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In theaters this Friday:

• Iron Man—PG-13—The legendary Marvel comic book comes to the big screen. Robert Downey Jr. stars as Tony Stark, a billionaire industrialist and inventor who is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. But instead he uses his genius to build a high-tech suit of armor and escape captivity. When he uncovers an evil plot, he dons his suit and vows to protect the world as Iron Man. Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard and Jeff Bridges also star.

• Made of Honor—PG-13—Patrick Dempsey plays Tom, a sexy, successful bachelor who has great luck with the ladies, and knows he can always rely on his best friend Hannah, the one constant in his life. It seems like the perfect life, until Hannah goes on a six-week business trip to Scotland and Tom realizes how empty his live is without her. He decides when she gets back he's going to ask her to marry him. But when Hannah returns she's engaged to a handsome and wealthy Scotsman and plans to move overseas. Hannah asks Tom to be her “maid” of honor and he agrees, but only so he can attempt to win her heart and stop the wedding.

• Son of Rambow—PG-13—Set in 1980s Britain, young Will Proudfoot is being raised in isolation among The Brethren, a puritanical religious sect in which music and TV are strictly forbidden. When Will sees his first movie, a pirated copy of Rambo: First Blood, his imagination runs wild and he joins forces with the school bully, Lee Carter to make their own action movie. They devise wildly creative stunts and elaborate schemes to make the movie while hiding out from The Brethren. But when the super-cool French exchange student gets involved with their film, the whole project and their friendship are pushed to the breaking point.

 

New DVD releases:

• 27 Dresses—A romantic comedy starring Katherine Heigl of Grey's Anatomy fame as Jane, a perennial bridesmaid and idealistic, romantic and selfless woman. But when her younger sister Tess captures the heart of Jane's boss – with whom Jane is secretly in love – Jane begins to reexamine her life.

• The Golden Compass—In a parallel universe, where every person is paired with an animal spirit, witches rule the skies, ice bears are warriors, and the Magisterium seeks to control humanity, 12-year old Lyra Belacqua lives an extraordinary life among the scholars of Jordan College. But it takes an even more extraordinary turn when her uncle, played by Daniel Craig, embarks on a trip to the Arctic Circle to investigate a mysterious element and she is thrust into the middle of an epic struggle.

• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly—The true story of Elle Paris editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke at age 43 and becomes totally paralyzed except for the ability to move and blink his left eye. But amazingly, he goes on to write his memoir after the accident by blinking his eye to select letters on a chart.

•And don't miss all of your favorite TV shows released on DVD this week:

Seasons 1-3: I Spy

Season 4: Beverly Hills, 90210

Season 7: The Waltons

Season 9: Cheers

 

New CD releases:

• Hard Candy – Madonna

• Live – Martina McBride

• This Kind of Love – Carly Simon

• Nine Lives – Steve Winwood

• Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff – Sarah McLachlan

• Songs from the Sparkle Lounge – Def Leppard

• Third – Portishead

 

New Book releases:

• Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith — Leo Demidov is an idealist, happily working for the State as a courageous MGB officer in Stalin's Soviet Union. It is a time of “paradise,” a perfect existence where no crime is committed, and people are sent to their death for thinking, or speaking, otherwise. A war hero, Leo lives a comfortable life with his beautiful wife in Moscow, and has even been able to provide an apartment for his parents. But then something goes wrong. Leo suspects there is a serial killer on the loose, but no one will address the situation because that would mean the Soviet crime-free paradise isn't actually free of crime. Leo is demoted, denounced by his enemies and exiled from his apartment. In an instant, every one of his beliefs is shattered. His wife is the only one who sticks by his side. Now he must find and stop a criminal the MGB won't admit exists.

 

• Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet — The only comfort Jane had as a little girl was with her imaginary friend Michael. Her mother, Vivienne Margaux – the very successful head of a New York theater company – certainly didn't have time for her. But at the age of eight her only friend had to leave her. Today Jane, at 30, is living a similar, solitary existence. Despite the success of her first play “Thank Heaven,” her mother still treats her like a slave around the office. And her boyfriend is more interested in what Vivienne can do for his career than in Jane's feelings. Then, she finds Michael again. Except this time he is very handsome, and very real. For the first time in her life Jane is happy, but even Michael can't figure out why they have been brought together again.

 

• Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber — At 38, Anne Marie Roche's life couldn't be any more different than she'd imagined it. While she owns a successful bookstore in Seattle, the recent loss of her husband and the fact that she never had a child leave her feeling empty. For Valentine's Day, she gathers a group of widows together for dinner. They each begin to make a list of twenty wishes. Anne Marie's first wish: to find one good thing about life. Her list also includes learning to knit, helping others, and falling in love again. When Anne Marie decides to help others by volunteering at a local school, she meets 8-year-old Ellen. Their relationship becomes more involved than Anne Marie intended, and way more important than she could have expected. As Ellen helps her work through her list, Anne Marie learns all of her wishes just might come true, just maybe not as she had imagined them.

 

Girlawhirl found all of the new CD, DVD and book releases in her online shopping mall at barnesandnoble.com

 

And as always Girlawhirl has great things to share in this week's Girlawhirl Giveaway.

 

This week's Girlawhirl Giveaway includes:

• What Would Audrey Do? Timeless Lessons for Living with Grace and Style  by Pamela Keogh

• Zakkerz™ the temporary pant roll-up wrap

• Items from the Bobbi Brown Quick Face collection

• PB2 Powdered Peanut Butter

• Living Life Game

• additional goodies courtesy of Girlawhirl

 

Girlawhirl has even more great stuff to share in her Special Monthly Giveaway Drawing!

 

This month's Girlawhirl Giveaway includes:

• Philosophy's Inner Grace

• Hollywood Fashion Tape - Hollywood Extras

• Living Life Game

• additional goodies courtesy of Girlawhirl