Sean Parker Declines Facebook Publish Was a panic attack on Jobs

Sean Parker is denying that the publish on his Facebook page was intended being an attack on Jobs, who introduced his resignation as Apple Boss on Wednesday.our editor recommendsApple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak: Jobs Resignation Wont Affect 'Quality of Company (Video)Apple Investors Reject Proposal to show Jobs Succession PlanApple's Jobs Uncovers Advanced New Headquarters Design (Photo)Apple Shares Fall Among Boss Steve Jobs' Medical Leave Parker, who founded Napster and offered as Facebook's leader, has become a trader and board member at Spotify, a web-based music service that's within the same space as Apple's iTunes. STORY: Apple Stock Dips, Company Manages to lose $5.5 Billion Morning After Jobs Boss Resignation On Thursday, he cited German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer on Facebook: "We are able to arrived at look upon the deaths in our opponents with just as much regret once we sense of individuals in our buddies, namely, whenever we miss their existence as witnesses to the success." Many writers assumed Parker was mentioning to Jobs. And Parker on Thursday accepted to Gawker he is at fact mentioning to Jobs, although not within the negative method in which lots of people were presuming. STORY: Analyst: Jobs' Boss Departure May Have 'No Impact' on Apple "You're totally misunderstanding the intent behind my publish," he stated. "It had been in mention of the Jobs, however it would be a gesture of respect for any worthy foe. Who remains left to challenge us and inspire us when our most effective opponents move ahead?Inch Parker was lately described within the Facebook movie The Social Networking like a partier and playboy who assisted push co-founder Eduardo Saverin from the organization. Parker has stated the film is "an entire work of fiction." STORY: Apple Boss Steve Jobs' Resignation Puts Spotlight on Normally Secretive Tim Prepare Meanwhile, Jobs told Apple's board and staffers inside a letter Wednesday he likely to remain on as chairman from the board. Jobs continues to be fighting a potentially existence-threatening illness off and on for quite some time, though he earned no reference to his health in the resignation letter. Apple COO Tim Prepare will replace him as Boss. Related Subjects Jobs Apple Facebook The Social Networking Sean Parker Spotify

Adrienne Gary joins Miramax

Miramax has appointed strategic human capital expert Adrienne Gary as senior VP, organizational strategy and administration, effective immediately. Gary will report directly to Miramax CFO Steve Schoch and work closely with CEO Mike Lang and will be responsible for all recruiting, organizational structure, global HR and corporate administration. Prior to Miramax, Gary ran her own capital consulting group and spent seven years as exec VP of Fox Networks Group. Exec also spent more than twenty years at Warner Bros. Filmed Entertainment, most recently as senior VP, worldwide human resources. ''She brings extraordinary experience and a track record of working in first-class, global media and entertainment companies - like Fox, where we worked together for several years,'' Lang said in a statement. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com

Johnny Knoxville On For Scout Comedy

Patton Oswalt co-starring.... To check out them, you will possibly not believe that Johnny Knoxville and Patton Oswalt could be siblings. But that is precisely what author/director Todd Rohal is wishing you'll buy, as he's cast these phones play warring brothers and sisters in the new, presently untitled scout comedy. Knoxville, still most widely known for that madcap antics from the Jackass crew and Oswalt, last observed in The Informant! and shortly to appear in Jason Reitman's Youthful Adult, will have siblings forever competing for that attention of the father. When poor old pop begins to obtain sick, pressure becomes much more intense because the two males compete to determine who could possibly be the best leader once they have a troop of boys on the camping expedition. Naturally, everything goes comically awry. And they are only some of the ones aboard, as Take advantage of Riggle, Maura Tierney and Patrice O'Neal will also be signing onto co-star. Rohal authored the script and initially known as it Scout Master. There is no word on which it'll eventually become named, however it begins shooting now.

Eric Stonestreet, HBO Team for Fatty Arbuckle Telefilm

Eric McCandless/ABCEric Stonestreet Modern Family star Eric Stonestreet is channeling his inner Fizbo the Clown for HBO. The actor is attached to star in The Day the Laughter Stopped, a telefilm in development at HBO Films revolving around silent film star Fatty Arbuckle. John Adams writer Kirk Ellis is on board to pen the project, with Barry Levinson on board to direct the telepic based on the book by David A. Yallop. Arbuckle (1887-1933) was a silent film star, comedian, director and screenwriter who mentored Charile Chaplin and discovered Buster Keaton and Bob Hope. The popular comedian also had his troubles: in 1921 Arbuckle was accused of raping and accidentally killing actress Virginia Rappe and was tried for her death three times. Though he was acquitted, the scandal plagued his career and worked sparingly in the 1920s. The HBO telepic would span his rise to fame and subsequent fall. "In addition to the fact that I'm from Kansas and he's from Kansas, I just always found it to be such a fascinating and tragic story," Stonestreet told Vulture. "He went from this jolly person who fell down and entertained people into a sexual deviant. It's a true story people don't know about, with a twist." Ellis, Levinson, Stonestreet, Ron West, Chris Henze, Christine Vachon and Steve Kavovit are on board as executive producers. Email: Lesley.Goldberg@thr.com; Twitter: @Snoodit RELATED: Julianne Moore Eyes HBO Period Drama 'Dope' Eric Stonestreet Modern Family HBO Films

The Hour: TV Review

Nobody does period pieces quite like the Brits, and you really have to tip your hat to them for The Hour, a 1950s-set spy thriller that will make you want to steal all the era-specific design gems you see, like clocks and exit signs. And, oh yeah, it's a pretty great story. BBC America is using the languid gorgeousness and intriguing spy tale of Hour to kick off what it calls Dramaville ("The Home for Groundbreaking British Drama"), hosted by actor Idris Elba in a kind of reverse-engineered Masterpiece Theatre. Hour is an excellent showcase, even if it requires fairly deep Anglophilia. It's set in 1956 in the world of television journalism. We meet Freddie Lyon (Ben Whishaw), a whip-smart and cynical young producer of nearly static newsreels that, he argues correctly, do not accurately portray what's going on in the world or in England. His fellow reporter Bel Rowley (Romola Garai) is equally bored and put off by the situation, but she's also a lot more diplomatic than Freddie, whose opinions fly fast and furiously. That's why Bel, not Freddie, is tapped as producer of the potentially exciting new weekly series The Hour, which will include harder-hitting reports and international news and in-studio interviews. Freddie begrudgingly accepts Bel's hiring, but he's perhaps more hurt that she (and the BBC) didn't consider him as host, a job he no doubt believes he should have based on his journalistic tenacity but also, secretly, his desire to use it as a soap box. Instead, the job goes to the dashing Hector Madden (Dominic West, whose appearance here, coupled with Elba's hosting duties, should appease fans of The Wire). Madden is overprivileged but underqualified and sets Freddie off on an endless rant. The married Madden's flirtations with Bel, whom Freddie is clearly in love with, just make matters worse. Hour might have been a nice set-piece drama with only those elements to move around, but the beauty in the series is that by way of an old acquaintance, Freddie stumbles on both a murder mystery and a spy saga at the same time. Creator Abi Morgan (Sex Traffic, White Girl) deftly handles both strands of the story and should be commended for not letting the enigmatic cloak and dagger elements get in the way of a complicated three-way look at love, longing and mistaken choices. She deserves credit for making Freddie at once outstandingly grating and likable while keeping the deep friendship between him and Bel believable yet mysteriously out of sync. They're perfect for each other - but then not. Hour is an absorbing series that makes you want the next installment immediately even as it takes its time (in that British way) telling the story. Having seen the first three (of six) episodes, the series has very few missteps (a fight sequence in the third episode with the impossibly thin Whishaw is a bit of a stretch). But there's so much to love in Hour - particularly the smart dialogue - that nitpicking can't derail any of it. There's a wonderful sense that the BBC is full of spies, and that every action by every character is suspicious. Morgan has doled out just enough story and character on both the spy and workplace arcs that each development, even with minor characters, acts like a sharp hook. Whishaw and Garai turn in exceptional performances, and West (whose story evolves slower but no doubt picks up steam in the final three episodes) nails the difficult task of playing someone who hasn't earned his role while being reminded of it constantly (by Freddie). And yet, you can't help but think there's a bait and switch afoot which, again, creates a real desire to see each subsequent episode. Beyond that, there's no getting past the allure of the look of the show - the Hour has the same period-piece fetishism that served Mad Men so well. All told, BBC America is off to a fine start with The Hour. Email Tim.Goodman@THR.com Twitter: @BastardMachine International Romola Garai Ben Whishaw BBC America

Dirty Dancing Remake Reportedly Has No Script, Casting Ideas

The Internet had the time of its life bashing plans for a new Dirty Dancing when Lionsgate announced it would remake the ’80s classic earlier this week. Perhaps that teeth-gnashing was slightly premature; according to director Kenny Ortega, Dirty Dancing is likely to stay in the corner for quite a while before heading to theaters. “We have a big challenge and a long road ahead of us,” Oretga told TheInsider.com. “All I can say is that I hope we can bring something unique and original to help change the naysayers minds about the film.” That would likely start with a script, though the film reportedly doesn’t have one of those. Nor are there any reported casting ideas, though Ortega knows what he doesn’t want. “I’m not looking for someone to fill Patrick Swayze’s shoes, or Jennifer Grey’s shoes. They’re one of a kind and they deserve to be called that.” “Yes!” shout all of the lapsed Dirty Dancing fans who barely gave the original film a second thought before this week’s remake announcement. From the sounds of it, you may want to pencil in the Dirty Dancing reboot for sometime 2013, at the earliest; let’s agree to reconvine here when Dianna Agron gets cast as Baby. · ‘DIRTY DANCING’ REMAKE DIRECTOR SPEAKS! [TheInsider.com]

Bryan Cranston in Talks to Join 'World War Z' (Exclusive)

Bryan Cranston is in negotiations to join Paramount's World War Z, a post-apocalyptic thriller starring Brad Pitt. The role for the star of AMC'sBreaking Badis said to be small but flashy; little is known about the part. The film is an adaptation of a Max Brooks novel of the same name that depicts a global zombie takeover a decade after the fact. Marc Forster is directing. The film, from Skydance Productions, features a cast that includes a currentAMC cohort of Cranston's in Mireille Enos, star of The Killing; andJames Badge Dale, who appeared on AMC's now defunct Rubicon. Z, written by Matthew Michael Carnahan and J. Michael Straczynski, is currently in production and will be released in 2012. Cranston, a three-time Emmy winner for Bad, is also slated to appear in forthcoming rock musical Rock of Ages, which also features Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin and Catherine Zeta-Jones. The New Line project is in production and slated for release June 2012. He is also in talks to join Ben Affleck's Argo, a political thriller centered on the 1979 Tehran hostage crisis. Cranston is represented by UTA. Email: Daniel. Miller@THR.com Twitter: @DanielNMiller Related Topics Bryan Cranston

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Who is the Most Surprising Omission on the Forbes List of Highest-Earning Actors in Hollywood?

In a similar fashion with what they did with actresses, Forbes has released a list of the 15 highest-earning actors in Hollywood (caveat here for the perhaps inexact figures). Topping the list? Not Johnny Depp (No. 2) or Will Smith (No. 4), but Leonardo DiCaprio, who — thanks to his one-two 2010 punch of Shutter Island and Inception — has earned upward of $77 million in the last year. Kudos, Leo! The rest of the list is populated with familiar faces like Adam Sandler, Tom Cruise and Tim Allen. Wait, what is Tim Allen doing here? Making bank, it turns out. Forbes estimates that Allen earned $22 million from May 2010 to May 2011, owing mostly to the success of Toy Story 3 (let’s just assume Don Rickles and John Ratzenberger finished just outside the top-15). That figure is enough to put Allen ahead of not only Cruise, but also Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Robert Pattinson and Daniel Craig. Surprising, but not really; after all, playing Buzz Lightyear has some obvious perks. What is shocking, however, is the list’s notable omissions: George Clooney, Taylor Lautner, Jeff Bridges, Steve Carell, Will Ferrell, Jason Bateman and Owen Wilson to name seven. All of which raises the question: just which of these male titans of industry are you most surprised to see not represented here? Considering Pattinson’s inclusion, my choice would be Lautner, but your mileage may vary. If it does, fire away in the comments section below. · Hollywood’s Highest-Earning Actors [Forbes]