This Week's Hot Headlines

New true crime TV show leads this week's 5 most-read Dallas stories

Editor's note: A lot happened this week, so here's your chance to get caught up. Read on for the week's most popular headlines.

1. Crime TV show covers cheerleader rapes in small Dallas-Fort Worth town. Cheerleaders in the small town of River Oaks who were targeted by a rapist and murderer are featured in a new crime series on Investigation Discovery TV. Called Murder Under the Friday Night Lights, the series comprises six episodes focusing on crimes that have all taken place around high school football. The series debuts on January 4 and will air on ID on Tuesdays at 9 pm. (There was Cheer-ier cheerleading news later in the week, too.)

2. Blake & Gwen's wedding takes the cake in our 10 hottest Dallas society stories of 2021. This year's most-read society stories included recaps of fancy galas and the sad deaths of two Dallas media personalities. But it was a story about a big wedding of "American royalty" that readers clicked on the most.

3. Master list of Dallas restaurants hosting 2022 New Year's Day brunch. New Year's felt a little easier to handle in 2021. With New Year's Eve falling on a Friday and New Year's Day falling on a Saturday, there's plenty of cushion to celebrate, recover, and you even get an extra weekend day (Sunday) to recover from your recovery. With both Saturday and Sunday open, you can anticipate the brunchiest weekend of all at these restaurants. What better way to start 2022.

4. 5 annoying buzzwords that Dallas definitely needs to let go of in 2021. There are five phrases that have become hot buzzwords in the past year or so, and they absolutely must be wiped out, this writer says. These are words and phrases that have snuck into the vernacular, and they should all be repelled by anyone who loves the English language.

5. The 10 worst movies of 2021 aren't worth seeing in any setting. 2021 will likely go down as the year when movie-watching changed forever, but the one thing that didn't change is the fact that there are still plenty of bad movies to go around. None of these films were worth giving more than one viewing, our critic said — including, unfortunately, a buzzy movie filmed around Fort Worth. (Our list of the 10 best movies of the year is here.)

Cheerleaders were targeted by a rapist and murderer.

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Cheerleaders were targeted by a rapist and murderer.

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This Week's Hot Headlines

Dallas shines with holiday spirit in this week's most popular stories

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Vitruvian Lights at Vitruvian Park starts on November 18, running through January 1.

Editor's note: In this week's most popular stories, two topics reign supreme: holiday spirit and Guy Fieri. Here are the most-read Dallas stories of the week. And for more festive fun, check out the best things to do this weekend.

1. Dallas dazzles as the No. 2 most festive city in America this year. Dallas' holiday spirit is shining extra bright: The city was just named the No. 2 most festive city in the nation according to an annual report. This is the third year in a row that Dallas has held the No. 2 spot.

2. Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives star Guy Fieri coming to Dallas this week. Celebrity chef Guy Fieri is coming to the Dallas area in support of his and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Sammy Hagar’s Santo Spirits brand. He'll be making an appearance in Dallas on Saturday, December 7, including a consumer meet and greet and bottle signing.

3. Guy Fieri's Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives is taping in Dallas this week. Fieri's not just in town for a promotional appearance. The Food Network star is also filming future episodes of Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives, his massively popular, long-running show.

Guy Fieri is filming in Dallas. Photo courtesy of Food Network

4. McKinney couple ready to shine on ABC's Great Christmas Light Fight. A McKinney couple whose annual holiday lights extravaganza attracts visitors from all over North Texas had the chance to shine in the national spotlight on ABC’s The Great Christmas Light Fight. Also in the spotlight: The Hughes family from Rockwall, who appeared on the show's season premiere.

5. Dallas climbs back up in ranking of 'World's Best Cities' for 2025. Dallas made a big rebound in its status among the top 100 best cities in the world, according to a prestigious new report. Resonance Consultancy ranked Dallas the 55th best city worldwide for 2025 in its annual "World's Best Cities" list.