Juno Temple in "Dirty Girl"

“Dirty Girl,” writer-director Abe Sylvia’s ’80s era indie drama partially set in Norman, is out on DVD today, along with George Clooney’s political drama “The Ides of March,” the faith-based film “Courageous” and “Twilight” heartthrob Taylor Lautner’s actioner “Abduction.”

In “Dirty Girl,” Danielle is labeled the ” dirty girl of Norman High” in 1987, and when she gets banished to special ed, she meets a shy, friendless, closeted gay boy. California, here they come, with the mismatched misfits played by Juno Temple and Jeremy Dozier …

The story I’m about to tell you is true. I promise. No matter how unbelievable it seems, this is happening:

A cinephile by the name of Benjamin Solovey is working on a high-definition restoration of the cult horror anti-classic “Manos: The Hands of Fate” for a future Blu-ray release.

Solovey has come by the original Ektachrome camera master of “Manos,” a low-budget horror film produced in 1966 by a small cast and crew in El Paso, Texas, and he wants to give film fans a chance to view a clearer, …

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From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.

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Mike McClure “Fifty Billion” (598 Recordings)

Prolific red dirt pioneer Mike McClure tinkers with numerous musical styles and moods on his latest solo album, “Fifty Billion.”

The sinewy 10-track effort marks the Ada musician’s first release on his new 598 Recordings, which he founded with business partner C.P. Sparkman. Along with starting the record label, working with fellow Oklahoma musicians The Damn Quails and Tom Skinner on their new albums and reuniting with his seminal red …

The giant from "Jack the Giant Killer" will get the teasing he so richly deserves Aug. 17 during "RiffTrax Live: Jack the Giant Killer."

Former MST3K riffers Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett will return to theaters later this month when NCM Fathom and RiffTrax present “RiffTrax Live: Jack the Giant Killer” in theaters for one night at 7 p.m. Central Wednesday, August 17.

The comedians from the cult classic TV series (and BAM’s Blog favorite) “Mystery Science Theater 3000″ will take the stage in Nashville, Tenn., to …

Ryan was in town not only to visit family and friends but also to help raise money for the Children’s Hospital Foundation, an affiliate of Children’s Miracle Network. He made a special appearance last Friday at Cuppies and Joes, where the shop was selling cupcakes …

Rifftrax stars Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett will celebrate Halloween with a live riffing event airing in theaters nationwide tonight. NCM Fathom and the stars of the late, great series “Mystery Science Theater 3000″ invite snarky fans of bad movies across the country to a haunted house party that will feature hilarious riffing on the horror classic “House on Haunted Hill.” Not only will the Rifftrax trio treat this Vincent Price classic to their signature brand of rapid-fire comedy, comedian Paul F. Tompkins also will join the …

Today’s featured event:

TULSA—Watermelon Slim plays with Dustin Pittsley at the Flytrap Music Hall, 514 E. 2nd Street, Tulsa, OK, tonight at 7 pm.  Tickets are $15. 

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

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

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Today’s featured event:

The folks at Rifftrax have scheduled another live event that will be broadcast tonight into a theater near you.  In case you don’t know, Rifftrax is an online endeavor of former Mystery Science Theater 3000 stars Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett, and Kevin Murphy, in which they provide humorous commentary tracks to all sorts of movies.  (Their track for the recent Indiana Jones sequel, in particular, is not to be missed.) 

Occasionally, the boys like to riff a movie live and have it broadcast to theaters across the country.  In this …

On Thursday, the movie-watching wisecrackers behind Rifftrax will bring their mocking to theatergoers live, as part of the Fathom Events presentation of the unintentionally hilarious 1930s cult classic “Reefer Madness.”

Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett, formerly of “Mystery Science Theater 3000,” will present live humorous commentary with the film as it is presented across the country. This is the third nationwide live theater event for the Rifftrax crew.

The film will be shown at AMC Quail Springs 24, 2501 W Memorial Road in Oklahoma City; Tinseltown USA, …

In conjunction with her upcoming film, Country Strong, in which she plays a country singer,  Gwyneth Paltrow has released a song of the same name as a country single.  Vince Gill and Patty Griffin sing backup on the song, and Tim McGraw co-stars in the film, so there’s plenty of country power surrounding both the song and the film.

For more on this story and other country news, go to www.cmt.com/news.

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