“It was really fun but also a little bit dangerous,” Poarch said. “You didn’t know if the wheels were going to come off or what you were getting yourself into. But now, the [festival] is smooth and pretty, like a Cadillac.”
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deadCENTER organizers visit SXSW for film festival ideas
Oklahoma’s deadCENTER Film Festival team considers the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival in Austin to be one of the best for gaining inspiration to bring back home. “I think that Oklahoma City and Austin share a very similar sensibilities about music and about culture,” said Lance McDaniel, executive director of deadCENTER. “The reason we […]
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Statuesque
Rex Linn, actor (TV’s “CSI: Miami”) If they don’t give the Academy Award to [Best Actress nominee] Viola Davis for “The Help,” they should not give that award out. She was phenomenal. If any young actor asks me what’s the best thing they could see other than an acting class, I would tell them to […]
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Judges
Russell Claus is the planning director for Oklahoma City. He was born in Australia and was raised by non-urban chickens. Russell is planning for a future where more and more people will feel comfortable enough with the city they’ve chosen to live in to be zombies for a day. He has four children and enjoys […]