Yes, you read that correctly. Can you believe it? Oh, you can? OK, so can we. JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers of Bachelorette fame have a brand new home renovating show called Cash Pad on CNBC. Fans of the couple won’t be surprised, considering Fletcher was a house flipper before…
When you think of ghost hunters, you might imagine dorky, middle-aged men spouting cheesy invocations at a dark, empty room. But don’t expect to see that in Dallas’ new paranormal investigation series, Ghost Babes, which stars two baddie burlesque dancers on the hunt for the supernatural. In an extrasensory production…
Plano is the latest city in the Dallas-Fort Worth area to host a new film festival this September. The Dallas film nonprofit group that runs the Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF) recently announced the creation of the North Texas Film Festival (NTXFF). The new festival runs Thursday-Sunday, Sept. 26-29, and…
Hours of digging through bargain bins produce a unique state of mind. Call it thrift store enlightenment. You’ll know you’ve reached it when you find yourself squinting at some incredibly niche object and can’t remember how long you’ve been standing there, marveling at the fact that a human being put…
Mitch McLeod grew up watching fright flicks in a small town on the outskirts of Dallas. Now, the indie filmmaker makes the stuff of nightmares with his own work. “I don’t know if I’d even consider myself to be a horror person or horror filmmaker,” McLeod says, adding that his…
On the side of a 1,200-square-foot building in Deep Ellum there are two aliens painted in a far-out galaxy with a spaceship that lights up Commerce Street at night. This is the home of Weed and Whiskey TV — A Video on Demand streaming service. The channel is like Hulu…
Why do people collect things? Records, concert tickets, stamps and even toys can easily fall into the category of clutter in a world of cloud technology, celebrated minimalism and the ever-advancing strategies to simplify one’s life. Why have a record collection 500 units deep when you can simply keep all…
If you’ve driven at all through Dallas, you’ve no doubt come across some of local artist Steve Hunter’s work. Be it signage painted on the exterior of one of your favorite watering holes, or a mural that you took a selfie in front of in Deep Ellum, Hunter has painted…
You get three wishes. And if your three wishes are all to watch Aladdin, you’re in luck. If you live in Dallas, there are three ways to do so right now. Obviously, there’s the original 1992 Disney film in all its animated glory, with a genie brought to life by…
Film events like the Oak Cliff Film Festival aim for diversity and variety in their movie offerings, in order to offer the dream afternoon for the raging cinephile. “We’re looking for stuff that’s a little off the beaten path,” says Barak Epstein, the co-owner of Aviation Cinemas, which runs the…
Wednesday Sculpting a seemingly timeless vacuum between noise, metal and classical minimalism, Earth’s music is nothing if not brutally austere. This is metal ruthlessly denuded. With all the superfluous components deleted, all the ornate plumage slashed and burned, rock is given a new form, a sound-for-sound’s sake gauntlet that’s equally…
A mix of dance, theater and the exposition of the female body, modern burlesque has been transformed to include a range of styles, from the classic striptease to theatrical mini-dramas. The latter style is embodied by performances by one of Dallas’ rising burlesque stars, Audrey Scorn. Tall, dark and stunning,…
Texas is No. 34 in education but No. 1 in sexiness! Yes, you, I, we — we are the sexy people. Well maybe not our faces or our personalities, but our voices! Man! Have you heard the news? People looooove Texan accents. Big Seven Travel surveyed a bunch of horny…
Well, Sunday’s the big night when the world bids goodbye to HBO’s Game of Thrones, TV’s bloodiest, most treacherous and sexually overcharged fantasy drama. The show has been running for eight blood-soaked seasons and attracted an audience of millions that spans the globe. That means you’re definitely going to be…
The reason you go to film festivals like the Oak Cliff Film Festival is because you want to see films. Unlike other fan gatherings, you’re not there to wait in ungodly lines for an awkward handshake with a celebrity, blow a week’s pay on an overpriced collectible or work your…
In our heated political climate, it’s hard to agree on something as simple as what equals two plus two. Dallas-based filmmaker David Maddox explores this idea quite literally in his film, Alternative Math, which just passed six million views on YouTube. The short film, directed by Maddox and co-written by…
With so many streaming services and options, it’s hard to pick something to watch, and at this point, we’ll pay someone just to make the decision for us. Texas has long been the home to, or the inspiration for, many great works, so why not dust off an old favorite…
Peter Mayhew, the actor who played the towering Wookie Chewbacca in several Star Wars movies, has passed away. Mayhew’s family delivered the news of his passing in a statement on his official Facebook page. He died Tuesday at his home in Boyd surrounded by his family, according to the statement…
Being a fan is tough. There are no official guidelines to tell you how to be the perfect — or even adequate — fan, except for obvious ones like refraining from mailing naked pictures of yourself to the object of your affection and honoring the court-determined distance pertaining to your restraining order. That’s why…
The Texas Frightmare Weekend isn’t your typical film festival. The frames of the films at this long-running horror movie convention are stained with gallons of Karo syrup, the substance used to make the fake blood that horror movie fans crave with the strength of 10,000 methadone addicts. While other film…
LeeAnne Locken, star of The Real Housewives of Dallas, is a married woman. Everything seems to have gone according to plan. At 51 years old, Locken wore white. Now-husband Rich Emberlin wore his signature eye patch (he is blind in one eye) and a custom vest with his and Locken’s…
Alamo Drafthouse in Lake Highlands is hosting a memorial for Marvel Comic fans grieving the death of superheroes, and a franchise, for Avengers:Endgame.
