“I’m still the 15-year-old kid sitting on the side of his bed dreaming that all this stuff would happen, so you make it work,” said Kane, who has a starring role on TNT’s hit series “Leverage,” opposite Timothy Hutton. “It’s the only thing I’ve ever wanted to do. If you really want something, you’ve got […]
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Munn ho!: Sixth in a series
The Oklahoman turned actress/ model/geek icon subbed for Kathie Lee Gifford on the St. Patrick’s Day edition of NBC’s “Today,” where she got, in her words (tweets), “Day Wasted.” “It was better than an ‘SNL’ skit,” reported USA Today, noting the Munn already had downed half a glass of green beer in the opening minutes. […]
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Munn ho!: First in a series
Former Oklahoman turned actress/model/ geek icon Olivia Munn won’t return our Twitter DMs. We assume she’s too busy being a “Daily Show” correspondent and all, so throughout 2011, Chicken-Fried News will attempt to keep tabs with her semi-tabloid life. First of all, the NBC sitcom “Perfect Couples,” which gives Munn her first starring role in […]
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Hey! Do This
Laugh this Comedian and hoo-hah BeDazzler Kathy Griffin declined an interview with Oklahoma Gazette, but since we’re not the vindictive type, we’ll go ahead and mention you can catch the Emmy winner doing her thing (telling jokes, not poolside Pap smears) at 8 p.m. Friday at Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker. Tickets are […]
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‘Leverage’ steals an election
Leverage Sunday, 8 p.m. (TNT) TNT’s “Leverage” is a funnier “Mission: Impossible,” in which Timothy Hutton’s merry band of thieves, con artists and hackers set up elaborate stings to thwart that week’s bad guy. The series makes expert use of cheesy accents, stagy disguises and unlikely gizmos, not to mention wisecracks at the tensest moments. […]
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Sherlock Holmes: 1964-1965
<iframe marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=oklahgazet-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B003NF97NA&fc1=000000&IS2=1 Who cares if BBC’s two-disc “Sherlock Holmes” set comes late to the release party spurred by last Christmas’ Robert Downey Jr. blockbuster reboot? At least it’s here, and I thought it was lost forever. To be specific, this “Sherlock” is the short-lived 1964-65 BBC series starring Douglas […]