December 2022
Britney Spears’ massive pop songs to land on Broadway, again
AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A stage musical about woke princesses that uses hit songs by Britney Spears will land on Broadway this summer. “Once Upon a One More Time,” featuring Spears’ tunes, including “Oops!… I Did It Again,” “Lucky,” “Stronger” and “Toxic,” will start performances in May at the Marquis Theatre.
Elton John to play Glastonbury as epic tour draws to close
LONDON (AP) — Elton John is scheduled to perform at the Glastonbury Festival in June, in what organizers say will be his farewell show in Britain. The festival announced Friday that the star will play the 2023 festival’s final night on June 25.
Review: Will Smith-led ‘Emancipation’ is an action thriller
AP Film Writer It comes as some relief that Antoine Fuqua’s “Emancipation,” starring Will Smith as a runaway slave in Civil Warera Louisiana, is not, at least traditionally speaking, an Oscar movie.
Musk says Twitter has suspended rapper Ye over swastika post
Twitter has suspended rapper Ye after he tweeted a picture of a swastika merged with the Star of David. It is the second time this year that Ye has been suspended from the platform over antisemitic posts.
Waterfowl hunting season second half opened Saturday
The second half of Oklahoma’s hunting season for ducks, mergansers and coots opened Saturday, Dec. 3, in Zones 1 and 2, which include all of the state except for the Panhandle.
OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center part of global trial leading to new drug to treat uveal melanoma
OKLAHOMA CITY — OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center participated in clinical trials that led to the approval of a new drug to treat uveal melanoma, a rare but deadly cancer of the tissues of the eye. Oncologist Alexandra Ikeguchi, M.D., who led Stephenson’s participation in the trials, is an author on a recently published article in the journal Nature Medicine that details the remarkable findings of the phase II trial.
Ukraine says it shot down over 60 Russian missiles
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s air force said Monday it shot down more than 60 of about 70 missiles that Russia fired on in its latest barrage against Ukraine. It was the latest onslaught as part of Moscow’s new, stepped-up campaign that has largely targeted Ukrainian infrastructure and disrupted supplies of power, water and heat in the country as winter looms.
No OPEC+ oil shakeup as Russian price cap stirs uncertainty
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Saudi-led OPEC oil cartel and allied producers including Russia did not change their targets for shipping oil to the global economy amid uncertainty about the impact of new Western sanctions against Russia that could take significant amounts of oil off the market.