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Carole King has returned to the music scene with a new album “A Holiday Carole”. This is her seventieth studio album and first on in 10 years time. The first single off of the album titled "Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday" was released as a digital download. The album contains twelve songs and it’s scheduled for release on November 01, 2011.

She has had long absences in the past from recording. Hardly ever though does any artist hope to make a come back to the music scene after a ten-year break with a new set of recordings as strong and creative as the material found on "A Holiday Carole”.

British dance rock group Enter Shikari is back with their third studio album titled “A Flash Flood of Colour”, which is scheduled to be released on January 9, 2012 via Ambush Reality. A Flash Flood of Colour contains eleven tracks and the first promotional single titled Sssnakepit was released in September as digital download. The single peaked at number 01 on the UK Rock Chart.

It looks like most people accidentally encounter this band, as did I. The key to their success is melody. Their music is full of stunning melodies covered in rock/electronica sounds. I think it's a quite distinctive sound. The keyboards offer a nice melodic feeling while the "rock" side offers crushing guitars. I like their heavy guitars and drums that move nicely into melodic and catchy choruses. I personally enjoy most of their songs, and this band isn’t for every one but they're a favorite of mine.

Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) is a forthcoming MMORPG video game based in the Star Wars universe. It is currently in development by BioWare Austin and will publish by Electronic Arts / LucasArts for Microsoft Windows. The game is scheduled for release on December 20, 2011.

SWTOR sets three hundred years following the actions in Knights of the Old Republic and the game will place gamers on either side of a huge combat among the Republic and the Empire. In SWTOR, gamers will discover an age thousands of years prior to the rise of Darth Vader when conflict among the Old Republic and the Sith Empire splits the galaxy. Gamers can select to play as Jedi, Sith, or a range of other classic Star Wars characters, defining their individual tale and deciding their trail down the light or dark side of the Force. Along the way, gamers will assist brave friends who will brawl at their side or perhaps let down them, based on the gamers’ actions. Gamers can also select to unite with friends to clash rivals and conquer unbelievable challenges.

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000 or better / Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.0 Ghz or better

Memory: At least 1.5 GB RAM for XP / 2 GB or better for Windows Vista/7

Graphics: ATI XT1800 or better / NVIDIA 7800 or better / Intel 4100 or better. 256 MB minimum video RAM, shader 3.0 or better fully compatible graphics card.

OS: Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7

DVD-ROM: 8x or better

Star Wars: The Old Republic - Game Features

Walt Disney Records has announced that they will be releasing the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to its upcoming movie The Muppets on November 22, 2011, one day ahead of the film release date. The soundtrack contains 15 songs and three of them are classic Muppets songs which are "Mahna Mahna", "Rainbow Connection" and "The Muppet Show Theme" (featuring guest vocalist Joanna Newsom).

Tex Richman (plays by Chris Cooper) sets up to flatten the Muppet Stage to excavate for oil. Muppet Walter, the top Muppet supporter, his brother Gary (plays by Jason Segel) and Gary's fiancée Mary (plays by Amy Adams) finds out about Tex Richman's plan, and attempt to prevent him by making The Best Muppet Telethon Ever, raising ten million dollars required to keep the stage. To make The Best Muppet Telethon Ever, Walter, Mary, and Gary should help Kermit bring back together the Muppets, who have all gone their own ways.

The Muppets - Official FuzzyPack Teaser Trailer

Martina McBride is normally regarded as being one of the top artists of any genre at present. Her upcoming eleventh studio album titled “ELEVEN” is scheduled for release on October 11, 2011 through Republic Nashville records. The standard edition of the CD contains eleven tracks while the deluxe edition contains four additional bonus tracks as well as three music videos.

She has been a veteran RCA recording singer since early 90s, and she is the 4-time successor of the popular CMA Female singer of the Year award. With Martina’s signature style, a lively voice range and high-pitched voice, she attaches directly to the heart of her listeners. She usually records up-tempo and romance music. However, there is a grown side to her, where she tackles public awareness matters in her country classic "Independence Day," about family matters, where "Concrete Angel" and "Broken Wing" tackle child and emotional violence, as well.

Live - Martina McBride "Teenage Daughters"

Paramount Home Entertainment is teamed up with Dreamworks to release the second installment of their highly successful CGI animated movie series “Kung Fu Panda” (KFP) on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital Copy on December 13, 2011.

The original cast including the Po (voiced by Jack Black), Po’s dad Mr. Ping, the Furious Five and Master Shifu are returned in this sequel. Kungful Panda 2 takes place some time after the original movie where Po and his friends are required to face a new menace, Shen who has returned with a powerful armament to take over the village and to destroy Kung-fu. It is established in the original film that Po’s dad is a goose (Ping). He can’t be a dad of Po. The movie reveals his ancestry further. He is a dragon master, but Po is told by Master Shi fu to discover inner peace. In order to discover the inner peace he requires to beat Shen, first Po have to discover the secret of his history, a history that he only visualizes in flash of recurring memory that Shen's return has awakened in him.

The visual effects, together with the voice skills of the cast, are outstanding, for it is rare that a CGI film can attain such sensation through its characters. KFP2 filled with humor, action, as well as some very touching moments, which really make the KFP2 that much more outstanding.

Kung Fu Panda 2 - DVD Trailer

After years of great efforts to get anyone in the music industry to take him critically, Toby foremost made the big time in 1993 with ‘Should've been a cowboy’, which was one of his highly successful country singles of the 90s, and he has continued a consistently high level of accomplishment since, up to the release of his last album in 2010 Bullets in the Gun. He aware, as all artists do, that hit with new material won't last long, but you can be certain that he'll be attempting to continue his career going for as long as possible. He was flourishing during the beginning of his career when he worked for Mercury. Following his success with the single Should've been a cowboy, he had several other big hits, my favorites among them being “Wish I didn't know now”, “You ain't much fun” and “Who's that man”, though I like many other tracks too.

He sings great songs, most of them he wrote or co-wrote, however he's glad to record new songs written by others as well as the rare cover. He’s grainy voice may not please everybody, but it is a true country voice so it's no revelation that he is well-liked among country fans. They should have at least one Toby Keith album.

Toby Keith’s upcoming “Clancy's Tavern” will be his fifteenth studio album, which is slated for release on October 25, 2011 through Show Dog-Universal Music. The first single off the new album titled "Made in America” was released in June 2011.

Live - Toby Keith "Made In America"

Saints Row 3: The Third is an adventure video game developed by Volition and published by THQ for the Xbox 360. The game is scheduled hit stores on November 15, 2011.

Saints Row 3: The Third follows after captivating Stilwater for their own, the Third Street Saints have changed from street mob to household brand name, with Saints sneakers, Saints energy drinks and Johnny Gat dip head dolls all available at a store near you. The Saints are kings of Stilwater, but their star position has not gone ignored. The organization, a well-known criminal union with hocks in play all over the world, has twisted its eye on the Saints and demands esteems.

Declining to kneel to the organization, you take the fight to a new city, playing out the most bizarre gameplay scenarios ever seen in Saints Row: The Third