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| JERRY SEINFELD TO BE MICROSOFT'S NEW $10M PITCHMAN Blog |
Apple has Steve Jobs as its pitchman, as well as Justin Long's popular "Mac Guy" character, so now rival Microsoft will have Jerry Seinfeld – who'll appear alongside company founder Bill Gates in new commercials for Windows Vista, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Seinfeld, 54, will be paid about $10 million for the ads, which are set to debut Sept. 4, says the newspaper. In all, Microsoft is prepared to spend $300 million to beef up its image, and is also considering Chris Rock and Will Ferrell as additional pitchmen. The software giant's ad campaign is especially meant to deal a blow to Apple's successful "Mac vs. PC" TV spots that star "Mac Guy" Long, former boyfriend of Drew Barrymore. While the Mac Guy is cool, the PC guy (played by actor John Hodgman) comes off as nerdy.
The new Microsoft campaign will be the biggest in that company's history, says the Journal, which also says the ads will somehow play off the slogan "Windows, Not Walls."
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| THOUSANDS ATTEND BERNIE MAC'S CHICAGO MEMORIAL SERVICE Blog |
Thousands of mourners poured into a Chicago church this afternoon to say good bye to comedian Bernie Mac, who died last Saturday.
Among the crowd were Mac's famous friends, Cedric the Entertainer, D.L. Hughley Steve Harvey, Ocean's Thirteen co-star Don Cheadle, Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson.
"That dude is a very popular guy," Cedric said, according to the Chicago Tribune. "You know ya'll were like 'let me get four tickets to the funeral!' He's still the hottest ticket in town."
See photos of stars gone too soon.
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama sent his condolences in the form of a written statement.
"Michelle and I were so deeply sad to hear about your loss," it read. "He [made] us laugh, and laugh hard. Bernie Mac will be sorely missed."
Mac died last week from complications due to pneumonia. The 50-year-old had also battled sarcoidosis, an autoimmune disease.
See what stars like George Clooney said about Mac's death.
"He represented Chicago in a way [that] he knew the street, he knew the people and that's why he's the king of comedy," Mayor Richard Daley said. "He wanted to do something personally to get children away from the life of violence... he had a heart and passion...That's why as the king of comedy, he never lost his soul in Chicago."
Attendees saw upon chairs with burgundy cushions, watching two large projector screens flashing images of Mac's life. As a tribute, his comedy routines were played over Isaac Hayes' famous songs.
(Hayes, who will co-star in December's Soul Man with Mac, died last Sunday.)
Mac's wife of 30 years, Rhonda, was given a No. 1 baseball jersey by the White Sox organization.
Many fans — some of whom had camped out overnight to be guaranteed a spot inside the 10,000-seat House of Hope church — donned shirts with pictures of the comedian across the front.
Mac's family asks donations to be made to www.berniemacfoundation.org to help find a cure for sarcoidosis.
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| BERNIE MAC REMEMBERED FOR HIS 'HEART AND PASSION' Blog |
Thousands of mourners came out for a Chicago memorial service honoring Bernie Mac Saturday.
Some fans slept outside overnight in hopes of securing a seat inside the House of Hope church on the city's South Side, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Chris Rock, Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer and Rev. Jesse Jackson attended the emotional service, in which photos from the comedian's career were shown on projectors and the White Sox organization presented Mac's widow Rhonda with a No. 1 jersey bearing his name, the paper reports.
Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama and Andy Garcia also sent condolences.
During the service, Mayor Richard Daley remembered Mac as someone with "a heart and passion." Daley, who met with Mac a few weeks ago, added: "He knew the street, he knew the people, and that's why he was a king of comedy. He wanted to do something personally to get children away from the life of violence. . . . He never lost his soul in Chicago."
Mac, who suffered from the autoimmune disease sarcoidosis, passed away last Saturday from complications relating to pneumonia.
Of their final exchange a day before his death, Rhonda told PEOPLE: "I said, 'Hey Bernard. How are you?' and I kissed his forehead. He shrugged his shoulders, like 'I'm tired' and I said, 'I know you're tired.' Later on that night, it took a turn for the worse."
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| GEORGE CLOONEY: CO-STAR BERNIE MAC "WILL BE DEARLY MISSED" Blog |
Friends and co-stars of comedian Bernie Mac are speaking out following his Saturday morning death.
"The world just got a little less funny," Ocean's 13 co-star, George Clooney, said in a statement to Entertainment Tonight. "He will be dearly missed."
Adds Ocean's co-star Don Cheadle, in a statement to E!: "This is a very sad day for many of us who knew and loved Bernie. He brought so much joy to so many. He will be missed, but heaven just got funnier."
Mac, 50, passed away due to pneumonia complications early Saturday morning in a Chicago-area hospital, his rep confirmed to Usmagazine.com. He had been admitted to the hospital August 1, but was expected to make a full recovery after a few weeks of treatment.
See more photos of stars gone too soon.
"Bernie Mac was one of the best and funniest comedians to ever live, but that was the second best thing he did," says Chris Rock, who worked with Mac in animated flick, Return to Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. "Bernie was one of the greatest friends a person could have.
"Losing him is like losing 12 people, because he absolutely filled up any room he was in," Rock continues. "I'm gonna' miss the Mac Man."
Earlier Saturday, former co-star Niecy Nash told Us, "His passing is such a major loss to the acting and comedy communities.
"Bernie Mac was the personification of the word 'real.' He kept it real," she said. "That kind of genuine spirit that he carried all time cannot be easily duplicated, but I will do my very best to try."
The FOX network, which aired The Bernie Mac Show from 2001 to 2006, told Us in a statement, "Bernie Mac was a gifted talent whose comment came from an authentic, and highly personal, place. He was a tremendous live performer, and a wonderful actor. FOX was proud to be the home of The Bernie Mac Show, and all of us at FOX and 20th Century FOX Television extend our deepest sympathies to his wife, Rhonda, and daughter, Je'Niece."
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