i'm jerry ross. >> tom: finally toni a makeover for microsoft.as the software giant gets ready to roll out its next generation operating system, windows 8, it offered up a new company logo. it's the company's first n logo in 26 years. it features four colorful squares next to a simple text with the word "microsoft." as for the simple logo, one critic said "this took 25 years?" that's "nightly business report" for thursday, august 23. good night, susie, and everyone. >> susie: good night, tom. have a great ebvenin everyone. hope to see you online at nbr.com and back here tomorrow night. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

jerry brukheimer attended in play and dean cane prefers him. romney celebrity support may strike some as ironic given republican attack ads calling obama a celebrity president who is tight with the in crowd. historian stephen rossde several under the radar stops to california to stuff his campaign war chest. open secrets.org says he's collected more than $17 million and rubbing shoulders with the entertainment industry elite. >> he is coming to hollywood and there is conservative money. it's always been here. >> reporter: but quietly. in hollywood few celebrities seem willing to go public their republican beliefs and some that have say they have paid a price for it. >> i am a declared out of the closet republican in hollywood. >> reporter: kelsey gramer said he thinks it's possible he didn't get an emmy nomination because of his politics. >> you have five emmys. >> how long have you been a republican? >> just after the last one i became. >> reporter: still some hollywood conservatives won't hide their contempt for the president. >> obama is not a democrat. she a radical socialist. >> reporter: a scorching critique of the president. >> obama has a dream that the sins of colonialism be set right and america be do