Terri Chappell’s got herself a new boss. Broadcasting & Cable this morning takes note of big news on the local newscast scene: WFAA-TV’s news director, David Duitch, is exiting the Belo building and heading over to … KDAF-TV, where he’ll be the news director for the CW’s local affiliate on…
Brian Barnaud Taking Greendale to New York, via Deep Ellum On Saturday, Undermain Theatre publicist Lisa Taylor sent out the reminder that director Katherine Owens; bandmates Kenny Withrow, Paul Semrad and Alan Emert; and cast members Bruce DuBose, Newton Pittman, Shannon Kearns-Simmons and plenty others are heading to NYC this…
Capping a rough couple weeks for local radio personalities, try this mug shot on for size. As I’m packing to leave town tonight I get a call from a radio industry source saying Live 105.3 drive-time host Russ Martin was arrested Friday morning in Southlake for assaulting his girlfriend. Sure…
Daniel Rodrigue Larry McMurtry, speaking last night at the Nasher Sculpture Center Last night, folks who attended the Nasher Salon Lecture Series featuring Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana spent roughly a dollar a minute to hear the two authors, screenwriters and essayists talk about reading, writing and threatening Hollywood producers…
After the jump, courtesy the Texas Freedom Network, is SMU associate professor and chair of the school’s Department of Religious Studies Mark Chancey’s statement concerning the Texas State Board of Education’s decision today to adopt vague standards when it comes to teaching elective Bible course in public high school classrooms…
Who is Teklu Berhane? Well, first off, he’s not to be confused with Eritrean singer Berhane Teklu; no doubt, happens all the time. Turns out, he’s actually the chief concierge at the InterContinental Dallas, and his fresh-from-the-oven tour of Dallas is right here. (Warning: The thing … loads … very…
This nice home on Holmes near Opportunity Park in South Dallas can be yours for the right, and probably very low, price. If you’ve always wanted to live at 3225 Turtle Creek Boulevard — hey, two pools! — now’s your chance, as Unit 1120 appears to have fallen into foreclosure…
Because he knows that, sooner or later, the fun won’t be there for having. From Yahoo! Sports comes Michael Silver’s exclusive chitchat with the Cowboys’ QB, who, like, seriously doesn’t get why people are so damned interested in him: “No one’s going to remember me five or seven years from…
Allison V. Smith Big Tex got fitted for his new Dickies today at Fair Park, and we sent the great Allison V. Smith to shoot the wardrobe change. Her suggestion for a cutline: “I have a crush on Big Tex.” Yours? More to come shortly in aSlide show! –Robert Wilonsky…
Hey, sometimes a dessert will change your life. Pope Benedict XVI is in Australia this week, mate. And among those who made the pilgrimage was Brother Patrick Hough, a social sciences teacher at Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas — who, from the looks of this photo, took a few…
Driving to Arkansas to dig for diamonds — the opposite of a staycation At least, it did for 9-year-old Matthew Smith of Dallas, who went with his family to the finders-keepers Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro and walked out with a 2.75-carat diamond that sounds almost edible, from…
Till this morning I didn’t know what a Wigald Boning was — something to do with fish, maybe? Or a sexual position? Nope, turns out he’s “a German comedian, musician, TV-moderator and journalist,” or everything I wish I were. Only, I prefer his translated Wikipedia bio (“outer trademarks are glasses…
ExxonMobil’s Irving HQ, or “The Hall of Justice” No? I hear it’s lovely this time of year. But only because it’s the 57th-bestest, er, city in the whole danged country. Says so on New Geography’s 2008 list, which may be a old news, dunno, but which I discovered this morning…
Late yesterday, Starbucks released the official list of store closures — “in the spirit of transparency with our partners, customers and communities.” And, yes, among the nine Dallas locations is the Greenville Avenue hot spot that Elizabeth Marshall tried to save with an online petition. And it was a valiant…
Appearing live next Tuesday at an awards show near you! Since you’ll have to go cold turkey while I’m on vacation next week, thought I’d empty out my Hammer notebook before I skedaddle. Talked to Greggo last night – he was in Decatur serving as executor of his dad’s will,…
Mark W. Norris SMU president Gerald Turner, addressing the Methodist Church convention today at the Hilton Anatole Opponents of the George W. Bush institute failed Thursday afternoon to keep the think tank off of the SMU campus. Their petition, an acknowledged last-ditch effort, called for the South Central Jurisdiction of…
Warner Bros. sends this photo of the, ahem, Tumbler from the Batman movies so we can pimp the ride’s appearance tomorrow at the Cinemark 17, at LBJ Freeway and Webb Chapel Road, where it’ll be parked from 1 to 4 p.m. Hmm, wonder why. Oh, wait. That’s right. And we’ve…
But before we get to that, here’s a report from last night’s WBZ-TV newscast out of New England, where the Fort Worth-based carrier went for its infrared missile defense system — called Counter-Man-Portable Air Defense System, or MANPADS for shorts — that, from the looks of it, at least, can…
This picture is not from north Texas. Hard to fathom with our temps again flirting with triple digits, but over at the British Open at Royal Birkdale in Lancanshire, England it looks like December. It’s in the ‘50s with rain, 40 mph wind, guys hitting 9-iron from 205 yards and,…
So’s you know, we’re over reality TV. Because, you’re right, it all sucks. Even when locals like Daniel Lewis, seen here, are on. Which is all the time. Last night’s Shear Genius reminded me of why I stopped watching the first season. It was lamely boring and boringly lame. And…
In eatery franchising news: A Chili’s will freshen up the American Airlines Center come October, as it moves into the venue’s southwest corner — where, for the moment, you can buy Stars and Mavs merch. Expect much branding — including a mini-blimp, which you’ll have to order off the menu…
Is this really what the Cotton Bowl (at least, its south ramp) is going to look like following its $50-million upgrade? Because I don’t see this rendering in the city’s December ’05 briefing on the subject. But I did find this artwork and several under-construction photos from the work-in-progress on…
