among them AT&T’s relocation to Dallas, as announced on June 27. This morning’s briefing includes further details about the move, including AT&T’s moving its air fleet…
Look, when, on a Sunday afternoon, you get an e-mail from Avi Adelman bearing the subject line, “This is your face after telling the restaurant manager you want to smoke crack in the bathroom…,” you’re going to see it through to the end. Turns out, Avi has added to the…
