Articles for May 29th, 2007
BUYOUTS IN SOUTH TEXAS
Hearst’s buyouts hadn’t hit the San Antonio Express-News — until now. Word is that at least three have been offered to well-known, veteran reporters in features and sports, although the names can’t yet be confirmed. More offers in news and sports are expected. Cutbacks previously have been announced at the privately held chain’s Houston Chronicle and San Francisco Chronicle.
RE: WOMEN CONFUSE ME
I’d love to have been a fly on the wall when the photographer said, “Gil, you know what’s really going to sell this shoot for Buck Rogers? Lose the gold lame Members Only jacket. Yeah, baby!” That was a moment of Hollywood magic.
RE: WOMEN CONFUSE ME
“Dammit, Sarah. Now you’ve almost guaranteed that Eric is going to show up at work tomorrow in a blazer with no shirt.”
RE: WOMEN CONFUSE ME
Dammit, Sarah. Now you’ve almost guaranteed that Eric is going to show up at work tomorrow in a blazer with no shirt.
WOMEN CONFUSE ME
So, we’re on deadline, but the ladies here are all atwitter because they just found out that this guy will be in Dallas on June 22 for Dancing With The Stars: The Tour. Sarah, in particular, can barely breathe. I mean, Joey McIntyre? Good grief, he was in NKOTB! WTF, mate?
SECRET MACHINES LOSE 1/3 OF THEIR MACHINERY
The New Yorker had a tiny listing in a recent issue about The Secret Machines. (But then, is any listing in The New Yorker “tiny”?) Said there that guitarist Ben Curtis was leaving the band to pursue other endeavors. Seems like bad timing, as the band was just tapped by no less than David Bowie to cap off his High Line Festival. The Secret Machines will go on to rock without Ben, but one wonders and worries if they’ll rock as hard as they used to. Recent reports, after all, aren’t so enthusiastic.
RE: TONY, TONY, TONY
Speaking of ToRo, I was shocked to hear his name called when the panel of judges was introduced at last night’s Miss Universe pageant in Mexico City. (I don’t have cable, okay.) I got embarrassed watching the Q&A portion, when ToRo and his fellow judges got to ask the contestants questions, and that feeling was exacerbated with the misstep of Miss USA (23,588 viewings on YouTube, and counting). While anecdotal evidence would support that Tony favors blonds, he and the panel crowned raven-haired Miss Japan the winner.
SAMIR PATEL, I HOPE YOU BROUGHT YOUR SPELLING PANTS
Tomorrow is the first day of the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee. Anyone who knows me even a little knows which speller I think is the bee’s knees: no. 247 representing the Star-Telegram Samir Patel. I have long used this space to celebrate Patel (sorry the 2005 archives aren’t still with us), and I hope he gives me even more reasons to do so tomorrow. Chances are he will: Patel has competed in five straight bees, tying for third and second. By the way, Samir, I’m not the only one expecting big things outta you.
SPEAKING OF SOCCER
Gabriel Cabarrouy in the DMN (or was it Al Dia?) had a good little story about Dominic Oduro. The 21-year-old bench player for FC Dallas has been a promising striker for the team, and he makes a whopping $17,700 a year. As the article points out, Oduro and other “developmental players” like him are reluctant to spend per diem and pick up spare jobs when and where they can. Says Oduro,
“A couple of times, I kind of wonder what if I was working at McDonalds, probably I would be making the same. At the end of the day, you want to do what your heart tells you.”
TOM HICKS CALLS OUT FANS
After last week’s UEFA finals, Tom Hicks made the mistake of talking to a reporter. Here’s what he said:
“There’s no way either of my two teams’ fans have the level of intense passion that Liverpool has. I want them to. Hopefully, someday they will.”
Not surprisingly, some Stars and Rangers fans were a tad peeved. They still are, if Bob and Dan’s listeners are any indication. But here’s the thing: Hicks is right. But that’s because no sports fan this side of the Atlantic can compare to a soccer fan. Sure, Eagles fans throw batteries, but they don’t urinate on corpses of rivals’ supporters that they just beat to death with pick axe handles. You can be a Cowboy/Rangers/Stars fan–a season-ticket-havin’, stat-memorizin’, face-paintin’ fan–but, I’m sorry, the sport will never be as much a part of your personality and sense of history as it is for a football club. That’s a good thing.
FREE DSO CONCERT IN OAK CLIFF
I doubt that Tony Romo will be there, but the Dallas Symphony Orchestra is giving one of its free community concerts tonight at Kiest Park (Kiest at S. Hampton) in Oak Cliff. As a major OC player puts it, “The Kiest Park concert is the perfect way to show off the restorations of historic landscaping by the volunteers of Friends of Oak Cliff Parks.” Check it out.
MESSAGE TO ROGER STAUBACH
Your blog has a great name: Monday Morning CEO. Now it’s time to update it. January 4 was a long time ago. Are you saying nothing interesting happened in Nashville, during the Super Bowl vote? You didn’t hit any bars you want to tell us about? C’mon, throw us a frickin’ bone here.
TONY, TONY, TONY
With Jessica Simpson and John Mayer’s relationship on the rocks, Ashlee’s sis may be back on the market. But guess who’s not? The guy she’s rumored to be spending time with, none other than Tony Romo. Who’s been publicly spending time with Carrie Underwood. Who sings a song about trashing the car of her cheating boyfriend. Which may not be a problem, if Tony and Carrie really are “just friends,” as they’ve been saying.
So is it true? I’m not so sure. The same JSimp-ToRo rumors swirled last year, with no payoff. Methinks this is just another sad attempt by Papa Joe to get Jess’ name in the news.
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