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Rascal Flatts' "Ellen DeGeneres Show" performance to air Thursday March 31, 2010 | Comment on this article

Rascal Flatts (Associated Press file photo) Country band Rascal Flatts, which includes Joe Don Rooney of Picher, last weekend took a trip to Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla., to tape an appearance on the “Ellen DeGeneres Show.” The appearances is set to air Thursday, according to RascalFlatts.com. Read More

Gloriana singer Rachel Reinert gives her view of Taylor Swift's singing

March 31, 2010 Taylor Swift poses for a photo at the 2010 Grammy Awards. (Associated Press file photo) A version of this story appears in Wednesday’s Life section of The Oklahoman. Gloriana vocalist gives her view of Taylor Swift’s singing Despite boffo album sales and sold-out shows, superstar Taylor Swift has earned... Read More

Movie review: "The Last Song"

March 31, 2010 From Wednesday’s Life section of The Oklahoman. 2 1/2 of 4 stars. ‘Last Song’ serves as Hannah Montana’s weepy swan song Teen star Miley Cyrus takes a sizeable but savvy step away from her “Hannah Montana” persona with “The Last Song,” an effective if overstuffed weepy from best-selling novelist... Read More

New releases for March 30, 2010: "Sherlock Holmes," Alan Jackson, and a chance to win Usher's new CD

March 30, 2010 Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law’s entertaining and action-packed cinematic take on “Sherlock Holmes” is new to DVD today, along with the Oscar-nominated film “An Education.” Among the new CDs this week are hip-hop star Usher’s “Raymond v. Raymond,” country stalwart Alan Jackson’s “Freight... Read More

Reba McEntire appointed to American Red Cross national celebrity cabinet

March 30, 2010 Reba McEntire (Associated Press photo) Oklahoma native Reba McEntire and fellow country music star Wynonna are among eight new members appointed to the American Red Cross’ 2010 national celebrity cabinet, reports CMT.com. Other new additions to the celebrity cabinet include actress Alyssa Milano, actors Penn... Read More

Final episodes of "Saving Grace" begin airing tonight on TNT

March 29, 2010 The final nine episodes of the TNT drama “Saving Grace” begin airing at 9 tonight on the cable channel. In the series, Oscar winner Holly Hunter (“The Piano”) plays a hard-living Oklahoma City cop regularly visited by an unconventional angel named Earl (Leon Rippy). Read More

Holly Hunter loves her "Saving Grace" experience; final season starts tonight

March 29, 2010 With the fourth and final season of “Saving Grace” beginning tonight, star Holly Hunter says she has loved her experience on the spiritual/cop drama. The final, nine-episode season of “Saving Grace” starts at 9 tonight on TNT. Hunter told The Oklahoman’s TV Editor Penny Soldan that she still adores... Read More

Friday Featured Track for March 26, 2010: All-American Rejects March 26, 2010 The song that has been on my brain the most this week: - “Swing, Swing,” All-American Rejects, from the Stillwater band’s 2003 self-titled debut album. This super-catchy pop hit tends to get stuck in my head whenever I hear it. The Rejects performed “Swing, Swing” and “Gives You Hell” Monday night... Read More

Blake Shelton talks "Austin," "Ol' Red" and painting Mae Boren Axton's house

March 25, 2010 In a two-part interview with CMT.com, Oklahoma country music star Blake Shelton talks about his early hits “Austin” and “Ol’ Red,” the reason he’s never released a greatest hits album and the songs on his new album “Hillbilly Bone.” He also chats about why Trace Adkins, his duet partner on his No. Read More

Holly Hunter talks the final season of "Saving Grace," starting Monday on TNT

March 25, 2010 For the past three years, Oscar winner Holly Hunter (“The Piano”) has played a hard-living Oklahoma City cop regularly visited by an unconventional angel named Earl (Leon Rippy) in the TNT drama series “Saving Grace.” Hunter’s performance as Detective Grace Hanadarko has earned her two Emmy nominations... Read More

Online fan voting opens to pick Brooks & Dunn's final song to perform for final ACM Awards as a duo

March 24, 2010 Brooks & Dunn (Associated Press file photo) Brooks & Dunn, the best-selling duo in the history of country music, will perform one of their hit songs as voted on by their fans on next month’s 45th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Read More

RIP Robert Culp

March 24, 2010 Robert Culp and Bill Cosby starred in the groundbreaking TV series “I Spy.” Culp, pictured below in an Associated Press file photo, died today at age 79. Robert Culp, the actor who teamed with Bill Cosby in the racially groundbreaking TV series “I Spy,” died today after collapsing outside his Hollywood... Read More

Carrie Underwood, Brooks & Dunn, Blake Shelton, Reba McEntire among first performers announced for April 18 ACM Awards

March 23, 2010 Reba McEntire (Associated Press file photo) Several Oklahoma stars are among the first group of performers announced today for the 45th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Host Reba McEntire, who grew up in Chockie; Brooks & Dunn, which includes former Tulsan Ronnie Dunn; and Carrie Underwood, who was... Read More

New releases for March 23, 2010: "The Blind Side," She & Him, Joe Bonamassa

March 23, 2010 In this week’s new releases, the fact-based blockbuster sports drama “The Blind Side,” which won Sandra Bullock the best actress Oscar, is new on DVD. Other great movie options new in stores this week are Wes Anderson’s terrific Oscar-nominated animated film “Fantastic Mr. Read More

RIP Fess Parker

March 18, 2010 Actor Fess Parker, who in the 1950s launched a craze for coonskin caps as television’s Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85. Parker, who was also TV’s Daniel Boone and later a major California winemaker and developer, died at his Santa Ynez Valley home, according to the Associated Press. Read More

Carrie Underwood talks new tour, secret wedding date and acting experiences in Country Weekly

March 18, 2010 Country music superstar Carrie Underwood talks about her new “Play On Tour,” her secret wedding date and her acting experiences in the March 22 issue of Country Weekly magazine, on sale now. The Checotah native is featured on the magazine’s cover in a story titled “Holding Nothing Back.” Underwood... Read More

RIP Peter Graves

March 15, 2010 Peter Graves (Associated Press file photo) Peter Graves, who starred in both the TV series “Mission: Impossible” and satirical “Airplane!” films, has died, the Associated Press is reporting. Graves passed away Sunday just a few days before his 84th birthday outside his home in Los Angeles. Graves... Read More

Poison rocker Bret Michaels to compete on "Celebrity Apprentice," playing Ardmore concert and party in April

March 12, 2010 Rocker Bret Michaels is one of 14 competitors on the new season of “The Celebrity Apprentice,” premiering at 8 p.m. Sunday on NBC. (NBC photo) From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. Look for more of my interview with Bret Michaels before his April 9 show in Ardmore. Read More

Tickets on sale this morning for Conan O'Brien's May 15 Tulsa show

March 11, 2010 Conan O’Brien (Associated Press photo) Former “Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien is bringing his comedy and music tour to Tulsa’s Brady Theater at 8 p.m. May 15. In a surprise announcement, tickets went on sale at 9 a.m. today for O’Brien’s “The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television... Read More

Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson added to Brooks & Dunn concert special

March 11, 2010 Brooks & Dunn (Associated Press file photo) Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert, “American Idol” contender Jennifer Hudson, Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum, Brad Paisley, George Strait, Taylor Swift and Sugarland have been added as performers to “ACM Presents: Brooks & Dunn – The Last Rodeo,” an... Read More

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