Sunday: Three CNN town halls in a row! Live from Austin during SXSW… Luminary intros its podcast lineup Monday: Pretrial hearings begin in Kevin Spacey’s sexual assault trial…įriday: It’s International Women’s Day… and Harvey Weinstein is due back in court…įriday: SXSW begins in Austin… I’ll be moderating this featured session about the NYT’s forthcoming FX and Hulu show, “The Weekly…”įriday: Via Brian Lowry: “Captain Marvel” opens, potentially jump-starting a thus far moribund box-office year lagging far behind 2018, which at this point was boosted by “Black Panther…” Via Variety’s Erin Nyren: On Sunday night the Jackson estate released “a concert film on YouTube the exact length of the first part of the documentary… On Monday, a second concert film, ‘Live at Wembley Stadium’ will air the same time as the second part of ‘Leaving Neverland.” Media week ahead calendar “But we can’t just stand by while this public lynching goes on, and the vulture tweeters and others who never met Michael go after him.” Counter-programming for Jackson fans “Michael always turned the other cheek, and we have always turned the other cheek when people have gone after members of our family - that is the Jackson way,” last month’s statement from the family said.
They’re trying to protect this financial boon that has been the Michael Jackson Estate since he died - and the money may dry up if this scandal keeps gaining steam.” The family calls the film a “public lynching” So, why sue? They don’t have “very good legal arguments,” CNN legal analyst Jennifer Rodgers told me on Sunday’s “Reliable Sources.” So “I think it’s about the money. The estate’s $100 million lawsuit against HBO garnered headlines - and drew even more attention to the film.
Reed worked with both HBO in the United States and Channel 4 in the United Kingdom.Īt HBO, the co-head of documentaries Nancy Abraham was the point person… Her boss Casey Bloys and CEO Richard Plepler both supported the project. The film’s director Dan Reed should come next. Of all the people involved with “Finding Neverland,” the two accusers should be given the most credit. ‘Leaving Neverland’ Breaks It.” That was the headline on this Wesley Morris piece about the power of the film… The film’s champions The second half of the documentary “moves through Jackson’s trial, introduces Robson’s and Safechuck’s wives, and takes the audience through their decision, after years of publicly proclaiming Jackson’s innocence, to come forward with their accounts,” per the NYT’s Elizabeth A. Part two will air on Monday night, but it is already available on VOD. Part one of “Neverland” debuted on HBO on Sunday night.
Jackson is shown “as a mega-star who allegedly manipulated little boys and their families to sexually prey upon the children, using his fame and money to smooth the path to his bed,” CNN’s Lisa Respers France writes. That is, after you hear from Wade Robson and James Safechuck, the two accusers at the center of the film. You’ll never hear him the same way again.” Slate’s Jack Hamilton says there’s no severing his art from his obsession with children: “It’s in his songs. The new film “Leaving Neverland” is forcing a re-examination of Jackson and his artistry. Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” was playing on the overhead speakers. I walked into a Starbucks shop on Saturday.
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