iTunes Entertainment App Roundup

1. Cosmic Top – “Swipe it, swirl it, twist it, twirl it… It’s a top, but not like any from this world… It’s cosmic!

Cosmic Top is a virtual toy, a 3D audiovisual physics simulation of a spinning, wobbling, and sometimes morphing top.

Seeming to float among stars, the top can take on unlimited shapes and sounds which appear to glow and hum from within your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.

You control the top with your touch and can experience its sights and sounds at any angle by moving your device around.”

2. Live From The Red Carpet – “**Catch our red carpet LIVE STREAM on January 30th, 2011 before the SAG Awards! (4 PM ET/PT)**

The fashion! The stars! The glitz! The winners! It’s all here in this unparalleled, high-class and FREE app from E!, the leader in red carpet entertainment.

This Live From the Red Carpet app lets you experience total VIP access to Hollywood’s hottest events, right at your fingertips.

You’ll hit all the big shows, live and in high-gloss interactive bliss: the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Grammy Awards, SAG Awards, red carpets of weekly movie premieres and film fests.

This app brings you celeb news, A-list fashion photos and interview videos from awards season’s marquee events. (And on the iPad, you can zoom in and check out every fab fashion detail in stunning high-res galleries.)

Get up-close celebrity interviews with our livestreams and massive video coverage, and dive into the GlamCam 360, our futuristic Matrix-like fashion cam!

You’ll have instant access to hundreds of E! articles, breaking down everything from the winners and upsets to the shows’ best (and worst) moments. Plus, connect with Twitter to share your VIP access with the world.”

3. Sundance Film Festival 2011 – “This is the official iPhone App of the Sundance Film Festival presented by Sundance Institute and developed by QuickMobile Inc. The Sundance Film Festival comes to Park City, Utah from January 20 to 30, 2011 to celebrate today’s most innovative storytellers. Purchasing this mobile app supports Sundance Institute’s year-round nonprofit work of developing and discovering new artists and audiences. Our mobile app features:

• Real-time on-the-go Festival film guide and screening schedule. Sort by Title, Category, Date, Location, or Director. Full view calendar planners work for film and events schedules.
• Original content feeds including exclusive short films from past Sundance Film Festivals, interviews with the 2011 filmmakers, Live@Sundance event videos, news articles, blog posts, and photography from the ground.
• History section covering films, jurors, awards, and trailers highlighting the Festival from 1985 to 2010.
• Social media integration with Facebook, Twitter (featuring special Guest Tweeters), YouTube, and photos.
• Visitor information on shuttles, venue locations, ticketing help, Festival tips, and more. Includes theatre and Off Screen event mapping.

Sundance Institute is a global nonprofit organization founded by Robert Redford in 1981. Through its artistic development programs for directors, screenwriters, producers, composers, and playwrights, the Institute seeks to discover and support independent film and theatre artists from the United States and around the world, and to introduce audiences to their new work. The Institute promotes independent storytelling to inform, inspire, and unite diverse populations around the globe. Internationally recognized for its annual Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Institute has nurtured such projects as Born into Brothels, Trouble the Water, Son of Babylon, Amreeka, An Inconvenient Truth, Spring Awakening, Light in the Piazza, and Angels in America.”

4. Movie Night Out – “Movie Night Out is an app that’s all about helping you plan your night out. Featuring Citysearch local information, Movie Night Out can give you multiple ideas for your night out, no matter where you are. And now it’s an even better app for finding the Movies you want to see.
Some of the features include:
· A unique night planner that lets you slide and drag categories to customize your night out to suit the right occasion

· Citysearch Local data provides multiple results to customize your night out

· My Must See List: Add movies to your must see list and rank them in order of importance

· Improved theater listings and search distance

· Movies Now which lets you find the movie showing nearest to you closest to the current time

· Find the movies you want to see easily by easy search, closest theater, top box office, and most recent release

· Also see all the latest trailers, movie details, photos and reviews

And coming soon: Notifications of your plans, the movies you want to see and reminders of movie showtimes and ticket availability!”

5. TV.com – “The TV.com iPhone application delivers your favorite shows wherever you go – for FREE!

You can search and access tons of video including full episodes of your can’t miss shows. Personalize your TV experience by watching shows when you have the time. Can’t get through the entire episode? No problem. Start it now and finish it later!

* Browse through our vast list of featured shows or view by channel
* Watch full episodes from some of your favorite CBS shows
* Catch shows from CBS, THE CW, Showtime, CNET TV, and much more!
* Search through millions of videos

For highest quality videos watch TV.com on Wi-Fi”