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  • Monday, Feb. 10, 2014
Danish film director Gabriel Axel dies at 95
In this Monday, April 12, 1988 file photo, Gabriel Axel gestures backstage at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles after winning an Oscar for Best Foreign Language at the Academy Awards. Gabriel Axel, the first Dane to win an Oscar for best foreign film as of "Babette's Feast," has died at the age of 95. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)
By Jan M. Olsen
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- 

Gabriel Axel, the first Dane to win an Oscar for best foreign film with "Babette's Feast" which he directed, has died at the age of 95.

His daughter Karin Moerch said in a statement that he died Sunday "quietly and peacefully after a long and eventful life." She did not say where he died or give the cause of death.

Born April 18, 1918, in Denmark's second city Aarhus, Axel divided his time between his homeland and France. He grew up in Paris where his father owned a factory and at age 18 he returned to Denmark to work as a carpenter making furniture.

But the theater drew him, and he enrolled in the Danish Royal Theater Actors' School, graduating in 1945.

Axel was born Gabriel Axel Moerch but he dropped his last name when he joined the theater troupe of French film and stage artist Louis Jouvet in Paris. Axel directed several large projects for French television, then returned to Denmark More

  • Monday, Feb. 10, 2014
Media study: time-shifting of TV content, multitasking on the rise
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

TV viewers increasingly are watching programs on their own schedule, according to a Nielsen company media study released Monday.

In the past year, time-shifting of television content grew by almost two hours, averaging 13 hours per month, the study found. Viewers averaged nearly 134 hours of live TV viewing a month in 2013, down nearly three hours from 2012.

Television still remains central to media consumption, the study found, despite the increase in time-shifted viewing and streaming video through a computer or smartphone.

On average, American consumers own four digital devices, the report found. The majority of U.S. households own high-definition TV sets, Internet-connected computers and smartphones, while nearly half also own digital video recorders and gaming consoles.

The average consumer spends about 60 hours a week viewing content across various platforms, Nielsen found. More

  • Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014
DiCaprio, Hill re-team for story of Richard Jewell
From left, Jonah Hill, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Martin Scorsese arrive at 2014 Santa Barbara International Film Festival - Cinema Vanguard Award ceremony on Thursday, Feb, 6, 2014 in Santa Barbara, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
By Ryan Pearson, Entertainment Writer
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) -- 

Leonardo DiCaprio says he and "The Wolf of Wall Street" co-star Jonah Hill are "going to come up with something unique" as they re-team to tell the story of 1996 Olympics security guard Richard Jewell.

Hill will star as Jewell in the planned film, which was presented to the two actors as they searched for another joint project following the Oscar-nominated depiction of stockbroker excess.

"I think it's such a heartbreaking story and such an interesting story about the 24-hour news cycle: a man becoming a hero and then the world's biggest villain within 24 hours of each other -- and dying before he got to see his name cleared," Hill said in an interview Thursday night. He was at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival presenting an award to DiCaprio and "Wolf" director Martin Scorsese.

DiCaprio is expected to both produce and play Jewell's attorney.

"The whole premise of it is More

  • Friday, Feb. 7, 2014
Young & Laramore hires Rachel Gotthelf, Mitchell Brown
Rachel Gotthelf
INDIANAPOLIS -- 

Rachel Gotthelf has joined EchoPoint Media, a division of Young & Laramore, as digital supervisor. In her previous position with iProspect/Boston, she was digital media leader and worked with clients including Gilt Groupe and Tory Burch. In her new role as digital supervisor, she will report to Megan Suttile, Director of Planning, and focus on clients NIPSCO, Zerorez and Visit Indy.

Additionally, Mitchell Brown has come aboard Young & Laramore as a designer. Brown will report to creative directors Trevor Williams and Bryan Judkins, and will primarily focus on the Brizo, Silver in the City and Building Tomorrow accounts.

  • Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014
Advertising revenue strength boosts AOL's 4Q
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Advertising growth is helping lift New York Internet company AOL Inc., although costs associated with its former local news unit Patch weighed on fourth-quarter profit.

AOL said Thursday that it earned 36 million, or 43 cents per share, in the October-December period. That's up 1 percent from $35.7 million, or 41 cents per share, in the same period a year earlier. But analysts, on average, were expecting stronger earnings of 47 cents per share, according to a poll by FactSet.

The latest quarter included a restructuring charge of $13.2 million from job cuts, mostly at the struggling Patch. AOL handed over Patch's operations and majority ownership to investment firm Hale Global last month.

Revenue rose 13 percent, to $679 million from $599.5 million. Wall Street predicted $655.9 million. Advertising revenue grew 23 percent to $507 million. Subscription revenue from AOL's aging dial-up service More

  • Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014
Twitter stock dips on user growth worries
By Barbara Ortutay, Technology Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Twitter beat Wall Street's earnings and revenue expectations in its first quarter as a public company. But investors were looking for more — including faster user growth — and the company's stock fell more than 17 percent in after-hours trading Wednesday.

Twitter's shares fell $11.37, or 17.2 percent, to $54.59 in extended trading after the results came out. The stock, which peaked at $74.73 on Dec. 26, closed Wednesday's regular trading session at $65.97.

Twitter ended the final quarter of 2013 with 241 million monthly users, up 30 percent from a year earlier. But Twitter's growth is slowing. The company added just 9 million new monthly users in the fourth quarter, only 1 million of which came from the U.S. That's a deceleration from earlier in the year, when the company was adding an average of 16 million new accounts each quarter.

Another closely watched metric, which measures how engaged More

  • Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014
Wes Anderson's new movie kicks off Berlin fest
Members of the jury from top left, actress Greta Gerwig, jury president James Schamus, actress Trinie Dyrholm, actor Tony Leung, from bottom left director Michel Gondry, producer Barbara Broccoli, actor Christoph Waltz and director Mitra Farahani pose for photographers prior to the beginning of the International Film Festival Berlinale, Wednesday, Feb. 5. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)
BERLIN (AP) -- 

The annual Berlin International Film Festival is opening with a trip back to pre-World War II Europe as Wes Anderson presents his new movie, "The Grand Budapest Hotel."

The film, premiering Thursday, is the first in a 20-strong lineup of movies competing for the main Golden Bear award at the first of the year's major European film festivals. The winner will be announced Feb. 15.

Actors Ralph Fiennes, Edward Norton and Bill Murray are expected in Berlin to present Anderson's movie, set at a European hotel in the 1920s.

An eight-member jury under "Brokeback Mountain" producer James Schamus will choose the winner from a diverse and geographically varied program. Jury member Michel Gondry says the festival is "a little less about the looks than some other places."

  • Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014
USOC sponsor AT&T condemns Russia's anti-gay law
By Oskar Garcia
SOCHI, Russia (AP) -- 

U.S. Olympic Committee sponsor AT&T has condemned a Russian law restricting gay-rights activity as Sochi prepares to host the Winter Olympics.

The telecommunications giant said in a blog post that the law is harmful to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and harmful to a diverse society.

"We support LGBT equality globally and we condemn violence, discrimination and harassment targeted against LGBT individuals everywhere," AT&T said in the post.

AT&T said it was responding to a request from the Human Rights Campaign, which urged International Olympic Committee sponsors to stand up for LGBT equality. AT&T isn't an IOC sponsor, but says it supports the campaign's principles.

AT&T is the first major U.S. corporation to publicly condemn Russia's law, Human Rights Campaign officials said.

The Washington-based organization that pushes for civil rights for More

  • Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014
IOC backs proposal to set up Olympic TV channel
SOCHI, Russia (AP) -- 

IOC members have backed the idea of setting up an Olympic television channel.

IOC President Thomas Bach put the proposal up for debate Wednesday at the International Olympic Committee's general assembly.

No members asked to speak. Bach then asked whether they all approved of the proposal, and the members applauded in support.

The IOC says the channel would promote Olympic sports in the years between the games and help connect the games with younger people.

IOC vice president John Coates said the IOC would act as a "curator or moderator" to develop digital content. He said the project could use the National Geographic Channel as a model.

Sports federations, national Olympic committees, broadcasters and sponsors would be asked to take part.

The IOC will undertake a feasibility study on the costs before a final decision.

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