J.J. Abrams’ hit reboot “Star Trek” warps onto DVD and Blu-ray today, just in time for Christmas shopping.

In honor of its 70th anniversary, the film classic “Gone with the Wind” gets an “Ultimate Collector’s Edition” release on DVD and Blu-ray.

Several recording artists are releasing CDs today, again to coincide with the holiday gift-buying season. Among those releases are the self-titled first album from 2009 “American Idol” winner Kris Allen and an expanded re-release of runner-up Adam Lambert’s pre-”Idol” debut record. (Lambert will put out his new album “For Your Entertainment”…

The classic children’s series “Sesame Street” celebrates four decades of teaching children to read, count and sing with the new two-disc DVD set “Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days.” The DVDs include five hours of favorite moments and songs, celebrity segments and backstage footage.

Families also can add the latest Disney/Pixar release, “Up,” to their DVD collections today, while comic book fans can invest in the Ultimate Edition of the “Watchmen” film.

In music news, rockers Kings of Leon, who have Oklahoma ties, are releasing their performance DVD “Live at the O2 London, England” today. New albums…

Carrie Underwood (Associated Press photo)

Oklahoma native and country music star Carrie Underwood releases her third album, “Play On,” in stores today.

The new album, one of the most eagerly anticipated country records of the fall, already has spawned one hit with the sassy first single, “Cowboy Casanova.”

Also in music news, Oklahoma country star Reba McEntire makes an appearance on Andrea Bocelli’s “My Christmas”; she and the Italian singing star do a duet of “Blue Christmas” on the album.

Here is a list of new CDs, DVDs and books out this week, from…

Halloween is almost here, so naturally the number of Christmas-related releases is beginning to increase, a trend that will only intensify as the holiday shopping season heats up.

Sting pays tribute to winter with his collection of songs, carols and lullabies “If On A Winter’s Night …” Taylor Swift and U2 have special editions of their hit albums out in time for seasonal giving.

Also in new CDs, The Swell Season, the Oscar-winning duo behind the film and soundtrack to “Once,” release their second album. And Grammy-nominated country singer Joe Nichols has…

Hey loyal readers.  3D is here to update you on the new releases in DVD, CD, and Books this week.  The “Transformers” sequel is sure to do big business this week in DVDs.  Country star Tim McGraw has a new CD out, and in books, Patricia Cornwell has a new book in her long-running Scarpetta series.

Here are the new releases by format:

Dvds:
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”
“Cheri”
“Numbers: The Complete Fifth Season”
“Blood: The Last Vampire”
“Fawlty Towers: The Complete Collection Remastered”
“It’s Garry Shandling’s Show: The Complete Series”

CDs:
“Southern Voice” by Tim McGraw
“Natural Forces” by…

Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips (Photo by John Clanton/The Oklahoman Archives)

Oklahoma City-based psychedelic rockers The Flaming Lips release today their first-ever double-album “Embryonic,” which promises to make the world a little more weird – but in a good way.

Brandon Jenkins

Also, red dirt rocker Brandon Jenkins, who grew up in Tulsa but now lives in Austin, Texas, releases his new album, “Brothers of the Dirt,” which as the title suggests, features collaborations with fellow red dirt artists, including Cody Canada, Stoney LaRue and Mike McClure.

“Drag Me to Hell,” Sam Raimi’s (the…

Miranda Lambert

Music fans, cinephiles and book worms have plenty of great new options to choose from this week.

Oklahoma country star Miranda Lambert released her anticipated third album, “Revolution,” today. Look for my review of the album, which didn’t disappoint this fan of the country firebrand, coming soon.

New albums also are out today from Barbra Steisand, Alice in Chains, Robert Earl Keen, Mariah Carey, Madonna and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

In DVDs, “The Wizard of Oz” gets its eagerly awaited 70th anniversary release, while new titles include “The Brothers Bloom” (one of my favorite…

Pillar

Tulsa-based Christian rock band Pillar releases its new studio album, “Confessions,” today on Provident Music Group (which is part of Sony Music Group).

In DVDs, the new short “Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death” comes out today. I’m a huge Wallace and Gromit fan, so I got my review in early. You can read it by clicking here.

And in books, I’m currently reading the entertaining new memoir by Scottish-American “Late, Late Show” host Craig Ferguson, ” “American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot,” which also enters…

It’s an X-Men kind of day, with the release of the summer movie “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” and the DVD debut of Volumes 3 and 4 of the classic 1990s “X-Men” animated series.

Here are some other new CDs, DVDs and books out this week:

CDs

Muse, “The Resistance.”

Porcupine Tree, “The Incident.”

Mark Knopfler, “Get Lucky.”

Megadeth, “Endgame.”

Ace Frehley, “Anomaly.”

Bruce Hornsby, “Levitate.”

Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson, “Break Up.”

DVDs

Barbie and The Three Musketeers

Camille

Crash: The Complete First Season

Easy Virtue

Grace

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 4

My Name Is Earl: Season 4

Next Day Air

Primeval: Volume Two

Private Practice: The Complete Second Season

Sanctuary: The Complete First Season

Star Wars The…

Brooks & Dunn (Associated Press photo)

Hitmaking country duo Brooks & Dunn, which includes Kix Brooks and former Tulsan Ronnie Dunn, will release the final album of their musical partnership today. The greatest hits compilation is titled “#1s… And Then Some.”

Brooks & Dunn announced Aug, 10 that they would be parting ways after 20 years of making music together. They will make their break after “The Last Rodeo Tour” in 2010.

In other music news, remastered versions of the entire Beatles catalog are due out Wednesday.

The special re-release of all the Fab…