The ShowBuzz Weekly Forecast
This is sure to be a money-making week at the box office as Will Smith attempts to stem the tide of a super virus in "I Am Legend" and Alvin, Theodore and Simon are a handful of trouble for their owner as the cartoon classic "Alvin and the Chipmunks" gets an update with some live participants.
Speaking of classics, pick up the box sets just released by Pink Floyd and Radiohead, or purchase your copy of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."
MOVIES
In "I Am Legend," scientist Robert Neville, played by Will Smith, is unable to stop a manmade, incurable virus from exterminating the human race. Now, as the only survivor left in the world, Neville desperately tries to use his own immune blood to reverse the virus before the plague's mutant victims eat him alive.
Thanks to CGI, the cartoon sensation "Alvin and the Chipmunks" makes its live debut in this family comedy about how the pint-sized pop stars makes life hectic for their impatient owner, Dave Seville, played by "My Name Is Earl" star Jason Lee.Photos: A New York "Legend"
Queen Latifah, Terrence Howard and Gabrielle Union star in "The Perfect Holiday," a story about how a shopping mall Santa Claus comes to the rescue of a divorced mother of three who is so busy taking care of her children that she forgets to take proper care of herself.
TV
Based on the Mitch Albom best-seller, the TV movie "For One More Day" stars Michael Imperioli ("The Sopranos"), Ellen Burstyn and Scott Cohen. An "Oprah Winfrey Presents" production, it airs at 9 p.m. EST Sunday on ABC.
A new documentary, "Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner," reveals the playwright as resolutely upbeat, steadily productive, and amazingly relaxed for someone whose days are driven by the urge to speak the truth, and are fueled, in part, by his background as a gay progressive who grew up in the South. A special presentation of "P.O.V.," it airs 9 p.m. Wednesday on PBS (check local listings).
The film "Snowglobe" stars Christina Milian and Lorraine Bracco ("The Sopranos"). It premieres 8 p.m. Saturday on cable's ABC Family channel.
MUSIC
Fans of Pink Floyd should enjoy "Oh By The Way," a 16-disc box set of the group's entire studio output, from 1967's "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" to 1994's "The Division Bell." The collection also includes a fold-out fabric poster.
"Radiohead: Limited Edition Box Set" is a seven-disc box set made up of all five of the band's studio albums, plus the live album "I Might Be Wrong - Live Recordings 2001." All CDs include exclusive access to streams of unreleased band footage and surprise content when placed inside a computer.
Bow Wow and Omarion's collaborated album "Face Off" is a two-disc album, one of which includes 12 tracks, the other of which is a bonus DVD.
DVD
"The Bourne Ultimatum,"the action franchise's third installment featuring People magazine's newest "Sexiest Man Alive" Matt Damon, not only includes deleted scenes of more death-defying stunts, but also includes feature commentary and featurettes called "Driving School" and "New York Chase," the latter explaining how the film's pivotal scene was shot.
The Disney Channel's cult hit "High School Musical 2" takes place outside the hallways of school when the Lava Spring Country Club hires Wildcat basketball hero Troy Bolton, played by Zac Efron, his genius girlfriend, played by Vanessa Hudgens, and their two best friends for summer work.
The FX hit, "Dirt," , starring Courtney Cox Arquette as the editor-in-chief of the celebrity tabloid, hits DVD shelves with its first season. The four-disc box set includes all 13 episodes from the season.
THEATER
"Yellow Face," features David Henry Hwang, who puts himself center stage with alter-ego DHH, telling his comical side of the explosive controversy stirred up when he led a protest against the hiring of Jonathan Pryce in the original Broadway production of "Miss Saigon."
"Doris to Darlene, a Cautionary Valentine," is about how a song Richard Wagner wrote in the 1860s helps mold a biracial schoolgirl into a pop star a century later, as the tune becomes her career defining top-ten hit.