From left, Lady Gaga, Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton sit together Sunday night at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

Several Oklahoma stars performed, presented or were nominated for awards during Sunday night’s 54th Annual Grammy Awards.

One of the most interesting offstage moments of the award show was the seating of country music power couple and Tishomingo residents next to pop star Lady Gaga, who was dressed in one of her usual outlandish outfits.

A caption contest featuring the photo posted above on Blake Shelton’s Facebook drew …

Whitney Houston (AP file)

As the sad news of Whitney Houston’s death Saturday in Beverly Hills, Calif., spread over the Internet, several musical talents with Oklahoma ties paid tribute to the former superstar on Twitter and Facebook:

Greyson Chance, Edmond-based singer/songwriter/pianist (on Twitter @GreysonChance):

RIP Whitney Houston. So devastating..she was a true performer. #Legend

Reba McEntire, superstar singer/actress who hails from Chockie (on Twitter @Reba):

Rest in peace, Whitney. (on Saturday)

I do think the Grammys tonight will be a wonderful way to celebrate Whitney’s career while paying …

Ryan Tedder (AP file)

UPDATED 10:48 p.m. Monday: Here are a couple more Grammy accomplishments by Oklahoma music stars, courtesy Oklahoma Rock Newsblog. 

British singer-songwriter Adele won six awards – sweeping the record, album and song of the year categories – while rockers the Foo Fighters earned five prizes when the Grammy Awards were handed out tonight in Los Angeles. To read my live blog, click here.

Best known as the frontman for pop band OneRepublic, Tulsa native Ryan Tedder shares in Adele’s album of the year win as one …

Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa (AP file)

7 p.m.: The 54th Annual Grammy Awards is getting off to an old-school star, with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band and a symphony orchestra performing The Boss’ new anthem “We Take Care of Our Own.” The performance has everyone in the star-studded crowd on their feet. As billed, it’s a very uplifting anthem on the outside but with lots of pointed social commentary on the inside, so it’s hard not to join the chorus comparing it to “Born in the U.S.A.” …

Blake Shelton (AP file)

Several music stars with Oklahoma ties will be part of “Music’s Biggest Night” when the 54th Annual Grammy Awards air live from Los Angeles from 7 to 10:30 tonight on CBS. Follow my live blog tonight right here on BAM’s Blog.

Here are the Oklahoma nominees and performers to root for tonight:

Ada native Blake Shelton is nominated for best country album for “Red River Blue” and best country solo performance for the album’s chart-topping first single “Honey Bee.” The Tishomingo resident’s No. 1 hit “God …

Thompson Square (AP file)

From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.

Oklahomans to compete for Grammy glory Sunday night
BAM: Country duo Thompson Square, which includes Miami, OK, native Keifer Thompson, are relishing their first chance to win one of the music industry’s most prestigious prizes.

Keifer and Shawna Thompson just couldn’t wrap their heads around the big news: The couple, who make country music under the moniker Thompson Square, had just become Grammy nominees.

“I’ll tell you what, “When we found that out, we just about lost our …

Reba McEntire (AP file)

On a recent tour stop, Oklahoma country music superstar Reba McEntire brought along a film crew to capture all the hits, the energy, the dazzling production that are a part of her amazing live shows. The result is “All the Women I Am,” a 90-minute concert special premiering at 9 p.m. Saturday, March 17, on Great American Country (GAC).

Shot at the Cajun Dome in Lafayette, La., the set list reads like a greatest hits and includes some of Reba’s signature tracks including “Is There Life …

The Beach Boys — Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks, who have not performed together live in more than two decades — will reunite on the Grammy stage and join with current Grammy Award nominees Foster The People and Maroon 5 for a special performance, CBS announced today.

Current nominees The Civil Wars, two-time Grammy winner Diana Krall, funk artist Maceo Parker and six-time Grammy winner Joe Walsh also have been added to the stellar lineup of performers for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards.

Two-time …

It’s official: Oklahoma-born and bred actress/singer Reba McEntire is back in the television business.

ABC last week ordered two comedy pilots Wednesday, one of them McEntire’s half-hour, multi-camera, according to TheWrap.com.

“Malibu Country” reunites McEntire with “Reba” executive producer Kevin Abbott, who is writing the project. McEntire’s popular eponymous sitcom aired from 2001-07 on The WB, which became The CW during the show’s run. “Reba” has remained very popular in reruns on Lifetime.

The “Malibu Country” pilot will star McEntire as a woman who divorces her rock-star husband after he …

Yes, Oklahoma-born and bred entertainment superstar Reba McEntire is still alive.

The Global Associated News issued a false report that McEntire, who hails from Chockie, had fallen more than 100 feet to her death from a mountain in Austria while filming a movie.

The following statement refuting the hoax was posted at Reba.com today:

Contrary to ludicrous reports, Reba has not passed away, nor was she even in Austria at the time of her alleged death. Global Associated News, who devised this latest celebrity hoax, is an entertainment site that …