Coveted: 'Get Hard,' Death Cab For Cutie and HTC One M9 Smartphone Edition – HNGN's Music, Fashion & Beauty, Movie and Gadget Picks Of The Week

Welcome to HNGN's weekly top picks, where we cull the best and brightest releases in music, fashion, beauty, tech and pop culture. Come back every other week for more of-the-moment goodness. -Editing by Michael Lello and Nicholas Parco.

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MUSIC
By Michael Lello

Death Cab For Cutie: Kintsugi (Atlantic Records)
While Benjamin Gibbard, like most lead singers, is the most visible member of his band, Chris Walla was equally as integral to Death Cab For Cutie, not only as a guitarist, but also as a producer and songwriter. Now Walla is gone, and Death Cab is back with its first album since his departure. The band doesn't try many new tricks on the album, which is steeped in the moodiness fans have come to expect and love. It's looking like Death Cab will be just fine despite the absence of the prolifically talented Walla. Case in point: "Black Sun," which is classic Death Cab. Check out the official video below.

Action Bronson: Mr. Wonderful (Atlantic Records/Vice Records)
Multitalented Queens, N.Y., rapper Action Bronson shows his range in this video for "Baby Blue," in which he shows a range of humorous abilities, including a spoof of the famous barbershop scene in Eddie Murphy's "Coming To America." But it's not all laughs for Bronson, who has a knack for melody and classic r&b/soul flavors. His major-label debut, "Mr. Wonderful," is out this week.

Courtney Barnett: Sometimes I Sit And Think And Sometimes I Just Sit (Mom + Pop Music)
Singer/songwriter Courtney Barnett has a sly way with words, even when titling her releases (previous EPs include "I've Got A Friend Called Emily Ferris" and "How To Care A Carrot Into A Rose"). With her debut full-length album, "Sometimes I Sit And Think And Sometimes I Just Sit," unveiled last weekend at South By Southwest, the clever Australian combines sometimes raw, tired-and-true rock tropes with a verbal, stream-of-conscience vocal style. Expect to hear much more about Barnett as this album starts to find an audience.

Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts: Blaster (earMUSIC)
Scott Weiland gets more press for his off-stage and outside-the-studio behavior than for his music, which might explain why Stone Temple Pilots never got its due as a creative and innovative band. With STP and his other former group Velvet Revolver in the rearview mirror, Weiland continues to try to write Act 3 of his career with "Blaster," not his first solo foray but his debut with backing band The Wildabouts. Check out the fuzzed-out glam rock of "White Lightning" and the folk balladry of "Circles" in the teaser clip below.

BOOKS

By Amanda Bernocco

Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader ($19.83)
By Brent Schlender (Crown Business)
This book stands out from the rest of the books on Apple's former CEO Steve Jobs by answering one question: How did a young man so reckless and arrogant that he was exiled from the company he founded become the most effective visionary business leader of our time, ultimately transforming the daily life of billions of people? This well-researched book, written by a man who knew Jobs for 25 years, really delves into Jobs' personality and how he dealt with failing before he reached success.

Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania ($16.02)
By Frank Bruni (Grand Central Publishing)

Frank Bruni creates a great guide for students, teachers and parents to help them deal with the stresses of the college admission process. The book drills that your self-worth shouldn't be determined by which college accepts you, while giving an honest guideline to help get students through the long process.

The Fifth Heart ($21)
By Dan Simmons (Little, Brown and Company)

Christopher Nolan has taken audiences into people's dreams and through the streets of Gotham City. His latest film finds a group of explorers traveling through a wormhole in search of a new home for humanity before the Earth becomes uninhabitable.

The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and Michael Caine. The movie collected an Oscar for Best Achievement in Visual Effects.

iTunes has the film available for purchase.

The Imitation Game
Benedict Cumberbatch gives a stunning performance as the mathematician and cryptanalyst Alan Turing in the World War II drama. Turing cracked the Enigma code that allowed the Allies to read coded messages sent by the Nazis and eventually led to Ally victory in the European theater.

Screenwriter Graham Moore won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and the film garnered a total of eight Oscar nominations. Cumberbatch co-starred alongside Keira Knightly, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Charles Dance and Mark Strong.

iTunes has the film available for purchase.

Check out our complete list of movies available for streaming on Netflix this month and see below for more options on Amazon Prime and for purchase at iTunes.

iTunes

• Song of the Sea

• Wild

• Avengers Grimm

• Vice

• Love in the Afternoon (1972)

• Wolfy, The Incredible Secret

• Something Wicked

• Halo: Nightfall

• The Way He Looks