The Doggfather can be counted on to provide a good time. To sweeten the deal for this particular gig, he's got stoner-rap giants Method Man and Redman in tow.

Born in Houston and catapulted to fame by "American Idol," rocker David Cook takes his cue from late '90s heroes like Live and Our Lady Peace.

Brandi Carlile stops by North Texas again in March.

One of singer-songwriter Tom Russell's distinctions has been his creation of character-study cameos that populate many of his folk-country tunes.

Freaks and sheiks and everybody in between came out for Halloween at the FW music hot spot.

The idiosyncratic singer-songwriter makes his Bass Hall solo debut Saturday.

Brandi Carlile stops by North Texas again in March.

To hear his friends tell it, the late Stephen Bruton was so good at so many different things, it hardly seemed fair.

Carrie Underwood is, creatively speaking, pretty boring.

Weezer, Dolly Parton and Swell Season

Jersey Mike's, begun in 1956 as an independent sub shop on the Jersey Shore, stands a cut above your neighborhood sandwich shop.

Southlake's Baja taco battle is only beginning. The dining guy gets us ready for Thanksgiving.

A Texas transplant checks out the food at Mijo's in Arlington -- and feels right at home.

A night at Smoke starts in chaos, ends in culinary bliss.

Dallas hot spots Local and Abacus receive highest marks in DFW.

A guy's French ex-girlfriend may lose her green card. Should he consider the ultimate sham commitment?

There are much more shameful things in life than being a 40-year-old divorcee.

QI have a problem with my love life. I am a straight male. I had many one-night stands with many women. I am 38 years old right now. My question is how long does it take for me to fall in love with the right woman and actually settle down with my best friend for a lifetime commitment in holy matrimony?

QFor the past two years I’ve been dating a girl who’s a little bit psycho when she gets drunk. To be honest, it’s A LOT psycho; she’s even hit me once or twice. But when she’s not in one of her "moods" she’s awesome. She’s funny and smart and, I have to admit, super-hot and our sex life is scorching. "Her moods" don’t happen too often, and mostly when she’s drunk. But it’s like she’s bipolar or something and I never know when she’s going to go over the edge.

GASP! — girls do engage in below-the-belt ogling. But they're generally more discreet than your average manchild.

Prostate cancer couldn't keep Dennis Hopper away from the Breeders' Cup on Saturday.

Rihanna on Friday described the horror she felt as her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown was biting and punching her during a violent argument in February, saying she saw "no soul in his eyes."

Whenever Latin pop sensation Alejandro Sanz writes music, he sets off on a "long mental journey" to find inspiration. But when Alicia Keys surprised the singer at a party in New York by joining him in an impromptu jam session, Sanz knew then that he'd found his muse.

"Loot the Moon" (Minotaur), 276 pages, $24.99, by Mark Arsenault: Billy Povich, former investigative reporter, has been reassigned to write obituaries - his newspaper's way of encouraging him to quit.

R&B singer Usher's divorce from his wife is final, according to court documents.