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From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia
of the Late 20th Century
David Mansour
Andrews McMeel Publishing, $25.95

Talk about a walk down memory lane. From Abba to Zoom is packed with 3,001 references of pop-culture nostalgia, making this a fun read for anyone born from the 1950s to the '80s. Movies, TV, games, clothing and food from your youth-it's all in here. Whether you already knew who made up the Brat Pack or what exactly is in Spam, each page is likely to have one item that conjures up a favorite memory from your childhood or teen years.

 
Aussiewood: Australia's Leading Actors and Directors
 Tell How They Conquered Hollywood
Michaela Boland and Michael Bodey
Allen & Unwin, $22.95

The Land Down Under has never been so hot in Hollywood as this book details. Show-biz journalists Boland and Bodey's in-depth interviews feature Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Geoffrey Rush and other Aussie stars who describe how they climbed to the top and how they've dealt with fame. Aussiewood is filled with red carpet moments and boardroom details as well as a chapter on the "pioneers" of the Australian film industry.
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Trivial Pursuit DVD Game
Pop Culture 2 Edition
Hasbro, $34.99

If movies can have sequels, why can't games? This refreshed edition features 2,400 all new card and on-screen DVD questions with clips from popular TV shows, commercials, and movie scenes, as well as questions about your favorite songs, hot gossip and popular fads. The game play remains the same as the traditional version with two to four players or teams vying to collect all six scoring wedges and trying to answer
the final question first.


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 Wedding Crashers
New Line/KOCH
For such a downright saucy movie with lots of crude hilarily, this companion disc is surprisingly bubbly and bright. Several modern rock heavyweights contribute, including Bloc party, The Flaming Lips, Jimmy Eat World, Death Cab For Cutie, Rilo Kiley and Spoon, as well as Canada's own The Weakerthans. The end result is like a celebrity iPod playlist from any cast member of The O.C., and it works spectacularly. Even the kitschy rendition of "Hava Nagilah" by Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson is a keeper.

The Dukes Of Hazzard
Columbia
The producers of this soundtrack seem to know that remakes don't always turn out as well as the originals; ironic perhaps, since the film is an update of an '80s hit TV series. To illustrate this point, they've elected to use classic versions of southern-fried rock and country tunes by The Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Charlie Daniels Band, Molly Hatchet and other good old boys. The only exception to this welcome pursuit of authenticity is Jessica Simpson's version of "These Boots Are Made For Walkin." It's passable but lacks Nancy Sinatra's sexy confidence.

Broken Flowers
Universal
The film's director, Jim Jarmusch, assembled this collection of songs and it may be his influence that makes the soundtrack cohesive, despite the range of contributing artists. Ethiopian composer Mulatu Astatke will make a new set of Western fans with three hypnotic tracks: "Yergelle Tezeta," "Yekermo Sew" and "Gluebye." Similarly billowy singles are cut throughout, including a three-minute excerpt of Sleep's hour-long "Dopesmoker," Oxford Camerata's "Requiem, Op. 48" and indie-rockers Brian Jonestown Massacre's "Not If You Were the Last Dandy on Earth."