Coral Eugene Watts, who killed women he believed had “evil eyes” Fifty-three-year-old Coral Eugene Watts, who confessed to slaying 11 women in Texas — two from the Dallas area — died of prostate cancer on Friday in a Michigan prison. Watts was the poster boy for the unintended consequences of…
Was that the Twilight Zone or Telemundo? Either way, the Cowboys’ utter dismantling of the defending NFC Champion Chicago Bears was bizarre, shocking and, let’s face it, delicious. 13-10? Maybe. 34-10? Pinch me. In Dallas a 3-0 start means the Cowboys are going to the Super Bowl. While in Chicago,…
Bloc Party at the House of Blues Saturday night — not as boring as everyone else, matter o’ fact We’re not prone to running concert reviews on Unfair Park — our kid sister, DC9 at Night, has that beat in its back pocket. But UP’s best Friend attended the Bloc…
At the end of July, the San Antonio Express News took note of the “the largest Army contract-rigging and bribery case to emerge from the Iraq reconstruction effort” — which just so happened to involve a Dallas-area teacher. Court documents allege that Carolyn Blake — along with her brother, Army…
Mark Stuertz John Force lights a nifty burnout before a qualifying run on Saturday. One day later, his car was cut in half, and Force was in the hospital. You could see who had the Force just by wandering through the pits. While there was a small swell around Tommy…
Recently, when I was handed the assignment of writing a weekly political column for our Web site and blog, I hoped to go as long as possible without writing about the Trinity River vote, since people far smarter than I — and Steve Blow — have explored every corner of…
Our music blog, DC9 at Night, features a brief chit-chat with Ryan Hamilton — one half of Smile Smile, we’re not not sure which Smile — concerning the band’s October 17 show in New York City, at the Alphabet Lounge. As it happens, Hamilton and Jencey Hirunrusme have been invited…
A Virgin Mobile ad not featuring Alison Chang, far as we can tell Late yesterday, the Associated Press shipped the story about how the family of Dallas girl Alison Chang was suing in state district court Australia’s Virgin Mobile phone company, claiming the company had used a photo of 16-year-old…
On April 27, 1983, David Bowie was in Las Colinas rehearsing songs for his “Serious Moonlight” tour, in support of his Let’s Dance album. Joining him was that hit record’s lead guitarist: Oak Cliff’s Stevie Ray Vaughan, who was only two months away from releasing his own debut, Texas Flood,…
As you no doubt are aware, Simon, Paula and Randy are in town today and tomorrow, putting second-round American Idol wannabes through the paces at the W Hotel. But re-auditions started yesterday, and this guy who made it past the first round found the second phase of hoop-jumping more than…
Have you met our adoptive parents, Annette and Harold Simmons? They’re very nice people. Mazel tov, Harold Simmons! Looks like you’re still the richest man in Dallas — and the 43rd richest person in the entire country. Yet again, Forbes has posted its list of the 400 wealthiest folks in…
Jack Hamm/Grace Bible Fellowship Need we remind you of what Tom Landry thought of gambling? Thought so. I know what you’re thinking: Hey, douchebag, what happened to Week 2? To which I retort, “What happens in Vegas haunts you all the way back to Dallas.” Find a comfy chair and…
WFAA-Channel 8’s Janet St. James Thanks to the several Friends of Unfair Park, including Uncle Barky, who’ve pointed out that on Wednesday, WFAA-Channel 8 medical reporter Janet St. James’s story about Carter Albrecht and the smoking-cessation drug Chantix, which features an interview with Albrecht’s girlfriend Ryann Rathbone, received prominent play…
Comic Book Resources offers two very odd green-screen preview pics from this week’s Sunday Night Football intro, in which Terrell Owens and Heroes’ Masi Oka vie for the title of — here it comes — most heroic. Guess it couldn’t be any worse than this. –Robert Wilonsky…
Ray Hunt and the missus, who kinda know George and Laura Bush just a little, dig? Yesterday on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Dennis Kucinich demanded to know precisely how Dallas-based Hunt Oil Company got that deal to drill for oil in Iraq, which it signed a…
Forget Vegas. If you need fast cash and are jonesing for a vacation, look no further than your nearest Army recruiting location. In late July the U.S. Army instituted the new “Quick-Ship” enlistment bonus for recruits who report for training before September 30th. You’d best hurry — only 10 days…
NBC would like our help — and, yes, we would totally cancel Journeyman (pilot’s terrible) and The Biggest Loser, the latter of which eats up a whole 90 minutes of prime-time real estate every Tuesday night, Jesusgod. But apparently it’s not that kind of help: A rep from the network…
Shinsei’s Casey Thompson, like you didn’t already know Gawker’s running a poll at the moment, as it wonders who its readers think will be the next Top Chef. And though there are four cheftestants left, Gawker’s editors only give you two chefs from which to choose: Dallas’ Casey Thompson (“Little…
You may have gotten them into Esquire, Zac Crain, but Mandy and Lauren of Girls Gone Sports were mine first! Folks, if you’re not already reading the best sports blog in town, now’s the time to get on it: GGS is written by two of my fellow Mansfield High School…
A Friend of Unfair Park sends us a fascinating story involving a Seattle-based law firm specializing in international affairs, a Japanese-based maker of printing presses, The Dallas Morning News, the illegal sale of printing presses, and a $19-million dollar settlement last month in a malpractice suit. Fascinated? I am –…
Now Dale Jr. is a PepsiCo man. We still prefer Dr Pepper. For those so inclined, a full transcript of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s press conference yesterday at the Dallas Convention Center — where, as predicted, he became a PepsiCo pitchman — is available here. How long did this thing last,…
Pete Sampras is bringing his bag of yellow balls to Frisco this weekend. You could trek to Arlington this weekend to pay your last respects to a suck-ass baseball outfit that last night lost its 82nd game of 2007 and clinched its seventh losing season in the last eight years…
