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Buzz's Gift Guide: Box Set Bonanza!

BuzzSugar — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:30:21 PST

Welcome back to my Buzz Gift Guide series for all the entertainment lovers in your life. Yesterday I came up with some ideas for your coworkers, and today, I'm focusing on some splurge gifts for someone special: DVD box sets. These sets, whether a whole TV series or a collection of films, are pricier than the average gift, so they're definitely meant for that superfan who you know will cherish these DVDs forever.

I know many a Sopranos fan that would covet this giant box set that includes the complete series of the HBO show plus tons of special features - including creator David Chase and the cast talking about one of the alternate endings.

Fans of Freaks and Geeks will forever love anyone who gifts them this special "Yearbook Edition" box set. Also, the acclaimed series The Wire is available in its entirety now just in time for the holidays.

Finally, I personally would kill for this collection of films directed by Pedro Almodovar with eight movies including Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, All About My Mother, Talk to Her, The Flower of My Secret, and Bad Education.

Viva Pedro - The Almodovar Collection ($105.99)	The Sopranos - The Complete Series ($199.49)
The Wire: The Complete Series ($134.99)	Freaks & Geeks: Yearbook Edition ($129.99)	Amazon.com: Deadwood ($104.99)

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Do You Wait For Special Edition DVDs?

BuzzSugar — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:30:32 PDT

This week's release of the 10th anniversary Sports Night DVD collection got me thinking about DVD sets and how I choose to add to my own collection. I was excited to get my hands on the new Sports Night set - but first, I had to get rid of my old one, which had all the episodes but no bonus features.

At least as far as TV on DVD is concerned, it's practically a given these days that a bigger and better DVD set will come along eventually to replace the one you already own. For example, I had to offload a bunch of my old Six Feet Under sets when I finally decided to upgrade to the complete series. The same can happen for movies: I was thrilled to see that a Criterion Collection edition of Bottle Rocket was in the works, except I already own the movie minus the best of the special features.

Do you hold out for complete series or special edition DVDs? And if you already own the basic version, do you upgrade when something new and shiny comes along?

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Buzz In: Which TV Series Do You Want to Catch Up On This Summer?

BuzzSugar — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:00:21 PDT

Friday marked the first official day of Summer, though many of us have been feeling the pain of the sparse Summertime TV schedule for several weeks now. It's barely just begun! Sigh.

The upside is that the Summer months provide more free time to catch up on those shows you missed during regular TV seasons. Certain shows like Heroes are nice, easy ones because the episodes go fast, and you'll be able to move right along to the second season's DVDs when they come out later this year.

My parents just started watching the DVDs of last Summer's FX hit Damages, starring Glenn Close, which I fully support. And I've convinced several friends to rent the Friday Night Lights DVDs. I just know they'll like the show if they give it a chance to hook 'em.

And though I know it's a Summer show anyway, you'll have almost four weeks to catch up on the first season of Mad Men when it comes out on DVD July 1 - the second season starts up July 27. Or, for something a little lighter, the first "chapter" of Greek is a lot of fun to put on when you just need to crank the air conditioning and relax.

And if you've never seen an episode of Lost in your life and you're feeling ambitious, you have from now until January 2009 to watch every episode!

Will you catch up on any TV on DVD this Summer?

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Would You Buy a Reality Show on DVD?

BuzzSugar — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:30:19 PDT

While I was checking out this week's new DVD releases, another little news item caught my eye: TLC will be selling a DVD set of Jon and Kate Plus 8, its reality show about the parents of eight young children. Now, admittedly, I've been caught up in my share of Jon and Kate episodes - but I can't say I've ever had the hankering to rewatch one once I know what happens. Will people really want to rehash their favorite Gosselin family moments?

I've wondered similar things about other reality shows that are released on DVD, especially competitions like The Amazing Race or Project Runway. Sure, there are bonus features, and they can be great for people who didn't watch the show on TV. But if you're already a fan, you . . . know who won, right? So why watch again?

Would you ever fork over your money for a reality show on DVD?

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Love "Friday Night Lights" - Or Your Money Back

BuzzSugar — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:33:35 PDT

I've already done a lot of raving about "Friday Night Lights," but you don't have to take my word for it. If you don't love the first-season DVD, which comes out a week from today, you can get your money back.

Seriously.

If you aren't hooked by the end of the first season, you just have to mail in the DVD with a receipt and a special form, and in six to eight weeks, you'll get a refund from Universal Home Entertainment.

I think that's a pretty bold move for a show that might be depending on strong DVD sales to whip up a fan base for its second season. It definitely shows how confident the producers are in their product, though. And besides, nobody is going to take advantage of this offer, because after just a few episodes, they'll see how perfectly written, beautifully acted and stunningly composed the show is. Right? Right?

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New Details about "My So-Called Life" DVDs

BuzzSugar — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:25:10 PDT

The Web site TV on DVD reported a while back that a new "My So-Called Life" DVD set was in the works, thanks to Shout! Factory, the company responsible for the fantastic "Freaks and Geeks" collection. Now, the site has tipped me off to some awesome new details about the set, which is to be released Oct. 30. Here are some highlights:

The six-disc set will be packaged in a keepsake box and priced at $69.99 - so much better than the first DVD release in 2002, which cost about $100 with no extra features.
The set will come with a booklet including fan testimonials from entertainment personalities such as Joss Whedon and Janeane Garofalo.
The heavy-hitters are lined up for interviews and commentaries: Creator Winnie Holzman and executive producers Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz all will be talking about the show. Claire Danes and Jared Leto are also being approached about commentaries, though neither is a sure thing.
Four featurettes covering character profiles and behind-the-scenes insights are in production.
One of the bonus features will incorporate Holzman's ideas for what "MSCL" might have done in its second season.

Needless to say, I can't wait to get my hands on this!

Big Sale on Fox DVDs at Best Buy!

BuzzSugar — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:30:00 PDT

Need to stock up on past seasons of "The Simpsons" or finally own all of "Arrested Development" on DVD? Now's your chance to do it on the cheap. Best Buy has all of its Fox-produced series on sale for just $19.99 this week - regardless of how much the sets normally cost.

Already, the "X-Files" seventh and ninth season sets have sold out (and it's no wonder, considering that Best Buy typically prices them at $99.98), but there are tons of goodies left. Among them: the complete first season of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," the first five seasons of "The Shield," several "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" sets, and the complete "Wonderfalls."

Seriously, with this sale, it would be cheaper to buy one of the longer series (say, the six-disc first season of "24") than to rent it at Blockbuster. I'm not sure how long the sale is going on, so check it out soon if you're interested.

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From the Community: 5 Nontraditional Abs Moves to Get Bikini-Ready

Fit Community — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:13:31 PDT

Looking to tighten up your core before Summer? FitSugar reader and certified trainer JessicaSmithTV created the following workout for just that! She shared it in our 10 Pounds DOWN! community group.

Don't just lie flat on the floor and do crunches to prep your abs for Summer! Target your abs and keep the rest of your body working too with these 5 non-traditional abs moves from fitness expert Jessica Smith that will help you get bikini body ready fast.

Want more help shaping up for summer? Check out our new 10 Pounds DOWN: Cardio Abs DVD and download your free Great Abs Guide on our website, 10 Pounds Down.

Have your own workout to share? Post it in our FitSugar Community - it might even be featured on the homepage!

OnSugar Blog: If the World Revolved Around Families . . .

OnSugar Blog — Mon, 07 May 2012 03:16:38 PDT

Lots of moms like to think out loud, and Jo Aaron is one of them. Here is one of the latest posts to her Mommy Brain blog.

While innocently looking for a restaurant suggestion online the other day, I stumbled across an anti-parent, anti-child blog entry that just annoyed me. It was an angry (and narrow-minded, in my opinion) piece about how awful it is when this particular person has to dine with families at his favorite restaurants. He/she literally suggested that families shouldn't be allowed to dine in restaurants at all, and most definitely not the ones that are any good.

Here are my guesses:

#1, this person is somewhere between 21-26.

#2, this person will have a completely different blog in about 5-10 years when he/she has kids of his/her own and realizes that going out for dinner is like parental heroin . . . you know, your fix is having someone else prepare and clean up your meal while all you have to do is watch the kids and make sure they don't drive the other patrons nuts. Because that's the easy part. Right.

So, while I get that I shouldn't be carting my kids off to the Pump Room for a 9PM Saturday night reservation, I don't think it's such a crime to have them enjoy a 5:30PM reservation at a local haunt regardless of how cool and trendy it is this week. Instead of digitally flicking this guy or gal off by replying to his/her post, instead I thought I'd make a list of all of the ways that the world would be a better place for those of us with kids . . . maybe this will drive it home:

If the world revolved around families, there would be no such thing as lines at the grocery store. Instead of spending 15 minutes telling our kids to stop touching everything in the checkout line, like candy, magazines, or batteries, we'd just breeze through the aisles, yell our credit card numbers out to the teller as we beelined to our cars. No fuss, no muss.
If the world revolved around families, there would be a Starbucks with dozens of drive-thru windows and on-duty baristas somewhere between my house and school.
If the world revolved around families, there would be TVs with DVD players and current Disney movies playing in every waiting room in the United States. This includes all airport terminals as well. And speaking of airports...
If the world revolved around families, there would be such a thing as teleportation like on Star Trek (yes, I'm a nerd), so that families would never, never, never, ever have to deal with air travel at all.
If the world revolved around families, no one with kids would ever have to go to the DMV, post office, or emergency room.

Keep reading for more of Jo Aaron's funny observations!

Where to Find Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch Next

Nancy Einhart — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:45:57 PDT

If you haven't caught up on the first season of Sherlock yet, then you'd better hurry: we have just three days before the season two premiere. Star Benedict Cumberbatch is one of our favorite famous geeks, and if you love him too, here's your comprehensive guide to where to find him next.

On TV: The second season of Sherlock begins this Sunday, May 6, on Masterpiece PBS.
On DVD: Better yet, you'll be able to purchase season two on DVD on May 22.
On the big screen: Cumberbatch will play the villain in J.J. Abrams's second take on Captain Kirk-era Star Trek, due in theaters in 2013.
Behind the scenes: Completing a geeky trifecta, Cumberbatch will also voice Smaug the dragon in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit, coming to theaters at the end of the year.
On GeekSugar: Yesterday, we sat down with Cumberbatch and Steven Moffat in NYC. Check back here next week for the full interview!

Are you a fan of Sherlock? Where are you most excited to see Cumberbatch next?