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:
• Bare Necessities: Get an extra 10% off clearance styles through Jan. 31.
• Barnes & Noble: Save 50 - 90% at the after holiday warehouse clearance. Through Feb. 4.
• Design Within Reach: Save 15% and Lounge for Less. Order by January 14th for Free Standard Shipping. Through Jan. 29.
• Drugstore.com: Save up to 40% with our Resolutions Sale! Through Feb. 8.
• EMS: Shop the winter sale! Through Jan. 21.
• e Luxury: Save 20% Off Sale Items at the Final Designer Clearance! + FREE SHIPPING on orders of $150 or more!
• Lucky Brand Jeans: Save an additional 25% off already reduced items while supplies last.
• Piperlime: Enjoy up to 50% off on all the hottest styles of the season. Shop the Lime Tag Sale.
• The Container Store: Shop the annual elfa® SALE. Organize your closets and home for 30% less!
• YOOX.COM: Save up to to an Extra 60% off through Feb. 5.
In theaters this Friday:
• Cloverfield—PG-13—A monster the size of a skyscraper descends on New York City on the night a group of people are throwing their friend a going away party. The attack on the city and the aftermath are shown from the point of view of their video camera as they attempt to survive the horrifying event.
• Mad Money—PG-13—Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, and Katie Holmes star in this comedy about three ordinary women who work as janitors at the Federal Reserve bank. They form an unlikely friendship and devise a plan to smuggle soon-to-be destroyed currency out of what is supposedly the most secure bank in the world. They manage to get out a small fortune, but then the authorities start to catch on and they've got to get creative to stay one step ahead of the law.
New DVD releases:
• Good Luck Chuck—Comedian Dane Cook plays a successful dentist who is unlucky in love. To top it off, at one of his ex-girlfriend's weddings, he finds out that every woman he has ever slept with has found true love – with the very next guy they dated after him. Next thing he knows his reputation as a “good luck charm” has women lining up to hop into bed with him. But Charlie still can't find true love – until he meets Cam, played by Jessica Alba, a quirky and accident prone penguin specialist. Now he's got to find a way to make sure she finds true love with him and not the guy after him.
• Mr. Woodcock—Seann William Scott plays John Farley, a self-help author who returns to his hometown to discover that his mother (Susan Sarandon) has fallen in love with his old gym teacher, Mr. Woodcock (Billy Bob Thornton). The man made life miserable for John and his friends in high school so now he sets out to stop his mom from marrying him.
• And don't miss all of your favorite TV shows released on DVD this week:
Season 1: New Adventures of Old Christine
Season 5: Rockford Files
Extras – The Complete Series
Family Guy – Blue Harvest
New CD releases:
• Duets – Friends and Legends – Ann Murray
• Greatest Hits – Spice Girls
• Liverpool 8 – Ringo Starr
New Book releases:
• Beverly Hills Dead by Stuart Woods—Set in 1940s Hollywood, former Beverly Hills cop Rick Barron is at the top of his game, having risen to head of production at Centurion Pictures. But tensions are mounting as his closest friends – and even his starlet wife Glenna Gleason – are being subpoenaed to testify in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee amidst the “Red Scare.” The witch-hunt is spreading, and setting the pace for this thriller full of twists and turns.
• I'm Looking Through You – Growing Up Haunted by Jennifer Finney Boylan—Strange images in the mirror, creaking footsteps and distant voices were just a part of growing up in Pennsylvania for author Jennifer Boylan. But spirits weren't the only ghosts living under the roof of the “Coffin House” along with Jenny – a transgendered American, born James – and her family. In her latest release, the bestselling author looks at what it means to be haunted, by ghosts, by the relationships and the people in our lives.
• The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life by Ellie Krieger—Registered dietician and host of the Food Network's “Healthy Appetite,” Ellie Krieger offers a new book full of recipes that taste great and are good for you. But she doesn't believe in denying yourself of the foods you crave, noting that fat-free foods replace the fat with chemicals. Featuring 200 recipes (and nutritional information) for meals from morning to night, Ellie Krieger is out to help you start eating healthy, today.
• Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography by Andrew Morton—From the author of New York Times #1 bestsellers Diana: Her True Story and Monica's Story comes an in-depth look at one of the biggest – and at times one of the most controversial – celebrities of our time.
And as always Girlawhirl has great things to share in this week's Girlawhirl Giveaway.
This week's Girlawhirl Giveaway includes:
• Never Throw Rice at a Pisces by Stacey Wolf
• CoverGirl Queen Collection makeup
• Nair Hair Removal Sensitive
• The Meaning of Sunglasses by Hadley Freeman
• Ceci Cela lip balm
• 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:
• Callison's Fruit Stickles
• The Sleeping Beauty Proposal by Sarah Strohmeyer
• A Conscience Tee
• Living Life Game
• additional goodies courtesy of Girlawhirl