Archive for the ‘Hometown Talent’ Category

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has broken up with Dallas girl Jessica Simpson on the eve of her 29th birthday. Romo has been spotted out in La La Land hitting all the tragically hip venues sans Simpson and dodging questions about their status.

Simpson meanwhile has been Twittering up a storm evidently with periodic updates regarding her status.

Love them or loathe them, if nothing else the naysayers won’t be able to blame Simpson this season for Romo’s performance on the field.

Good luck with everything you do in life, Denison High School graduating class of 2009. Maybe, if you’re lucky, you’ll grow up to one day land a commercial airliner in the Hudson River and save the lives of everyone on board.

That’s right, we’ve learned Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger — the most badass alumni in the history of the Texas school — is delivering the commencement speech at this year’s DHS graduation.

The ceremony, scheduled for June 6, was originally going to feature a giant tribute to Sully — featuring a billboard of the hero pilot in the middle of town — but Sully got wind of the grand scheme and humbly shot it down.

We’re told Sully’s peeps told the school he couldn’t “imagine his face on a billboard.”

Sully fun fact — back in the day, he played the flute in the school band … and you better believe he kicked ass.

The always fantastic North Texas Irish Festival is going on RIGHT NOW at Fair Park in Dallas. This event will probably pull in record numbers this year because of the gorgeous weekend weather we are having!

Check out the doghouses built to benefit Habitat for Humanity, Scottish clans, bagpipers, cutting edge AND traditional Celtic music, dancing, tons of vendors offering everything from foods to clothing to swag you just gotta have!

This IS a dog-friendly event so bring Fido out with you.

If you’ve not attended this event before, you really must make time for it today or tomorrow. Today’s schedule (Saturday) will be 10:30a - 11:30p; Sunday: 11:30a - 7:30p. Ticket prices are $15.

Jessica Rector applied for the “dream job” the Australian government has advertised which is living 6 months on an island along the Great Barrier Reef and earning $100,000 for her hard work.

Let’s do what we can to help the Australian government choose Jessica by voting high stars for her demo clip by watching & voting at this link.

Gather up your funky hats and beads and head to downtown Dallas today for the festivities at MystiQal Mardi Gras Parade!

The Grand Parade steps off at 6:30pm at the intersection of Main/Ervay in Downtown Dallas.

The Parade features Mardi Gras floats from Popeyes, Quick and lots of other groups. There’s plenty of dancing, marching and places for folks who want to have fun!

Returning for their second engagement in Popeyes MystiQal is the Grambling State University Fighting Tiger Marching Band! Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind collegiate marching band that’ll entertain your socks off.

The Street Festival will feature street vendors, crawfish, beignets, Popeyes chicken and biscuits and more! Street festival opens at 5pm and all festivities will end at 11pm.

So, step into our very own French Quarter. You can choose one of three Popeyes MystiQal Party Pavilion viewing locations:

* Pegasus Plaza (Main & Akard)
* Main & Lamar
* The West End

It’s official: Former President George W. Bush is now making his home in Dallas.

After spending a month at his Crawford ranch, Bush and his wife, Laura, moved Friday into the Preston Hollow home they bought shortly before leaving the White House on Jan. 20.

The house is not far from Preston Center, where the former president will have an office while planning is underway for his presidential library at Southern Methodist University.

Both Bushes said they plan to devote substantial time to raising money for the library complex – which will also include a museum and policy center. Programming hosted by the Bush Foundation is set to begin even before the library is complete in 2013.

Officials say they need to raise $300 million to build the complex, hopefully before groundbreaking, which is set for late next year.

The legendary MC 900 Ft. Jesus will be spinning it tonite and Saturday nite at Lee Harvey’s beginning at 9p.

No Cover and they have a tasty menu!