Taylor Lautner plays Jacob Black in “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.”

Over the weekend, the sequel “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” turned months of buzz into big box-office numbers, making $140.7 million domestically.

Since the film and “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” Week here at BAM’s Blog are proving so popular, I’m extending my daily coverage of “New Moon” for another week. Just call it “New Moon” Week: The Sequel.

In the second film based on Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling book series, the supernatural love triangle between human Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), vampire Edward Cullen (Robert…

Harold Dean “Jody” Taylor, who with Jude Northcutt formed the “Jude ’n’ Jody” country music duo, died Saturday at his home in Lexington, according to The Oklahoman Staff Reports. He was 74.

“Jude ’n’ Jody” began as a musical act in 1954, playing local music venues, dances and parties around central Oklahoma. The pair went on to own a furniture store in Oklahoma City, famous for its slogan “We Love Folks,” and had a long-running country and western TV show in the 1960s and ’70s.

“We started doing shows together, just out in places…

Oklahoma native and country music superstar Carrie Underwood performs at Sunday night’s 37th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles. (Associated Press photos)

The fan-voted 2009 American Music Awards took place Sunday night in Los Angeles, with the late Michael Jackson and country music starlet Taylor Swift emerging as the show’s big winners. The cross-genre show also featured more than a dozen performances, including ones from Carrie Underwood, Lady Gaga, Adam Lambert, Rihanna, Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson.

Here are some photos from the awards show:

Rascal Flatts, which includes Joe Don Rooney…

Rascal Flatts accepts the award for favorite country band, duo or group title during Sunday’s American Music Awards in Los Angeles. (Associated Press photos)

Michael Jackson won a record four posthumous awards at Sunday night’s American Music Awards, while country starlet Taylor Swift won five trophies, including the top award, entertainer of the year.

The 19-year-old country music star was named the year’s favorite artist, giving Jackson his only loss of the night, according to the Associated Press. She also was awarded favorite female pop/rock artist, favorite female country artists, favorite country album…

The vampire romance sequel “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” dominated the weekend box office, sucking in $140.7 million in its first three days, according to the Associated Press.

The second film based on Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling book  series also made $258.8 million worldwide, indicating the author’s saga isn’t just supernaturally popular in the United States. Overseas, “New Moon” debuted in 25 countries and sucked up $118.1 million.

The huge opening weekend for the Summit Entertainment release not only landed the sequel at No. 1 on the box-office charts, it also was more…

Oklahoma City alternative radio station “The Spy” goes back on air today, reports my colleague, Assistant Entertainment Editor George Lang.

Five years ago, 105.3 FM was replaced by a Spanish language station. Now Ferris O’Brien, the morning disc jockey on The Spy, has bought the station from Citadel Broadcasting and plans to return The Spy - complete with its deep-alternative format – to the airwaves today.

“I’ve been working on this at least since March — actually physically working on this deal,” he told George. “But in all actuality, this has been…

Ed Rooney: I don’t trust this kid any further than I can throw him.

Grace: Well with your bad knee Ed, you shouldn’t throw anybody. … It’s true.

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-BAM

For the Atlantic

Today’s featured event:

Hear For The Atlantic with Party Like Summer, Hold’em High and The Gunpowder at the Thanksgiving Throwdown at 6 tonight at The Conservatory, 8911 N Western.

Go the show dressed as a Indian or Pilgrim in support of Thanksgiving and get a $2 discount on tickets at the door.

For more information, go to www.conservatoryokc.com.

For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.

-BAM

Taylor Lautner plays Jacob Black in “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.”

LOS ANGELES – “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” Week continues today on BAM’s Blog, with the filmmakers and stars commenting on the frequent shirtless-young-man moments in the sequel.

Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner), Bella Swan’s (Kristen Stewart) werewolf BFF, and the rest of his pack spend most of the film shirtless. Vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) takes off his shirt to reveal himself to the sunlight in one of the film’s most dramatic moments. Even bad vamp Laurent (Edi Gathegi) shows up…

“Roman Fountain with Cattle and Figures,” by Nicholaes P. Berchem, from the exhibit “The Dutch Italianates”

Today’s featured event:

Take in hands-on art activities, face painting, live performances from the Oklahoma City Philharmonic and more at the Fall Family Festival celebrating the special exhibit “The Dutch Italianates” from noon to 4 p.m. today at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive.

For more information, call 236-3100 or go to www.okcmoa.com.

For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.

-BAM