Category Archives: Hearne_Christopher

This just in… In barely one week superstar actor and comic Chris Tucker will headline Stanford & Sons comedy club at The Legends in Kansas City, Kansas. “We just got him booked,” says Stanford’s main man Craig Glazer. “He’ll be … Continue reading →

Time flies whether you’re having fun or not… And so it is that more than a month ago a local jeweler rumored to be up you-know-what creek fled his nicely appointed Johnson County office in what is said to have … Continue reading →

Sheesh! It’s one thing to lose a hard drive for the very first time. A long overdue right of passage, the geniuses at the Apple Store on the Plaza told me. And I didn’t even really have to man-up or … Continue reading →

This just in from former Kansas City Star columnist Steve Penn… In addition to promoting his book about former Kansas City Black Panthers leader Pete O’Neal – Case for a Pardon – “I’m bringing in the National Alumnae Association of the … Continue reading →

Believe it or not, it’s been 10 years since iconic, local audio store Brandsmart bit the dust… And 10 years as well since local furniture powerhouse Benchmark put its spanking new, mega complex near 119th and I-35 up for sale. … Continue reading →

Pardon me while I share a bit of, “What CNN Sacrificed for Missing Plane Ratings” First what I wrote last week: “With CNN’s ratings reportedly up some 86 percent, the only thing that doesn’t seem odd, mysterious or suspicious is … Continue reading →

I was in Memphis visiting The King when the devil died… Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka hate monger Fred Phelps, that is. So I didn’t get to “experience” much of the hoopla that went down in Phelps’ wake – or at … Continue reading →

“And USA Today – for the younger people – is some sort of website that’s printed out on large paper” —-  Bill Maher I was talking to a senior Kansas City Star staffer yesterday about the uncertain future of newspapers when … Continue reading →

At some point being the kid of somebody famous ceases to matter much… One would think, anyway. Because the kid’s career either takes off or it doesn’t. And I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that … Continue reading →

All eyes are on Starlight Theatre following a coup last year… A questionable coup that sent the capable Denton Yockey packing. Yockey was the successor to Bob Rohlf, the dude who teamed with former Kansas City Chiefs head guy Jack Steadman … Continue reading →

Pardon me while I stand in (ever briefly) for the missing in action Paul Wilson… Remember him? The writer dude who likes to mix it up with that Harley character in the comments section, and who fancies himself as some … Continue reading →

Wars can be a good thing… Not the ones where people die. I’m talking about the ones that pit one business against another. Sometimes it can be in the form of a price war, other times a battle to see … Continue reading →

Things are looking up for former Kansas City Star sports scribe Jason Whitlock… At long last. “I’m not saying he’s Bryant Gumbel, but at least he’s showing up,”  says sports guru Craig Glazer. “There’s no point in my guessing his salary, … Continue reading →

Nanny state, anyone? It’s hard to imagine that a “minority” newspaper columnist would demand that an independent business discriminate against poor, young black kids, but that’s exactly what the Kansas City Star‘s Mary Sanchez did in her column, “Let’s Deal With … Continue reading →

You read it here first… A year ago KC Confidential cast its aspersions on the alcohol policies of The Cave, a four level nightclub buried in the bowels of the fancy-schmancy new Oread hotel on the KU campus in Lawrence. After staying … Continue reading →

Once upon a time there were such things as school spirit… Back when movies were often black and white and people went to colleges near where they were from or had ideological connections to. And they played sports for those … Continue reading →

Despite the early returns, it was never to be for Bill Self and KU and he knew it… “I bet against them,” says sports handicapper Craig Glazer. “There was never a sense of urgency. They looked like a bunch of … Continue reading →

Here we go again… The February 2014 Kansas City radio rankings are in for listeners age 6 and older. To be clear again up front, this is the broadest – and thus the most accurate – measure of radio listenership. … Continue reading →