New releases
As usual, this week’s new releases include several high-profile entertainment options, from new CDs by Alice Cooper and Rick Springfield – Again, is it 1988 and no one told me? – to the DVD debuts of “Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay” and the Martin Scorcese-Rolling Stones concert film “Shine a Light.”
But the highlight of the week undoubtedly is the release of Stephenie Meyer’s “Breaking Dawn,” the fourth – and apparently final – book in her mega-popular “Twilight Saga.”
If you haven’t heard of Meyer and “Twilight,” just ask a teenage female. If she hasn’t read the tale of star-crossed romance between a human girl and a vampire boy (with her werewolf BFF thrown in for good measure), she probably knows a fellow female who is a passionate fan.
To give you an idea of the level of enthusiasm we’re talking here, check out this Associated Press story about Meyer fans practically taking over Comic-Con last Thursday. Hundreds of teens camped out overnight in the hopes of catching a glimpse of early footage and the cast of the film version of the first book, “Twilight.” The film is coming out in December.
In the meantime, “Twilight” fans are planning to celebrate the release of “Breaking Dawn” with Harry Potter-style festivities. Book stores across the nation are planning release parties Friday night, and eager readers will be lining up at 12:01 a.m. Saturday to snap up their copies.
I’ll be bringing you more later this week on the “Breaking Dawn” release parties Oklahoma City metro area book stores are planning.
Here are this week’s new CD, DVD and book releases from Amazon.com, VideoETA.com and BarnesandNoble.com.
CDs
Alice Cooper, “Along Came a Spider.”
Rick Springfield, “Venus in Overdrive.”
Third Day, “Revelation.”
Scars On Broadway, “Scars on Broadway.”
Johnny Winter, “Live Bootleg Series Volume Three.”
DVDs
“Avatar, The Last Airbender: Book 3 Fire, Volume 4″
“Beverly Hills 90210: The Fifth Season”
“Centennial: The Complete Series”
“Dark City”
“Doomsday”
“Get Smart’s Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control”
“Girlfriends: The Fourth Season”
“Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay”
“The Hills: The Complete Third Season”
“Law & Order Special Victims Unit: Year Seven”
“Lost Boys: The Tribe”
“Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel”
“Never Back Down”
“Phineas and Ferb: The Fast and the Phineas”
“Shine a Light”
“Stargate: Continuum”
“Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1, Volume 1″
“War Games: The Dead Code”
“Witchblade: The Complete Series”
“Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School”
Books
“Breaking Dawn” by Stephenie Meyer.
“Turbulent Sea (Drake Sisters, Book 6)” by Christine Feehan.
“The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.
“Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Sanction” by Eric Van Lustbader.
“Cry Wolf (Alpha and Omega, Book 1)” by Patricia Briggs.
-BAM
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