Gene Triplett's Best movies of 2008: Variety, entertainment highlight picks Thu, Jan 1, 2009 | Add a comment Along with an ever-deepening addiction to heavily buttered popcorn, the film biz offered me quite a few healthy doses of potent motion picture pleasure in 2008, and here are 10 I would recommend...

Two bands on list have Oklahoma ties Thu, Dec 25, 2008 | Add a comment Two bands with Oklahoma ties made the cut in my Top 10 coolest albums of 2008 considerations, and neither one has an alley named after it in Bricktown. Move over, Flaming Lips, and make room for...

Entertainment Gift Guide Part 3: Goodies to stuff those stockings Thu, Dec 18, 2008 | Add a comment If the first two installments of our home entertainment gift guide didn’t quite fill your stocking needs, here’s a third and final shopping list for all you 11th-hour Santas. Movies on...

All-American Rejects’ new CD tried to get USA’s pulse Thu, Dec 18, 2008 | Add a comment Unlike the cities and towns of their old stomping grounds, there are not Sonic Drive-Ins on every other street corner of the world, but The All-American Rejects had managed to find one in Las Vegas...

More DVD, CD releases for your viewing, listening pleasure Fri, Dec 12, 2008 | Add a comment Welcome, holiday shoppers, to Part 2 of our gift guide to the coolest movies, TV shows and music available on DVD, CD and even good old-fashioned LP vinyl this holiday season. Films on DVDWhat...

Batman, gift set discs nab the holiday spotlight Thu, Dec 4, 2008 | Add a comment Things round and shiny make for great giving this holiday season to all the movie buffs, channel surfers and music lovers on that shopping list who’ve been nice more often than naughty this...

All-American Rejects ‘Move Along’ to be creative Thu, Nov 27, 2008 | Comments 1 The All-American Rejects are a multiplatinum selling band now, with little time for anything but playing, which in their world translates to work as their third album is readied for international...

Nada Surf bringing alt-pop music to Bricktown Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment Matthew Caws thinks he sings about himself too much. The voice, songwriter and guitarist of Brooklyn-based alt-pop trio Nada Surf wishes he could be more like his good friend and label-mate at...

Keys inspired by White’s work for Bond film Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Add a comment TORONTO — Singer/actress Alicia Keys stayed up late with Jack White of the White Stripes to shoot the video for "Another Way to Die,” the theme song for the James Bond thriller...

Hinder gains new forum: Comic book Mon, Nov 10, 2008 | Add a comment You know you’ve arrived at the top of the rock ’n’ roll heap when they put out a comic book about you. Having become in three short years one of the most storied, platinum-selling...

Hinder hawks some X-rated heat with latest CD Thu, Nov 6, 2008 | Add a comment Oklahoma City’s own hellions of the hard rock highway are still living up to their power-partying image and loving every minute of it if the rollicking and sexually charged lead single from...

Golden smog (shows) expected to pollute air Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Add a comment What began one night in 1989 as a boozy barroom spoof initiated by members from two of Minneapolis’ biggest alt-pop bands has long since become one of the best-loved supergroups to emerge...

Alanis Attitude: Grammy winner Morissette to sing at Tulsa's Brady Theater Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Add a comment Alanis Morissette seems to do her best work when she’s brokenhearted and angry, and she’s collaborating with a crafty co-writer who can help her harness her hurt. It worked for her in...

Musicians still rocking to help ailing drummer Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | Add a comment Old home week has lasted all year long for the musicians who used to rock the house at the sock-hops, proms, clubs, poolside parties and National Guard armories of Oklahoma City back in the...

"Secret Life of Bees" star talks about her acting and singing careers Fri, Oct 17, 2008 | Add a comment TORONTO — Alicia Keys was multitasking in Toronto with a long day of interviews, personal appearances and a performance ahead of her, but she didn’t seem the worse for wear quite yet on...

Roy Orbison was one of a kind Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Comments 2 His multi-octave voice could soar to angelic altitudes, while the power of his delivery often plumbed depths of human emotion no other singer in rock could hope to reach — or even dare to...