With spring comes the excitement of celebrities, writers, Western musicians, directors, producers, actors and photographers who travel to Oklahoma City to accept the prestigious “Wrangler Award” at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum’s annual Western Heritage Awards.
This year’s award banquet will be at 5 p.m. today in the Sam Noble Special Events Center. Actor/director Lou Diamond Phillips and Wyatt McCrea, grandson of the late actor Joel McCrea, will co-host the gala. Celebrity presenters include Lynn Anderson, Bruce Boxleitner, …
It’s been a week of milestones for Thompson Square
On Sunday, Thompson Square – Miami, OK native Keifer Thompson and his wife Shawna – received their second straight vocal duo of the year title at the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.
Now, the couple is celebrating their Grammy-nominated breakout single “Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not” passing the 2 million digital sales mark.
“BIG DAY TODAY! “are you going to kiss me or not” crosses the 2 million mark. pretty dang cool. thanks y’all!!!” the couple wrote …
Reigning Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Vocal Duo of the Year Thompson Square, which consists of Miami, OK, native Keifer Thompson and his wife Shawna, recently performed in disguise at the Chelsea Market in New York to raise money for a good cause.
The performance was part of CBS.com’s Tip Cup, a surprise music performance series capturing famous artists playing undercover in unexpected locations on a mission for good to support MusiCares. Artists in disguise play for tips, which Motorola multiplies to $10,000 for helping MusiCares provide …
Dierks Bentley performs at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Friday, March 8, 2013. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, For The Oklahoman
A version of this story appears in Wednesday’s Life section of The Oklahoman.
Dierks Bentley playing the 48th Annual ACM Awards prior to April 13 Tulsa concert Bentley, who will perform as part of the ACM Fan Jam during Sunday’s awards show, will bring his “Locked & Reloaded” co-headlining tour with Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert to the BOK Center next week.
Before Dierks Bentley brings his co-headlining tour …
A version of this story appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
Dierks Bentley and Miranda Lambert are ‘Locked & Reloaded’ The country music superstars are bringing their co-headlining tour to Oklahoma City and Tulsa this spring.
When Dierks Bentley pulled the trigger on his “Locked & Loaded Tour” back in 2006, the country music star had a trailblazing newcomer from Texas warming up the crowds for him.
Her name was Miranda Lambert, she was touring in support of her debut album “Kerosene,” and she wasn’t …
Miranda Lambert performs at the 55th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP photos)
Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert and her tourmate Dierks Bentley represented country music during Sunday night’s 55th Annual Grammy Awards with a special performance of two of their heartfelt songs: “Over You,” the heartbreaking ballad Lambert wrote with husband Blake Shelton, and his patriotic anthem “Home.”
After you check out these Associated Press photos, you can click here to see a video of the performance. To read my live blog of the …
Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert and fellow country music superstar Dierks Bentley have added a second Oklahoma show to their 2013 “Locked & Reloaded Tour.”
The co-headlining trek now will include a Saturday, April 13 concert at Tulsa’s BOK Center, the venue announced today. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. next Friday, Feb. 15 and will be available online at www.bokcenter.com, Arby’s Box Office, all Tickets.com outlets, or by phone at (866) 7-BOKCTR.
Tulsa tickets are priced at $27, $51.75 and $51.75.
A version of this review appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. 4 of 4 stars. To read my review of the Oscar-nominated live-action short films, click here.
Movie review: Oscar-nominated animated short films All five nominees in this year’s race tell their tales without words — and none are needed to make them compelling cinema.
Once again, silence is golden among the Oscar-nominated animated short films.
After four of the five contenders on last year’s slate were dialogue-free affairs, all five nominees in this …
A version of this review appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. 3 1/2 of 4 stars. To read my review of the Oscar-nominated animated short films, click here.
Movie review: Oscar-nominated live-action short films Uniformly brilliant but stylistically diverse, the contenders are capable of transporting viewers into all sorts of new and unfamiliar places, whether real and imagined.
Over the past few years, the short film contests have become my favorite Academy Award races.
While the contenders tend to be uniformly brilliant …
Aspiring artist Inocente, 15, of San Diego, Calif., is the subject of the Oscar-nominated short documentary “Inocente.”
A version of this review will appear in Wednesday’s Life section of The Oklahoman. 4 of 4 stars.
Movie review: Oscar-nominated short documentaries Despite their brief runtimes — each one clocks in at 40 minutes or less — the films earn their Academy Award honors by powerfully pairing real faces and true stories with weighty social issues.
This year’s Oscar-nominated short documentaries serve up potent slices of life that can be a little …
Reigning Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Vocal Duo of the Year Thompson Square, which consists of Miami, OK, native Keifer Thompson and his wife Shawna, recently performed in disguise at the Chelsea Market in New York to raise money for a good cause.
