US author Ray Bradbury has died at the age of 91, after a career of writing everything from science fiction and mystery to humour.

Joel and Ethan Coen won the top prize from the Directors Guild of America for 'No Country for Old Men', giving them the inside track for the same honour at the Academy Awards - assuming the Oscars go on amid the writers strike.

Two editions of The Sound of Music (Fox, €24.99, €34.99) mark the 40th anniversary of this musical extravaganza about the lives of the Von Trapp family, with Julie Andrews charming the aloof Christopher Plummer.