entertainment

I was buying printer ink the other day on Amazon and even though my purchase came to $16.99, I found other non-essentials to throw into my cart just so I could raise my total to $25 and get the free shipping. Sound familiar? I contemplat…

Picture this - you're into hour two of your long road trip to the inlaws, only to discover that you left your DVD player with Cars 2 on the kitchen counter. All those painful whines could have been averted if you had the TV Anytime app .…

Having just returned from Disneyland after running in the Tinker Bell Half Marathon , I was anxious to show my kids where I had been. And what perfect timing, that Disneyland launched an amazing new app that made my kids feel like they w…

As usual, I head into movie awards season like so many parents--without having seen any of the 2012 Oscar nominees. But with a little less than a month to go before the big night, there are a few different ways I can sneak in a viewing o…

The other night, I was flipping through the channels and stumbled upon the very end of one of my absolute holiday movie faves, It's a Wonderful Life . (You too?) While I'm sure it will be on again soon, many times, I'd like to be able to…

Imagine having the freedom to watch any program you want, anywhere in the house. Okay, I'll steer clear of sounding like an AT&T commercial--but I was impressed to hear about a new wireless TV receiver from AT&T U-verse that lets you do …

I'm embarrassed to admit that the last rock concert I went to was Coldplay at the Meadowlands Arena...in 2005. Clearly it's time for me to get back into the live concert circuit. If it's music you like, or theater or professional sports,…

Operation, Shmoperation. Forget that old naked guy and his lame Charlie Horse; I've found a version that's much, much cooler for the entire family. Because it's R2D2 Yes, I'm one of those people for whom anything can be improved with the…

When I was younger, I was only allowed to watch TV on the weekends. I remember scouring the TV Guide that came with the Sunday paper and figuring out which shows I'd watch that week. Boy, have times changed. Peel is a free iOS app that i…

Best Buy Wish List is a sponsored series in which we feature the things we're coveting at Best Buy--and then give away gift cards so you can buy them yourself. Whee! With six kids between us, our movie theater is our home television . An…

If you have kids old enough to play on the internet on their own, but not quite so old to do it without you wanting to be over their shoulders the entire time, you'll be as happy as I am about batteryPOP , a new online entertainment netw…

We've been big fans of the RedRover app since it first launched (and you heard it here first!), but let's just say their 3.0 version is completely different, and honestly the best for parents yet. So much so, that once you've downloaded,…

Don't you love when you discover a really cool video online that's not made with kids in mind at all, but you know your kids will love it anyway? You share it with them, and they get that look in their eyes (even if it's just for a momen…

Remember when Grover was groovy and Oscar was orange? I don't. I didn't start watching until 1979 or so, but I was definitely on the Street before that Elmo fellow showed up. Now you can share those classic episodes of Sesame Street with…