'Inherent Vice' femme fatale Katherine Waterston lands Steve Jobs biopic

After the New York Film Festival screening of "Inherent Vice," there were a number of cranky complaints that the movie didn’t make any sense. It’s true, the intricacies of Paul Thomas Anderon’s hazy, stoned crime caper isn’t easy to digest, especially if they’re soaked up only once. But even the most livid Nyff attendee had to agree that relative newcomer Katherine Waterston, wooing and mellowing out  Joaquin Phoenix’s wily Larry "Doc" Sportello, was a discovery. The people wanted more (and, for a certain contingent, more of her in something they could understand). Well, get ready, NYFFers, Waterston’s just made the leap to the mainstream: She’ll star opposite Michael Fassbender in the developing Steve Jobs biopic. After courting Natalie Portman for the role, Variety reports that producers landed on Waterston for the role of Steve Jobs’ wife, Laurene Powell Jobs. She joins Fassbender and Seth