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Holiday gift guide 2010: Television programs
We have more gift ideas for you this holiday season. For the person who enjoys Canadian television comedy, World War II drama, a TV documentary on mankind's narrative myths, and a classic British television detective series, we have a quartet of selections. By the way, if you would like to purchase any of these DVD sets, there are links to do so on each page and you can help the Monitor at the same time.
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Holiday gift guide 2010: Four TV and movie classics
We continue our effort to provide you with gift ideas this holiday season. In this installment, we're looking at classic movie and television show DVD collections. Earlier this week, we posted a list of "DVDs for the family" (see link below). If you decide to purchase a particular DVD, you might consider using the link below the item and help the Monitor at the same time.
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Top Picks: An alligator app, great commencement speeches, and more
John Mayer's musicianship is first-rate on his new album, National Geographic explores the unusual animals of America, and more top picks.
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Top Picks: The soundtrack to the HBO series Treme, CNN's series about the postwar era, and more top picks
National Geographic follows paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey and his family, a videographer uniquely captures his children's lives, and more top picks.
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Top Picks: Bonnie Raitt's newest CD, a 'Frontline' feature on Wall Street, and more
'Missing' on ABC is fun for its globe-trotting, Nat Geo Wild offers an in-depth look at India, and more top picks.
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Top Picks: The man behind Elmo, 'I'm Dickens...He's Fenster,' and more
Husband and wife duo Amadou & Mariam release a new album, a film quiz mixes movies with numbers, the video game 'Journey' explores human interaction, and more top picks.
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Top Picks: 'Agent 6,' alien diplomacy, and more
Gillian Anderson plays a tragic bride in a new 'Great Expectations,' 'American Masters' explores the lives of authors Harper Lee and Margaret Mitchell, master spy George Smiley is brought to life by actor Gary Oldman, and more top picks.
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Top Picks: 'The Adventures of Tintin,' Philip Glass's opera 'Satyagraha,' and more
Bruce Springsteen mixes genres on a new album, Cooking Light reveals the 41 most common cooking mistakes, Matthew Bourne's 'Swan Lake' offers a more male-based cast, and more top picks.
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Top Picks: 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Blu-ray, Michael Feinstein's musical journey, and more
Lena Dunham's film 'Tiny Furniture' is a lively movie with sharp dialogue, PBS examines a little-known civil rights activist, film critics rank a list of the greatest movies ever, and more top picks.
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Top Picks: Examining the Wild West, an opera on Anne Boleyn, and more
'Moneyball' features a great performance by Brad Pitt, jazz duo Charlie Haden and Hank Jones release a beautiful collection of hymns and spirituals, a video shows breathtaking views of Ho Chi Minh City and the traffic inside it, and more top picks.
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Gift ideas: 'Harry Potter,' Adele, 'Law & Order,' and 'Super Mario 3D'
Your gift list can get long with nieces and nephews, grandparents and friends all needing a present this holiday season. Try a few of these items that are sure to please like 'Winnie the Pooh,' 'Ken Burns: Prohibition,' and the video game 'Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.'
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Top Picks: Miami City Ballet on PBS, New York Times documentary on DVD, new Feist CD and more
Miami City Ballet Dances Balanchine & Tharp from "Great Performances" airs on PBS' Arts Fall Festival, Documentary follows The New York Times as it enters world of social media, Grammy-winner Feist releases new CD and more top picks.
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Top Picks: New Tony Bennett CD, social media scorecard, PBS' Prohibition documentary and more
Tony Bennett releases a CD of star-studded duets, new online tool measures your social media influence, Ken Burns produces a three-part PBS series on Prohibition, and more top picks.
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Top Picks: Jeff Bridges's CD, dinosaurs on Discovery Channel, 'Everything Must Go' DVD, and more
Oscar-winner Jeff Bridges releases first CD, 'Dinosaur Revolution' on Discovery introduces new species, Will Ferrell comedy 'Everything Must Go' comes out on DVD, and more top picks.
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Top Picks: Jane Eyre, the best of Bach, a post-superpower America
The newest update of Jane Eyre, a master pianist plays Bach, a dark 'what if' novel looks at a dystopian future United States, and more recommendations.
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Top Picks: James Bond reboot, Bill Moyers on faith, Franz Liszt at 200, and more
Ian Fleming's 007 in a new novel, Bill Moyers looks on church and state, a tribute for Franz Liszt's 200th birthday, and more recommendations.
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Top Picks: Johnny Depp, PBS's 'Masterpiece Mystery!,' Placido Domingo, and more
Johnny Depp's animated comedy 'Rango' comes to DVD, PBS's 'Masterpiece Mystery!' follows an Italian detective, Placido Domingo sings in a very special presentation of Verdi's Rigoletto, and more recommendations.
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Culture Cafe
Marvel Studios follows Pixar's lead, the future of short films
Short films will be included as special features in the DVD and Blu-Ray releases of Marvel Studios' 'Thor' and 'Captain America.' Marvel may make more short films to boost their feature film business.
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Top Picks: 4th of July on PBS, letters to Harry Potter, jazz masters, and more
PBS presents their annual "A Capitol Fourth" concert, Harry Potter's fan mail, Sony celebrates 40 years of jazz, and more recommendations.
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With 'Courage, New Hampshire,' tea party movement enters world of entertainment
Shot on a shoestring budget, "Courage, New Hampshire" is intended to depict traditional American values espoused by the tea party movement. But the show is yet to win a TV distribution deal, so it will premier Sunday night in a movie theater then come out on DVD.
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Top Picks: Van Gogh blooms, Matt Damon thriller, classic opera, and more
London's National Gallery recreates Van Gogh with flowers, Matt Damon stars in a 'romantic thriller,' PBS hosts Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, and more recommendations
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Top Picks: Stevie Nicks, True Grit on DVD, Britain's brightest, and more
A new solo album by Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks, the Coen Brothers' 'True Grit' on DVD, brainy Brits, and more
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Top Picks: Sylvain Chomet's film 'The Illusionist,' Brian Setzer's new album, a book and TV show about Area 51, and more
A poignant animated film from Sylvain Chomet, an album with infectious tunes from Brian Setzer, a show and book about a location with rumored alien sightings, and more recommendations.
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Top 6 Picks: Etta James CD, Harry Potter DVD, King James Bible documentary, and more
An anthology of Etta James' earliest recordings, a newly released DVD of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1,' the movie 'The Book That Changed the World: The Amazing Tale of the King James Bible,' and more recommendations.
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Top Picks: 'The Best of Leon Russell,' Nintendo's 3DS game system, a new novel from Henning Mankell, and more
An album with the greatest hits of Leon Russell, the new Nintendo 3DS which lets you play video games in 3-D, Henning Mankell's suspenseful detective story 'The Troubled Man,' and more recommendations.
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Top Picks: Oprah's latest shows, 'Camelot', a way to avoid Charlie Sheen, and more
Two new television shows on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), a creative retelling of 'Camelot', a web plugin that blocks all references to Charlie Sheen, and more recommendations.
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Top Picks: '127 Hours,' Amos Lee's latest album, 'The Complaints,' and more
Danny Boyle's cinematic survival tale '127 Hours,' Amos Lee's soulful album 'Mission Bell,' Ian Rankin's intriguing detective story 'The Complaints,' and more recommendations.
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