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TONIGHT'S BEST
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A Gunfighter’s Pledge (9 p.m., Hallmark)
90210 alum Luke Perry makes a promise to a dying man that he’ll get his body back to his family. Guess this weeper could have also been called Return to Sender.
The Survival Project: One Child At a Time (8 p.m., CNN)
New parents Joel Madden and Nicole Ritchie join UNICEF ambassador Lucy Liu and CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta as they examine the plights of children across the globe.
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BEST MOVIES
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Hancock (Sony Pictures) Starring: Will Smith, Jason Bateman, Charlize Theron
Smith plays Hancock, a superhero unlike any other — he drinks, swears and doesn’t care who he offends. His carelessness lands him in jail, but he’s quickly released when the armed forces need his help. Can they finally make a true hero out of him?
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The Wackness (Sony Classics)
Starring: Josh Peck, Mary-Kate Olsen, Ben Kingsley
This coming-of-age comedy is set in the mid-’90s, when pagers were still cool and hip-hop was blaring from every stereo. Luke (Peck) is a teen who trades marijuana for sessions with his young-at-heart shrink, Dr. Squires (Kingsley). The self-conscious kid finds an unlikely friend in the doc, and the two soon set out on an unusual trek across New York City.
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BEST MUSIC
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Emmylou Harris All I Intended to Be
(Nonesuch)
Country and folk legend Harris presents original material along with covers of songs by the likes of Tracy Chapman and Merle Haggard. Guest vocals are courtesy of Vince Gill and Dolly Parton.
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Mötley Crüe Saints of Los Angeles
(Eleven Seven Music)
The original lineup is back for “some of the better songs we’ve had in years,” says bass player Nikki Sixx.
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BEST BOOKS
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My Sister, My Love By: Joyce Carol Oates
(Ecco)
This fictional story is inspired by the real-life murder of JonBenet Ramsey. Skyler Rampike narrates the tragic story of his figure-skater sister, Bliss.
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Brida By: Paulo Coelho
(Harper)
Originally released not long after The Alchemist, this novel is getting a reissue. The story of a young Irish girl who dabbles in pagan ideology contains more of Coelho’s musings on the quest for knowledge.
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