First, in Stripped, debuting feature director J.M.R. Luna updates the been-there scenario of college-age assholes on a holiday of hell by applying a coat of found footage to it. In this case, four friends gather to make the 21st birthday of one of them memorable, beginning with 8 a.m. bowl smoking before heading to Vegas, […]
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Music 4 Moore
The event is $25 to attend (although a free stage will be set up outside), with 100 percent of proceeds benefiting the Red Cross of Central & Western Oklahoma. Artists range from the up-and-coming to the highly revered (Wanda Jackson!) — an array of performers so strong that you needn’t anguish over Blake and Miranda. […]
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Mother and son
Pam Chandler and Abbey Credit: Shannon Cornman The two were brought together May 22 at Southwest Integris Medical Center, where Chandler is recovering from a broken arm. The had been separated shortly after the twister, when Chandler was transported to the hospital by ambulance. “My baby. Hi, sweetie,” Chandler squealed as she saw Abby for […]
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Payback politics?
Credit: Brad Gregg Even as recovery operations began May 20, Roll Call quoted Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, as saying disaster spending should be offset with spending cuts elsewhere, dredging up ugly memories of the earlier struggle to pass disaster relief spending for Hurricane Sandy victims. The GOP was accused of cold-heartedness after House Speaker John […]
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Praise the who?
Credit: Brad Gregg “I guess you’ve got to thank the Lord, right?” Blitzer asked. “Do you thank the Lord? For that split-second decision?” The woman hesitated briefly. “I … I’m actually an atheist,” she answered politely before both she and Blitzer broke into awkward, albeit wonderful, laughter. “But we are here,” the woman added, “and […]
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A tragedy on Twitter
Credit: Shannon Cornman @reedtimmerTVN: STRONG tornado potential again tomorrow (today, Monday afternoon) over much of central and eastern OK!Timmer is a meteorologist and storm chaser. @severestudios: LARGE, VIOLENT tornado moving into S OKC metro. MOORE AREA GET UNDERGROUND NOW! (3:07pm)Severe Studios break severe weather news in Tornado Alley. @dailythunder: This is just the worst.Young is […]
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Not business as usual
Warren Theatre credit: Marianne Bacharach The Orr Family Farm, a 106-acre site for children’s activities and agriculture education, sustained significant damage as well as the deaths of a number of horses. Some news reports initially put the figure at 100 horses, but Tony Vann, a spokesman for the farm, said most of those found dead […]
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SOUNDCHECK
NEWS It took only minutes after the May 20 tornado lifted for musicians across the state to volunteer their talents to Moore relief efforts. Here are a few benefit concerts on the horizon. Some of Oklahoma’s best and brightest — including JD McPherson pictured, Evangelicals, Taddy Porter, Beau Jennings & the Tigers, Parker Millsap, ADDverse […]
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CFN’s worst Considered tweet of the week
“This tornado is in Oklahoma, so clearly it has been ordered to only target conservatives.” —A May 20 tweet by Lizz Winstead, co-creator of TV’s The Daily Show. She apologized a short time later and said she hadn’t realized the magnitude of the disaster.
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MAPS for trauma
It was joy and grieving and defiance. I was screaming at Timothy McVeigh and for that baby carried by the firefighter as much as I was yelling for our young team that was making our city proud much sooner than expected. In OKC, it is all wrapped up together, the joy and pain. Now, unfortunately, […]