James Cameron and "Titanic" (1997). In June 2010, Cameron met in Washington with the EPA to discuss possible solutions to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (BP) oil spill. Later that week at the All Things Digital Conference, he attracted some notoriety when he stated, "Over the last few weeks I've watched ... and been thinking, 'Those morons don't know what they're doing'." Reportedly, Cameron had offered BP help to plug the oil well, but it declined. The oil spill was eventually stopped using techniques similar to those Cameron recommended. On March 7, 2012, Cameron took the "Deepsea Challenger" submersible to the bottom of
Blockbuster LLC a new system would be introduced where customers could return their movies to a Blockbuster store. Before the deal could be realized, investor Carl Icahn interfered. Icahn refused to let the company lose more money through Total Access. Antioco was pushed out and replaced with James Keyes, who rejected Hasting's proposal, raised the price on online DVD rentals and put an end to the free movie deal. As a consequence, Blockbuster Online's previously massive growth quickly stopped. In July Antioco left the company, reportedly due to continued controversy over his compensation. He left with a $24.7 million severance package. On