The world according to Dan.

To much surprise, Garth Brooks bounces Britney Spears from the top of the charts.

After a horrible year in movies all might be well in Hollywood. This year’s Holiday movies are for fun and for Oscar. Either way, I can’t wait to see all of them!

U2’s “The Joshua Tree” has been voted the greatest album of all time.

Perhaps now the band might finally find what they are looking for.

Even thought it’s not bad it’s not selling very well. So Britain’s best-selling tabloid launched ”Mick Aid” today in a tongue-in-cheek bid to boost the flagging sales of his solo album “Goddess In The Doorway.”

Harry Potter has come out. It’s 2 and a half hours long and it made $93.5 million in it’s opening weekend. Well move over Harry, here comes Frodo Baggins!

He’s got an Oscar and he’s dating Kate Winslet, so why work?!?! director Sam Mendes quits his day job.

He was very funny on “Friends” and in real life love is everything for hunky hunky super hunk Brad Pitt. Plus he was in “12 Monkeys” so he’s got that going for him.

Here are today’s new releases on DVD and video for November 20th, 2001.

THE MATRIX REVISITED (VHS & DVD)- This special release features a two-hour documentary on the making of the first MATRIX film, as well as never-before-seen footage from the upcoming sequels, and footage from the upcoming MATRIX anime. The documentary follows every aspect of the film’s production, and includes interviews with the Wachowski Brothers and actors Keanu Reeves, Lawrence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Hugo Weaving, as well as graphic artist Geof Darrow (Hard Boiled) and fight choreographer Yuen Wo-Ping.

PLANET OF THE APES 2001 & PLANET OF THE APES: THE COMPLETE TV SERIES (DVD)- Sure, Tim Burton’s PLANET OF THE APES is a great release, especially with the 13+ hours of bonus material on the DVD, like audio commentary from Burton & Danny Elfman, 6 documentaries, and 5 extended scenes… But the true Apes gem this week is the box set release of the TV series the originals spawned in 1974. The 4-disc set, which follows two American astronauts from 1981 who find themselves captured by a curious chimpanzee named Galen (Roddy McDowell) in the year 3085, features all 14 episodes of the show, including one that never aired on TV.

THE STUNT MAN: SPECIAL EDITION (DVD)
APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX (VHS & DVD)
BRITNEY: THE VIDEOS (VHS & DVD)
PET SHOP BOYS: MONTAGE (VHS & DVD)
BEST OF ‘FRIENDS’ Vol. 3 & 4 (DVD)
THE GRINCH (VHSr & DVD)
CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG (VHS & DVD)
CEMENT (VHS & DVD)
UNCORKED (VHS & DVD)
BAD TASTE (DVD)
COWBOY BEBOP: THE PERFECT SESSIONS (DVD)
THE ITEM (VHSr & DVD)
PRANCER RETURNS (VHS & DVD)
THE PRESS SECRETARY (VHS)
MOTLEY FOOL: MONEY-MAKING LIFE-CHANGING SPECIAL (VHS)
SISTER WENDY’S AMERICAN COLLECTION (DVD)
SHANIA TWAIN: THE SPECIALS (VHS & DVD)
BACKYARD DOGS (VHSr & DVD)
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 (DVD)
– MANOS: HANDS OF FATE, MITCHELL
DOCTOR WHO GIFT SET (DVD)
– Dr. WHO & THE DALEKS, Dr. WHO: DALEKS: INVASION EARTH 2150 AD
THE DIRTY HARRY COLLECTION (DVD)
– DIRTY HARRY, MAGNUM FORCE, THE ENFORCER, SUDDEN IMPACT, THE DEAD
POOL
POKEMON JOHTO: AZALEA ADVENTURES & BUGGY BOOGIE (VHS & DVD)

Plus… DVD debuts of TRANS, IMAX: ADVENTURES IN WILD CALIFORNIA, GANG RELATED, THE DOGS OF WAR, AN EYE FOR AN EYE, INVASION USA, LONE WOLF McQUADE, LORD OF THE FLIES, STRANGE INVADERS, THE ANGRY RED PLANET, AT THE EARTH’S CORE, EMPIRE OF THE ANTS, I BURY THE LIVING, MORONS FROM OUTER SPACE, THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT, WAR GODS OF THE DEEP.

Will & Grace News

Blythe Danner and Beau Bridges play Will’s parents on a special hour-long Thanksgiving episode of WILL & GRACE this Thursday night at 9, on NBC. The star-studded episode also guest stars Debbie Reynolds, Helen Slater (City Slickers), Jon Tenney (Brooklyn South), Lainie Kazan (The Nanny), and Kenneth Mars (The Producers).

In other W&G news, Canadian Eric McCormack will host the MY VH1 MUSIC AWARDS ’01 airing live on December 2nd, 2001.

These are the new music releases for Tuesday, November 20th, 2001

JILL SCOT Experience (Epic/Hidden Beach)
PINK Missundaztood (Arista)
STING …All This Time (Interscope/A&M)
MICK JAGGER Goddess in the Doorway (Virgin)
KID ROCK Cocky (Atlantic)
CREED Weathered (Wind-Up)
HOOBASTANK (Island)
SMASHING PUMPKINS Greatest Hits (Virgin)
PRINCE The Rainbow Children (Redline)
OCEAN COLOUR SCENE Very Best Of… (Ark 21)
BOYZ II MEN Legacy: Greatest Hits (Universal)
MARC ANTHONY Libre (Sony)
8BALL Almost Famous (Interscope
B2K: B2K iz Hot! (Epic)
DJ COLETTE Our Day (Nettwerk)
TIMBALAND & MAGOO Indecent Proposal (Virgin)
KELLY PRICE One Family – A Christmas Family (Def Jam)
JON SECADA Xmas (Epic)
DEANA CARTER Father Christmas (Beyond)

Plus… BONA FIDE, CATCH 22, JOHN CORBETT & DAVEY WILLIAMS, THE DEADLINES, ESO CHARIS, FUGITIVE ELF, N.E.R.D., ONESIDEZERO, PAPA M, THE TEMPTATIONS, and the soundtracks to LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, DEAN QUIXOTE, HOLIDAY IN THE SUN, KING OF THE JUNGLE, THE NEW GUY.

QUICK NOTES
– Linda Perry of 4 NON BLONDES fame co-wrote most of the new PINK album.

– Sting’s new live album also airs as a 3-hour concert special on A&E this Saturday night at 8, and will also soon be available on DVD.