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Happy Turkeys; Holiday Movie Guide

Aired November 24, 2004 - 10:34   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


RICK SANCHEZ, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome back to CNN LIVE TODAY again. We want to bring you up the date on the story that we're following in the Ukraine, which in some measure pits not only two different factions there against each other, but also the United States against the Russians. Why? Because the Russians are backing one candidate. The United States backing another. For a third straight day, demonstrators took to the streets to support the opposition candidate, Viktor Yushcenko. He, by the way, is also supported by the U.S. At the same time, pro-government supporters of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych rallied for that candidate. Election observers from the United States and Europe have claimed that the vote was fraudulent. They've called for an investigation. There may be some type of determination made within the next couple of hours, and if it happens, we'll bring it to you immediately.
Also, the traditional Thanksgiving travel crunch could be even more taxing today. Rain will fall in much of the country, and snow is expected in a 70-mile wide band along the Midwest. Earlier today, Philadelphia's airport was experiencing delays of up to 55 minutes. Security is tighter at the nation's airports. Recently implemented rules requiring travelers to remove outer layers of clothing to go along with their belt and their shoes.

It may soon cost more to mail a letter. "The Wall Street Journal" reports that the U.S. Postal Service is trying to raise postage rates by at least 10 percent. That would be beginning early next year, by the way. If it's approved, the rate hike pushes the cost of first class stamps from 37 cents to a minimum of 41 cents.

Viacom has agreed to pay a record $3.5 million in order to end dozens of investigations into indecency in its programming. The settlement is the result of on-air incidents regarding radio hosts Opie and Anthony, and Howard Stern as well. The allegations led both Stern and the "Opie and Anthony Show" to move to satellite radio, where FCC regulations simply don't apply.

CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: And welcome back to CNN LIVE TODAY, where today, some 40 million Americans are expected to be traveling somewhere outside of their home area, so we're going to be showing you live pictures so that you can get an idea of the traffic patterns around the country. This is Chicago, where it looks like traffic is moving nicely on those expressways, where, hey, they're talking about removing the toll booths in Chicago, and then this is the picture out of Cincinnati, a cold and wet morning there on the Ohio riverfront. Thanks to our affiliate WCPO there for that view. Still early out there in the Midwest, and way out west, sun rise over CTAC (ph) International Airport in Seattle, where it looks like light travel so far, but lots of are going to be people flying today.

(WEATHER REPORT)

SANCHEZ: Let's look at the some of the numbers and break them down for you, so you can to get a better understanding, a better feel for what holiday travel is going to be like in our country. AAA is estimating 37.2 million Americans will travel more than 50 miles from home this Thanksgiving. Now, that estimate calls for an increase of 3.1 percent over last year's figures, which means more people are going to be traveling.

Let's talk about Amtrak. Amtrak expects 600,000 travelers to ride the rails during in Thanksgiving week. Last hour, on CNN's AMERICAN MORNING, AAA officials explained just what they expect on the roads.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

JUSTIN MCNUALL, AAA SPOKESMAN: The good news on the East Coast is Virginia's finally gotten its electronic toll system in step with Maryland, New Jersey, Massachusetts, some of the other states, so there's thousands of more people be able to breeze right through it.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

SANCHEZ: Now here's a quick glance of what travelers can expect at the nation's busiest airports, as well. At Chicago's O'Hare, federal officials are saying new rules are paying off with fewer delays. They say reducing the number of peak-hour flights has helped cut the number of flight delays in half, compared to last November.

However, as we say that, remember, we are hearing that O'Hare may have as many as three-hour delays today. That's not because of their system, but because of the weather. In Washington, Dulles International Airport, opened an extra 3,000 parking spaces yesterday. That's to try to handle the clouds there. That may offer little comfort to travelers facing the threat of weather-related delays there as well.

And talk about southern discomfort. Expect long delays at Atlanta's Hartsfield/Jackson airport. Heavy rain there, as well. Remember, like Orelon said, all along the Southeast and parts of the East Coast, even thunderstorms expected and they will hammer the area for much of the day. Expect that to have an effect on your travel plans.

Before you leave home, check out cnn.com/travel for the very latest on today's travel and weather picture. And while there, you can also pick up some holiday travel tips to help get you through this busy day -- Carol.

LIN: You bet. A lot of people hitting the roads today, Rick.

So what do Americans like best about Thanksgiving dinner, once you actually get there? Well, people at Gallup asked around and, as you might expect, nearly half of those polls said turkey is their favorite food tomorrow. Stuffing came in a distant second, with ham and mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie tied for third.

So what do people least like to see on the Thanksgiving dinner table? Well, cranberries, vegetables and sweet potatoes. In that order. Oh, eat your vegetables.

All right, well the Thanksgiving table may be the final destination, but how the turkey actually gets there is a concern of a group of humane farmers in Virginia. CNN's Louise Schiavone reports on why letting turkeys be turkeys might actually just make them better.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

LOUISE SCHIAVONE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): These turkeys have lived naturally on grains and other organic foods grown on their farm. Their home in Virginia's Piedmont Hunt country, complete with perches and shelters, is protected from natural predators.

SANDY LERNER, HUMANE FARMER: They have space to run but we also worry and have a great concern about what they're thinking, that they feel like turkeys, that they do turkey things and that they relax, because that's where we feel that we get the weight put on the birds without the growth hormones.

SCHIAVONE: From Cisco Systems co-founder to country farmer, Sandy Lerner was a vegetarian until recently. Her country empire includes a restaurant, butcher shop and a 800-acre farm.

(on camera): Ayrshire Farm is raising a thousand turkeys this Thanksgiving, both rare breed and high-bred (ph). It's such good living for them here on this humane farm that the wild turkeys fly in for meals and protection, too. The wild birds are never slaughtered.

(voice-over): Lerner's farm is one of 1,600 in the U.S. whose practices are certified humane. None of the animals are caged or abused. Certification means everything up and to and including the inevitable. But the final stage is quiet and clean.

ADELE DOUGLASS, HUMANE FARM ANIMAL CARE PROGRAM: The reason we created this program is to get consumers like yourself to demand these products and that, in turn, will change the way animals are raised in the United States.

SCHIAVONE: Operating costs are higher, as the $5.50 per pound asking price shows.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. My wife had to brief me on that before I came in. I wasn't quite prepared for that.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is the first time I ever bought one. It would be cheaper if I bought my wife diamonds, but they're terrific.

SCHIAVONE: The market for specialty foods like this is growing by 20 percent a year. Americans like it so much that they spent $10 billion just last year. And the turkeys like it better, too.

Louise Schiavone, CNN, Middleburg, Virginia.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LIN: Finished talking turkey for now and we're going to go to the big meow. Ever hear about the "Cat in the Hat"? Well, what about the kittens in a box? Still ahead, details about one very special delivery.

Plus, no need to bother your spare change. Find out which motorists will be getting a free ride this Thanksgiving.

And, the accused cup thrower has some words for NBA star Ron Artest.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(STOCK MARKET REPORT)

SANCHEZ: Carol, as for you, you're just a little too far away.

LIN: Yes, and with all that rain at the airport, you're unlikely to make lunch. But thanks for the offer, Rick. We've got some other stories now going coast to coast.

Today is the deadline in Washington State, where three counties have not yet reported their recount tallies from the governor's race. Results from 36 counties have already been counted and Republican Dino Rossi padded his slim lead with another 55 votes. He leads his rival by just 316 votes.

And travelers on the Pennsylvania Turnpike are getting a free ride today. Workers there have gone on strike on this day before Thanksgiving. That means no one is manning the booths to collect the tolls.

And talk about a special delivery. An employee in Charlotte, North Carolina, opened this box, oh, to find a litter of newborn kittens. Apparently the mother cat had crawled into the box inside an Atlanta warehouse and gave birth without anyone knowing, and then she left the box. Remarkably, the four felines are doing just fine and now they need homes.

All right. If you think you overdo it with the decorations, meet the Kranks. Still to come, an attempt to scale down an overzealous holiday tradition and well, it's backfiring, as you can see, on Tim Allen. Plus, we're going to take a look at other movies you can catch this holiday weekend.

And this is what we're working on for the next hour.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM "ALEXANDER")

COLIN FARRELL, ACTOR: Some of you -- perhaps myself, will not live to see the sunset over these mountains today. (END VIDEO CLIP)

LIN: If you're in the mood for an historic epic, Oliver Stone has you covered this Thanksgiving holiday. Colin Farrell stars as the legendary Alexander the Great, a role for which the actor underwent, well, you might say, an extraordinary makeover. Lots of physical training there, too. Oliver Stone is probably banking on a strong holiday opening for "Alexander."

The other major contender out there is Tim Allen's "Christmas with the Kranks." Russ Leatherman is here to review those films and maybe a couple of other options in the theaters this Thanksgiving.

Russ, Colin Farrell as a blond -- once I get past that, I think I can get to the legendary Alexander the Great.

RUSS LEATHERMAN, "MR. MOVIEFONE": Well, maybe, maybe not. Although, it seems like we have the same hairdresser, I think. Except mine is a little less "Wayne's World."

LIN: And you don't have the spear.

LEATHERMAN: Well, you know, that remains to be seen. This is an amazing thing. Hollywood has served us one of the biggest Thanksgiving turkeys in recent memory. This movie has a huge cast -- Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Anthony Hopkins -- and it's the story of Alexander and how he conquered 90 percent of the known world by the time he was 25.

And you know, there are 100 things that went wrong with the movie. We have time for a couple of them. One is that I think the movie is terribly miscast. I mean, we see Colin Farrell there. You get the impression that he couldn't conquer any country -- I mean, maybe a bottle of Jack Daniel's, but he just isn't going to take any countries. You have weird casting. Angelina Jolie as his mother, with...

LIN: That is bizarre.

LEATHERMAN: Well, she has some sort of Transylvanian accent, so you don't know where she was supposed to come from. Anthony Hopkins, who is just a terrific actor, also seems horribly miscast.

And this is a six-hour movie adventure. Now, what I mean by that is it takes you an hour to get to the theater, to get your popcorn, you watch the previews. Three hours of a boring epic.

LIN: Yes.

LEATHERMAN: And then two hours of kicking yourself because you spent the last four hours watching this movie.

LIN: Got the message. What about Tim Allen in "Christmas with the Kranks"? Is that worth the money?

LEATHERMAN: Well, this is another Tim Allen movie. He did pretty well with the Santa Claus movies. Those movies were big hits. This is "Christmas with the Kranks." Stars Jamie Lee Curtis. And really, they're a couple whose daughter has gone away to the Peace Corps, so they're going to skip Christmas this year. Dan Akroyd and rest of the Gestapo neighbors think that that's terrible and start torturing them. But then the daughter comes back and she actually shows up for Christmas, and they have to scramble to put it together.

Let me put it to you this way. If this movie was, say, with the Thanksgiving theme, a canned ham, it wouldn't even be the ham. It would be that yellow, gelatinous stuff that sort of falls off the side of the ham that ruins the entire Thanksgiving dinner. You know what I'm saying?

LIN: Yes.

LEATHERMAN: It's really not a particularly good movie. So here's what I suggest you do, if you want to go to the movies this holiday -- and everybody does, they want to take the family -- if you haven't seen "The Incredibles," go check that out. "Finding Neverland," the movie with Johnny Depp, that's in more theaters this week and that's a beautiful little movie about author J.M. Barrie. Go check that out.

LIN: OK.

LEATHERMAN: You also have "Sideways." "Spongebob" is OK. The problem is is that the new aren't particularly good, but that doesn't mean there aren't great movies in theaters right now.

LIN: Right. All right. Well, you did get out the spear. All right.

LEATHERMAN: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) It's the ham and the stuff that...

LIN: Moviefone conquered. All right. Thanks, Russ. You have a great weekend.

LEATHERMAN: Have a great holiday. Bye bye.

LIN: You can keep an eye on entertainment 24/7 by pointing your Internet browser to cnn.com/entertainment and among the highlights, you'll find there a tour through the newly renovated Museum of Modern Art in New York City, which is where Rick Sanchez is today for the holiday.

SANCHEZ: And I understand my mission today. My mission today is to help people from all over the country use CNN as a resource to get from point A to point B and that's exactly what we're going to do. We're going to tell you the patterns are, not only for weather, but for traffic and air flying. The whole shoot and kaboodle, as they say.

LIN: The whole shoot and kaboodle. If you're getting a car, a train, or a plane. We're here for you.

SANCHEZ: We'll be right back. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com


Aired November 24, 2004 - 10:34   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
RICK SANCHEZ, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome back to CNN LIVE TODAY again. We want to bring you up the date on the story that we're following in the Ukraine, which in some measure pits not only two different factions there against each other, but also the United States against the Russians. Why? Because the Russians are backing one candidate. The United States backing another. For a third straight day, demonstrators took to the streets to support the opposition candidate, Viktor Yushcenko. He, by the way, is also supported by the U.S. At the same time, pro-government supporters of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych rallied for that candidate. Election observers from the United States and Europe have claimed that the vote was fraudulent. They've called for an investigation. There may be some type of determination made within the next couple of hours, and if it happens, we'll bring it to you immediately.
Also, the traditional Thanksgiving travel crunch could be even more taxing today. Rain will fall in much of the country, and snow is expected in a 70-mile wide band along the Midwest. Earlier today, Philadelphia's airport was experiencing delays of up to 55 minutes. Security is tighter at the nation's airports. Recently implemented rules requiring travelers to remove outer layers of clothing to go along with their belt and their shoes.

It may soon cost more to mail a letter. "The Wall Street Journal" reports that the U.S. Postal Service is trying to raise postage rates by at least 10 percent. That would be beginning early next year, by the way. If it's approved, the rate hike pushes the cost of first class stamps from 37 cents to a minimum of 41 cents.

Viacom has agreed to pay a record $3.5 million in order to end dozens of investigations into indecency in its programming. The settlement is the result of on-air incidents regarding radio hosts Opie and Anthony, and Howard Stern as well. The allegations led both Stern and the "Opie and Anthony Show" to move to satellite radio, where FCC regulations simply don't apply.

CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: And welcome back to CNN LIVE TODAY, where today, some 40 million Americans are expected to be traveling somewhere outside of their home area, so we're going to be showing you live pictures so that you can get an idea of the traffic patterns around the country. This is Chicago, where it looks like traffic is moving nicely on those expressways, where, hey, they're talking about removing the toll booths in Chicago, and then this is the picture out of Cincinnati, a cold and wet morning there on the Ohio riverfront. Thanks to our affiliate WCPO there for that view. Still early out there in the Midwest, and way out west, sun rise over CTAC (ph) International Airport in Seattle, where it looks like light travel so far, but lots of are going to be people flying today.

(WEATHER REPORT)

SANCHEZ: Let's look at the some of the numbers and break them down for you, so you can to get a better understanding, a better feel for what holiday travel is going to be like in our country. AAA is estimating 37.2 million Americans will travel more than 50 miles from home this Thanksgiving. Now, that estimate calls for an increase of 3.1 percent over last year's figures, which means more people are going to be traveling.

Let's talk about Amtrak. Amtrak expects 600,000 travelers to ride the rails during in Thanksgiving week. Last hour, on CNN's AMERICAN MORNING, AAA officials explained just what they expect on the roads.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

JUSTIN MCNUALL, AAA SPOKESMAN: The good news on the East Coast is Virginia's finally gotten its electronic toll system in step with Maryland, New Jersey, Massachusetts, some of the other states, so there's thousands of more people be able to breeze right through it.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

SANCHEZ: Now here's a quick glance of what travelers can expect at the nation's busiest airports, as well. At Chicago's O'Hare, federal officials are saying new rules are paying off with fewer delays. They say reducing the number of peak-hour flights has helped cut the number of flight delays in half, compared to last November.

However, as we say that, remember, we are hearing that O'Hare may have as many as three-hour delays today. That's not because of their system, but because of the weather. In Washington, Dulles International Airport, opened an extra 3,000 parking spaces yesterday. That's to try to handle the clouds there. That may offer little comfort to travelers facing the threat of weather-related delays there as well.

And talk about southern discomfort. Expect long delays at Atlanta's Hartsfield/Jackson airport. Heavy rain there, as well. Remember, like Orelon said, all along the Southeast and parts of the East Coast, even thunderstorms expected and they will hammer the area for much of the day. Expect that to have an effect on your travel plans.

Before you leave home, check out cnn.com/travel for the very latest on today's travel and weather picture. And while there, you can also pick up some holiday travel tips to help get you through this busy day -- Carol.

LIN: You bet. A lot of people hitting the roads today, Rick.

So what do Americans like best about Thanksgiving dinner, once you actually get there? Well, people at Gallup asked around and, as you might expect, nearly half of those polls said turkey is their favorite food tomorrow. Stuffing came in a distant second, with ham and mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie tied for third.

So what do people least like to see on the Thanksgiving dinner table? Well, cranberries, vegetables and sweet potatoes. In that order. Oh, eat your vegetables.

All right, well the Thanksgiving table may be the final destination, but how the turkey actually gets there is a concern of a group of humane farmers in Virginia. CNN's Louise Schiavone reports on why letting turkeys be turkeys might actually just make them better.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

LOUISE SCHIAVONE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): These turkeys have lived naturally on grains and other organic foods grown on their farm. Their home in Virginia's Piedmont Hunt country, complete with perches and shelters, is protected from natural predators.

SANDY LERNER, HUMANE FARMER: They have space to run but we also worry and have a great concern about what they're thinking, that they feel like turkeys, that they do turkey things and that they relax, because that's where we feel that we get the weight put on the birds without the growth hormones.

SCHIAVONE: From Cisco Systems co-founder to country farmer, Sandy Lerner was a vegetarian until recently. Her country empire includes a restaurant, butcher shop and a 800-acre farm.

(on camera): Ayrshire Farm is raising a thousand turkeys this Thanksgiving, both rare breed and high-bred (ph). It's such good living for them here on this humane farm that the wild turkeys fly in for meals and protection, too. The wild birds are never slaughtered.

(voice-over): Lerner's farm is one of 1,600 in the U.S. whose practices are certified humane. None of the animals are caged or abused. Certification means everything up and to and including the inevitable. But the final stage is quiet and clean.

ADELE DOUGLASS, HUMANE FARM ANIMAL CARE PROGRAM: The reason we created this program is to get consumers like yourself to demand these products and that, in turn, will change the way animals are raised in the United States.

SCHIAVONE: Operating costs are higher, as the $5.50 per pound asking price shows.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. My wife had to brief me on that before I came in. I wasn't quite prepared for that.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is the first time I ever bought one. It would be cheaper if I bought my wife diamonds, but they're terrific.

SCHIAVONE: The market for specialty foods like this is growing by 20 percent a year. Americans like it so much that they spent $10 billion just last year. And the turkeys like it better, too.

Louise Schiavone, CNN, Middleburg, Virginia.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LIN: Finished talking turkey for now and we're going to go to the big meow. Ever hear about the "Cat in the Hat"? Well, what about the kittens in a box? Still ahead, details about one very special delivery.

Plus, no need to bother your spare change. Find out which motorists will be getting a free ride this Thanksgiving.

And, the accused cup thrower has some words for NBA star Ron Artest.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(STOCK MARKET REPORT)

SANCHEZ: Carol, as for you, you're just a little too far away.

LIN: Yes, and with all that rain at the airport, you're unlikely to make lunch. But thanks for the offer, Rick. We've got some other stories now going coast to coast.

Today is the deadline in Washington State, where three counties have not yet reported their recount tallies from the governor's race. Results from 36 counties have already been counted and Republican Dino Rossi padded his slim lead with another 55 votes. He leads his rival by just 316 votes.

And travelers on the Pennsylvania Turnpike are getting a free ride today. Workers there have gone on strike on this day before Thanksgiving. That means no one is manning the booths to collect the tolls.

And talk about a special delivery. An employee in Charlotte, North Carolina, opened this box, oh, to find a litter of newborn kittens. Apparently the mother cat had crawled into the box inside an Atlanta warehouse and gave birth without anyone knowing, and then she left the box. Remarkably, the four felines are doing just fine and now they need homes.

All right. If you think you overdo it with the decorations, meet the Kranks. Still to come, an attempt to scale down an overzealous holiday tradition and well, it's backfiring, as you can see, on Tim Allen. Plus, we're going to take a look at other movies you can catch this holiday weekend.

And this is what we're working on for the next hour.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM "ALEXANDER")

COLIN FARRELL, ACTOR: Some of you -- perhaps myself, will not live to see the sunset over these mountains today. (END VIDEO CLIP)

LIN: If you're in the mood for an historic epic, Oliver Stone has you covered this Thanksgiving holiday. Colin Farrell stars as the legendary Alexander the Great, a role for which the actor underwent, well, you might say, an extraordinary makeover. Lots of physical training there, too. Oliver Stone is probably banking on a strong holiday opening for "Alexander."

The other major contender out there is Tim Allen's "Christmas with the Kranks." Russ Leatherman is here to review those films and maybe a couple of other options in the theaters this Thanksgiving.

Russ, Colin Farrell as a blond -- once I get past that, I think I can get to the legendary Alexander the Great.

RUSS LEATHERMAN, "MR. MOVIEFONE": Well, maybe, maybe not. Although, it seems like we have the same hairdresser, I think. Except mine is a little less "Wayne's World."

LIN: And you don't have the spear.

LEATHERMAN: Well, you know, that remains to be seen. This is an amazing thing. Hollywood has served us one of the biggest Thanksgiving turkeys in recent memory. This movie has a huge cast -- Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Anthony Hopkins -- and it's the story of Alexander and how he conquered 90 percent of the known world by the time he was 25.

And you know, there are 100 things that went wrong with the movie. We have time for a couple of them. One is that I think the movie is terribly miscast. I mean, we see Colin Farrell there. You get the impression that he couldn't conquer any country -- I mean, maybe a bottle of Jack Daniel's, but he just isn't going to take any countries. You have weird casting. Angelina Jolie as his mother, with...

LIN: That is bizarre.

LEATHERMAN: Well, she has some sort of Transylvanian accent, so you don't know where she was supposed to come from. Anthony Hopkins, who is just a terrific actor, also seems horribly miscast.

And this is a six-hour movie adventure. Now, what I mean by that is it takes you an hour to get to the theater, to get your popcorn, you watch the previews. Three hours of a boring epic.

LIN: Yes.

LEATHERMAN: And then two hours of kicking yourself because you spent the last four hours watching this movie.

LIN: Got the message. What about Tim Allen in "Christmas with the Kranks"? Is that worth the money?

LEATHERMAN: Well, this is another Tim Allen movie. He did pretty well with the Santa Claus movies. Those movies were big hits. This is "Christmas with the Kranks." Stars Jamie Lee Curtis. And really, they're a couple whose daughter has gone away to the Peace Corps, so they're going to skip Christmas this year. Dan Akroyd and rest of the Gestapo neighbors think that that's terrible and start torturing them. But then the daughter comes back and she actually shows up for Christmas, and they have to scramble to put it together.

Let me put it to you this way. If this movie was, say, with the Thanksgiving theme, a canned ham, it wouldn't even be the ham. It would be that yellow, gelatinous stuff that sort of falls off the side of the ham that ruins the entire Thanksgiving dinner. You know what I'm saying?

LIN: Yes.

LEATHERMAN: It's really not a particularly good movie. So here's what I suggest you do, if you want to go to the movies this holiday -- and everybody does, they want to take the family -- if you haven't seen "The Incredibles," go check that out. "Finding Neverland," the movie with Johnny Depp, that's in more theaters this week and that's a beautiful little movie about author J.M. Barrie. Go check that out.

LIN: OK.

LEATHERMAN: You also have "Sideways." "Spongebob" is OK. The problem is is that the new aren't particularly good, but that doesn't mean there aren't great movies in theaters right now.

LIN: Right. All right. Well, you did get out the spear. All right.

LEATHERMAN: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) It's the ham and the stuff that...

LIN: Moviefone conquered. All right. Thanks, Russ. You have a great weekend.

LEATHERMAN: Have a great holiday. Bye bye.

LIN: You can keep an eye on entertainment 24/7 by pointing your Internet browser to cnn.com/entertainment and among the highlights, you'll find there a tour through the newly renovated Museum of Modern Art in New York City, which is where Rick Sanchez is today for the holiday.

SANCHEZ: And I understand my mission today. My mission today is to help people from all over the country use CNN as a resource to get from point A to point B and that's exactly what we're going to do. We're going to tell you the patterns are, not only for weather, but for traffic and air flying. The whole shoot and kaboodle, as they say.

LIN: The whole shoot and kaboodle. If you're getting a car, a train, or a plane. We're here for you.

SANCHEZ: We'll be right back. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com