Archive for May, 2013
Hollywood Woos Bootlegger Boy Barry Switzer
Jeff PrinceVariety magazine reports that producer Molly Smith (The Blind Side and P.S. I Love You) is planning on making a movie about Barry Switzer’s life, based on his autobiography “The Bootlegger’s Boy.” It wil...
Delayed Concussion For Former Rangers Slugger?
Jeff PrinceThe strange tweets from former Texas Rangers outfielder Jose Canseco might be a delayed reaction to the conk on the head received in 1993. The Cleveland Indians’ Carlos Martinez hit a long ball that bounced off Canseco...
Rally Today to Support Women’s Health in Texas
betty.brinkAt 2 p.m. this afternoon, Planned Parenthood and the “women’s health express” will be coming to Fort Worth to protest “attacks on women’s health and family planning” in this state, Steve Maxwell, head of...
Gays Gone By
Fort Worth WeeklyTwo plays from the 1990s that tackle gay issues open this weekend. Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer and multiple Tony-winning Rent takes the stage at Casa Mañana through next weekend. Though the contemporary take on Puccini’s La...
“Laramie Project” at DVA
Jimmy FowlerThis is the final weekend of performances (March 9-11) for DVA Productions’ staging of Moises Kaufman’s multi-character play The Laramie Project. DVA was started by actor-director-singer and former Jubilee Theatre mainstay ...
White Elephant Weekend
Anthony MarianiThe legendary Stockyards venue the White Elephant (106 E Exchange Av, 817-624-8273) is probably one of the only countrified joints in town where you’re likely to bump into some young, chic, non-countrified natives (and the oc...
Another Fight for Maddie Show Set
Anthony MarianiThe fight for little Maddie Higgins continues. The 5-year-old Fort Worth girl is battling brain cancer –– with a smile on her face –– and a grassroots campaign, Fight for Maddie, has been busy holding fundraisers over t...
Bugs Henderson Dead
Jeff PrinceRecent benefits raised money for legendary guitarist Buddy “Bugs” Henderson, but all the love, greenbacks, and well wishes in the world couldn’t stave off the inevitable. Henderson reportedly died last night a...
2012 Visionary Awards Winners
Anthony MarianiCongratulations to multimedia artist Tim Harding, filmmaker David Lowery, and painter Devon Nowlin, who have been chosen by a committee of esteemed local-culture professionals as Fort Worth Weekly’s 2012 Visionary Awards winn...
FOX News’ Doug Luzader Goes Mimi
Jeff PrinceLocal viewers of FOX News see a lot of Doug Luzader. TV news correspondents such as Luzader are sometimes referred to as “talking heads,” but in this YouTube clip an Austin news anchor finds himself talking to the t...