DALLAS LIKES BIG BUTTS AND WE CANNOT LIE

Andrew Stevens, an actor-producer who once had a recurring role on Dallas, was apparently so taken with our fair city while filming the show that he has moved his family from L.A. to U.P. As he told the Dallas Business Journal, he plans to produce six independent films in North Texas this year, each with budgets of up to $15 million.

Stevens says Texas could become a hotbed for moviemaking. The prospect of state subsidies in addition to the existing sales tax incentive, plus Texas’ general lack of unions, set that stage, he said.

“I’m not here for just me,” Stevens said. “I could influence people to come here in droves.”

We don’t doubt that he’s in the right influential circles after checking out his résumé, which includes heavy-hitters like Illicit Dreams, Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III, and Night Eyes 1 through 4. Not ringing a bell? Perhaps you’re more familiar with the work he did under his alias, Hugh Janus.