FEATURE/Moms Make the Holidays Special; Media Play Offers Top Tips for Gift-Giving Goddesses

Business Wire, Oct 29, 2003

Entertainment Editors/Lifestyle Editors

FEATURE...Gift Guide II

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KIDS. They're what the holidays are all about. But if you're a mom, the holidays mean using up a lot of energy and creativity. Moms are expected to know what each person wants, what the trendiest gifts are and where to find them.

Media Play, the one-stop entertainment shop, can de-stress the season with the best selection of music, movies, books and games to fill any holiday shopping list.

Fabulous Flick Picks

-- A Christmas Story - 20th anniversary of one of America's

best-loved holiday films. A hilarious story about a young boy

and his uphill pursuit of his dream gift.

-- Finding Nemo - The summer splash smash comes to DVD in time

for the holidays.

-- Terminator 2: Rise of the Machines - The latest in the sci-fi

series pits Arnold against the first female robotic killing

machine.

Hip Tunes

-- Clay Aiken, Measure of a Man - The American Idol phenomenon

spreads into the holiday gift-giving season with Clay Aiken's

first CD.

-- 50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin' - Eminem protege 50 cent may

not be your first choice for a positive life coach, but he's

the hottest product of the rap machine. Translation: you'll

hate it, your kids will love it.

-- Metallica, St. Anger - Thrash metal is back thanks to

Metallica's new release. This album is about speed and grit -

no power ballads to appease mom.

Great Games

-- True Crimes: Streets of L.A. - O.K., Pong or Pac-Man it's not,

but the trendiest holiday games this season are full of

action, speed and special effects. True Crimes takes detective

Nick Kang through the Mafia underworld.

-- John Madden Football 2004 - Madden NFL(TM) Football is the

Super Bowl Champ of football simulation. With the 2004 edition

you can make adjustments after the snap and create

championship caliber plays with the revolutionary Playmaker

Control. It's the ultimate gift for sports gamers.

-- Tony Hawk Underground - With Tony Hawk Underground you choose

your own skateboard tricks. You can even download your own

face into the game.

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