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WINDY CITY TIMES
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Gift Guide, Part Three
2007-12-05
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HI-DEF JAM
Make the leap from videotapes with Sony's next-generation DVDirectthe VRD-MC5which can quickly transfer high-definition home videos (as well as standard-definition home videos) and digital photos to DVD discs without using a computer. Now, you'll be able to view your childhood pratfalls forever. ( $230; www.sonystyle.com )
GRACE UNDER PRESSURE
For those who can't get enough of Will & Grace (although some still argue it should've been called Jack & Karen), the seventh season is now out on DVD in a four-disc set. View the episodes that have such guest stars as Janet Jackson, Lily Tomlin, Alec Baldwin and Edward Burns. Outtake reels and featurettes are also included. ( $44.98; www.amazon.com )
PROUD TINA
Take a stroll back in time with The Ike and Tina Turner Story: 1960-1975, a three-CD set featuring 49 songs by the dynamic, volatile couple. Included are recordings of Proud Mary, Nutbush City Limits and The Ikettes' I'm Blue (Gong Gong Song) as well as a disc featuring nothing but live performances. See if you can shimmy like Tina didand still does. ( $39.98; www.amazon.com and www.timelifeentertainment.com )
HISTORY
LESSON
If the names Edmund White, Audre Lorde, Barbara Gittings or Andrew Holleran don't ring any bellsor even if they dothe Lambda Literary LGBT Pioneers 2008 Calendar makes the perfect gift. Learn about a few of the groundbreaking writers who helped paved the way for the ongoing journey toward equality. ( $20; www.lambdaliterary.org )
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