Plan your week in entertainment
Plan your week in entertainment with these highlights and pop-culture milestones.
MONDAY, 10/26
Watch: Ja Rule takes charge on the new MTV series Follow the Rules. The half-hour show is a docu-series that follows rapper turned actor Ja Rule in his daily life as he juggles raising three children with his wife, Aisha. As if this wasn't enough, his mother and mother-in-law also live in the house. Hilarity is sure to ensue. Catch the premiere at 10 ET/PT.
TUESDAY, 10/27
Watch: After starring in the feature film version of Limitless back in 2011, actor Bradley Cooper is reprising his role in the television series of the same name. Cooper played Senator Edward Morra in the show's pilot episode and returns to give lead Brian Finch (Jake McDorman) the inoculation he needs to survive the performance-enhancing drug, but it won't be free. Tune in to CBS at 10 ET/ PT to catch Cooper in action.
WEDNESDAY, 10/28
Watch: Get some Halloween inspiration from The Goldbergs. The episode promises out-of-this-world costumes (think Alien vs. Predator) and some serious tensions between Adam (Sean Giambrone) and Bev (Wendi McLendon-Covey) when Adam wants to spend Halloween night with Dana (Natalie Alyn Lind). The spooky showdown airs at 8:30 ET/PT on ABC.
THURSDAY, 10/29
See: Horror classic Halloween is back and ready to make you scream again. The film will be screened in more than 220 theaters around the country for one night only, two days before Halloween. Relive the terrifying story of Michael Myers and his murderous path through a sleepy Illinois town, starring a young Jamie Lee Curtis in her Hollywood debut. Screenings start at 7:30 ET/PT.
FRIDAY, 10/30
See: Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton star in the political drama Our Brand is Crisis from Warner Brothers. The film is based on the 2005 documentary of the same name and follows American consultants with the task of getting an unpopular Bolivian president re-elected. In the film, Bullock plays no-nonsense political consultant “Calamity” Jane Bodine, and Thornton plays the part of her enemy.