Archive for May, 2013
American Idol Sex Goddess Hearts Local Guy
Jeff PrinceThis beautiful actress-singer-sex goddess told a Fort Worth guy she loved him. And it wasn’t me. Doh! That’s right, Jennifer Lopez said, “I love him!” while Fort Worth musician Tim Halperin was playing...
Crank-Calling Scott Walker
Kristian LinWell, this is ballsy with a heaping side order of awesome sauce. Buffalo, N.Y. blogger Ian Murphy has gone viral for his prank phone call to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. The governor is currently embroiled in a battle over a bi...
Guns Fly Free at DFW Airport
Kristian LinProps to our colleagues at NBCDFW, who are currently running a whistle-blower’s report that a TSA agent successfully carried a handgun through the body scanners at DFW International Airport multiple times without being ca...
A New Definition of “Roving Reporter”
Gayle ReavesIt’s one of those things you thought you’d never actually see, like pigs flying, the Rangers in the World Series, falling ice being a health hazard at a local sports arena. The Star-Telegram posted the story on its web site...
Film Shorts
KRISTIAN LINOPENING: Drive Angry 3D (R) Nicolas Cage stars as a man who escapes from Hell to take revenge on the men who have killed his daughter (Arianne Martin) and kidnapped his granddaughter. Also with Amber Heard, William Fichtner, Bi...
Night & Day
KRISTIAN LINWED ? 23 Remember the Three Tenors? Some years after Luciano Pavarotti’s death we’re getting the Ten Tenors, a dectet of fine-looking young Australian guys singing popular and classical favorites, some suggested by audience...
High Interest, Deep Fang Marks
StaticStatic once knew a pit bull named Daisy, which is a funny name for a dog both feared and revered for its immense biting and killing power. Which reminds us of a pit bull named Wendy.
Texas Ballet Theater Mixes It Up
All dourness aside, TBT’s mixed repertoire programs had Bass Hall rocking.LEONARD EUREKA
Mixed repertoire programs can be a tough nut to crack. Without the unifying music and storyline of a full-length work, success depends on lining up shorter ballets that make a satisfying evening together. Texas Ballet Theater, ...
Say Oh Whitney
With a new album on the way, this Fort Worth-NYC quartet just wants to play, Facebook be damned.JIMMY FOWLER
Every band should have a patron saint like the one that watches over alt-Americana outfit Oh Whitney. She lets the band members live in her Fort Worth house, feeds them, and offers constant encouragement while they try to launc...
Halfway Scared
West Meadowbrook residents are worried about parolees as neighbors, but it’s not clear who’s moving into a renovated house.DAN MCGRAW
When Brian and Lori Aitken went house-hunting about seven years ago, they settled on the circa-1925 house on Scott Avenue in the West Meadowbrook neighborhood for several reasons — they liked the proximity to downtown Fort Wo...