Steve Jobs steps down at CEO

Legendary leader Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple (AAPL) , the company he co-founded and saved from the brink of disaster 14 years ago.

 

Steve Jobs

Jobs, who survived pancreatic cancer, has been on medical leave since Jan. 17. Neither he nor the company have stated his latest health issues. It’s his third medical leave in six years.

 

In a statement, Apple’s board said Jobs had been elected chairman, and that Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook has been named the new CEO. Cook has run the day-to-day operations during Jobs’ leave, and has received good reviews for his work. But Jobs retained a huge influence over the company he co-founded with Steve Wozniak in 1976. Jobs left Apple after losing a power struggle with former CEO John Sculley in 1985, but returned in 1997 when the company was struggling to survive.

Jobs then oversaw the development of the iPod music player, iPhone smartphone and iPad tablet, among other top-selling products that has made Apple the U.S. publicly traded company with the second-largest market cap and the technology leader in many fields.

“Steve’s extraordinary leadership vision and leadership saved Apple and guided it to its position as the world’s most innovative and valuable technology company,” Apple director Art Levinson, chairman of Genentech, said in a statement.

In a letter to the board, Jobs said:

“I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come. I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.

“As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

“I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.

“I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.”

August 24, 2011
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The Dark Knight Rises – Teaser Trailer

Warner Bros Pictures has just released the first teaser for the  Christopher Nolan’s third “Batman”  released in conventional and IMAX theaters on July 20th, 2012.  The movie will appear just two weeks after Sony’s “Spider-Man” reboot.

July 21, 2011
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Murdoch To Close News Of The World: “We Have Made Mistakes” In Phone-Hacking Scandal

By TIM ADLER in London

James Murdoch’s decision to close theNews of the World is seen here as the biggest gesture News Corp can make to try and save its takeover of BSkyB. Jeremy Hunt, the UK culture secretary in charge of approving the BSkyB deal, has saved face by announcing that any decision over the deal will be delayed until the fall. Hunt was due to finally approve the deal tomorrow. Owning BSkyB outright would mean News Corp getting its hands on its swelling £5.7 billion ($9 billion) revenues. It would also cement Rupert Murdoch’s position as the most powerful media magnate in Britain.

The decision to close the News of the World tabloid at the center of the deepening phone-hacking scandal has stunned media over here. One insider at News International — Murdoch’s newspaper arm — has told the BBC that “Rupert Murdoch is losing his judgement” in deciding to close the paper rather than fire CEO Rebekah Brooks, who was editing the News of the World at the time of the alleged phone hacking of 13-year-old murder victim Milly Dowler and the families of the London bombing victims. Questions are being asked as to why around 200 journalists on the News of the World should lose their jobs when those at the top of News International such as Brooks or indeed James Murdoch himself are still in place after self-admitted management failure. Murdoch’s biographer Michael Wolff said that Rupert Murdoch is “scared out of his wits … he’s scared for the business commercially. Scandals reach the point where you can’t stop them.” The UK government is considering pulling advertising from all Murdoch newspapers. Wolff added that until this point, Rupert Murdoch has always been seen as invulnerable. Observers says that this afternoon’s announcement may be dramatic, but it doesn’t do much to address the deeper issues facing the News Corp brand: James Murdoch may have sawn off one foot, but it will be enough to stop gangrene spreading to the rest of the company?

July 7, 2011
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Casting for “Lincoln” Taking Shape

David Strathairn has been set for a key role in Lincoln by director Steven Spielberg. He’ll play William Seward, Abraham Lincoln’s Secretary of State, an outspoken abolitionist and a core member of Lincoln’s wartime cabinet. He joins Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln and Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln. The DreamWorks film has been set to begin production this fall in Virginia for a late 2012 release through Disney’s Touchstone label.

Two-time Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis will star as the 16th President of the United States in DreamWorks Studios’ Lincoln to be directed by Steven Spielberg.  Sally Field will also star as Mary Todd Lincoln.”

“Daniel Day-Lewis would have always been counted as one of the greatest of actors, were he from the silent era, the golden age of film or even some time in cinema’s distant future. I am grateful and inspired that our paths will finally cross with Lincoln,” said Steven Spielberg.  “Throughout his career, he has been exceptionally selective in his choice of material,” added Stacey Snider, “which makes us feel even more fortunate that he has chosen to join with us for Lincoln.”

Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Hal Holbrook, James Spader, John Hawkes, Tim Blake Nelson, Bruce McGill and Joseph Cross are in negotiations to join the cast of DreamWorks Studios’ “Lincoln,”As well.  Tony Kushner wrote the script based on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals and Kathleen Kennedy is producing with Spielberg.

Smells like Oscars to me!

June 30, 2011
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American Idol Season 11 Audition Schedule

American Idol, television’s No. 1 show, begins its 11th nationwide search for the best undiscovered talent in the country in St. Louis, MO on Tuesday, June 28. The search for the next singing superstar continues in Portland, OR, on Saturday, July 2; San Diego, CA, on Friday, July 8; Pittsburgh, PA, on Friday, July 15; Charleston, SC, on Friday, July 22; Denver, CO, on Friday, July 29; and Houston, TX, on Friday, Aug. 26.

American Idol auditions will be held as follows:

 

  • St. Louis, MO – Tuesday, June 28 – Scottrade Center

 

Portland, OR – Saturday, July 2 – Rose Garden

San Diego, CA – Friday, July 8 -Petco Park

Pittsburgh, PA – Friday, July 15 – Heinz Field

Charleston, SC – Friday, July 22 – North Charleston Coliseum

Denver, CO – Friday, July 29 – INVESCO Field at Mile High

Houston, TX – Friday, Aug. 26 – Reliant Park

Full details regarding the St. Louis auditions are below. Specific information on the subsequent audition cities will be announced shortly.

June 21, 2011
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Tom Cruise New Look

By MIKE FLEMING | Friday June 17, 2011 @ 7:25pm PDTTags: Tom Cruise in Rock Of Ages, Tom Cruise Stacee Jaxx
Mike FlemingHere’s Tom Cruise in tats and gear as Stacee Jaxx, the 1980s rock star who’s a major player in Adam Shankman’s musical Rock Of Ages for New Line. Cruise belts out tunes like Bon Jovi’s “Wanted Dead Or Alive” as part of the cast that includes Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand, Mary J. Blige, Paul Giamatti, Malin Akerman, Bryan Cranston, Diego Boneta, and Julianne Hough:

 

 

June 20, 2011
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Footloose Photo Featuring Kenny Wormald and Julianne Hough

A new photo has debuted from the Paramount Pictures remakeFootloose, which arrives in theaters nationwide on October 14. Click on the photo below, which features Kenny Wormald and Julianne Hough, to access our gallery. Read on below the photo for news on when the first trailer will debut.

 

Footloose Photo

 

The first Footloose trailer will debut on Tuesday, June 21, so be sure to check back then for the first look at footage from director Craig Brewer‘s dance remake.

Footloose comes to theaters October 14th, 2011 and stars Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid,Miles Teller, Andie MacDowell. The film is directed by Craig Brewer.

June 17, 2011
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Citizen Kane Gets the Digital Treatment

Warner Home video will bring Citizen Kane to Blu-ray, iTunes, On Demand, Vudu and Amazon Instant Video on Sept. 13. Rosebud has never looked so beautiful.

The Hollywood Reporter makes it clear that this is not the average re-release or even digital restoration; Warner Bros. went back to the source to make the high-definition release look as good as possible.

Janet Wilson, an imaging colorist at Warner Bros. said in a statement, “The source for most of the picture was a 4K scan from a 1941 composite fine grain positive master … The work to re-create the original look of the film and to clean up the effects of aging was a painstaking, frame-by-frame process.”

The film consistently tops historical best-of lists compiled by film historians and the American Film Institute named it the number-one film of all time. Directed by Orson Welles (who also co-wrote and starred in it), the film chronicles the life of Charles Foster Kane, a thinly veiled film a clef for William Randolph Hearst.

It’s telling that Warner Bros. is undertaking such an extensive restoration, while also planning on releasing the film across lower-resolution digital services. This is part of a broader strategy employed by Warner Bros. and the other major home video groups to make catalog and new release titles available on as many platforms as possible, while still reserving Blu-ray for pristine presentation and extra features.

Amazon.com is accepting pre-orders for the collector’s edition of Citizen Kane, which will include HBO’s RKO 281, the documentary The Battle Over Citizen Kane, and all the extra features from the 60th anniversary DVD release.

Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Home Video

June 15, 2011
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Conan Commencement Highlights at Dartmouth

 

June 14, 2011
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Digital Theft Facts

Interesting facts regarding illegal downloads that effect Hollywood

1) 23.8% of all Global Internet traffic involves digital theft of copyrighted work.

2) The United States has the distinction of being number 1 in illegal downloads

3) Avatar has been illegally downloaded more than 16,580,000 times (and counting), making it the most pirated film in 2010

4) 95% of all Online Music downloads are illegal.

5) In 2010, Lady Gaga music was the most downloaded and Britney Spear’s “Telephone” was the number 1 most illegally downloaded track.

6) Movie piracy on the Black Market is valued at  25 Billion dollars and climbing

7) Legit DVD Sales of movies have declined by 27% since 2004

May 19, 2011
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