Baron & Budd’s Scott Summy The new issue of Forbes alerts us this morning to Baron & Budd attorney Scott Summy’s multi-million-dollar victory last month, when he got Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Shell, bp and several other major gas and oil producers to fork over a combined $423 million. The Big Oil…
Thumbs down to John Mellencamp’s new album cover. And Gordon Keith’s prime-time TV debut. I’m going to couch this review of Gordon Keith’s prime-time TV performance last night with two pillowy caveats: 1. Gordo is by far the funniest guy on Dallas radio. 2. He’s better than I’d be on…
A sad day for Dallas diners: Cremona, the charming Italian joint nestled at the end of Routh Street, has been arrivederci’d by a three-alarm fire that began sometime during the wee small hours of the morning today. Notes WFAA-Channel 8, “The roof of the restaurant collapsed as balls of fire…
Just looking at this picture makes me cranky. A memo to our Friends about to head north up N. Central Expressway: Don’t. It’s either nails, spilled between Lovers and Walnut Hill, or an overturned truck at the NorthPark exit. Or both. Either way, according to a Friend stuck in the…
More than 4,200 defendants convicted in federal court in the Northern District of Texas owe their victims $1 billion, give or take. Which would make U.S. Attorney Richard Roper and his financial litigation unit the biggest debt collector in North Texas, give or take. Among Department of Justice Districts, Northern…
Gotta live like Jesus? Might as well dress like him. The dreadlocks are gone. So is the dread. Not that we’re surprised, but Pacman Jones getting out of NFL commish Roger Goodell’s dog house on parole means – barring a flood at The Men’s Club – the Cowboys can count…
Mark Cuban’s a genius right? Invented Broadcast.com and all that. I went in to journalism, so that proves I’m dumb. But here’s what I don’t get. Sports Illustrated just released its Fortunate 50, a list of the 50 richest stars in sports, and Cuban’s got two players in the top…
Come for the offense. Stay for the fireworks. Leave when the pitching commences. The Texas Rangers’ offense is stunning. Josh Hamilton leads the planet in everything, will likely be an All-Star starter and is the American League’s first player to win consecutive Player of the Month awards to start a…
Hyatt Regency Dallas Does this have anything to do with some city council members’ reluctance to tear down Reunion Arena? We’re clearing the schedule Thursday morning — hard not to when you receive word that at 10:30 in the a.m., John Scovell (big bossman at Ray Hunt’s Woodbine Development Corporation)…
Assistant City Manager Jill Jordan At the end of May, Assistant City Manager Jill Jordan more or less told Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle how to do his job, which is odd, since she’s in charge of “Staff Accountability” for the city and chose not to hold one of the…
At last, a good excuse not to eat raw tomatoes: They will kill you! Well, probably not, but today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a release announcing a “multistate outbreak of human Salmonella serotype Saintpaul infections” found in large tomatoes, “including Roma and red round.” And, of…
Perry the Pipe will beat the hell out of you if you dump grease down your drain. Every time I go to the city’s Web site, I see this: “Mayor Tom Leppert has proclaimed the week of June 1st thru 7th ‘Cease the Grease’ Week.” In short, Dallas Water Utilities…
Terrell Owens is already an actor — far as you know. Now, you can add to that burgeoning list of potential future professions “stand-up comedian.” Because yesterday, round the time NFL commish Roger Goodell said he was partially lifting Adam “Pacman” Jones’ suspension and allowing him to practice with the…
Bros Jay and Mark Duplass’ Baghead — a smart, deadpan, oh-so-indie rendering of the bad-man-in-the-woods horror-film genre — has already stalked the film-fest circuit, debuting at Sundance in January before making its way to South by Southwest and the AFI Dallas International Film Festival. And it was scheduled to open…
KTVT-Channel 11 John Copeland, CEO of Copeland Ministries Way back in November, Sen. Charles Grassley — Iowa Republican and the party’s top man on the Senate Finance Committee — told six televangelists to turn over their financials, lest they suffer the wrath of Congress, which wants to make sure these…
Like our apologies, our popcorn is ready. Terrell Owens, gulp, team leader? Despite his flabbergasting drops and simmering potential for volatile locker-room destruction, T.O. has proven he deserves his new four-year, $34 million contract. And you know what else? He deserves our apologies. I’ll start with mine…
The Dallas City Council’s decision to buy land in front of the convention center for $42 million removed the first major obstacle in building a publicly owned hotel. The city now has plenty of room to build Mayor Leppert’s hotel, along with meeting space and other development. Council members Angela…
Sad that the proud ol’ joint is being saddled with Division II football. Seems every week we’re learning what $1.1 billion (with a B) will buy. A Super Bowl here. An NBA All-Star Game there. Throw in some classic college football rivalries and a Big 12 Conference Championship Game. But…
Among the group of baseball jerseys in my closet — behind Pudge’s and A-Rod’s Rangers ones — there’s an old, unworn Tampa Bay Devil Rays jersey with no name or number on it. When Tampa took Josh Hamilton with the No. 1 overall pick in 1999, I bought the jersey…
Every time I drive by Taylor Publishing’s corporate offices and printing facility on Mockingbird, I’m reminded of the countless trips I had to make there when I was editing the Thomas Jefferson High School yearbook, The Document, in the mid-1980s. Some kids at a Pennsylvania high school will never have…
Is it just me, or does it feel like Mike Modano is about to take his Cup and go home? So, Stars fans, do you feel any better knowing that your team put up a better fight against the Detroit Red Wings in the West finals than the Pittsburgh Penguins…
Saw this morning where an American Airlines flight, from Dallas/Fort Worth International on its way to Fort Myers, Florida, made an emergency landing last night back at DFW “after a window pane broke and was ingested into one of the plane’s engines.” Which sounds bad. Of course, the windows are…
