Entertainment Picks (January 15, 2010)

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January 14, 2010

3 Things to check out this weekend

Anonymous The Suwannee Democrat Thu Jan 14, 2010, 05:07 PM EST

Criss Angel: Mindfreak Collector’s Edition Megaset

DVD ($99.95)

As the star of his top-rated A&E; Network series, magician Criss Angel serves up a mystifying array of bewildering illusions, macabre escapes and unbelievable physical feats. Is it real, or he just messing with your mind? This lavish, 15-DVD collection of all five seasons doesn’t reveal his big secrets, but it’s a wild, 36-hour head trip all the same with magic’s most masterful TV showman. Bonus content includes commentary by Angel, unaired footage, outtakes and step-by-step instructions for three easy “mind freak” tricks you can do.

—Neil Pond, American Profile

He Is, I Say

By David Wild

Softcover, 203 pages ($14.95)

Wild, a contributing editor at “Rolling Stone” magazine, turns his lifelong appreciation for Neil Diamond---an artist considered successful but uncool by most rock ’n’ rollers---into a witty, heartfelt and insightful biography-tribute to the Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter of “Sweet Caroline,” “I Am, I Said,” “Song Sung Blue” and more than 50 other Top 40 hits.

—Neil Pond, American Profile

Ride Around the World

DVD ($19.98)

Saddle up with this amazing award-winning 2007 documentary, now available on DVD, for an extraordinary international gallop with cowboys in seven countries, including America, Spain, Chile and British Columbia. Spectacular photography makes you feel like you’re along for the ride, whether roping wild bulls in Texas, crossing a South American river or staging a horseback attack on a Moroccan casbah. Giddyup!

—Neil Pond, American Profile

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