It's a good day for entertainment! Besides the new DVDs today, I've got a few new music releases that should jolt your MP3 player to life.
It's electronic: Hot Chip's latest album, One Life Stand, is the fourth from the British electro-pop band, and though it's not quite as effervescent as 2008's Made in the Dark, there are plenty of crowd-pleasers. "Take It In" and title track "One Life Stand," are my favorites in particular, and the ones I'd cue up for a dance party for one. Less upbeat but just as great is the intense "I Feel Better."
Sugary sweet soundtrack: Before the Valentine's Day movie makes its debut in theaters Friday, its soundtrack bows today. By now you may have heard Taylor Swift's contribution, "Today Was a Fairytale" — the song is typically Swift, in that it's pretty schlocky, but it's also infectious and sweet. In the same vein is the Jewel song, "Stay Here Forever," which actually sounds like it could be a vehicle for Ms. Swift. It's not a comeback track for Jewel, sadly, but maybe it'll help her get her foot back in the pop door.
There are a couple more satisfying tracks on the disc, like the indie-fied, twee cover of I'm Into Something Good by The Bird and The Bee. And I tend to love Willie Nelson, so I'm a fan of his Sinatra-esque "On the Street Where You Live."
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I guess Jack Bauer isn't retiring any time soon: 24 is about to be made into a full-length feature film starring Kiefer Sutherland. The show's two-hour TV movie in 2008, "Redemption," was both successful and satisfying — and a good indication that the big screen version of 24 could be awesome as well.
The Simpsons and The X-Files were made into films while their TV counterparts were still on the air, but it's not known if the production on the 24 movie will start before or after the series ends.
Old TV series have long been mined for movie material; right now, The A-Team and Gunsmoke are headed to the movies, but what current TV shows would you want to see jump from the small to big screen? Lost is an obvious one, while Mad Men has the kind of production value that could translate into a film. What TV shows would you like to see turned into a movie?
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It's a good week for Hollywood actresses! Today comes the announcement of oodles of casting news in the works, as these famous ladies line up for big-screen parts.

- Katherine Heigl is taking over Reese Witherspoon's role in the long-dormant project One for the Money based on the chick lit novel by Janet Evanovich. The story follows an unemployed lingerie buyer (Heigl) who takes up bounty hunting to make some cash. I can picture Heigl balancing the working girl with the kick-buttness needed, but — to quote Izzie Stevens herself — seriously?
- Cate Blanchett is signing on for Hanna, a drama which centers around a 14-year old (Saoirse Ronan) who's been raised to be an assassin by her dad (Eric Bana). No word on Blanchett's role, but she could be a dead-ringer for Ronan's mother. Just a thought.
- James Franco is getting his leading lady for Danny Boyle's 127 Hours. And the lucky woman is: Amber Tamblyn. I'm surprised to see Tamblyn land such a juicy movie role; it's definitely overdue.
- Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland ingenue, Mia Wasikowska, continues to snap up the most sought-after parts for young actresses, adding the upcoming adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre to her resume. She'll be playing Eyre, in a role that was originally set for Ellen Page.
- Rachel Weisz is joining Jim Sheridan's Dream House, a thriller about a husband (Daniel Craig) and wife (Naomi Watts) who move into a house that was the scene of a murdered family. Weisz is set to play their neighbor.