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"#1: Watch the best show \u2014 EVER: (okay, one of &amp;#039;em) My So-Called Life: The Complete Series DVD (Shout! Factory) The O.C., Gossip Girl, Dawson&amp;#039;s Creek, and Felicity all owe a big debt of gratitude to this show, which not only launched the careers of Claire Danes and Jared Leto, but also set a new standard for angst-y teen TV dramas. Angela Chase (Danes) felt misunderstood by everyone (including herself), and her feelings for bad boy Jordan Catalano (Leto) certainly didn&amp;#039;t make her life any easier. Then there was her troubled friend Rayanne; her sweet but even more confused friend Rickie; and Brian Krakow, the guy who was not-so-secretly in love with her. Drama, drama, drama, and this truly reverent DVD box set captures it all, with all 19 episodes, plus an amazing lineup of bonus goodies, including features on the show&amp;#039;s origins, characters, and music, interviews with Danes, and a book that includes tributes from Buffy creator Joss Whedon, cast photos, liner notes, and original art. This is one for both fans of the show and those who never had a chance to experience its brilliant take on teen life. Check it out now at  bn.com. #2: Party like it&amp;#039;s 2000 with the releases of Blackout by Britney Spears (Jive) and Unbreakable by Backstreet Boys (Jive) Britney and BSB with new albums in the same week? Wow, we&amp;#039;re being transported back about seven years, when there was nobody bigger than those two acts. This time out, both Brit and the BSB guys will probably have to settle for selling a few less records (or maybe a few million less), especially since their personal lives have overshadowed their careers for a while now. But for those who miss the music, both new albums will offer tunes to get you rockin&amp;#039;. Brit&amp;#039;s Gimme More is probably already stuck in your head, and songs like Toy Soldier and Freakshow are also great excuses to get your booty on the dance floor. The BSB-ers have launched their newest CD with a ballad \u2014 the very catchy Inconsolable \u2014 and if you&amp;#039;re a fan of the slow jams, make sure you also check out &amp;quot;Helpless When She Smiles.&amp;quot; Now, if &amp;#039;N Sync would just reunite, this could be a real retro celebration, huh?  Check it out now at jiverecords.com. #3: Be prepared for one of Degrassi&amp;#039;s saddest dramas ever on Degrassi: The Next Generation (The N, November 2, 8 p.m. ET) Poor Spinner. Those of us who&amp;#039;ve watched the Degrassi gang from the beginning have seen him evolve into a pretty cool guy, or at least into a guy who tries to do the right thing most of the time (a far cry from where he was when the show premiered!). In fact, in the November 2 episode, which is the first of a two-parter, our boy Spin is trying to defend Toby from some bullies, and comes off looking like a hero. Flash forward, and Spin&amp;#039;s life is going to take a dramatic turn as \u2014 well, let&amp;#039;s just say something&amp;#039;s going to happen to him that changes his life forever. A hint: One crushing scene will find Spin standing in front a mirror as he gets ready to shave his head, and the episode is called &amp;quot;Death or Glory.&amp;quot; Geez, can&amp;#039;t any of these kids ever catch a break??? Check it out now at  the-n.com. #4: Check in with the funniest docs on TV with Scrubs season six DVD box set (Buena Vista Home Entertainment) One of the all-time funniest sitcoms in TV history \u2014 in our humble opinion \u2014 is back for its seventh and final season on NBC (Thursday nights at 9:30 p.m. ET), just as the show&amp;#039;s memorable sixth season hits DVD. And it&amp;#039;s a gem of a lineup, with Elliot getting engaged to Keith (and having serious second thoughts, which we&amp;#039;ve learned more about this season), Carla having trouble adjusting to being a new mom, sassy and beloved Nurse Laverne leaving in one of the show&amp;#039;s most heartbreaking story lines ever, and Turk and J.D. continuing their wacky but endearing friendship. The sixth season also contains the fantastic musical episode of Scrubs, with classic tunes like &amp;quot;Everything Comes Down to Poo,&amp;quot; and the DVD box set contains a behind-the-scenes featurette on the making of the hilarious episode. Check it out now at  bn.com. #5: Spruce up your photos with free editing tools at Picnik.com So you took a perfect photo of you and your best bud, only to find that she&amp;#039;s got the ol&amp;#039; red eye, and your teeth aren&amp;#039;t looking as white as they actually are in person. Or one of you had a major zit breakout and it&amp;#039;s been captured on film for all to see \u2014 forever! No worries. Thanks to the free pic editing tools at picnik.com, you can get rid of red eye, change color tones, wipe out stained teeth, zap zits, and crop your pics to make sure only the best stuff stays in the frame (see our &amp;quot;before&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;after&amp;quot; pic above). Another cool feature: You can pull pics in from your own computer, and from photo-sharing sites like Flckr and Picasa, and you can save and share them right from your computer, without ever having to buy or load software. Free stuff ... it&amp;#039;s just better, no? Check it out now at  amazon.com #6: Get a free sample of goodies to make your hair soft and shiny from L&amp;#039;Or\u00E9al Vive Pro Shampoo and Conditioner  Is there anything we love more than free hair-product samples? Nope! And since we already love every single thing in the L&amp;#039;Or\u00E9al Vive line, we&amp;#039;re oh-so-anxious to try out the new pink-bottled Vive, which keeps your hair moisturized and glossy and smelling yummy! And thanks to walmart.com&amp;#039;s cool free-samples program, all ya have to do is fill out your name and address, answer a couple of questions about which hair-care products you use now, and voil\u00E0! The free goodies will show up in your mailbox! Check it out now at  walmart.com. #7: Learn all about when Kitty met Barbie ... with the too cute Hello Kitty Barbie by (Mattel) This beautiful, collectible Barbie looks so cool in her black-and-pink Hello Kitty packaging that we don&amp;#039;t even want to take her out of the box. But, of course, we will, because she&amp;#039;s so cute we won&amp;#039;t be able to resist! Barbie comes dressed in her Hello Kitty-themed finest, with cool zebra-striped top, white jacket (featuring Kitty), sunglasses, bracelets, hat, jeans, boots, and the sweetest accessory of all, a Hello Kitty purse! It&amp;#039;s a meeting of two pop culture legends, Barbie and Hello Kitty, and it&amp;#039;s a must-have for collectors of both! Check it out now at  sanrio.com \u2014 and we have 5 to give away! Just CLICK here! #8: Take great photos and capture cool videos with one camera: the EXILIM Z77 Digital Camera with YouTube Capture Mode by Casio  Before we embarked on a recent vacation, we had decided to finally buy a great digital camera. Our shopping checklist: Had to be easy to use, had to have a good zoom capability, had to be compact (i.e., fit in our purse and not weigh a lot), had to also take videos, and (okay, we admit, this was the least important part, but important nonetheless) we really wanted it to be cute. And when we looked around at cameras that would fit all those qualifications, we found one that actually exceeded our expectations: the Casio Z77, a 7.2 megapixel little pink cutie that takes incredible photos (truly sharp, gorgeous photos), has 3X optimal zoom, weighs less than five ounces, and has a 2.6-inch-wide LCD monitor. Coolest of all, and exclusive to the Casio Z77: software that allows you to upload your videos directly to YouTube without even having to sign in. Seriously, this is our all-time favorite camera, and our family should be warned: We&amp;#039;re taking lots of pics and vids at Thanksgiving this year!   Check it out now at  . #9: Now that you&amp;#039;ve got all those great photos ... make a Photocube! Now that we have all these great photos we&amp;#039;ve taken with our new camera, we wanted to find a cool way to show them off. That&amp;#039;s how we came across our favorite new bookmarked Website, Instructables, a great Website of crafty how-to&amp;#039;s. The photocube, for example, is just what it sounds like \u2014 a photocube made out of six of your favorite pics (like photo dice, if you will) \u2014 and it looks fab sitting on your desk. It&amp;#039;ll also make a great gift, and with the holidays right around the corner, it&amp;#039;s a gift that&amp;#039;s personal, thoughtful, and very chic, without wiping out your piggy bank. Nice, no? And there&amp;#039;s no end to the other cool craft recipes you&amp;#039;ll find at the site, including how to make edible, glowing Jell-O; how to take a ton of photos, add a song, and get a cool music video worthy of MTV; how to make Play-Doh; and how to make a &amp;quot;pizookie,&amp;quot; which is a pizzalike cookie. YUM! Check it out now at  amazon.com #10: Live like a Lost castaway \u2014 virtually, of course \u2014 with Sims 2 Castaway for Wii (Electronic Arts) Living like a Lostie might be fun \u2014 as long as you can actually go to sleep in your own comfy bed each night, right? Thanks to EA&amp;#039;s newest Sims game, you can do exactly that, as you help the Sims rebuild their lives, from scratch, after they wash ashore on a deserted tropical island. You get to help them explore their new surroundings, including beaches, caves, jungles, and volcanic mountains; make clothing, housing, and furniture using tools you also have to create from the things found on the island; hunt and gather fish and plant life for food; decide whether to remain on the island or try to find a way back to civilization; and assign roles for all the Sims, including doctor, cook, teacher, musician, and other jobs needed to get along on Sims Castaway island. Sadly, there&amp;#039;s no Josh Holloway or Matthew Fox on this island, but you can create your own island hottie, right? Check it out now at  thesims2.com "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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