Girlawhirl always wants to know what's next. So she searches out what's coming to movie theaters, DVD and CD players and bookstores and shares it with all of her closest Pals. And what kind of friend would she be if she didn't spread the word on her favorite sales too...
Fantastic Sales:
• shoes.com: Save up to 60% plus free shipping
• Old Navy: Save up to 40% off on the latest looks at the Spring Sale, through April 10.
• Boden: 10% off plus free shipping and returns.
• Calvin Klein Underware:Take 25% off EVERYTHING* at CKU.com, plus free shipping on all orders $90 or more, through March 30, 2008!
• YOOX.COM: Save up to to an Extra 75% off through March 31st.
• esprit.com: save 10% on items through March 31st. Use code esp12 at checkout.
• Eddie Bauer: Shop the Ultimate Winter Sale, through April 8th, and save up to 30%.
• New York & Co.: Wear to Work Clothes: 20% off each piece when you buy 2 or more,through April 6.
• Bare Necessaties: Jockey Buy 2 Get 1 Free on the spot, select styles through April
In theaters this Friday:
• Leatherheads—PG-13—George Clooney and Rene Zellweger star in this romantic comedy set in the world of 1920s pro-football. Clooney plays Dodge Connolly, a football hero determined to keep his struggling sport alive after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces collapse. So he convinces college star and World War II hero Carter Rutherford, played by John Krasinski, to join the team. Off the field both Carter and Dodge become rivals for the affections of a spitfire sports reporter named Lexie Littleton.
• Nim's Island—PG—Abigail Breslin plays Nim, a young girl living on a tropical island surrounded by exotic animals and inspired by legends and books, particularly the adventures of her favorite literary hero: Alex Rover. When Nim's island is threatened she reaches out to Alex for help. But it turns out the author of those books is Alexandra Rover (Jodie Foster), a fainthearted recluse living in a big city apartment. Still Alexandra ventures out in the world to help Nim and together they work to save the island.
•Shine A Light—PG-13—Martin Scorsese's concert documentary about the Rolling Stones filmed at the Beacon Theater in New York in the fall of 2006. Scorsese assembled a team of legendary cinematographers to capture the Stones on film.
•My Blueberry Nights—PG-13—Norah Jones stars as a young woman who sets out on a journey of discovery in pursuit of true love. Along the way she encounters a series of enigmatic characters that help her in her quest. The all-star cast includes Jude Law, Natalie Portman, David Strathairn and Rachel Weisz.
New DVD releases:
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• Alvin and the Chipmunks—Based on the cartoons about the mischievous trio of singing chipmunks who are turned into pop sensations by songwriter Dave Seville. In return, they wreck Dave's house and generally turn his life upsides down.
• And don't miss all of your favorite TV shows released on DVD this week:
Season 1: John from Cincinnati, Becker
Season 4: Martin
Season 6: Law & Order: SVU
Season 8: Murder, She Wrote, That 70's Show
New CD releases:
• Accelerate – R.E.M.
• Keep it Simple – Van Morrison
• Last Night – Moby
• Coal – Kathy Mattea
• One Hell of a Ride – Willie Nelson
• Shine a Light: Original Soundtrack – Rolling Stones
• Troubadour – George Strait
• Why We Sing – Dionne Warwick
New Book releases:
• Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut —A collection of previously unpublished fiction and non-fiction by the famed writer who died last April. The collection opens with a 1945 letter the young Pfc. Vonnegut sent to his father while serving overseas describing his escape from the firebombing of Dresden, Germany. Fiction entries included tales of time travel and a mock Paradise Lost.
• Bags by Clair Wilcox —This photo anthology chronicles the evolution of the handbag from the Middle Ages to today's must-haves from the likes of Chanel and Prada.
• Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos — No one was more suspired than Cornelia Brown – a dedicated city girl – when she decided to move to the suburbs. She's confident she and her husband, Teo, made the right decision. But the first person she meets, the perfectly groomed Piper Truitt, is everything Cornelia feared her suburban community would be – judgmental with impossibly high standards. But Cornelia didn't expect to find a woman like Lake amongst her new neighbors, who moved there to send her brilliant son to a school for the gifted. She develops an instant bond with Lake, also new to town, over a shared love of movies and literature. The relationship between the three women changes and grows as Piper cares for her best friend Elizabeth while she battles cancer and Lake and Cornelia grow closer despite a dramatic secret Lake is concealing.
• Wit's End by Karen Joy Fowler — From the bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club. Rima Lanisell decides to visit her estranged godmother Addison Early – the very private author of the “Maxwell Lane” mysteries, and one-time girlfriend to Rima's recently deceased father Bim, for whom a character in the series is named. At Addison's house “Wit's End” in Santa Cruz, California, Rima slowly learns the truth behind Addison's work and that she too is of interest to “Maxwell Lane” fans as the line between fiction and reality blurs.
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:
• PB2 Powdered Peanut Butter
• A Year Inside The Perfume Industry in Paris and New York by Chandler Burr
• Happy Hour Carafe and Glasses
• RED Professional Manicure Kit
• Philosophy's Inner Grace
• 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:
• Child Perfume
• Hollywood Fashion Tape - Hollywood Extras
• Living Life Game
• additional goodies courtesy of Girlawhirl