Nestle USA decided to recall the powder after supplier Omya Inc. issued its own recall of calcium carbonate, a Nesquik ingredient, amid concerns that salmonella was present in some batches. Nesquik hasn’t caused any illness or adverse health effects so far, to the best of Nestle’s knowledge, the company said. But the salmonella bacteria can cause diarrhea, abdominal cramps, fever and, in particularly vulnerable demographics, more severe symptoms and even death. “We apologize to our consumers a
Just when a little progress was being made… the east coast and New England are getting slammed with snow and more rising waters after Hurricane Sandy struck less than one week ago. Even New Jersey Governor Christie said he’s wondering when the locusts are coming??!! According to USA Today : Still navigating the harrowing destruction of Superstorm Sandy, much of the Northeast was hunkering down for a nor’easter barreling up the East Coast, ushering in snow, sleet, rain, strong winds and cold temperatures through Thursday. National Weather Service forecasters say the storm doesn’t have the destructive power of Sandy — which killed more than 110 in the U.S., cut power to 8.5 million homes and flooded the New York metropolitan area and New Jersey coast. But it’s still dangerous, threatening potential storm surges to coastal areas recovering from Sandy’s flooding onslaught. New York and New Jersey airports had already canceled more than 1,700 flights through today, causing a ripple of travel disruptions around the country. More power disruptions were feared in New York City, where about 350,000 remain without electricity. Strong wind gusts prompted the halt of construction work in the city — which also closed parks because of the threat to falling trees. “We’re petrified,” said James Alexander, who lives in the hard-hit Rockaways section of Queens. “It’s like a sequel to a horror movie.” Up to 5.5 inches of snow blanketed parts of New York, New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania and Connecticut by Wednesday night. Weather Channel meteorologist Jon Erdman said several more inches could fall in the Poconos, Catskills and western Connecticut. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged residents of flood-prone neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island to evacuate Wednesday night. In New Jersey, where recovery workers were building up badly eroded beach dunes, a fresh round of evacuations was ordered for some coastal communities. “I am waiting for the locusts and pestilence next,” New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said. “We may take a setback in the next 24 hours.” Christie warned heavy, wet snow inland could reverse some power restored to 2.76 million New Jerseyans who lost electricity last week. About 370,000 remain without power. “We’re doing what we need to do to prepare for this, just like we did for Hurricane Sandy,” Christie said. “We’re prepared.” We’re hoping power stays on for those who have it back and that no more damage is done! Are you feeling the effects of the storm? Images via Instagram/AP
The Real Housewives of Atlanta claim they “Got Sexy Back” but I’m not sure that goes for everyone. We’ll recap who’s moving up, who’s moving out, and who can’t handle the crack in our THG +/- review. NeNe’s definitely riding a high. She’s on the new sitcom The New Normal and considering a move to LA. Plus 25 . It’s nice to see her happy for once. The girl is dining with famous producers and laughing about Tyler Perry changing his number and not telling her while turning down caviar. Life couldn’t get much better for Ms. NeNe. Or could it? Gregg’s still hanging around and he wants back. He wants a key to her house. He wants a second chance and he claims he’s willing to work for it. Minus 10 . I’m not so sure. Fifteen years of history is nothing to sneeze at but maybe it’s time NeNe moved on. I’d be shocked if they got back together and weren’t miserable once again a year later. NeNe’s not the only one looking happy. Kandi and TV producer/boyfriend Todd are moving in together. They bought a house…in cash and that’s nothing to look down your nose at these days. Plus 22. Kandi’s glowing as she’s considering marriage and expanding her family. Then Kim comes to visit. Kim calls Kandi’s new neighborhood “the hood” and says she locks her car doors when she gets off the highway. If that house is in the hood, I’m moving in. Kandi got the house in foreclosure but it’s huge and basically two houses in one. An indoor swimming pool, jacuzzi and an enormous amount of space more than makes up for the decorating she’ll have to do. Plus 15 . Of course Kim never met a dollar she could spend and only sees the downside of moving into to a home that isn’t 100% finished to her liking. Well, she might want to become more flexible…quick. When Kim and Kroy turned down the asking price on the house they’re living in they’re told to move out at the end of the lease. In two weeks! Minus 12 . Seriously these two are in way over their heads. There isn’t a thing packed and they don’t know where they’re going. And the movers are quoting them $101,000 to pack, move, and store everything for 120 days. Of course we are talking about a 17,000 square foot home. Kandi says she’ll come move her personally for $101,000. Plus 20 . I’ll come help and we can split it. Of course Kim is pregnant once again and KJ’s just turning a year old. Kroy and Kim are like rabbits. They work quick. I can’t believe Sweetie’s still around. Kim fired her last season only to hire her back. Minus 9. Kim must enjoy paying people to do nothing. Phaedra’s still working on her mortuary business and wants to expand into pet funerals. She says she’ll deal with anything that can be buried. But can someone get her to stop calling Ayden her little prince. Minus 10 . It’s just setting him up to be a spoiled brat before he’s two years old. Cyndi and Peter still bicker like they always have but this time ex Leon got in the mix. Of course it was about his daughter. Cyndi pulled Noelle out of school because she wasn’t flourishing and looked unhappy. She’s adamant that she knows her daughter and this is best…until Noelle walks in and says she never wanted to be home schooled. So much for being the in touch parent. Minus 8 . The Bailey Agency is hosting a casting call for JET magazine’s beauty of the week and Cyndi invites new Housewife Kenya to be a judge. Kenya’s a former Miss USA and has modeled for JET. Who would have thought this could end up as such a disaster? Everyone shows up in their teeny bikinis and Kenya’s offended. She can’t stand to see anyone’s booty or coochie crack and won’t stop talking about it. Minus 11 . Kenya seems to embrace her mean girl / diva role. She even has her own security throw out one of Cyndi’s employees. And minus 8 because he shouldn’t have called her a b*tch…even if she was being one at the time. Looking at those SMOOTH magazine covers Kenya did, it looks like she had plenty of her own booty falling out of that swimsuit. The lines are definitely drawn between these two Housewives divas. Who do you think will win? Episode total = +14! Season total = +14!
NBC has scheduled a very special event for Friday night. The network – along with affiliates Bravo, CNBC, E!, G4, MSNBC, Style, Syfy and USA – will telecast “Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together,” a telethon hosted by Matt Lauer that will raise money for the American Red Cross’s relief efforts across regions hit by the storm. Broadcast live on the East Coast and tape delayed out West, the event will take place at 30 Rockefeller Plaza and feature such acts as Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, plus Sting and Christina Aguilera . In a press release, NBC said “additional networks could join the broadcast of the telethon prior to airtime.”
AFI Fest rounded out its 2012 program with films screening in its World Cinema, Breakthrough, Midnight and Shorts sections. Festival favorites The Angels’ Share , Greatest Hits , Laurence Anyways , Nairobi Half Life , Pieta , White Elephant and Zaytoun are among the titles set to screen at the L.A. festival, taking place November 1 – 8. As previously announced, the festival will kick off with the world premiere of Hitchcock and will close with the the world premiere of Lincoln . The World Cinema, Breakthrough and Midnight selections follow. Information provided by AFI Fest. World Cinema Section: A Royal Affair : DIR Nikolaj Arcel. SCR Rasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel. Denmark/Sweden/Czech Republic/Germany Amour : DIR/SCR Michael Haneke. Austria/France/Germany. The Angels’ Share : DIR Ken Loach. SCR Paul Laverty. UK/France/Belgium/Italy. U.S. Premiere. Barbara : DIR/SCR Christian Petzold. Germany. Berbarian Sound Studio : DIR/SCR Peter Strickland. UK. Beyond the Hills (DUPÃ DELAURI): DIR/SCR Cristian Mungiu. Romania/France/Belgium. Blood of My Blood (SANGUE DO MEU SANGUE): DIR/SCR João Canijo. Portugal. Caesar Must Die (CESARE DEVE MORIRE): DIR Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani. SCR Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Fabio Cavalli. Italy. Everybody In Our Family (TOATA LUMEA DIN FAMILIA NOASTRA): DIR Radu Jude. SCR Radu Jude, Corina Sabau. Romania/The Netherlands. Greatest Hits (LOS MEJORES TEMAS): DIR/SCR Nicolás Pereda. Canada/Mexico/The Netherlands. U.S. Premiere. The Hunt (JAGTEN): DIR Thomas Vinterberg. SCR Tobias Lindholm, Thomas Vinterberg. Denmark. In Another Country (DA-REUN NA-RA-E-SUH): DIR/SCR Hong Sang-soo. South Korea. Kon-Tiki : DIR Joachim Roenning, Espen Sandberg. SCR Petter Skavlan. Norway/Denmark/United Kingdom. Kuma : DIR Umut Dag. SCR Petra Ladinigg, Umut Dag. Austria. Laurence Anyways : DIR/SCR Xavier Dolan. Canada/France. U.S. Premiere. Leviathan : DIR Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel. UK/USA/France. Like Someone in Love : DIR/SCR Abbas Kiarostami. France/Japan. Our Children (A PERDRE LA RAISON): DIR Joachim Lafosse. SCR Joachim Lafosse , Mathieu Reynaert, Thomas Bidegain. Belgium/France/Switzerland. Paradise: Faith : DIR Ulrich Seidl. SCR Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz. Austria/France/Germany. Paradise: Love : DIR Ulrich Seidl. SCR Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz. Austria/Germany/France. Pieta : DIR/SCR Kim Ki-duk. South Korea. U.S. Premiere. Post Tenebras Lux : DIR/SCR Carlos Reygadas. Mexico/France/Germany/The Netherlands. Reality : DIR Matteo Garrone. Italy/France. The Sapphires : DIR Wayne Blair. SCR Keith Thompson, Tony Briggs. Australia. Something in the Air (APRÈS MAI): DIR/SCR Olivier Assayas. France. Tabu : DIR Miguel Gomes. SCR Miguel Gomes, Mariana Ricardo. Portugal/Germany/Brazil/France. Tey (AUJOURD’HUI): DIR/SCR Alain Gomis. Senegal. War Witch (REBELLE): DIR/SCR Kim Nguyen. Canada. White Elephant : DIR Pablo Trapero. SCR Alejandro Fadel, Martín Mauregui, Santiago Mitre , Pablo Trapero. Argentina/Spain/France. U.S. Premiere. Wrong : DIR/SCR Quentin Dupieux. France/USA. Zaytoun : DIR Eran Riklis. SCR Nader Rizq. UK/Israel. U.S. Premiere. Breakthrough Selections: Everybody’s Got Somebody…Not Me (TODO EL MUNDO TIENE ALGUIENE MENOS YO): DIR/SCR Raúl Fuentes. Mexico. Kid : DIR/SCR Fien Troch. Belgium. North American Premiere. The Last Step : DIR/SCR Ali Mosaffa. Iran. The Most Fun I’ve Ever Had with My Pants On : DIR/SCR Drew Denny. USA. Nairobi Half Life : DIR David Tosh Gitonga. SCR Serah Mwihaki, Charles ”Potash” Matathia, Samuel Munene, Billy Kahora. Kenya/Germany. North American Premiere. Oh Boy : DIR/SCR Jan Ole Gerster. Germany. North American Premiere. Midnight Selections: ABCs of Death : DIR Kaare Andrews, Angela Bettis, Adrián García Bogliano, Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet, Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Jason Eisener, Xavier Gens, Jorge Michel Grau, Lee Hardcastle, Noboru Iguchi, Thomas Cappelen Malling, Anders Morgenthaler, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Simon Rumley, Marcel Sarmiento, Jon Schnepp, Srdjan Spasojevic, Timo Tjahjanto, Andrew Traucki, Nacho Vigalondo, Jake West, Ti West, Ben Wheatley, Adam Wingard, Yudai Yamaguchi. USA/New Zealand. Come Out and Play : DIR/SCR Makinov. Mexico. Here Comes the Devil (AHI VA EL DIABLO): DIR/SCR Adrián García Bogliano. Mexico/Argentina. John Dies at the End : DIR/SCR Don Coscarelli. USA.
The bus driver put the c-c-c-combo breaker on her face, should he go to jail? A Cleveland bus driver has been suspended following the surfacing of an online viral video depicting him viciously punching a female passenger : The 94-second video — posted online begins with an unidentified woman shouting obscenities at the bus driver. The woman then appears to strike the bus driver, who gets up from his seat and approaches her before landing a brutal uppercut that knocks the woman down. Just before the haymaker is thrown, someone can be heard saying on the video: “You going to jail now.” The bus driver, who has been identified as Artis Hughs and has employed by the agency for 22 years, then physically removes the 25-year-old woman and her pink jacket from the bus. She then reboards the bus, where the two briefly continue scuffling as passengers try to end the melee. “That’s a [expletive] female,” one passenger shouts. “I don’t care,” the bus driver responds. “She want to be a man, I’m going to treat you like a man.” Mary Shaffer, a spokeswoman for the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, told FoxNews.com in a statement that an investigation into the Sept. 18 incident has been launched. “Upon identifying the driver, he was immediately suspended and removed from duty,” the statement read. “His behavior is absolutely unacceptable.” The victim, who has been identified Shidea Lane, did not file any charges at the scene. Hughs also did not file any charges against Lane. RTA officials apologized to customers for the incident. Does the uppercut bus driver get prison time for his actions for assaulting the woman or made into a new Mortal Kombat character? Source
Brad Pitt shares his views on America’s war on drugs, and he also shares some “moments” from the days when he was high as a kite. According to USA Today: During a Friday night screening of The House I Live In, a documentary about the war on drugs, which he produced, Pitt got candid about his use of and access to drugs back in the day. On his own drug use: “My drug days are long since passed but it’s certainly true that I could probably land in any city in any state and get you whatever you wanted. I could find anything you were looking for. Give me 24 hours or so. And yet we still support this charade called the drug war. We have spent a trillion dollars. It’s lasted for over 40 years. A lot of people have lost their lives for it. And yet we still talk about it like it’s this success.” Why he thinks the “war on drugs” has failed: “The drug war is actually being used to hold a portion of our society down. It’s staggering to me what is being perpetrated in this name of a war on … immorality. It’s criminal in itself. And we’ve got to look at that. We have to change that.” How to end the drug war: “The only way to end the war on drugs is to take the profit out of it. I know this comes with a whole other host of problems and I don’t know if I’m actually presenting it as a reality, but we have to look at the what-if-everything-was-legal and people were allowed to make their own choices. And we were treating it less as a criminal issue and more as a sickness. People do drugs to escape. We’re not talking about experimentation. People with long-term drug use are escaping.” Of course Brad used to be a druggie. He’s married to Angelina Jolie for heaven’s sake.
Also in Thursday morning’s round-up of news briefs: Tim Burton launches the London Film Festival with his latest; Toronto surf pic heads to U.S. theaters and Variety is set to end its pay wall. Storm Surfers 3-D Heads to U.S. Theaters The 2012 Toronto Film Festival documentary is directed by Christopher Nelius and Justin McMillan. The film follows Tom, Ross and surf forecaster Ben Matson’s adventures as they track and chase giant storms across the Great Southern Ocean, braving gigantic waves, freezing conditions and near-death experiences. Using state-of-the-art 3D technology the feature is narrated by Oscar nominee Toni Collette. XLrator Media acquired U.S. rights to the film. Around the ‘net… CBS Films Courts Chris Hemsworth to Play Terrorist Hunter in American Assassin Based on Vince Flynn’s bestselling novel series, CBS Films is offering Chris Hemsworth $10 million to star as terrorist hunter Mitch Rapp in American Assassin It is the 11th book in Flynn’s series of espionage novels, Deadline reports . Sean Hannity to Make Film Debut in Atlas Shrugged: Part II In the film that opens Friday, Hannity plays the host of a TV show similar to his own on Fox News. The film is set several years in the future when the conservative commentator will presumably be off the air. Hannity is a fan of the book Atlas Shrugged and its author Ayn Rand, a fierce defender of capitalism, THR reports . Frankenweenie Opens London Film Festival Filmmaker Tim Burton has said he is “honored” that his stop-motion 3D animation Frankenweenie has opened the BFI London Film Festival. “It was made here, so it has extra special meaning,” the director told the BBC at the film’s European premiere. Variety’s Pay Wall to End One day after the official announcement PMC Media acquired trade publication Variety, its new owner said at a town hall meeting at Variety’s L.A. office that the pay wall will come down. Variety has been mostly inaccessible to non-subscribers online since the pay wall was instituted, Deadline reports . ( PMC is the parent company of Movieline ).
AFI Fest is fast approaching and the event unveiled Centerpiece Gala and Special Screenings details with Ang Lee ‘s Life of Pi (3-D) and Walter Salles ‘ On the Road on tap for their West Coast debuts. Peter Ramsey’s Rise of the Guardians and Jacques Audiard ‘s Rust and Bone will also debut. Bone star Marion Cotillard will receive a tribute during the festival, taking place November 1 – 8. All galas will take place at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. A number of Toronto premieres will be presented as Special Screenings at AFI Fest. Eight titles including The Central Park Five , Ginger and Rosa , Holy Motors , The Impossible , Quartet , Room 237 , TIFF winner Silver Linings Playbook and West of Memphis will screen in the section. As previously announced, the World Premiere of Sacha Gervasi’s Hitchcock will open AFI Fest, while Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln will close out the event. For the fourth year, AFI Fest will off free tickets for all of its screenings (though packages are available to ensure reserved seats for Galas). AFI Fest 2012 Galas with descriptions provided by the event: Opening Night Gala: Hitchcock : The love story between the iconic filmmaker and his wife, Alma Reville, during the filming of PSYCHO in 1959. DIR Sacha Gervasi. SCR John J. McLaughlin. CAST Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Danny Huston, Toni Collette, Jessica Biel, Michael Stuhlbarg, James D’Arcy, Michael Wincott, Richard Portnow, Kurtwood Smith. USA. World Premiere. Thursday, November 1, 7:00 p.m., Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. Centerpiece Galas: Life of Pi in 3D: Director Ang Lee ( Brokeback Mountain , Couching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ) creates a groundbreaking movie event about a young man who survives a disaster at sea and is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an amazing and unexpected connection with another survivor – a fearsome Bengal tiger. DIR Ang Lee. SCR David Magee. CAST Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Rafe Spall, Gérard Depardieu. USA. Friday, November 2, 7:30 p.m., Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. On the Road : Jack Kerouac’s seminal pseudo-autobiography arrives on the big screen at the intersection of fact and fiction. DIR Walter Salles. SCR Jose Rivera, Jack Kerouac. CAST Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Amy Adams, Tom Sturridge, Danny Morgan, Alice Bragga, Elisabeth Moss, Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortenson. France/UK/USA/Brazil. Saturday, November 3, 8:00 p.m., Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. Rise of the Guardians in 3D: Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, Sandman and Jack Frost are The Guardians – legendary characters with previously unknown extraordinary abilities charged with protecting children everywhere from an evil spirit’s attempt to take over the world. DIR Peter Ramsey. SCR David Lindsay-Abaire. CAST Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher, Jude Law. USA. Sunday, November 4, 4:00 p.m., Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. Rust and Bone (De Rouille Et D’Os) featuring A Tribute to Marion Cotillard: An unusual love story between a back alley boxer and a woman who has suffered a profound loss. DIR Jacques Audiard. SCR Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain. CAST Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure, Celine Sallette, Corinne Masiero, Bouli Lanners, Jean-Michel Correia. France/Belgium. Monday, November 5, 7:30 p.m., Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. Closing Night Gala: Lincoln : Steven Spielberg directs two-time Academy Award® winner Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln , a revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President’s tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come. DIR Steven Spielberg. SCR Tony Kushner. CAST Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Tommy Lee Jones. USA. World Premiere. Thursday, November 8, 7:00 p.m., Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. Special Screenings: Silver Linings Playbook : When a history teacher is cuckolded by his wife and a co-worker, he goes ballistic, lands in jail, then moves in with his sports-obsessed parents. DIR David O. Russell. SCR David O. Russell, Matthew Quick. CAST Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Anupam Kher, Julia Stiles, John Ortiz, Paul Herman, Dash Mihok, Shea Whigham. USA. Friday, November 2, 8:00 p.m., Rigler, Egyptian. The Central Park Five : Ken Burns’ documentary about what was known as the crime of century showcases a group of teenagers who were forced to give false confessions and were wrongfully convicted for raping and beating New York City jogger Trisha Meili. DIR/SCR Sarah Burns, Ken Burns, David McMahon. Saturday, November 3, 3:30 p.m., Rigler, Egyptian. Holy Motors : Denis Lavant plays Mr. Oscar, a shadowy figure who inhabits many roles while fulfilling assignments from inside a white limousine in Léos Carax’s beguiling work. DIR/SCR Léos Carax. CAST Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue. France/Germany. Saturday, November 3, 7:00 p.m., Rigler, Egyptian. The Impossible : A family is swept up in the monumental turmoil of the 2004 Southeast Asia tsunami along with thousands of strangers. DIR Juan Antonio Bayona. SCR Sergio G. Sánchez. CAST Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Samuel Joslin, Oaklee Pendergast, Marta Etura, Sönke Möhring, Geraldine Chaplin. Spain/USA. Sunday, November 4, 8:30 p.m., Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. Room 237 : Rodney Asher’s documentary delves into the symbols and messages hidden within Stanley Kubrick’s acclaimed film, THE SHINING, revealing more secrets after 30 years. DIR Rodney Ascher. CAST Bill Blakemore, Geoffrey Cocks, Juli Kearns, John Fell Ryan, Jay Weidner. USA. Sunday, November 4, 9:00 p.m., Chinese 1. Quartet : A birthday concert for Verdi at a home for retired opera singers is disrupted by the arrival of Jean, a diva and former wife of one of the residents. DIR Dustin Hoffman in his directorial debut. SCR Ronald Harwood. CAST Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, Michael Gambon. UK. Sunday, November 4, 9:00 p.m., Rigler, Egyptian. Ginger and Rosa : As the Cold War meets the sexual revolution in 1960s London, the lifelong friendship of two teenage girls (Elle Fanning, Alice Englert) is shattered by ideological differences and personal betrayals. DIR/SCR Sally Potter. CAST Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Alessandro Nivola, Christina Hendricks, Annette Bening, Oliver Platt, Timothy Spall, Jodhi May. UK/Denmark. Wednesday, November 7, 8:00 p.m., Chinese 1. West of Memphis : Amy Berg’s film casts a light on the brutal murder of three young boys and the 18-year struggle to exonerate the teenagers who were convicted of the crimes. DIR Amy Berg. SCR Billy McMilin, Amy Berg. CAST Damien Echols; Lorri Davis; Jason Baldwin; Jessie Misskelley, Jr.; Pam Hicks. USA. Date, time and venue TBC.
Shamone! Spike Lee’s Bad 25 will air on ABC Nationwide Thanksgiving Day Via IndieWire Following its Venice Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival screenings, Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson documentary, made in collaboration with the estate of Michael Jackson and Sony Music, titled Bad 25, is already scheduled to air on ABC on Thanksgiving Day, in November. However, before that, as reported this morning, the feature documentary will be released theatrically for 1 week, beginning October 19, but, unfortunately, only in New York, and Los Angeles. If you live in the area here is where you can check it out in theaters early. New York: Oct. 19 to 26 at AMC Loews Theater; 66 Third Ave. Los Angeles: Oct. 26 to Nov. 2 at Chinese 6 Theaters; 6801 Hollywood Blvd. The rest of the USA will have to wait about another month, to see it on ABC on Thanksgiving night (November 22). Bad 25 shares fresh insights into the King of Pop’s creative vision that resulted in his landmark Bad album, marking its 25th anniversary this year. “This will be a very special Thanksgiving for all families to enjoy the genius of Michael Jackson… Big thanks to ABC for allowing people to witness the making of Michael Jackson’s ‘BAD’ album. Shamon,” said Spike Lee in a statement. The film promises rare and never-before-seen footage, and the first ever in-depth, behind-the-scenes film project to chronicle a Michael Jackson album and tour. Included will be numerous interviews conducted by Spike Lee, including Jackson’s confidants, choreographers, musicians and collaborators. This better be good Spike, you can’t fawk around with “The King Of Pop”. That said, we will be glued to the TV with “the itis” Thanksgiving night! Peep the trailer below.
