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If you like Will Ferrell, you'll probably go see Semi-Pro despite what any critic says. Nevertheless, "Movie Madness: Semi-Pro," the latest installment in the Star-Telegram's video blog movie review series, is worth watching just to see film critic Chris Kelly make no attempts to mask his shock and dismay at senior arts writer Andrew Marton's high praise for the movie. It's good banter.
What otherwise would have been an unremarkable speech by Governor Rick Perry at a Dallas book-signing is now a legitimately funny story ("Unruly baby heckles Perry"), thanks to Chad Jones' creative coverage. Read the story, then watch the video:
Pegasus, you're a welcome and formidable competitor.
Nick Anderson, editorial cartoonist for the Houston Chronicle, takes a cue from Obama Girl in this animated cartoon:
When it comes to pets, I happen to prefer canines to arachnids. But I gotta say, Jessica Azzinnari's tarantula is pretty, uh, cute. See just how darling tarantulas can be in this short video by Joyce Marshall. Read about Azzinnari, her spiders, and how to stop tarantula bleeding.
The Guardian has a great article about several webcast stars -- Rocketboom's Joanne Colan, Ze Frank, Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht of DiggNation, and BoingBoing TV's Xeni Jardin and Mark Frauenfelder -- and why their shows "inspire almost fanatical loyalty."
Watch the shows:
The NYT has a video report today about what a daunting challenge it is for the Democratic presidential candidates to campaign in our enormous state.
There's a story in today's paper about an Arlington man who wants to build excitement for the mostly forgotten sport of thoroughbred pigeon racing. The sport suddenly becomes much more fascinating when you learn that people are willing to pay $75,000+ per pigeon. This video blog explains why that's not as insane as it sounds.
Texas will be much more than just an ATM for presidential candidates this year.
Star-T political reporter Aman Batheja explains why in this stellar video. Why is the video so stellar?
1. It's hella good for being his first video story.
2. It's informative and clever.
3. He fed ducks while on the clock.
Watch the video, read Aman's blog, then send him a story idea.
You can either pay about $3 per chocolate-dipped "tuxedo" strawberry at the store, or you can watch this KC video blog to learn how to make them yourself. There's no more dapper Valentine's Day gift than these fancy tuxedos.
You'll need:
- Dark or milk chocolate
- white "chocolate" (which isn't actually chocolate since it doesn't have cocoa, but whatever)
- several of the biggest strawberries you can find
- toothpicks to skewer the strawberries
- parchment paper and a pair of scissors to make the piping cone to draw on the buttons and bow tie
Set your spending limit before entering the FIG Finale sale, otherwise you're liable to fall victim to too many of the dangerously tempting deals (75% off designer clothes, shoes and accessories) at the semi-annual sale at the Fashion Industry Gallery in downtown Dallas. A couple stores that usually have booths at FIG were MIA this time (Forty Five Ten, where you at?), but there are still plenty of steals, especially at Austin Lorin (2nd floor, far left corner) and LFT (2nd floor, on the left).
The sale ends at 8 tonight. Ready, set, shop.
