his name - spiderman. "i thought what will i call him? and it seemed to me that fly-man wasn't good, insect-man didn't sound good. mosquito-man was awful and then it hit me spider-man and it was an epiphany." *laughs spider-man was an immediate hit and less than a year after being introduced, became a series all its own. spider-man's alter-ego, peter parker, struck a chord with comic books fans everywhere. "it's easy for people to emphathize with spider-man. i mean he has the same worries as most people. how does he make a living?" "he worries about his health. he's as apt to get an allergy attack or sinus attack, an in- grown toenail as anybody else." spider-man had the benefit of being intensely ordinary. a teen navigating the trials and tribulations of adolescence while at the same time, having a unique spark of super-human power. it's a formula that would lead spider-man straight to the top of the marvel empire. "people knew that spider-man would be a popular character and great at the movies but they didn't know how great." "spider-m

spiderman being one of the greater ip is, we had a lot of other ip is. that when we go back to our library and take advantage of what we have, i think there is also a lot of potential for tapping into our videogame ip. it is also making sure that we have the right kind of financing and financial arrangements as we go into motion picture production to make sure that we have the appropriate producer haveand make sure we also production costs. that's another area we need to focus on. >> you guys are a stakeholder in spotify. what do think of their plans to list directly and doesn't have any intention of selling shares? >> there is a lot of decisions to go into the public market, i think over time it will give them more ability to relate make more investments. >> the music is shifting dramatically, what are your meughts and expectations for you choose paid music service? ervice?ube's paid music s >> i think any of the online services that we have deals with, both on the recorded music side as well as on the publishing side is really going to make sure that t

. >> i love the spiderman homecoming. i think that was great, adorable.w, perspective of the story of spiderman. >> and the best super film was the one that seemed to have everyone cheering. >> "wonder woman." i saw that. >> i loved "wonder woman." >> this was such a high point, i think. and a year that felt really fraught for women. >> i think the reason why "wonder woman" made so much money was -- >> finally we got to see women kicking butt on the screen. >> the "star wars" franchise once again sailed into our galaxy. action and crime movies made a run. "skull island" and "fate and the furious" on a roll. but the best car chasing came from "baby driver." the story was goofy but wow. >> insane. >> agreed i'm not normally into those types of movies, but i really enjoyed it. >> the they know i'm black? >> should they? "get out" was a kind of crime flick, kind of odd, but a smash. >> get out! >> i loved it. >> did i like it? >> no. >> i thought it was fantastic. great, great film. >> it was creepy. >> i like the way it ended. the black guy won. so, yeah. i

sony has had big moments at the box office thanks to smashes like spiderman and jumanji.eo says the company isn't stopping there. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: fitbit wants to make sure your kids are healthy and active, and the device maker is said to be making a smart watch for kids. not known how the new devices will differ from existing fitbit products. research estimates that 30% of total smart watch shipments in 2021 will be devices aimed at children. while disney makes shockwaves in entertainment, sony isn't content to just sit back and watch. we spoke with sony's ceo earlier. he told us sony wants to be a buyer in the media consolidation wave. we asked who they might be targeting. >> it is premature to start naming names. the strategy right now is to make sure that we have a very strong operation first and foremost. as these discussions come up, we will enter into them. we idea is to make sure still have our own studio. emily: let's talk about the broader strategy. would that involve better distribution, better tieups in asia, a focus on more niche movies? >> i think

we have exclusive footage from the new spiderman film...being shot here in san francisco. take a look. these are stunts being performed in the north beach neighborhood of the city. the new movie will be titled "venom" ..named after spiderman's arch nemesis...and will star actor tom hardy. the movie will be released october fifth... and officials tell us north beach... is just on of the spots in san francisco... they are filming at. (sports) coming up i'll have all coming up i'll have all the day's sports highlights and scores. (pam) in australia, a dispute at a grocery store over cherries .. has one customer seeing red. the whole thing ended up in a brawl with someone being sent to the hospital. the store owner says, two men were upset about the fruit... they then attacked an employee. customers struggled to break up the fruit fight. the owner says, the employee was taken to the hospital with head injuries. the two men were arrested and charged. (steve) the traffic around john muir national monument in marin county was so bad that the county and the national park service h

still had, sony has had some big moment at the box office this year thanks to smashes like "spidermand "jumanji." but the ceo says they aren't stopping there. he joins us later this hour. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: china has entered the top five in u.s. patents for the first time ever. chinese inventors received 11,241 u.s. patents last year, a 28% increase over the same period in 2016, according to a report by ifi claims patent service. china ranks behind the u.s., japan, korea, and germany overall. and gopro's challenges are coming to a head. the company missed fourth-quarter sales guidance, signaling that revamped cameras and price increases are sparking revenue growth. shares tumbled on the news, leading to its worst performance in a year. at an a is the likely next up for the camera maker, but the ceo spoke to bloomberg's selina wang and tonight reports they have higher jpmorgan for a potential sale. take a listen. >> jpmorgan is, in fact, our banker, but we have not engaged them to help us sell the company. said, if there were an opportunity for gopro to partner up with a large

. >>> sonny pictures highest grossing film of all time, that does not include spiderman. >> the actiond $370 million in the u.s., putting it above men in black, t"the da vinci code." and jumanji three-quarters of a million since it opened. crime politicaler den of thieves debuted in third. >> and the post and greatest showman rounded out the top five. >> that's it for abc7 "news at 6:00," we'll see you at 9:00 on >> hi, everyone. i'm lizzie bermudez. welcome to "bay area life," the place where lifestyle, interests, food, and entertainment all come together. there's so much to explore. on today's show, we're indulging our sweet tooth with froyo. >> i love to get fruit-flavored yogurt, and i love to put boba on it. >> then, stain-resistant technology that will give you peace of mind. >> you don't have to worry, either. can you find it now? >> again, i don't feel it. >> then, we're getting a taste of authentic chicago pizza. >> mmm! >> oh. do you like it? >> the cheese, the flavor -- that is good. >> and the perfect cheese platter for your next party. that tastes so good. >> yeah, isn't i

he is rolling up his sleeves and handing his jacket and hat to spiderman and the captain america and saying "thanks for holding my stuff, boys, while i go out and save america." i said, that's not a bad thing to do, save america. that is a graphic that reinforces that, even though that is not in the book. i tried to do that in this book, use the graphics to reinforce the text. now, let me talk a little bit about the text. there are three different ways that this is being used to reach out to a broader audience you're one is the graphics. the second is the text. the idea is to write this as very accessible. a lot of the books that we read, they are very scholarly. they are very academic. they are published by university presses, a lot of them. now, to the lay public and the general public, scholarly and academic translate into boring and dry. you know, a lot of people, based on sales figures, a lot of people are not reading the scholarly tomes that we love. they don't have broad division, except for occasionally, there will be some, but most of them don't. the idea is to write this so

the first thing we really need to do is look at the ip library we have, "spiderman" being one of thee have a lot of other ip's, "jumanji," for example, and make sure that we go back into our library and take advantage of the ip libraries that we have. i think there is also a lot of potential for tapping into our video games ip, the first party software we have, and those are questions on going as well. and it is also making sure that we have the right kind of financing as we go into motion picture production, to make sure that we have the appropriate producer fees and take sure we control production costs, which is another area we need to focus on a lot more. emily: now, you guys are a stakeholder in spotify. i'm curious, what do you think of their plan to list directly, and does sony have any intention of selling shares? kazuo: at this point, we have not made any determinations in that regard, and obviously, it is spotify's decision to go into the public market. and i think that over time, it will give them more ability to really grow their business going forward. emily: the music l

. >>> nny pictures highest grossing film of all time, that does not include spiderman. >> the action flick has earned $370 million in the u.s., putting it above men in black, t"the da vinci code." and jumanji has earned three-quarters of a million since it opened. crime politicaler den of thieves debuted in third. >> and the post and greatest showman rounded out the top five. >> that's it for abc7 "news at 6:00," we'll see you at 9:00 on kofi tv. >> take care. who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. >>> hi, everyone, welcome to "on the money." i'm becky quick. the one thing you can do every day that will make you healthier, happier and more productive. and the entrepreneur who learned the hard way. >>> what if you hit your number? we are not talk

spiderman said that. i checked your google.man. >> it's vultair. >> if we had a search company to look it up. >> to your question. you're right. the tech companies have gotten bigger. with more power comes more responsibility. the scrutiny is important. it's a big part of the democratic system. hold companies accountable. it's a healthy part of the relation which needs to happen. there is a part where we need to be careful. and you don't want to make -- you don't want people to reject technology. it's the source of progress. and i think how we drive this constructively forward will impact the u.s. andanity a lot more than we realize. >> your company and part company said they want to do the right thing. what does that mean? if american democracy requires some facts or objective truth. what does that mean to you? >> i mean, it does always meant a lot to us. google we work hard to bring you the right information. in fact working -- there are areas people don't agree what right information is. that's the active debate in society.

spiderman these wallets and handbags are made of used comic books. they are all third place among materials you probably never thought would be used to create fashion. designer and seamstress is the berlin comic aficionados. each model is a unique elaborate kalash made from an original comic book. jacket. it's made not only of fabric but also of the hundreds of small lamps it takes are second place where little technology with l.e.d. lamp. has met a credit i'd like to combine technology and textiles and create a totally new material as. the only current. and cause this material screen fabric. and it's also wearable monitor that aims to adjust to the wear is mood vilna isn't the only fashion designer with this idea the london label cute circuit also creates fashions with l.e.d. lamps. these glasses are named for famous musician. jackson miles the grooves show why glass is made from vinyl records are number one on our chart of materials you probably never thought would be used to create fashions. the brainchild of zac tipton from the us. past where he

guests will be able to interact with their favorite marvel characters and watch spiderman scale the shipness super heroes battle their foes. >> so cool. >> i'm a fab of those pie pods. >> that pizza didn't look that appetizing though. >> you know what would be cool eagles super bowl cruise. >> stay tuned for that. >> there you go. >> tmz coming up next announcer: today on "tmz" -- harvey: ok. guess what we got? kylie jenner in all her glory at a construction site. >> you can see a bit of a baby bump. >> she looks good though. i don't know why she's been hiding out. she looks fine. >> i don't get it, all of these months hiding away and you're undone by a construction worker. >> disney star gone bad again. the star of "pair of kings" and "zeke and luther," adam hicks got arrested for armed robbery. allegedly he and his girlfriend went around and put a gun in people's faces, including two elderly women. >> armed robbery on elderly women? >> it's heinous. harvey: if you're an armed robber, are you going to go after the guy who's going to be in "creed"? >> right! >> flava flav was brutally be

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you may mav seen him in spiderman. if only i could cause you the pain that you caused me. oscar nominated role in 127 hours. >> ah! >> but he has also written fiction and poetry. and staged art exhibitions over the course of his two decade long career. >> james. >> jam. >> today franco now almost 40, says he is slowing down. and putting a new focus on -- franco. >> we have been surfing what five months now. >> yeah. >> two weeks ago he got a new surfboard and invited us along for its maiden voyage. to hear him tell it, the new james franco swims with a different kind of hollywood shark. >> this fin, like jaws, pops up, like, from here to look right over there. >> are you telling me a story right now about a shark appearing on your very first day out as the a surfer. are you kidding me? >> no. >> wow. >> no fin sightings this time. but itch you look closely, franco barely escapes my wobbly first ride of the day. his board wasn't so lucky. >> brand new board. virgin, virgin session. tony sliced it. >> you could say franco's wild ride began as a restless teen in northern, cal

if that sounds similar, it was also said by another legendary person -- spiderman's uncle ben. and tony whispered it. my point about solemn responsibility is that the notrtment of justice does measure success by the right motive. particular -- on articulable reasons. one of the long-standing principles of the department of justice is that we try not to make any public comments about things that are not already in the public realm. there are many reasons for that policy. one is that it may interfere with our investigations if people learn details about it. another is that it may be unfair to the people that are not charged. because when we make allegations of wrongdoing, our allegations are given considerable weight in the arena of public opinion, even though they are presumed not to be true in a court of law. lots of people are allowed to talk to reporters. -- reporters about federal investigations. witnesses are allowed to talk to reporters. suspects are allowed to talk to reporters. private lawyers are allowed to talk to reporters. but all of those people have friends who als

foremost that we have a strong lineup in our motion picture releases and we have done exactly that with spidermanecoming, jumanji is past weekend. we had blade runner 2049 internationally. we had the emoji movie. tohink we are on a path recovery in that space. we also want to make sure we continue very strong in our tv production's nest. we supply a lot of programming to non-sony networks and companies. we want to ride the wave of the growth industry. >> bloomberg also reported that you spoke to the murdochs about potentially buying those fox assets as well. why? >> i think we want to make sure that as these deals coming to the forefront that we are able to be part of those discussions, ascertain whether an acquisition makes sense or not and make sure that we continue to be a major industry player in hollywood and continue to explore deals where we feel it could be perfect of the strategy going forward. >> has sony considered selling its tv studio? >> i think for now the strategy is really as i said before to shore up our motion picture that anyand make sure of the deals we may consider in the fu

we have done that with spiderman homecoming, jumanji, number one in the u.s.nternationally. we had baby driver. thate in recovery in space. we also want to make sure that we continue strong in the tv production business where we are working with sony. wave of theide the golden growth in the industry. >> bloomberg also reported that you spoke with the murdochs about purchasing the fox assets as well. why did you want to pursue that? >> we want to make sure that as these deals come into the toefront, that we are able be a part of those discussions. ascertain whether an acquisition makes sense or not. and make sure that we continue to be a major industry player in hollywood and can continue to explore deals where we feel they could be appropriate as a strategy going forward. sony considered selling its film or tv studios? >> i think that for now, the before, is, as i said to shore up our motion picture business and to make sure that any of the deals that we may consider in the future, that we are in the driver seat and not in association -- and not in a situation

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made 504 million and wonder woman with 412 and no surprise with the galaxy with 389 million and spiderman homecoming making 344 million and rounding it up is the horror flick "it" with 327 million. >> and tragedy struck when a suicide bomber targeted an arianna grande show killing 22 people. and then on october 1st, a gunman opened fire on a route 91 harvest festival in las vegas killing 58 and injuring 546. hollywood marriage breakups chris prattt and anna farris and ben stiller and christine taylor. two power couples welcomed twins, george clooney and his wife and jz and beyonce. >>> the top three albums of 2017 include damn in the number one spot and followed by magic by bruno mars and the weekend's star boy. sitting a top the year of the number one song edward sheran. >>> congratulations from all of us. >> other major stories in the may wedding of prince harry and meghan markle. 54 billion-dollar deal between disney and entertainment asset and after 146 years of being the greatest show on earth ringling brothers and barnum circus brought down the tents. hugh hefner and don rickles and

and we have done that with spiderman homecoming, jumanji this past week, number one in the united statesde runner, the emoji movie. i think we are in a path to recovery. we also want to make sure we continue strongly in our tv production business where we supply a lot of programming to non-sony networks and companies. business asrow that well and ride the wave of the growth in the industry. emily: bloomberg reported you spoke to the murdochs about buying those fox assets as well. why was that an option you wanted to explore? i think we want to make sure that as these deals come into the forefront, that we are able to be a part of this discussions. whether an acquisition makes sense or not, and whether -- and to make sure we make sure we are a continuing player in hollywood and continue to explore deals where we feel it could be perfect for the strategy going forward. emily: has sony considered selling its tv studio? kazuo: for now, i think the strategy is really to shore up our motion picture business. and then make sure that any of the deals we make in the future but we are in the drive

woman is third, "guardians of the galaxy" is number four and finishing the year in fifth place, spidermanomecoming. it course roughly $334 million! despite some late year blockbusters 2017 was actually a pretty rough year for the movie business of wealthier plenty of talent tells us why. [video] >> while he is top movie, beauty and the beast, earn more than half $1 billion, there was no fairytale ending in hollywood's box office. studio figures for 2017 revenues down 2 and a half percent from last year to just over $11 billion. and attendance predicted to slip four percent to 1 1/4 billion tickets sold and north america. >> blame this on that original movies, lackluster sequels and stiff competition from streaming services like amazon and netflix. >> you are more content on more platforms available more than at any other time in history. by the movie theater experience remains singular and a central, it is not the only game in town. >> the movies as part of what brings audiences to theaters. imax ceo says the cinemas showing these theories need to step it up also.>> premium, premium, prem

no surprise at number three, guarding of the galaxy volume two with 389 million area followed by spiderman homecoming taking three to 34 million and rounding out the top five is a horror flick "it" scary up there in a $27 million. concert tragedy struck twice when a suicide bomber targeted a show in britain's manchester arena killing 22 people. then, on october 1, a gun man opened fire on a route 91 harvest music festival in las vegas, killing 58, injuring 546. hollywood marriage breakups include chris pratt and anna farris, ben affleck and jennifer garner. two power couples welcomed twins of this year, george clooney, and jay-z. [♪ music playing♪ ] the top three albums of 2017 include kendrick lamarr sitting in the number one spot, followed by bruno mars, and the weekends star boy. [♪ music playing ] sitting atop the years number one song is shape of you, featuring justin bieber comes in second. their song also holds honor of being the most streamed song of all time. other major stories celebrate the upcoming may wedding of prince harry and actress meghan markle. a pending 54 billion-doll

. >> all right, we are showing you spiderman, because the guy behind it, marvel comics legend stand leelatest hollywood big wig to face sexual harrassment allegations. sources say a nursing company caring for him had to stop because they had so many complaints. he's now 95. and there is a lot of nurses there complaining that he would grope them and demand, well, he's denying the claims. he scheduled to attend this weekend's ace comic convent in glendale as well as a coyote game, both organizations say those appearance also still expected to happen. >> all right, stepping out yesterday, did you not feel like it was spring break? it was like whoa, it is balmy. amazing. >> still ahead this morning, as we look live at old city, how warm will it get this week? but you know there will be a trade off. we are expecting whole lot of rain. scott williams will break it all down coming up. first, here is kristen rodgers. >> everything gets a.m. philadelphia international airport in the playoffs, the energy, the steaks, and the eagles are feeling it. coming up: why the birds say they're chomp at the

and spiderman.and rounding out the top five, the horror film "it" scaring up $337 million. >> ' heard the explosion. >> concert tragedy struck twice when a suicide bomber targeted an ariana grande and then a gunman opened fire in las vegas at a route 91 music festival. injuring 546. >>> hollywood marriage breakup include ben affleck and jennifer garner, fergie and josh duhamel and christine taylor and ben stiller. >>> two power couples welcomed twins this year. george clooney and wife amal and jay-z and beyonce. ♪ >> the top three albums of 2017, include kendrick lamar's jam, sitting in the number one spot, followed by 24k magic by bruno mars and the weekend's star boy. ♪ >> sitting atop the year's number one song is eed sheeran's "shape of you" and despacito is in second. and their song holds the honor of the most streamed song of all time. >> congratulations from all of us. >> other major stories celebrate the upcoming may wedding of prince harry and actress meghan markle. a pending $54 billion de

ironman, spiderman, thor, even root. something for everyone. >> mr.over to the music world? take us to liam payne, one direction. >> he's stepping out on his own. what he's going to be doing will not be quite what you expect. it's more club jams. we've heard a few tracks and it his a hip-hop, r & b flavor. >> i'm tired about justin timberlake. he's got a new record, right? >> he does. he's being very quiet about it. we do know he's performing at the super bowl halftime show. so we strongly suspect he'll use it as a chance to introduce his new music. >> u2 is doing a world tour. >> they're performing from their new album, "experiencing innocence." and that's one of the big shows for the next year. u2 and taylor swift are doing big arena tours. >> i'm glad you brought up taylor swift. that's going to be huge. they alreadiy added more dates. >> totally. she always gives a great live show. i think she'll be really good. >> thanks. so if we're going to veg out in front of the tv, nbc has a big one that's coming out and it's called "rise." tell us about tha

that was followed by spiderman homecoming.s the horror film, it, scaring up $327 million. >> we heard the explosion. >> reporter: concert tragedy struck twice. there was the arianna grande a show in britain killing 22 people. then on october first, a gunman opened fire on a harvest music festival and loss vegas killing 58 and injuring 546. >>> hollywood marriage breakups include chris parrott and jennifer gardner. as well as ben stiller and christine taylor. two power couples welcome twins this year. showed -- george clooney and his wife and jay-z and beyonci. the top three albums of 2017 include dammed in the number one spot followed by 24 k magic by bruno mars and star boy. [ music ]. >>> atop the number one song is the shape of you where a feature by justin bieber is second. also the most streamed song of all time. >> congratulations from all of us. >> reporter: there's the upcoming may wedding of prince harry and meghan markle. also if 54 billion-dollar deal between disney entertainment. the greatest show on earth, ringlin

the new movie will be titled "venom" ..named after spiderman's arch nemesis...r tom hardy. the movie will be released october fifth... and officials tell us north beach... is just one of the spots in san francisco where they are filming. ( robin ) the world famous harlem globetrotters are back in the bay area .. and they entertained a special guest over the weekend.. double- amputee and north bay wildfire survivor, lilly biagini... celebrated her 10th birthday. lilly lost her prosthetic legs in the firestorms. over the weekend she got the v-i-p experience at the harlem globetrotters game at oracle arena. this is video of saturday's game. lilly took center court and even learned a trick from the team. and during the game they recognized lilly for her courage after her family lost everything in the wildfires. ( robin ) coming up in the next hour on the kron 4 morning news...kids return to school after the holiday weekend including one bay area school with a norovirus outbreak. we are live at the school with the latest. ( robin ) and a teen paralyzed during a high

this is as close as i'm ever going to get to spiderman.x silk. >> something cool about wearing spider silk. >> this can bear the weight of a car. >> you could scale a building with that tie j just ahead, is your skin showing wear and tear from what has already been a relief but first this is "today" on nbc. relief. first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> we are back. 8:47. much country has been bracing weeks of bone chilling cold it can take a cold on your skin. here with easy remedies is dr. wattenberg. this is the time of year when my skin is like a pto what are the things we need to know. >> so the cold air makes your skin super dehydrated, you want to shorten hotgtnj showers, the feel good but with not great for our skin. apply moisturizer directly on to wet skin. you want to drink plenty of water, skip the alcohol if you can and apply a little hydrocortisone cream on to any dry spots and don't forget the sunscreen. we see some of the worst sun burns during that time. >> i'm literally doing everything wrong. okay. let's start here, these ar

we've already seen spiderman introduced in captain america civil war as here as dr. >> thor doesn't havesee what's going on. after thor ragnarok we'll see what happens with thor. do you think he'll -- didn't he become blind. >> they took his eye out. >> he was blind at the end of thor. >> he's got an eye patch. >> that opens up may fourth. >> guardian of the galaxy. interesting to see how they rope all these people into here. >> can you imagine. >> it will be great. i'm in. >> couch? >> too many going on. >> i haven't any of the other avengers i probably won't see this one. >> all right. >> i just look forward to the movie match up between you and kevin when that comes out. >> those films have made $12 billion. >> last but not least -- >> solo. star wars story. >> wow. >> yeah, i think everyone is little tapped out on star wars now. i would go see this. this is the hans solo spin off. i don't know if we video ron howard released a video here he is right here announcing title there's no trailer yet for this movie. hans solo. i can tell wisdom is not going. >> couch. >> i'm in. >> holly is

i love spiderman.tation of a super ho directly that i can look next door that's bring mowing the mail that's you know what i mean doing that i can actually relate to. i think these characters in a black lightning represent that. i think halloween i think forever halloween i've been batman and, upping, superman or what have you. and now we'll have an opportunity for kids of different ethnicities to gravitate toward things that look like them. that feel like them. that talk like them. >> absolutely. >> that fight crime in their neighborhood. >> right. >> okay. so that's a great thing. >> gotcha. real quick i know we're out of time as we put up the marquis right here. you're also in the hiphop gang. >> i'm in the hiphop gang. >> you've been around big names in the hiphop gang. snoop dog. >> yes, sir. >> exhibit. >> dr. drake. those aren't -- they aren't down here. you're up here. you're in the hiphop game as well. >> yes sir. >> tell me about your hiphop life. i started off at 18 putting out records indep

foremost we have a strong lineup in our motion picture releases and we have done exactly that with "spiderman we had "blade runner 2049," "baby driver." we supply and a lot of programming to non-sony networks and companies, and that is a core strength we have to we want to grow that business as well and ride the wave of the growth in the industry. : bloomberg also reported that you spoke to the murdochs about potentially buying those assets as well. why was that an option you wanted to explore? that wanted to make sure as these deals come into the forefront that we are able to be part of those discussions, ascertain if an acquisition makes sense for not and make sure we continue to be a major industry player in hollywood and it continue deals where could be appropriate as a strategy going forward. emily: has sony considered selling its film or tv studio? >> for now, the strategy is to shore up our motion picture business and make sure that with any deals we make in the future that we are in the driver seat, not a situation where we have to give up control of the assets we have grown over the