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- "Hurt Locker" is now the Oscar favorite
- Recently released on DVD: "The Boys Are Back"
- My Absolutely Final (And this time I really mean i...
- Recently released on DVD: "Whip It"
- Will the clouds part enough for us to see this?
- It's About Time
- Mister Butterfly
- State of the Union: The Day After
- Recently released on DVD: "Michael Jackson's This ...
- Recently released on DVD: "Bright Star"
- Obama too timid on the economy
- It's now a two-film race
- The coolest outfit
- Recently viewed (twice) on DVD: "Next Stop Wonderl...
- Recently released on DVD: "Gamer"
- Recently released on DVD: "Pandorum"
- Recently released on DVD: "Downloading Nancy"
- Recently released on DVD: "The Burning Plain"
- Democracy is dead in the U.S.A.
- Released this week on DVD: "Outrage"
- A new SWAT team
- Released this week on DVD: "Che"
- Austin: A big city with a small-town freeway
- City reviews new ways to make money
- Obama needs to start playing dirty politics, too
- President Obama's wakeup call
- Recently released on DVD: "Tru Loved"
- Medina may force GOP runoff
- Goodbye Cindi's: Worst Service Ever
- Recently released on DVD: "Amreeka"
- The 50 Best Films of 2009
- Recently released on DVD: "Big Fan"
- Free Debra Medina
- Released this week on DVD: "Halloween II"
- Dallas vs. Minnesota
- Released this week on DVD: "Tyler Perry's I Can Do...
- What does Kobe have that Dirk doesn't?
- Gov. Hair is to Texas schoolchildren what earthqua...
- Help for Haiti
- A Makeover
- Who says DART lacks direction?
- Released this week on DVD: "Departures"
- Released this week on DVD: "In the Loop"
- Released this week on DVD: "The Hurt Locker"
- Released this week on DVD: "Moon"
- Revisiting a Film Friend: "The Night of the Hunter"
- Carole King, James Taylor reunite for tour
- Plans for "Spider-Man 4" scrapped
- The Queen is coming ... at last
- A look at Dallas' movie rental preferences
- Observations about the Writers Guild film nominations
- Out! Out! Damn Salt
- Promises, promises: This was no spur-of-the-moment...
- Recently released on DVD: "Trucker"
- City expects to be half million in the hole by end...
- Sneak peak at 2010 College Football: Alabama repea...
- South Florida needs to come clean on Leavitt firing
- Recently released on DVD: "Cloudy With a Chance of...
- NBC has the em-FAZZ-is on the wrong sil-LAH-bull
- Released this week on DVD: "The Final Destination"
- Poll confirms big 3 Oscar contenders
- No title
- Some thoughts on Texas' loss last night
- If no one else will connect the dots ...
- Dancing for a great cause
- Released this week on DVD: "Adam"
- Best Picture Oscar race narrowed to three
- Released this week on DVD: "Lorna's Silence"
- Another strike against a college football playoff
- Why I want a Democrat -- any Democrat -- to be ele...
- It's the economy, stupid
- Released this week on DVD: "50 Dead Men Walking"
- Welcome to the cause
- I remain awake worrying about these things so you ...
- Oscar predictions
- So Fox, so good
- A public loss: Veletta Lill nixes any future run f...
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About Me
- Pete Oppel
- I have scratched together a living, in one way or another, as a writer for more than 60 years now. I was a free-lance writer during the early stages of the Vietnam War. I was the Southwest Division Overnight News Editor for United Press International back when UPI was a legitimate news gathering organization. Following that, I went to the Dallas Morning News where I became the first person to write about rock 'n' roll on a daily basis for a Texas metropolitan newspaper. I later became the News' entertainment editor. Following some stints with a couple of prominent PR firms, I had the extraordinary good fortune to team with two communications legends, Ken Fairchild and Lisa LeMaster, as part of one kick-ass media consulting/crisis communications team. That was followed by stints as a department head with the City of Dallas (and its public information officer); the Dallas Northeast Chamber of Commerce where I had the good fortune to meet and work alongside some of this city's business and political titans; and editorial director for QuestCorp Media until that company went out of business. Now officially retired, concentrating on this blog.
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