You’ve always wanted to learn more about the natural world and witness some of the most beautiful parts of our environment but it’s hard to find the time and even if you find a diving suit in your size, it makes you feel like five liters of meat in a…
If you’re not a devoted follower of pop culture’s poppiest sci-fi saga Star Wars, then you’re probably not familiar with the significance of May 4. It’s known as May the Fourth Be With You. It’s got nothing to do with a significant date in the Star Wars canon like the…
When season one of Stranger Things aired, everyone inside the Allen-based game development studio BonusXP became an immediate fan. At lunch, they had to separate into camps just to safely discuss spoiler-ridden anecdotes and fan theories…
Chip and Joanna Gaines are headed for world domination. What started with a TV show called Fixer Upper has turned into an empire. There’s the Magnolia Market, a home-renovation business, a bakery, a garden shop, a restaurant, multiple books, a magazine, multiple home decor lines at Target, Pier One, Anthropologie…
Thanks to the rise of movie streaming subscription services like Netflix, movie theaters have had to step up their offerings to compete for audiences. The Alamo Drafthouse’s national chain plans to roll out its own subscription service by the end of the year to all of its theaters, which will…
This past Saturday, This World Won’t Break had its world premiere at the Dallas International Film Festival. The film, directed by Josh David Jordan, is a modern-day musical that tells the story of Wes Milligan (Greg Schroeder), a Texas troubadour who fails to find success as a musician. One day,…
When people see game show host and television producer Marc Summers outside of their TVs or childhood memories, he says he loves it when they come up to him, politely introduce themselves and tell him that they grew up watching him host Nickelodeon’s messy kids’ game show Double Dare. “I get…
The Dallas International Film Festival is back, and this year it’s bringing some new additions. The most important for moviegoers is the new e-ticketing, reserved seating policy. After a year of development and collaboration, DIFF and Atom Tickets built a platform from scratch. Brandon Jones of FilmFrog Marketing says the…
“I wish I was labeled as just my name, instead of being the ‘transgender wrestler,’” says Mack Beggs in Mack Wrestles, an upcoming documentary for ESPN’s 30 for 30 series. In 2017, Beggs was the subject of much media attention after winning the Texas high school girls state wrestling championship…
In Running With Beto, a documentary directed by David Modigliani, the director captures Beto O’Rourke’s run for Senate in the 2018 midterm election, showcasing a more human side of a politician with a large platform and a big following. Although O’Rourke didn’t win, Modigliani believed his story would be an important one to…
Every day 200 new shows are added to Netflix (only a slight exaggeration), so why shouldn’t you be in one of them? Fortunately, fate smiles upon you, Dallas residents, because The Circle, a new reality game show being produced exclusively for Netflix, is hosting auditions Saturday, April 13. The Circle,…
If you got punked on Monday because you forgot for a couple of seconds that it was also April Fools’ Day, you weren’t alone. Good Morning Texas host Alanna Sarabia was the target of an on-air prank Monday morning on WFAA Channel 8 thanks to Chad Cline, a local actor and Stomping Ground Comedy Theater…
Fans of comedy team Broken Lizard’s work can get a weekly dose of their raunchy and fun style with tonight’s premiere of Tacoma FD on truTV. Broken Lizard’s Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme co-created the weekly comedy series that follows a group of firefighters keeping themselves busy in a city…
A new addition to the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame features some collectibles that TV and movie geeks will find interesting. The Fort Worth attraction opened a new gallery in the building’s second floor Kit Moncrief Galleries earlier this month, and it includes some rare collectibles. The museum…
Familiar names like Jim Gaffigan, Elizabeth Moss and Dirk Nowitzki will appear in some of the more than 50 films screened at the Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF). DIFF released the full list of films that will get a screening at the 13th annual film festival, including five world premiere…
Any magician can fool their audience. Magician Michael Carbonaro, who stars in TruTV’s hidden-camera magic show The Carbonaro Effect, wants to leave his viewers with something much more powerful than feeling stupid for a few seconds. He wants them to question the nature of the reality around them. “I think…
The Festival de Cine Latino Americano and the Oak Cliff Cultural Center are introducing Cine Mexicano Film Series, a new five-part film series, which will highlight prominent Mexican filmmakers during March at Texas Theatre. The series kicked off March 2 with Alejandro González Iñárritu’s overlapping and intersecting triptych narrative Amores…
Dallas fashion connoisseurs may see a familiar face on tonight’s season premiere of Project Runway. Designer Lela Orr is set to compete on the show’s 17th season. In 2016, Dallas native Orr founded Ferrah, a fashion line produced in an environmentally conscious manner. “The fashion industry is the second most…
The 2017 documentary Abducted in Plain Sight could easily fall under the categories of horror or psychological thriller. The true crime story is a stranger-than-fiction tale that Stephen King couldn’t have conjured up while dreaming and on drugs. The film depicts a monstrous tale of child abuse and the destruction…
Morgan Willett has a seemingly charmed life. Her looks and Instagram tell you she’s the epitome of the all-American cheerleader. One of the fun facts she lists is “I’ve had abs since I was little and they won’t go away.” Her Instagram feed is filled with her blonde hair, hazel eyes…
Blake DeLong, a Dallas native, is a rising star on Broadway, Netflix, Amazon, network TV and the big screen. A few years ago, New York City playwright Taymor called DeLong one afternoon and asked, “Ready to be in a Spike Lee joint?” But this was, of course, after years…
Tonight one red carpet premiere is forgoing the luxury of an upscale cinema for the Ron Kirk Pedestrian Bridge. I Am Somebody’s Child: The Regina Louise Story, a new Lifetime movie starring Ginnifer Goodwin and Angela Fairley, will screen as part of the festivities scheduled at the annual Promise to…
