Plan your week in entertainment
Plan your week in entertainment with these highlights and pop-culture milestones.
MONDAY, 10/19
Watch: This is Halloween! ABC Family's 17th annual 13 Nights of Halloween kicks off at 1:30 ET/PT with back-to-back showings of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Part 2. Other spooky favorites like Casper, Hocus Pocus and The Nightmare Before Christmas will air throughout the month.
TUESDAY, 10/20
Read: Robert Galbraith (pseudonym of a little author named J.K. Rowling) is releasing Career of Evil, the third book in a trilogy that follows The Cuckoo's Calling and The Silkworm. The series will continue to feature detective Cormoran Strike and his assistant Robin Ellacott as they investigate the origins of a package containing a woman's severed leg.
WEDNESDAY, 10/21
Shop: In honor of Marty McFly's famous travels to the future on Oct. 21, 2015, Pepsi is launching Pepsi Perfect to emulate the soda bought by the Back to the Future star on his trip. Essentially the new product is Pepsi in a fancy bottle (made with real sugar!) that you can snag for the low price of $20.15. Move fast; Pepsi will be making only 6,500 of the futuristic fizzy drinks!
THURSDAY, 10/22
Watch: Former Chopped champions return to the kitchen for a four-part tournament in Chopped: Impossible.Throughout the rounds, Restaurant: Impossible’s Robert Irvine will judge as 12 returning champs face some of the craziest tasks in Chopped history. If the last chef standing beats Chef Robert in a wild-card round, he or she can win up to $40,000. Tune in to Food Network at 8 ET/PT to see who gets chopped.
FRIDAY, 10/23
See: Set backstage at product launches and culminating in the unveiling of the iMac, Danny Boyle's dramatic portrait Steve Jobs gives audiences an intimate look at the man behind Apple. The film features Michael Fassbender as Jobs and a star-studded cast including Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen and Jeff Daniels.