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Kids love Clifford the Big Red Dog. Otherwise, how else would Norman Bridwell’s character of books and cartoons have survived long enough to celebrate a 50th anniversary?

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Continental Resources CEO Harold Hamm should be happy he’s worth so much money: $11.3 billion, according to Forbes. But with great wealth comes the potential for great, big, costly divorces.

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Kids will be kids, as they say, but even the most adorable youngsters eventually need to learn how to eat with utensils and function without pooping themselves. That seems to be the subtext behind the Obama administration’s admonition to Oklahoma regarding the notion that somehow the redder-than-red state won’t have to abide by that mean ol’ Affordable Care Act.

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I have to praise you like I should. And while Oklahoma City University’s Easter Eve Vigil service will follow a traditional order, it will employ a nontraditional variety of music for a “modern and energetic interpretation.” For all ages, the 90-minute service begins at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Bishop W. Angie Smith Chapel, 2501 N. Blackwelder. Admission is free. Call 208-5020 or visit okcu.edu.

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Fresh from its Academy Award win for Best Foreign Language Film, Austria’s feel-bad hit Amour tells a powerful story of a longtime married couple and one unpredictable pigeon. The drama unspools at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 5:30 and 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch. Tickets are $5-$8. Call 236-3100 or visit okcmoa.com.

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The best in women’s basketball battle it out as the 2013 NCAA Women’s Basketball Regional thunders into Chesapeake Energy Arena, 100 W. Reno. At 3:30 p.m. Sunday and 8 p.m. Tuesday, four teams vie for a spot in the Final Four, to be held in N’awlins. Tickets are $35-$48. Call 800-745-3000 or visit chesapeakearena.com.

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It may call itself Just an OK Art Show, but Saturday’s event looks anything but “just” — not with work from eight artists (including photographs by Caitlin Lindsey pictured), free beer from Mustang Brewing Company and live music from The Dull Drums and Them Hounds. It all goes down from 9 p.m. to midnight at Lettering Express, 2130 W. Reno. Admission is $5. Call 235-8999 or visit letteringexpressok.com.

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Benjamin Lytal has titled his debut novel, A Map of Tulsa, after his hometown. A coming-of-age story set in late-’90s T-Town, it has been dubbed a Catcher in the Rye for “Internet-suckled American youth” by industry bible Publishers Weekly. Lytal will sign copies from 6:30 to 8 p.m. tonight at Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway in 50 Penn Place. Call 842-2900 or visit fullcirclebooks.com.

Wednesday

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Instrumental indie rockers El Ten Eleven are known for heavy looping and double-necking, which are ... aw, heck, we don’t have room to ’splain it. Catch the L.A. band at 8 p.m. Tuesday at The Conservatory, 8911 N. Western, and you’ll grasp the cochlear concept. Slow Magic and Nude Pop open. Tickets are $10-$12. Call 607-4805 or visit conservatoryokc.com.

Tuesday

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Y’know, those Bridesmaids were onto something: the undeniable power of Wilson Phillips. Ever wanted to see the ’90s pop trio live? Well, “Hold On,” because Wendy Wilson, Carnie Wilson and Chynna Phillips will appear at 7 p.m. Friday at Grand Casino, 777 Grand Casino. Yes, “The Dream Is Still Alive.” Tickets are $29-$64. Call 964-7777 or visit grandshawnee.com.

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• Bridesmaids film review   

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Three Oklahomans might wind up caged in the wake of a nationwide undercover investigation of pigeon-racing (yes, pigeon-racing) by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

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In Miranda Lambert’s “Mama’s Broken Heart” video, the country star portrays someone ravaged by torment, who eventually dabbles in mind-altering substances, cuts her own hair and deviously inspects a kitchen knife. Basically, it’s about being crazy.

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The species is characterized by any number of traits: flannel shirts, ample beards, tattoos, the scent of freshly smoked clove cigarettes. They tend to gravitate toward hole-in-the-wall bars or trendy pizzerias, where they brandish obscure beers and discuss their love of indie bands, environmentalism and Ron Paul.

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What’s another session of the state Legislature without a bill centered on the sanctity of marriage? This time, it’s House Speaker T.W. Shannon, R-Lawton, who carries the matrimonial torch with House Bill 1908.

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Oil and gas execs in Oklahoma are having a rough patch (not oil) these last few weeks.