Oklahoma has paid out more than $575 million in unemployment claims so far this year, a record as the number of jobless in the state remains near a 21-year high, a spokesman for the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission said Wednesday. Spokesman John Carpenter said that ...

SHORT STACK Lawmaker on way out fondly recalls a time he followed his heart On Monday, the last day of the legislative session, lawmakers spent a good portion of the time honoring 17 among them who are term-limited out. One of the most touching moments came when Assemblyman John Carpenter, R-Elko, talked about serving since 1987. He recalled early in ...

This has been the slowest news week (entertainment-wise) in recent memory, so a story about John Carpenter making a horror movie with Amber Heard seems like something earth-shattering, even if it totally isn't. The director will guide the Pineapple Express actress in The Ward, a scary flick about a young girl who gets trapped in an old mental institution ...

Universal studios is preparing a remake of 1951 "The Thing From Another World", the horror classic about scientists battling an alien creature at a remote Arctic base, reports said Thursday. Daily Variety reported that the latest incarnation of the science fiction would be made by Dutch director Matthijs Van Heijningen. Like the original film and a 1982 John Carpenter-directed ...