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Last 'celebgate' hacker sentenced to eight months in prison
The "celebgate" saga appears to be winding to a close. A federal judge in Connecticut has sentenced George Garofano to eight months in prison and three years' supervised release after pleading guilty to compromising celebrities' iCloud accounts (plus hundreds of others) by tricking them into providing usernames and passwords. His defense had pushed for a five-month prison term with five months of home confinement, but the judge appeared to side more closely with prosecutors, who wanted 10 to 16 months behind bars.
Jennifer Lawrence signs on for big screen Theranos adaptation
The story of blood-testing startup Theranos and its founder Elizabeth Holmes' meteoric rise and fall from grace is already getting the Hollywood treatment. As Deadline Hollywood reports today, Jennifer Lawrence will play the part of Holmes, who at one point seemed to be one of Silicon Valley's biggest success stories, worth about $4.5 billion for her 50% stake in the company. That all came crashing down once the Wall Street Journal started raising concerns that Theranos' main product was unreliable and not actually approved by the FDA.
You could stream Jennifer Lawrence's new movie before it's in theaters
But you probably won't -- we'll explain. Can't wait for the day when you have a real choice on when and where to watch new movies (legally)? A new movie featuring some of Hollywood's hottest stars is actually giving you a taste of that, as Serena is available on iTunes, Xbox Video, Google Play, Vudu and other VOD services right now, before it hits theaters in the US on March 27th. It features Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, so why the unusual treatment? As its 27 percent Rotten Tomatoes score indicates, this period drama apparently isn't very good and has been on the shelf since it was shot in 2012. It debuted overseas late last year and is only now getting released in the US at all. It's backwards release schedule is at least an effort by the studio, as we recall Miley Cyrus' LOL being unceremoniously dumped into a few theaters back in 2012. There's a trailer embedded after the break if you'd like to judge for yourself, but at $10 a pop for a rental, we're guessing it's a Netflix/Amazon/Hulu night instead.
