| Show gjiiiirujii affe mgriinftn 10 Arts & Entertainment Friday March 1 3 Standard-Examin- er tynuttH i 1 C Theaters Features Editor: 998 625-427- 0 Quick Takes 5 Best Bets m Theater New and old Patrick McManus comedic bits are 3C coming Fun Acrobatics 3C Chmese-styl- e Movies Two three-sta- r movies: “The Man in the Iron Mask” and “The 6C Education of Little Tree” Hot Tickets See 2C for details on tickets for this and other events: John Mayall March 21 Salt Lake City Rich Wyman March 28 Park City Aerosmith April 18 Salt Lake City Champions on Ice June 9 Salt Lake City Includes Tara Lipinsky Oksana Batul Michelle Kwan Nancy Kerrigan Viktor Petrenko and more Salt Tap Dogs July 2 Lake City v - r i i William Lee Golden and Richard Steitan first sang together in 1973 A few years later On Wednesday they will bring that sound to the Dee Events Center format from a mostly gospel toa mostly country they switched THE OAK RIDGE BOYS: (From left) Joe Bonsall Duane Allen v a 0 Gary Oldman: Your v creators headed for Ogden ‘Elvira’ favorite crazy guy Need intensity? Need madness? Then pick Gary Oldman for your next film For his portrayal of punk few days off earlier this month before By NANCY VAN VALKENBURG launching th$ tour that brings them to the Dee Events Center on Wednesday The break was N1 ichard Sterban is all It came after the intensive taping Oak Sterban the deepest-voice- d of “The Oak Ridge Boys from Las Vegas” v Ridge Boy andhisthe snappiestout shows in nine days” “We shot 1 5 one-hoI dresser took daughter in nine days It Sterban said “Fifty-fiv- e acfs i l his and he totally forgot shopping I had ever done of work the some hardest was appointment for a phone interview will be the most rewarding” I but it think “I’m so sorry ma’am I really do The variety series debuts April 7 on cable’s apologize” he said later sounding more like TNN The Nashville Network Each episode the country boy he became than the New video of Vegas lights and show with opens like me isn’t “This was he kid bom just Jersey “theri wholesome us singing gospel” girls I’m really sorry ma’am” Sterban joked The Oak Ridge Boys will sing No problem These things happen to all of four-paharmony from the group’s us country popgospel repertoire at the start and “I just flew back from Las Vegas where we finish of each hour with a song or two in the taped 15 episodes of our new variety show and ' middle Sterban said I’m trying to get a few things done before our of the program showcases guest rest The concert tour” big performers ranging from country acts to Las OK those things don’t happen to all of us Vegas novelty acts (acrobats magicians Sterban’s nervous apology and his warm like Argentinian gaucho riders speed painters and seem him make bass voice welcoming the like) ' such a normal guy that you forget you’re “They had us on stage with Bengal tigers” talking to a country music celebrity Sterban recalled “They were impressive to say Sterban and his fellow “Oaks” enjoyed a Standard-Examine- r well-earn- fj ed ur " w rt Iv t ‘ By JANELLE BIDDINGER HYATT Standard-Examin- A WHO: The Oak Ridge Boys WHEN: 7:30 pm Wednesday WHERE: The Dee Events Center Weber State University campus Ogden 0 or TICKETS: $1 6 50 Call Smith’s Tix (800) 626-850- 888-TIX- the least It was one of the scariest things I ever had to do standing next to them” Looking for a revival The Oaks are hoping the show will begin a whole new career for them Their glory days in the ’70s and ’80s produced more than a dozen No 1 country hits including “Elvira” “American Made” “Thank God For Kids” and “Bobbie Sue” But the group lost some momentum early this decade “Radio is playing ‘young country’ ” Sterban See OAKS4C One of the ‘Boys’ thinks writing children’s books is the cat’s meow K y PREVIEW staff staff ak Ridge Boy Joe Bonsall is still just that A pup A whippersnapper A little shaver At least where it counts most - his heart “I think I’ve never totally grown up” he says “Pity the man when there’s not a little boy inside” he adds warming up to the subject “A lot of times you meet a guy and his eyes are dead -the little boy is gone If you see a guy with a spark in his eye that’s the little boy And that’s what helps me do what I do Period” So it’s entirely fitting that Bonsall has written two picture books for boys and girls - relating the secret life of that youngest of feline society the kitten The books are based on Bonsall’s own feline tribe specifically his calico Molly Her owner is the first to point out that Molly of “Molly" and “The Home” (Ideals Children’s Books $1495 each) carries that spark m her own eye As he explains “Molly's a cat though she looks somewhat like I kitten” full-gro- i PREVIEW WHO: Joe Bonsall ol the Oak - - Ridge Boys WHAT: Autograph party for his Top Records new children's books WHEN: 2--3 30 p m Wednesday These were the top adult contemporary singles of the week according to Billboard 1 “My Heart Will Go On" WHERE: Media Play 1 1 00 W Riverdale Road TICKETS: No charge i - Celine Dion 2 “Truly Madly Deeply” J Well maybe there is something to the theorjf that pet and owner begin nah to resemble each other Bonsall’s enthusiasm for his pets - Molly’s companions are Pumpkin Omaha and grouchy old Gypsy - is unabashed During a telephone interview from his Nashville home he exudes cheer and optimism as hie talks about his new profession as a i children’s author - ' ’ This however should cause no concern to fansof the Oaks Singing with the Oak Ridge Boys who have counted Bonsall a member for a quarter of a century is “still my day job" he says “But I’ll be honest with you1 This May I turn 50” he says “And for me to have this ‘Molly’ senes See CAT8C t I jocker Sid Vicious in the 1986 film “Sid and Nancy” the Oldman England-bor- n practiced vocal exercises and lost 30 pounds to Sid’s emaciated frame Oldman who turns 40 on March 21 scored a second U S film tnumph playing assassin Lee Harvey Oswald in Oliver Stone’s 1991 film ”JFK" In 1992 he appeared in “Bram Stoker's Dracula" Since then Oldman has starred in “Immortal Beloved” “The Scarlet Letter" “Rosencrantz and Guildenstem Are Dead" “True Romance" “Romeo Is Bleeding" “Basquiat" and Phil Joanou's “State of Grace" He wrote and directed “Nil By Mouth" which received strong reviews at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival His writingdirecting debut is a loosely autobiographical tale about an alcoholic who beats his pregnant wife The film couldn’t be further removed from summer blockbusters “The Fifth Element" and "Air Force One" where Oldman earns his keep He stars in the upcoming “Lost in Space" the film adaptation of the popular 1960s television show Savage Garden 3 “My Father’s Eyes” Eric Clapton 4 “I Don’t Want to Wait" Paula Cole 5 “As Long As You Love Me” Backstreet Boys 6 “Something About the Way You Look Tonight” Elton John 7 “Give Me Forever (I Do)” John Tesh featuring James Ingram 8 “Oh How the Years Go By” Vanessa Williams 9 “How Do I Live" LeAnn Boys Molly enpys entertaining children and his other feline friends i with his stones about Rimes 1 0 “At the Beginning” Donna Lewis and Richard Marx Standard-Examine- r staff and wire services - 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