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Gallery Fabulous
By Rich Lopez
Published: July 10, 2008
Even though the gays coined "fierce" back in the mid-90s, Project Runway gay and winner Christian Siriano made it mainstream, so now everybody uses the "f" word. Appropriately,...
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Firestarter
Varghese lights up the Improv
By Daniel Rodrigue
Published: July 10, 2008
The best thing about Paul Varghese's incendiary stand-up routines is that he dishes scorching commentary without leaving anyone feeling burnt. He lobs fiery jokes at audiences...
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Reeled In
See some art at Reel FX
By S. Anne Durham
Published: July 10, 2008
Reel FX Creative Studios is technically a creative production studio, offering services like visual effects, animation and design work on projects like AFI Dallas, Kung Fu...
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Sew Awesome
The PIN Show brings fashion to life
By Merritt Martin
Published: July 10, 2008
OK, so what to do you do if you're an up-start designer and don't land a spot on Project Runway? Doesn't mean you don't have the skills. Doesn't mean you can't cut a mean...
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The Phat Lady Sings
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: July 10, 2008
Those of you who've seen Beyoncé Knowles' fine, fine, fine acting work in Dreamgirls and Austin Powers in Goldmember might have missed out on her first...
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Movin' On Up
Frisco bleeds talent in Arlington's direction
By Spencer Campbell
Published: July 10, 2008
So sorry to be the bearer of grim news, Frisco, but the mass exodus has already begun. The Rangers best pitching prospect, Eric Hurley? He's hurling for the big club now....
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The Dude Abides
The Angelika Plano goes for a roll
By Spencer Campbell
Published: July 10, 2008
Writing about greatness leaves a scribe in an unenviable position. I mean, can you imagine trying to encapsulate the greatness of Tiger Woods without seeing Tiger Woods? "He...
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Packing Light
By Andrea Grimes
Published: July 10, 2008
Back in the day, travel was about jet-setting adventures or having all your oxen drown in the river. Today, we stress out about 3 oz. (or is it 8 oz.?) liquids, baggage charges...
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Butterfly In The Sky...
Take a look at the Heard
By Daniel Rodrigue
Published: July 10, 2008
I understand most phobias, like a nice rational fear of snakes or heights or pink-eyed, snow-white bunny rabbits. But I'll never fathom lepidopterophobia -- the fear of...
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Apocalypse Now
By Jesse Hughey
Published: July 10, 2008
Post-apocalyptic wastelands generally make exciting, compelling settings for movies and books. From the action heroism of Road Warrior to the heart-wrenching examination of...
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Hot Fun In The Summertime
NorthPark breaks out the face paint
By Spencer Campbell
Published: July 10, 2008
Alert the bourgeoisie. There's to be an uprising at NorthPark Center this summer. Finally those of the cut-off jean shorts and NASCAR tank tops have a reason to infiltrate the...
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Night & Day
Retirement Rock
Seniors jam in Young at Heart
By Jennifer Elaine Davis
Published: July 10, 2008
Films about senior citizens are generally real downers. Either someone ends up languishing with Alzheimer's (see The Notebook or Away From Her) or someone kicks the bucket (er,...
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Night & Day
Taste D
The West End hosts a culinary hoedown
By Jennifer Elaine Davis
Published: July 10, 2008
People often ask what makes Dallas so special. New York is a bastion of culture and art, Los Angeles is awash in glitz and beautiful people, and Chicago is a stomping grounds...
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Stage
Clique Shtick
The retail racket that is High School Musical on Tour! sells the same old Disney message but without the magic
By Elaine Liner
Published: July 10, 2008
With its Romeo and Juliet-inspired plotline about a troubled romance between teenagers from competing cliques, with its soaring love songs, its bold choreography evolving from...
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Music
Sane in the Membrane
Despite drinking enough syrup to kill a small horse, Lil Wayne is actually quite calculated
By Ben Westhoff
Published: July 10, 2008
Lil Wayne is not batshit insane. Let's be clear about that. Despite the fact that he regularly refers to himself as an extraterrestrial, seems to have an utter disregard for...
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Critics' Picks
Peter Murphy
Saturday, July 12, at House of Blues
By Darryl Smyers
Published: July 10, 2008
He's about to turn 51, and Peter Murphy, the godfather of goth, still has that maniacal look to him, that flamboyant edge that set him and his band, Bauhaus, apart from the...
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playlist
Beauxregard
When Balloons Were Sleeves (Lion Dog)
By Jesse Hughey
Published: July 10, 2008
On paper, it reads like another dismissible synth-wielding '80s rehash. Dallas already has plenty of bands like that. There's a slight variation in this case, as dapper...
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Bsides
Rebel Assault
So...Where has all the George Michael love gone?
By Kurt B. Reighley
Published: July 10, 2008
The passing years can be unkind to rebels. You survive booze, bad marriages and car crashes, only to have the march of time leave its muddy bootprint on your shining legacy....
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Film
Devil May Care
Big Red returns in a mindless, revved-up Hellboy sequel
By Chuck Wilson
Published: July 10, 2008
Hollywood's Endless Superhero Summer rolls on with the arrival of Hellboy II: The Golden Army from Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro, but before this review goes any...
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Critics' Picks
Cute Is What We Aim For
Sunday, July 13, at House of Blues
By Nicholas L. Hall
Published: July 10, 2008
Buffalo's Cute Is What We Aim For is likely the perfect 21st-century pop band. Almost purpose-built for short-attention-span marketing campaigns, CIWWAF focuses so heavily on...
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