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In theaters this Wednesday:

• Tropic Thunder—R—Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. lead the ensemble cast in this action comedy about a group of self-absorbed actors who set out to make the most expensive war film in history. Skyrocketing costs force the studio to cancel the movie, but the director refuses to stop shooting and he leads his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia where they encounter real bad guys.

 

In theaters this Friday:

• Vicky Cristina Barcelona—PG-13—Two young Americans, Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) spend a summer in Spain and meet a flamboyant artist (Javier Bardem) and his beautiful but insane ex-wife (Penelope Cruz). Vicky is straight-laced and about to be married. Cristina is a sexually adventurous free spirit. They all become romantically entangled and the result is chaos.

• Fly Me To The Moon—G—A 3D animated twist on the Apollo 11 moon mission that has three tween-aged houseflies stow away on the space flight.

• Star Wars: The Clone Wars—PG—An animated feature film in the Star Wars saga. The Clone Wars are sweeping through the galaxy and the heroic Jedi Knights are struggling to maintain order and restore peace, as more and more systems are falling prey to the dark side.

 

New DVD releases:

• Smart People—Professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) is brilliant, but when it comes to love and family, he's as confused as the next guy. His college student son won't confide in him, his teenage daughter (Ellen Page) is an overachiever who seems to be following closely in her dad's misery-loving footsteps. A widower who has seemingly lost passion for everything, Lawrence is sleepwalking through life until his adopted, freeloading brother (Thomas Haden Church) shows up for an extended stay and he encounters his former student Janet (Sarah Jessica Parker).

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

     Season 1: Caroline in the City; Dave's World; The Love Boat, Vol. 2

     Season 3: Prison Break

     Season 4: That Girl

     Season 5: The Wire

     Season 11: South Park

     Kenny Vs Spenny: Vol One - Uncensored

 

New CD releases:

• A Little Bit Longer – Jonas Brothers

• Old School – The East Village Opera Company

• Simply Grand – Irma Thomas

 

New Book releases:

• Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown — Britt Shelley wakes up one morning with no memory of how she ended up in bed with hero detective Jay Burgess – a man responsible for saving many lives in a fire that burned the Charleston police headquarters to the ground – or how he ended up dead next to her. While Jay and a few others saved many lives in that fire five years ago, seven perished. Jay's best friend, firefighter Raley Gannon, was in charge of the fire's investigation. But somehow his career was ruined as the so called heroes exploited their new found fame to further their careers. For five years his resentment has brewed, for his lost career, lost love, and lack of justice for those lost in the fire. But when he hears of Jay's death, and the mounting evidence against Britt, Raley sees it as an opportunity to right the past's wrongs and vindicate himself. But there are some very powerful people who will stop at nothing to keep the truth of the past hidden. As newswoman Britt discovers more about what happened five years ago the pair quickly turns from chasing down the truth, to running for their lives.

• Off Season by Anne Rivers Siddons— For as long as Lilly can remember she was half of “Cam and Lilly,” a truly in love couple, parents and life partners. After decades of marriage, Lilly's life changes forever when Cam dies. Lilly decides to take a road trip to Maine, back to the spot where they first fell in love and revisited many times over the course of their life together. She takes a good hard look at her past and her life with Cam, trying to figure out where her future should lead. But a shocking revelation makes her rethink everything she's ever thought was true about her life, husband and marriage.

• The Mercedes Coffin by Faye Kellerman — High-powered CEO Genoa Greeves never quite got over the unsolved murder of her favorite teacher, “Dr. Ben.” Shot execution style and then shoved in the trunk of his Mercedes Benz, Bennett Alston Little's murder remains unsolved 15 years later. Then Genoa reads of the eerily similar murder of a music producer. She decides it's time to close her teacher's case – and offers the LAPD quite an incentive to do so. Lieutenant Peter Decker is less than thrilled to open an old case just because a rich woman says so. But he is intrigued by the two cases' similarities. Peter's first step is to talk to the detectives who investigated the Little case. One is willing to speak, the other, Calvin Vitton, is less open, a fact that only fuels Peter's curiosity, especially when Calvin is found dead of a suspicious suicide just 12 hours later.

 

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

 

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This week's Girlawhirl Giveaway includes:

• Peanut Butter & Co. peanut butter

•The Dirty Secrets Clubby Meg Gardiner

• additional goodies courtesy of Girlawhirl

 

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