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Posted Saturday, March 08, 2008 1:16 PM

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Our top picks for the week

Rent “No Country For Old Men.” Fresh off its Oscar win for best picture, the Coen brothers’ adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s brutal thriller comes to DVD. Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin costar, but Javier Bardem’s brilliant performance as an insanely terrifying killer with a bad haircut will make you understand why he nabbed an Oscar, too.

Hear “Good Time” by Alan Jackson. This cowboy’s cowboy mixes it up with his 15th studio album (the first he’s written all the songs for); raucous boot scoot, sleepy love ballads and even some bluegrass fingerpicking round out the 17 tracks. Listen to his duet with Martina McBride on “Never Loved Before” ($9.99; amazon.com).

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Go to Phoenix for the Festival of the West. Enjoy a music jamboree, chuck-wagon cook-off, mountain-man demonstrations, cowboy poetry and all things Western at this 18th annual event (March 13 to 16; festivalofthewest.com).

Surf totalbeauty.com. With more than 60,000 product reviews, entertaining how-to videos and personalized beauty tools and recommendations, this site is a comprehensive online beauty library for women.

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