The ShowBuzz Weekly Forecast

It's also the third season premiere of the hit drama "House," starring Emmy-nominee Hugh Laurie in the title role as the anti-hero doctor, and the fourth season premiere of FX's "Nip/Tuck."

MTV's eight-episode documentary "Juvies," about a group of first-time offenders, and Fox's drama "Standoff," about a pair of hostage negotiators, each make their debut.

The season finale "Primetime: The Outsiders" covers swinging, asexuality and marriage between cousins with a few visits to strip clubs thrown in for good measure.

On HBO, the drama "The Wire" returns for a fourth season and "Russell Simmons Presents: Def Comedy Jam" returns for the seventh time.

MOVIES:

3Adrien Brody stars in "Hollywoodland" as a private detective investigating the death of George Reeves. Reeves, who played Superman in a 1950s television series, was found dead at his home in 1959 and although cops ruled it a suicide, rumors that he met with foul play have persisted. Ben Affleck plays Reeves in the film.

"Sherrybaby" stars Maggie Gyllenhall in a drama about a recently-paroled woman struggling to deal with life outside of prison and raising a 5-year-old daughter.

Also opening is the horror film "The Covenant" and the action film "The Protector" featuring martial arts star Tony Jaa.

All of the above films open Sept. 8.

MUSIC

Beyoncé celebrated her 25th birthday Sept. 4, and on Sept. 5 she releases the appropriately titled "B'Day." The album is the follow-up to her multi-platinum solo debut "Crazy in Love."

Audioslave is out with their third studio album, "Revelations." Lead guitarist Tom Morello describes the sound of the album as "Led Zeppelin meets Earth, Wind, and Fire."

Now in their fourth decade, English heavy metal band Iron Maiden releases "A Matter of Life and Death (Limited Deluxe Edition With Bonus DVD)." It's the band's 14th studio album. The DVD includes interviews and two in-studio performances.

Also out this week are "Good Monsters" by Christian rockers Jars of Clay, the "Essential Alice in Chains" two-disc compilation from the grunge pioneers, "Funnel Cloud" by folk-rock trio Hem, and South American hipsters Los Amigos Invisible's "Superpop Venezuela."

DVD

Need more time to figure out "Lost" before the third season debuts Oct. 4? Now you can with "Lost: The Second Season," which features an extra eight hours of original bonus material, including unaired footage.

2Other TV shows out on DVD this week are the CW's "Supernatural: The Complete First Season," the sixth and final season of HBO's daring prison drama "OZ," the sixth season of the classic 1960s animated series "The Flintstones," and the complete first and second seasons of the groundbreaking 1970s family drama "Family."

Criterion Collection releases Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa's 1954 masterpiece "Seven Samurai," Federico Fellini's 1974 film "Amarcord," about his childhood in Italy during its fascist period; and Terry Gilliam's 1985 anti-totalitarianism cautionary tale "Brazil." As always, Criterion packs each disc with loads of extra and high-quality digital remastering of the original films.

A special "Godzilla — Gojira Deluxe Collector's Edition" includes the 1954 Japanese version of the classic monster film as well as the 1956 U.S. version, which included additional scenes featuring American actor Raymond Burr.

Also out on DVD are the 9/11 film "United 93," and the British comedy "Kinky Boots."

BOOKS

National Book Award-winning author Alice McDermott is back with her sixth book, "After This: A Novel," a family saga that spans several decades. Publisher's Weekly calls the author a "master at capturing Irish-Catholic American suburban life" and the American Library Association's Booklist magazine says this novel is her most commanding yet.

Best-selling author Brad Meltzer mixes history, suspense and politics once again in his seventh novel, "The Book of Fate."

"St. Lucy's Home for Children Raised by Wolves: Stories" is a collection of uplifting, offbeat stories by 25-year-old author Karen Russell.

Jonathan Franzen, also a National Book Award winner, writes about growing up in the 1960s and '70s in "The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History."

THEATER

James Armstrong's new comedy, "Foggy Bottom," opens off-Broadway on Sept. 10. The drama "The Man Himself," about religious extremism, also opens off-Broadway on Sept. 10.
By Judy Faber