     
Read: George Lucas’s Blockbusters … Elizabeth Gilbert … Baking your way to happiness … The Checklist Manifesto … Listen: Hornsby … Ringo … Buffet … Nellie McKay … Watch musicals: Once … Mama Mia! … Chicago … Hairspray … Enjoy: Instant wine aerator … iPod touch 2nd generation.
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| | Featured on Fresh Air January 6 George Lucas’s Blockbusting: A Decade by Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of their Financial and Cultural Success
By George Lucas
This is indispensable reading for all who love the film business because it shows that blockbusters have not only been made on relatively low budgets before, but that they have been made time and time again through varying economic climates. The numerous essays examine trends across all genres: war, noir, bio-drama, biblical, epic, musical, western, disaster, crime, and action adventure films, as well as the advent of the summer movie, auteur filmmaking, and the revolutionary advances that have been made in film technology over time.
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| | Featured on Morning Edition January 6 & The Diane Rehm Show January 7 The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right
By Atul Gawande
In an increasingly complex world, acclaimed surgeon and writer Atul Gawande finds a remedy in the simplest, yet most profound of techniques: the checklist. First introduced decades ago by the U.S. Air Force for its highly trained pilots, new innovative checklists are now being adopted in hospitals for even elite doctors where—in the immensely complex world of surgery—a simple checklist has cut the rate of fatalities by more than a third. An intellectual life-and-death adventure, this book is essential reading for anyone working to get things right. “Gawande is a writer with a scalpel pen and an X-ray eye. Diagnosis: riveting.” ~Time magazine
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| | Featured on Weekend Edition January 3 Confections of a Closet Master Baker: One Woman’s Sweet Journey from Unhappy Hollywood Executive to Contented Country Baker
By Gesine Bullock-Prado
As head of a Hollywood production company, Gesine Bullock-Prado was miserable. The only solace she found was in baking. This chronicle follows her journey from sugar-obsessed child to miserable, awkward Hollywood insider to reluctant master baker. It’s filled with characters, descriptions of her baking process, renditions of Hollywood nonsense, and recipes; the ingredients of her story will appeal to anyone who has ever considered leaving the life they know and completely starting over.
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| | Featured on The Diane Rehm Show January 7 Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
By Elizabeth Gilbert
By the end of Eat, Pray, Love, her book about her survival of a horrific divorce, Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazilian-born Australian citizen, but foreswore against ever marrying again. Then the U.S. government intervened and the couple was forced to marry in order to stay together in the country. Thus Gilbert began delving into the institution of marriage, trying to discover through historical research, interviews, and much personal reflection what marriage actually is, examining questions of compatibility, infatuation, fidelity, family tradition, social expectations, divorce risks and humbling responsibilities. “… consistently entertaining and illuminating and often funny.” ~The New York Times
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| | Featured on Weekend Edition January 3 Levitate
By Bruce Hornsby
Hornsby returns to his signature blend of rock, country, pop and jazz, accompanied by his seasoned touring band the Noisemakers. The title track is the end theme for Spike Lee’s documentary Kobe at Work about the NBA superstar Kobe Bryant.
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By Ringo Starr Produced by the former Beatle himself, Ringo leads a core group of old and new friends including Joe Walsh, Dave Stewart, Steve Dudas, Joss Stone, Ben Harper and Richard Marx. Sir Paul McCartney even joins in on two tracks.
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| | Buffet Hotel
By Jimmy Buffet Guest artists include Sonny Landreth, Jake Shimabukuro, Cedric Burnside, Steve Lightnin’ Malcolm and Toumani Diabate. Includes a 24-page booklet.
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| | Featured on A Prairie Home Companion: 2009 Highlights January 2.
Listen here. Normal as Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day
By Nellie McKay
Nellie received the Doris Day Music Award in 2005 and is one of the few people in the last 30 years to be granted an interview with the iconic movie star. Now Nellie has handpicked songs from over 600 Day recordings for a sophisticated but accessible recording with spare and tasteful arrangements that clearly put the focus on the songs and McKay’s vocal stylings.
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| Watch The following movies were featured on All Things Considered: The Movie Musical Returns January 3 | | | 
| | Once
Winner of the World Audience Award at Sundance, Once is about an Irish busker (Glen Hansard, The Commitments) who meets a Czech flower seller (Markéta Irglová) while singing on the streets of Dublin. As it turns out, she’s a musician, too, and they work on a few songs together; a friendship is forged as she helps lift him out of his listless life, but for them love is harder to come by.
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| | Chicago
Winner of six Academy Awards® including Best Picture, and starring Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Queen Latifah, Richard Gere and John C. Reilly, Chicago tells the story of nightclub sensation Velma Kelly and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart who both find themselves sharing space on Chicago’s famed Murderess Row as well as the town’s slickest lawyer who has a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends.
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| | Hairspray
It’s 1962 and Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, has one passion—to dance. She wins a spot on the local TV dance program and is transformed into a teen celebrity overnight. But can she win the heart of teen-dream Link Larkin and stand up for what she believes in, despite the program’s scheming stage manager?
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| | Mamma Mia!
The stage musical hit built around the songs of the hugely popular pop group ABBA makes it to the big screen in spectacular fashion: Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), daughter of Donna (Meryl Streep), sends a letter to three men (Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, and Stellan Skarsgard), inviting them to her wedding in Greece to find out which one of them is her father. Let the sun, fun and singing begin!
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| Electronics & Gifts | | | 
| | Apple iPod touch 16 GB (2nd Generation)
The iPod touch has always been an amazing iPod. And with its groundbreaking technologies — including a Multi-Touch screen, the accelerometer, and 3D graphics — and access to hundreds of games, iPod touch puts an amazing gaming experience in the palm of your hand. It comes in 8 GB, 16 GB and 32 GB models with new volume controls and a built-in speaker. Play hours of music. Create a Genius Playlist of songs that go great together. Watch a movie. Surf the web. View rich HTML email. Find your location and get directions with Google Maps. Browse YouTube videos. And shop the App Store for games and applications.
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| | Vinturi Wine Aerator
As wine breathes, it releases its intended aromas and flavors. Unlike time-consuming decanters, Vinturi’s simple gadget makes the aerating process easy and convenient. Simply hold it over a glass and pour the wine through, mixing the proper amount of air in the right amount of time. The result is a better bouquet, richer flavor, and smoother finish. Vinturi’s acrylic aerator stands six inches tall and two inches wide, is dishwasher safe, and comes with a no-drip stand and travel pouch.
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