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- Carjackers find the paper is mightier than the sword
- Is the sun beginning to set on Oprahland?
- Goodbye to a gentleman director who genuinely cared
- If you're going to San Francisco, don't wear a cel...
- Grades for new movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- You must now write "I will not abduct kids without...
- Indy's return is "good enough"
- Netflix is going to sell a gadget to let viewers w...
- Council committee wants another option on skating ...
- Grades for new movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- A radical idea for basketball
- What's the consumer electronic world coming to?
- New look for Tom Thumb grocery stores?
- The Boss makes history again
- The first words from Cannes
- A sneak peak at the newer, more comfortable, Inwoo...
- Hotel is only part of the solution
- Bear with me on this
- The proposed Dallas Convention Center Hotel
- Movie Notes: "Blindness" hits Cannes
- "Tax Increase" -- A city council person mentions t...
- Grades for new movies to be released on DVD Tuesda...
- Battle At Kruger
- The best pitcher in major league baseball
- A usual suspect becomes a king
- Screenings at the Cannes Film Festival
- Obama's VP choice
- "Speed Racer" may stall at starting gate
- Talk about sinking property values
- Remarkable goings-on at the landfill
- Sometimes words aren't necessary
- I guess I shouldn't be shocked that the Morning Ne...
- Andrea Bogart: A star is born
- And then there were six
- Rethinking the Mavs-Hornets series
- Marvel Entertainment blasts off
- Cinco de Mayo
- Why I'm warming up to Rick Carlisle
- "Iron Man" strong, but "Baby Mama" collapses
- Grades for new movies to be released on DVD May 6
- "Visitor" mixes human comedy with human drama whil...
- Goodbye (?) TV Guide
- When suddenly all hell broke loose
- The Bridge On the River Trinity
- The worst thing that ever happened to the Mavericks
- Implosion at the Wall Street Journal
- Does this mean we'll finally get the NFL Channel
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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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