Denise Neil

We're still living in 'Lost' days

Fans of "Lost" have lost "Lost" from their weekly viewing schedules.

'Knight and Day': What part does Wichita play?

We know only this for sure — the movie formerly known as "Wichita" is no longer called "Wichita."

Fangs a lot: Undead living it up on film, TV

Personally, I prefer to avoid the undead. But that's kind of difficult to do, thanks to a pop culture trend that just won't die.

MTV will hand out the *$%# awards

The MTV Movie Awards have always been a tad... unconventional. The award itself is a golden tub of popcorn rather than a tasteful, graceful figurine.

Premieres help cure summertime TV blues

The biggest bummer of summer used to be the barren wasteland on television. "Magnum P.I." would end for the season, and so would school. The French Open would kick "Days of Our Lives" off NBC, and life would suddenly have no meaning.

Artists are inspired by, not obsessed with, Depp

Tara Walker wants one thing made clear: She likes Johnny Depp, but she's not obsessed or anything. The evidence is stacked against her, though, and it's hanging all over the walls of the Go Away Garage Gallery.

Alley's 'Twitstock' plan has followers excited

Wichita's No. 1 celebrity has big plans for her hometown — a spectacular "Twitstock" that already has a lot of people virtually excited, even though it's still just a concept and more than a year away.

Starring role in Spangles ad a supreme experience

When local real estate agent Lynette Chapman learned that a starring role in a Spangles commercial would be auctioned off at a charity event she'd be attending, she joked with friends that she was going to bid and bid big.

TV shows full of moms I'd like to be

Before I was a mom, I used to judge the moms I watched on television by different criteria. Would I want them to be my mom?

Actor's 'Growing Pains' behind him

I'm sure I'm not the only child of the '80s who wondered if she was hallucinating while driving recently. About a month ago, billboards started popping up all over Wichita featuring the still-baby-face of one of the biggest teen heartthrobs my generation has known. (That's what we called them in the Reagan era: teen heartthrobs.)

It's a good thing I was home alone in December when I watched the midseason finale of "Glee" — Fox's sharp-witted, musical comedy about a high school glee club, its hunky teacher, and the cheerleading coach bent on their destruction.

Twitter boost leads to role on Alley show

Wichita's most famous TV star now is making TV stars out of a couple of other Wichitans. Actress (and Emmy winner) Kirstie Alley, who still lives in Wichita part of the time, is starring on her own reality show on A&E.

Flash mobsters to strike a pose, then swiftly disperse

Taylor Swift is, of course, performing inside Intrust Bank Arena on Thursday night.

Wichitans to bask in TV's glow in NYC

The airwaves are so populated with talk shows, reality shows, talent shows and court shows that it stands to reason those shows are sometimes going to be populated with Wichitans.

2 decades later, Bon Jovi still a big deal

Sure, Billy Joel and Elton John are a big deal... for some people. But for people like me — people who were 15 years old when Bon Jovi was at the height of its hairband ascension — this week's concert at Intrust Bank Arena is way bigger.

'Idol' run dedicated to Wichita songwriter

Didi Benami didn't know her college roommate, Rebecca Joy Lear, for very long. But Rebecca made enough of an impression on her that Didi has dedicated her current run on "American Idol" to her late friend.

Two local wives hope for votes to win voyage

It's voting season, and I'm not talking about politics. Or "American Idol." I'm talking about a couple of starry-eyed local wives whose romantic adoration of their husbands might win them fabulous overseas vacations.

Pattinson look-alike shies from spotlight

The universe is being a little tough on a guy as shy as Austin Clay. Now, at the bottom of a long list of offenses, Austin's going to have to be on national television.

Orpheum film series gives us nostalgia, pizza

With so many technologically terrific options for seeing movies — on demand, in high-def, in 3-D, reclining at the Warren with a martini in hand — you might wonder why you'd choose to see a very old movie in an even older theater.

I'll be lost without more 'Lost' episodes

Four of the six season premieres of "Lost" were marked on my calendars with a couple of stars and a whole lot of exclamation points.