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A new show from the Freeform network is about to become your latest television obsession. Filmed almost entirely in Dallas, Cruel Summer tells the story of Kate Wallis (Olivia Holt), a popular young blonde who goes missing one day, and Jeanette Turner (Chiara Aurelia), an awkward outcast who becomes the most hated woman in America. Set in the fictional town of Skylin, Texas, the Jessica Biel-produced series takes place on the same date over the course of three years; 1993, 1994 and 1995. Each episode jumps back and forth between timelines, showing how Kate and Jeanette evolve through the ye...

Amid the pandemic, restaurants have seen devastating loss. While some have been able to stay afloat through curbside pickup and delivery, others have been forced to shut down. On a new show called Restaurant Recovery, streaming now on Discovery Plus, Raising Cane’s founder Todd Graves embarks on a cross-country mission to help save family-owned restaurants that have suffered during the pandemic. Each episode of Restaurant Recovery focuses on a different restaurant in a different city. Graves invests $100,000 per restaurant and offers them creative ideas and helps them with renovations. On...

Swift watched the first season of The Circle during the early phases of COVID while in quarantine. He and his niece and nephew would then chat about it over Zoom. Like many of us, Swift became obsessed with the show, prompting him to submit an application for the second season. “I sent all my information up,” he says. “And then after I did that, they said, ‘OK, now send us a video,’ and I was like, ‘Oh, I don't want to do that.’" Swift says he waited about a month and a half, and finally got an email, which he recalls said something along the lines of "Hey, send us your video,...

From the mind behind Dallas Farmers Market favorites 8 Cloves and Laili comes chef Afifa Nayeb’s first full-service concept. Âme, now open in Bishop Arts District, offers powerful, flavorful Indian dishes by way of French cooking techniques. Nayeb is one of the founders of The Nayeb Group, a Dallas-based real estate company. She has always had a passion for the food and hospitality industry, so nine years ago she decided to study at Le Cordon Bleu, where she found joy in cooking with French techniques. “My actual degree is for pastry and, at that level, we learn all of the French techniq...

“Ice Cola” didn’t end up making the final tracklist for Don Toliver’s 2020 album Heaven or Hell, so Wonder Gang kept the song for themselves, later making it their proper debut single. The brothers were born and raised in Zimbabwe and grew up on the sounds of Buju Banton and Bob Marley. When he was in second grade, Wonder won his school’s talent show by lip synching and dancing with friends. Savage and Wonder immigrated to the U.S. when Wonder was 14 and Savage was 8. Wonder created the Keith Wonder moniker when he was 15 after discovering Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Jay-Z.