TAPPER: The "MONEY LEAD" and let's hope they shoot it in landscape mode. Apple is announcing it's now in the movie business. The company says it's partnered with the Oscar-Winning Studio A24 to produce feature-length films and a move that will no doubt aim to compete with other tech beasts such as Amazon or Netflix. Apple stock today finished in positive territory on the news after a rocky and costly past few weeks. The "POP-CULTURE LEAD" now, the death of a storyteller. Today we lost the Oscar-Winning screenwriter and best-selling author William Goldman. Goldman may have been best known for writing Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford which earned him the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh no, not yet, not to me and hardly get the rules straightened out.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Rules, in a knife fight, no rules.</s>TAPPER: You might not know William Goldman's name but he no doubt brought you joy and for another younger generation you might best know him for the Princess Bride.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Anybody wants a peanut?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He had a very good arm.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He didn't fall? Inconceivable.</s>TAPPER: Maybe most relevant to the current era Goldman adapted Woodward and Bernstein's All the President's Men for the big screen.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You tell me what you know and I'll confirm. I'll keep you in the right direction if I can but that's all. Just follow the money.</s>TAPPER: William Goldman, dead at 87 years old. May his memory be a blessing. Be sure to tune in this Sunday morning the State of the Union, my guess will be Arizona Senator Jeff Flake plus three incoming freshmen Dan Crenshaw, Chrissy Houlahan, and Deb Holland. It all starts at 9:00 a.m. and noon Eastern. Our coverage on CNN continues right now.
Oscar-Winning Screenwriter William Goldman Dies.