Author Archives: Hearne Christopher Jr.

Excuse me while I finish rubbing my eyes… There’s no shortage of boring press releases to be poured over when you’re in the entertainment media racket. Sundry barbecues, historical events, even shopping center fests that dot the area, usually featuring … Continue reading →

It’s Kevin Kietzman‘s biggest nightmare… Forget about Nick Wright or the current on air lineup at 610 Sports, the prevailing wisdom is that if the Entercom signal wants to take down WHB, it needs to move to FM. Period. “Because … Continue reading →

November 22, 1963, Dallas… That was the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and to paraphrase former president Franklin D. Roosevelt, a date that will live in infamy forever. It’s also a date that turns 50 this year. A … Continue reading →

Is there life after Nick Wright for 610 Sports? One has to wonder in the wake of the past week’s shakeup at the Entercom sports-talk station. Because with the exception of a couple of bright spots – Nick Wright and … Continue reading →

In the wide world of rumors, what passes for “news” travels fast… Take the New York Post‘s report that Kansas City refugee Jason Sudeikis will marry Olivia Wilde in upstate New York. Prior to that the couple’s pending nuptials were … Continue reading →

Ah rumors… Sometimes they’re true, more often they’re not. For months Lawrence has been buzzing about Kansas City comic Jason Sudeikis tying the knot with actress Olivia Wilde there. And not just because Sudeikis and Wilde have been spotted in … Continue reading →

Many moons ago, I recall driving to Sandstone in the off season… The mission: to cover the first annual Sandstone Auction. They didn’t have a ton of stuff back then, but there was more than enough rock n roll memorabilia … Continue reading →

Twenty-six and out… Word that the American Heartland Theatre at Crown Center is on death row begs the question, WTF? For the 26 years the Heartland banged out mostly middle-of-the-road fare using largely local actors for a crowd composed predominantly … Continue reading →

Which Harrison Ford will show up here Thursday for the “red carpet” roll out of the new Jackie Robinson movie 42? Will it be the one who played Han Solo in Star Wars? The one who played Rick Deckard in … Continue reading →

For the record, Craig Glazer is not buying KC Confidential… For many of you, last week’s April Fools prank – announcing that the local comedy club main man was taking over KCC starting today – was exactly what it appeared … Continue reading →

Think of it as a moral dilemma… With sellouts mounting by the week, the sky’s the limit it would appear for Sporting Kansas City. The soccer club has become the model of what a successful professional sports franchise in Kansas … Continue reading →

Once upon a time they were free… Krispy Kreme was a kindly company that treated your kids to a hot-off-the-assembly-line fresh, hot, free doughnut. You didn’t even have to ask or buy anything, just happen by when doughnuts were being … Continue reading →

There’s only one small problem with the upcoming AEG Live Auction for Autism Speaks and it’s really not a problem at all… Midland by AMC lead organizer Candy Chorice – a veteran of many Sandstone Auctions past –  is bringing … Continue reading →

Remember that wive’s tale about bad things coming in threes? Let’s do an audit…there’s Walt Bodine dying, the KC Strip trolley going bye-bye, (don’t think I’ve forgotten about the letting you guys in on the racist situation that lead to the … Continue reading →

Royals baseball, dollar hotdogs, Halter Top Day… So goes the natural order of things in the wide world of summer sporting events Kansas City Style. Except that the latter of the three – Halter Top Day – won’t be returning … Continue reading →

I know, I know, it’s early… Still there’s something eerily familiar about the Kansas City Royals being in last place again already. Don’t get me wrong; I know that the conventional wisdom is this is the team’s year. Finally. It’s … Continue reading →

Round and round and round they go and… Who the heck knows why KC Mayor Sly James son Kyle is doing 30 days under the sanction of the Johnson County Department of Corrections. It’s certainly not at all clear in … Continue reading →

This just in… After more than four years, thousands of columns and tens of thousands of comments, I have agreed to sell KC Confidential to Craig Glazer of Stanford & Sons.

The game is afoot… All Union Station head George Gustello said he wanted was a shot. A chance to prove the station’s new state-of-the-art Extreme Screen deserved to show first run movies, not just the standard issue “fin and feather” … Continue reading →