Scares & Laughs - 12:01am

Kicking off this week's news are two new announcements from Buena Vista Home Entertainment. Due on March 2nd are two recent theatrical releases that failed to live up to expectations but may get a second chance on video. The Mike Figgis thriller Cold Creek Manor, starring Sharon Stone and Dennis Quaid, gets the anamorphic widescreen and Dolby Digital 5.1 treatment, plus an audio commentary by Figgis, "The Rules of the Game" and "Coopers Documentary," an alternate ending, and theatrical trailers. And the Drew Barrymore and Ben Stiller comedy Duplex also gets an anamorphic widescreen transfer (along with a 4:3 full screen option) and Dolby Digital 5.1 track, plus an intro by director Danny DeVito, a featurette, deleted scenes and trailers. Retail will be $29.95 a pop.

Poetry in Motion - 12:01am

Once an Oscar hopeful, now a box office disappointment, Gwyneth Paltrow channeled the late spirit of Sylvia Plath in the biopic Sylvia, due to hit shelves on February 10th from Universal Studios Home Video. This one is a bare bones release with no announced extras, only a 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround track, filmographies and trailers. Due a week later on February 17th is the Scott Baio dramedy A Wedding for Bella, which gets a 4:3 full screen transfer, English Dolby 2.0 surround track, deleted scenes, filmographies and theatrical trailer. Retail will be set at $26.95.

Whatcha Gonna Do? - 12:01am

Oh, c'mon now, you knew it would happen eventually. Just announced from Fox Home Entertainment is the DVD debut of the seminal reality show Cops. Fox will inaugurate the series with a "Cops Wave One" promotion, which features three "best of" compilations: Cops: Bad Girls, Cops: Caught in the Act, and Cops: Shots Fired. Each is presented in 4:3 full screen and English Dolby 2.0 stereo, and include 17 minutes of footage "too hot for TV!" Retail will be $14.95 a shot. Guns 'n' ammo not included.

Not be overshadowed by such a landmark announcement,. Fox has also unveiled the full details for Runaway Jury, based on the John Grisham novel. To be released in separate anamorphic widescreen and full screen versions, each includes a Dolby Digital 5.1 surround track, audio commentary By director Gary Fleder, deleted scenes with commentary, the "Exploring the Scene" workshop, no less than seven featurettes, and trailers. Retail will be $27.95.