The Norman Transcript - Entertainment

Singing and dancing through the golden years
By Nanette Light
entertainment editor
Joan Colee's garage is fighting a losing battle against a growing stash of dress up clothes.
Wigs, dresses and a heavy fur coat, which she admits no one will ever wear, litter the newly proclaimed dumping grounds for the flashy clothing.
Now playing at Robinson Crossing 6
'Talk to Me' is more than a bio-pic
By Mary Anne Hempe
pop writer
When it comes to glass ceilings, it appears the one covering the Academy Award for best director is bulletproof.
Over the last 82 years, only three female directors (Lina Wertmuller, Jane Campion and Sofia Coppola) have been nominated for Oscars, and all of them lost.
Films playing at Warren Theatre
NEW RELEASES
· The Men Who Stare at Goats: A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's First Earth Battalion, a unit that employs paranormal powers in its missions.
Story time hits the road
By Gary Kramer
special to pop
Cleveland Area Rapid Transit and the Norman Public Library will turn wheels and pages with Story Time on the Bus Saturday.
The story time, designed for children 2 to 5 years old, is part of a growing partnership between the bus system and the library to be held the first Saturday of the month.
Auditions set for Sunday
pop staff
The Sooner Theatre announces auditions for "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," a collaborative production between The Sooner Theatre and OU's Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre.
Singing and dancing through the golden years
By Nanette Light
entertainment editor
Joan Colee's garage is fighting a losing battle against a growing stash of dress up clothes.
Wigs, dresses and a heavy fur coat, which she admits no one will ever wear, litter the newly proclaimed dumping grounds for the flashy clothing.
Second Sunday Poetry Reading set
By Debra Levy Martinelli
special to pop
Architect, poet and painter Arn Henderson will be the featured poet at The Performing Arts Studio's Second Sunday Poetry Reading scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at Santa Fe Depot, 200 S.
Now playing at Robinson Crossing 6
Little can save Robert Earl Keen's 'The Rose Hotel'
By Andrew W. Griffin
pop writer

Robert Earl Keen
The Rose Hotel
Lost Highway (2009)

After waiting four years to hear Robert Earl Keen's new studio album, "The Rose Hotel," it's a disappointing listen.
Sooner Theatre's 'Peter Pan' tickets on sale
pop staff
The Sooner Theatre announced recently that "Peter Pan" will open the day after Thanksgiving.
First produced on Broadway with Mary Martin and Cyril Richard, the story of "Peter Pan" has endured many decades.
'Nothing but the Truth:' Honestly good
By Kelsey Martyn-Farewell
pop writer
"Nothing but the Truth" is a political drama loosely inspired by the real life leak of Valerie Plame Wilson's CIA operative status by journalist Judy Miller.
The film follows Rachel Armstrong, a Washington, D.
Los Lobos howl in Sooner Theatre
By Doug Hill
pop writer
In our listening collection, Los Lobos is one of the few bands with albums on vinyl, cassette and CD. Writing this I'm listening to their newest release, "Los Lobos Goes Disney" on Media Player.
Films playing at Hollywood Spotlight 14
NEW RELEASES
· The Box: A small wooden box arrives on the doorstep of a married couple, who knows that opening it will grant them a million dollars and kill someone they don't know. PG-13
· Disney's A Christmas Carol: An animated retelling of Charles Dickens classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption.
'Talk to Me' is more than a bio-pic
By Mary Anne Hempe
pop writer
When it comes to glass ceilings, it appears the one covering the Academy Award for best director is bulletproof.
Over the last 82 years, only three female directors (Lina Wertmuller, Jane Campion and Sofia Coppola) have been nominated for Oscars, and all of them lost.
TNT Movie Geeks - Halloween and Halloween 2
For the last of their 13 Reviews of Halloween, the Geeks review the John Carpenter classics "Halloween" and "Halloween 2"
TNT Movie Geeks - Scream
The Geeks do the 12th of their 13 Reviews of Halloween on Wes Craven’s funny and terrifying "Scream."
Dancing from Russia to Oklahoma
By Nanette Light
entertainment editor
In Russia, patrons pack a theater for the ballet like it's the Superbowl.
"Instead of going to a football game, people go to the ballet," said Peter Zhmutski, originally from the former Soviet Union, who opened with his wife, Yulia, a professional ballerina, Julia's Academy of International Dance, 315 W.
Take two with Tracy Lawrence at Riverwind Casino
By Andrew W. Griffin
pop writer
Back in August, country music singer Tracy Lawrence was scheduled to play at Riverwind Casino, but he suddenly became sick.
"For five or six weeks, I was pretty sick," Lawrence told pop in a phone interview from his home in Mt.

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