Planet Earth

We whine and whinge about stuff all day, but the creatures of planet earth have a lot more to complain about, and complain they do in the following spoof of the awesome show Planet Earth. My fave? The majestic f-bomb by the mighty dolphin at the end.

I've never had a shortage of love for Prince. The man has written some truly stunning songs and provided the soundtrack to the wilder house parties I've attended. But admittedly, I had stopped paying much attention to Prince — until this year's Super Bowl halftime show, when the purple one reminded me how much he rocks.

He has a new album out July 24 called Planet Earth, and if you're anything like me, you haven't really considered the possibility of getting excited about a new Prince album. This new track, titled "The One U Wanna C," should change your mind. The song, which you can download here, is both refreshingly familiar — oh, those honeyed vocals — and totally unexpected, with rockabilly-style guitars, a jaunty vocal melody, funky overtones, and even a touch of twang.

Also, is he really singing "If you wanna get creamy"? I think he is. Welcome back, Prince.

We live in a time where everyone must do her part to help save our environment. Stars are speaking out and doing everything they can to gain momentum and raise awareness. While most of us are comfortably set in our ways, slightly changing our day to day actions can make a huge difference over time. Whether it is swapping out your light bulbs to energy saving bulbs or recycling, taking public transportation or re-using grocery bags, ladies, do tell, how do you pitch in to save our one and only planet Earth?

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All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue.

The Queen
This critical darling won about a zillion awards, including a Best Actress Oscar for Helen Mirren, who plays Queen Elizabeth II. The drama follows the Royal Family in the aftermath of Princess Diana's tragic death in 1997. Michael Sheen plays Tony Blair while James Cromwell is impressive as Prince Philip. Like Best Actor comrade Forest Whitaker who won for his portrayal of a ruthless Ugandan dictator, Mirren earned accolades for her humanization of a public figure many people deemed cold and distant.

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I watched the first three installments of the Discovery Channel's 11-part Planet Earth miniseries on a friend's 42-inch high-definition TV last week, and I can say hands down that it is one of the most incredible things I have ever seen on TV.

No, seriously. It's amazing.

Alternating between sublime panoramas and unbelievably intimate animal moments, Planet Earth uses high-tech photography to capture images you never imagined you'd see. In one scene, aerial cameras follow hundreds of elephants as they migrate across Ethiopia, then zoom in so closely that you can see one baby elephant, temporarily blinded by the dust, run smack dab into a tree. Honestly, it's one of the cutest things I've ever seen.

But this nature documentary on steroids — five years in the making — is more than just cute, and Discovery is airing five hours of it this weekend, so read more