Bill Gates Returns Steve Jobs' Critique With Praise (Video)

isn't holding any ill-will towards his former rival, Jobs, regardless of the critical comments the Apple co-founder made about him before his dying March. 5.our editor recommends'60 Minutes' Interview Discloses Steve Jobs' Little-known Bad Side (Video)'iGenius: How Jobs Transformed the World' Airs Sunday on Discovery5 Facts From Steve Jobs' BiographyBill Gates bids a teary farewell to Microsoft PHOTOS: Jobs: 10 Memorable Key events In the lately-launched biography, Jobs had some harsh words for that Microsoft chairman, who had been his company's number 1 competitor. PHOTOS: Apple Items in TV and films "Bill is essentially unimaginative and it has never invented anything, and that's why I believe he's much more comfortable now in philanthropy than technology," Jobs, who died of respiratory system arrest after fighting pancreatic cancer for a long time, is cited as saying, adding, "He just shamelessly scammed others's ideas." But, when requested what he considered the claims throughout a job interview on ABC's Now with Christiane Amanpour. PHOTOS: Probably The Most Spoken-About TV News Faces "Jobs did an admirable job,Inch Gates stated within the interview, ABC news reviews. "Whenever you consider exactly why is the planet better today, the web, the pc, the telephone, how you can cope with details are so phenomenal." Younger crowd pointed out that Jobs wasn't always so harsh. STORY: Eulogy by Jobs' Sister Sparks Sincere Responses "During the period of the 3 decades we labored together, you realize, he stated lots of excellent reasons for me and that he stated lots of tough things," Gates stated, mentioning their collaboration around the software for that first Macs computer. "We started work together. We spurred one another on, even while rivals. None of this bothers me whatsoever." Discover the shocking truth below Related Subjects Jobs Now Apple Microsoft

Let's Hear Your #RejectedPeanutsSpecials!

comments: 4 || add yours I think of Charlie Brown as a movie star since some of his best work is in full-length features like Snoopy, Come Home and Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown. Now I can also call him a Twitter phenomenon since he’s subject of the joke meme #RejectedPeanutsSpecials. We love that hashtag so much that we’re contributing a bunch of our own ideas after the jump. The Great Pumpkin has never been scarier. 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Misanthrope, Charlie Brown · You’ll Settle for Marcie, Charlie Brown · It’s the Great Sadness, Charlie Brown · You’re a Disturbingly Good Dancer, Charlie Brown · You’re a Server at Chili’s, Charlie Brown · Linus is Nailing Your Sister, Charlie Brown · A Charlie Brown Antichrist Summoning · You are Lucy’s Bitch, Charlie Brown · Snoopy Doesn’t Exist, Charlie Brown · It Has to Be Syphilis, Charlie Brown · Your Ears Look Exactly Like Your Nose, Charlie Brown · Peanuts are Raceless, So Please Explain Franklin, Charlie Brown Your turn. Got any? Follow Louis Virtel on Twitter at @louisvirtel Follow Movieline on Twitter at @Movieline Tagged: alan sepinwall, charlie brown, harry shearer, michael mckean, twitter

Robert Pattinson: 'People Hate When Actors Become Musicians'

While several of Hollywood's A-listers have made names for themselves on the music circuit, Robert Pattinson isn't convinced that he could be one of them.Currently in Paris promoting "Breaking Dawn" with co-star Ashley Greene, Pattinson fielded more questions regarding any potential musical ventures. Though he loves to perform, Pattinson has postponed any plans to follow in the footsteps of Jeff Bridges, Hugh Laurie, Steve Martin and countless others."I'm always playing and recording but I don't know. People hate when actors become musicians so I've been avoiding it for the longest possible [time]," he told reporters, according to E! Online.The actor slammed rumors in September that he was planning to release a solo album, though he previously contributed to both the original "Twilight" and "How to Be" soundtracks. The Hollywood Reporter

'Bang' big for CBS on Thursday

Facing atypical competition this week, CBS comedy ''The Big Bang Theory'' remained Thursday's No. 1 program while matching its best demo rating since moving to the leadoff spot on the night more than a year ago. Fox's ''World Series,'' down slightly from Wednesday's Game 1, figures to win the night in all key categories. According to preliminary national estimates from Nielsen, ''The Big Bang Theory'' averaged a strong 4.9 rating/15 share in adults 18-49 and 14.7 million viewers overall , up week to week and again ruling as the night's No. 1 program. It was followed by the season premiere of ''Rules of Engagement'' (3.7/10 in 18-49, 11.5 million viewers overall), which topped its premiere-week average of last fall on Monday by about 20% and was in line with the performance of a repeat ''Big Bang'' in the 8:30 p.m. Thursday slot last week; both ''Rules'' and ''Bang'' benefited from repeat comedy competition on NBC, and another change this week was baseball in for ''The X Factor'' on Fox. Following the comedies, ''Person of Interest'' (2.7/7 in 18-49, 12.3 million viewers overall) was in line with its recent averages, placing third in demos and leading all entertainment series in the 9 o'clock hour among total viewers. ''The Mentalist'' closed out the night (2.5/7 in 18-49, 12.5 million viewers overall), matching last week's delivery and likely headed for a third-place 18-49 finish in the nationals behind baseball and MTV's ''Jersey Shore'' season finale. Fox's coverage of Game 2 of the World Series, which saw the Texas Rangers rally in the ninth inning for a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals, averaged a 3.7 rating/10 share in adults 18-49 and 12.9 million viewers overall on the net's stations from 8 to 11. Based on how Game 1 translated in the nationals, Thursday's Game 2 (which also ended around 11:15 p.m. ET) should come in around 14 million viewers, enough to give Fox a victory for the night in 18-49, 25-54 and total viewers. The Fall Classic, tied at one game apiece, is now guaranteed of extending through at least Monday's Game 5. At ABC, the canceled ''Charlie's Angels'' (1.2/4 in 18-49, 5.6 million viewers overall) was down a tick week to week to match its season low, and from 9 to 11 p.m., ''Grey's Anatomy'' (3.5/9 in 18-49, 9.4 million viewers overall) and ''Private Practice'' (2.4/6 in 18-49, 6.6 million viewers overall) performed on par with week's levels. ''Grey's'' will again be the night's No. 1 drama in 18-49. NBC generated low numbers (sixth place among the broadcasters in 18-49) with repeats of its comedies ''Community'' (0.9/3 in 18-49, 2.5 million viewers overall), ''Parks and Recreation'' (1.1/3 in 18-49, 2.5 million viewers overall), ''The Office'' (1.5/4 in 18-49, 9.4 million viewers overall) and ''Whitney'' (1.1/3 in 18-49, 9.3 million viewers overall) and drama ''Prime Suspect'' (0.8/2 in 18-49, 2.8 million viewers overall). At CW, ''The Vampire Diaries'' (1.3/4 in 18-49, 2.9 million viewers overall) was in line with last week, and 9 p.m. rookie ''The Secret Circle'' (0.9/2 in 18-49, 2.1 million viewers overall) was up in most categories. Preliminary 18-49 averages for the night: Fox, 3.7/10; CBS, 3.2/9; ABC, 2.4/6; Univision, 1.5/4; CW, 1.1/3; NBC, 1.0/3. In total viewers: Fox, 12.9 million; CBS, 12.2 million; ABC, 7.2 million; Univision, 3.3 million; NBC, 2.7 million; CW, 2.5 million. Contact Rick Kissell at rick.kissell@variety.com

Stodel to Vendome prod'n chief

StodelVeteran production professional Guy Stodel remains named leader of output of Vendome Pictures because the organization ramps up its slate. Verifying to prexy-Boss Philippe Rousselet and co-Boss Fabrice Gianfermi, Stodel will oversee development and production using the goal of making two to three films every year. Vendome produced "Source Code" and "Ray Crowne." Stodel has spent the ultimate couple of years becoming an independent producer creating several projects, like the American remake of French comedy "Le Mac" with Erection dysfunction Helms starring. Stodel formerly went Vital Vantage after being hired professional V . p . of production and purchases within this summer time 2008. He created a production slate, headed up purchases for your division and was responsible throughout your day-to-day methods -- including buying and developing the script "Guy around the Ledge," due to be released by Summit Entertainment. Stodel also labored at New Line, where he offered as senior V . p . of purchases and co-productions. Throughout his tenure, New Line acquired distribution rights on "The Upside of Anger," "The Laws and regulations and rules of Attraction" and "The Sea Inside" along with remake rights for that the spanish language language thriller "The Orphanage." Stodel also forged rapport at New Line with Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes by acquiring, developing and professional creating "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" remake along with professional creating the "Friday the thirteenth" remake. Stodel appeared to become V . p . of purchases and co-productions for Lionsgate and oversaw "Lovely and Amazing," "Lantana" and "Bully." Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Paramount Wanted Catfish-y Vibe For Paranormal Activity 3, Obviously

I wouldn’t take anything Catfish and Paranormal Activity 3 co-director Ariel Schulman says at face value, but for the record: “When we first interviewed with the president of Paramount, he actually said, ‘If you tell me right now that Catfish is fake, you’ve got the job.’ And we just went real silent. And then I said, ‘I’m sorry, I can’t tell you that.’ Because it was real. […] I think he figured that if we could create that authenticity dramatically, then we could do it again for this. Ultimately, we convinced them of exactly that. Catfish is completely real, but I think we have a knack for identifying the authentic moments in home video, and it plays like a narrative.” [Huffington Post]

Hathaway In Tune With Les Miserables

She's locked in as FantineShe's been in Hugh Jackman's sights for a while now, and her casting was rumoured as far back as August, but it's official: Anne Hathaway has signed a deal to co-star as Fantine in Tom Hooper's new take on Les Miserables. Based on the musical version of Victor Hugo's novel, Les Miserables will find Jackman playing troubled hero Jean Valjean, a man who finally sees freedom after 19 years of imprisonment. Even as he tries to rebuild his life, he's constantly hunted by driven lawman Javert (Russell Crowe), who believes he'll never change his criminal ways.One of the people Valjean meets along the way is Fantine, a young woman thrown out of his factory after being discovered sending money to her daughter. Taking pity on the ailing woman, Valjean agrees to raise her child, Cosette, an act that years later puts both of them in the centre of a rebellious uprising.Hathaway will be belting out showstopper I Dreamed A Dream and generally having a tough time of it when King's Speech director Hooper starts the cameras cranking early next year.

'Moneyball' Location Manager, Team Win Large at California on Location Honours

our editor recommends'Moneyball' Director Bennett Burns to get Recognition at Hollywood Film Honours (Exclusive)'Moneyball' Author Michael Lewis to Script 'Liar's Poker' for Warner Bros. (Exclusive)'Moneyball' Premiere in OaklandColumbia's baseball drama Moneyball hit a house run in the 17thannual California on Location Honours, held Sunday at Los Angeles' Biltmore Hotel. Moneyball, starring Kaira Pitt, saw its locations group, brought by S. Todd Christensen, win location team of the season, while Christensen won location professional of the season.The film outperform New Line's Horrible Bosses and Vital's Super 8 within the team category, while Christensen elbowed out location managers from Screen Gems' Buddies With Benefits, Warner Bros.'J. Edgar and Fox/New Regency's Over Time. PHOTOS: 'Moneyball' Premiere in Concord Large Sur, an indie movie directed by Michael Polish and with different Jack Kerouac novel, required home the prize for location team of the season within the independent feature category, edging out Judy Moody and also the Not Bummer Summer time and Lincoln subsequently Lawyer. Caleb Duffy won location professional for that much-buzzed about black-and-whitened film The Artist, that is French made but occur Hollywood. Q&A: 'Moneyball' Author Michael Lewis on Oscar Hopes, Dealing With Kaira Pitt and the New 'Liar's Poker' Script In TV, NBC's The Big Event and also the location group behind it required home the COLA for location team of the season (TV episodic), walking within the teams behind Fox's Houseand HBO's Luck. Nancy Haecker won within the location professional category (TV episodic) on her focus on House. Haecker outperform the place work of Gerard Averill (for Red-colored Condition) and Kristi Frankenheimer (for Bummer Summer time). Honours were also passed out in advertisements but still groups too for public employees around the city, county, condition and federal levels. Related Subjects Kaira Pitt House Moneyball The Big Event The Artist

Columbus holiday sales lift Broadway

The traditional Broadway sales boost that comes during Columbus Day weekend seems to have overcome whatever B.O. hindrance Yom Kippur may have provided Week 19 (Oct. 3-9), with receipts on the rise at almost every show on the boards. Tourists in town for the long weekend helped keep numbers elevated, especially at "The Lion King" ($1,660,023), which leapt by nearly $250,000 to land just ahead of "Wicked" ($1,656,867) at top of the B.O. heap. "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" ($1,464,858), "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" ($986,336) and "Mary Poppins" ($813,941) also were among the shows to climb by roughly $100,000 or more, and hit play "War Horse" ($998,448) came within spitting distance of breaking the $1 million mark. Otherwise along the Rialto, there were just a few relatively minor dips -- and one really big one. "Follies" ($886,027) slid by close to $250,000, marking a 22% decline vs. the prior sesh. Reps for the show noted the window for discounted tickets from email and direct mail offers expired, and producers expect grosses to build again in the coming weeks. The Broadway cume was up about $850,000 to $19.6 million for the 22 shows on the boards. That's a rise over the prior sesh of almost 4.5%, but in contrast, attendance slipped by a percentage point to 205,123. The conflicting signals might be attributable to the holiday weekend, when out-of-towners with limited time can prove willing to shell out more coin for ducats to the shows they want to see. Attendance across all of Broadway hit 86% of total capacity, almost exactly on par with last year at this time.The 18 musicals grossed $17,218,323 for 88% of the Broadway total, with attendance of 177,081 at 85.3% capacity and an average paid admission of $97.23.The four plays grossed $2,371,278 for 12% of the Broadway total, with attendance of 28,042 at 96.1% capacity and an average paid admission of $84.56. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

ITV to adapt Du Maurier's 'Scapegoat'

LONDON -- ITV has greenlit a period film based on Daphne du Maurier's novel, "The Scapegoat," written and helmed by Charles Sturridge. Pic will have a theatrical release following its broadcast on ITV1 in the U.K. "The Scapegoat" stars Matthew Rhys, who played Kevin Walker in U.S. skein "Brothers and Sisters," and seasoned British thesp Eileen Atkins. The 100-minute film will be produced by Sarah Beardsall and Dominic Minghella's production company Island Pictures. The story is set in England during 1952 as the nation prepares for the coronation of Elizabeth II, and revolves around two men from very different backgrounds who look almost identical. ITV's drama topper Laura Mackie said: "'The Scapegoat' is a terrific, suspenseful script featuring characters with sinister motivations and dark secrets. "We've wanted to adapt a Daphne Du Maurier novel for some time and we're thrilled we now have this opportunity with 'The Scapegoat.'" International theatrical distribution will be handled by Content Film. Production unspools next month. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Bravo's 'Top Chef' to become Converted To Print Magazine by Food & Wine

Can Food & Wine go where Food Network Magazine and each Day with Rachael Ray have gone? Within the latest effort to parlay a TV brand into print, Food & Wine will create a 24-page section in the The month of january problem known as Top Chef Magazine.our editor recommends'Top Chef All-Stars' Rankings Dip 'Terriers' Up'Top Chef All-Stars' Rankings Improve PHOTOS: The Hollywood Reporter Cover Tales Unlike these magazines, the very best Chef section will require the type of an advertorial concerning the Bravo reality show, that Food & Wine is a longtime sponsor. Content is being produced with Bravo's approval and can focus on various facets of the show's participants, while Food & Wine will sell advertisements within the section. Whether it's effective, Food & Wine will consider running the section quarterly or making it its very own problem. PHOTOS: Rachael Ray along with other stars in the Daytime Emmy Honours 2011 Red-colored Carpet "You will find many components from someone marketing some of it,Inch Food & Wine writer Christina Grdovic informs AdWeek. "We want that it is a thirteenth problem or some kind of a stand alone, but we must find out if it seems sensible.Inch Marketers happen to be effective at converting celebrity chefs into magazine content recently: Rachael Ray and Food Network Magazine happen to be a couple of the quickest-growing game titles recently. And Food & Wine has reason to become positive concerning the Top Chef section Top Chef may be the greatest-ranked food show on cable, calculating 2.31 million total audiences and 992,000 grown ups 18-49 in Season 8, per Nielsen live-plus-same-day rankings. Food & Wine's sponsorship from the show has introduced brand awareness and PR for that magazine. Grdovic stated she has been kicking round the idea since prior to the recession as consumer curiosity about food and cooking is continuing to grow. "There's a lot to discuss," she stated. "What's happening on the planet is what's inspired us." Related Subjects Padma Lakshmi

Hank Williams Jr. Writes Song, Appears on Talk Shows After Hitler-Obama Uproar

Hank Williams Jr Now that his Monday Night Football opening theme song has been permanently punted from the broadcast, Hank Williams Jr. has written a song zinging Fox & Friends and ESPN and is taking to the airwaves to answer his critics.Check out the rest of the day's news on TVGuide.comIn the song, he sings: "So Fox 'n Friends wanna put me down/Ask for my opinion/Twist it all around." He concludes: "Well two can play that gotcha game you'll see."His lyrics also say the U.S. is "going down the drain" and is "The United Socialist States of America" - and urge keeping Fox & Friends and ESPN out of your house."I've been recording for five decades, and I knew that old over-the-fence feeling on this one," Williams told The Associated Press.Hank Williams Jr. issues apology regarding Obama-Hitler statementAfter the country singer appeared on the Fox News Channel morning show and offered an analogy that President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner golfing together was like Hitler and Netanyahu playing, the sports network suspended his "Are you ready for some football?" song and made the move permanent on Thursday. The song was a part of the show since 1989.When's the game on? Add Monday Night Football to your watchlist and never miss a game againHe planned to appear on The View and Hannity Tuesday to discuss the uproar.Meantime, the new song is available for free for 48 hours at Williams' website - where you can also pick up a "Hank Jr. for President" T-shirt.Williams wound up with many high-profile defenders last week, including Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Jon Stewart and Bill Maher, saying that his First Amendment rights were violated by ESPN. Over the weekend,Saturday Night Live couldn't resist doing a sketch lampooning Williams.

CW Pulls H8R From Schedule

Mario Lopez, H8R The H8R-ade is over after just four episodes. The CW has pulled the rookie reality show off its schedule, The Hollywood Reporter reports. The show, hosted by Mario Lopez and executive produced by Bachelor mastermind Mike Fleiss, allowed celebrities like Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Kim Kardashian to try and win over their biggest detractors. H8R premiered last month to a paltry 1.3 million viewers and never recovered. Fall TV: Get the lowdown on this season's must-see new shows The hour-long series will be replaced by repeats of Ringer. Are you sad to see H8R go?

Sundance Chooses Accumulates Bess Kargman's Ballet Documentary

Sundance Chooses has acquired United States privileges to director Bess Kargman's documentary First Position, which follows six youthful ballroom dancers because they compete within the Youth America Grand Prix ballet competition.Related Subjects•Toronto Worldwide Fil... The film, which Kargman also created, had its world premiere in the Toronto Worldwide Film Festival, where it had been named runner-as the crowd option for best documentary. Additionally, it is going to be screening within the Vancounver Worldwide Film Festival, the Hamptons Worldwide Film Festival and DOC New york city. "This can be a touching and inspiring documentary with great suspense which will keep audiences riveted. Bess Kargman makes an attractive film that captures the sophistication of those phenomenal entertainers," Jonathan Sehring, leader of Sundance Chooses, stated. The offer was discussed by Arianna Bocco, senior vice president of purchases and productions, and Betsy Rodgers, senior vice president of economic and legal afffairs, for Sundance Chooses with Josh Braun at Submarine with respect to the filmmaker. Related Subjects Toronto Worldwide Film Festival Worldwide

Facebook's Private Market Price Has Fallen 8% Since This summer

NY - After a long run-up, Facebook's private market price has rejected lately among economic concerns which have pulled lower stock marketplaces, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Shares within the privately owned social networking, brought by Boss Mark Zuckerberg, can be found to wealthy traders and institutions on secondary areas where former employees sell them. During the period of the very first quarter of the season, Facebook's private share of the market cost rose 70 % to $34 before striking around $35, the Journal stated, stating data from buying and selling platform SharesPost. However, Facebook's cost has fallen 8 percent since This summer to $32.10 within an auction held a week ago, pricing the whole company around $77 billion, based on the paper. Facebook continues to be likely to go public the coming year with what the Journal stated sometimes appears among the biggest U.S. initial public choices ever. where can buy shares offered mostly by former employees. Jim Friedland, Internet analyst at Cowen & Co., told the Journal that Facebook and Google are available to struggling with a possible downturn in advertising just in case of the restored recession. But he along with other experts say there's been little manifestation of a downturn in Facebook's longer-term growth trajectory, the Journal stated. Still, some have decreased their forecasts for Facebook's 2011 advertising revenue. Research firm eMarketer has cut its estimate by 6.1 % from the beginning of the season to $3.8 billion, the paper stated. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects Mark Zuckerberg Facebook