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12/03/2008

Alan Peppard: Mike Modano celebrates milestone in style
Way to go, Mo. On Sunday, Mike Modano scored his 1,300th career point, winning the game against Edmonton. He was soon out celebrating with his head-turning wife. It was his 88th game-winning goal.

11/26/2008

Alan Peppard on Kent Rathbun, Barbara and Jenna Bush, Terence Newman and others
Superchef Kent Rathbun is providing the perfect repast for those who have recovered from Thanksgiving. On Sunday, he's preparing an all-you-can-eat barbecue at his restaurant Abacus as part of the bartending competition known as the Cocktail Showdown.

11/24/2008

Alan Peppard on: Sotheby's, Brooke Shields, Shinsei restaurant, and more
Dallas Sotheby's associate Eve Reid and her New York-based husband, Sotheby's chairman Warren Weitman , were in the big house last week with first lady Laura Bush . That's right – they were in the White House.

11/23/2008

Alan Peppard on Steve Hammond, Smokey Robinson, George H.W. Bush and others
When Dallas entrepreneur Stevan "Steve" Hammond got pulled over Thursday for speeding on Northwest Highway, the cop asked him to pop the hood of his two-door Mercedes sports car. There was something odd about the speedy-but-silent machine.

11/21/2008

Alan Peppard on Troy Aikman, Gwyneth Paltrow, the Teutul 'Chopper' clan and others
A happy birthday shout-out to my close, personal friend Troy Aikman . OK, so we're not that close. But today is his 42nd birthday.

11/18/2008

Alan Peppard on Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin, T. Boone Pickens and more
This week's local appearance of Gwyneth Paltrow was nothing new. We've been on a steady Gwyneth diet ever since she dated homegrown actor Luke Wilson .

11/17/2008

Alan Peppard on: Texas Stadium, Martha Stewart, Carson Kressley, and more
How much will fans pay for a piece of their Texas Stadium memories? Let the bidding begin and we'll find out.

11/16/2008

Alan Peppard on Bob Sambol, Archie Manning, Kent Rathbun and others
There are occasions when Bob Sambol will let a patron stay at his Bob's Steak & Chop House after everyone has left, the lights are on and the vacuum cleaners are running.

Starck Club founder Blake Woodall shares his guide to daytime Dallas
With the 25th anniversary of the Starck Club's birth approaching, the life of its founder, one-time night-life impresario Blake Woodall, couldn't be more different. In 1982, he flew an unknown designer named Philippe Starck to town to live in the downstairs of his Oak Lawn duplex while they laughed and fought over the concept for the ultimate Dallas nightclub.

11/14/2008

Alan Peppard: Dallas Press Club plans Oswald program
With the 45th anniversary of the JFK assassination approaching, the Press Club of Dallas has gathered some figures integral to the last days of Lee Harvey Oswald for a program Saturday evening at the Sixth Floor Museum.

11/12/2008

Alan Peppard on Doris Goodwin, Ross Perot Jr., Linda Gray
Hot off the presidential punditry circuit, Doris Kearns Goodwin will be in Dallas next week to mingle with donors to the Salvation Army's "Doing the Most Good" luncheon.

11/10/2008

Alan Peppard on: Dallas cast, Nick & Sam's, the Cowboys and others
Saturday night's crowded and confused 30th anniversary celebration for the TV show Dallas was not just a reunion for the cast of the show, but also a chance for J.R. Ewing to reconnect with the woman who shot him.

11/07/2008

Alan Peppard: Murchison mansion, Willie Nelson, Dakil-Randall shows
When art collector Lupe Murchison died in 2001, it seemed a foregone conclusion that the Murchison family's ancestral home in North Dallas would meet the wrecking ball. But in a rare appreciation of history over financial expediency, the mansion was purchased and remodeled by a local couple.

11/05/2008

Alan Peppard on Jimmy Dean, LeAnn Rimes, Thomas Keller and others
Thursday night, denizens of 3525 Turtle Creek will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the condo high-rise with a gala in the landmark building's Turtle Room.

11/02/2008

Alan Peppard on Laura Bush, Carl Sewell, Larry Hagman and others
Who gets the best tables in the best restaurants? Two weeks ago, in an article about power tables, I wrote that Joe Six-Pack won't get near the prominent round table in Highland Park Village's Cafe Pacific if regular Carl Sewell is on the reservation book.

10/31/2008

Alan Peppard on William H. Macy, Owen Wilson, Tony Bennett and others

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William H. Macy

Oscar-nominated actor William H. Macy was Dallas this week to ink a deal with Dallas-based Blockbuster for a movie appropriately titled The Deal. Mr. Macy wrote the script and stars with Meg Ryan, LL Cool J and Elliott Gould.
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10/29/2008

Alan Peppard on Jamie Niven, Jerry Jones, Sigourney Weaver and others
Sotheby's vice chairman Jamie Niven , son of actor David Niven, doesn't have his father's matinee-idol face, but he more than makes up for it. He has charm and repartee that could sweep Brigitte Bardot, Gina Lollobrigida and Angelina Jolie off their feet in the same night.

10/26/2008

Alan Peppard on T. Boone and Madeleine Pickens, Al Gore and others
When T. Boone Pickens was booked to headline last Friday's Conversation With a Living Legend luncheon, there was no way of knowing that his beloved Oklahoma State Cowboys would be the No. 7 football team in the country and facing a No. 1-ranked University of Texas team the very next day.

10/24/2008

Alan Peppard: Divorcee's book hits close to hometown
Every woman who has run with rich and beautiful friends has mumbled to herself, "One day I'm gonna write a book."

10/22/2008

Astronauts mark Apollo 7 anniversary at Frontiers of Flight Museum
N eil Armstrong , the humble and reserved first man on the moon, made a rare appearance in Dallas on Friday at the Frontiers of Flight Museum in a group that included his Apollo 11 moonwalk partner, Buzz Aldrin . They came to salute men who paved the road to the moon.

10/19/2008

Table stakes: For Dallas' power diners, you are where you sit
In times of financial upheaval, private jets and lavish estates might be sacrificed in the name of liquidity, but one perquisite that most oligarchs are loath to part with is a power table at their favorite restaurant.

Alan Peppard: AFI's Stephanie Hunt hosts dinner for Sir Anthony Hopkins
S tephanie Hunt , the incoming chairman of the AFI Dallas International Film Festival, is wasting no time shaking the trees for powerhouse movie stars. Thursday evening, Stephanie and her husband, Hunter (son of oilman Ray Hunt ), hosted a dinner in their home honoring Sir Anthony Hopkins , the Welsh-born star famous for his Oscar-winning portrayal of Hannibal Lecter.

10/17/2008

Alan Peppard on Jim Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Bob Sambol and others
J im Belushi 's home away from home in Dallas is not a hotel room, it's a booth in the front room at Bob's Steak & Chop House on Lemmon.

10/15/2008

Alan Peppard on Todd Wagner, Robert De Niro, Jack LaLanne and Jessica Simpson
Film producer Todd Wagner may be Dallas' most camera-shy billionaire, but he did step in front of the lens to appear next to his buddy Robert De Niro in the comedy What Just Happened? , opening Friday.

10/13/2008

Alan Peppard on: Mike Levy, George W. Bush, Neil Mallon and others
Even while sleeping, Texas Monthly founder Mike Levy has more energy than an over-caffeinated puppy. Six weeks ago, when he retired from his post as the only publisher Texas Monthly has ever had, associates wondered where his legendary energy and tenacity would be focused.

10/12/2008

Alan Peppard on Jessica Simpson, Tony Romo, Alberto Lombardi, Quincy Jones and others
Like the incessant drone of a TV in the background, blogs chatter with wildly contradictory reports about the state of the Jessica Simpson-Tony Romo romance.

10/10/2008

Alan Peppard on Adam Jones, Ludacris, Benji
When you're a famous rapper promoting your latest album, it's hard to say whether having pugnacious Dallas Cowboy Adam Jones steal the spotlight by fighting with his bodyguard is a good thing or a bad thing.

10/08/2008

Alan Peppard on: Bush's move to the Dallas mountains?
My brief dealings with New York Post gossipist Cindy Adams have always been pleasant. She's a saucy, eightysomething scribe as prone to the occasional mistake as the rest of us.

10/06/2008

Alan Peppard on: Cattle Baron's Ball, London's Claridge's hotel
A select group of people who paid $35,000 for their tickets to Saturday's Cattle Baron's Ball got to party just like J.R. Ewing.

10/05/2008

Alan Peppard: Russell Simmons' lost weekend in Dallas
Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons felt so at home during his recent Dallas visit that when his flight back to New York was canceled, he didn't reschedule.

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