As tributes abound in the wake of Apple founder Steve Jobs’ death last week, Sony Pictures has made an offer to obtain the rights for the authorized biography of the icon. To be released soon by author Walter Isaaacson, the book will be used for an upcoming biopic about the tech legend.

Hollywood’s humanitarian power couple, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, has donated a generous $340,000 to the Humanitarian Initiative Just Relief Aid (HIJRA), a Somali aid group, to assist in expanding its health services to the displaced mothers and children in Somalia’s capital, which is devastated by war and suffering through an overwhelming drought and subsequent famine .

On Tuesday, Oct. 11, Miami Heat all-star LeBron James sent the media and sports fans into a frenzy when he inquired about the deadline for an NFL team to sign a free agent. A Twitter rally between James and Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll further fanned the flames of speculation that James may make the switch to football in the midst of the NBA lockout.

Rapper Jay-Z has formed himself to be an artist, entrepreneur, icon, and now, the subject of a three-credit college course at Georgetown University. Entitled “Sociology of Hip Hop: Jay-Z”, the course will examine Jay-Z’s body of work and engage the students in critical analysis of the hip hop legend.

Longtime Miami art gallery owner and art collector Gary Nader thinks that Miami is ready for an auction house. He hopes to bring the bidding wars to Miami when he opens his auction house during Art Basel Miami Beach in December after traveling the world’s auctions over the last several months.

In a final goodbye, revered New York Times food critic Sam Sifton offered his final advice to readers before his retirement by revealing his favorite restaurant in his final review – Thomas Keller’s Per Se.

Regardless of scandal, Arnold Schwarzenegger is still an icon – and is still as adored in his home country of Austria as ever. Schwarzenegger returned to his village of Thal on Friday, Oct. 7 to inaugurate a museum made in his childhood home, filled with mementos from his various stages in life and compiled by a friend of the actor’s from elementary school.

Real estate billionaire and philanthropist Leonard Stern and his wife, Allison, recently made a $300,000 donation to Milk from the Heart, an organization that provides 1% milk to New York families in need.

Nike is taking a dive into the “geek chic” trend with their latest pair of Google-inspired shoes. Google community manager for Android and mobile Evan Steinberg used his Google+ page to unveil the new shoes he designed, named the Google x Nike Dunk Low “Shoegler” edition.