Entertainment podcast: July 4 and other events

Entertainment Stories

• Cannes-winning director goes for emotion in 'Lola' March 21, 2010
  HONG KONG (AP) — Philippine director Brillante Mendoza says he hopes his new movie about two grandmothers will resonate with a broader audience than his dark Cannes-winning crime thriller "Kinatay.Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• Oklahoma auditioners seek ‘Loser’ spot March 21, 2010
  Penny Holbrook has Type 2 diabetes, her two brothers have it, and her mother has it. She wants kids of her own, but said she figures that "I won’t live that long.”The 40-year-old woman from Meeker came to Bricktown on Saturday, along with about 400 other people looking for a way out, a way to a healthier life, a way onto "The Biggest Loser,” a real […]
• OCU piano chairman has world experience March 21, 2010
  Sergio Monteiro, the newly installed chairman of the piano department at Oklahoma City University, believes an artist has an obligation to spread the word about composers with whom he feels a particular kinship.Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• Book Review: ‘Girl Who Chased Moon’ is magical March 21, 2010
  "The Girl Who Chased the Moon” by Sarah Addison Allen (Bantam, $25) is a sweet love story that’s sprinkled with a little bit of magic. When her mother dies, Emily Benedict, 17, is sent to live with her grandfather in Mullaby, N.C. Her mother had never told her about her grandfather, who is more than 8 feet tall and known as The Gentle Giant of Mullaby.S […]
• ‘Jackie’ and ‘Tara’ return to Showtime for second season March 21, 2010
  Sometimes too much of a good thing is wonderful. That’s certainly the case on Showtime starting Monday, as the dazzling double bill of "Nurse Jackie” and "United States of Tara” returns with new episodes.Two more entries in TV’s current bumper crop of shows built around strong, complex and mature women, both of these cable series feature actresses […]