Steven Spielberg has agreed to direct an upcoming film about the 1971 leaking of what became known as "The Pentagon Papers," which exposed systematic lies about US involvement in the Vietnam War, Deadline Hollywood reports.

"The Post" centers around the roles of The Washington Post in publishing the papers, with Tom Hanks set to star as the Post's top editor, Ben Bradlee, alongside Meryl Streep as the paper's publisher, Kay Graham.

The full details of the film are still being negotiated, and there's no time yet known on when it might be released, according to Deadline.

The true story of the Pentagon Papers began with the 1967 creation of a secret task force to study US involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967 by then-Defense Secretary Robert McNamara. As the war escalated, an analyst who worked on the study named Daniel Ellsberg secretly photocopied the documents and subsequently leaked the report to the press.

The documents showed that President Lyndon Johnson had "systematically lied" to the American public and to Congress about involvement in Vietnam, and showed that the US military had expanded the war outside the borders of Vietnam into neighboring Laos and Cambodia.

From History:

Beginning on June 13, 1971, the Times published a series of daily articles based on the information contained in the Pentagon Papers. After the third article, the U.S. Department of Justice got a temporary restraining order against further publication of the material, arguing that it was detrimental to U.S. national security. The Times and the Washington Post joined forces to fight the court battle, and on June 30 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the government had failed to prove harm to national security, and that publication of the papers was justified under the First Amendment’s protection of freedom of the press.

The Times and the Post both continued to publish the documents after the court order. The full report was later declassified and published in full by the National Archives.

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Last week marked a new milestone for Spotify, as the music streaming service announced on Twitter that it had reached 50 million paid subscribers.

That’s good news for Spotify, given that it’s the fastest amount of time in which the Swedish company has added 10 million paying listeners. But it’s particularly encouraging when you consider how Apple has had it directly in its crosshairs for the past two years.

As this chart from Statista shows, despite Apple fast-tracking Apple Music to every iPhone owner, Spotify has managed to grow right alongside its chief rival every step of the way. As of last December, Apple Music has 20 million paid users— though it wouldn’t be surprising to see Apple flaunt another milestone sometime soon.

While Spotify seems to be doing a good job of corralling the many music streaming converts, it’s worth noting that the streaming service still isn’t profitable. The company could turn that around in the near-future, but it won’t be a problem for Apple anytime soon.

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Nintendo's new console is barely three days old, but it's already off to a strong start in terms of sales: It's broken Nintendo's previous record for its fastest-selling console.

That's an impressive launch, even if you take Nintendo's selective sales metric with the grain of salt it deserves.

The hybrid game system, that acts as a home game console and a portable game console, sold even better in North America in its first two days than the Nintendo Wii — the highest-selling home game console Nintendo's ever made, with more than 100 million units sold over its lifetime.

That's according to Nintendo America president Reggie Fils-Aime, as reported by The New York Times' Nick Wingfield on Twitter:

Wingfield is quoting from an interview he conducted with Fils-Aime, which has yet to be published.  

There's no actual numbers provided, so it's tough to make a direct comparison to the Wii.

And there's clearly some metrics cherry picking at play here, since Nintendo didn't publicly measure the Wii's success based on the first two days of sales when it launched back in 2006. All we know is that the Wii sold 600,000 units during its first eight days eight days on the market.

So is the proper yardstick for measuring the fastest console sales record a two period? an eight day period? or some other arbitrary period of time? Since Nintendo isn't releasing numbers (not yet at least), the company has a lot of discretion in what it declares to be a sales "record."

Still as the tweet points out, the Switch sales look good from another perspective: The new console launched on March 3, 2017. The Nintendo Wii, by contrast, launched on November 19, 2006 — prime time for holiday shopping. The Wii was an instant sales hit because it was the hottest present of the holiday season in 2006. 

To Nintendo's credit, that feat is far harder to pull off when a game console launches in March, miles away from the nearest gift-giving holiday. All of which is to say this: It's a very good sign that the Switch is selling this well at launch.

More important, however, is continuing that momentum. The Nintendo Wii became Nintendo's best-selling home game console because demand continued long after its initial sales season — the Switch has that hurdle to clear next.

In addition to strong sales of the console itself, Wingfield reports that "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" is also breaking records, for fastest-selling launch title:

That makes a lot of sense — many of the folks buying a Switch this past weekend no doubt purchased it with the intent of playing "Breath of the Wild." Not only is it a fantastic game, but it's one that directly appeals to Nintendo's loyalest fans.

Whether the Switch can sustain the momentum throughout 2017 is another question. There are notable games on the horizon, with "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe" leading the charge in late April, but the Switch's big new Super Mario game doesn't arrive until "holiday 2017."

If nothing else, we know one thing: The Switch is off to a far better start than the Nintendo Wii U, the disastrous successor to the Wii console, and that's a good thing no matter which way you cut it.

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Chance the Rapper has made his dedication to his native Chicago and the city's youth clear, and now he's putting serious money behind it.

The musician, who recently made history with his wins at the Grammys for his streaming-only album "Coloring Book," announced on Monday he will be donating $1 million to Chicago Public Schools, which is facing a budget crisis, The Chicago Tribune reports.

Chance is calling the donation a "call to action" for business and philanthropic leaders.

CPS needs $215 million to help balance this year's budget, and Illinois Republican Governor Bruce Rauner has been deadlocked with Democratic officials over how to help the school district. The governor presented two options for getting the money to CPS on Monday, both of which were rejected by Chicago and CPS.

Governor Rauner previously vetoed legislation in December that would have sent the school district $215 million.

Meanwhile, the budget hole could cause an early end to the school year for some 400,000 students.

Chance the Rapper met with Governor Rauner on Friday to discuss CPS funding and called their talk "unsuccessful."

"Governor Rauner still won't commit to give Chicago's kids a chance without caveats or ultimatums," Chance said in his announcement at Westcott Elementary School on the city's South Side, according to The Chicago Tribune. "Governor Rauner, do your job."

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On Monday, "Saturday Night Live" cast member Pete Davidson took to his Instagram to reveal that he has been battling drug addiction and is now sober.

"I know I've kinda been missing, on social media and on the show," Davidson wrote in his post. "I quit drugs and am happy and sober for the first time in 8 years."

Davidson, 23, gives credit to his girlfriend, Cazzie David (daughter of Larry David), for getting him on the straight and narrow. He posted pictures of the two together on Instagram a few hours after his post on his sobriety.

In an interview with High Times last year, Davidson revealed that he has Crohn's disease and taking medical marijuana is the only thing that makes him able to perform on "SNL."

“I found that the medicines that the doctors were prescribing me and seeing all these doctors and trying new things … weed would be the only thing that would help me eat,” he said.

Read Davidson's complete Instagram post below:

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ESPN is set for significant cost-cutting over the four months, Sports Illustrated reports.

Cuts will be made from among on-air talent, and the company is said to be looking to trim tens of millions of dollars worth of staff salaries from its payroll. This would represent the second round of significant layoffs at ESPN over the past two years, after the company laid off roughly 300 employees in October 2015.

The news signals that the economics around live sports broadcasting is becoming unsustainable. Sports rights fees continue to climb despite slowdowns in viewership and pay-TV subscriptions, which points to a faltering business model for broadcasters who once relied on live sports to draw in TV audiences. At ESPN, in particular, the pending layoffs are driven by a confluence of two factors:

• Skyrocketing costs of broadcasting live sports. ESPN pays over $3.3 billion each year to broadcast the NFL and NBA. Altogether, ESPN is projected to pay $7.3 million in rights fees this year — more than any company in the USA — according to SNL Kagan cited in Outkick The Coverage. But as costs rise revenue isn’t coming in to match.
• ESPN’s declining subscription and viewership. The sports network had over 88 million subscribers in December 2016, down from over 100 million in February 2011, which translates to nearly a billion dollars in losses annually, according to Deadspin. In October, ESPN lost 621,000 million subscribers in its biggest one-month decline ever, according to Nielsen.  

Over the last few years, there’s been much talk about the “death of TV.” However, television is not dying so much as it's evolving: extending beyond the traditional television screen and broadening to include programming from new sources accessed in new ways.

It's strikingly evident that more consumers are shifting their media time away from live TV, while opting for services that allow them to watch what they want, when they want. Indeed, we are seeing a migration toward original digital video such as YouTube Originals, SVOD services such as Netflix, and live streaming on social platforms.

However, not all is lost for legacy media companies. Amid this rapidly shifting TV landscape, traditional media companies are making moves across a number of different fronts — trying out new distribution channels, creating new types of programming aimed at a mobile-first audience, and partnering with innovate digital media companies. In addition, cable providers have begun offering alternatives for consumers who may no longer be willing to pay for a full TV package.

Dylan Mortensen, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, has compiled a detailed report on the future of TV that looks at how TV viewer, subscriber, and advertising trends are shifting, and where and what audiences are watching as they turn away from traditional TV. 

Here are some key points from the report:

• Increased competition from digital services like Netflix and Hulu as well as new hardware to access content are shifting consumers' attention away from live TV programming.
• Across the board, the numbers for live TV are bad. US adults are watching traditional TV on average 18 minutes fewer per day versus two years ago, a drop of 6%. In keeping with this, cable subscriptions are down, and TV ad revenue is stagnant.
• People are consuming more media content than ever before, but how they're doing so is changing. Half of US TV households now subscribe to SVOD services, like Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu, and viewing of original digital video content is on the rise.
• Legacy TV companies are recognizing these shifts and beginning to pivot their business models to keep pace with the changes. They are launching branded apps and sites to move their programming beyond the TV glass, distributing on social platforms to reach massive, young audiences, and forming partnerships with digital media brands to create new content.
• The TV ad industry is also taking a cue from digital. Programmatic TV ad buying represented just 4% (or $2.5 billion) of US TV ad budgets in 2015 but is expected to grow to 17% ($10 billion) by 2019. Meanwhile, networks are also developing branded TV content, similar to publishers' push into sponsored content.

In full, the report: 

• Outlines the shift in consumer viewing habits, specifically the younger generation.
• Explores the rise of subscription streaming services and the importance of original digital video content.
• Breaks down ways in which legacy media companies are shifting their content and advertising strategies.
• And Discusses new technology that will more effectively measure audiences across screens and platforms. 

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Fans of Alec Baldwin's "Saturday Night Live" impersonation of President Donald Trump should probably savor it now, because the actor is planning on retiring the act soon.

In a new interview with "Extra," Baldwin explained that the volatility of Trump's administration is a reason for that decision.

“Trump just overwhelmingly lacks any kind of sportsmanship," Baldwin said. "He remains bitter and angry, and you want to look at him and go, 'You won!' His policies aside, which you can hate, I thought he would have just relaxed and said, 'Hey man.'

"There's a style that the president has to have," Baldwin continued. "The maliciousness of this White House has people worried... That's why I’m not going to do it much longer, the impersonation. I don’t know how much more people can take it."

Baldwin's suggestion the he wouldn't impersonate Trump much longer comes on the heels of his recent Twitter squabble with another Trump impersonator over comments he made during an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Baldwin mentioned there were other impersonators lobbying to play Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, saying, "F--- them!"

After all that drama, Baldwin said that it doesn't look like he'll be filling in for Trump at the event after all.

“I don’t think that’s going to happen," Baldwin told "Extra" host Mario Lopez. "I don’t think that they want that, for their prestige and their integrity, I think a lot of people are thinking that if Trump himself doesn’t come and face the music, as it were. I don’t know what kind of program they're going to have. If they wanted me to do it, I would probably do it. But I’m not quite sure they do. I think they may have a whole other idea.”

Watch the interview below:

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On Monday's "Late Show," host Stephen Colbert started talking about President Donald Trump's accusations that Obama wire-tapped phones in Trump Tower.

"The president's weekend tweetstorm felt like whiplash," he said. 

Colbert speculates that Trump's accusations are just "to distract from recent bad press. He does it all the time. He's like a magician misdirecting your attention with sleight of hand, and as we all know Trump has the slightest of hands."

Colbert then asked, "But what is the president trying to distract us from this time?"

That's when hte host brought out his "Figure-It-Out-a-Tron," which is actually just a chalkboard that he used in an attempt to illustate Trump's relationship with Russian President Valdimir Putin.

On the chalkboard was the name Trump and at the top Putin. On the right, there was a list of people and things that could connect them, including: Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, Jeff Sessions, FBI, CIA, NSA, Wikileaks, and "administration leaks."

Colbert wrote the letter "P" next to anything on the list that could connect Trump and Putin. "There's just so much P, which again, stands for Putin," he said in the mocking bit.

You can watch the segement below:

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The new hybrid video-game console from Nintendo is out now, and it's off to a strong start: The Switch is already Nintendo's fastest-selling game console.

Like so many things lately, its success comes as a surprise to experts in the field — the $299 console isn't very competitive on paper, and it wasn't a guaranteed success in concept.

• It's underpowered compared with the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, both of which cost the same (or less, depending on the model).
• It has a paltry game library compared with the competition.
• Because of its lack of horsepower, major games released on multiple platforms (think: "Assassin's Creed," "Call of Duty," "Grand Theft Auto," etc.) won't ever come to the Switch.

But actually using the Switch is a surprising delight. I've had the Switch for three weeks, and it has quickly become a part of my daily life. This is why.

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1. The Nintendo Switch is remarkably fast, which is more important than you'd think.

Sleep Mode turns the Switch into a game console that's quickly accessible.

A major reason people are inclined to play games on their phones is ease of use. A phone is already in your pocket, and you're likely to get into and out of a game quickly. The Switch takes this concept to heart with Sleep Mode, which enables the console to operate like, say, a laptop or a tablet.

Rather than turning the console all the way off, you can simply enter Sleep Mode: a low-power mode that enables the console to be quickly accessed once again, comparable to reopening a laptop screen. No restarting the game — you're back exactly where you left off.

In this respect, the Switch feels delightfully modern. Though comparable functions exist on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, the Switch pulls it off much faster.

Even if you do have to shut down a game or the console itself, it restarts tremendously quickly.

I've been taking a ton of screenshots on the Switch, mostly for work, and getting them off the Switch requires removing the microSD card I have inserted. And every time I remove the microSD card, I have to power the Switch all the way down. Bummer!

Thankfully, restarting the Switch — even from a cold boot, as it's known — is remarkably quick. I just tested: It takes roughly 10 seconds from all the way off to the main menu. I'd bet any amount of money that it's faster than the Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

Last month, PewDiePie, the world's most successful YouTube star, lost deals with Disney and YouTube after The Wall Street Journal reported on anti-Semitic jokes in his videos.

But PewDiePie, who has over 54 million YouTube subscribers and made about $15 million in 2016, didn't go silent. Instead, after apologizing for a joke he said went too far, PewDiePie gave the middle finger to The Journal in an explosive video.

Since then, PewDiePie's subscriber count has increased, many YouTube stars have rallied around him, and he has said he's excited about the new opportunities he'll have as an independent creator.

This situation illustrates the complicated relationships among YouTube stars, their fans, and established media brands like Disney. Since 2005, YouTube has become the de facto launchpad for the next generation of celebrities. These stars rack up millions of subscribers and have a direct relationship with fans.

From comedians to gamers to beauty vloggers, YouTubers have generally built their followings outside of the control of media giants, even if they are signing big deals with those companies. And there is power and independence in having that huge fan base.

To get a closer look into which stars rule YouTube, we looked at the SocialBlade rankings to see who had the most subscribers. We focused on independent YouTube stars, disregarding YouTube channels like mainstream music artists.

Here is the new generation of superstars.

Nina Godlewski, Harrison Jacobs, and Maya Kosoff contributed to an earlier version of this post.

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No. 18: Epic Rap Battles (ERB) — 14.2 million subscribers

Subscribers: 14.2 million

Epic Rap Battles of History is one of the most successful YouTube series of all time. What started as a live improv skit by two friends has become an online sensation. The premise is simple: Founders Peter Shukoff (NicePeter) and Lloyd Ahlquist (EpicLloyd) pick two figures from history or pop culture and imagine what it would be like if they faced off in a rap battle. The videos are highly entertaining, with characters as varied as Darth Vader, Adolf Hitler, Abraham Lincoln, and Chuck Norris verbally battling one another in full costume.

No. 17: DanTDM — 14.4 million subscribers

Subscribers: 14.4 million

Twenty-five-year-old Daniel Middleton, otherwise known as TheDiamondMinecart, is a popular Minecraft YouTuber, posting daily reviews and gameplay videos. He is married to another popular Minecraft YouTuber, JemPlaysMC.

No. 16: Jacksepticeye — 14.8 million subscribers

Subscribers: 14.8 million

Seán William McLoughlin is a 27-year-old Irish game-based YouTube star who initially came to fame when PewDiePie mentioned him in a video in 2013. McLoughlin calls himself the "most consistently energetic videogame commentator on YouTube" and has bright green hair.

One of the great things about Netflix is that it has brought thoughtful, compelling documentaries to a much wider audience, which filmmakers could only dream of a decade ago.

And with binge-worthy titles from "Amanda Knox" to "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster" being just a click away, you can get a lot of great nonfiction viewing any night of the week. You'll learn a lot more about the world, but don't worry — you'll also be entertained.

Here are 33 documentaries we think you should stream right away on Netflix:

Note: Numerous Netflix titles drop off the streaming service monthly so the availability of titles below may change.

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1. "13th"

Director Ava DuVernay looks at the history of the US prison system and shows how it relates to the nation's history of racial inequality.

2. "Amanda Knox"

The murder trial of American exchange student Amanda Knox (now free) in Italy captivated the world in the early 2000s. Now this Netflix original looks back at the case and gets the perspective of Knox and others closely involved.

3. "The Battered Bastards of Baseball"

This fascinating look at one of the more colorful stories in baseball lore, directors Chapman and Maclain Way look at the Portland Mavericks, an independent baseball team owned by movie star Bing Russell (Kurt Russell's father) who threw out all the conventions of the national pastime to build a regional sensation in the late 1970s.  

CBS All Access has found the captain for its upcoming "Star Trek: Discovery" television series, the first "Star Trek" TV series in 11 years, the streaming service announced on Tuesday.

"Harry Potter" star Jason Isaacs has been cast to play Captain Lorca of the Starship Discovery.

Fans of the "Harry Potter" film franchise will recognize Isaacs as the conniving Voldemort devotee Lucius Malfoy. Isaacs most recently starred on Netflix's "The OA."

Previously, he starred on the USA Network series "Dig" and NBC's short-lived drama "Awake."

Additionally, Mary Wiseman has been cast in the role of Tilly, a Starfleet Academy Cadet in her final year of study, who gets assigned to the Starship Discovery. Wiseman appears on the FX comedy "Baskets."

The pair join previously announced "Star Trek: Discovery" cast members, including Sonequa Martin-Green, Anthony Rapp, Doug Jones, Michelle Yeoh, Chris Obi, Shazad Latif, and Mary Chieffo.

Alex Kurtzman ("Star Trek" film franchise, "Transformers") and Bryan Fuller ("Hannibal") are executive producing the series.

"Star Trek: Discovery" was originally planned to debut in January 2017, and was then pushed to May 2017. But in late January, CBS announced that production would be delayed once again and didn't give a new debut date.

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It may be hard to believe given the chaotic shooting and martial-arts work seen in "John Wick: Chapter 2," but Common says he actually did a lot of his own stunts for his insane action sequences with Keanu Reeves in the movie.

(If you haven't had the chance to see it yet, stop what you're doing and go see it right now and then continue reading. There are minor spoilers ahead.)

"That was 90% me," Common told Business Insider of the stunts in a recent interview, particularly his brutal (and amusing) fight with Reeves' John Wick in Italy, in which they repeatedly stumble down stairs and crash through a hotel window. "Maybe even more. We had to do our own stunts — the world is built on that. The director, Chad Stahelski, comes from the stunt world.

"And I told them I wanted to do them," the Grammy- and Oscar-winning musician added. "Training was incredible — I did it for months."

Common is also grateful that his character's fate was left open-ended, given the inevitable sequel.

"I'm glad they didn't close it," he said. "Hopefully they ask me to come back. But it's totally up to the writers. I would love to come back, it would be an honor. I had friends calling me, telling me how good the movie was. And when my friends call me, I know it's good."

So don't worry: Common knows how much you love the John Wick universe, and he wants to be back in it as much as you want him back.

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Nintendo's new video game console, the Switch, is barely a week old— the console launched last Friday, March 3.

It's off to a strong start in terms of sales, besting even Nintendo's Wii for the title of "fastest-selling" in Nintendo's history. But this is a brand-new piece of consumer tech that's just gone into wide release — it's bound to have some problems.

Even though most owners aren't experiencing any issues — we've had no problems with the review console provided by Nintendo, nor any of the launch systems our staff purchased — there are bound to be some bad eggs in the batch. That's how hardware launches go, unfortunately. 

Such is the case with the Nintendo Switch as well.

As highlighted in a YouTube supercut that's making the rounds, there are a variety of issues that early adopters are running into:

• The Switch's Joy-Con hand controllers — particularly the left one — sometimes have connection issues.
• Some owners have dead pixels on their Switch screens (which is relatively common in LCD screens, unfortunately).
• And some folks are experiencing much more serious issues, like those seen above: broken displays, hard freezes, and outright crashes.

Nintendo hasn't made any statements about the issues in the video just yet, and it's not clear how widespread these issues are. The connectivity issues with the left Joy-Con seem to apply far more widely than other issues; Nintendo issued a statement on its support page specifically addressing the problem:

"Try to decrease the distance between the Joy-Con and the Nintendo Switch console. Ensure that the Nintendo Switch console is placed to minimize interference with the Joy-Con. It is best if the Nintendo Switch console is placed out in the open and that it is not:

• Behind a TV
• Near an aquarium
• Placed in or under a metal object
• Pressed against a large amount of wires and cords
• Within three to four feet of another wireless device, such as a wireless speaker or a wireless access point.

Check for possible sources of interference and turn them off. Interference can be caused by devices, such as:

• Laptops, tablets, etc.
• Wireless headsets
• Wireless printers
• Microwaves
• Wireless speakers
• Cordless phones
• USB 3.0-compatible devices such as hard drives, thumb drives, LAN adapters, etc.

In most cases it will be enough to move these devices three to four feet away from the Nintendo Switch console and/or Joy-Con controllers. However, if you continue to experience this issue, please power these devices off while using the Nintendo Switch console."

Of course, if you're experiencing any major issues with the Switch, we'd suggest starting with Nintendo's main customer support page right here. 

Check out the full supercut video right here — and maybe take it with a grain of salt until we learn more:

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"The Americans," which premieres its fifth season Tuesday night on FX, follows KGB spies living as a married American couple with kids in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., during the early 1980s. The show stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as Elizabeth and Philip Jennings. 

Despite relatively low ratings, the FX drama — which premiered in 2013 — is universally loved by critics and remains on the air. In 2016, the show was nominated for four Emmys including best drama, best actor in a drama, and best actress in a drama. It's an underrated gem.

Last year, FX renewed the show for a fifth and sixth season, with the sixth being its last. (You can watch the first four seasons on Amazon Prime.)

Here are all the reasons you need to watch "The Americans," according to critics:

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It's based on a real-life Russian spy program.

In 2010, the FBI busted a Russian espionage ring, which resulted in the US kicking out 10 Russian spies who were living in the country under false identities. One couple had two sons who were unaware of their parents' true identities — they thought they were Canadian.  

One of the showrunners is a former CIA agent.

Showrunner and cocreator Joe Weisberg is a former CIA agent, having worked for the agency in the early '90s. Because of this, the CIA has to approve all of the scripts to ensure that the show doesn't reveal any classified information.

It follows a historical period that isn't often covered in movies and TV.

The front lines of the Cold War and the early '80s in particular are not saturated in film and television. It was a time rich in music, but not fashion.

"It's a subtle, complex portrait of a relationship etched into an engaging espionage thriller set in 1981." —The New York Times

Netflix famously uses data about our viewing habits to decide which TV shows and movies to license (and to make itself).

But many people don't realize that there's a direct way to tell Netflix what you want to see on the platform. Netflix has a "Request TV shows or movies" page that lets you submit titles it doesn't have.

"Have a TV show or movie you'd like to see on Netflix?" the page asks. "Tell us about it below! This form is the one and only place to submit content requests."

It doesn't, however, pay to keep requesting the same title. "We keep track of all requests from our members, so there's no need to request a title more than once," the page says.

Of course, Netflix's algorithms might already know from your browsing data that you wish Netflix had a particular movie, or show, but there's no harm in giving it a strong data point to really drive it home. And if enough people request a particular title, it could just pop up one day.

Put in your requests here.

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MTV's new show, "Stranded with a Million Dollars," serves up a twist on the reality survival show.

On the new series, which airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m., 10 millennials from diverse backgrounds accept the challenge of living on the island of Taveuni, Fiji. But they're also given a total of $1 million to spend on a variety of food, tools, and luxuries at outrageous prices. In the end, those who are able to last for 40 days will get to divide whatever's left of the million-dollar bounty.

With its million-dollar twist and the tough living conditions, viewers get an ample look at the cast members' attitudes toward money.

"I was guilty of the preconceived notion that millennials are lazy and don't understand the value of money," "Stranded" creator Kevin Lee recently told Business Insider. "And what happened during the 40 days that we were filming in the woods is that I learned that was wrong. That notion was wrong."

Reactions to the harsh environment and the financial windfall are captured by the show's use of flying drones and automatic cameras.

"On any given day, there's approximately 30 cameras in play that don't have humans holding them," Lee said. "That made all the difference in the world... I think they headed toward more extreme behavior because they didn't feel that they were being judged by the human holding the camera. When there's just a robot camera, they don't care what the robot thinks."

Here's what the creator of MTV's "Stranded with a Million Dollars" learned about millennial spending habits while shooting the show:

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1. The biggest strategic mistake: Contenders failed to invest their money early on, so that it could help them win later.

"I think one of the big strategic mistakes that was made on the show, at least early in the show, were the cast members who didn't understand the idea that you have to spend some money now in order to win or gain more money later on," Lee said.

"They mistakenly made the calculation that they should be frugal and not spend one penny ever," he continued. "They have to be willing to invest a small amount in their survival in order to win at the end, and they didn't realize that... And guess what? They never made it."

2. The best course correction: Some cast members did come around to realizing an early strategic purchase would really pay off.

"If you're going to spend $30,000 on a pot, you may as well do it on day one as opposed to spending $30,000 halfway through, after you've been drinking dirty water for 20 days and you're sick," Lee said. "Some cast members were smart, like, 'Hey, you know what, we're gonna get ripped off whether we buy it on day one or day 20. Let's just buy it on day one. Obviously, they didn't, but eventually they got around to that — they understood that strategic level. That was a real smart play on their part. Took them a few days, but eventually they figured that out."

3. The most "unexpected" social insight: Bonds over views around money overcame personality and cultural differences.

Lee said the cast splintered into groups that shared similar strategic plans around the money and crossed geographical or cultural divides, something the show creator called "unexpected."

"Basically, you see this cast member named Cody," he said. "He comes from a pretty conservative background and his family is very entrepreneurial. They're very willing to delay gratification for the long-term good. He ended up bonding with a girl named Makani, who couldn't have come from a more different background. She's a free spirit, alternative girl who traveled the world and is a bit of a hippie. So the conservative and the hippie girl ended up bonding over their mutual decision to not spend money and to delay gratification. And that was a huge surprise.

"In the real world they would never get along," he continued. "They would never even know each other in the real world, because they come from such different tribes. But because they both shared this notion that money's valuable and we gotta preserve it, and not spend, they bonded."

Nintendo's new video game system, the Switch, isn't able to browse the internet, stream music, movies, or play any media that isn't a video game.

It's a game console, first and foremost, despite its resemblance to tablets like the iPad that are so often used for media consumption. 

Early adopters of the console have noticed this limitation — the top Reddit thread in the Nintendo Switch Reddit forum (subreddit) urges owners to contact Netflix directly in an attempt to get the service running on the Switch.

But it's unclear if Netflix is responsible for the service's absence on the Switch.

A Netflix representative told Business Insider, "We don't have anything to share on this."

A Hulu rep was more direct: "I think your questions are best directed at them [Nintendo]." 

While Nintendo didn't respond to our request for comment on March 7, Nintendo of America senior public relations manager Kit Ellis told me on January 13 at a New York City Nintendo Switch event that the Switch "is a gaming device first," when asked about services like Netflix and Hulu. 

Notably, these services are standard at this point on game consoles — even on Nintendo's own game consoles — to say nothing of smartphones and tablets. The Nintendo Wii and Wii U both featured Netflix and Hulu, in addition to several other streaming services. Consoles from Microsoft and Sony feature Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and other services as standard, in addition to their own paid stores. 

The Switch has no paid video store, and no non-game services. That is by design. Here's the full quote from Ellis, from January 13:

"At launch we are really trying to be clear that this is a gaming device first, so you're actually not gonna see a lot of that at launch. It doesn't mean that it's not going to come later on, but it likely won't be there at launch."

Though it's possible that the services will come at some point, it's not clear when — or if— they are ever coming. In the meantime, maybe don't barrage Netflix with endless emails and phone calls asking for it. 

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If you want to work for YouTube, you better have some advice for improvements to its products ready to fire off in your interview.

At a New York Times talk on Tuesday, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki shared her favorite interview question. She said she usually asks about a specific product YouTube has released, or a neutral product — something she knows they use — and then asks the interviewee, "How do you make it better?"

For a product manager especially, you always have to be thinking of the next generation, Wojcicki said. If you can't think of a single thing to make a product better that you use a lot, you are in trouble. And you're probably not going to get the job.

Wojcicki said another question she has asked in the past is, “How do you manage your email?” She said it gave her insight into people's organizational skill sets, into how they schedule their days, and even some tips.

"I found that incredibly interesting, the variety in ways people manage their email," she said. And for the record, Wojcicki has all her email in one box, and never deletes email — ever. She likes to be able to search for an email someone might have sent her three years ago.

See the full talk here:

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