Though the upcoming Steven Spielberg film won’t include OKC as a location, the novel version of Ready Player One is partially set in the city.
Breaking Bad
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Rapper Jabee unveils his unique ‘live documentary’ musical stage show Jabee: The Life & Times
The small, intimate show runs Thursday-Saturday in The Actor Factory’s 40-seat Norman theater.
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Guitarist and songwriter Bronson Taalbi uses a fortuitous song appearance on Breaking Bad to kick-start his music career
Taalbi, touring as part of his folk-rock project Bronson Wisconsin, performs Sunday at Red Brick Bar in Norman.
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“You can’t soak up love making television, but when you walk into that theater, you’re getting that investment,” he said.
“You can’t soak up love making television, but when you walk into that theater, you’re getting that investment,” he said.
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Megan Mullally rolls from comedy tour into holiday film role, hints at Will & Grace reunion
“It was so surreal to be back on that set,” Mullally said. “We have been off the air for 10 years, but [we] slipped back into those characters [like] it was like no time had passed at all.”
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A-1 chemistry
In the interview, Gilligan put out a call for some feedback “from a chemically inclined audience” about the science in the now-runaway smash hit show, culminating in its final episode Sunday on AMC. “This is a wonderful opportunity,” she thought. She took it. “We in science, it just drives us crazy when we see badly […]
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It’s a TV-on-DVD summer spectacular!
Breaking Bad: The Complete Fourth Season If Breaking Bad‘s current fifth and final season goes south (not bloody likely), at least season four delivers a climax that could have serves as a satisfying serious closer, were it not renewed. But it was, and no wonder: Bryan Cranston may have the tube’s richest character arc, as […]
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‘Bad’ teacher
In the AMC cable series, which kicked off its fifth and final season Sunday, Bryan Cranston portrays Walter White, organic chemistry teacher by day, meth manufacturer by night. Since nearly the start, Breaking Bad staff writers call upon Nelson to ensure their series’ science is solid. “It was a little bit of a difficult decision […]
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Breaking Bad: The Complete Third Season / The Big C: The Complete First Season
There’s a reason Bryan Cranston has now denied “Mad Men”’s Jon Hamm a Best Actor Emmy for three years straight now: He’s just damned excellent as Walt White, the cancer-ridden chemistry teacher turned secret meth dealer to secure a nest egg for the family he’ll leave behind. In season three, that egg grows into the […]
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In Plain Sight: Season Three
And it’s better than “Monk” was. Sacrilege, you say? Tough. Monk was one character I could not get behind. But Mary Shannon? Totally. It helps — considerably — that she’s played by Mary McCormack, who’s good in everything and cute as the proverbial button. She deserves plaudits that her cable peers regularly get for work […]