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 ‘Up in the Air’ L.A. premiere Dec. 1: George Clooney, along with co-stars Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, and Jason Bateman, hit the red carpet in Westwood, Calif., where they talked about what makes this film so timely and what attracted them to the project. |
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 | December movies James Cameron’s spectacle “Avatar” hits theaters, along with George Clooney, who is “Up in the Air,” and Robert Downey Jr. as “Sherlock Holmes.” more photos |
TV on DVD:
“Supernanny: Season 1” — Real-life Mary Poppins Jo Frost offers insights and advice on raising kids right and bringing rotten behavior under control. A three-disc set includes 10 episodes, plus a collection of outtakes and a “Top 10 Supernanny Techniques” segment on curbing problem behavior. DVD set, $29.99. (Ventura)
“That Girl: Season One” — In 1966, Marlo Thomas scored TV’s first notable sitcom about a single woman in the city, playing a hopeful young actress with big dreams and a sturdy boyfriend (Ted Bessell). A five-disc set has the first 30 episodes, accompanied by an interview with Thomas, who also provides commentary with series co-creator Bill Persky. DVD set, $39.98. (Shout)
“The Big Valley: Season One” — Barbara Stanwyck and Lee Majors led the cast of the Western series that debuted in 1965, focusing on a California family building a cattle, mining and logging empire in the 1870s. The first 30 episodes come in a five-disc set. DVD set, $39.98. (20th Century Fox)
“Here Come the Brides: The Complete First Season” — In another 1960s show set in the Old West, David Soul, Bobby Sherman and Robert Brown star as brothers who bring 100 prospective brides from back East to boost morale among the men in their logging camp. The six-disc set packs 26 episodes. DVD set, $49.95. (Sony)
“Hill Street Blues: Season Two” — The show that put authentic street grit into TV cop drama returns with a three-disc set containing the second season’s 18 episodes. The set has commentary and featurettes, including one on Bruce Weitz’s mad-dog undercover detective. DVD set, $39.98. (20th Century Fox)
“Grounded for Life: Season 2” — Donal Logue and Megyn Price star as laid-back, slacker parents trying to maintain the ways of their youth while raising three kids. Year two’s 17 episodes come in a three-disc set, with extras that include an interview with guest star Ashton Kutcher. DVD set, $29.98. (Anchor Bay)
“The George Bernard Shaw Collection” — British television productions of 10 George Bernard Shaw plays are gathered in a six-disc set, including “Arms and the Man,” “Pygmalion” and “Androcles and the Lion,” featuring such stars as Helena Bonham Carter. Lynn Redgrave, Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith and Patrick Stewart. DVD set, $59.98. (BBC)
Other new releases:
“The White Countess” — The final collaboration between director James Ivory and the late producer Ismail Merchant, who died last year, stars Ralph Fiennes and Natasha Richardson in a genteel romance between a blind diplomat and an exiled Russian aristocrat in 1930s Shanghai. Ivory and Richardson offer commentary, and the disc has a tribute segment on Merchant. DVD, $26.96. (Sony) Read the review
“Something New” — Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker and Blair Underwood star in a love-triangle romance with an interracial twist, centered on a black woman pursued by a white landscape architect and a black attorney. Underwood provides an introduction on the DVD, which also has a dating-tips segment. DVD, $29.98. (Universal) Read the review
“Doogal” — From the department of lame cartoons comes this dreary tale whose annoying characters include a dog, a snail and an evil wizard trying to deep-freeze the planet. The voice cast includes Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Stewart, William H. Macy, Jimmy Fallon and Kylie Minogue. DVD, $28.95. (Genius) Read the review
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