Today, Steve Jobs Is Sad: The Passing of Jerome York

Apple Director and IBM ex-CFO Jerome B. York is dead following his hospitalization yesterday, after a burst brain aneurysm. He joined Apple's board when Steve Jobs came back into the company. Needless to say, Steve is very sad:

Jerome B. York is survived by his wife Eilene York, four children, and six grandchildren. May he rest in peace.

More on this post st Gizmodo.

10 Classic Tim Burton Movies

Feeling dark? Brewing a cauldron of eye of newt and leg of spider? Working on your latest steampunk digs? Surely you can take a break and check out classics from the man who defined dark and powerful filmmaking.

Directors are ultimately a matter of preference, but no one can deny that when a movie needs a sickening, dark twist on it, only one man is right for the job. That man is Tim Burton, who gave us the first Batman movie with Michael Keaton and delighted our children with The Nightmare Before Christmas. Despite using Johnny Depp in nearly every movie he’s ever done, the man is a legend of film and today, we pay tribute to Burton by showcasing his 10 best flicks. Forget to vote on your favorite and the Corpse Bridge herself may just come and get you in your sleep…

Link, Via: Neatorama

Director John Hughes Dead at 59

Writer-director John Hughes, Hollywood's youth impresario of the 1980s and '90s who captured the teen and preteen market with such favorites as "Home Alone," "The Breakfast Club" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," died Thursday, a spokeswoman said. He was 59.

Hughes died of a heart attack during a morning walk in Manhattan, Michelle Bega said. He was in New York to visit family.

Jake Bloom, Hughes' longtime attorney, said he was "deeply saddened and in shock" to learn of the director's death. LINK, Via: NY Times