EmiSunshine and The Rain 7 p.m. Oct. 19 Rodeo Opry 2221 Exchange Ave. ohfo.org 405-297-9773 $7.50-$15 The girl was 9 years old, but the song she sang was 75 years older. A YouTube video of young EmiSunshine singing Jimmie Rodgers’ “Blue Yodel No. 6” in a flea market in Sweetwater, Tennessee, became popular enough to […]
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Yes, they’re natural, Gill says
The Huffington Post reported that years ago, when Amy Grant and her husband, Vince Gill, a graduate of OKC’s Northwest Classen High School and Oklahoma native, appeared on Today, Lauer’s attention was unwittingly pulled away from Grant’s performance and instead landed on a particularly “voluptuous” backup singer. He quickly realized Gill was also looking at […]
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Loving Candy
Photo: Playboy Although born in Kansas in 1956, she moved to Oklahoma at age 3. After graduating from Ponca City High School, she pursued a journalism degree at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. And it was there, at the urging of her then-husband, that Candy Loving became a sex symbol. From class to centerfold […]
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Okc to millennials: We love you!
Oklahoma City is no longer known merely as the capital of that state north of Texas. Between the skyrocketing success of the Thunder and periodic national attention paid to Mayor Mick Cornett, OKC is garnering the right kind of publicity. Just last week, the city commandeered the front page of USA Today, earning praise for […]
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The world of tomorrow
The house blends modern building techniques with materials from the past. Exterior walls are concrete, while inside, 2,500 square feet of wood is reclaimed. Even the bar comes from the original O’Connell’s Bar & Grill in Norman. More than 15,000 pounds of scrap material were repurposed for the home’s construction, including 6,000 pounds of recycled […]