Helluva last few days for Affiliated Computer Services: First came the news that ACS’ chairman Darwin Deason is offering $59.25 per share for all outstanding ACS shares in order to take his company private. Wow — wonder why he wants to do that? Oh, yeah: that whole backdating stock-option scandal,…
Every Saturday morning, Don Hart holds a church service at the corners of Ervay and Corsicana streets near Old City Park; he also serves food to the some 100 homeless men, women and children who gather at the intersection. This morning, USA Today writes about Hart’s BIGHEART — which is…
Ever heard the local band Greyskull? No? Dude, they rock. Or so Nokia thinks, anyway: Says here that the band’s been tapped to provide the soundtrack for a series of ads promoting the company’s new Nseries phones — specifically, the new N93i video phone. Only, you won’t get to see…
Robinson Tejeda will pitch Your Texas Rangers’ home opener in a few days. Oh…joy? The Rangers’ pitching staff looks decent — which, putting it in perspective, means it’s as good as any time since the late 1990s. Kevin Millwood’s a workhorse ace. Vicente Padilla is a bulldog. And newcomer Brandon…
The city’s finding one way to narrow the mayoral wannabe field: by disqualifying all the interesting left-field candidates, including Edward Okpa. Edward Okpa, my favorite long-shot candidate for Dallas mayor, has been thrown off the ballot after the City Secretaty’s office found he didn’t submit enough signatures to qualify. (He…
“Lord love a duck, he just wants to get out of here,” says Catherine Fotre of her feisty chef husband Francois, who made a name for himself with killer Vichyssoise, a cold summer-slap watermelon soup spiffed with Schnapps, and a tomato fanaticism that frightened produce suppliers (Dallas needs more such…
If you have plans to visit the Amon Carter Museum some time in the next few months, you’d best hurry: The place is shutting down May 21 and will remain shuttered for a good three months. The reason why: “Repairs on the building’s fire suppression system,” which is not a…
So, like, we’ve pimped Hot Fuzz — the latest from the gents who brung ya Shaun of the Dead — plenty o’ times here at Unfair Park. But unless you already have your tix for the AFI’s Thursday-night screening at NorthPark, or you just wanna take your chances by standing…
This is Delta Keoninh’s dream. And the rest of America’s too. How is it someone hasn’t come up with this before? It’s not like folks aren’t always asking Mark Cuban for spare change (like, ya know, a hundred thou) all the time. But far as we can tell, HelpMeMarkCuban.com marks…
Mary Suhm, otherwise known as the most powerful person in city gummint. This morning we got a missive reminding us of this intriguing event on Thursday night: a Women’s Council of Dallas-sponsored get-down titled “Dallas 101: The Partnership between DallasISD, the City of Dallas and Dallas County.” Sounds fascinating –…
I was scheduled to interview David Lynch on Saturday, till his people moved it to Sunday morning. Had to tell Lynch, like, no can do; the 3-year-old who lives in our house had a school function on the field of Texas Stadium, which the missus described as “a dump,” though…
Does Mimi Swartz love Dallas or hate Dallas? Yes. –Robert Wilonsky…
Gary Griffith says of Tom Leppert and Max Wells: They “simply miss the mark.” Oh, no, he dint. Till now, Gary Griffith’s mayoral campaign has been distinguished by his taste for cheese and his profound ability to fear-monger in the absence of idea-mongering. (Most recently, he’s also come out for…
Yeah, that’s what is says in the press release we just got from Hill’s campaign…pardon, from Hill’s “Campaign of Courage.” (Wait — isn’t that also Jennifer Gale’s slogan? No? M’bad.) Anyway, here’s Don Hill’s crime-fighting plan. We’ll let Dave Levinthal check the sources, but we have a feeling this is…
Since there have been rumblings about mayoral candidate Sam Coats sitting on the board of Texas Industries, the infamous Midlothian cement-manufacturing plant that’s been condemned by environmentalists for burning hazardous waste, we thought we’d let you know that today, TXI lost a court battle with a former contractor’s family –…
Don’t like gay people? Join the fans of Widespread Panic. That’s what I was called in just one of the nearly 600 “responses” to my article on Widespread Panic in this week’s paper version of Unfair Park. In the piece, I wrote that fans of the band were notorious for…
I’ve been asked many, many times in the past few days: Which movies are worth peeping at the AFI Dallas International Film? I’ve offered my suggestions, oh, here and even over there. And while I seem to always be leaving off a few here and there (you really must see…
Halle Berry’s in town — and, believe it not, she ain’t here for the AFI. Last night’s AFI Dallas International Film Fest coming-out party was quite the swanky affair in the downtown Neiman Marcus; said a visiting dignitary, “I’ve never been around so much money.” You could almost count every…
Bishop J. Neaul Haynes: What did he know about Pastor Sherman Allen, and what did he do about it? Pastor Sherman Allen’s bishop in the Church of God in Christ, J. Neaul Haynes of Dallas, has been aware of paddling allegations involving Allen for at least 17 years. One of…
Edward Okpa: If you aren’t gonna take him seriously as a mayoral candidate, then we will. Of course, look what happened to the last guy bestowed that particular honor. On Tuesday the Northwood Republican Women’s Club hosted a mayoral debate at a Luby’s on Hampton Road. OK, not so much…
I dunno, maybe it’s because I’m all baseball-fevering out here at Rangers spring training. Or maybe I’m saving my basketball jones for the Mavs’ playoff run. Whatever, I just don’t have the March Madness this year. Watched some games last night at a crummy little sports bar in Peoria (where’s…
A few days back, we mentioned that those surveillance cameras were up downtown; even saw a couple last night, perched above stoplights on white, “Dallas Police”-marked boxes. A Friend of Unfair Park said she and her husband were getting the icky feeling those cameras were peeping into their Post Building…
