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Best Bets: 'Hugo" on DVD, "The Lorax" and a Jodi Picoult novel

Asa Butterfield in "Hugo." Paramount Pictures

(CBS) There are few new offerings in entertainment this week as most of the industry basks in a post-Oscars glow.

"Hugo," one of the big winners at Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, is being released Tuesday on DVD. The 3D film, set in 1930s Paris, took home Oscars for art direction, cinematography, sound mixing, sound editing and special effects.

Also due out that day is the DVD of "Johnny English Reborn," a spy comedy starring British actor Rowan Atkinson.

On the big screen, "The Lorax," an animated film starring Danny De Vito, Zac Efron and Taylor Swift, opens Friday. The family film is about a 12-year-old boy who must hunt down the grumpy Lorax to win the hand of the girl of his dreams.

Look for new albums Tuesday the Ting Tings ( "Songs from Nowhere"), Lyle Lovett ("Release Me"), Celtic Thunder ("Voyage"), Kid Cudi ("WZRD") Estelle ("All of Me") and Ja Rule ("Pil2").

On TV, "Breakout Kings" premieres Sunday on A&E. In its second season, the drama is about U.S. marshals and ex cons working together to track down prison escapees.

"You're Not Doing It Right," a new book from comedian and celebrity poker player Michael Ian Black is due out on Tuesday, as is "Lone Wolf" a new novel from best-selling author Jodi Picoult, and "THREATS," a well-reviewed first novel from Amelia Gray.

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