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- Available on DVD: “A Dangerous Method”
- The Boss pays his respect to Trayvon Martin
- Best TV dramatic series of the last 25 years, and ...
- Poetic justice or the reason thousands of Tea Part...
- A filmmaker’s challenge
- Available on DVD: “Martha Marcy May Marlene”
- Goodell right, Cowlishaw wrong
- "Death to My Hometown"
- The Greatest TV Drama of the Last 25 Years
- Goodell done good
- City announcement raises more questions than it an...
- Problems with new “Snow White” movie
- It was 50 years ago today, Bob taught the world ho...
- Available on DVD: “Tucker & Dale vs. Evil”
- For your weekend listening and viewing pleasure
- Available on DVD: “Melancholia”
- I see only one No. 1 seed in Final Four
- Available on DVD: “Octubre”
- Available on DVD “London River”
- Goodnight, Bugs
- (The wrong) Garcia for Congress
- Available on DVD: “The Skin I Live In”
- Available on DVD: “Like Crazy”
- Available on DVD: “Senna”
- Manning’s future
- Don’t want to go on this Cruise
- “Les Miserables” may be good
- Available on DVD: “The Myth of the American Sleepo...
- Available on DVD: “Life, Above All”
- Why Rick Santorum would be the best GOP nominee
- Dallas too cowardly to follow Austin’s lead
- Available on DVD: “Outrage”
- Available on DVD: “Elite Squad: The Enemy Within”
- Available on DVD: “Take Shelter”
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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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