In November 2017, the latest entry in the long-running "Call of Duty" franchise is planned to launch. But, unlike recent entries in the franchise, the latest "Call of Duty" is taking the series back to its roots.

That's right: Rather than the space-based warfare that's become common in recent years, the newest "Call of Duty" game is returning to World War II. 

So, what can you expect from this year's game? Here's everything we know about "Call of Duty: WWII" so far!

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In "Call of Duty: WWII," you'll play as Ronald “Red” Daniels, a United States Army private. Red is a member of the US 1st Infantry Division.

Red's tour of duty will put him at the forefront of World War II's most famous battles, including D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge.

Here's how Activision describes the game's story: "Joining Allied forces from the UK and the French Resistance, across the beaches of Normandy, to the liberation of Paris and ultimately into Germany, the squad must fight alongside a global and diverse cast of characters to achieve victory."

Only the game's campaign has been detailed so far, but fans should expect a robust online multiplayer component as well. Activision says the multiplayer mode — a fan-favorite of the series — is another return to the "roots" of the "Call of Duty" franchise.

Rather than taking a completely fictionalized approach to the multiplayer section of the latest "Call of Duty," it looks like this year's game will also focus on re-creating World War II-style combat.

Here's how Activision describes it:

"Players will face grounded, chaotic combat featuring an arsenal of classic weapons across many of World War II’s most iconic locations, bringing the harsh brutality of the war to life, while immersing the player in the intensity and emotion of the greatest conflict in history."

That seems to indicate a lack of air-based combat, and a return to standard "boots on the ground" multiplayer. To put a finer point on it, that means no running along walls, no double-jumping, and no superpowers — concepts that only just started popping up in the "Call of Duty" series in the past few years.

It's that time of year when the networks are each bringing down the ax on several of their series.

To make room for new shows, executives have been crunching the ratings numbers, reviewing pilots for new series, and making easy and difficult decisions about which shows have to go.

The easy cancellation decisions this year included Katherine Heigl's low-rated legal drama, "Doubt," by CBS. Then there was NBC and DC's critically panned and low-rated comedy experiment, "Powerless."

Among the tougher cuts this year was Fox's decision to cancel the low-rated but critically acclaimed "Pitch," the story of a young woman who breaks into Major League Baseball as a pitcher. In the same vein, Amazon canceled its show "Good Girls Revolt," about the women who paved the way for today's female journalists. HBO also couldn't hang on to "The Leftovers," which was beloved by critics and fans but couldn't pull in the necessary ratings.

And then you have the shows that had run their natural course, such as "Girls," "The Vampire Diaries," "Bloodline," and "Masters of Sex."

Here are all the broadcast shows that were canceled and a selection of canceled shows on the streaming and cable networks:

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"Bates Motel" (A&E)

"Black Sails" (Starz)

"Bloodline" (Netflix)

The new Nintendo Switch game, "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild," is incredible. It's also ridiculously tough.

When the monsters aren't trying — and succeeding, often! — to kill you, the elements remain persistent. "Breath of the Wild" is the kind of game where you could die from exposure. Thankfully, there's a simple way to aid in your continued survival: cooking!

More than just having your wits about you and taking a careful approach, you need to be a killer chef. And to be a killer chef, you need to know the best, most powerful recipes, and how to use the ingredients the game provides.

Just like the game's massive open world, there are near endless options for cooking in "Breath of the Wild." Some meals imbue Link with bonuses he'll need to survive. Trying to reach that shrine, but the region is too cold for Link to handle? Cook up spicy peppers to grant Link with "low-level cold resistance."

But that's just scratching the surface. There are countless dangers in Hyrule to overcome. So we're channeling our inner Julia Child: We've put together the 10 most important recipes for survival, whether you're trying to beat a tough boss or survive in a lightning storm.

SEE ALSO: 20 tips and tricks for conquering the fantastic and surprisingly challenging new 'Zelda' game

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Before you learn any useful recipes, you need to know how to cook: Find a fire with a cooking pot over it! These are all over the place, but you can find them most readily in towns or in moblin camps.

Of note: I found this cooking pot over a stack of wood, unlit. But don't despair if you find as much. By selecting a flint from your inventory, choosing to "hold" it, and then dropping it under the fire, you can restart the fire for cooking. After placing the flint, strike it with any metal weapon — like an ax or a sword — to start a fire.

After finding the cooking pot/fire, you can cook by opening the inventory and selecting Hold on up to five ingredients.

Then, exit the inventory screen and select Cook.

Though it's been around for over a decade, there's a healthy chance that you've never heard of "Roblox" — an online video game, immensely popular among pre-teens, available for smartphones, PCs, and game consoles.

And yet, Roblox is a huge economy unto itself.

Every in-game level, every item, and every character is designed and marketed by Roblox's own players, in a "free market" that nets its most popular developers a solid $50,000 per month, after the company takes its cut of each sale. Hit player-made Roblox games like "I Work In A Pizza Place" or "Roblox High School" are mini-phenomenons in their own right.

Back in 2015, Business Insider spoke to a 17 year old who had made $100,000 in two years from Roblox. Even younger kids are getting in on it, with a 13-year-old player recently using his Roblox creations to fund a family trip ... to the annual Roblox convention, naturally. There are currently 1.7 million developers building with Roblox, total.

In March 2017, Roblox made a big move to keep developers happily building on its platform: The Roblox Developer Exchange (DevEx) monthly payout maximum to developers went from $50,000 a month to $140,000 a month. That means that for anyone with the skills and hustle, Roblox is theoretically now a $1.68 million a year opportunity. 

Not long after, in April 2017, Roblox hired on Grace Francisco, a veteran of both Microsoft and Atlassian, to serve as its first-ever VP of Developer Relations, acting as liaison with existing developers and working to attract new ones. If Roblox can make its most dedicated players into millionaires, it's going to be her job to help get them there. 

"I don't really think this kind of tangible opportunity exists anywhere else," says Francisco. 

Curb your enthusiasm

Also back in March, Roblox announced that it had taken a $92 million venture capital investment. At the time, Roblox CEO David Baszucki told Business Insider that the master plan is to take the popular games that players are already making, and springboard them into full-fledged "Minecraft"-style cross-media brands that stand on their own.

Baszucki has been known to call Roblox the "American Idol" of video games, since anybody can be discovered and become a star.

Now, says Roblox VP of Marketing Tami Bhaumik, this is something of a time of transition for the game. The hiring of Francisco reflects a broader push for the 12-year-old game to mature and really form lasting relationships with the developers who literally make the game happen.

"Roblox is growing up, in all respects," Bhaumik says. "We need a much more focused way of reaching out." 

Francisco has some experience in this department. At Microsoft, she handled much of the company's outreach to open source projects WordPress and Drupal; at Atlassian, she headed developer relations for popular business software like Jira and HipChat. The big difference, she says, is that Roblox's "young and energetic" audience are super excited to be working with the game.

"That's actually really difficult to find in an adult group," says Francisco. 

Bringing them in 

That enthusiasm is actually something key to how Francisco is approaching the job. When she started talking to Roblox about the job, she says, she just thought, as many do, that it's similar to "Minecraft." But she says she was quickly impressed with how easy it is to make games with Roblox, and how powerful the Roblox Studio tools are.

Now, she says, she wants to communicate that to players of all ages and demographics. Francisco says that Roblox's huge appeal with young kids often sparks an early interest in programming — many players play the game for years before they ever write their first lines of code. It's Francisco's job to fan that spark into a flame.

"Now I'm dealing with young developers who haven't necessarily picked their career path yet," Francisco says.

Importantly, Francisco says, those young developers also haven't succumbed to societal pressure: Programming has a reputation as being a career for white men, but kids don't know that, says Francisco. That means Roblox can act as a gateway into programming for girls, kids of color, or any other kind of underrepresented group in the tech industry, teaching them that they're capable of programming before disillusionment or discouragement might set in.

"In that age group, they don't see the difference the way that we do," Francisco says. "It's nice because there's no barrier."

And taking a step back, Francisco says, it plays back into her broader ambitions for the platform. A more diverse group of Roblox players, making a more diverse set of games for Roblox, will draw even more kids into the Roblox fold. That means more programmers making more games for a wider audience — and a chance to get closer to that $1.68 million.

"That's a win-win for everyone involved," says Francisco.

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There has been a heated debate in the last few years over whether "cord-cutting" — people ditching their expensive cable TV packages — was a trend or an overblown media frenzy.

But in the past few quarters, the pay-TV industry has turned in results that make it hard to say "nothing" is going on.

“For the better part of fifteen years, pundits have predicted that cord-cutting was the future. Well, the future has arrived,” industry analyst Craig Moffett wrote in a recent report. The pay-TV industry lost about 762,000 subscribers this quarter, according to MoffettNathanson, which Recode's Peter Kafka called "a historically horrible number."

And it's not just a blip.

Here is a chart from MoffettNathanson (via Carl Quintanilla), that shows how the industry has fared since 2010:

While the subscribers losses have accelerated in the last few quarters, the trend hasn't been good for awhile. 

And the big decline this quarter could mean one bad thing for the pay-TV business: The new streaming TV bundles (vMVPDs), such as Sling TV and DirecTV Now, aren't going to immediately pull the industry back up. That doesn't mean they haven't had some effect. As the chart shows, the outlook without those packages would be a lot worse. Still, they don't seem to have enough juice to completely counter the trends.

"The cord cutting acceleration contrasts with the media bull case that [streaming TV packages] will stabilize or improve pay TV declines," UBS analysts led by Doug Mitchelson wrote in a recent report. They aren't a set of silver bullets.

The overarching question that still remains is whether these subscriber losses mean the traditional pay-TV model won't be as dominant in the digital era as it was before.

Streaming services like Netflix and HBO Now are betting that customers will pay an a-la-carte monthly fee and cut out ads, while Facebook and YouTube are prepping slates of TV-quality shows to be completely supported by their ad machines. It's not clear whether new models like these will prove effective— or whether the digital future will be ruled by the same old subscription-plus-ads one-two punch that has defined the pay-TV universe.

In the coming months, we'll see.

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The Marvel movie ends, and the credits start to roll. You see some people in your row start to gather their things and leave. Amateurs.

But not you. You stay in your seat, just like you have since you first saw "Iron Man" in 2008 and heard whispers of an extra scene after the credits. It seemed unlikely — why would anyone want to stay that long once the film is over? But you waited, and your patience was rewarded. Now you know not to leave the theater until every last name has scrolled past and employees are starting to sweep up popcorn. 

Now 15 movies deep, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is famous for its post-credits scenes. Some are used to tease new characters and plotlines, while others are there to give a wink to hardcore comics fans.

Viewers of Marvel's latest, "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2," are treated to not one, not three, but five mid- and post-credits scenes. They're worthy additions to Marvel's already extensive collection.

Here is the definitive ranking of Marvel's post-credits scenes:

Note: This list only mentions two of the five credits scenes from "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" so as to not give away any plot points. All other Marvel films are fair game.

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23. "Thor: The Dark World" — The kiss

Look, I'll be honest, I haven't seen "Thor: The Dark World." It's the only Marvel movie that I've missed, and at this point I haven't heard anything that makes me want to go back and watch it. 

That said, I'm confident that this is the worst post-credits scene that Marvel has put out. It doesn't tease a future plotline or character, and it's not remotely funny. I'm glad I didn't sit through the credits to watch this. 

Watch it here.

22. "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" — The twins

A generally underwhelming scene is buoyed somewhat by the appearance of two new characters: Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. 

Watch it here.

21. "Doctor Strange" — "Too many sorcerers"

Doctor Strange was a niche, unfamiliar property for many moviegoers. Perhaps a post-credits scene focusing on the creation of a niche, unfamiliar villain was not the best way to go. Unlike most Marvel post-credits scenes, this one did not leave me wanting to see what was going to happen next. 

Watch it here.

Amazon announced a new Echo speaker on Tuesday.

It's called the Echo Show, it costs $229.99, and the company says it will start shipping in June.

As with Amazon's other Echo speakers, users will be able to talk to a virtual assistant, Alexa, that can turn on music, read news, and connect with apps like Uber.

The biggest new improvement to the Echo Show from past models is that it comes with a 7-inch touchscreen that can make video calls.

The touchscreen can also play Amazon Video and YouTube videos and display song lyrics, the company said.

Here's how it works:

Amazon's Echo Show is a smart speaker with a 7-inch touchscreen. It comes in black and white.

The biggest new addition is that the Echo Show can make video and voice calls — but only to other Echo owners or to smartphones through the Alexa app. You can tell your speaker, "Alexa, call Dad."

Like this.

The office of House Speaker Paul Ryan wrote a disapproving email to Seth Meyers over how the late-night host characterized the American Health Care Act, the Republican bill to overhaul the US healthcare system. So Meyers decided to answer it on his show.

"Unlike Republicans and their healthcare bill, we actually read the whole email," Meyers said on Monday's "Late Night," a reference to the acknowledgement by several members of Congress that they hadn't read the AHCA in full.

"This is great, because we genuinely appreciate the engagement and would love to have Speaker Ryan on the show," he continued. "Suffice to say, we don't agree with the email and we thought it'd be helpful if we took a second to respond to some of their claims point by point."

The host then discussed a few of his comments that Ryan's office took issue with, including the assessment that the bill was rushed and represents a huge tax break for the wealthy and its allowance for states to waive protections for those with preexisting conditions.

"The bottom line is this," Meyers said. "Republicans rushed this bill through for ideological reasons, despite the fact that every analysis showed that it would cut taxes for the wealthy, raise premiums for the older, sicker people, and take millions off insurance. If they really wanted to solve our healthcare problems, they could start by looking for examples from other countries."

Meyers then showed a clip of President Donald Trump telling Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in a meeting last week, "You have better healthcare than we do."

Australia has universal single-payer healthcare, a version of which the US has in the form of Medicare, which Meyers said "insures everyone for a fraction of the cost."

Watch Seth Meyers respond to Paul Ryan's email below:

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Jimmy Kimmel on Monday laid out a simple test for the GOP healthcare bill.

After an emotional monologue last week in which Kimmel spoke about his newborn son's open heart surgery, Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana suggested the GOP healthcare bill pass the "Kimmel test" to make sure families can afford care for their children.

In an interview on Kimmel's show Monday night, the late-night host suggested to Cassidy what the "Kimmel test" should look like.

"Since I am Jimmy Kimmel, I would like to make a suggestion as to what the 'Jimmy Kimmel test' should be. I'll keep it simple," Kimmel said to Cassidy. "No family should be denied medical care, emergency or otherwise, because they can't afford it. Can that be the Jimmy Kimmel test? As simple as that?"

Cassidy agreed with the concept of the test.

"Hey man, you're on the right track and if that's as close as we can get, that works great in government," Cassidy said. "But what we've got to be able to do is pay for it and that's the challenge."

Cassidy, along with fellow Republican Sen. Susan Collins, introduced a separate healthcare bill that proposes to keep many of the Affordable Care Act's protections in place, including those for people with preexisting conditions and eliminations of lifetime caps on insurance plans.

Kimmel told Cassidy that the best way to pay for the plan is "don't give a huge tax cut to millionaires like me."

"Tell the American people to call their senator to endorse that concept," Cassidy said.

Cassidy also took issue with other parts of the House GOP version of a healthcare bill, the American Health Care Act. The senator pointed to a Congressional Budget Office analysis that showed premiums would increase in the first two years if the bill was passed.

Kimmel, for his part, pushed back at some of the criticism he received following his initial monologue.

"And I'd like to apologize for saying that children in America should have health care," Kimmel said. "It was insensitive – it was offensive – and I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me."

Watch the full monologue and interview with Cassidy below: 

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Business Insider is hiring an entertainment intern to join our growing team in summer 2017. We’re looking for someone who is obsessed with all things movies, box office, TV, music, awards shows, and more — from the latest headlines to the biggest industry developments.

We are looking for someone with knowledge of entertainment news who is also interested in the business side of the industry and what goes on behind the scenes. Ideal candidates are self-motivated and interested in smart analysis and original reporting on entertainment content.

As an intern at Business Insider, there's no getting coffee, filing, or making copies.

Our interns are an integral part of our team. Many of our current writers and editors started as interns.

BI Interns spend their time doing meaningful work: researching, writing, pitching, and producing features — even breaking news if the timing's right.

Interns are encouraged to work full-time (40 hours a week) if their schedule allows. The internship is paid and located in our NYC headquarters, and can run for up to 6 months.

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Since Donald Trump first started to run for president, many media companies have experienced a "Trump bump" of increased viewership, but "The Daily Show" host Trevor Noah thinks about a Trump bump in a different way.

"Trump is comedy cocaine," the comedian joked at Variety's Tech and Entertainment Summit in New York on Tuesday. "A bump now and then will get you to a nice place ... [but] you don't want to overdose."

The question of how much Trump to put in "The Daily Show," is one of balance, Noah said.

"This man can generate news every single day," he said. "Donald Trump is like a sun."

In ancient times, people probably looked up at the sun and said, there's no way it can just keep burning like that, Noah explained. But eventually they must have come to the conclusion it was going to burn for the rest of their lives. Noah feels the same way about Trump.

But you can't make every story just about the president, according to Noah. Continuing with the extended cocaine metaphor, Noah said to get the right Trump balance, what you have to do is "cut it" with something else by finding other issues in the country to tie to the president. It's the story of America, not of Donald Trump. 

Despite his numerous drug metaphors, Noah clarified that he wasn't advocating drug use.

"I watch a lot of 'Narocs,'" Noah said, laughing.

Noah also said that Trump's presidency has given him the opportunity to help his audience engage with topics such as global issues that aren't super exciting on the surface.

"He is everywhere," Noah said. "He affects everything."

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Celebrities including Jennifer Lopez, Sean "Diddy" Combs, and Naomi Campbell were among those who received warning letters from the FTC in April over sponsored Instagram posts, Women's Wear Daily reports.

The 90 letters — which were obtained by WWD's Alexandra Steigrad — were sent to 45 celebrities and the brands they were promoting. The warnings marked the first time the FTC had reached out directly to social media influencers.

The letters were intended to clarify the type of language used to state the post was sponsored (like #ad) and where in the caption it should say that. 

"Consumers viewing Instagram posts on mobile devices typically see only the first three lines of a longer post unless they click 'more,' which many may not do," the FTC said when the letters were initially sent in April. 

Here are some of the celebrities and brands that got into hot water. For the full list, head over to WWD. 

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Sean "Diddy" Combs and water brand AQUAhydrate

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Former Goldman Sachs banker turned film producer turned Treasury Secretary of the United States Steven Mnuchin wasn't in Hollywood for long, but he built a substantial resume filled with popular movies (and some not so popular ones) during his time as a producer.

In 2013, Mnuchin's production company, Dune Entertainment, partnered with Brett Ratner's company, RatPac Entertainment, to form RatPac-Dune Entertainment. Mnuchin was producing movies left and right until recently, when President Donald Trump appointed him Treasury Secretary and he was confirmed.

He even acted in one of the films he produced — as a banker. He also produced some films that are coming out very soon. 

Here are all the movies Treasury Secretary Mnuchin produced in his Hollywood career:

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"6 Below" (2017, postproduction) — executive producer

"The LEGO NINJAGO Movie" (2017, postproduction) — executive producer

"The Disaster Artist" (release date TBD, 2017) — executive producer

Walt Disney on Tuesday reported profits that topped expectations, but revenues that fell short of forecasts amid continued weakness at ESPN. 

The media giant said it earned $1.50 in adjusted earnings per share during its fiscal second quarter, and $13.3 billion in revenue. 

Analysts had forecast that Disney would report $1.41 in adjusted EPS and revenue totaling $13.45 billion, according to Bloomberg. 

ESPN was the focus of these earnings results in the wake of recent layoffs that affected dozens of on-air talent as the sports network continued to lose subscribers. According to the latest estimates, ESPN has lost 12 million subscribers in the last six years.

Operating income from Disney's cable networks fell 3% from a year earlier to $1.8 billion. "The decrease in operating income was due to a decrease at ESPN, partially offset by increases at the Disney Channels and Freeform," Disney said. The earnings statement added that operating income was impacted by the fact that only one college-football playoffs game was held during the fiscal second quarter, while four were in the current quarter.  

Revenues from Disney's parks and resorts increased by 9% to $4.3 billion, helped by Shanghai Disney Resort. 

Studio entertainment recorded a 21% increase in operating income to $656 million, lifted by "Beauty and the Beast."

Disney shares fell nearly 2% in extended trading after the earnings results crossed. 

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It's about that time when television networks decide which shows have to go and which get another round. The pilot shows are being reviewed, and announcements will trickle in over the next few weeks.

And while the people behind the shows are awaiting the networks' decisions, viewers are also feeling the tension. Will your favorite show head to the TV graveyard or get another year of life?

Exhale. That question has been answered for many of your favorite shows. Business Insider has compiled an exhaustive list of the shows that have already been renewed for another season and will air during the 2017-2018 TV seasons.

The following list includes all the scripted shows that the broadcast networks have ordered for another year and a selection of the most popular scripted offerings on the cable and streaming networks.

Here are your favorite shows getting another season:

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"13 Reasons Why" season two (Netflix)

"The 100" season five (The CW)

"A Series of Unfortunate Events" season two (Netflix)

Sometimes it doesn’t pay to market research your upcoming products to death, according to Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes.

Bewkes has overseen the development of a few new Netflix-style streaming services recently, such as cartoon-focused Boomerang and art-house film service FilmStruck. (Time Warner is also the parent company of HBO, Turner, and Warner Bros.)

When deciding what new video services to launch, Bewkes looks at consumer interest in an area and the depth of the intellectual property Time Warner owns, he said at Variety’s Tech and Entertainment Summit in New York on Tuesday.

But one thing he doesn’t do is a ton of market testing. “We don’t really do it that way,” Bewkes said. They do a bit to refine the service, but it’s not a huge focus. The problem is that you can ask someone whether they’d like a thing they’ve never seen before, and you’ll get all kinds of answers, Bewkes said.

“I wouldn't rely on any of them,” he continued. “I never did.” And Bewkes has a pretty amazing track record.

As to whether we are heading toward a ceiling in the amount of premium video people want to watch, Bewkes doesn't think so, he said.

“Production is chasing demand,” he explained. He went on to say that he thinks we are in the “early stages of continued expansion” of video. “I’m not concerned.”

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On paper, it's easy to see why a studio couldn't resist the pairing of Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn in a comedy. And then having them play mother and daughter and tying the movie to Mother’s Day — that just seems like a can’t-miss opportunity.

But, sadly, you are going to be disappointed with “Snatched.”

The movie, opening Friday, has such a dull and unoriginal story that even two comedy pros like Schumer and Hawn can’t salvage it.

The two characters head off on an exotic vacation to Ecuador after Schumer’s Emily gets dumped by her boyfriend and can’t get anyone else to go with her on the trip besides her mom. While enjoying the all-inclusive hotel, Emily has a wild night out with a local guy, who takes her beyond the resort walls to experience how to really party in the country. The next day, Emily drags her mother on a day trip with the guy, which leads to them being kidnapped.

We then follow mother and daughter as they escape from their kidnappers and try to find their way to the authorities, leaving injured bad guys and stale jokes in their wake. And, as it goes with most of these comedies, along their adventure the two find not only who they really are but also a deeper love for each other.

Director Jonathan Levine (“The Wackness,” “The Night Before”) and screenwriter Katie Dippold (2016’s “Ghostbusters”) were obviously going for an edgy “mom-com,” in which the men are idiots and a story of self-discovery is at the core (Emily helps Ecuadorian women form a human chain to take water from a well, which brings her to an aha moment). But what we get out of the ultimate product is a watered-down version of Schumer's shtick, well-known from her Comedy Central show and stand-up, and Hawn looking completely out of place the entire time.

I will give the movie a few positives: It has a tapeworm gag that is a solid gross-out comedy moment, and there’s a brief subplot involving Ike Barinholtz’s character trolling an FBI agent that’s pretty great.

But there should have been a lot more to praise. File this one under wasted opportunity.

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If you have a Capital One credit card, there's an easy way to get 50% back on your Spotify premium subscription every month.

Starting May 10, Spotify users with individual, student, or family premium plans can get 50% back on their monthly subscription cost if they pay with either the Capital One Quicksilver or QuicksilverOne credit card. That 50% back will take the form of a statement credit on their account, which Capital One said "will automatically appear on customers’ statements within 1-2 billing cycles after the subscription charge."

While some credit card promotions can get a bit convoluted, this one is simple: It's free money if you have one of those cards and are one of the music-streaming giant's 50-plus million premium users.

"All you need to do is make sure you are paying for your Spotify subscription with your Capital One Quicksilver or QuicksilverOne credit card," a representative for the companies said.

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Justine Ezarik, aka iJustine, is one of the most popular people on YouTube, and it took a lot of work to get there. We spoke with Justine to find out how long it takes her to make her videos and how she prepared for a career as a social media superstar.

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Following is a transcript of the video:

Hey, I'm Justine and I make YouTube videos and I also am pretty much everywhere online as iJustine.

So when I first started, I really honestly was creating videos because I was showing people that I knew how to edit. So at that time, I was also freelance graphic design and freelance production. So I was doing so many other things besides YouTube. And I also did have several full-time jobs. Which I think is so important, because the equipment and everything is expensive, and to be able to get that, you sort of have to have the income on the side.

So I feel like it took a really long time for me to sort of get to that point. And I probably quit my jobs a little bit too soon, but if I wouldn't have, then I wouldn't have been able to put all of my focus and energy sort of into YouTube.

I feel like you just gotta sometimes just dive right in.

So I think one of the hardest parts is standing out on YouTube, because so many people are doing it. But for me, you know, I've just created content that I would want to see.

Most of the stuff that I did learn I am self-taught, but I did go to school for video production, graphic design, multimedia, 3D, programming. Now I end up using pretty much everything of that in my career.

If there's something that is super topical, I will shoot the video in the morning, then I will edit for maybe 4 or 5 hours, then post the video. So it really can be an all-day process. But there are other videos that take much, much longer. Especially product reviews, where I can review the product one day, then keep testing, and then finally give my wrap-up of that said product in another video. So those can take 3 or 4 days to shoot.  

And then there's cooking videos. I try to shoot a few of those in one day, and then some of those take 15 to 20 hours to edit. So it really depends on the video.

I think also another misconception too is people think that, you know, vloggers and people film 24/7. Really, we don't. Like, I just sort of film little key highlights and then sort of fill in the blanks. And a lot of times, which I have done more recently this past couple of years, is try to bank some content. So if there's a day or week that I'm traveling, I'll know that I have videos set, and I won't have to worry while I'm traveling, and filming, and editing.

But it's hard, because it is a lot of scheduling, and a lot of processes that go into it.

So I guess it took a long time sort of building my career. I think I'm still building it. And what's really fun about YouTube and things online, is I kind of create my own destiny. And it's not just me, it's other content creators too. And it takes, I think, a lot of time really to sort of build that and figure out the content that you want.

So I mean, we're 11 years in now, so I still feel like, you know, you're always building to the next thing.

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President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday. It's big news everywhere, so of course late-night hosts were all over it on Tuesday night, including Jimmy Kimmel. 

"It was yet another crazy day in the United States of America," Kimmel said on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" "Donald Trump — who you maybe haven’t heard is the president now — a few hours ago, he fired James Comey, the director of the FBI. Which is kind of like O.J. firing Judge Ito halfway through the trial.”

The latter comment references O.J. Simpson's infamous murder trial, over which Judge Ito presided.

Kimmel pointed out that Comey’s firing came while he was leading an investigation into the Trump campaign's potential ties to Russia and the country's interference in the 2016 US presidential election.

“This is the kind of thing that dictators do. This is the kind of thing reality-TV hosts do. They fire someone every week,” Kimmel said. “Maybe that’s what happened — he still thinks he’s on ‘The Celebrity Apprentice.’ It was between James Comey and Meatloaf. And, well, Meatloaf won again.”

Kimmel also noted that the officially stated reason for firing Comey was his mishandling of Hillary Clinton’s email investigation.

“Which is hilarious, because that would mean Trump fired James Comey for making him president,” Kimmel said.

"This is outrageous," the host continued. "And when something outrageous happens, I don’t just sit on my hands. I do something about it."

And then Kimmel showed off a T-shirt with James Comey’s face on it that says "Comey Is My Homey."

You can watch Kimmel on Comey's firing below:

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