Iconic cowboy portrayers to be honored in Oklahoma

Two of Hollywood’s most handsome leading men will be honored Saturday for iconic movie-cowboy portrayals that embodied the traditional Western ideals of honesty, integrity and self-sufficiency. Television and film star Tom Selleck and the late Academy Award-winning actor Charlton Heston will be inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers during the 49th annual Western Heritage Awards banquet at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. The weekend festivities begin at 5:30 tonight with Jingle-Jangle Mingle, a casual event honoring the award winners and hall of fame inductees. The public is invited to enjoy entertainment and hors d’oeuvres, to meet honorees and to join a book and compact disc autograph session. Tickets are required. At Saturday night’s black-tie banquet, the museum will present Wrangler Awards, bronze sculptures of a cowboy on horseback, to principal creators in 16 categories of Western music, literature, television and film. Celebrity presenters scheduled to attend include actors Ernest Borgnine, Buck Taylor and Barry Corbin, and singers Lynn Anderson and Red Steagall...more