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:
• Jonathan Adler Annual Blowout Sale Event - from February 15th through February 24th save on Jonathan Adler home designs at all store locations and online at Jonathanadler.com.
• Bluefly: Pre-Spring Sale - today and tomorrow only, save up to 70% off ABS, Alice & Olivia, Catherine Malandrino, Chaiken, Dvf, Diesel, Generra, Jill Stuart, Joie, Nicole Miller, Rebecca Taylor, Shoshanna, Susana Monaco, Tocca, Tufi Duek, Vera Wang & more.
Just Hitting the Stores:
• M·A·C Cosmetic's new spring line Barbie Love's M·A·C is available tomorrow.
In theaters this Wednesday:
• Music and Lyrics—PG-13—Hugh Grant plays a washed up 80s pop star who has a chance at a comeback by writing a song for a teen pop sensation. The problem is he hasn't written a song in years and he's never written lyrics. That's where his quirky plant lady, played by Drew Barrymore, comes in. She has a flair for words and they end up working together on the song, and more.
• Daddy's Little Girls—PG-13—Gabrielle Union plays a successful lawyer who hasn't been nearly as successful in love. Could a single father of three who is, to put it politely, financially challenged, be the man of her dreams? She'll have to pass muster with his three daughters before she can find out.
In theaters this Friday:
• Breach—PG-13—Based on the true story of Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent convicted of selling secrets to the Russians. Ryan Phillippe plays a young agent assigned to gain Hanssen's trust and draw him out.
• Ghost Rider—PG-13—Nicolas Cage plays Johnny Blaze, a motorcycle stunt rider who sells his soul to the devil to save someone he loves. Now he is destined to ride night after night as the supernatural agent of vengeance known as the Ghost Rider.
• Bridge to Terabithia—PG—Based on an award-winning novel; two fifth graders create a magical, secret kingdom called Terabithia that exists in the woods near their homes. There they reign as King and Queen and fight the Dark Master and his creatures.
New DVD releases:
• Half Nelson—Ryan Gosling stars as a well-intentioned junior high school teacher in Brooklyn with a secret nightlife full of bar hopping and drug addiction. When a student discovers his secret, he becomes an unexpected mentor to the girl as they become friends while he tries to deal with his demons.
• Marie Antoinette—Sofia Coppola's take on the life of the infamous French Queen played by Kirsten Dunst. Coppola mixes modern music with over the top fashions to tell the story of the woman who was the inspiration for the world's first fashion magazines.
• School for Scoundrels—Jon Heder, of Napoleon Dynamite fame, plays a geeky guy who takes a confidence building course to help him win over the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, his teacher, played by Billy Bob Thornton, has eyes for the same woman.
• The Departed—Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon head an all-star cast in Martin Scorsese's movie about a Boston crime family and the undercover cop trying to take it down. It's actually a remake of a 2002 Hong Kong thriller called Infernal Affairs.
• The US vs. John Lennon—David Leaf and John Scheinfeld look at the attempts of the United States government, under Richard Nixon's administration, to try and silence and ultimately deport former Beatle John Lennon for his criticism of the US's involvement in the Vietnam War.
• And don't miss all of your favorite TV shows released on DVD this week:
Season 3: Emergency
Season 6: All in the Family
Season 7: The Golden Girls
New CD releases:
• West—Lucinda Williams—Williams says the songs on this CD deal with a chapter in her life and tell a story. Inspired by her mother's death and the bitter end of a relationship, Williams says, “obviously there's a lot of pain and struggling, but it ends with a look toward the future.”
• At the Movies: Soundtrack Hits—Van Morrison—19 of Morrison's songs that have been featured in movies over the past three decades, from “Gloria” used in 1983's The Outsiders, to his cover of Pink Floyd's “Comfortably Numb” used in last year's Scorsese film The Departed.
• In My Songs—Gerald Levert—The final studio album from the legendary R&B singer who died last November. It's a collection of vintage sounding R&B songs that are reminiscent of his 20-year career and reminders of what has been lost.
In book stores:
• Coats! Max Mara: 55 Years of Italian Fashion by Enrica Morini, Colin McDowell —This book featuring 50 classic Max Mara coats, was created to accompany a touring exhibit. Extras include sketches by Karl Lagerfeld and Jean Charles de Castelbajac among others and fashion photography by Sarah Moon, Peter Lindbergh and many more, plus essays on Italian fashion, past and future.
• Sisters by Danielle Steel—Four sisters from very different walks of life, perusing very different successful careers (a model, a TV producer, a lawyer and an artist), return home for their annual family gathering in Connecticut. But as the Fourth of July holiday draws to an end, a tragedy strikes changing the course of their year, and their lives. As the sisters move into a New York City brownstone with their father to heal, they begin to reflect on the paths they've chosen over a year of laughs, tears and men.
• Ten Days in the Hills by Jane Smiley—Max, an Academy Award winning writer/director who's more has-been than hot commodity, and his girlfriend, Elena, lie in bed the morning after the 2003 Oscars discussing the previous night's events and the recently launched war in Iraq, among other things. But the lazy morning will soon turn into a house full of guests including Max's diva ex-wife and her spiritual healer/ boyfriend and Max's agent-friend Stone. Over the next ten days, Pulitzer Prize winning author Jane Smiley's characters discuss life, Tinsel Town past and present, and just generally gossip about life in the Hollywood Hills.
• The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian—After someone attacks her while riding her bike on a rural Vermont road, Laurel Estabrook's life is never the same. The college sophomore retreats into a life behind her camera lens and begins volunteering at a homeless shelter. She's drawn to Bobbie Crocker, a man with a history of mental illness who has a box of photographs he refuses to let anyone look at. After his sudden death, Laurel learns Bobbie used to be a big-time photographer working with legends like Chuck Berry and Eartha Kitt. She quickly becomes fascinated with Bobbie's photographs, his history and what led him to the state he was in at the end of his life. But Laurel's fascination becomes a slippery slope to obsession while she tries to dodge pursuers who want to “save” her.
And as always Girlawhirl has great things to share in this week's Girlawhirl Giveaway!
This week's Girlawhirl Giveaway includes the following:
• Knock Knock Wheel o' Wisdom
• Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakthrough by Isabel Sharpe
• Kerasal Exfoliating Pumice-Paste
• 3M Pocket-Pack Lint Sheet VIP Coupons
And free for everyone, The Financial Organizer from Frankford.Financial.com
Girlawhirl has even more great stuff to share in her Special Monthly Giveaway Drawing!
This month's Girlawhirl Giveaway includes:
• Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakthrough by Isabel Sharpe
• Kerasal Exfoliating Pumice-Paste
• Mistral Provencs Liquid Soap