Jeff Bezos Steps Down as Amazon CEO

Netflix has shared a first look at its Ryan Reynolds-starring sci-fi adventure film, The Adam Project – check it out below.Reynolds stars as a man travelling back in time to seek help from his 13-year-old self (played by newcomer Walker Scobell), and together the pair go out in search of their late father.Mark Ruffalo also appears in the cast of The Adam Project opposite Zoe Saldana, Jennifer Garner and Catherine Keener.Ruffalo will be playing Reynolds’ character’s father, who is a physicist, while Keener will play the film’s villain who steals technology from Ruffalo’s character.The Adam Project is set to be directed by Shawn Levy, who worked with Reynolds on Free Guy, which NME called “a riotous video game romp” in a four-star review.The Netflix film is also set to be produced via Skydance Media, who also released The Old Guard on Netflix in 2021.Check out the preview clip below:In a recent interview, Reynolds likened The Adam Project to classic sci-fi movies E.T. and Back To The Future.He told Variety: “It felt like one of those big wish fulfilment movies with huge stakes and high concept, but it was really about something very personal as well, which is sort of what I loved about movies in the ’80s – what I loved about E.T.

King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’ by the Smashing Pumpkins– watch it below.The cover is a part of the pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series which was launched in 2020.

A young woman finds herself facing a terrifying dilemma in “Happening.” The French film chronicles its main character, Anne, and the consequences surrounding her unplanned pregnancy. Faced with a lack of access to abortion services, the ’60s era student must confront dangerous options as well as a judgemental society intent on punishing her at every turn.

Adele fans could be in for an exciting summer after hopes the singer’s cancelled Las Vegas dates could be rescheduled for later this year.The 33 year old songstress had previously been due to perform a string of shows called Weekends With Adele at The Colosseum in Caesars Palace but, they were cancelled at the last minute as she felt it “just wasn't ready”. However, the star is rumoured to be finally taking to the Las Vegas hotel's stage during the summer for a run of dates between June and September, due to a gap in the current schedule at the venue.The iconic Caesars Palace is set to host Keith Urban until 18 June and Rod Stewart is due to take over on 23 September, leaving a potential gap in which Adele could reschedule her residency dates in.

Queen Elizabeth II has tested positive for COVID-19, Buckingham Palace has announced.

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is to step down as CEO of the world's biggest retail giant, three decades after launching the platform from his small-town garage in Seattle.

After generating attention primarily through TV series since its move into original content, Amazon Studios is enjoying some good news on the film front — care of Wednesday’s Golden Globe Awards nominations. Of the streamer’s 10 total nominations, seven come courtesy of feature ventures.

Amazon’s CEO, but the company will still stay committed to making more video games.This is according to an email from incoming CEO Andy Jassy, who has expressed his support for Amazon Game Studios despite its troubled history. For context, last year the developer released the online shooter Crucible, which flopped so badly that the studio unreleased the game and subsequently cancelled it.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeAmazon Studios head Jennifer Salke doesn’t expect Jeff Bezos to turn his attention to producing as he steps down as Amazon CEO — but she doesn’t rule it out either.Variety took the opportunity on Wednesday morning to ask Salke — calling in to chat about the Golden Globes 2021 nominations — about Bezos’ big news. Now that Bezos has a bit more free time, would the billionaire be up for, say, getting into the TV producing game?“I don’t think he’s going be developing shows for me,” Salke quipped, a day after Bezos blockbuster announcement that he would transition to executive chairman of Amazon’s board and hand the CEO title to Andy Jassy.

Amazon boss Jeff Bezos' decision to leave his CEO role later this year caught Wall Street by surprise on Feb. 2, but several analysts sharing their thoughts on the elevation of Andy Jassy to CEO expressed confidence in the promotion.

Amazon's chief executive some 27 years after founding the online marketplace. Before creating Amazon, Bezos, 57, had a stable job at a hedge fund.

Three decades after founding Amazon in his garage, Jeff Bezos is set to step down as chief executive.

APPOINTMENTSAmazon CEO Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO. He has an exciting new gig as, well, Executive Chair of Amazon.

Decades after founding Amazon.com in his garage in 1994, 57-year-old Jeff Bezos has made the decision to step down as the company’s Chief Executive Officer later this year, according to CNBC. The billionaire announced on February 2, 2021 that he will transition later this year to the role as executive officer of Amazon‘s board. Over the course of mere decades, Jeff has transformed the online retailer from an outlet selling books to a worldwide phenomenon, selling and shipping products across the globe. As Jeff prepares for this professional transition, learn more about the billionaire with the five facts below.

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Amazon says Jeff Bezos will resign as chief executive of the company he founded more than 25 years ago.

Jeff Bezos, who built Amazon from a modest online bookseller to one of a handful of the most valuable companies in the world, said he would step down from his role and transition to executive chair of the company.

In the summer of 2019, Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie Bezos completed their divorce.The soon to be ex-CEO of Amazon had been married to Mrs Bezos since 1993, long before Mr Bezos made his billions.However, in January, 2019, the pair released a statement telling the world of their impending divorce, forcing Mr Bezos to hand over up to $35bn.The joint statement said: “We want to make people aware of a development in our lives.“After a long period of loving exploration and trial separation, we have decided to divorce and continue our shared lives as friends.“We’ve had such a great life together as a married couple, and we also see wonderful futures ahead, as parents, friends, partners in ventures and projects, and as individuals pursuing

Jeff Bezos is stepping down.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAmazon announced that founder Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO in the third quarter of 2021, moving into a new role as executive chair.Andy Jassy, currently CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS), will become Amazon.com’s CEO at that time. The ecommerce giant made the announcement alongside blowout fourth-quarter 2020 earnings.Bezos didn’t directly address the executive transition plan in his prepared remarks.“Amazon is what it is because of invention,” Bezos said in a statement.

Mere hours after Cicely Tyson’s death, the multi-award winning actress’ just published memoir is the best-selling book in America.