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Top Picks: The Nobel Peace Prize Concert, AOL's New York City Ballet documentary, and moreJazz musician Ben Allison tries something new with his genre on the album 'The Stars Look Very Different Today,' the children's book 'Songs from a Journey with a Parrot' has kids read and sing, and more top picks.
Top Picks: Our staff selects the best of holiday musicFrom Nick Lowe's folksy 'Quality Street' to Mary J. Blige's refreshing take on winter standards, here's some new music worth checking out this holiday season.
Thanksgiving by the numbersFrom the amount of airline passengers flying home the history of the president pardoning a turkey, use these facts about Turkey Day to entertain your tablemates at dinner this year.
Top Picks: Thanksgiving Day TV, Benjamin Moore's color app, and moreHBO's sports retrospective looks at how athletics can cross race, gender, and class lines, the American Chemical Society's site has tips on Thanksgiving cooking as well as facts about the science behind it, and more top picks.
Top Picks: 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' on DVD and Blu-ray, an opportunity to save a turkey, and morePBS airs the films 'Indian Relay' and 'Young Lakota' to celebrate Native American Heritage Month, Oliver Stone's 'JFK' arrives on Blu-ray with new features and footage, and more top picks.
Top Picks: Hugh Jackman in 'Oklahoma!,' Arcade Fire's 'Reflektor,' and moreThe Smithsonian Channel takes viewers through the entire day of J.F.K.'s assassination, the film 'Rising From Ashes' tells the story of a group of cyclists training for the Olympics, and more top picks.
Once a fraud, now a masterpieceThe tech age in which we live enables experts to determine more quickly when a newly found painting is indeed the long-lost work of a master.
Top Picks: Yuja Wang and Gustavo Dudamel's new album, Brandon Staton's 'Humans of New York,' and morePBS's 'American Masters' explores the life of Jimi Hendrix, CNN examines how environmentalists changed their views on nuclear power, and more.- Top Picks: 'War of the Worlds,' a work of art in space, and more'Monsters University' is available for home viewing, 'Moby-Dick' becomes an opera, and more top picks.
Top Picks: Lorde's new album, CNN Films' orcas documentary, and more'Before Midnight' is the most poignant film of Richard Linklater's trilogy, historian Henry Louis Gates examines slavery in America for PBS, and more top picks.
Top Picks: A comic books documentary, ballet at the movie theater, and moreThe Starz miniseries 'Dancing on the Edge' is a crime saga and a jazz celebration, director Joss Whedon adapts Shakespeare for his movie 'Much Ado About Nothing,' and more top picks.
Top Picks: National Geographic's photographers' stories, The Blind Boys of Alabama's new album, and moreA group of top recording artists from Mali and an American blues singer produce a remarkable album, 'Frontline' presents an essential documentary on football injuries, and more top picks.
Fitness takes a skyward leapThe newest trend in exercising involves tools such as aerial silks, ropes, and hoops.
Top Picks: Sarah Jarosz' album 'Build Me Up From Bones,' a live theater broadcast of the Met's 'Eugene Onegin,' and moreLaurie R. King explores the City of Light in the 1920s in 'The Bones of Paris,' the Discovery Channel's new documentary series focuses on 'North America,' and more top picks.
Top Picks: 'War and Peace' on DVD, Nigel Slater's book 'Notes from the Larder,' and moreTerence Stamp and Vanessa Redgrave star in 'Unfinished Song,' German tenor Jonas Kaufmann releases his Sony debut recording, and more top picks.
Top Picks: PBS's series of Shakespeare's history plays, Larry Kane's Beatles book, and moreThe game 'Plants vs. Zombies 2' is fun and creative, Rokia Traor茅's new album 'Beautiful Africa' is a colorful, joyful work, and more top picks.
Top Picks: iTunes' online concerts, 'Star Trek Into Darkness' on DVD, and moreSinger Pl谩cido 颅Domingo performs Verdi's baritone arias on his new album, Billie Jean King is honored on 'American Masters,' and more top picks.- Top Picks: Joanne Chang's new cookbook, Danny MacAskill's jaw-dropping obstacle course, and moreHelen Mirren stars in 'Prime Suspect' on Blu-ray, Schoola.com makes fundraising more practical, and more top picks.
Top Picks: James Lee Burke's newest mystery, the Civil Wars' new album, and morePBS honors the March on Washington with a new documentary, the app Buycott tells you how to support your beliefs with the right food companies, and more top picks.- Home DIY blogs are big businessBloggers who love home renovation are attracting enough of an audience that they can make their passion their full-time job.
