WHAT'S HAPPENING : TELEVISION.Maximum drama: This jailhouse rocks. Returning for its second season on Saturday, HBO's seminal prison drama ``Oz'' is fabulously gripping and undeniably graphic, too. When we left ``Oz'' last season, a riot decimated the special Emerald City experimental unit of Oswald Maximum Security Prison, or Oz. Inmates died and Tim McManus (Terry Kinney), head of Em City, was wounded. On Saturday's explicit season-opener titled ``The Tip,'' McManus recovers and special investigator Alvah Case (Charles Dutton) probes the riot's causes and the death of much-loathed prisoner Scott Ross. This is the easy side of Oz (10:15 p.m. Saturday on HB0; moves to regular 10 p.m. Monday time slot on July 13). There's also frank sexual brutality, McManus' strangely warped idealism and ongoing gang wars. It's all normal ``Oz'' fare, written and acted with incisive intelligence, flying faster than spray-painted graffiti. A daring series, yes - the perfect mature-themed fix for your summer rerun re·run n. The act or an instance of rebroadcasting a recorded movie or a recorded television performance. tr.v. re·ran , re·run, re·run·ning, re·runs To present a rerun of. blues. - Kinney Littlefield Orange County Register film Elmore's world: Since there are no new movies making their way into multiplexes today, audiences will have to pick among the holdovers this weekend. You could go see ``Armageddon,'' which opened on Wednesday. And you could douse douse 1 also dowse v. doused also dowsed, dous·ing also dows·ing, dous·es also dows·es v.tr. 1. To plunge into liquid; immerse. See Synonyms at dip. 2. yourself with lighter fluid and get an early start on those Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to , too. We recommend neither as a course of action to take. Instead, how about celebrating our nation's birthday by seeing a movie that honors one of our treasures, writer Elmore Leonard? ``Out of Sight'' nicely captures the funny, funky misfits that Leonard writes so well and puts them in an enjoyably engaging movie. George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez sizzle siz·zle intr.v. siz·zled, siz·zling, siz·zles 1. To make the hissing sound characteristic of frying fat. 2. To seethe with anger or indignation. 3. as a couple on opposite sides of the law who find each other irresistible. The movie is full of twists, turns and surprises, not to mention great dialogue and sharply drawn characters. Best of all? When the characters look up into the sky at night, all they see are stars. There's not one earth-obliterating meteor in sight. - Glenn Whipp art `Culture y Cultura': One hundred fifty years ago, 100,000 Mexican citizens became Americans virtually overnight when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is the peace treaty, largely dictated by the United States[1][2] to the interim government of a militarily occupied Mexico, that ended the Mexican-American War (1846–1848). ended the U.S. war with Mexico. But a culture war - a struggle over the new citizens' souls - had just begin. This summer, the Autry Museum of Western Heritage traces that journey of assimilation and resistance in the exhibition ``Culture y Cultura: How the U.S.-Mexican War Shaped the West.'' Running through Sept. 7, it's the only U.S. museum show to commemorate the war and its impact, using a wide array of objects including clothing, historical paintings and family artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. . Co-curated by Christine Ochoa of Self-Help Graphics in Los Angeles, the bilingual exhibition is the first in a series of Autry Museum presentations marking the 150th anniversary of California statehood. The museum is located in Griffith Park at 4700 Western Heritage Way, adjacent to the Los Angeles Zoo The Los Angeles Zoo founded in 1966, is a large zoo located in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Zoo, located in Los Angeles' Griffith Park, is home to 1,200 animals from around the world. , where the 5 and 134 freeways meet. It's open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily except Monday. For more information, call (213) 667-2000. - Reed Johnson music Good vibes:It's all about the vibes, man. At least that's what Roy Ayers might say. Vibes king Ayers contributed to some high-profile albums with Herbie Mann before turning to the r&b and funk that would keep his music popular in the '90s. In fact, many of the cuts found on a recent two-disc Ayers anthology of '70s material have been sampled by some of today's hottest hip-hop producers. Tracks such as ``Running Away,'' ``Don't Stop the Feeling'' and ``Freaky freak·y adj. freak·i·er, freak·i·est 1. Strange or unusual; freakish. 2. Slang Frightening. freak Deaky'' have surfaced in the grooves of hits by Gang Starr's Guru, A Tribe Called Quest A Tribe Called Quest is a critically acclaimed and highly-influential American hip-hop group, formed in 1988. The group is composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip (Kamal Fareed), rapper Phife Dawg (Malik Taylor), and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. , Brand Nubians, the Roots and Mary J. Blige. Ayers appears Saturday at the House of Blues House of Blues (HOB) is a chain of music halls and restaurants founded in 1992 by Hard Rock Cafe founder Isaac Tigrett and his friend and investor Dan Aykroyd. It is a home for live music and southern-inspired cuisine, whose clubs celebrate African-American culture, specifically in West Hollywood in support of his current album, ``Spoken Word.'' Inspired by legendary vibes player Lionel Hampton, the Los Angeles-born Ayers was still a teen when he landed gigs with Teddy Edwards, Jack Wilson and Chico Hamilton. In 1970, he started his eclectic fusion band Ubiquity with help from George Benson and Dee Dee Bridgewater Dee Dee Bridgewater (b. May 27, 1950) is an American Jazz singer. She is a two-time Grammy Award Winner, Tony Award Winner and Host of NPR's Syndicated Radio show "JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater". She is a United Nations Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). . A decade later, he toured Africa, performing with Nigerian Afro-beat king Fela Anikulapo-Kuti The House of Blues is at 8430 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. Show time is 9 p.m. and tickets are $15. Information: (213) 848-5100. - Fred Shuster CAPTION(S): 3 Photos Photo: (1) ``Campesino cam·pe·si·no n. pl. cam·pe·si·nos A farmer or farm worker in a Latin-American country. [Spanish, from campo, field, from Latin campus.] ,'' an oil painting by Daniel DeSiga, is part of the exhibition ``Culture y Cultura: How the U.S.-Mexican War Shaped the West,'' at the Autry Museum of Western Heritage. (2) Vibes player Roy Ayers appears Saturday at the House of Blues. (3) Sparks fly between Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney in ``Out of Sight.'' |
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