Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom Movie Coming to DVD on August 7, 2012

Feel the magic as the fairies of Alfea College bring their adventures to DVD for the first time with Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom Movie!  Bloom and her best friends Stella, Flora, Tecna, Musa and Aisha make up the Winx Club. Join them as they star in their first CGI full-length movie “The Secret of the Lost Kingdom” and seven bonus episodes from the Winx Club TV series.  Powerful magic and strong friendships bring these six fashion-forward fairies together as all sorts of villains try to defeat them and the world.  Created by Nickelodeon Home Entertainment, and distributed by Paramount Home Media Distribution, Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom Movie comes out on DVD on August 7, 2012, for the suggested retail price of $19.99.


Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom Movie Synopsis:
 
Disc 1:
The Secret of the Lost Kingdom Movie
It’s graduation day at Alfea, but Bloom has something else on her mind. She’s determined to find her birth parents! Now, on a fantastical journey that takes her and the Winx Club to a strange planet with evil lurking around every corner, Bloom will learn to trust her true friends and herself.

Disc 2 (Bonus Episodes):
The Wizards of the Black Circle
Wizards of the Black Circle try to abduct Bloom. The Wizards find out Bloom is not who they are looking for, and they leave Alfea with a threatening determination.

Fear in Pixie Village
When the Winx learn about the dangers of the Wizards of the Black Circle, they set out to protect the last fairy on Earth. To find out where the fairy is, they go to Pixie Village. There, they help the Pixies rid Piff of a haunting nightmare monster.

Winx on Earth
The Winx move to Gardenia to find the last fairy on Earth. In order to earn money, the Winx open Love and Pet, a magic pet shop. Their new furry friends help plant the seed of believing in magic on Gardenia.

Magic Pets
Business at Love and Pet picks up, but there’s trouble with the Specialists when they learn the Winx have made some new, handsome friends.  The fairies have other matters on their mind, though, as they race to find the last fairy on earth.

Orgon’s Spell
Chaos ensues at Love and Pet when the Wizards of the Black Circle turn the pets into monsters. With the Specialists by their side, the Winx try to turn the pets back to normal without wreaking havoc on Gardenia.

A Fairy Found
The Winx discover the last fairy on earth, a young girl named Roxy. They face off against the Wizards of the Black Circle to protect Roxy, but they quickly learn that their Enchantix powers are not strong enough to win.

I Believe in You
When people on Earth start believing in magic, the Winx obtain Believix, a power that will help them defeat the Wizards of the Black Circle. When the Wizards put Roxy in the Black Portal, it’s up to the Winx to stop them.

Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom Movie Fast Facts:
Street Date: August 7, 2012
DVD SRP: $19.99
Catalogue: 891544
DVD Running Time:
          · The Secret of the Lost Kingdom Movie: 86 minutes
          · Bonus seven episodes from Winx Club TV Series: 168 minutes
DVD Special Features: N/A

About Nickelodeon:
Nickelodeon, now in its 33rd year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon’s U.S. television network is seen in more than 100 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 17 consecutive years. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B).

About Paramount Home Media Distribution:
Paramount Home Media Distribution (PHMD) is part of Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment.  PPC is a unit of Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), a leading content company with prominent and respected film, television and digital entertainment brands.  The PHMD division oversees PPC’s home entertainment, digital and television distribution activities worldwide. The division is responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of home entertainment content on behalf of Paramount Pictures, Paramount Animation, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, Insurge Pictures, MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, CBS and PBS and for providing home entertainment fulfillment services for DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment.  PHMD additionally manages global licensing of studio content and distribution across worldwide digital and television distribution platforms including online, mobile and portable devices and emerging technologies.



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Celebrate Summer with Pomegranate @Carmex Lip Balm and a Giveaway

Carmex has a pomegranate lip balm!  Carmex soothes lips AND Carmex lip balms have an SPF of 15.  That signature camphor and menthol are now coupled with delicious pomegranate.  As a member of the Carmex Blog Squad I received a fab beach tote with zipper pouch plus 6 Carmex lip balms.  Notice there are only 5 in my pic - Hubby loves Carmex.  In fact Carmex is the ONLY lip balm he uses and he snagged the Carmex Cherry (his personal fave) as soon as he saw it.

Buy It:  Carmex products are available retail and drug stores everywhere.


Like It:  Be sure to like Carmex Lip Balm on Facebook and be on the know.  Carmex is celebrating their 75th Anniversary and once they hit 750,000 fans they are having an awesome giveaway.


Follow It:  Follow @Carmex on Twitter and enter their fab Twitter Giveaway.  Visit http://mycarmex.com/twitter-giveaway for details.


Win It:  One lucky Three Boys and an Old Lady blog reader will win a bag like the one I received (pictured above) and 6 Carmex lip balms.  

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Summer Giveaway Hop August 1 - August 7

There's nothing like a great book and an iced cold drink on a hot Summer day!  This Summer has tons of fab reads for every book lover.  Harper Perennial has some fab reads on tap for your Summer reading pleasure. 

How'd you like to win a copy of Tolstoy and the Purple Chair or other Harper Perennial  fab Summer reads?  Better yet, why not five!  That's right, one lucky Three Boys and an Old Lady blog reader will receive five books in the Summer Giveaway Hop including this little gem.
 

Tolstoy and the Purple Chair:

My Year of Magical Reading

By Nina Sankovitch

256 pages, on sale now

Winner will also receive With My Body, The White Devil, When We Argued all Night and How to be a Woman.  Click here for details on these fab reads.

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The Ten Commandments - Mommy Bear Media Review

Movie night is our favorite night of the week.  Three Boys and an Old Lady is always on the lookout for family friendly movies and Mommy Bear Media is one of our favorite places to shop for all things movies.


Hubby is always saying how we never seem to find anything just for him so imagine his surprise when his all-time favorite movie, The Ten Commandments, arrived on our doorstop.


Liner Notes:
Throughout film history, Hollywood has produced a number of sweeping epics and generation-defining movies. However, one film - Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments - has stood the test of time. Universally recognized among critics as a cinematic masterpiece, this unforgettable motion picture has also been recognized by The American Film Institute as one of the "Top Ten" epics of all time. From its Academy Award-winning director and revolutionary Oscar-winning special effects to its memorable music score and all-star cast, The Ten Commandments presents the story of Moses in all of its stunning glory. Starring Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter and a "who's who" of legendary screen talent, the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, 

including Best Picture of 1956.

Now fully restored to a stunning new visual experience, The Ten Commandments looks better than ever and remains one of the most revered films of all time.

Features:
Commentary by Katherine Orrison, Author of "Written in Stone: Making Cecil B. DeMille's Epic, The Ten Commandments"
Newsreel: The Ten Commandments Premiere in New York

Theatrical Trailers: 1956 "Making Of" Trailer/ 1966 Trailer/ 1989 Trailer 

About Mommy Bear Media

What makes our website different than any other website is that we only carry the "good stuff." What we mean by that is that we only have movies that are:

Clean

• No R, NC-17, TV-MA ratings
• Selective PG-13 and TV-14 ratings
• Not too much sex, violence, etc.
• If the movie or tv show is on www.commonsensemedia.org, we only include it if it's green age 14 or lower (that means movies they say are "on" for ages 14 and under)

Good

• High quality
• Top-rated
• Are worth watching
• Have a good message

Disclosure:  I received a DVD in exchange for this review.  No monetary compensation was received.  The views expressed above are mine.  Click here for the Disclosure Policy of Three Boys and an Old Lady blog.

Summer Giveaway Hop Begins August 1st!

There's nothing like a great book and an iced cold drink on a hot Summer day!  This Summer has tons of fab reads for every book lover.  Harper Perennial has some fab reads on tap for your Summer reading pleasure.  Check out these fab reads!

With My Body

A Novel

By Nikki Gemmell

480 pages, on sale 6/19

Copies available now

With the insane popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey, it would be really tempting to focus on how steamy this book is and how it made me blush on the subway multiple times. I’m even tempted to dog-ear the pages for all of you, just like I did before passing Judy Blume’s Forever to my friends when I was young. But there’s a lot more to this book than that. It’s a story of growing up motherless in rural Australia, of the challenges and excitement of falling in love, of the angst of getting older. More than anything, it’s about how you cannot relive the past—no matter how salacious it was—and how our first loves can ruin us forever.

When We Argued All Night

By Alice Mattison

384 pages, on sale now

This poignant narrative follows the story of friendship as it remains the one constant in a perpetually changing world. By focusing both on the personal stories of Artie Saltzman and Harold Abramovitz, who have been through it all—the Great Depression, the Second World War, and the McCarthy era—and the rich history of this time period, Alice Mattison allows readers to become acclimated with a time gone but not forgotten. As I followed this fast-paced journey of this friendship, I found myself engrossed in the past, aware of the present, and appreciative of the friendships I’ve maintained over the years.

Tolstoy and the Purple Chair:

My Year of Magical Reading

By Nina Sankovitch

256 pages, on sale now

We read for pleasure, for education, for escape, and sometimes, like Nina Sankovitch, we read to make sense of the world and our experiences in it. After the death of her older sister, Sankovitch commits to a mission: she will read one book each day for the next year. In this moving memoir, readers follow her as she grieves, using reading as a therapy that not only helps her make sense of her loss, but also triggers memories of a heartfelt past filled with death, courage, and perseverance. In addition to Sankovitch’s personal story, Tolstoy and the Purple Chair gives us the opportunity to read alongside Nina, to remember our favorite classics and acquaint ourselves with new ones, all the while remembering why it is we love to read in the first place.

The White Devil

By Justin Evans

384 pages, on sale 7/10

Copies available 6/20

Eerie British boarding school? Check. Unsolved murder mystery? Check. Lord Byron as your friendly, or not-so-friendly, neighborhood ghost? Check. With all the essentials in tow, The White Devil is a gothic thriller that will keep you turning the pages. As you follow seventeen-year-old Andrew Taylor’s stay at The Harrow School—an esteemed but haunted British institution—you’ll jump through past and present in attempt to solve a two-hundred-year-old mystery that proves that history is bound to repeat itself. Justin Evans’s sharp writing and intricate plot are a suspenseful summer treat!

How to Be a Woman

By Caitlin Moran

320 pages, on sale 7/17

Copies available 6/27

Women unite! In her witty and discerning commentary on the modern woman, British comedian Caitlin Moran discusses anything and everything from her personal life to life in the office, from strip houses to Lady Gaga. Part memoir, part rant, Moran presents a raw, honest, and emotionally empowering look at what it means to be a feminist today. I related to How to Be a Woman on many levels—I laughed out loud at her recollections and anecdotes (especially from her wedding) and found myself nodding along to her observations on how far we’ve come, how much farther we have to go, and how undeniably important it is for society to maintain and promote female rights. 

How'd you like to win one of these fab reads?  Better yet, why not all five!  That's right, one lucky Three Boys and an Old Lady blog reader will receive all five books in the Summer Giveaway Hop that begins August 1!

Fiber One Nutty Clusters & Almonds #MyBlogSpark Review and #Giveaway

Have you seen the Fiber One commercials with the parents eating breakfast and the kid comes to the breakfast table and the mom realizes she forgot to buy cereal?  The dad covers the letters "F" and "I" with his fingers and tells his son the cereal is called "Number One".  That commercial makes me LOL every time I see it.  So of course when My Blog Spark asked if I wanted to sample Fiber One I was up to the challenge and for the record my kids LOVE it!  In fact, we bought a box during last week's trip to the grocery store.

Fiber One Nutty Clusters and Almonds is the latest addition to the Fiber One cereal line-up!

• Contains 11 grams of fiber (43% of the Daily Value), 23 grams of whole grain (at least 48 recommended daily), and 180 calories per serving
• Chock full of delicious crunchy nut clusters, real sliced almonds and whole grain flakes

In a nutshell, Fiber One Nutty Clusters and Almonds is a great-tasting and wholesome breakfast cereal that you can feel good about. Tasting is believing, and we love Fiber One Nutty Clusters and Almonds.  It's sweet enough for the kiddos and not too sweet for those of us who try to avoid the sugary kids' cereals.  Plus, it's chock full of fiber!  Now let's be honest are you really getting enough fiber in your diet?  Well, Fiber One Nutty Clusters and Almonds is a great way to sneak in a little fiber at breakfast or as a delicious snack!

Snag It:  Visit http://bit.ly/Fiber1NCAcoupon to download a printable coupon for $1.25 off one box of Fiber One Nutty Clusters and Almonds cereal today!

Learn More:  Visit www.FiberOne.com 

Win It:  Here's your chance to win two (2) boxes of Fiber One Nutty Clusters & Almonds AND a "Nut" bowl and spoon like the one pictured below.

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Visit San Antonio and SAVE using SAVE

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of SAVE for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

San Antonio is a great place to visit and now you can use SAVE to find discounts and deals on some of your favorite attractions.  The SAVE – San Antonio Vacation Experience

We love visiting San Antonio!  It's a great destination for foodies, families and fun!  

SAVE is a great way to maximize your vacation while minimizing dollars spent!  

I found some great offers on some San Antonio vacation attractions on the Three Boys and an Old Lady must see and do list.

Sea World San Antonio:  Get close and personal with the dolphins at Dolphin Cove and save on family-four packs, second day free, $10 off admission and more using SAVE.

Six Flags Siesta is a must whenever we visit San Antonio.  Pandemonium is a MUST RIDE and we cannot wait to visit the SkyScreamer + EVERYONE pays kids prices when you use SAVE + buy an adult ticket and get a child’s free, next day free and more using SAVE!  Woot-woot!

San Antonio boasts some awesome water parks including Schlitterbahn and Splashtown.  

Schlitterbahn frequently tops the list of world's greatest water parks and one visit and you will know why.  Rapids, waves, waterfalls make it a cool place to cool down.  The Boogie Bahn is one of our fave Schlitterbahn attractions.  Although I have yet to manage to stand longer than a few seconds.  SAVE Discount is up to $10.

Save up to $42 using SAVE on your next visit to Splashtown!  I love their "Dive In Movies".  Each Friday Splashtown features a family friendly movie and you can watch while lounging in a Splashtown tube or from the comforts of a poolside cabana.  

Although amusement parks are some of Three Boys and an Old Lady  favorite places to visit during vacation, we make sure we stay at a location where we can maximize our savings.  SAVE features discounts on some of our favorite hotels and resorts including Marriott, Hyatt and Sheraton properties.  Free breakfast anyone?

A relaxing afternoon touring the San Antonio Botanical Gardens is a great place to pack a lunch and enjoy the beautiful landscapes and you can save $1 on admission using SAVE.

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GUND “Top Dog” Contest

Dog lovers are in for a treat!  How'd you like to have your doggie's likeness as the inspiration of the next GUND plush?

The first ever GUND “Top Dog” Contest is in progress with a grand prize of “the Boo treatment” - a limited edition GUND plush in the winning pup’s likeness!

Inspired by the wildly-popular "World's Cutest Dog" Boo stuffed dog from GUND, the “Top Dog” Contest invites pup parents from around the country to submit photos of their own four-footed friends on the GUND Facebook page in one or all of the following four categories:

• Most Beautiful Dog
• Ugliest Dog
• “Doganista”/Best Dressed Dog
• Dog that Most Resembles its Owner

The Grand Prize will have tails wagging; GUND will create a limited edition model of the winner’s dog. The dog will be available in gift and toy stores in 2013. That’s right! Your pup could become a GUND plush just like Boo!

Submit their dog photos via the contest tab onGUND’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/GottaGettaGUND).The contest will run July 16 - August 15, 2012; winners will be chosen the week of August 20^th and announced the week of August 27^th.
 
·         Entries: July 16 – August 5
·         Voting: August 6 – August 15

In addition to the “Top Dog” Contest on Facebook, GUND is also running the “Most Pinteresting Dog” Contest on Pinterest. Consumers will be asked to post their entry on their own pages, “tag” @GUNDMostPinterestingDog and submit the link to GUND at MostPinterestingDog@GUND.com. The “Most Pinteresting Dog” Contest winner will be selected based on the number of times the entry is “liked” on the GUND Pinterest board and the winner will receive a selection of GUND products valued at $250 retail.

For complete rules, see “Top Dog” Contest and “Most Pinteresting Dog” Contest rules at www.GUND.com.


Good luck!  Oh Bosco, smile pretty!














Disclosure:  I will receive a GUND plush in exchange for this post.  No monetary compensation was received in exchange for this post.  

TINY TOON ADVENTURES: HOW I SPENT MY VACATION Coming to DVD on August 21, 2012

IT’S OUTRAGEOUS SUMMER FUN

WITH THE TINY TOONS GANG

ON WARNER HOME VIDEO’S RELEASE OF

TINY TOON ADVENTURES: HOW I SPENT MY VACATION

AVAILABLE ON DVD FOR THE FIRST TIME

AUGUST 21, 2012

BURBANK, CA (May 23, 2012) – It’s summer vacation madness at its best with Babs and Buster Bunny, and all their pals from Acme Looniversity as they ditch the classroom for zany escapades and fun on Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation, available in stores August 21, 2012. Executive produced by Steven Spielberg, this full-length animated film is available on DVD for the first time from Warner Home Video (WHV) and will retail for $19.97 SRP.

No more pencils, no more books! It’s the last day of class at Acme Looniversity and the Tiny Toons gang is ready for some summer hi-jinks and fun. Babs and Buster Bunny’s water pistol fight gets a little out of control and turns into a wild and exciting white-water rafting trip. Plucky Duck and Hampton Pig share the most impossibly awful road trip imaginable on their way to HappyWorldLand. Elmyra Duff becomes irritable after losing her cat and wanders off on her own in a wild animal park in search of “cute little kitties to hug and squeeze.” In the meantime, Fifi Le Fume meets film actor Johnny Pew who turns out to be a “skunknophobic” nightmare. It’s a loony summer vacation our Tiny Toons pals won’t soon forget!

Produced by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation, Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation was executive produced by Steven Spielberg.

“Whether you’re a Tiny Toons fan or an admirer of classic Looney Tunes cartoons, this film is a must have if you love animation,” said Mary Ellen Thomas, Vice President Family & Animation Marketing and Partner Brands. She added, “Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation combines animation with clever and imaginative writing, resulting in a delightful film the whole family can enjoy.”

Tiny Toon Adventures focuses on the new generation of Looney Tunes characters who study at Acme Looniversity. The series was produced by Steven Spielberg and Warner Bros. Animation. 

The Credits

About Warner Bros. Animation

Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) is one of the leading producers of animation in the entertainment industry, with an innovative and talent-rich roster boasting some of the most accomplished writers, producers and artists working today. The studio is on the cutting edge of animation technology and has both CG and traditionally animated projects in current production and development. For TV, WBA produces series such as Green Lantern: The Animated Series, The Looney Tunes Show, MAD, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, ThunderCats and Young Justice, for Cartoon Network. WBA will also produce series and additional original content for Cartoon Network’s multiplatform branded DC Nation programming block, which debuts in 2012. In addition to TV series, WBA produces theatrically released CG cartoon shorts featuring iconic Looney Tunes characters, rendered in stereoscopic 3D. The first three shorts premiered in 2010, the most recent short — I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat — was released in November 2011, and two additional cartoons will debut in 2012. WBA also creates the highly successful series of DC Universe Original Animated Movies for DVD. Producing for multiple platforms including TV, digital and home entertainment both domestically and internationally, WBA is highly respected for its creative and technical excellence, as well as for maintaining the Studio’s rich cartoon heritage. It is also the home of the iconic animated characters from the DC Comics, Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes libraries. One of the most-honored animation studios in history, WBA has been honored with six Academy Awards®, 35 Emmy® Awards, the George Foster Peabody Award, an Environmental Media Award, a Parents’ Choice Award, the HUMANITAS Prize, two Prism Awards and 20 Annie Awards (honoring excellence in animation).    

About Warner Home Video

With operations in 90 international territories, Warner Home Video, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc., commands the largest home entertainment distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video's film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Video and New Line Cinema.

About Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment's home video, digital distribution, interactive entertainment/videogames, direct-to-DVD production, technical operations and anti-piracy businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. WBHEG is responsible for the global distribution of content through DVD, electronic sell-through and VOD, and delivery of theatrical content to wireless and online channels, and is also a significant worldwide publisher for both internal and third party videogame titles.