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Opinion: How About a Little Respect for Hollywood Screenwriters?

The Oscars are coming! While the usual pundits are busy sharpening their predictions and betting on the biggies -- best actor, best director, best picture -- I would like to say a word for the oft-forgotten writing nominations. Scripts are the seeds of thought that movies grow from. Not many films get made without them...

Keith Olbermann Departure: 5 Job Prospects for the Former MSNBC Anchor

Keith Olbermann is probably not headed for the "where are they now" category. Despite being the network's most popular personality, the outspoken television host parted ways with MSNBC last week after years of tension with network executives. But does anyone really believe that we have seen the last of Keith Olbermann?...

Aaron Sorkin Compares Sarah Palin, Michael Vick

Aaron Sorkin is a screenwriter. He's given us The American President and The West Wing among other movies. And, it turns out, he's not particularly impressed by real-life politician Sarah Palin. In fact, Sorkin lambasted the former Alaska governor and John McCain's 2008 running mate for, among other things, being a...

Birth, 2.0: Many Babies Born Online Before Real Life

(Oct. 7) -- In Aaron Sorkin and David Fincher's "The Social Network," a cocaine-addled Sean Parker, played by Justin Timberlake, rattles off a vision of the future that, depending on your point of view, is either dystopia or utopia. "We lived on farms, we lived in cities," he says. "Now we'll live on the Internet." For...

Oakland Goes Hollywood With Brad Pitt's 'Moneyball' Production

OAKLAND, Calif. -- There has been a buzz around the Coliseum this week that has nothing to do with Trevor Cahill or Kurt Suzuki or Andrew Bailey. It's about guys like Scott Hatteberg, Miguel Tejada and -- who are we kidding? -- Brad Pitt. For the past week, Hollywood has taken over the Coliseum, where they've been...

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Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs Movie Probably Won't Be âCradle To Graveâ Biography

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin offered some early thoughts today on movie adaptation of Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs , which he has signed on to write.

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Woz hired as technical advisor on Jobs biopic

Aaron Sorkin, screenwriter for the Facebook-inspired The Social Network , is working on an adaptation of the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson.

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Aaron Sorkin Tells Syracuse Grads: You Are 'Super Dumb'

Aaron Sorkin , screenwriter of the Social Network , used his particular blend of wit and principles to deliver a stirring commencement adress at Syracuse University on Sunday.

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05/31/12 Aaron Sorkin at D: All Things Digital Source: SFGate.com - San Francisco CA Aaron Sorkin won an Oscar for bringing the movie version of Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg to the big screen, but said he has a major challenge doing the same with another tech titan, the late Steve Jobs. Sorkin, who adapted the screenplay for "The Social Network," is in the early stages of adapting Walter Isaacson's best-selling biography of the Apple co-founder into a movie.
05/31/12 What's Important (5/31/2012) Costco Sales, Praise for... Source: 24/7 Wall Street James Gorman, the CEO of Morgan Stanley ( NYSE: MS ), went on the record to say his firm's behavior was perfect as it led the initial public offering of Facebook ( NASDAQ: FB ).
05/31/12 Leisure time: Aaron Sorkin finds a new home on cable Source: The Daily - University of Washington - Seattle WA Statistically, in television, Aaron Sorkin is one-for-three.
05/30/12 Bruce Springsteen and the Sound of Intelligence --... Source: BoomTown - All Things Digital. After a candid conversation on the D conference stage, Aaron Sorkin spent a few minutes with AllThingsD 's Katie Boehret and shared a little more about how his writing makes it to the page.
05/30/12 Aaron Sorkin's Scintillating Play About ...... Source: TheAtlantic.com At the All Things Digital conference earlier today, legendary screen writer Aaron Sorkin sat down for a conversation with legendary tech writer Walt Mossberg.

Background on aaron sorkin

Aaron Sorkin (born June 9, 1961) is an Academy and Emmy award winning American screenwriter, producer, and playwright, whose works include A Few Good Men, The American President, The West Wing, Sports Night, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Charlie Wilson's War, The Social Network, and Moneyball.

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