This week, the Video Unlimited library adds Dream House, In Time, and The Thing. Plus, watch Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie before it hits theatres. See this week’s update here.

The Music Unlimited service features new releases from Lana Del Rey, Leonard Cohen, and The Jealous Sound, as well as titles from Jack White, M.I.A, Gotye, Scorpions, and more!

This week, the Video Unlimited library adds Drive in the U.S. (available two weeks before its DVD release!) and The Ides of March (U.S. and Canada). For music fans, find out how to sync your Music Unlimited library and playlists to Sony Walkman devices and check out new releases from Anthony Green, Kathleen Edwards, and Leona Lewis.

Head over to the new Sony Entertainment Network Blog today for the latest updates on new movies, music and more!

Paranormal Activity: The Chronology hits New Releases this week, uniting all three Paranormal Activity films in the proper chronological sequence. This is your chance to see all three films about strange hauntings and happenings in a suburban house as they are meant to be watched. Catch all three at a hot low price before the DVD/Blu-ray release of Paranormal Activity 3 on January 24th.

We’ve got the perfect movie for your next date night with What’s Your Number? now available in Movies. Chris Evans (Captain America: The First Avenger), Anna Faris (Take Me Home Tonight), Joel McHale (Community) and Martin Freeman (Sherlock) star in this comedy about a woman tracking down the number of guys she’s slept with in her life. Own it today in SD or 1080p HD!

You can now rent the hit baseball film Moneyball in Rent Now this week. Follow this true story of how leaders in the Oakland A’s organization changed Major League Baseball forever. Find the film in both SD and 1080p HD. And you also have the option to own this great film to keep forever.

The hit HBO series inside the world of Prohibition Boardwalk Empire hits TV Shows this week with its first season, including the pilot episode directed by Martin Scorsese (Hugo). Follow this rich series of 1920s Atlantic City, complete with gangsters and bootleggers, starring award-winner Steve Buscemi as Enoch “Nuck a” Thompson.

Want great deals on films you keep forever? Introducing Own $5 Films, where you’ll find a new slate of films every Tuesday to keep for just 5 bucks. Comedy hits headline our first week, with films like Kick-Ass, Killers, Trailer Park Boys: The Movie and L.A.Story available in SD for only $5!

The Honey Badger Theme is the way for you to show the world you just don’t care. Find it now in the game section of the PlayStationStore.

Find all this and more this week…

Just In TV
US Store: Boardwalk Empire: Season 1, 30 Rock: Season 6, Rob: Season 1, 2012 BCS Championship Series, Roswell: Seasons 2-3, Greatest Tank Battles: Season 1, and more!
Canada Store: Boardwalk Empire: Season 1, Roswell: Season 2-3, and more!

New Release Movies
US Store: Paranormal Activity: The Chronology, Moneyball, What’s Your Number?, Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption, An Inconvenient Tax, Answer This!, Higher Ground, Killer Elite, Mr. Fix-It, Once Fallen, A Mile in His Shoes, and many more.

Canada Store: Paranormal Activity: The Chronology, Moneyball, What’s Your Number?, Transfer, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Cougar Hunting, Killer Elite, Higher Ground, The Chameleon, Brighton Rock, Answer This!, and many more.

Top US Movie Purchases

1. Contagion
2. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
3. Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
4. Moneyball
5. Final Destination 5
6. The Hangover Part II
7. Colombiana (Unrated)
8. Apollo 18
9. Shark Night
10. Killer Elite

Top US TV Shows Purchases

1. Supernatural | Season 7 - Adventures in Babysitting
2. The Vampire Diaries | Season 3 - The New Deal
3. Family Guy | Season 10 - Quagmire and Me
4. Jersey Shore | Season 5 - Hurricane Situation
5. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - Pretty Much Dead Already
6. Sons of Anarchy | Season 4 - Out
7. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - Secrets
8. Sons of Anarchy | Season 4 - Booster
9. Sons of Anarchy | Season 4 - To Be – Act 2
10. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - Chupacabra

Top Video Themes

1. South Park Dynamic Theme
2. The Honey Badger Theme
3. Fast Five Dynamic Theme
4. The Dark Knight™: Joker Theme
5. SpongeBob SquarePants Dynamic Theme
6. Family Guy Theme
7. Sports Illustrated Swimsuits 2011 Dynamic Theme
8. Jackass 3.5 Dynamic Theme
9. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Dynamic Theme
10. Sons Of Anarchy Theme

Last Chance – Best of 2011 Premium Channel

We hope you’ve enjoyed the Best of 2011 Premium Channel; highlighting the some of the great tracks from albums that were released last year. The channel will be coming down on Tuesday, so be sure to study up over the weekend before it’s gone! Fill us in on your favorites and what you’re looking forward to in 2012 in the comments!

Featured New Releases [1/10/12]:
Yo Gotti – Live from the Kitchen
The Little Willies – For the Good Times
Rebulution – Peace of Mind
David Crowder Band – Give Us Rest (A Requiem in Mass C [The Happiest of All Keys])
Nightwish – Imaginaerium
Joyful Noise – Original Movie Soundtrack
The Shins – “Simple Song (single)”
Train – “Drive By (single)”
Jon McLaughlin – “Summer is Over (ft. Sara Bareilles) (single)”

See what was listened to most on the service leading up to the end of the year! Here are the Top Songs, Artists and Channels for December 2011!

Music Unlimited Top 10 Played Songs in December [US]:

1. Drake – “Headlines”
2. LMFAO – “Party Rock Anthem”
3. Drake feat Nicki Minaj – “Make Me Proud”
4. Maroon 5 – “Moves Like Jagger”
5. Lil Wayne – “How To Love”
6. Foster The People – “Pumped Up Kicks”
7. LMFAO – “Sexy And I Know It”
8. Jason Derulo – “It Girl”
9. Drake feat Lil Wayne – “HYFR”
10. JAY Z and Kanye West – “Ni**as In Paris”

Music Unlimited Top 10 Played Artists in December [US]:

1. Drake
2. Lil Wayne
3. Eminem
4. T.I.
5. LMFAO
6. Adele
7. Rihanna
8. JAY Z and Kanye West
9. Young Jeezy
10. Wiz Khalifa

Music Unlimited Top 10 Played Channels in December [US]:

1. My Channels
2. Rap
3. Holiday
4. R&B
5. Global Top 100
6. Pop
7. Favorites
8. Alternative
9. Country & Folk
10. Rock

Don’t miss your chance to get 60 Days FREE Premium Music Unlimited Service. Act now – the offer ends 1/31/12!

Through the XOS College Sports and SEC Digital Network applications, PS3 users now have access to a customizable college sports platform to stream current and classic content on-demand, and make the PS3 the first and only gaming console to offer these applications. The new applications give fans multi-sport, multi-conference access to full games and historic documentaries along with the ability to play, pause and replay your favorite moments from some of the most watched games in history.

Additional features of the XOS Digital college sports apps for the PS3 include:

• Pre-game analysis from the XOS Digital Studio during the week
• Post-game highlights immediately after the game as well as a “Game of the Week” extended highlight
• Full games are available to purchase and watch the next day
• Classic games and documentaries dating back to the 1950’s
• Free daily programming including “SEC Today,” “SEC In The Paint,” “Game Day Central,” and weekly coaches teleconferences

PlayStation Network users will be able to download the applications from the “Media & Apps” category in the PlayStation Store later today and launch it from the TV/Video Services icon of the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).
Hope all you college sports fans enjoy the games and features delivered via PlayStation Network!

An all-star casts leads the medical thriller Contagion breaking out this week in New Releases. A virus pandemic threatens a high level of the human population as members of the medical community around the world race to find a workable cure. Matt Damon (The Adjustment Bureau), Marion Cotillard (Midnight in Paris), Laurence Fishburne (Predators), Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), Gwyneth Paltrow (The Avengers), and Kate Winslet (Mildred Pierce) star in this film by acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh (The Informant!).

Co-written by Guillermo del Toro, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark hits Movies this week with spine-tingling action. Set in the 1800s, mysterious creatures haunt the basement of a quiet girl in Rhode Island. Directed by comic book artist Troy Nixey, the film stars Guy Pearce (Mildred Pierce), Katie Holmes (Jack & Jill) and Bailee Madison (Just Go With It).

The award-winning miniseries starring Kate Winslet in the title role of Mildred Pierce hits TV Shows this week from HBO. Guy Pearce (Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark), Evan Rachel Wood (True Blood) and Melissa Leo (Red State) co-star in this Depression-area drama and murder mystery.

Our New Year’s Sale continues to celebrate 2012 in Collections & Sales. Find phenomenal films like The Hangover Part II, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and Cowboys & Aliens at great low prices through January 9th.

Show the world you just don’t care with the crazy Honey Badger Theme, now available in the game section of the PlayStation Store.

Here’s what can help kick start your 2012…

Just In TV
US Store: Mildred Pierce, The Fades: Season 1, and more!
Canada Store: Mildred Pierce, Intervention: Season 11, The Biggest Loser: Season 13, Work It: Season 1, Princess Resurrection: Season 1, and more!

New Release Movies
US Store: Contagion, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Shark Night, I Don’t Know How She Does It, Life, Above All, Refuge, Puncture, Removal, The Guard, King of Chinatown, Mamachas Del Ring, and many more.
Canada Store: Contagion, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Shark Night, I Don’t Know How She Does It, Life, Above All, Don’t Let Him In, Refuge, The Guard, King of Chinatown, and many more.

Top US Movie Purchases

1. Final Destination 5
2. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
3. Apollo 18
4. Colombiana (Unrated)
5. The Hangover Part II
6. Contagion
7. Abduction
8. Kung Fu Panda 2
9. Warrior
10. Cowboys & Aliens (Extended Version)

Top US TV Shows Purchases

1. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - What Lies Ahead
2. Sons of Anarchy | Season 4 - Out
3. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - Pretty Much Dead Already
4. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - Save The Last One
5. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - Cherokee Rose
6. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - Secrets
7. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - Bloodletting
8. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - Chupacabra
9. Sons of Anarchy | Season 4 - Booster
10. Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head | Season Vol. 4 - Whorehouse/ Going Down

Top Video Themes

1. South Park Dynamic Theme
2. SpongeBob SquarePants Dynamic Theme
3. The Dark Knight: Joker Theme
4. Family Guy Theme
5. Jackass 3.5 Dynamic Theme
6. Honey Badger Theme
7. Fast Five Dynamic Theme
8. Sports Illustrated Swimsuits 2011 Dynamic Theme
9. Halloween Dynamic Theme
10. The Dark Knight: Batman Theme

NEW!: 60 DAYS FREE PREMIUM TRIAL OFFER EXTENDED TO 1/31/12!

Happy New Year! The Music Unlimited service is extending our 60 Days Free PREMIUM Trial offer to new Premium Service subscribers on PlayStation 3!

The Music Unlimited PREMIUM plan includes all this and more:

• Unlimited access to a catalog of millions songs featuring classic favorites and the latest hits.
• Personalized Channels categorized by Genre, Era, Mood or your favorite artist. No ads and unlimited skips.
• A cloud library of your favorite songs, playlists and channels accessible from a range of home, mobile and gaming devices.

Act fast – offer ends 1/31/12! Download your free 60 day PREMIUM trial now by visiting the PlayStation Store on your PS3 system and clicking the Media & Apps button.

Learn more here: http://us.playstation.com/mu-60-day

Have you recovered from your holiday candy coma yet? Check out some of the great albums and songs you may have missed while dashing through the snow:

1. Skrillex – “Bangarang”
2. Ben Folds – “Vault Vol. I, II & 3”
3. Nicki Minaj – “Stupid Hoe (single)”
4. Taylor Swift – “Safe & Sound (ft. The Civil Wars) (single)”
5. Shinedown – “Bully(single)”
6. Jason Mraz – “I Won’t Give Up (Acoustic) (single)”
7. Our Lady Peace – “Heavyweight (single)”
8. B.o.B – “Play The Guitar (feat. Andre 3000) (single)”
9. 3OH!3 – “Set You Free (single)”
10. Nelly – “The Champ (single)”
11. Goldfrapp – “Melancholy Sky (single)”
12. The Low Anthem – “Smart Flesh (extras)”
13. Flo Rida – “Wild Ones (feat. Sia) (single)”
14. Cobra Starship – “Middle Finger (feat. Mac Miller) (single)”
15. Various Artists – “Pan AM: Music From and Inspired By the Original Series”

New Web Client Features!

The Music Unlimited service web client has some new and improved features! Log on to your cloud account at http://music.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/ to start using them!

• Share your favorite music with your friends on Facebook and “Like” any artist, album or song
• Search bar now populates artist, album and song results as you type
• Automatically start a “My Channels” artist station from the artist page.
• “Shuffle All” functionality as you listen to artists, albums, songs and your library

There’s a reason we stopped going to the moon. And Apollo 18 details the chilling reasons why in Movies.The last lunar mission, under the top secret direction of the Department of Defense, goes terribly wrong as alien creatures attack the members of the crew.

In TV Shows, find every episode of the first season of House of Anubis for free for a limited time before Season 2 premieres in January. Catch up on this thrilling series following nine teenagers who live together in a boarding house named for an Egyptian god of the dead.

Our New Year’s Sale kicks off on the first of the year in Collections & Sales. Find phenomenal films like The Hangover Part II, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and Cowboys & Aliens at great low prices through January 9th.

All this to wrap up your year…

New Release Movies
US Store: Final Destination 5, Apollo 18, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy, City Under Siege, Love Crime, The
Pool Boys, and many more.

Canada Store: Final Destination 5, Apollo 18, City Under Siege, The Pool Boys, and many more.

As we wrap up 2011, here are some of the top charts, as listened to by the Music Unlimited service users!

Top Artists in 2011 [US]:

1. Lil Wayne
2. Eminem
3. Wiz Khalifa
4. T.I.
5. Jay-Z
6. Nicki Minaj
7. Rihanna
8. Linkin Park
9. Trey Songz
10. Lady Gaga

Top Songs in 2011 [US]:

1. Wiz Khalifa – “Black And Yellow”
2. Lady GaGa –“Born This Way”
3. Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer – “Give Me Everything”
4. Nicki Minaj – “Moment 4 Life
5. Jennifer Lopez – “On The Floor”
6. Lil Wayne – “6 Foot 7 Foot”
7. Diddy – Dirty Money – “Coming Home”
8. Adele – “Rolling In The Deep”
9. Nelly – “Just A Dream”
10. Rihanna – “What’s My Name?”

Re-live the year with the “Best of 2011” Premium Channel!

Below is the full list of songs that made the cut as our staff favorites for the channel. Listen to all of them now!

What’s on your playlist?

Adele – “Rolling In the Deep”
Augustana – “Borrowed Time”
Bad Meets Evil – “Lighters (ft. Bruno Mars)”
Bayside – “Already Gone”
Beastie Boys – “Make Some Noise”
Beyonce – “Best Thing I Never Had”
Blind Pilot – “Half Moon”
Blink 182 – “Up All Night”
Bon Iver – “Calgary”
Boy & Bear – “The Feeding Line”
Brad Paisley – “Old Alabama”
Cage the Elephant – “Shake Me Down”
Charles Bradley – “The World (Is Going Up in Flames)”
Chris Brown – “Look At Me Now (ft. Lil Wayne)”
Cults – “Abducted”
Danger Mouse & Daniel Luppi – “Two Against One”
Death Cab for Cutie – “You Are a Tourist”
Drake – “Take Care”
The Drums – “Money”
Fleet Foxes – “Montezuma”
Florence & The Machine – “Shake It Out”
Foo Fighters – “Rope”
Foster the People – “Pumped Up Kicks”
Grouplove – “Colours”
Gym Class Heroes – “Stereo Hearts”
Hot Chelle Rae – “Tonight Tonight”
Incubus – “Switchblade”
J. Cole – “Work Out”
James Blake – “Limit To Your Love”
Katy B – “Katy On A Mission”
Kreayshawn – “Gucci Gucci”
Lady GaGa – “Born This Way”
Lil Wayne – “6 Foot 7 Foot”
Little Dragon – “Ritual Union”
LMFAO – “Party Rock Anthem”
Lykke Li – “Get Some”
M83 – “Midnight City”
Manchester Orchestra – “Simple Math”
Matt Nathanson – “Faster”
My Morning Jacket – “Holdin On To Black Metal”
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – “If I Had A Gun”
Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer – “Give Me Everything”
Real Estate – “It’s Real”
Ryan Adams – “Dirty Rain”
Sbtrkt – “Right Thing To Do”
Skrillex – “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites”
Smith Westerns – “All Die Young”
Social Distortion – “California Hustle & Flow”
SPEAK – “You Know as Well as I”
St Vincent – “Surgeon”
The Belle Brigade – “Losers”
The Decemberists – “Don’t Carry it All”
The Head and the Heart – “Lost in My Mind”
The Strokes – “Under Cover of Darkness”
The Summer Set – “When We Were Young”
Toro y Moi – “New Beat”
Tune yards – “Bizness”
Tyler, the Creator – “Yonkers”
Typhoon – “The Honest Truth”
Wanda Jackson – “Shakin All Over”
Washed Out – “Eyes Be Closed”
Wiz Khalifa – “When I’m Gone”

Reminder for New Users: For a limited time, redeem a 60 Days FREE Premium trial for the Music Unlimited service on your PlayStation 3! Click the banner or click here for more info!

Brad Pitt (The Tree of Life) stars as renowned baseball general manager Billy Beane in Moneyball, available to own now in New Releases before releasing on Blu-ray and DVD next month. Follow the story of the man who shook up professional baseball forever. Jonah Hill (The Sitter) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Ides of March) round out the cast.

Woody Allen’s highest grossing film of all time – Midnight in Paris – hits the Movies section this week. See the late night comedic adventures of a writer in one of the world’s most iconic cities with legends of the past. The ensemble cast includes Owen Wilson (Cars 2), Rachel McAdams (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), Michael Sheen (Tron: Legacy), Tom Hiddleston (Thor), Marion Cotillard (Inception) and Adrien Brody (Predators).

We’ve got even more great eye-popping 3D content available from 3net with Scary Tales, a weird and fantastic series of marauding giants, ghost-plagued forests, human wolves, cannibals and more! You can either rent or own episodes now in Available in 3D. It’s perfect for your new PlayStation 3D display.

Now’s your chance to catch up on one of the fall’s best new series in TV Shows. All nine episodes of Pan Am are available for free for a limited time with all the action and drama starring Christina Ricci, Margo Robbie and Michael Mosley.

Our Theatrical Throwdown matchups have ended for the year, but we’re bringing you a special holiday bonus after the bell. Rent Warrior starring Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises), Joel Edgerton (The Thing) and Nick Nolte (Zookeeper) for just $0.99 in SD or 1080p HD from 2 pm Pacific Friday to 11 pm Pacific Monday in both the US and Canada.

Our Holiday Collection has taken over the store to find out if you’ve been Naughty or Nice. We have great discounted films to own in the Holiday Sale or rent a festive flick in $0.99 Holiday Rentals. Plus, find the best in holiday TV episodes.

Adaptations mold our last Deal of the Week of the year. Through Monday, films like Kick-Ass, Requiem for a Dream, Brothers and Winter’s Bone are available to own in SD starting at just $4.99!

Show the world you don’t care with the crazy Honey Badger Theme, now available in the game section of the PlayStationStore. Stupid!

All that and more for a great holiday weekend…

New Release Movies
US Store: Moneyball, Warrior, Midnight in Paris, Colombiana, Dolphin Tale, Glee: The Concert, Larry Crowne, Straw Dogs, Margin Call, and many more.

Canada Store: Warrior, Midnight in Paris, Colombiana, Dolphin Tale, Glee: The Concert, Larry Crowne, Straw Dogs, Margin Call, Drive-In Horrorshow, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy, and many more.

Top US Movie Purchases

1. Cowboys & Aliens
2. The Hangover Part II
3. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
4. Fright Night
5. Cowboys & Aliens (Extended Version)
6. Friends with Benefits
7. Mr. Popper’s Penguins
8. The Help
9. 30 Minutes or Less
10. Our Idiot Brother

Top US TV Shows Purchases

1. Family Guy - Grumpy Old Man
2. American Horror Story - Birth
3. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia - The High School Reunion Part 2: The Gang’s Revenge
4. Terra Nova - Within
5. Sons of Anarchy - To Be – Act 2
6. The Walking Dead - Pretty Much Dead Already
7. The Walking Dead - What Lies Ahead
8. The Walking Dead - Chupacabra
9. The Walking Dead - Bloodletting
10. The Walking Dead - Save The Last One

Top Video Themes

1. South Park Dynamic Theme
2. SpongeBob SquarePants Dynamic Theme
3. The Dark Knight™: Joker Theme
4. Family Guy Theme
5. Walking Dead Theme
6. Jackass 3.5 Dynamic Theme
7. Fast Five Dynamic Theme
8. Halloween Dynamic Theme
9. The Dark Knight™: Batman Theme
10. Sports Illustrated Swimsuits 2011 Dynamic Theme

Happy Holidays from the Music Unlimited Service!

We hope you’re excited for time with family, friends and endless amounts of cookies this holiday season. If you’re having company over, fire up the Music Unlimited service and hit play on our “Holiday” genre station for a wide variety of favorite seasonal tunes. Click here to listen!

In addition, we’ve compiled a few suggestions to get you started on your own playlist:
1. Justin Bieber –“Misteltoe”
2. Vanessa Carlton – “Hear the Bells”
3. Glee Cast – “Let it Snow”
4. Jimmy Eat World – “Last Christmas”
5. Little Big Town – “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
6. Michael Buble – “Cold December Night”
7. Twisted Sister – “Heavy Metal Christmas”
8. Blink 182 – “I Won’t Be Home for Christmas”
9. Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson – “Winter Song”
10. Scott Weiland – “The Most Wonderful Time of Year”

New! “Like” Button on Web Client!

Share your favorite music with your friends on Facebook! Now “Like” any artist, album or song when using the Music Unlimited service on the web!

New Releases This Week (12/20/11):
Young Jeezy – TM:103 Hustlerz Ambition
Roscoe Dash – J.U.I.C.E
Common – The Dreamer, The Believer
Jason DeRulo – Reloaded
William Fitzsimmons – Gold in the Shadow
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings – Soul Time!
Florence & The Machine – No Light, No Light
Tegan And Sara – The Con Demos
The Downtown Fiction – Pineapple (EP)
Lady Gaga – “Marry The Night/ The Remixes”
Clay Aiken – “Bring Back My Love (single)”
Javier Colon – “A Drop in the Ocean (single)”
DEV & Enrique Iglesias – “Naked (single)”
Miike Snow – “The Devil’s Work (single)”
Nelly – “The Champ (single)”
Neon Trees – “Everybody Talks (single)”
3OH!3 – “Dirty Mind (single)”
AIR – “Parade (single)”

Reminder for New Users: For a limited time, redeem a 60 Days FREE Premium trial for the Music Unlimited service on your PlayStation 3! Click the banner or click here for more info!

Too much jolly this time a year? Switch it up with a littler horror with Fright Night this week in Movies. Starring Colin Farrell (Horrible Bosses), a vampire terrorizes victims in a suburban town and only one son can stop them. Also, check out the eye-popping action in the third dimension in Available in 3D.

Cowboys & Aliens triumphed as the winner in Bout 6 of our Theatrical Throwdown. Rent the film for just $0.99 in SD or 1080p HD from 2 pm Pacific Friday to 11 pm Pacific Sunday. Find it in our $0.99 Movie Rents section of Rent Now!

Have you been naughty or nice this year? Either way, we have something for you in our Holiday Featured Collection now in Collections & Sales through the end of the year. Find great discounted films to own in the Holiday Sale or rent a festive flick in $0.99 Holiday Rentals.

Get your sleuth on in our Deal of the Week with Detective Movies! Find amazing discounts to own films like Die Hard with a Vengeance, From Hell, 12 Rounds and Max Payne now through Monday.

And for some high-speed action, check out the great Fast Five Dynamic Theme available now in the game section of the PlayStationStore.

Here’s a taste at what’s new this week…

New Release Movies
US Store: Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Fright Night (also in 3D), Kung Fu Panda 2, Tanner Hall, 13 Assassins, and many more.
Canada Store: Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Fright Night, Kung Fu Panda 2, Tanner Hall, Champions, and many more.

Top US Movie Purchases

1. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
2. The Hangover Part II (HD plus Bonus Features)
3. The Hangover Part II
4. Kung Fu Panda 2
5. Mr. Popper’s Penguins
6. The Smurfs
7. Friends with Benefits
8. Cowboys & Aliens
9. Cowboys & Aliens (Extended Version)
10. Men in Black II

Top US TV Shows Purchases

1. Sons of Anarchy | Season 4 - To Be – Act 2
2. American Horror Story | Season 1 - Smoldering Children
3. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Season 7 - The High School Reunion
4. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - Pretty Much Dead Already
5. Family Guy | Season 10 - Cool Hand Peter
6. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - Secrets
7. Family Guy | Season 10 - Grumpy Old Man
8. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - Chupacabra
9. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - Cherokee Rose
10. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - What Lies Ahead

Top Video Themes

1. Walking Dead Theme
2. South Park Dynamic Theme
3. Fast Five Dynamic Theme
4. SpongeBob SquarePants Dynamic Theme
5. The Dark Knight™: Joker Theme
6. Halloween Dynamic Theme
7. Sons Of Anarchy Theme
8. Jackass 3.5 Dynamic Theme
9. The Dark Knight™: Batman Theme
10. Sports Illustrated Swimsuits 2011 Dynamic Theme

As we wind down another year, ‘tis the season for the Music Unlimited service team to gather all of our favorite albums/songs and provide you with a comprehensive run down of the year’s best tunes. You can find many of these songs in our limited time Best of 2011 Premium Channel now available! Below is our staff’s personal picks by genre. We’d love to hear your thoughts – leave a comment and let us know what made your list!

Jeff Safran – Marketing Manager, Music Unlimited

Top Albums:
Pop: Adele – 21
R&B: Charles Bradley – No Time For Dreaming
Rock: My Morning Jacket – Circuital
Dance: Katy B – On a Mission
Electronic: James Blake – James Blake
Indie Rock: Bon Iver – Bon Iver
Alternative: Tune-Yards – WhoKill
Rap: Shabazz Palaces – Black Up
Country: Pistol Annies – Hell on Heels
Holiday: She and Him – A Very She and Him Christmas
Soundtrack: Book of Mormon– Original Soundtrack
Metal: Mastodon – The Hunter

Top Songs:
Pop: Adele – “Rolling in the Deep”
R&B: Charles Bradley – “No Time for Dreaming”
Rock: My Morning Jacket – “Holding On To Black Metal”
Dance: Katy B– “Witches Brew”
Electronic: M83– “Midnight City”
Indie Rock: Lykki Le – “Get Some”
Alternative: Foster the People – “Pumped Up Kicks”
Rap: Tyler the Creator– “Yonkers”
Country: Civil Wars – “Barton Hollow”
Holiday: Family of the Year – “OMG It’s XMAS”
Soundtrack: Drive Original Movie Soundtrack – “Night Call”
Metal: Anthrax – “The Devil You Know”

Ashley Harris – Marketing Coordinator, Music Unlimited

Top Albums:
Pop: The Script – Science & Faith
R&B: Marsha Ambrosious – Late Nights and Early Mornings
Rock: Augustana – Augustana
Dance: David Guetta – Nothing But the Beat
Electronic: M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
Indie Rock: Blind Pilot – We are the Tide
Alternative: Incubus – If Not Now, When?
Rap: Childish Gambino – Camp
Country: Taylor Swift – Speak Now World Tour Live
Holiday: Scott Weiland – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Soundtrack: Jonsi – We Bought a Zoo
Metal: Mastodon – The Hunter

Top Songs:
Pop: Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer – “Give Me Everything”
R&B: Charles Bradley – “No Time for Dreaming”
Rock: Grouplove – “Colours”
Dance: Future – “Tony Montana”
Electronic: Little Dragon – “Ritual Union”
Indie Rock: Manchester Orchestra – “Simple Math”
Alternative: Incubus – “Switchblade”
Rap: J. Cole – “Work Out”
Country: Lady Antebellum – “Just a Kiss”
Holiday: Family of the Year – “OMG It’s XMAS”
Soundtrack: Bruno Mars – “It Will Rain”
Metal: Attila – “Smokeout”

Top 20 Songs on the Music Unlimited service in 2011

1. Wiz Khalifa – “Black And Yellow”
2. Lady GaGa –“Born This Way”
3. Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer – “Give Me Everything”
4. Nicki Minaj – “Moment 4 Life
5. Jennifer Lopez – “On The Floor”
6. Lil Wayne – “6 Foot 7 Foot”
7. Diddy - Dirty Money – “Coming Home”
8. Adele – “Rolling In The Deep”
9. Nelly – “Just A Dream”
10. Rihanna – “What’s My Name?”
11. Lil Wayne – “How To Love”
12. Bruno Mars – “Grenade”
13. Waka Flocka Flame – “No Hands (feat. Roscoe Dash and Wale)”
14. Wiz Khalifa – “Roll Up”
15. Rihanna – “S&M”
16. Lupe Fiasco – “The Show Goes On”
17. Kelly Rowland – “Motivation”
18. Enrique Iglesias – “Tonight (I’m Lovin’ You)”
19. The Black Eyed Peas – “Just Can’t Get Enough”
20. Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne – “Look at Me Now”

Daniel Craig (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo), Olivia Wilde (Tron: Legacy) and Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones) star in the alien western blockbuster Cowboys & Aliens this week in Movies. Follow as a band of cowboys and outlaws must stop a full on alien invasion. Plus, check out the Epic Adventures in Collections & Sales for a free 10 minute preview of the film.

You picked Captain America: The First Avenger as the winner in Bout 5 of our Theatrical Throwdown. As a bonus, we are making the 3D version available to rent for just 99₵ as well, in addition to SD and 1080p HD, from 2 pm Pacific Friday to 11 pm Pacific Sunday. A full 3D television setup is required for the 3D rental. Find it in our 99₵ Movie Rents section of Rent Now! And be sure to visit our Facebook page starting noon on Sunday for next week’s sci-fi showdown.

The new Men in Black 3 trailer with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones is coming to our service on Monday. To get ready, the first two films are now on sale for a limited time in Collections & Sales. Ensure you’re prepared for the epic alien adventure to continue in 2012!

Also, check out the Planet of the Apes Sale in anticipation of the release of Rise of the Planet of the Apes next week. Own the SD version of the films that made this one of the most successful and beloved franchises in history, including the original Planet of the Apes, Beneath the Planet of the Apes and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.

This week marks the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. We are commemorating in our Deal of the Week with great World War II content. Check out these low prices today!

The Walking Dead Theme ate up our top spot last week. Check it out now in the game section of the PlayStation®Store.

Here’s a glimpse at what’s in store…

Just In TV
US Store: Covert Affairs: Season 2, One Piece: Season 1, Kyle XY: Season 3, Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom, The French Secret Service: Season 1, King of the Hill: Season 7, Private Practice: Seasons 2-3, and more!

Canada Store: One Piece: Season 1, Oz: Seasons 5-6, King of the Hill: Season 7, Running Wilde: Season 1, The French Secret Service: Season 1, and more!

New Release Movies
US Store: The Hangover Part II, Cowboys & Aliens, The Help, The Debt, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Point Blank, Psychic Experiment, Libertopia, Angel Dog, Life, Above All, Archie’s Final Project, Arabia (IMAX), and many more.

Canada Store: The Hangover Part II, Cowboys & Aliens, The Help, The Debt, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Psychic Experiment, Libertopia, Angel Dog, Life, Above All, and many more.

Top US Movie Purchases

1. Friends with Benefits
2. 30 Minutes or Less
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
4. The Hangover Part II
5. Our Idiot Brother
6. Cowboys & Aliens
7. Super 8
8. Cowboys & Aliens (Extended Version)
9. Conan the Barbarian
10. The Change-Up (Unrated)

Top US TV Shows Purchases

1. Sons of Anarchy | Season 4 To Be – Act 2
2. The Walking Dead | Season 2 Pretty Much Dead Already
3. Sons of Anarchy | Season 4 To Be – Pt. 1
4. American Horror Story | Season 1 Spooky Little Girl
5. Supernatural | Season 7 Death’s Door
6. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Season 7 Thunder Gun Express
7. The Walking Dead | Season 2 Secrets
8. Family Guy | Season 10 Cool Hand Peter
9. The Walking Dead | Season 2 What Lies Ahead
10. The Walking Dead | Season 2 Chupacabra

Top Video Themes

1. Walking Dead Theme
2. South Park Dynamic Theme
3. Fast Five Dynamic Theme
4. SpongeBob SquarePants Dynamic Theme
5. Sports Illustrated Swimsuits 2011 Dynamic Theme
6. Jackass 3.5 Dynamic Theme
7. Sons Of Anarchy Theme
8. Family Guy Theme
9. The Dark Knight™: Batman™ Theme

This Holiday season, Sony Entertainment Network is offering the gift of a special 60 day free trial of the Music Unlimited Premium service for a limited time, just for PlayStation 3 users!

The Music Unlimited Premium plan includes offers unlimited access to a catalog of millions songs featuring classic favorites and the latest hits. You can find personalized channels categorized by Genre, Era, Mood or your favorite artist. No ads and unlimited skips. You can even set up a cloud library of your favorite songs, playlists and channels accessible from a range of home, mobile and gaming devices including PSP, Android phone, Sony Tablet, network enabled Blu-Ray Disc player and Bravia TV, and any PC.

Here’s how to download your free 60 day premium trial now:

1. Go to the PlayStation Store and click on Media and Apps
2. Click on the Apps Icon
3. Download the Music Unlimited 60 Day FREE trial app.
4. Go to the Music Icon on the XMB. Enjoy the Music Unlimited Premium Plan for free for 60 days!

Featured New Releases on Music Unlimited

The Roots–“undun”
Anyone worried that house band duties for Jimmy Fallon would negatively affect The Roots commercial output will rejoice with Undun. Strutting to a 70’s groove, the album follows the trials and tribulations of a fictional 25 year old man and his struggle from life through death. You could argue the band is maturing, the music more subdued and atmospheric than loud and beat driven. It’s no less progressive however, and the band’s anchors in drummer ?uestlove and MC Black Thought are both in fine form.

If you like: Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Kanye West
Recommended Track: “Kool On”

T-Pain – “rEVOLVEr”
Six years to the day after releasing his first album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, T-Pain wants to make it clear that he has grown a lot as an artist since 2005. He even “evolved” on social media, releasing the PrEVOLVEr mixtape once he hit 500,000 followers on Twitter. While best known for his use of auto-tune, T-Pain has taken ownership of the musical style, re-naming it “The T-Pain Effect” and fashioning his own, “I Am T-Pain” microphone to use on the album.

If you like: Wiz Khalifa, J. Cole, Flo Rida
Recommended Track: “5 O’Clock (ft. Lily Allen & Wiz Khalifa)”

Dia Frampton – “Red”
After starting sister-group Meg & Dia at age 18, Dia Frampton and co. gained moderate success before being dropped from their label in 2010. So what happens when you’re only 23 and starting from scratch? For Dia, that meant finding her way onto NBC’s talent search show, The Voice. Audiences were introduced to a singer with the weight of music industry disappointment on her back, who quickly shook it off rose to be the runner up on the show. She landed her own solo deal and now releases an album that fluctuates from sugary pop to country to electronic; a reflection of continued exploration of her style with many years left to refine.

If you like: Meg & Dia, Ingrid Michaelson, Skylar Grey
Recommended Track: “Hearts Out to Dry”

Coming Next Week [12/13]
Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa – Mac and Devi Go to High School
We Bought a Zoo – Music By Jonsi – We Bought A Zoo (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Michael Buble – The Michael Buble Collection
Charlotte Gainsbourg – Stage Whisper
araabMUZIK – Electronic Dream
Anthony Hamilton – Back to Love
Dev – In the Dark (The Remixes)

The sweet and sexy Mila Kunis stars in the comedy hit Friends with Benefits debuting today in New Releases. Watch as her relationship with co-star Justin Timberlake (The Social Network) moves from casual to complicated. Patricia Clarkson (Shutter Island), Richard Jenkins (Hall Pass), Emma Stone (Crazy, Stupid, Love.), and Woody Harrelson (Zombieland) round out the cast.

Everyone’s favorite little blue men enter Movies this week with The Smurfs. The lovable creatures get lost in our world being chased by the evil Gargamel, played by Hank Azaria (The Simpsons). Neil Patrick Harris (A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas) plays their human ally, while Anton Yelchin (Fright Night), Fred Armison (Saturday Night Live), George Lopez (Rio) and Katy Perry lend their voices to the Smurfs characters. For eye-popping action, you’ll also find the film in Available in 3D.

Bout 4 of our Theatrical Throwdown came down to the wire, but Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides came out victorious. Rent it this weekend from 2 pm Pacific Friday to 11 pm Pacific Sunday for just $0.99 in either SD or 1080p HD in our $0.99 Movie Rents section of Rent Now! And be sure to visit our Facebook page starting noon on Sunday for next week’s superhero slugfest.

Make this a magical month with the Disney Dream December now available in Collections & Sales in both the US and Canada. Enjoy great discounts to own hot new releases like Cars 2 and Winnie the Pooh in SD or 1080p HD, as well as classics from the Disney vault like The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, The Princess and the Frog and Dumbo.

It’s a laugh riot in our Deal of the Week with amazing discounts on Comedy films, now through Monday. Own hilarious movies like Reno 911: Miami, Idiocracy and Employee of the Month in SD for incredible low prices.

Like fast times and fast cars? Check out the Fast Five Dynamic Theme now in the game section of the PlayStation Store.

This and more to get your December started off right…

Just In TV
US Store: I Hate My Teenage Daughter: Season 1, Dragon Ball Z: Season 6, Top Gear (UK): Top 40, High Octane 3D: Season 1, African Wild 3D: Season 1, Meteorite Men: Season 3, Flashpoint: Season 4, and more!
Canada Store: I Hate My Teenage Daughter: Season 1, Dragon Ball Z: Season 6, Oz: Season 5, and more!

New Release Movies
US Store: The Smurfs (also in 3D), Friends with Benefits, Our Idiot Brother, Another Earth, One Day, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, King of Chinatown, Silent Night, Zombie Night, The Hagstone Demon, and many more.
Canada Store: The Smurfs (also in 3D), Friends with Benefits, Our Idiot Brother, Another Earth, One Day, King of Chinatown, Silent Night, Zombie Night, The Hagstone Demon, and many more.

Top US Movie Purchases

1. Super 8
2. Conan the Barbarian
3. Horrible Bosses
4. 30 Minutes or Less
5. The Change-Up (Unrated)
6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
7. Our Idiot Brother
8. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
9. Crazy, Stupid, Love
10. Captain America: The First Avenger

Top US TV Shows Purchases

1. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - Pretty Much Dead Already
2. Sons of Anarchy | Season 4 - To Be – Pt. 1
3. Sons of Anarchy | Season 4 - Burnt and Purged Away
4. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - Secrets
5. American Horror Story | Season 1 - Rubber Man
6. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - Chupacabra
7. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - What Lies Ahead
8. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - Bloodletting
9. Family Guy | Season 10 - Thanksgiving
10. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - Save The Last One

Top Video Themes

1. Walking Dead Theme
2. South Park Dynamic Theme
3. Fast Five Dynamic Theme
4. SpongeBob SquarePants Dynamic Theme
5. Sports Illustrated Swimsuits 2011 Dynamic Theme
6. The Dark Knight™: Joker Theme
7. Jackass 3.5 Dynamic Theme
8. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Dynamic Theme
9. Family Guy Theme
10. Halloween Dynamic Theme

Get Up to Speed on the 2012 Grammy Award Nominees!

Last night in L.A., the Recording Academy announced its 54th set of Grammy nominees in 78 categories. Kanye West leads the way with seven nominations; as his “Lost in the World” collaborator, Bon Iver has the makings of an Arcade Fire curve-ball for Best Record, Song or New Artist. (sorry to those wanting to start an internet meme – http://whoisboniver.tumblr.com has already been claimed.) In less of a surprise, Adele is positioned in all top categories, going head to head with Bruno Mars in an “it-ain’t-over-‘til-it’s-over,” battle. While the winners won’t be announced until February 12th, you can be a step ahead by creating your own Pre-Grammys playlist on the Music Unlimited service.

Here are some good tracks to start with . . .
1) Adele – “Rolling in the Deep”
2) Bruno Mars – “Grenade”
3) Mumford and Sons – “The Cave”
4) Kanye West – “All of the Lights”
5) Bon Iver – “Holocene”
6) Marsha Ambrosius – “Far Away”
7) Foo Fighters – “Walk”
8) Lady Gaga – “Born This Way”
9) Jason Aldean – “Dirt Road Anthem”
10) Wiz Khalifa – “Black and Yellow”
11) Foster the People – “Pumped Up Kicks”
12) Katy Perry – “Firework”
13) Skrillex – “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites”
14) The Black Keys – “Dearest”
15) David Guetta – “Little Bad Girl”
16) The Decemberists – “Down By the Water”
17) Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse – “Body and Soul”
18) Lupe Fiasco – “The Show Goes On”
19) Blake Shelton – “God Gave Me You”
20) Rihanna – “Only Girl (In the World)”

Featured New Releases on Music Unlimited
Hot Chelle Rae– “Whatever”
Nashville is considered one of the most significant music hubs in the world, largely concentrated into Country & Folk. However, the “Music City,” also offers other genres of music, propelled by the resources available to a place like Nashville. Hot Chelle Rae is one such case, with its members children of musicians in some of Nashville’s quintessential genres – Country and Christian, respectively. They formed a rock-based, infectious pop sound that skyrocketed them into success over the summer with the song, “Tonight, Tonight.” On their 2nd major label full-length, they are hoping to harness the success of that single and invite fans into everything they have to offer, including the 2nd single, “I Like it Like That.”

If you like: The Ready Set, All Time Low, The Summer Set
Recommended Track: “Why Don’t You Love Me (ft. Demi Lovato)”

Gorillaz – “The Singles Collection”
British superstar, Damon Albarn, celebrates his one true success in America with a ten year anniversary package. Gorillaz had massive U.S. hits in “Clint Eastwood” and “Feel Good Inc.”, which each anchored multi-million selling albums. The band’s latest full length, 2010′s Plastic Beach, lacked a standout single, but carried the same boundary breaking fusion of Hip-Hop, Electro and Rock that made critics drool. The Singles Collection is exactly that, a culmination of the best songs from one of the more interesting bands of the last decade.

If you like: Blur, Gnarls Barkley
Recommended Track: “Stylo” (ft. Mos Def and Bobby Womack)

Coming Next Week [12/6]
Katy Perry – The One That Got Away
Cindy Blackman – Music for the New Millennium
T-Pain – rEVOLVEr
Chevelle – Hats Off To The Bull
Glee Cast – Glee: The Music, Volume 7
Neil Diamond - The Very Best of Neil Diamond
Dia Frampton – Red
Robin Thicke – Love After War
The Roots – undun
Mariah Carey – When Christmas Comes (Duet with John Legend)
The Maine – Pioneer
KORN – The Path Of Totality
Shakira -En Vivo Desde Paris