Scorned (2013) For those who always have wanted to see Titanic cad Billy Zane have a lit cigar put out in his left ear, rejoice! Scorned is your movie. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar; here, it’s just one of many atrocities suffered by his rich-guy character when his girlfriend, Sadie (AnnaLynne McCord, TV’s […]
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Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
(2013) Tsui Hark struck gold with 2010’s Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, marking a return to form for the Hong Kong director following several lackluster, effects-driven flops. Therefore, no one blames Hark for wanting to mine Dee for franchise potential. Unfortunately, the result is the kind of unfocused, overindulgent mess that […]
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Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
(2013) Strange as it sounds, come March 2, one of the films that stands a good chance of walking home with an Academy Award is Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa. It’s one of three nominees in the category of makeup, but still, the recognition marks real progress for films that open with a senior citizen getting […]
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FILM
Movie Night at the Downtown Library, enjoy a film at the downtown library, 6-8 p.m., Jan. 29. Downtown Library, 300 Park, 231-8650, metrolibrary.org. WED Army of Frankensteins, (U.S., 2013, dir. Ryan Bellgardt) a young man travels back in time finding himself entrenched in the Civil War with an army of Frankensteins, 7 p.m., Jan. 31. […]
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Happenings the week of Jan. 28, 2014
FOOD Food Service Operator’s Certification, meets requirements for food service (manager certification) approved by the Oklahoma State Health Department, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Jan. 29-30. Francis Tuttle Technology Center-Rockwell Campus, 12777 N. Rockwell Ave., 717-4900, francistuttle.edu. WED–THU Chef Knife Skills, learn San Francisco-style chopping skills and sharpen your knife to a razor’s edge, 6:30- 9:30 p.m., […]
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LIFE
The University of Central Oklahoma’s Department of Design will present the projects of 14 interior design students in the exhibit Premises: Undergraduate Thesis Projects in Interior Design. The projects include a learning center for autistic children and their parents and a sustainable home for a family of four. Premises opens Thursday with a reception from […]
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In session
Dozens of laws are proposed for this year’s state Legislature, including changes for judges, divorces, marijuana legalization, militias and more. BY TIM FARLEY As the Oklahoma Legislature convenes on Feb. 3, hundreds of bills are stacked and ready for its consideration. From legalizing marijuana to changing how divorces are considered, some may have more impact […]
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COVER
Newspaper editors were not exempt from early 20th-century lawmaking efforts. Another 1910 criminal statute tried to prevent the newspapers from publishing rumors and gossip. The misdemeanor kept an editor or owner from publishing “any statement which he has not good reason to believe is true” in order to increase newspaper sales. Strange but true In […]
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LIFE
Tim Tharp, award-winning author and Oklahoma native, will introduce the University of Central Oklahoma’s screening of the film The Spectacular Now, based on Tharp’s 2008 novel. The screening is part of the university’s Literature in Performance series. The film stars Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley and premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. The screening […]
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PERFORMING ARTS
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, to obtain his freedom all Pseudolus has to do is win the hand of a beautiful but slow witted courtesan, 8 p.m., Jan. 23-25; 2:30 p.m., Jan. 26. Jewel Box Theatre, 3700 N. Walker, 521-1786, jewelboxtheatre. org. THU–SUN MLK Gospel Fest, various community and college […]