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Ashton Kutcher Debuts His Steve Jobs Look — Is He Convincing?

Patrick Bateman — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:51:00 +0000

No one’s ever accused Ashton Kutcher of being smart. He played an airhead on ‘That 70s Show’ and some of his decisions — like his controversial “brownface” PopChips commercial and that Joe Paterno tweet — are evidence of that. But, he was smart enough to hop on the ‘Two and a Half Men’ train and to land the role of a lifetime, playing Steve Jobs for the Apple founder’s biopic, which just started shooting and is scheduled to release in 2013.

However, the bigger question is: Was it a smart decision by the film’s producers to cast Kutcher as Jobs?

Steve Jobs Stars as FDR in Lost Apple Video

Don Deane — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:42:30 +0000

Steve Jobs may have been a tech visionary, but if this long-lost nine-minute film from 1984 is any indication, his acting skills left a bit to be desired. In the video, Jobs plays none other than the 32nd president of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt. (Yes, you read that right.)

Can the Steve Jobs Action Figure Solve Your Mac Troubles? [PHOTOS]

Shauna Wright — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:20:43 +0000

Since the death of Steve Jobs, we’ve all been looking for the perfect way to commemorate the Apple co-founder, and now we finally have the answer: Steve Jobs, the action figure. Seriously, if Nicki Minaj can get the Barbie doll treatment, why shouldn’t Jobs? The 12-inch doll from In Icons will arrive wearing round glasses, [...]

Barbara Walters Chooses Steve Jobs as Her 'Most Fascinating Person' of 2011 [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:00:41 +0000

Barbara Walters has named her Most Fascinating Person of 2011: Steve Jobs.

While her policy has always been to choose only living people for the annual roundup, Walters said that when Jobs retired as CEO of Apple last summer, she knew he’d be her pick to top the list. And even after his death on October 5, Walters stuck to her choice because, much like Jobs believed, “rules were made to be broken.”

Babrbara Walters' 'Most Fascinating People' Of 2011

Rick Andrews — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:32:21 +0000

Last night on ABC, news/talk show vet Barbara Walters gave us 90-minutes of whom, she considered the Most Fascinating People of this past year. This is an annual tradition for Walters, but this year's show had one difference. The 'Most Fascinating Person' is no longer with us.

Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs Dies At Age 56

Billy Goforth — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:00:48 +0000

Apple’s co-founder and former CEO, Steve Jobs, who’s been battling a rare form of pancreatic cancer for years and had a liver transplant in 2009, has passed away at the age of 56. Jobs, the visionary behind the iPhone, the iPod and the iMac, co-founded Apple Computer along with Steve Wozniak in 1976. Together they [...]