Steve Jobs' Sister Recalls the Apple Co-Founder's Final Words

Mona Simpson, Steve Jobs' sister, accomplished novelist and UCLA professor, gave a moving eulogy for the Apple co-founder at the memorial service held on Oct. 16 at the Memorial Church of Stanford University, which the NY Times posted in full.our editor recommends'60 Minutes' Interview Reveals Steve Jobs' Little Known Bad Side (Video)Aaron Sorkin Says Steve Jobs Asked Him to Write a Pixar Movie'iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World': Preview the Discovery Documentary (Video)5 Revelations From Steve Jobs' BiographyA Studio Chief Pens Revealing First-Person Steve Jobs RemembranceApple After Steve Jobs' Death: Future of Board in Focus "I'd been waiting for a man to love, who could love me. For decades, I'd thought that man would be my father. When I was 25, I met that man and he was my brother," Simpson said. At the time (1985, to be more exact), Simpson was living in NY, attempting to write her first novel and working at a small magazine. When an attorney called her notifying her that they had found her brother. Simpson and her colleagues bet that it was John Travolta. "I secretly hoped for a literary descendant of Henry James -- someone more talented than I, someone brilliant without even trying," she said. PHOTOS: Steve Jobs: 10 Memorable Milestones of the Apple Co-Founder's Career The two "took a long walk -- something, it happened, that we both liked to do. I don't remember much of what we said that first day, only that he felt like someone I'd pick to be a friend. He explained that he worked in computers," Simpson recalled. Simpson said there were several things she learned from Jobs. "Steve worked at what he loved. He worked really hard. Every day. ... He was the opposite of absent-minded," she noted. "He was never embarrassed about working hard, even if the results were failures." PHOTOS: Apple Products in TV and Movies She recalled the time he was first ousted from Apple. "He told me about a dinner at which 500 Silicon Valley leaders met the then-sitting president. Steve hadn't been invited," Simpson said. "He was hurt but he still went to work at Next. Every single day." Simpson said that Jobs was "remarkably loyal" and that "he'd order 10 or 100" if he liked a shirt. She revealed his philosophy on aesthetics: "Fashion is what seems beautiful now but looks ugly later; art can be ugly at first but it becomes beautiful later." PHOTOS: Steve Jobs' Death: How the Magazines Covered She recalled Jobs' fascination with love: "Whenever he saw a man he thought a woman might find dashing, he called out, 'Hey are you single? Do you wanna come to dinner with my sister?" Simpson also recalled how Jobs was "a physical dad" with his children. And though he saw success at an incredibly young age, Simpson said "he felt that had isolated him." She noted the normalcy he still craved after earning millions, picking her up from the airport in his jeans. Jobs' sister also reminisced about the time it took for the Jobs family to remodel the kitchen, which took half the time to finish at the Pixar building. Simpson revealed that Jobs said that had he "grown up differently, he might have become a mathematician," studying paintings by Mark Rothko. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Notable Deaths But Jobs' cancer quickly took a toll on his life. "Eventually, even ordinary pleasures, like a good peach, no longer appealed to him," Simpson recalled. She talked about when Jobs learned how to walk again after his liver transplant -- with a chair. Jobs went through 67 different nurses before finding the three who he stayed with until the end. Still, Jobs continued to sketch ideas for other potential products. "What I learned from my brother's death was that character is essential: What he was, was how he died. Tuesday morning, he called me to ask me to hurry up to Palo Alto. His tone was affectionate, dear, loving, but like someone whose luggage was already strapped onto the vehicle, who was already on the beginning of his journey, even as he was sorry, truly deeply sorry, to be leaving us," Simpson said of Jobs' last day. "This is what I learned: he was working at this, too. Death didn't happen to Steve, he achieved it," Simpson said, recalling the Tuesday phone conversation she had with Jobs, during which he begged her to go to the Palo Alto hospital he was in. "He told me, when he was saying goodbye and telling me he was sorry, so sorry we wouldn't be able to be old together as we'd always planned, that he was going to a better place." His entire family was by his bedside in his final hours of his life. The doctor had given Jobs "a 50/50 chance of making it through the nght," which he made through. Before Jobs spoke his last words, he "looked at his sister Patty, then for a long time at his children, then at his life's partner, Laurene, then over their shoulders past them." What were Jobs' final words? "Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow," Simpson recalled. Related Topics Obituaries Steve Jobs

NBC to air 'Clios' special

NBC will air an hourlong special "The Clios: World's Best Advertisements" later this fall. Created by Juma Entertainment and located by "Curb Your Enthusiasm" thesp JB Smoove, spesh will concentrate on a lot more than 50 of the very famous advertisements and promotional initiatives from all over the world. Show is professional created by Robert C. Horowitz and Lewis Fenton. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

Large Ford grant for Public

Everyone Theater has acquired a $2 million grant within the Ford Foundation to put toward the ongoing restoration in the legit company's downtown home, now on course being carried out by summer season 2012. Grant was introduced Wednesday evening inside a Ford Foundation screening of doc "Joe Papp in Fave Functions," in regards to the Public's founder. The Public's new lobby will probably be named following a foundation, a philanthropic grantmaker. The Ford gold gold coin pushes the nonprofit theater's fund-raising tally to nearly $38 million, just shy in the $40 million total price in the building update. Ford's chunk of change might be the 2nd-greatest being reserved for your project, behind the $28 million provided through the capital of scotland - NY. Extensive repairs in the Public, which began a year ago, includes an extended lobby, a refurbished entrance, extended lavatories and new Ac systems. Programming has ongoing to become situated inside the building throughout restoration, with current options including "The Agony as well as the Ecstasty of Jobs,Inch "Love's Labors Lost" together with a output of "King Lear" toplined by Mike Waterston. Public needs to fete the restoration getting a reopening in fall 2012. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

Jay Leno Jokes About Accidents at Motorcycle Rally Before Two Die

Jay Leno put his foot in his mouth while serving as the grand marshall for the Love Ride motorcycle event in Glendale over the weekend.our editor recommends'Daily Show with Jon Stewart' Beats Jay Leno' in Q2 Demo Ratings'Jay Leno Show' announces first week guests According to the Los Angeles Times, the Tonight Show host said, "Every year, [the organizer] says, 'Drive safe. I'm gonna say, 'Don't drive safe.' I wanna see somebody go down. So it'll be fun. I want it to be in front or behind me and see a whole row of bikes go down. ... Get drunk, fall off the road. We've all become too damn polite. ... We haven't had one incident." PHOTOS: 10 TV Shows Canceled Faster Than 'The Playboy Club' Just an hour later, Romarino Zeri, 51, of Los Angeles and Julie Cameron, 38, of Venice were killed when their motorcycle hit a truck on the Golden State Freeway in Pacoima, officials told the Times. They were ran over by the big rig's rear tires and pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics, California Highway Patrol Officer José Barrios told the Glendale News-Press. PHOTOS: Preview NBC's Fall Key Art for 'Playboy Club,' 'Grimm,' 'Whitney,' More Reps for NBC-Universal and Leno did not respond to the Times after multiple requests for comments. One Love Ride participant wrote on Twitter of Leno's comments before the event kicked off, "I wish he had not joked about that, if someone does go down, he is going to feel really bad for his comments." Related Topics Jay Leno

Showtime Wooing Men, to Develop Gambler, Executioner, Ben Silverman Projects (Exclusive)

If the latest batch of development projects is an indication, David Nevins is taking Showtime in a decidedly different direction. A year and a half into his tenure as entertainment chief, the former producer continues to add projects that not only feature male characters but also look to appeal to male viewers.our editor recommendsExecutive Suite: David Nevins It's a shift in focus from the network's Nurse Jackie, The Big C, Weeds and United States of Tara, all part of predecessor Bob Greenblatt's roster of female-skewing shows about middle-aged female antiheroes. Here's an exclusive first look at six projects Showtime has in development: PHOTOS: 10 Broadcast and Cable TV Show Most Watched By Men The Executioner: Based on the true story of Anatole Deibler, the official Executioner of Paris in the late 1800s and a celebrity in his own right. The hourlong drama takes a dark look at a conflicted man who is forced to mete out Old World justice in an increasingly modern age while grappling with death and his own infamy. Tim Sexton is attached to write and executive produce the project from Grady Twins and Warner Horizon, with Marti Noxon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Dawn Parouse (Prison Break) on board as non-writing executive producers. Walking Through Walls: Based on a memoir by Philip Smith about his relationship with his father, a psychic healer. The half-hour from Groundswell is being executive produced and written by Nicholas Wootton (Chuck, Law & Order, NYPD Blue), with Michael London and Smith as a non-writing executive producer and co-executive producer, respectively. STORY: The Secret World of Hollywood Poker Untitled Nick Cassavetes Project: The hourlong drama is based on the life of Benny Binion, a well-known casino owner, mobster, poker player and convicted felon. An avid poker player himself, Cassavetes (The Notebook, My Sister's Keeper) is attached to write, direct and executive produce. Untitled Ben Silverman Project: A half-hour comedy about a family man who happens to be the editor of a racy men's magazine. Playboy editor Jimmy Jellinek will serve as an executive producer alongside Silverman on the project from Silverman's Electus. Blackout: A half-hour comedy that explores race relations through the eyes of a repressed middle-class white woman and her alter ego, a black man. John Gordillo and Reginald Hunter are attached as writers and executive producers, with Friends' Marta Kauffman and Michael Rizzo as non-writing EPs. Chess: Showing that Nevins hasn't abandoned women, he has a drama about a mafia wife who helps the FBI get rid of her husband so she can take over his business. The Bad Hat Harry production will count Jim Manos as a writer and executive producer, with Bryan Singer and Matthew Williams on board as non-writing executive producers. Related Topics Showtime Bryan Singer David Nevins

Morning Grind: Eric Bana Will Have Elvis in New Movie

Place your preferred Elvis song lyric here. (Sample: "All shook up!") Variety reviews that Eric Bana will have The King within the new indie film 'Elvis & Nixon,' concerning the 1970 meeting between Presley and Leader Richard Nixon. Danny Huston is within foretells take part in the leader for author/director Cary Elwes, who's making his behind-the-camera debut. The Elvis/Nixon summit -- and it is famous photo taking proof -- remains a cultural oddity even today the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum still will get more demands for that pic than every other Nixon still. The happy couple met in 1970 in the behest of Presley, who desired to offer his services towards the Fbi. This is the 2nd project to directly tackle the meeting: a 1997 film known as 'Elvis Meets Nixon' detailed exactly the same story. [Variety] 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game Title of Shadows' has not even emerge yet, but that does not mean you should not get excited for the following follow up. Deadline reviews Warner Bros. has hired Came Pearce to script the 3rd installment from the franchise. Pearce may be the current blockbuster-film writer flavor from the month: additionally to doing a bit of touch-ups around the Guillermo del Toro-directed 'Pacific Rim,' he's also scripting 'Iron Guy 3.' [Deadline] In the rumor mill: Twitch reviews that Gary Oldman and Helena Bonham Carter happen to be offered roles within the Warner Bros. reboot of 'Akira.' Oldman would play Colonel, with Carter handling Lady Miyako. It seems Garret Hedlund remains the leader for Kaneda. Not sure yet on if the character names can change to suit the locale switch from Neo Tokyo, japan to New Manhattan. [Twitch] When movies go TV: 'Game of Thrones' star Package Harington and 'The Killing' star Joel Kinnaman would be the top options to guide 'Arthur and Lancelot' for Warner Bros. It's unclear which actor will have which role. [THR/Warmth Vision] Academy Award-winning composer Hendes Zimmer won't go into the Oscar race this season. Zimmer -- who authored the scores for 'Rango,' 'Kung Fu Panda 2,' 'Pirates from the Caribbean: On Stranger Tide' and also the approaching 'Sherlock Holmes follow up, that they received an Oscar nomination for following the first film -- stated he wants to see the process this season. "The moment you receive nominated, and that i don't care what you are - you will find certainly people of better character than me - everything goes crazy," he stated to THR. "You receive the telephone call at five o'clock and after you need to perform the interviews after which perform the parties and meet each one of these people and do each one of these things. It's troublesome, and i believe it might be more interesting to see it for any year. It will worry me that we must stay relevant. Occasions are altering, very quickly. Usually things i do when situations are altering quickly is stand still and observe." Zimmer is presently focusing on his score for 'The Dark Dark night Increases.' [THR] What's going on with 'The Dark Tower'? A great deal, based on producer John Grazer. "We found a method to eliminate $45 million from the budget without altering the scope and really passing on a great ending," Grazer stated to indieWIRE. "Within the $140 million draft, the ending wasn't as satisfying. Now, we have got $45 million, $50 million taken care of along with a really satisfying ending. It's gonna get made." The variation of Stephen King's epic hit many a financial snag captured prior to being came by Universal. Ron Howard would still most probably direct if the ever will get off the floor, though whether star Javier Bardem would still appear -- and if the story could be told over three films and 2 television series, as initially planned -- remains to appear. [indieWIRE/The Playlist] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Start Searching: Rose McGowan, Patrick John Flueger in 'The Tell-Tale Heart' (Photos)

"True!-nervous-very, very nervous I had been and am why will you state that i am mad?" opens Edgar Allan Poe's short story, The Tell Tale Heart. The haunting tale from the guy who killings a vintage guy, after which it hides his body under his floormats only to be driven insane with the appear of his still-beating heart remains modified into an approaching film starring Patrick John Flueger, Rose McGowan and Peter Bogdanovich.our editor recommendsRose McGowan to Star in Romantic Thriller 'Napa'Scream Honours: Stars Celebrate the Frightening (Videos) Flueger, most recently seen in Paramount's Footloose, is playing charge role, and joining him since the female lead is McGowan, recognized for her roles in Grindhouse, Scream, Jawbreaker, The Black Dahlia and Charmed. A merchant account of romance remains put in Poe's dark story for your film adaptation. Bogdanovich (director of Paper Moon, The Ultimate Picture Show) may have the primary one-eyed some guy. VIDEOS: Scream Honours: Stars Celebrate the Frightening Director John La Tier's adaptation is presently filming in New Orleans. Also joining the cast is Jacob Vargas (Demon, Traffic, Jarhead), Damon Whitaker (Ghost Dog: The obvious method of the Samurai), and Kirk Fox (Negelecting Sarah Marshall). The film continues to be produced by Daniel Zirilli through Popart Film Factory & Leverage Entertainment. Flueger is represented by UTA & Nancy Kremer Management, McGowan with the Gersh Agency & MPE, Bogdanovich by Abrams Artists Agency & MPE, and Zirilli is handled by Zero Gravity. View more exclusive start searching photos below: Above: Patrick John Flueger. Below: Patrick John Flueger and Rose McGowan. Related Subjects Rose McGowan