ABC trounced Robert Tilton in his lawsuit against the network. That was years ago. Doesn't mean we can't relive it. Paige Capossela, a spokeswoman for ABC News, sent us a lengthy response to Glenna Whitley's August 3, 2006, cover story "The Cult of Ole"--an in-depth look at Ole Anthony and...
You like me, you really like me: Opening the DOMA nomination process to the public always results in a few anonymous gems. And even though nobody cast any write-in votes for Alf, Jesus or Laura Miller, a few suspect items did pop up. First off, I must be totally out...
Here's some awesome news to greet you the day after a holiday off: AT&T is releasing today a study that says more than a quarter of all U.S. companies aren't prepared to handle a disaster, whether it's natural or man-made. The study indicated many of them have flawed or outdated--or...
Sara Hickman's last concert at Poor David's Pub didn't have quite the air of a homecoming. Despite an inspired introduction in faux-Latin by club owner David Carr, the audience showed absolutely no enthusiasm, and that lack of energy in the crowd was reflected right back from the stage. Hickman tried...
Two days ago, American Airlines' parent company, AMR Corp., submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission a prospectus in which it announced it was selling precisely 15,002,091 shares of its common stock. As of yesterday, that stock was selling for $25.40 a share--which was way down from $27.63, its price...
"Gary Payton, you're so great. How come you're so great?" And other questions posed by NBA writers. Forget Game 4, the blowout you still can't erase from the memory banks, and we're just a few ticks of the clock away from the title that shoulda-woulda-coulda been the Dallas Mavericks'. Now...
Greg Dulli has been churning out sorrowful soul-rock for so long--throughout the 1990s with the Afghan Whigs, and for the past six years with the Twilight Singers--that each new record he makes seems to carry the threat of shtick. Until you hear it, that is: More than any other member...
By now you know things are not all rainbows and unicorns and cotton candy at The Dallas Morning News. They're "reshaping the newsroom," ya know, getting ready to fire somewhere between 50-100 (or more) newsroom employees in the coming days...sorry, they're getting ready to offer them buyouts, my bad. That...
That wasn't Thundershower Alberto chugging through south Florida last night; that was the Karma Train. And, after the city of Dallas inexplicably unveiled its plans for a victory parade a week prematurely, it ran right over the Dallas Mavericks. Well, that and a combination of pathetic Mavs' play and brilliant...
Davy Rothbart loves trash. Just look at the USA Network's "Characters Wanted" tag featuring the frequent This American Life contributor and founder/editor of FOUND Magazine (as well as the publication's two compilation books)—the man hauls off and dives into a dumpster, for cryin' out loud. But the personable and effervescent...
Emily Dowdy's fate has rested in the hands of an Oklahoma judge chastised for not playing fair. Evidence that Oklahoma County Judge Susan Caswell favors prosecutors is piling up. Yesterday, citing "significant and disturbing evidence of bias" on the part of Caswell, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ordered a...
Perhaps no one can pinpoint the exact moment vaudeville died, but there's a moment early in Strangers with Candy where you'd swear you had just witnessed the death of visual comedy. En route to her first day of high school, a tarty middle-aged jailbird--this is not a Disney Channel joint--tosses...
The sound of gunfire broke the calm of a clear, cold February morning just a few hours before dawn. Rushing through the breezeway of a southeast Dallas apartment complex, the thief yelled in vain for help. The first two bullets struck him in the back, slicing through his ribs and...
In the coming days, or hours, the Supreme Court will consider whether Tom DeLay's a good map maker. As Tom DeLay morphs from Texas elected official to Virginia lobbyist, he leaves a threefold legacy: corruption, bitter partisanship and the Texas congressional district map adopted in 2003. While the first two...
For those who think poverty is a choice, allow me to recommend the book Nickel and Dimed, in which the author, a journalist named Barbara Ehrenreich, works as a waitress, a cleaning woman, a nursing home aide and a Wal-Mart clerk to prove that poverty is not the result of...
What can you do in 24 hours? You can have a shirt dry-cleaned 24 times. You can watch an entire season of 24. Or you can race to make a movie. Those who choose the latter, as part of the Video Association of Dallas' Fifth Annual 24-Hour Video Race, will...
The second issue of National Lampoon, which Robert Hoffman co-founded before heading back to Dallas When Josh Karp first began e-mailing Robert Hoffman for a book Karp was working on, Hoffman, the local "civics leader and arts patron" who died Sunday at the age of 59 from leukemia, had little...
Tomorrow morning, Belo Corp. will announce its first-quarter results, and at least one person on the street (OK, TheStreet.com) doesn't think the news for News' owner is gonna be good. How could it, asks Sandy Brown, when: "The owner of the Dallas Morning News and regional TV and newspaper assets...
For Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, the summer of 2006 could define the rest of her political career, as she'll be forced to retake a licensing test, come up with a plan to quell her department's rising overtime costs and mollify the subtle criticism of her qualifications for the job...
"In the States, I'm still worried it'll slip through the cracks again." Midlake lead singer Tim Smith is at his home in Pilot Point, an hour north of the Denton house where he and the rest of the quintet recorded The Trials of Van Occupanther, and he says this while...
Dear Mexican, What is it with you Mexicans who want to take back California? Is it that conquistador blood that's driving you? --Go Back to Granada Dear Gabacho, Besides beards, light skin and bad wine, the Spanish conquistadors brought with them to Mexico the legacy of reconquista, which has replaced...
The DreMak studio launch party at the Granada Theater has all the elements of a quintessential entertainment industry 'do: live music, comp drinks, VIP tags and all kinds of free appetizers. But the crowd is hardly straight outta Los Angeles. It's more like a family reunion, with middle-aged couples, their...
