The David Yates-directed “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” was released last November, and is now on Blu-ray, while the second half is slated for release in mid-July. Rather than making the last installment five-plus hours long, the seventh and final book has been split into two parts. This first portion has been […]
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‘Glory’ in Indian Territory
Bob Blackburn, executive director of the Oklahoma Historical Society, said the Civil War events that occurred in Indian Territory were dramatic after the clock started ticking in 1803 with the Louisiana Purchase. “It all changes directions from 1861 to 1865 for the Indians, and for the African-Americans who had been victims of slavery. It changed […]
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Bob Dylan — In Concert: Brandeis University
But when a CBS executive feared a libel suit from the John Birch Society and asked Bob to perform something else, Dylan walked out. American audiences never saw Dylan’s satirical song performed on the popular Sunday-night variety show on May 12, 1963. However, a previously unknown recording of that song from two days before is […]
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The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
More than 3 million units of the “Eclipse” Blu-ray and DVD were sold during the first 48 hours of its early December release. Following directorial turns by Catherine Hardwicke and Chris Weitz, horror director David Slade was pegged to direct the third “Twilight” installment. Slade, who previously directed the splatterfest “30 Days of Night,” is […]
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The former Color Me Badd members have never told their whole story in one place, until now
The MTV cartoon character was commenting on Color Me Badd, a band from Oklahoma City’s Northwest Classen High School hitting it big with “I Wanna Sex You Up” in 1991. Wearing brightly colored suits and gyrating to rehearsed choreography, the pop supernova exploded with two follow-up No. 1 singles, a triple-platinum debut album and nine […]
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The Call’s Michael Been, an OKC native, dead at 60
The Call’s vocalist/guitarist Michael Been, an Oklahoma City native, died Aug. 19 after suffering a heart attack backstage at the Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium. The 60-year-old rocker passed away on tour working as sound manager of his son, Robert’s, band, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, which appeared at the festival along with The Flaming Lips. The […]
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Thousands of documents are headed to the Vatican in an attempt to make the Rev. Stanley Rother Oklahoma’s first saint
As hymns resonated last week inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Oklahoma City, Father Don Wolf of Shawnee kept thinking about the Rev. Stanley Rother’s funeral nearly three decades before. Wolf, Rother’s second cousin, said he experienced a resurgence of feelings that reinforced the slain priest’s ultimate sacrifice while attending a […]
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Rock N America unloads a three-day package of hard rock on Zoo Ampitheatre
Rock N America Featuring Scorpions, Warrant, Twisted Sister, Ratt and moreThursday-SundayZoo Amphitheatre2101 N.E. 50thwww.zooamp.com800-511-1552$49.50-$125 one-day pass$125-$350 three-day pass The most amazing thing about the bands booked for Rock N America isn’t the collective history of packed stadiums, platinum albums and complete airwave ownership; it’s that so many managed to survive. Those that made it out […]
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Forty years strong, guitarist Steve Howe is still soaring with prog-rock prototype Yes
Yes and Peter Frampton8 p.m. TuesdayLucky Star Casino7777 N. Highway 81, Conchowww.luckystarcasino.org$35-$75 Steve Howe’s name is revered in the pantheon of progressive-rock guitarists. He made Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 greatest with these words of acclaim: “Howe brought jazz, country, flamenco, ragtime and psychedelia into the mix for prog-rockers Yes,” according to the magazine. […]
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Beatles tribute band comes to Civic Center, performing tracks the real Beatles never tried
Rain Tuesday, through June 13 Civic Center Music Hall201 N. Walker Ave.297-2264, www.celebrityattractions.com $16-45 Paul McCartney said your mother should know. And he was right (according to Mark Lewis, at least). Lewis first heard the Fab Four when his mother came bustling into the room, telling him to turn on “The Ed Sullivan Show” to […]