November 1, 2007
Picks: November 2007
CurrentVine.com presents its picks in TV series, reads, and flicks.
TV
Last month on America’s Next Top Model, the girls did a photoshoot on a rock climbing wall, got makeovers and posed as different types of flowers, pretended to be gargoyles atop a high building, and did a shoot with a recycling theme. Kimberly, Victoria, Janet, and Ebony, were eliminated, respectively. The month ended with a compilation of never-before-seen footage. (Wednesdays, 8 p.m. EST, The CW)
Project Runway’s fourth season debuts on Wednesday, November 14 on Bravo.
Books
In Clive Cussler’s historical thriller The Chase, Detective Isaac Bell pursues a brilliant bandit. (Tuesday, November 6)
Victoria Beckham puts her fashion-plate knowledge to the page in That Extra Half an Inch: Hair, Heels and Everything in Between, dispensing advice on shopping, fashion, and beauty. (Tuesday, November 13)
Robert Hardman’s A Year with the Queen gives readers a peek into the life of Queen Elizabeth II, discussing everything from dinners with world leaders to everyday castle life. (Tuesday, November 20)
Movies
Denzel Washington plays a drug kingpin who goes head-to-head with a cop, played by Russell Crowe, in American Gangster. (Friday, November 2)
In No Country for Old Men, based on the Cormac McCarthy novel, a man (Josh Brolin) makes off with the $2 million that he finds in a truck surrounded by dead men, starting a string of violent incidents. Also starring Tommy Lee Jones and Javier Bardem. (Limited release, Friday, November 9)
The epic Old English poem Beowulf comes to the screen with Ray Winstone, Crispin Glover, Angelina Jolie, and Anthony Hopkins. (Friday, November 16)