Incensed by what he thought was a pedophilia ring headquartered in a Washington, D.C., pizza restaurant , a 28-year-old man opened fire inside Comet Ping Pong Pizza last year, sending employees and customers scrambling for cover. The shooting was real, but the sex ring - supposedly overseen by 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton - was not.

The momentum of last year's first Dallas Cabaret Festival will continue with an outstanding line up for the Second Annual Dallas Cabaret Festival, July 27-29, at the Women's Museum at Fair Park . Opening this year's festival on July 27 at 7:30 p.m. will be the mesmerizing vocalist and former Raelette, Cynthia Scott .

La Cage Aux Folles is the most uproarious meet-the-parents musical you've ever seen. Photo by Mike Morgan courtesy of Uptown Players.

As of mid-year, Dallas Fort-Worth's retail market was maintaining its record-high occupancy rate of 92.7 percent, according to a Weitzman Management Corp. report. The area's retail has the highest occupancy rate in more than three decades, despite some high-profile closings.

Dallas VideoFest is bringing cat videos back to the big screen at the Texas Theatre this August to kick off a new format for the long-running festival, celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. The festival, an inclusive selection of documentaries, narrative films, experimental shorts, and other media reflecting the eclectic tastes of founder Bart Weiss , will now roll out as a series across two months, rather than the weeklong format used in the past.

An East Dallas family is hoping WFAA viewers can help solve a mystery and put names and faces to a 1940's era wedding photograph found by accident, buried in the back of a turn-of-the-century garage. "So, they actually found it back here," said Emmy Ordonez, pointing to the far northwest corner of the detached garage behind her uncle's home.