A few of you have lamented about how slow things must be on The Bachelor front. Well, talk about answered prayers. Check out this “exclusive” look at the Bachelor Pad red carpet event. You can spend the afternoon looking at pictures of people who look somewhat familiar. And fear not, Elham Jazab fans—she makes an appearance, too. The show starts August 9.
I was just wondering what I should do tonight for dinner. Maybe my good buddy Troy Aikman and I will grab something healthy yet satisfying with my close friend Shawn Marion.

Kudos to eagle-eyed DMN photo editor Guy Reynolds, who spotted something fishy about a Getty photographer’s snap
You will not believe what is going on up at 1851 Turbeville Road in — Denton? — Hickory Creek? – wherever the beejesus that estate is located. You may recall it as the Best Little Teardown in Texas.
Other Dallas real estate news: HOA’s have super sticky fingers, Eleanor faces four, and Terence Newman bought himself one gorgeous crib. Check it all out over on DallasDirt.
Not so long ago, it was difficult to hear the name Bret Michaels without being transported to our youth, a time when Spandex, large hair, and bands with nonsensical umlauts in their names dominated the popular music scene. Those were dark days, friends.
Somehow, Michaels has managed to move on. The former Poison front man has transformed himself into a sympathetic character on the comeback trail. Thank you, reality television. Tonight, you can see him play in Jack FM’s Bandanaroo along with Fuel, and Cowboy Mouth. Performing live just two months after his brain hemorrhage? That’s commitment. Of note: ticket proceeds benefit Texas Can!, and that’s definitely something to believe in.
We can’t think of a more suitable footnote to such an evening than a fully loaded hot dog at Angry Dog. Hot, greasy, and possibly not good for you, this is how you end on a high note, people. And yes, you want fries with that.
You have some time between now and then, so while you’re waiting, take a few moments—or several moments, depending on how eager you are to get back to work—and weigh in on our Dallas suburbs survey.
I don’t know how much time Chris Bosh will be spending in his hometown now that he is taking his talents to South Beach. Or now that he’s working on a documentary about how he and LeBron James ended up in Miami with Dwyane Wade. (And you know it will be awesome/”awesome” because he got the idea from the guys from Entourage.) Seriously, guys–keep doing this stuff. Keep making allusions to 9/11, like Wade did, keep kicking people in the junk with national spectacles. The NBA needs more villains besides for Kobe Bryant and anyone who plays for the Spurs.
Did we accurately score the ambiance of the Dallas suburbs? Is Garland less attractive than Addison? Now’s your last chance to be heard. I’ll pull the report from our online survey and crunch the data later today.
Fred Vogelstein at Wired looks behind the scenes of the most successful product launch of all time to find that it may not pay to partner with Apple. Major question: who is at fault for all those dropped calls on the 3G iPhone? Answer: Not the wireless company that took the blame. Bottom line:
Since early 2007, AT&T’s wireless revenue is up 43 percent, profit has risen roughly 200 percent, and the number of subscribers has grown 40 percent.
But for AT&T, the question is whether participating in such a spectacularly successful partnership outweighs the damage to its reputation and the aggravation it has suffered at the hands of Apple. Much of AT&T’s growth can be attributed to its exclusive arrangement with Apple — if customers want an iPhone, they have no choice but to sign up with AT&T. But someday, when that agreement ends, iPhone customers will have the opportunity to jump to a rival network. If a significant number defect, it will be hard for AT&T to argue that its iPhone experiment was worth it.
According to WFAA, several people saw one or two (I would think there’d be a difference) tigers roaming around downtown.
They were last seen going down Houston Street toward the West End, where, as Zac kinda noted, there’s not much going on these days. Perhaps they were just trying to find a habitat devoid of people but still inexplicably possessing a few chain restaurants and basement nightclubs.
So here’s your assignment, for which there is no reward (except maybe an open bottle of B12 vitamins, a stuffed penguin dressed as a bride, and a box of tea): Find us those tigers. Don’t actually bring the tigers to D, but send us pictures. Of the tigers. Bonus points if Hooters is in the background.
1. Are we all on the Texas Rangers’ bandwagon now? They beat Detroit in extra innings, thanks to a Nellie Cruz homer.
2. Ugh. Well, there’s also this story about an Irving mother who killed her 5-year-old son and critically injured her 2-year-old daughter. Don’t have to click here.
3. If you’re in the West End area, the closed streets and the ominous helicopter are part of a film shoot, so don’t panic. Not sure why you’d be in the West End area.
4. And because why not, more of FrontRow Presents: The Beaten Sea, from right here at D HQ.