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From Tuesday’s Life section of The Oklahoman. To see the Red Bull Roots mini-documentary on red dirt music, click here. Red dirt roots Red Bull mini-documentary goes down on The Farm near Stillwater to chronicle the uniquely Oklahoma music scene known as red dirt.

Oklahoma native and three-time Tony nominee Kelli O’Hara has released her sophomore album, “Always.” The album, which features mostly classic show tunes and standards, is the follow-up to the Oklahoma City University graduate’s 2008 solo debut “Wonder in the World.” According to...

Plenty of film fans were ready for more cinematic overindulgence over the Memorial Day weekend: “The Hangover Part II” binged at the box office with a $103.4 million haul over the four-day holiday weekend. The sequel to the 2009 Las Vegas-set blockbuster set a new revenue record for a comedy...

A version of this story will appear in Wednesday’s The Oklahoman. Toby Keith’s spring charity event raises $650,000 For the second year, proceeds from the Toby Keith & Friends Golf Classic have been earmarked for the planned OK Kids Korral, which will provide housing for pediatric...

From Tuesday’s Life section of The Oklahoman. Songwriter pens musical tribute to beloved Cherokee ancestor Grammy-nominated Oklahoma-born songwriter Becky Hobbs penned the musical “Nanyehi — Beloved Woman of the Cherokee” based on the life of her renowned ancestor. TULSA —...

NBC is giving the second season of “The Voice” a super lead-in. The peacock network will air the reality TV singing contest – which in its inaugural season features Oklahoma country music star Blake Shelton, hip-hop standout Cee Lo Green, Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine and pop diva...

WOMEN BEHIND BARS Official Trailer from WOMEN BEHIND BARS on Vimeo. Today’s featured event: NORMAN – Hear two female documentary filmmakers will share their experiences relating stories of two very different topics at the “A CAN Evening with Amina and Stefanie,” sponsored by...

Caution: This blog post recaps tonight’s “The Voice” Round 4 Battles, so if you don’t want to know what happened, don’t read any more. Here be spoilers: What is it with Blake Shelton and shy girls? The Oklahoma country star shows not the slightest shades of shyness, his new wife...

The final of the four Battle Round episodes air tonight on the hit reality TV show "The Voice," which airs at 9 tonight on NBC (KFOR-4 in Oklahoma City, where it looks like, thankfully, it won't be preempted by tornado coverage this week).

Last month, a few dozen red dirt songwriter/performers converged in Stillwater for the filming of a mini-documentary about red dirt music, the uniquely Oklahoma genre that mixes rock, country, folk and more. The reunion, dubbed the Red Bull Gypsy Cafe, started out one evening at The Farm, the...

From Monday’s Life section of The Oklahoman. To see my preview story of the event, click here. 2011 Charlie Christian International Music Festival schedule The 26th annual Charlie Christian International Music Festival, organized by the Black Liberated Arts Center (BLAC) Inc., bring live...

From Monday’s Life section of The Oklahoman. To see the Charlie Christian International Music Festival schedule, click here. Charlie Christian Festival spotlight’s guitarist’s musical legacy Kevin Eubanks, “Amazing Children,” a stamp unveiling and plenty of live music will be part of...

A catchy quote from a movie, TV show or other source to brighten the beginning of your week: Gang Boss: I see you like to chew. Then perhaps you should chew… on my fist! Po: The warrior said nothing, for his mouth was full.

Today’s featured event: Take in more than 80 artists and their wares, live music, festival foods, children’s activities and more on the final day of the 35th Annual  Paseo Arts Festival in the Paseo Arts District, from NW 30 and Dewey Avenue to NW 28 and Walker Avenue.

Today’s featured event: PRYOR – Hear Motley Crue, Poison, Black Label Society and many other modern rock and ’80s hair bands on the final day of Rocklahoma. Music begins at noon=at the “Catch the Fever” Festival Grounds in Pryor. “We’re the originator,” Poison frontman Bret...

Oklahoma native Kristin Chenoweth has performed for two extremely influential women this week. Chenoweth, who hails from Broken Arrow, appeared Tuesday on the multi-part finale of “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” The Broadway star surprised the talk-show maven by performing “For Good” from...

The three-day Memorial Day weekend is finally here! Stillwater-based art-rockers Colourmusic are spending the holiday gigging at the Dot to Dot Festival in the U.K. But they left us with a little gift before they left, the music video for “Beard,” from the band’s new album “My ____ Is...

Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson has confirmed on Facebook that British heartthrob Orlando Bloom will reprise his breakthrough “Lord of the Rings” role in the prequel “The Hobbit”: Ten years ago, Orlando Bloom created an iconic character with his portrayal of Legolas.

Today’s featured event: Celebrate the release of the Pretty Black Chains’ new CD with a potluck cookout and live music from The Non, The Burning Hotels, Chrome Pony and more at 4 p.m. today at Warpaint Clothing, 1710 NW 16. Information: 602-1581 or www.warpaintstore.com.

From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. “Gnomeo & Juliet” Blu-ray+DVD combo pack Disney takes the tragic sting out of Shakespeare and significantly boosts the cuteness and kitschy quotients of a literary classic with “Gnomeo & Juliet.” A quirky riff on...