Music -


My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James steps out with his first solo album, Regions of Light and Sound of God.




Jewel
re-recorded "Foolish Games" and "You Were Meant for Me" as duets for her Greatest Hits album.
An homage to my early singer-songwriter days...Jewel has released a Greatest Hits album with a couple of added surprises. She has a version of Foolish Games, done as a duet with Kelly Clarkson (i featured it on my page last week. it's really good!), as well as a version of You Were Meant for Me, featuring the Pistol Annies. Check it out! ~k

Richard Thompson's Electric was produced by Buddy Miller.


The soundtrack to Safe Haven includes tracks by Colbie Caillat and Gavin DeGraw, Tristan Prettyman, Ben Howard, Brandi Carlile and Amos Lee.

Also in stores are eels' Wonderful, Glorious, Roxy Music's The Complete Studio Recordings and Ron Sexsmith's Forever Endeavour.

Movies -

Denzel Washington is up for a Best Actor Oscar for playing a pilot whose sobriety is called into question after a heroic landing in Flight. The drama co-stars John Goodman, Don Cheadle, Melissa Leo, Bruce Greenwood and Nadine Velazquez.

Tyler Perry is up for a Worst Actor Razzie for playing the title detective in Alex Cross. The adaptation of the James Patterson detective novel co-stars Giancarlo Esposito, Jean Reno, Matthew Fox
, John C. McGinley and Edward Burns.


Here Comes the Boom
stars Kevin James as a teacher who raises cash to save a music program by moonlighting as a mix
ed-martial-arts fighter. Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler and Charice co-star.

The difficulty of amicable divorce is followed in Celeste and Jesse Forever with Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg.

TV that’s available includes the third season of Cougar Town.