Here are the new DVD and video releases for Tuesday, November 6th, 2001.

THE SOPRANOS: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (VHS & DVD)
STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (DVD)
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE: LIMITED EDITION COLLECTOR'S SET (DVD)
EMMET OTTER'S JUG-BAND CHRISTMAS (DVD)
SOUTH PARK: TIMMY (VHS & DVD)
SOUTH PARK: WINTER WONDERLAND (VHS & DVD)

THE WOODY ALLEN COLLECTION, Vol. 3 of 3 (DVD)- BROADWAY DANNY ROSE, HANNAH AND HER SISTERS, RADIO DAYS, A MIDSUMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY, THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO, & ZELIG

LEGALLY BLONDE (VHSr & DVD)- Reese Witherspoon offers up an audio commentary and the disc also includes two documentaries and a handful of deleted scenes.

BABY BOY (VHSr & DVD)
THE GOLDEN BOWL (VHSr & DVD)
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY: SPECIAL EDITION (DVD)
EMPIRE OF THE SUN (VHS & DVD)
CAST AWAY: SPECIAL EDITION (VHSs & DVD)
FARSCAPE, Vol. 8 (DVD)
MTV'S INSIDE FEAR (VHS & DVD)

Plus... DVD debuts of THE SPITFIRE GRILL, GUADALCANAL DIARY, HALLS OF MONTEZUMA, THE YOUNG LIONS, A WING AND A PRAYER, OF MICE AND MEN, DOMINICK AND EUGENE, CHOOSE ME, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, COMA, and GREGORY'S GIRL, and sell-through videos of DUDE WHERE'S MY CAR and QUILLS.

BLUE Returns With New Blood

NYPD BLUE kicks off its ninth season tonight at 9 with a two-hour episode that says goodbye to Danny Sorenson (Rick Schroeder) and welcomes in a new cop played by Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Saved By The Bell). The series will feature several other new faces this season as well, including Esai Morales, Charlotte Ross, Vanessa Marcil, Garcelle Beauvais, and Jacqueline Obradors (Tortilla Soup).

BUFFY Musical Episode Tonight On UPN

The special musical episode of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER airs tonight at 8 on UPN.

The episode, "Once More With Feeling," involves a demon that forces the residents of Sunnydale to sing their most intimate secrets to one another. Creator Joss Whedon wrote the lyrics and music for all the songs in the episode, and all numbers are sung and danced by the cast members themselves.

Plus, if you look close, you'll see BUFFY executive producers Marti Noxon and David Fury make cameo appearances. And be sure to keep an eye on your VCR or TiVo, as the episode will run eight minutes long, just in case you'd hoped to flip over in time for the premiere of 24 or NYPD BLUE or something...

The extra footage won't be shown in future repeats of the episode.

THE SIMPSONS Halloween Special Airing Tonight

A new season of THE SIMPSONS doesn't officially begin until this weekend, but a belated new TREEHOUSE OF HORROR episode airs on FOX tonight at 8:30. In this 12th Halloween special for the show, a futuristic home voiced by Pierce Brosnan falls in love with Marge, Homer is cursed by a tarot card-reading gypsy, and Bart and Lisa spoof HARRY POTTER when they attend Springwarts School of Magicry.

And then there is that special appearance by the Trix rabbit!

Here are the new CD releases for Tuesday, November 6th, 2001

DAFT PUNK Alive (Virgin)
BRITNEY SPEARS Britney (Jive)
Soundtrack SHALLOW HAL (Island)
NATALIE MERCHANT Motherland (Elektra)
SHEILA CHANDRA The Struggle (Narada World)
FAITH EVANS Faithfully (Bad Boy/Arista)
GWAR Violence Has Arrived (Metal Blade)
LUDACRIS Word of Mouf (Def Jam)
THE OUTLAWZ Novokane (In the Paint/Koch)
RAS KASS Van Gough (Frontline/Priority)
SIGUR ROS Svefn-g-englar [EP] (Fatcat)
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS Holidayland [EP] (Restless)
GEORGE STRAIT The Road Less Traveled (MCA Nashville)
8BALL Lay It Down (Virgin)
THE AVALANCHES Since I Left You (London/Sire)
Various Artists A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS Vol. 5 (A&M)

Plus...APOCALYPTICA, AWAKEN, DAVID AXELROD, ALEX BUGNON, BETH NEILSEN, THE DIVINE COMEDY, DUNGEON FAMILY, EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN, GRAND PUBA, GUESS WHO, INNER LOVE, B.B. KING, THE LAST HARD MEN, DANNI LEIGH, DAVID LEWIS, LORDS OF ACID, THE NOMADS, KEITH PERRY, PINK FLOYD, RACER X, RUFF ENDZ, STRIFE, TWISTED SISTER, UGK, THE WALKMEN, and the soundtracks to THE WASH and AMELIE.

Billy Corgan Returns With ZWAN

It's been less than a year since the SMASHING PUMPKINS split, and Billy Corgan has unveiled his new band, ZWAN.

Made up of former PUMPKINS drummer Jimmy Chamberlain, CHAVAZ singer/guitarist Matt Sweeney, and bassist Skullfisher, the band will play four intimate shows throughout Southern California later this month.

Since the PUMPKINS broke up, Corgan has also recorded material with Marianne Faithfull, Paul Oakenfold, and NEW ORDER.

His music was a part of all of our high school years and now Robert Smith talks about the new best of compilation from The Cure.

Since it's release last Friday "Shrek" has been shredding video sales records.

Hello "The Lion King!" I think you hear Shrek knocking, and I think he's coming in!

10 Musicians Nominated for Award

Ten music artists who have received critical acclaim but lack commercial success have been nominated for the first annual Shortlist award.

Among the nominees for the award are R&B singer Bilal, funk singer Nikka Costa, the cartoon rap group Gorillaz, and British singer PJ Harvey. Judges include Aimee Mann, Beck, Macy Gray, and rapper Mos Def.

The winner will walk away with a $10,000 check. In addition, organizers will donate $10,000 toward relief efforts for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

The award ceremony will be held Nov. 19 in Los Angeles. Shortlist was created to honors artists whose albums sold less than 500,000 copies

Thinking he only has a good seven years left in his acting career Brad Pitt looks beyond fame.

Billy Joel- There's a classical side to The Piano Man.

Bruce Springsteen Wards off legal challenge. And speaking of Bruce Springsteen, "Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - Live in New York City" is being released on DVD today.

Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce!!!

Daryl Hannah Sheds Her Prosthetic Finger

SPLASH star DARYL HANNAH has found the courage to show her missing finger stump - after baring all to play the role of a stripper in her latest movie. The actress had an accident when she was just three-years-old and cut off the end of her index finger on her left hand. In the past the actress has worn a flesh-colored prosthetic digit to cover the missing finger tip, and often kept her entire hand hidden in a pocket. But since her new movie DANCING AT THE BLUE IGUANA, in which she plays the racy role of a stripper, Hannah has found the courage to bare all. She says, "I had a bad accident and I got my finger stuck in the pulley of a water well at my grandmother's house when I was three." Her publicist NICOLE PEREZ adds, "If she does wear a prosthetic these days, it's only because someone specifically asks her to for her work."

Wow! I didn't know her's was fake. She always looked so actual and natural.

Britney Spears gives Toronto a look at her new image and sound. Unfortunately, that's all she gave. She leaves Hogtown the same way she came in.

Damn! If only she had called me back!

For the first time ever it will be 'toon time at The Academy Awards.

I know I promised to stop feeding the hype machine, but I can't help myself! So here's another Harry Potter story: The British film critics are saying that "Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone" is perfect .

But then again, the number one song in the U.K. is "I Get High" by Afroman and the top CD is "Invincible" by Michael Jackson...

Tom Cruise will be narrating the Imax "Space Station" movie.

And that's all I have to say about that.

Paul McCartney has released a charity single. Now go and buy it!

The third time was not the charm for The Emmys as far as ratings are concerened. The Emmys were upstaged in the ratings by an almost 3 to 1 margin.

Personally, I watched both.

War films are making a comeback in Hollywood.