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What to do in Oklahoma on June 18, 2013: Take part in Art Adventures at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
Today’s featured event: NORMAN – Help your child experience art through the colorful world of Dr. Seuss in today’s Art Adventures at 10:30 a.m. at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave. Today’s activity will focus on the Dr. Read More
Today’s featured event: NORMAN – Help your child experience art through the colorful world of Dr. Seuss in today’s Art Adventures at 10:30 a.m. at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave. Today’s activity will focus on the Dr. Read More
OU takes different course amid soaring textbook costs
NORMAN - Faced with evidence that 70 percent of University of Oklahoma students are not buying textbooks because of their high costs, school officials are trying to push more course materials online. In its first year, the school's Textbook Alternatives Initiative is already showing results, OU President David... Read More
NORMAN - Faced with evidence that 70 percent of University of Oklahoma students are not buying textbooks because of their high costs, school officials are trying to push more course materials online. In its first year, the school's Textbook Alternatives Initiative is already showing results, OU President David... Read More
'Friedkin Connection' looks back at brash filmmaker
Director helmed ‘The French Connection,' ‘The Exorcist' Read More
Director helmed ‘The French Connection,' ‘The Exorcist' Read More
Book review: 'The Forgotten Conservative: Rediscovering Grover Cleveland' by John M. Pafford
“The Forgotten Conservative: Rediscovering Grover Cleveland” by John M. Pafford is mostly favorable toward the only president to serve a term, leave office and then make a comeback. Read More
“The Forgotten Conservative: Rediscovering Grover Cleveland” by John M. Pafford is mostly favorable toward the only president to serve a term, leave office and then make a comeback. Read More
Popular writer, artist team up on 'Superman Unchained'
Writer Scott Snyder, artist Jim Lee are creative team for new series Read More
Writer Scott Snyder, artist Jim Lee are creative team for new series Read More
Hollywood maverick relates rich life story in ‘The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir’
In the freewheeling 1970s, William Friedkin was famous for scaring moviegoers half to death, for directing culture-changing, widely debated blockbusters and for breaking all the rules of the Hollywood establishment. Now, at 77 and having suffered health problems and a prolonged creative dry spell, the maverick... Read More
In the freewheeling 1970s, William Friedkin was famous for scaring moviegoers half to death, for directing culture-changing, widely debated blockbusters and for breaking all the rules of the Hollywood establishment. Now, at 77 and having suffered health problems and a prolonged creative dry spell, the maverick... Read More
Video: "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" trailer
The first trailer for “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” was released today, and it is awesome. We get to see Orlando Bloom’s return as Legolas, Chickasha-born personal fave Lee Pace as Elven King Thranduil, and Evangeline Lilly as Mirkwood elf Tauriel. Read More
The first trailer for “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” was released today, and it is awesome. We get to see Orlando Bloom’s return as Legolas, Chickasha-born personal fave Lee Pace as Elven King Thranduil, and Evangeline Lilly as Mirkwood elf Tauriel. Read More
Sotomayor gets another $1.9 million for memoir
WASHINGTON (AP) — Being a Supreme Court justice has not only been good for Sonia Sotomayor's legal career, it's also helped her bank account. The justice reported Friday that she's received more than $3 million in advance payments for her best-selling memoir, "My Beloved World." Her annual financial disclosure... Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — Being a Supreme Court justice has not only been good for Sonia Sotomayor's legal career, it's also helped her bank account. The justice reported Friday that she's received more than $3 million in advance payments for her best-selling memoir, "My Beloved World." Her annual financial disclosure... Read More
Oklahomans among comic-book creators at Denver Comic Con
Comics writers and artists joined ‘Star Trek' stars William Shatner and George Takei at the second annual Denver Comic Con. Read More
Comics writers and artists joined ‘Star Trek' stars William Shatner and George Takei at the second annual Denver Comic Con. Read More
Peter Cushing bio describes the country ‘gentleman’ of Hammer horror films
What can you say of an actor whose film roles have included Baron Frankenstein, the Sheriff of Nottingham, Professor Van Helsing, Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Who and the Grand Moff Tarkin in “Star Wars?” In his 60-year career on stage, screen and television, Peter Cushing established himself as both a respected... Read More
What can you say of an actor whose film roles have included Baron Frankenstein, the Sheriff of Nottingham, Professor Van Helsing, Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Who and the Grand Moff Tarkin in “Star Wars?” In his 60-year career on stage, screen and television, Peter Cushing established himself as both a respected... Read More
Summer reading programs kick off at Oklahoma City area libraries
The summer programs began Saturday and reward participants for the amount of time they spend reading. Read More
The summer programs began Saturday and reward participants for the amount of time they spend reading. Read More
‘Better Left Unsaid’ finds creative benefits in two eras’ censorship codes
What does William Makepeace Thackeray’s satirical Victorian-era novel “Vanity Fair” have in common with writer-director Preston Sturges’ 1941 screwball comedy “The Lady Eve?” In the seemingly counter-intuitive thesis presented in “Better Left Unsaid: Victorian Novels, Hays Code Films, and the... Read More
What does William Makepeace Thackeray’s satirical Victorian-era novel “Vanity Fair” have in common with writer-director Preston Sturges’ 1941 screwball comedy “The Lady Eve?” In the seemingly counter-intuitive thesis presented in “Better Left Unsaid: Victorian Novels, Hays Code Films, and the... Read More
Book review: 'A Matter of Trust' by Lis Wiehl and April Henry
“A Matter of Trust” begins new series with main character based on life of one of its authors, a Harvard Law graduate and former prosecutor. Read More
“A Matter of Trust” begins new series with main character based on life of one of its authors, a Harvard Law graduate and former prosecutor. Read More
Blu-ray review: “Cloud Atlas”
A version of this review appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. “Cloud Atlas” With three co-writer/directors, a star-studded international cast and six interconnected stories, maybe it’s not a surprise that “Cloud Atlas” is such a surprising cinematic creation: a big-budget... Read More
A version of this review appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. “Cloud Atlas” With three co-writer/directors, a star-studded international cast and six interconnected stories, maybe it’s not a surprise that “Cloud Atlas” is such a surprising cinematic creation: a big-budget... Read More
Book review: 'When the Night Whispers,' by Savanna Welles
In “When the Night Whispers,” a woman is influenced by a house filled with memories of family. Read More
In “When the Night Whispers,” a woman is influenced by a house filled with memories of family. Read More
Book review: 'A Cold and Lonely Place' by Sara J. Henry
In “A Cold and Lonely Place,” Sara J. Henry's second novel, featured freelance writer Troy Chance is taking photos of the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival ice palace when the ice-cutting machine falls silent. Read More
In “A Cold and Lonely Place,” Sara J. Henry's second novel, featured freelance writer Troy Chance is taking photos of the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival ice palace when the ice-cutting machine falls silent. Read More
John Gilbert biography offers look at real-life inspiration for ‘The Artist’
Even casual movie fans probably know something of the rags-to-riches-to-ruin story of silent era matinee idol John Gilbert because “The Artist,” the popular, Oscar-winning homage to Hollywood’s golden age by French director Michel Hazanavicius, was in part inspired by Gilbert’s glamorous but tragic career. Read More
Even casual movie fans probably know something of the rags-to-riches-to-ruin story of silent era matinee idol John Gilbert because “The Artist,” the popular, Oscar-winning homage to Hollywood’s golden age by French director Michel Hazanavicius, was in part inspired by Gilbert’s glamorous but tragic career. Read More
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