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The SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, included everything from an app, Meerkat, that lets users stream live video to the Web and a Saudi Arabian princess, Princess Reema Bint Bandar Al-Saud, speaking about empowering women.

London duo Public Service Broadcasting has created perhaps the most compelling record of the year so far with 'The Race for Space,' Robben Ford's 'Into the Sun' casts shade over most blues albums, and more top picks.

What began as a simple gesture of appreciation quickly grew into an international interfaith campaign that has gone viral over social media. Thousands of Muslims are now participating in #Muslims4Lent, pledging to fast alongside Christians in a show of solidarity and respect.

'The Breakfast Club' returns to movie theaters for a brief engagement, Courtney Bartnett sings anecdotal stories with a deadpan delivery on 'Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit,' and more top picks.

Patched jackets from Canada Goose have conquered urban cool centers from New York to temperate Milan, Italy. The Canada Goose company is the biggest fashion success story to come out of Canada since Lululemon commandeered the yoga pant market.

The animated film 'Song of the Sea' will please all ages, the documentary '180 Days: Hartsville' looks at one city that's doing something right when it comes to education, and more top picks.

The British import opened March 8 at Broadway's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre with unarguably its most important ingredient intact: Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II. Geoffrey Beevers as the queen's right-hand man is also back at his fussy, imperial best.

Australian scientist and mom Sonia Singh 'make-unders' Bratz dolls with a more innocent look, 'The Sound of Music' gets a 50th anniversary edition DVD and Blu-ray, and more top picks.

Jeff Bridges' 'Sleeping Tapes' are whimsical and winning (and proceeds go to the charity No Kid Hungry), a Buzzfeed video looks at how often young adults actually use their phones, and more top picks.

'Hamilton' is based on the life of Alexander Hamilton and the show's book, music, and lyrics were written by Lin-Manuel Miranda of 'In the Heights.'

The Smithsonian Channel's 'Legend of Lead Belly' tells the story of influential American folk and blues musician Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter, the documentary 'American Denial' investigates where America stands today in terms of race relations, and more top picks.

Frances McDormand wows in the title role in the HBO miniseries 'Olive Kitteridge,' Diana Krall's album 'Wallflower' keeps it simple with her take on classic pop songs, and more top picks.

Amazon's show 'Mozart in the Jungle' is one of the best of the new shows created by the bookselling behemoth, PBS's 'The Great British Baking Show' features lovable and quirky amateur bakers, and more top picks.

Some Best Picture nominees are available for viewing before the ceremony, PBS's 'The Big Burn' chronicles the 1910 Rockies wildfire, and more top picks.

For the program ArtWorks, local business leaders commission pieces for their office spaces and ArtWorks participants work with established artists to fulfill the commissions.

The series 'A Path Appears' shows celebrity activists exploring topics like teen mothers and child slavery, photographer Amos Chapple's series shows how the residents of frigid Yakutsk, Russia go about their day, and more top picks.

The Dark Sky weather application tells you whether to bring that umbrella to work, Jessica Nadel's cookbook 'Greens 24/7' shows you how to put extra vegetables in everything from soups to dessert, and more top picks.

The true-crime podcast isn't the only one to see a surge in popularity.

'Evolution of a Criminal' finds director and subject Darius Clarke Monroe examining his past, Jack Bruce's mastery of multiple musical genres shines on 'The 50th Birthday Concerts,' and more top picks.

Ticket sales improved once the musician joined the cast of the Broadway musical, but not by a huge amount. 'The Last Ship' has received mixed reviews.