The two-time Tony-nominated Broadway actress Kelli O’Hara returns to her roots this week to play a role that just makes sense for her: The Oklahoma City University graduate will star in Lyric Theatre’s official centennial production of “Oklahoma!,” which begins a five-day run on Tuesday at the Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker. “There […]
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Ghost Rider
2007 In the realm of Marvel Comics turned into movies, “Ghost Rider” falls somewhere in the middle “? nowhere near the artistic heights of “Spider-Man 2,” but diverting enough to avoid the label of failure of, say, the current “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.” After all, it’s not every day you can […]
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The Rape of Europa
Reviewer’s grade: B+ “The Rape of Europa” is a public-television-style documentary about the fate of European art treasures in World War II. Before the war even started, Hitler created whole factions of people to steal, catalog and ship priceless works of art in countries he planned to invade, and implemented plans to steal collections […]
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Inexplicable
In May, a curious Joe Heckel of Cincinnati and his son took apart the heavy punching bag Joe had bought for their boxing practice and to their surprise found it full of, not sand or plastic pellets, but men’s and women’s underwear (some used). According to a May report on WLWT-TV, the manufacturer, Technical Knockout […]
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Unclear on the Concept
New-Age Ethics: Texas A&M’s business school punished 24 students in May for cheating on a business ethics exam (and investigated 27 others, but could not meet the school’s legal standard of “irrefutable” proof against them). The offense was that some students took exams for others.
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Smokin’ Aces
way. The gist is that Vegas illusionist Buddy “Aces” Israel (Jeremy Piven) has so angered the Mob that a million-dollar bounty now sits upon his head. With a take like that, you’d expect every quirky criminal to come out of the woodwork, and they do, including a duo of black female assassins (one of […]
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Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park makes splash at new home with ‘Dream’
The outdoor setting is breathtakingly beautiful. As though dropped into the middle of the downtown skyline, lush trees and water plants surround the newly furbished stage. Kathryn McGill, co-founder and artistic director of OSP, directs a charming cast with a sure hand and a light touch. Thanks to knockout costumes by Dottie DeLeon and the […]
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Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown and Milt Jackson – What’s Up?: The Very Tall Band
Telarc Any time you have three jazz masters live on stage together, tearing into a set of bop standards, it’s going to be a good thing. And this album, featuring Oscar Peterson on piano, Milt Jackson on vibes and Ray Brown on bass, fits that bill. Following up on a 1999 release of […]
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Photo exhibit shows world through photojournalists’ eyes
The most memorable events from 2006 can be seen through the lenses of some of the nation’s best photojournalists at the International Photography Hall of Fame & Museum’s newest exhibit. Sponsored by the White House News Photographers Association, “The Eyes of History 2007” will run through Sept. 9. “We’re hoping that this exhibit comes annually […]
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Images of women focus of ‘Heartbreakers’ exhibit
lso, my female relationships are much more complicated than my male relationships, which I think makes these more interesting.” Located at 220 E. Main in Norman, the gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call 360-1162 or visit.“?Lauren Hopkins