With director Baz Luhrmann’s epic Australia inspiring theatergoers worldwide with what the Aussie tourist board hopes is the sting of Outback wanderlust, it recalls 30 years ago when many Americans got their first cinematic gaze at that big, brown land on the far side of the Pacific.
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If the film `Australia’ renews your interest in the land Down Under, here’s an ocean of DVDs to dive into
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Jonas Brothers thrill teens in Cowboys crowd
Some say they attended the game just to see the boy band.
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Kanye West finally gets his due at AMAs
Kanye West's reason for throwing a tantrum was removed early Sunday night as the rapper won for the first time at the American Music Awards.
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'American Idol’ rocker David Cook lets his vulnerability shine through
The American Idol champ tries to fulfill his own artistic desires with his new CD, out today.
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Channel Surfing: Pairs make night sizzle
Tonight’s lineup features the Bible, Big Boi and Bogey and Bacall.
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David Cook debut rocks 'Idol’s’ pop music world
American Idol, the reigning pop cultural king- and-queen-maker, is so tightly controlled and aggressively packaged that it’s difficult for any of the contestants to break free and develop their own personalities.
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Q&A with Sebastian Currier: Composer lauds classical music’s 'reinvention’
Sebastian Currier’s works will kick off the Cliburn at the Modern series.
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A young Cody Linley steps into final four on 'Dancing With the Stars’ tonight
Learning to dance interested the 18-year-old actor from Lewisville.
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Texas Camerata showcases baroque cantatas
Texas Camerata delivered fascinating insight into baroque music Sunday evening.
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Channel surfing: A night full of gimmicks
It’s another busy sweeps Monday, with guest stars, gimmicks and even a genius.
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Fort Worth's Chamber Music Society keeps things fun while providing great music
The Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth has a delightful way of making music. Its music director, the violinist Robert Davidovici, invites musicians from the Fort Worth area to play a concert, then calls in a guest artist to star.
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THE Magazine DFW
1 THE, a slick, large-format monthly arts journal, has its roots in Santa Fe, N.M., but has flowered in Los Angeles and now North Texas. THE Magazine DFW, which just published its second issue, throws a wide net covering visual art, performing arts, music, books and cultural criticism, with a distinctly regional twist. Fort Worth’s Jubilee Theatre is featured in the latest issue. Best of all, it’s free and available around Cowtown and the Metroplex, including most of the major museums, galleries, theaters and performance spaces. www.themagdfw.com. — Cary DarlingNew book releasesNew releases
Q&A: 'Startin' Fires' keeps Blake Shelton busyBlake Shelton
Señor Coconut takes an unusual tour 'Around the World'Talk about a globetrotter.
'Thames: The Biography' shows Peter Ackroyd's affection for and near-obsession with his riverBritish author Peter Ackroyd, though thoroughly knowledgeable, may overplay the river's importance.
Pianist Ingrid Fliter returns to Bass HallIngrid Fliter follows her solo Cliburn recital in April with concertos.
Dallas Opera's 'Figaro' never spirals into caricatureA young, talented cast was in the spotlight as the Dallas Opera opened its season Friday with Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro at Music Hall at Fair Park.
Amy Grant returns to her roots at Will Rogers AuditoriumThe singer returned to Will Rogers Auditorium, where she gave her first concert.
Lone Star International Film Festival offers great movies, conversationThe best film festivals offer a mix of movies you can’t see anywhere else and stimulating conversations that you’re happy to eavesdrop on. The fourth day of the Lone Star International Film Festival offers a bit of both.
Joe Jonas speaks out, says he’s no cadJoe Jonas is tired of hearing about how he’s a bad boyfriend, and now he’s trying to defend himself.
It's become a 'Really Big' year for Ellen DeGeneresThe comedian talks about politics and a second variety special.
Channel Surfing: TV movies, stand-up comedy lead the way tonightThanks in part to dueling, fact-based TV movies -- one that sounds uplifting, the other tawdry -- and a stand-up special, this is an unusually busy Saturday.
Restaurant focus: ChineseFort Worth area
He loves Coldplay, she hates it. How about you?When discussing controversial musicians, the usual suspects often crop up: the Sex Pistols, Eminem or Madonna.
Lone Star International Film FestivalDay Three of the Lone Star International Film Festival offers a diverse menu, from the spooky to the somber, from places near — a documentary about the Cliburn amateur competition called They Came to Play will be shown at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth — and extremely far.
'Quantum' mechanics: Latest Bond-movie installment goes through the motions without any heartFrom its opening sequence, a high-speed car chase along a twisty mountain road in Italy, the new James Bond thriller 'Quantum of Solace' seems afflicted by a very curious ailment: Call it 'The Bourne Ultimatum'-itis. The editing is hyperkinetic and frenzied, lurching from one geographic point to the next, rarely bothering with an establishing shot. The soundtrack throbs and pulses and pounds -- a nerve-jangling exclamation point appended to each frame.
Channel Surfing: 'Price Is Right' goes prime-time for veteransVeterans Day was Tuesday, but it's never too late to honor the troops, and a special 'Price Is Right' does so tonight.
Local music: Fort Worth documentary flashes back to the ’60sDirector Melissa Kirkendall's odyssey into Fort Worth's garage-rockin' past started with a Norton Records compilation honoring Cowtown's youthful glory days.
Of Montreal, with Icy Demons, is at House of BluesWildly unpredictable, fiercely idiosyncratic and one of the buzzier indie pop bands around, Athens, Ga., export Of Montreal has made quite the splash over the past few years, evolving from an Elephant 6 offshoot into one of the nerviest collectives making music today.
Brightman kicks off tour in DallasAs an artist who spent her formative years on the stage, Sarah Brightman's penchant for outsized spectacle is understandable.
Juanes wins big at Latin Grammys in HoustonJuanes wins big at Latin Grammys
Your spot for entertainment: DFW.comIn an area as culturally vibrant as Dallas-Fort Worth, it's sometimes impossible to sort through all of your entertainment options, much less decide how to spend your hard-earned cash.
Film review: 'I've Loved You So Long'In 'I've Loved You So Long,' Kristin Scott Thomas is like a flower opening in extreme slow motion.
Moore relives his years as James Bond in autobiographyRoger Moore made seven James Bond films — more than any other actor who played 007. And he’s lived to tell all in his new autobiography, "My Word Is My Bond."
'A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant' at Circle TheatreThis production has a lot to offer: It's a rock musical, for one.
Santa's back at Hulen and Ridgmar mallsEager to tell Santa your wishes? Here's your chance, Fort Worth: Santa arrives this weekend at Hulen and Ridgmar malls.
List of movie screenings in North TexasFire and spice: Fort Worth's Fuego kicks flavors up a notchFuego came to life under an unusual set of circumstances -- but with happy results.
DVD reviews: Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Love Songs (Les Chansons d'Amour), This ChristmasGuillermo del Toro's 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army', the sequel to his comic-book adaptation of 'Hellboy' (2004), confirms what some of us have been arguing all along: He is a director with an elastic imagination and a supremely elegant style who has zero interest in the actual people who populate his movies.
Lil Wayne at American Airlines CenterThere's no better evidence of Lil Wayne's steady rise from mix-tape madman to mainstream-gaming multiplatinum rapper than his 2008 performances in North Texas. Summer? Grand Prairie's Nokia Theatre. Winter? Dallas' American Airlines Center.
Swedish vampire film will give you chills, thrillsThese days, vampires are glamorous, sexy savages, stalking the line between homicidal and erotic — from 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' to 'True Blood' to the popular "Twilight" novels.
Pick of the week in Dallas: Motorcycle showIt's going to be motorcycle madness in downtown Dallas this weekend thanks to the Cycle World International Motorcycle Show.
Pick of the Week in Denton: 'The Pearl' as a multimedia workJohn Steinbeck's "The Pearl" becomes a multimedia work combining actors, live music and film scenes.
NBC's Last Comic Standing Tour features Dallas' Iliza ShlesingerThis show boasts nothing less than the "funniest comedians in the nation."
Jimmy Fallon prepares to take the late-night micThe comedian is touring the clubs and getting advice from the pros.
'The Marriage of Figaro' at Fair Park shows a day in the life of familiar charactersIf you loved the characters in 'The Barber of Seville,' then you'll be reassured to discover that much of that story's hearty crew is on hand in 'The Marriage of Figaro.'
Ice! exhibit at the Gaylord Texan opens along with resort's other holiday featuresWeather not cold enough for you? Then head to the Gaylord Texan for your arctic blast. As of today, the Grapevine resort is decked with a lot more than holly -- and you're going to need an extra layer.
Blue Mint is a much-needed taste of Thai in North TexasLately it seems we Tarrant diners are awash in places to eat good Japanese and Vietnamese food, but -- according to most experts on Thai cuisine -- we're still a bit deficient in the foods coming from that part of Southeast Asia.
Amy Grant to relive the past at Fort Worth showIt does the heart good to see that Amy Grant has reconciled the worlds of heathen, materialistic pop and cleaner, safer Christian music.
Tim Reynolds & TR3 play the Granada in DallasMost music fans know Reynolds as Dave Matthews' musical right hand, the fleet-fingered guitarist whose dazzling fills and jaw-dropping dexterity are scattered all over seminal Dave Matthews Band discs like 'Before These Crowded Streets.'
'Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer' hums along nicely'Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer' begins with a bang.
Eats Beat: Grace is coming right alongGrace is nearly ready.
Concerts: just announcedBricks in the Wall Dec. 12. House of Blues, Dallas. $10.50-$25, on sale Friday. Ticketmaster.
Return flightYes, they were just here not that long ago but, if you didn't catch them, here's another chance to see one of the classic bands of '70s rock, the Eagles, reunited and playing some of their biggest hits.
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra's Free Community ConcertSometimes, the best things in life really are free, and this concert is a case in point.
Excerpts from the Lone Star International Film Festival weekend festivalThe second edition of Fort Worth’s Lone Star International Film Festival continues through Sunday, including:
Taylor Swift is young, in control and cornering the love-song marketBut the country singer is still very much 18 and devoted to her fans.
Arts rail: Modern Dance at the Will Rogers Poultry Barn; production of 'The Pearl’ in Denton; Fiestalorico from Ballet Folklorico AztecaFowl Play: 300 Feet of Modern Dance at the Poultry Barn
'Amateur Architects'workshop at the KimbellDo you have a child who's interested in art and architecture? Enroll her in the Kimbell's Amateur Architects workshop this weekend.
'Ebenezer Scrooge' at Pocket Sandwich Theatre, Terry Fator at Bass HallHow many new ways can you interpret the seasonal family favorite 'A Christmas Carol'? How about a musical take on the Charles Dickens holiday classic that even has old Mr. Scrooge singing and dancing his gray mood away?
CD review: The bland plays on in Archuleta's debutIt's hardly worth getting in a lather over David Archuleta's major-label debut.
This week's concertsThe King Khan & BBQ Show -- Friday. The Loft at Palladium Ballroom, Dallas. $12. Ticketmaster.
'Morning Light' could use some brightness, competitive attitudeFor all its pretty young faces, prettier seascapes and moments of tension, 'Morning Light,' a new Disney documentary about a youthful crew training and competing in a sailboat race, is sorely lacking in drama.
Blab!The bottom line is, it’s not every day you get to disembowel somebody and sing about it."
Anthony Stewart Head,
one of the stars of the gory movie Repo!the Genetic Opera, telling The New York Times why he had little hesitation doing a tap dance during a particularly gruesome scene
Screen test: Be smart, win movie ticketsThis week's question: What specific thing had to be digitally airbrushed out of 'Quantum of Solace'?
In the galleries: The Modern's 'The Collection and Then Some'The Modern has been moving the art. Some pieces from the permanent collection were relocated to the basement, others that had been languishing in the holding cells were unpacked and moved upstairs, favorites were reshuffled, and a few significant pieces were borrowed from the neighbors. Now everyone is invited to see the results.
DSO pieces create movement in timeIt's interesting how 100-year-old music affects us nowadays. Some of it sounds old-fashioned, some forward-looking, still transcendent.
Fox-4's Clarice Tinsley has been at the station 30 years todayIt's a Monday afternoon at KDFW/Channel 4, and Clarice Tinsley and Baron James, her always stylishly dressed co-anchor for the last nine years, are doing the 5 p.m. newscast.
Highlights of the CMA Awards: All the country you could wantThe 42nd annual Country Music Association Awards gave country fans plenty of big stars, lots of flash and more Carrie Underwood wardrobe changes than you care to count.
Sans celebrities, the film is the star of the festivalThe red carpet was rolled out and photographers stood at the ready Wednesday evening for the first night of the second annual Lone Star International Film Festival at the AMC Palace Theater downtown. But there was one thing missing: big names.
Channel Surfing: Ghosts of TV past returnAnthony Edwards makes a one-shot return to "ER" tonight, and he’s just one NBC guest star that may remind you of the '90s — or the '80s, for that matter.
'Uncle' joins 'Auntee' in Jubilee Christmas traditionFiscal lessons and a nontraditional score make the musical, a takeoff of another Jubilee show, not the usual holiday fare.
Country Music Association Award winnersNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Winners Wednesday at the 42nd annual Country Music Association awards:
Northeast Tarrant County after hours'Noises Off’
'Stomp' is a show greater than the drumming of its parts"Stomp" celebrates that most primal of musical instincts: Take one surface. Put it in contact with another. And presto, a rhythm is born.
Channel Surfing: Feelin' a little bit countryThe big deal tonight, especially if you're a country-music fan, is the Country Music Association Awards (and the line between being a country and a pop fan is growing increasingly thin).
Edwards' encore performance dazzles audience at PalladiumIntimacy becomes Kathleen Edwards.
'Guitar Hero,' 'Rock Band' wage all-out warBoth franchises issue new editions in a battle for virtual rockers' bucks.
David Archuleta's debut is a predictable work of mediocrityIt's hardly worth getting in a lather over David Archuleta's major label debut.
Unflinching in her artSinger-songwriter Kathleen Edwards stays under the radar but at the top of critics' lists.
CD reviews: T-Pain, Enya, Genesis, Randy Owen and Q-TipT-Pain is pitch perfect, but his third studio effort is a little scattered.
Lone Star film festival was harder to assemble the second time aroundIf nothing else, Dennis Bishop -- the new director of the Lone Star International Film Festival, which kicks off Wednesday at various Tarrant locations -- wants Hollywood and the rest of the film community to know that Fort Worth is not Dallas.
Lone Star Film Festival giving Fort Worth an indie image of its ownIf nothing else, Dennis Bishop — the new director of the Lone Star International Film Festival that kicks off Wednesday in various Tarrant County locations — wants Hollywood and the rest of the film community to know that Fort Worth is not Dallas.
Channel Surfing: It's a very 'Brady' weekConsidering that it's a sweeps month, it's pretty much business as usual tonight with new episodes everywhere but surprisingly few stunts.
Fort Worth's Sid Richardson Museum scores coup with Russell exhibit"Counting coup" was the highest war honor among the Plains Indians, specifically the Blackfeet and Sioux tribes.
TCU graduate John Angeles performs in 'Stomp'Percussionist John Angeles is part of the cast clanging its way through town this week.
Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton make beautiful music together at Dallas concertMiranda Lambert and Blake Shelton may be country sweethearts, but their show at American Airlines Center on Saturday was all about contrasts.
Rap duo Atmosphere bring talented friends to DallasMinneapolis rap duo Atmosphere — rapper Slug (whose real name is Sean Daley) and DJ Ant (whose real name is Anthony Davis) — is one of the most inventive, lyrical and funny things going in hip-hop right now, and what’s more, they surround themselves with talented people.
Beyonce wants to lasso role of Wonder WomanBeyonce is ready for a challenge: The pop superstar from Houston wants to be the first actress to wear Wonder Woman’s famed bathing suit on the silver screen.
Five questions with . . . John LegendJohn Legend
The Fab Five -- what our critics are buzzing about this week: Lone Star International Film Festival in Fort Worth tops the list
1 Last year’s debut of this moviegoer’s marathon proved there’s a film fest audience on this side of the Metroplex. This edition, running Wednesday through Sunday at various Fort Worth locations, should build on that with such notable titles as Sunshine Cleaning (with Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, Amy Adams) on Wednesday, the controversial Swedish vampire tale Let the Right One In on Friday, and Last Chance Harvey (Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson) on Saturday, as well as several examples of new Russian cinema. For details, call 817-924-6000 or visit www.lsiff.com.Darkest hours: In his new short-story collection, Stephen King continues to explore mortalityOnly Stephen King knows the anguish, both mental and physical, he endured after his near-fatal car-pedestrian accident in the summer of 1999. What is very much evident, however, is how this event continues to inform and transform his strongest recent work. The short story collection Just After Sunset is King’s second volume this year, following his deeply felt Duma Key — a harrowing portrait of a man finding solace in his art after a near-fatal car accident.
Out on a high note: Dallas Opera marks its last season at one venue and looks to build excitement for its new oneThe Dallas Opera’s 2008-09 season, which opens Friday with Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, will look both forward and back. Twenty total performances will celebrate 52 seasons at the Music Hall at Fair Park and anticipate the company’s long-awaited move into the new Winspear Opera House in downtown Dallas in October.
Thank Aussie and HBO for the joys of 'Summer'Remember this name: Chris Lilley.
Molly Ivins' final book out in paperbackRights and 'Wrongs’
Fort Worth's Stage West kicks off 30th season with Wodehouse taleP.G. Wodehouse’s The Code of the Woosters will kick off the 30th season of Stage West theater Nov. 28. It’s the first of six productions the Fort Worth theater plans to run until the season ends, in October 2009.
ABBA's classic hits, with a classical twistThis weekend, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra raises the question: How did we survive the 1970s?
Texas Ballet Theater gets grant to stay open through the yearThe Texas Ballet Theater announced Friday that it had received a $500,000 grant from the Dallas-based Meadows Foundation, enabling the financially beleaguered ballet to reach its goal of $2 million to keep its doors open the rest of the year.
Video games go DIY with musical releasesNew musical releases for Wii, Xbox and others let you write and share your own music.
Channel Surfing: Big game or big electionOnce again, a big college football game is the Saturday highlight, and cable has the bulk of the alternatives, including a couple of TV movies and a new Nickelodeon show.
How the Edge Stole ChristmasWow, Christmas shows already? Dallas rock radio station KDGE/102.1 FM "The Edge" is mounting two Yuletide shindigs this year, the first on Dec. 4 at the House of Blues and the second, slightly higher-profile one taking up residence at Grand Prairie's Nokia Theatre on Dec. 5.
Review: Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s van Zweden returns from Chicago debutDALLAS — The Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s new maestro, Jaap van Zweden, returned to the podium at the Meyerson Symphony Center on Thursday after a five-week absence. During his time away, he made his highly praised debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
'Madagascar' sequel made for merchandising'Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa' is a disappointment, though your kids aren't likely to feel that way.
Lone Star International Film Festival returnsThough last year's initial Lone Star International Film Festival was mired in some controversy, it returns with five days of films and festivities beginning Wednesday.
Eats Beat: It's all Greek to Fort Worth this festival weekendFort Worth, meet the Flaming Saganaki.
The Boy in the Striped PajamasThis is the most heartbreaking film about the Holocaust since 'Schindler's List.' That Mark Herman's film of John Boyne's novel manages such poignancy in 93 compact minutes is nothing short of miraculous.
DVD reviews: Get Smart, Kung Fu Panda, Transsiberian and A Christmas Story (ultimate collectors edition)Directed by Peter Segal, the updating of the popular '60s TV show can't decide if it's trying to be the next 'Austin Powers' or the next 'Bourne Ultimatum,' so it ends up failing spectacularly on both counts.
Pick of the week: 'The Book of Job' at Artisan Center TheaterThe Artisan Center Theater is reviving 'The Book of Job,' the late Rudy Eastman and Joe Roger's musical, first produced by Fort Worth's Jubilee Theater.
Santa arrives at North East Mall and The Parks at Arlington this weekendIt's officially the holiday season: Santa makes his first appearance this weekend at local malls. Now, he's not everywhere yet, but you'll get your first chance to see him Saturday.
TV viewers desperate for salvation from 'Saved by Zero’ Toyota commercialThe "Saved by Zero" theme song and constant play of the commercial have even spawned a Facebook group.
'Uncle Duz Christmas' at Jubilee TheatreAs far as Jubilee Theatre is concerned, it's never too early to find some friends, locate a piano and have everyone join in for some holiday music -- a scene that eventually makes room for a certain uncle to come and share his special wisdom about the holiday season.
Diva la difference: Her latest albums take a darker turn, but for Sarah Brightman, art does not always imitate lifeA riddle: What do the 2008 Olympics, the gore-streaked "Saw" movie franchise and famed composer Andrew Lloyd Webber have in common?
Upcoming concertsNovember
'Wii Music’ is great for those who are tired of the guitars and drums of 'Rock Band’Wii Music is a nice alternative to the guitars and drums of Rock Band and the like.
Rock Band LiveThe massive popularity of re-creating rock songs with plastic guitars (wave hello, 'Rock Band' and 'Guitar Hero'!) has spawned spinoffs, namely this 'Rock Band'-branded tour that scoops up three nominally related groups and sends them out to spread the word of video game goodness.
CD review: Hinder is back with more of the same with 'Take It to the Limit'Hinder is a band out of time.
Smothers Brothers at Eisemann Center; Vienna Boys Choir at Bass HallThe Smothers Brothers Show
'Role Models' with Paul Rudd carries no surprises but some laughsPaul Rudd may have started his career as something of a sensitive, serious soul -- in earnest series such as 'Sisters,' a TV version of 'The Great Gatsby' and films like 'The Cider House Rules' -- but he has also often been the smart-aleck perpetual manchild who just wants to hang with his buds and do the right thing, if it's not too much trouble.
Hungry for burgers and fries? Try Five Guys.Burgers don't exactly qualify as fine dining, yet they prompt more passionate debate than any four-star restaurant.
'Top Secret: Mission Toy' exhibit at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History"Top Secret: Mission Toy," the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History exhibit beginning Saturday, lets young visitors put on a lab coat and inspect toys from across the globe.
'Synecdoche, New York' is the most 'Kaufmanesque' movie of them allCharlie Kaufman may not be a household name, but over the past decade he has come about as close as any screenwriter gets to the level of fame reserved for our best-known directors.
Colleyville Public Library's Race to ReadReading is important. So support the Colleyville Public Library at Saturday's Race to Read 5K and 1-mile fun run.
Dallas Center for the Performing Arts PreviewWhen it opens Oct. 12, the under-construction Dallas Center for the Performing Arts -- five spaces for performances -- will be one of the most significant arts facilities in the U.S.
Get on your feet for 'Stomp' at Bass HallFor once, the oft-used description "explosive" is not an exaggeration, at least when it comes to describing 'Stomp.'
Channel Surfing: Cable rolls out new showsCable has several noteworthy programs tonight, including a new "CMT Crossroads" and a couple of new environmentally conscious series.
The ’90s, though not far gone, have returnedSuddenly, 15 years ago is considered retro.
Neo-soul singer Maxwell at the MajesticAlthough neo-soul singer Maxwell promised that the first album in his forthcoming 'Black Summers' Night' trilogy would see the light of day this year, the dude's running out of time.
This week's concertsBruce Robison, Carey Wolff & the Morning After -- Friday. The Fairmount, Fort Worth. 817-420-9455.
Lone Star Sounds: Denton band Oso Closo comes closer, and a popular blog gets realIt's a busy week, so let's get down to business.
Just-announced concertsSpazmatics Nov. 21. The Loft at Palladium Ballroom, Dallas. $10. Ticketmaster.
Screen test: Be smart, win movie ticketsThis week's question: The late Bernie Mac appears in two movies opening this weekend -- 'Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa' and 'Soul Men.' A snippet of his stand-up material from a Def Comedy Jam routine was once sampled by which major artist?
Welcome back to the Ranch HouseThere are some landmark restaurants of your childhood that you hate seeing fade into darkness, even if they weren't that great in the end.
Dallas Video Festival gets ready to hit 'play'The 21st annual Dallas Video Festival continues Friday through Sunday with some noteworthy titles.
'Soul Men' is a fitting tribute to a truly funny soulWe know we've lost Bernie Mac. And it takes only about 10 minutes of his next-to-last screen appearance, in 'Soul Men,' to show us just what we've lost.
Faces & The JFK PaintingsLeslie Lanzotti records the faces of her Fort Worth artist friends very large. She crops their heads top and bottom so their features fill the canvas like faces through a front door's peephole.
ABBA: The Hits -- The Symphony Tour at Bass HallOK, we can't resist: You probably will have the time of your life as famed ABBA tribute band Waterloo takes you back to the days of disco balls, bell-bottoms and shimmying to such ABBA classics as 'Dancing Queen' and 'Take a Chance on Me.'
Love CrazyThe current financial crisis is at the heart of the romantic comedy 'Love Crazy,' in its final weekend at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center's Sanders Theatre.
BLAB!Calexico to play Dallas concertTaking its name from a California border town, this Arizona sextet "straddles the border between mariachi-spiced alt-country and cerebral indie rock," as noted in the Star-Telegram's four-star review of the band's new disc, 'Carried to Dust.'
k.d. lang stages a capital concert at Bass HallFORT WORTH — Some artists embrace success and become defined by it. Others accept fame, but wiggle out of its suffocating grasp, more interested in taking chances and pleasing themselves than in pleasing record-label executives and running up gaudy sales figures.
Watch it: 'Tinker Bell' on DVDWatch it!
Channel Surfing: Look for the guest stars tonightIt's a sweeps Thursday, and it's all about the guest stars. And "30 Rock" scores the biggest name. It starts with O.
With 'LittleBigPlanet,' a surprisingly big video game idea comes on an old-fashioned platformLittleBigPlanet is fun in level play, but wait till you try creating your own world.
Sweeps weeks bring some guest stars, prime-time specialsNovember TV features guest stars like Oprah Winfrey and Jennifer Aniston, a Rosie special, and lots and lots of "30 Rock."
Fort Worth Opera to stage world premiere of 'Before Night Falls'The Fort Worth Opera has announced it will stage the world premiere of Before Night Falls, a new opera by Cuban American composer Jorge Martin, as the centerpiece of its 2010 Opera Festival.
Channel Surfing: Revisiting Tuesday nightTuesday night's election coverage affected tonight's programming, which includes a couple of schedule changes and the return of one of TV's longest-running series.
C’mon, 'Get Happy', readersSend us an essay about what puts a spring in your step in the Metroplex, and you could win a prize package.
Artwork from 1700s believed to be missing surfaces in DallasA lost painting by Italian master Sebastiano Ricci has turned up in Texas after a 300-year journey.
Good grief! 'Peanuts' videos now onlineIn a batch of 20 new Webisodes, Charlie Brown and the gang have been brought back to animated life, much in the style of their classic holiday TV specials.
High-octane play is all Comedy, few ErrorsThere was a killing at Bass Hall on Monday night.
Latest wave of popular reality TV: down-home hip-hop starsThe latest wave of popular cable reality TV: down-home hip-hop stars and their families.
Where to watch election coverageWhere can you watch coverage of election results tonight?
Today's new releasesCD: Hinder: The Oklahoma sleaze-rockers are back with their sophomore disc, Take It to the Limit, a slick collection of sex-drenched rave-ups and painfully pedestrian ballads.
Review: In 'Hollow,' young cast gives new life to an old taleARLINGTON — Ichabod Crane, the lanky schoolmaster of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, is pretty much doomed to caricature, whether in live action or animated cartoon portrayals. But there’s more substance to the character in The Hollow, a musical version of the Washington Irving tale treated to a lively staging by a large and youthful cast at Creative Arts Theatre & School.
Texas Ballet Theater could topple because of serious financial problemsOn Aug. 13, when the Texas Ballet Theater announced it was canceling a much-anticipated fall tour of China — citing its inability to raise an extra $70,000 — few realized how that decision would reveal a host of grave financial and organizational problems that have hounded the 47-year-old company and that threaten its future.
Review: Usher's sensual, stylish 'One Night Stand'The songs changed but the sentiment remained the same Tuesday night at the House of Blues: Usher was in the mood for love.
A conversation with James Roday and Dule Hill of 'Psych'The costars occasionally carpool to work together and Hill insists that Roday still fails miserably at spotting those pesky red lights.
Diamond Hill-Jarvis dancers to perform with Jonas BrothersThe high school's Dazzlers will perform with the band during the Dallas Cowboys' halftime show on Thanksgiving.
A conversation with John Noble of 'Fringe'When John Noble of 'Fringe' says he "knows" his character, he means it quite literally.
Concert review: Sarah Brightman's ambitious, odd and yet sparkling 'Symphony'As an artist who spent her formative years on the stage, Sarah Brightman's penchant for outsized spectacle is understandable.
Wanted: Slam poets to compete for cash at MLK eventGot something to say? Speaking your mind could help you fatten your wallet and snag an invitation to perform during Arlington's MLK celebration in January.
Win tickets to Dancing With the Stars tourEnter now to see stars like Lance Bass and Toni Braxton live at the AAC in January.
Talking shop with Andy and Angela from 'The Office'Theirs is one of the most dysfunctional romances on TV, if you call the relationship between Andy Bernard and Angela Kinsey of 'The Office' a romance.
A conversation with Emily Procter of 'CSI: Miami''CSI: Miami' star Emily Procter, a sweet-natured Southern girl, isn’t the type to go around committing heinous crimes
Kobe Bryant Scores 21 Before Leaving With Sprained Ankle, and Lakers Beat Pacers 101-87Wall Street pulled back Wednesday as investors anticipated this week's key jobs report and reacted to Yahoo Inc.'s announcement of its biggest management shakeup in more than five years.
Ben Wallace Passes Around Championship Ring As Bulls Win Fifth Straight, 100-82 Over CelticsA company that makes store-brand acetaminophen for Wal-Mart, CVS, Eckerd, Food Lion, Lowes Foods and dozens of other large retailers is recalling 11 million bottles because small meta
Carlos Boozer Has 30 Points and Utah's Jerry Sloan Gets 999th Coaching Win, 101-88 Over BucksLike a big turkey dinner with all the trimmings at holiday time, the Barnett Shale natural gas field around Fort Worth not only brings the city's energy producers back home but attracts interested visitors with appetites for investment.
Flowers and Tucker Each Score 21 to Help No. 11 Wisconsin Beat Winthrop 82-79 in OvertimeWall Street pulled back Wednesday as investors anticipated this week's key jobs report and reacted to Yahoo Inc.'s announcement of its biggest management shakeup in more than five years.
Monday's College Basketballtesting short summary
Seattle Mariners Sign Outfielder Jose Guillen to 1-Year, for $5.5 Million ContractWall Street pulled back Wednesday as investors anticipated this week's key jobs report and reacted to Yahoo Inc.'s announcement of its biggest management shakeup in more than five years.
Giants Want Barry Bonds Back and It's Unclear Whether Red Sox Feel Same About Manny RamirezSAN FRANCISCO - Apple Computer Inc.'s historic shift to Intel Corp. microprocessors came months earlier than expected as CEO Steve Jobs on Tuesday debuted personal computers based on new two-brained chips from the world's largest semiconductor company.
Sharks-Stars, SumsA company that makes store-brand acetaminophen for Wal-Mart, CVS, Eckerd, Food Lion, Lowes Foods and dozens of other large retailers is recalling 11 million bottles because small meta
Spurs Welcome Back Manu Ginobili to Lineup As San Antonio Routs Golden State Warriors 129-89Merger news drove Wall Street higher Monday as private-equity buyout offers for companies including Four Seasons Hotels Inc. and OSI Restaurant Partners Inc. revived the belief among investors that stocks are not generally overvalued. The Dow Jones industrials rose more than 100 points.
Rejuvenated Jeff Garcia Throws for 312 Yards and 3 TDs, Leading Eagles Past Panthers 27-24A company that makes store-brand acetaminophen for Wal-Mart, CVS, Eckerd, Food Lion, Lowes Foods and dozens of other large retailers is recalling 11 million bottles because small meta
Patrick Fischer's Third-Period Goal Gives Coyotes' 5th Straight Home Win, 3-2 Over PredatorsMerger news drove Wall Street higher Monday as private-equity buyout offers for companies including Four Seasons Hotels Inc. and OSI Restaurant Partners Inc. revived the belief among investors that stocks are not generally overvalued