Entertainment Picks (June 25, 2010)

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June 23, 2010

3 Things to Check out this weekend

Anonymous CNHI The Suwannee Democrat Wed Jun 23, 2010, 06:00 AM EDT

Live Oak — Pop Memories of the ’60s

CD ($279.98)

As the war in Vietnam was raging and the times were a-changin’ all around, pop music of the ’60s provided easy-listening escapism. This Time-Life collection has a princely price tag, but it’s a bonanza of ear balm: 18 CDs and 279 Top 40 favorites from Glen Campbell, Elvis Presley, Connie Francis, Tom Jones, Englebert Humperdink and other classic crooners, teen-idol superstars, musical groups, instrumentalists and folk balladeers who created the soothing AM-radio soundtrack to an otherwise turbulent era.

—Neil Pond, American Profile

Edge of Darkness

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital copy

$35.99

Mel Gibson makes his movie comeback in this gritty, conspiracy-driven revenge drama about a cop’s ever-deepening discovery of the big-business secrets shrouding the murder of his daughter. It’s guilty-pleasure fun watching Mad Mel get cranked into full-throttle get-even mode, and British actor Ray Winstone puts his former-boxer physique to good use as a shady government operative whose slippery, shifting allegiance keeps you guessing until the end.

—Neil Pond, American Profile

Under the Neon Sky

By Jay Rankin

Softcover, 266 pages ($14.99)

The author, a former probation officer with an advanced degree in psychology, recounts his six years working the graveyard shift as a doorman at the MGM Grand hotel in the heart of Las Vegas. It’s an engrossing, expertly guided tour of the desert town that never sleeps, its constant parade of characters, ever-present potential for catastrophe, and seemingly boundless, round-the-clock buffet of temptations, all from a unique perspective that most visitors never get to see.

—Neil Pond, American Profile

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VIDEO: 'Ring of fire' solar eclipse

The solar eclipse that took place Sunday evening was an annular eclipse, one in which the moon blocks almost all of the sun. Some of the best viewing was in Asia, as with this video filmed in Japan.

May 21, 2012 1 Photo
Hope Notes reception for donors, volunteers, school personnel and those involved in this project May 15 at 6 p.m. at The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park
May 13, 2012 1 Photo
Viral video: Zoo lion goes crazy over zebra-striped baby
A baby boy wearing black and white stripes -- like a zebra -- looked awfully tempting to a lioness at the zoo in Portland, Ore. this week. His parents captured video of the big cat pawing at her glass cage, trying to eat him.

May 3, 2012 1 Photo
Viral video: Family sings 'Bohemian Rhapsody' on way to school
One dad starts the weekdays off right by staging a sing-along to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" with his three kids during their morning ride to school.

April 27, 2012 1 Photo
Viral video: Bears interrupt weather report at Pa. TV station
A mama bear and three of her cubs were caught on camera at a northeastern Pennsylvania television station seconds before a live weather report was about to begin.

April 25, 2012 1 Photo
Photo tribute: 100 years of baseball at Fenway Park
This year Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, celebrates its 100th anniversary as America's oldest Major League stadium -- and the setting for some of baseball's greatest players, historic wins and crushing losses. That sacred magic is captured in two exhibits at the 20-year-old Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, a Boston suburb.

April 19, 2012 1 Photo 1 Slideshow
Viral video: High school prom spills into street for 'Footloose' dance
A group of high school students from Oklahoma made their prom memorable by staging a choreographed dance to "Footloose" in the middle of the street. The video of students from Hennessey High School in Hennessey, Okla., was shot Saturday night and is quickly going viral.

April 17, 2012 1 Photo
Viral video: Rain delay antics at college baseball game
Fans aren't the only ones who get bored during rain delays in college baseball -- the players do too. But the teams from the Southern Miss and Ole Miss found some creative ways to pass the time this week during an extended delay at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Miss.

April 5, 2012
100th anniversary of sinking of titanic special coverage
Online coverage begins today will include fascinating and emotional stories, slideshows and videos. Content updated daily.

April 4, 2012 1 Photo
DJ "Dr. Don," The Big 98 and Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park to revive Bluegrass Radio Show
The first show with The Big 98.1 will be broadcast from The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park Radio Studio this Sunday, April 1, from 5 - 7 p.m.

March 31, 2012 1 Photo
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