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  • Former SMU student found not guilty in rape trial

    The jury found Donald Cuba not guilty, prompting shouts and applause from his family and friends in the courtroom. The family of his accuser, who went by the name ';Jan Doe,'; were noticeably absent from the courtroom. As the former junior walked out of court, Cuba shouted to his SMU friends: ';I will see you next ...

  • Serial heckling on health care disrupts speech by Texas Gov. Rick Perry

    Perry spokeswoman Lucy Nashed says that the governor plans to meet with a few health-care protesters at his Capitol office this afternoon to discuss Medicaid expansion. The governor is currently meeting with senators while the Senate is in ...

  • Cousins unveils big changes for 2100 Ross makeover

    A rendering of the new entry of 2100 Ross Avenue -- once it goes through its makeover -- in downtown Dallas. It's been a long time coming for 2100 Ross Ave., one of downtown Dallas' skyscrapers in the Dallas Arts District: A much-needed multimillion dollar makeover. There have been plans for repositioning the 33-story, 844,000-square-foot skyscraper since it was purchased at foreclosure ...

  • Dallas City Council approves $10.9M Texas Horse Park construction contract

    Texas Horse Park is ready to move forward after the City Council approved a $10.9 million construction contract Wednesday morning. Work is scheduled to start in July and take nearly a year. The project includes an activity center, two indoor and two outdoor arenas, three horse barns, a trailhead pavilion, compost building, equipment and hay storage, administration building, landscaping, ...

  • Final sneak peek at Big Texs new face conjures up frightening comparisons

    face as the golden-throated, behatted phoenix rises from the ashes. Today, the State Fair of Texas dispatches an even more detailed look-see at Tex’s face as it takes shape. And, yes, this is just a computer-generated rendering bereft coloring and those big brown eyes. But it’s still creepy. Very creepy. I am not alone in this assessment. One Twitterer ...


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Movie Review

Desecration [DVD]

Desecration [DVD]

It comes as little surprise that first-time feature director Dante Tomaselli admires German director F.W. Murnau, who is best known for helping to introduce expressionism into the horror genre with his 1922 film Nosferatu. Like Murnau, Tomaselli is drawn to horror and its expressionistic depiction through well-placed shadows and lingering fog, symbolism and inky darkness. ...

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  • Warrant Mother of girl 1 who died in hot car at Dallas school thought she dropped child off at day care

    charged in connection with the death of her 1-year-old daughter in a hot car at a Dallas elementary school last week told police she was certain she dropped the child off at day care that morning, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. Vibha Marks, 42, faces a second-degree felony charge of child abandonment in the death of Victoria Marks. A witness found the child strapped in a car seat and ...

  • Frisco man indicted in connection with threat fire at fiancees home

    William Coleman A Frisco man accused of threatening his fiancee with a gun and setting her house on fire was indicted Tuesday on multiple charges by a Collin County grand jury. William Chad Coleman, 38, faces charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, cruelty to animals, arson and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. Coleman remains in the Collin County jail with bail set at ...

  • Congress members weigh in on tomorrows vote on gay Boy Scouts

    The culture warriors opposing or supporting inclusion of openly gay youth in Boy Scout programs continue to put the full-court press on 1,460 delegates who will vote on a controversial membership resolution on Thursday. Members of the U.S. Congress ...

  • Putting a face to Big Tex Design phase completed on new icon

    A scene from a State Fair Video on how the new face of Big Tex was computer designed. What will the new Big Tex look like? Well, now we can sort of put a face to him. Officials with the State Fair of Texas have released another video, this one showing the design of Big Tex's face and hat. The Fair has been working on designing and building a new Big Tex since October when the longtime Fair ...

  • Table Project site sold to Dallas church

    The Table Project, a Minneapolis-based social network tailored to church communities, is now the property of one such community, Dallas-based Gateway Church. Terms were not disclosed. Until now, the Table Project was a nonprofit organization and a subsidiary of Christian umbrella group Real Resources. Gateway, in announcing it had acquired the Table Project, added that it will continue running ...

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