iTunes: Free Sunday
Here's an up-to-date dose of some extra freebies to enjoy this weekend. Be aware that you cannot download videos yet using the iPhone or iPod touch music store. And, if you want to download the Japanese single, you must first sign into the your Japanese account on iTunes and then sync your touch or iPhone.
US: Wizards of Waverly Place: Crazy Ten Minute Sale
Alex Russo and her brothers Justin and Max are a lot like the teens in their Manhattan neighborhood, but they have one significant difference . . . they come from a long line of wizards and they must learn to hone their budding magical powers or soon risk losing them. While their parents run the family business, Waverly Sub Station, the three siblings get into and out of comedic situations as they grapple with both their budding wizardly powers and typical teen challenges spanning school, friends, and family.
Blood Ties: New free episode (D.O.A.)
Get ready for a fantastic thrill ride with private investigator Vicki Nelson, who joins forces with a 450-year-old vampire to solve supernatural crimes. When sparks fly between the unlikely pair, Vicki is torn between hew new fanged friend and her former colleague and lover, Mike, in this tale of two worlds colliding, based on Tanya Huff's best-selling Blood Books novels.
US: America's Psychic Challenge
Do you believe in psychic powers, or are you a skeptic? America's Psychic Challenge, a new reality series, puts psychics' unique skills to the test in a series of challenges that ultimately determine whose clairvoyant abilities are the greatest. America's Psychic Challenge features four psychics – men and women who either earn their living in the profession or have other careers but believe they have psychic abilities – competing against one another in a series of tests designed to exhibit their clairvoyance. A host guides the contestants one-by-one through a variety of activities, awarding points along the way for correct answers to factual questions. At the conclusion of each episode, the two psychics with the fewest points are eliminated and the two with the most points return the following week to battle two new competitors, all leading to the season finale, in which the winner will be declared.
US: Supernatural: The Magnificent Seven
In its third season, Supernatural continues taking viewers on a terrifying journey into the world of the unexplained. Brothers Sam and Dean Winchester were raised to be soldiers. Now, as they join other hunters traveling the country to track down the evil fugitives from Hell hiding in the darkest corners of America, they must also battle their internal demons. Experience the thrill ride in year three of Supernatural, right here on iTunes.
US: Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead
Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead explores Williams' abilities to see and speak with the dead, and, in some cases, transform the lives of people who are seeking to connect with their dearly departed. Throughout the series, Williams shares the stories of those wanting to be reunited with loved ones who have died, and offers personal observations and insights. In each episode, cameras follow the young clairvoyant during a typical day in the life, which includes, among other things, her readings to scheduled clients and also people she randomly meets around town.
US: American Dad: Vacation Goo
American Dad is back to salute a third season of laughs. The series continues to follow Republican poster boy and card-carrying NRA member Stan Smith and his hilariously odd family in Langley Falls, Virginia. The family includes wife (and former party girl) Francine, ultra-liberal daughter Hayley, and geeky almost-to-puberty Steve. There's also Roger, a sarcastic space alien, and Klaus, a lascivious talking goldfish.
US: Aliens In America: Pilot
Justin Tolchuck is a sensitive, lanky 16-year old just trying to make it through the social nightmare of high school in Medora, Wisconsin, with the help of his well-meaning mom Franny, aspiring-entrepreneur dad Gary, and his beautiful and popular younger sister Claire. Although he's bright and funny, Justin is also shy, socially awkward and pretty much resigned to the fact that he'll never be one of the cool kids. Franny, however, is the kind of take-charge mom who micro-manages her family, and she's come up with a plan to help Justin: she signs up for the school's international exchange student program. Picturing an athletic, brilliant Nordic teen, Franny is sure this new friendship will bestow instant coolness on her outsider son. However, when the Tolchuck's exchange student arrives, he turns out to be Raja Musharaff, a 16-year-old Muslim from a small village in Pakistan.
US: Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates the Guidance Counselor
The show inspired by comedian Chris Rock's childhood experiences is back for a third season. Rock narrates the hilarious, touching story of a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York, during the early 1980s. Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused into a predominantly white middle school two-hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris struggles to find his place while keeping his siblings in line at home and surmounting the challenges of junior high. This responsible, resilient adolescent brings a distinct, funny spin to his everyday trials and traumas, in the critically acclaimed comedy Everybody Hates Chris.
US: Girlfriends: Range of Emotions
Girlfriends returns for its triumphant eighth year, providing an open, honest exploration of the hot-button issues about family, friends, relationships and life facing women today. With fearlessness and sincerity, the show takes on universal issues that interest all women. Whether it's being recently engaged, exploring your career or balancing friendships or loss and a new baby, Girlfriends treats them all with tenderness, care, and respect.
US: America's Most Smartest Model: The Casting Special
Beauty is a double-edged sword. It seems to be a commonly accepted notion in the world today that the prettier someone is, the less intelligent they are expected to be. And no one has it worse than models. Do smart models exist, or does a life devoted to getting by on one's looks make a person stupid? Now VH1 will attempt to answer this burning question by casting a wide net in search of America's Most Smartest Model.
Japan 今週のシングル: Wylde Bunch/Ain't No Love In the Club
これからブレイク確実の注目アーティストの新鮮なサウンドを無料でお試し頂ける今週のシングル。今回ご紹介するのは南カリフォルニアを中心にカリスマティックな人気を誇るライブ•ジャム•グループ、Wylde Bunch。複雑な社会問題を抱えたロスアンジェルスの町で、近所の同級生や家族のメンバーなどが集まってセッションを始めたのがきっかけで生まれたバンド。ヒップホップ、ロック、ファンク、ポップなどあらゆる要素を持つサウンドは、レッチリやスライなどに通じるパワフルさを感じさせる。ライブ活動の合間には地元の学校で子供に音楽を教えるなど、コミュニティへの奉仕も活発に行っている彼ら。アルバム「Abuse Thys Substance」からの先行リリースシングルをフリーダウンロード。