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You can watch the first episode of Apple's 'Shark Tank' for apps reality show tonight (APPL)

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Apple's first original TV show, "Planet of the Apps," will be released on Tuesday.

The first episode of the reality show, which is similar to "Shark Tank" but for app makers, will be available exclusively on Apple Music and the iTunes Store starting at 9 p.m. PST on Tuesday. The remaining 9 episodes will premiere each following Tuesday, but will only be available to Apple Music subscribers, according to various media reports.

The show features software developers who "pitch" their ideas for new apps to celebrity mentors such as Will.i.am and Jessica Alba. The winners have a shot at snagging $10 million in funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners — one of the first Silicon Valley venture capital firms to invest in Snapchat — as well as premium placement on the front page of Apple's App Store.

"Planet of the Apps" is one of the first shows to come from Apple's nascent efforts to create its own original video programming, as it faces competition from the likes of Amazon, Netflix and Spotify. Other upcoming original Apple video shows include "Carpool Karaoke" and the "Vital" series starring Dr. Dre.

Here's Apple's trailer for "Planet of the Apps:"

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Daniel Craig didn't break character or his weird voice while shooting 'Logan Lucky'

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One of the many highlights from the trailer for Steven Soderbergh's "Logan Lucky" is the hilarious voice Daniel Craig uses to play bank robber Joe Bang. 

It turns out, to keep that high-pitched twang on the tip of his tongue, the James Bond star talked like that even off the set for the entire time he was working on the movie.

"He was doing the voice the whole time," Riley Keough, who also stars in "Logan Lucky," told Business Insider while she was promoting her upcoming movie "It Comes at Night" (opening in theaters on Friday). "If I saw him at the hotel after shooting he would be doing the voice. It was really funny."

And Craig wasn't the only comic relief. Between him and costars Channing Tatum and Adam Driver, the jokes were constant, according to Keough.

Logan Lucky Bleecker Street2"When I start laughing I just can't stop, so that was really hard because they were all so funny," the actress said. "And they wouldn't stop bantering between takes. It was ridiculous."

In the movie, Tatum and Driver play brothers who hire Craig's Joe Bang to help them pull off a heist during a NASCAR race.

So why did Craig insist on staying in character off the set?

"I think the thing is because he's English he wanted to not lose the voice," Keough said.

It seems like a good theory.

"Logan Lucky" opens in theaters August 18. Check out Craig's unique voice in the trailer below:

 

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Ed Sheeran reveals a drunken, violent misadventure with Justin Bieber on 'Carpool Karaoke'

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Ed Sheeran really let loose on the newest "Carpool Karaoke" on Tuesday's episode of CBS's "The Late Late Show with James Corden."

In addition to singing his hit songs, the British pop singer revealed a violent encounter with fellow pop star Justin Bieber when the two went out to a bar in Tokyo.

“What I enjoy is bringing people that don’t drink in dive bars and skanky pubs to said dive bar or skanky pub,” Sheeran told Corden.

At one point in the night, the pair ended up at a golf course, where Bieber asked Sheeran to hit a golf ball out of his mouth with a club, according to Sheeran.

"I was pretty hammered," the British singer said. "I can't hit him. I can't hit him. I can't hit him."

Sheeran told himself to focus, but it wasn't any use.

"I ended up cracking him across the face," Sheeran continued. "He was actually really cool about it, surprisingly."

Sheeran and Corden also discussed why the pop star no longer carries a mobile phone and competed to see which of them could eat more of Sheeran's favorite British snack.

Over the 13-minute video, the two sing along to Sheeran hits "Shape of You" and "Thinking Out Loud," among others. Sheeran also did his renditions of Bieber’s “Love Yourself,” One Direction’s “What Makes You Beautiful,” and “Castle on the Hill.”

Watch Sheeran on "Carpool Karaoke" below:

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Trevor Noah rips apart Trump's 'phony' achievements so far as president

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Trevor Noah went over President Donald Trump's recent accomplishments on Tuesday night's "The Daily Show," and called Trump's leadership a "TV presidency."

"He loves the performance of doing things. But a lot of the time, nothing's actually being done. Essentially, Donald Trump wants to be president, but he doesn't want to do president."

Noah discussed Trump's infrastructure deal, which he promised back in April was underway, but it was recently revealed that there's no plan yet. 

"Just like most of Trump's deals, once you start to read the fine print, you realize it's not what it seems."

Noah recalled the Saudi arms deal last month that Trump said would bring "hundreds of billions of dollars" and jobs to the United States. But there actually wasn't a deal.

"It was people saying, 'Maybe we'd like to do deals in the future,'" Noah said. 

Noah also talked about Trump's proposed tax cuts. He showed a clip of Trump saying that a bill is "moving along in Congress, and I believe it's doing very well." But there is no tax bill moving along in Congress. 

"So much of what Trump says has happened hasn't happened at all," Noah said. "I don't know about you, but I think it's time we take action and crack down on these phony claims."

Noah then took out a tiny desk, similar to Trump's, and an oversized pencil. He signed what looked like an executive order and said, "Done. Done! It's done, no more lies." 

You can watch the segment below: 

  

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'The Mummy' has all the Tom Cruise tricks and thrilling action — but it's not enough

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Universal kicks off its Dark Universe by putting it on the shoulders of one of the biggest movie stars in the world.

Tom Cruise kicks off being the face of another franchise with "The Mummy" (in theaters on Friday), the first of what's planned to be many reboots of classic monster movies owned by Universal ("Frankenstein," "Dracula," "Wolf Man," "Bride of Frankenstein," "Invisible Man"). Think the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but scarier.

Or that's the idea, at least.

"The Mummy" lays the groundwork for what could be an entertaining series of movies featuring some of the most classic monsters ever put on the big screen. But as a standalone, "The Mummy" is not that memorable.

Though the movie, directed by Alex Kurtzman (who is also one of the main producers behind all the Dark Universe movies), has the thrilling action sequences we've come to expect in a Tom Cruise movie (yes, once more Cruise does intense stunts on an airplane), it gets stuck with a lot of plot and an unecessary, shoehorned love story.

The Mummy 2 Universal final.JPGCruise plays Nick Morton, an adventurer who with his sidekick Chris Vail (Jack Johnson, who should just show up in every blockbuster from now until the end of time) hits pay dirt when they come across the tomb of an Egyptian princess. After airlifting the sarcophagus out of the desert, with little care for the fact that it's an important artifact, Nick and Chris realize they've been cursed by the newly awoken princess, leading to a cat-and-mouse game between Princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella) and Nick, whose soul she needs.

This eventually leads to Nick corssing paths with Dr. Henry Jekyll (Russell Crowe), who has been searching for Ahmanet and other monsters. Dr. Jekyll even has a nice collection of vintage monster pieces in his lab, like the skull of Dracula and the arm of The Creature from the Black Lagoon.

And I'm sure you guessed it: Dr. Jekyll also becomes the crazed Mr. Hyde.

There's a lot of fun action and jump scares in this new "Mummy," but not enough substance to make a lasting impression.

But I'm intrigued in seeing more movies from Dark Universe.

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Photos from Obama and Trudeau's unexpected Montreal dinner fire up the internet

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Another day, another reason to bring the Barack Obama and Justin Trudeau "bromance" jokes back on the internet.

This time, the photos surfaced after the Canadian prime minister and former American president were seen having dinner and drinks together at Montreal's Liverpool House restaurant on June 6.

Obama came to the Québec metropolis to give a speech on fighting climate change at the Montreal Chamber of Commerce, following current President Donald Trump's announcement he was pulling the US out of the Paris Agreement a week before. The day before, Trudeau kayaked across the Niagara River to celebrate World Environment Day, again expressing his opposition to Trump's position on climate change.

While Trudeau did not attend Obama's speech, he later met Obama at the chichi Liverpool House restaurant, where they allegedly had steak, lobster spaghetti, Kamouraska halibut with morels, oysters, crab, and asparagus.

According to Global News, crowds waited over an hour for the two leaders to emerge from the restaurant, and tried to take pictures as they were coming outside. Both Obama and Trudeau later tweeted that they discussed ways to get young leaders involved in their communities, and released a photos of the two inside:

As the photos of the two leaders started making the rounds on Twitter and Instagram, many have jumped at the chance to add their witty repartee:

Since Trudeau took over as Canada's Prime Minister in 2015, many have used photos of the two leaders to joke about a budding "bromance" between the two liberals.

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Tom Cruise left an airplane flying with no pilot in an insane stunt for his new movie

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Since his last two "Mission: Impossible" movies, in which he climbed the tallest building in the world and hung from the side of a plane as it took off, it's almost become a requirement that Tom Cruise dazzle us with an impossible-looking stunt in all his movies going forward.

Following the premiere earlier this week of the trailer for "American Made," in which Cruise plays real-life drug/gun runner Barry Seal, director Doug Liman told Yahoo UK that not only did Cruise do some of the flying in the movie, but at times he also left the cockpit and no one flying the plane.

“It can be pretty hair-raising — flying extremely fast, small airplanes, low to the ground, is a dangerous environment to be in just on its own," Liman said. "Then, in the story, he’s throwing bales of cocaine out of the airplane, loading them up with guns, so every once in a while in this scene he’s got to climb out of the cockpit and go to the back of the airplane to dump the cocaine out.

"I’m flying alongside him in a helicopter filming, and that made a big impression on me — there’s nobody in the cockpit of the plane! Tom has gone to the back of the aircraft, and he’s alone in that airplane. It’s one thing to have Tom Cruise alone in the airplane flying it — that’s already outrageous — now he’s alone and he’s not even in the cockpit so he’s gone beyond. It was already a stunt before he left the cockpit, it was already a serious stunt.”

Sounds like just another day on the set with Tom Cruise. 

Before "American Made" opens on September 29, you can see Cruise in "The Mummy," which also has the star in a thrilling airplane scene. He spent time in a zero-gravity plane for that one.

 

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Apple's answer to the Amazon Echo has a critical flaw (AAPL, AMZN)

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HomePod, Apple's new smart speaker, is clearly targeted at Amazon's wildly successful Echo. But it comes up short in one huge way: apps.  

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With Amazon's Echo, you have your choice of thousands of them. With HomePod, not so much.

Apple unveiled HomePod, which looks like an electronic marshmallow, on Monday at its WWDC event in San Jose. Like the Amazon Echo, Apple HomePod is a speaker that has a voice-controlled digital assistant built in. It will play music, answer your questions, set reminders, and so on.

Addressing Apple's digital assistant, you'll be able to say, "Hey Siri, play Busta Rhymes' 'Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See,'" and you'll be jamming. Or you could ask Siri to give you directions, or numerous other things. You'll generally be able to do the same stuff you'd do with Siri now on your phone, but via a home speaker.

There are several significant differences between Amazon's device and Apple's newly-announced competitor, including price, shape, and more. But I'm going to focus on just one here: what you can do with it. 

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Amazon's Echo is designed for flexibility. You're a Pandora devotee? Great! Hook up your account to the Echo, then simply ask Alexa — Amazon's equivalent of Siri — to play whatever you want. You could play out that same scenario for a wide variety of music services, including Spotify Amazon's own music service. 

In the case of Apple's HomePod, though, you'll only have one choice: Apple Music. 

Want directions? They're coming from Apple Maps. Want access to your calendar? Better hope you're using Apple's calendar application. That same situation will hold true for any number of things you might want the HomePod to do for you. It's a device intended for people who live in Apple's walled garden.

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Technically speaking, you'll be able to play any music you want on the HomePod. It'll act as a wireless speaker, so you'll be able to blast whatever music you want from your phone to HomePod using Apple's AirPlay technology.

But that's not what makes smart speakers like HomePod so compelling, is it? You're supposed to be able to just speak to them and get instant results — no phone required.

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And HomePod can do that — some of the time, and only with Apple services. That's a big bummer!

Apple could eventually open the HomePod up to outside developers, much as it did the iPhone and, eventually, Apple TV. But it's not clear if it will. For now there doesn't appear to a toolkit that third-party programmers can use to create apps for the gadget or any way to distribute them to consumers, and Apple hasn't said anything on the subject (we've asked). And with Apple pushing its own music service these days, it doesn't have a big incentive to open its new home speaker system to rivals.

But because the HomePod is largely limited to Apple Music and Apple's other services, it doesn't compare well with the Echo, especially when you factor in the fact that at $350, Apple's home speaker will cost $170 more than Amazon's. For that price, consumers area likely to find HomePod just too confining. 

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No one wants to buy Matt Lauer's Hamptons mansion, which just got a $2.1 million price chop

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Matt Lauer is having a hard time offloading his home in the Hamptons.

According to Curbed, he just cut $2.1 million from the asking price of his Sag Harbor estate, which he originally listed for $17.995 million in July 2016. He had cut $1 million from the listing price in September, and now it's asking $14.9 million.

The home was built in a stunning traditional style with plenty of space for entertaining guests and a backyard pool to lay out by. Lauer also previously owned a three-bedroom cottage in Southampton, but that sold in January.

The "Today" show host bought Richard Gere's former Hamptons home for $36.5 million in July. 

Susan Breitenbach of Corcoran Real Estate has the listing.

Emma Rechenberg contributed reporting to an earlier version of this article. 

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The 8,000-square-foot home sits on top of a 25-acre private lot.



A cobblestone driveway paves the way to the home's red front door.



Inside, the dining room is the perfect place to host the "Today" show cast.



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Selena Gomez defends her show '13 Reasons Why' against charges that it's harmful

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"13 Reasons Why" has been under fire for its graphic portrayals of teen life and suicide. Selena Gomez, one of the executive producers on the Netflix drama series, says that it's just reflecting back what's happening in reality.

“This is happening every day,” Gomez said when asked about the controversy Monday on the national radio show,"Elvis Duran and the Morning Show." "Whether or not you wanted to see it, that’s what’s happening."

"13 Reasons Why" follows a group of high school students who find out that they're all involved in a female classmate's decision to commit suicide from recordings she made before taking her life. The series not only depicts alcohol and drug abuse, extreme bullying, and sexual assaults by the teens, it also graphically shows the teen girl's suicide. Critics and mental-health experts have argued that the show "glamorizes suicide" in a way that could be harmful to teen viewers or viewers who are contemplating or have contemplated suicide.

Since the show's debut back in March, it has been mired in such complaints. In response, Netflix added new warnings on episodes.

While Gomez, who acquired the TV rights to Jay Asher's bestselling novel of the same name seven years ago, understands why people are outraged, she didn't apologize for the graphic nature of "13 Reasons Why."

“The content is complicated," she said of the show, which has been renewed for a second season. "It’s dark and it has moments that are honestly very hard to swallow. And I understood that we were doing something that is difficult. But these kids today are so exposed to things that I would never even comprehend when I was eight. My cousin teaches third grade and they’re doing things and saying things that I couldn’t even fathom."

Watch Gomez address the "13 Reasons Why" controversy below:

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The insane workouts Alison Brie did to get in shape for her new show

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At 5'3", Alison Brie seems like the last person who could play a convincing professional wrestler, but her trainer is here to tell you she's the real deal. 

For Brie's new show, Netflix's "GLOW" (available June 23), the funny actress busted her butt for months with trainer Jason Walsh to not just look the part, but also to actually withstand the rigors of playing one of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling.

"Alison did all her stunts," Walsh recently told Business Insider. "I'll tell you right now, I've worked with a lot of people and she's a little bad a--."

In "GLOW," Brie stars as Ruth Wilder, a struggling actress who gets invited to audition along with 12 other women for the professional wrestling promotion Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (G.L.O.W.), which was indeed a real promotion started in the '80s.

Walsh, who's worked with everyone from Emily Blunt on "Edge of Tomorrow" to Matt Damon for "Jason Bourne," put together a workout plan for Brie that was a mix of cardio and strength training four days a week (often with a workout in the morning and afternoon each day) so her body could take the abuse.

"Alison would be jumping off ropes and landing on people and flipping. I wanted to get her resilient so she didn't run the risk of injury," Walsh said. "The science of training has really shifted the past decade to that more than glamour muscles." 

Walsh did this through two different workout methods of his creation: Rise Movement, which is one-on-one strength training, and Rise Nation, a cardio class in which clients use a VersaClimber.

Here's a glimpse at the exercises Walsh put Brie through:

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Here's Brie (center) with Molly McQueen (left) and Mika Kelly (right) doing this insane workout.

"This is a full-body, explosive workout for conditioning," Walsh said.

They would do 6 sets of 5 reps.

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Another full-body workout. Walsh said Brie was deadlifting 165 pounds and did 6 sets of 3-5 reps.

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"Great way to get the body warmed up," Walsh said. Brie held onto 65-pound dumbbells and did 45-second walks for 3-4 sets.

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The little-known German bad guy who inspired a terrifying 'Wonder Woman' villain

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“Wonder Woman” hit theaters last weekend and has been a massive critical and box-office success. It’s a comic book/superhero movie, but it also happens to be a historical movie taking place in Europe during World War I.

So while this movie's main character is a badass woman made of clay (she can also fly) who fights bad guys with a magical lasso, there are some things that are actually very real about who she's fighting. 

General Ludendorff, played by Danny Huston, is a general in the Imperial German Army. He’s ruthless, ambitious, and will do whatever it takes to win the war for Germany, including using chemical weapons. 

General Eric Ludendorff was a real German general in World War I. According to Uproxx, he was an advocate for “total war." And from 1916 to 1918, he was the leader of Germany’s war efforts.

The real Ludendorff has been credited for coining the “stab in the back” myth. After World War I, right-wing Germans believed that the Germans didn’t lose the war on the battlefield, but instead that they lost the war because other Germans betrayed them on the homefront. Ludendorff blamed the Berlin government and German civilians for failing to support him. In the 1920s, he became a prominent right-wing leader in Germany, serving in Parliament for the National Socialist Party. He also had associations with Adolf Hitler and other Nazis.

Ludendorff stood for war, and Wonder Woman stands for peace, so it makes sense that director Patty Jenkins and screenwriter Allan Heinberg turned to Ludendorff for their villain.

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The eSports competitive video gaming market continues to grow revenues & attract investors

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What is eSports? History & Rise of Video Game Tournaments

Years ago, eSports was a community of video gamers who would gather at conventions to play Counter Strike, Call of Duty, or League of Legends.

These multiplayer video game competitions would determine League of Legends champions, the greatest shooters in Call of Duty, the cream of the crop of Street Fighter players, the elite Dota 2 competitors, and more.

But today, as the history of eSports continue to unfold, media giants such as ESPN and Turner are broadcasting eSports tournaments and competitions. And in 2014, Amazon acquired Twitch, the live streaming video platform that has been and continues to be the leader in online gaming broadcasts. And YouTube also wanted to jump on the live streaming gaming community with the creation of YouTube Gaming.

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To put in perspective how big eSports is becoming, a Google search for "lol" does not produce "laughing out loud" as the top result. Instead, it points to League of Legends, one of the most popular competitive games in existence. The game has spawned a worldwide community called the League of Legends Championship Series, more commonly known as LCS or LOL eSports.

What started as friends gathering in each other's homes to host LAN parties and play into the night has become an official network of pro gaming tournaments and leagues with legitimate teams, some of which are even sponsored and have international reach. Organizations such as Denial, AHQ, and MLG have multiple eSports leagues.

And to really understand the scope of all this, consider that the prize pool for the latest Dota 2 tournament was more than $20 million.

Websites even exist for eSports live scores to let people track the competitions in real time if they are unable to watch. There are even fantasy eSports leagues similar to fantasy football, along with the large and growing scene of eSports betting and gambling.

So it's understandable why traditional media companies would want to capitalize on this growing trend just before it floods into the mainstream. Approximately 300 million people worldwide tune in to eSports today, and that number is growing rapidly. By 2020, that number will be closer to 500 million.

eSports Industry Analysis - The Future of the Competitive Gaming Market

Financial institutions are starting to take notice. Goldman Sachs valued eSports at $500 million in 2016 and expects the market will grow at 22% annually compounded over the next three years into a more than $1 billion opportunity.

And industry statistics are already backing this valuation and demonstrating the potential for massive earnings. To illustrate the market value, market growth, and potential earnings for eSports, consider Swedish media company Modern Times Group's $87 million acquisition of Turtle Entertainment, the holding company for ESL. YouTube has made its biggest eSports investment to date by signing a multiyear broadcasting deal with Faceit to stream the latter's Esports Championship Series. And the NBA will launch its own eSports league in 2018.

Of course, as with any growing phenomenon, the question becomes: How do advertisers capitalize? This is especially tricky for eSports because of its audience demographics, which is young, passionate, male-dominated, and digital-first. They live online and on social media, are avid ad-blockers, and don't watch traditional TV or respond to conventional advertising.

So what will the future of eSports look like? How high can it climb? Could it reach the mainstream popularity of baseball or football? How will advertisers be able to reach an audience that does its best to shield itself from advertising?

Robert Elder, research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service, has compiled an unparalleled report on the eSports ecosystem that dissects the growing market for competitive gaming. This comprehensive, industry-defining report contains more than 30 charts and figures that forecast audience growth, average revenue per user, and revenue growth.

Companies and organizations mentioned in the report include: NFL, NBA, English Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, NHL, Paris Saint-Germain, Ligue 1, Ligue de Football, Twitch, Amazon, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, ESPN, Electronic Arts, EA Sports, Valve, Riot Games, Activision Blizzard, ESL, Turtle Entertainment, Dreamhack, Modern Times Group, Turner Broadcasting, TBS Network, Vivendi, Canal Plus, Dailymotion, Disney, BAMTech, Intel, Coca Cola, Red Bull, HTC, Mikonet

Here are some eSports industry facts and statistics from the report:

  • eSports is a still nascent industry filled with commercial opportunity.
  • There are a variety of revenue streams that companies can tap into.
  • The market is presently undervalued and has significant room to grow.
  • The dynamism of this market distinguishes it from traditional sports.
  • The audience is high-value and global, and its numbers are rising.
  • Brands can prosper in eSports by following the appropriate game plan.
  • Game publishers approach their Esport ecosystems in different ways.  
  • Successful esport games are comprised of the same basic ingredients.
  • Digital streaming platforms are spearheading the popularity of eSports.
  • Legacy media are investing into eSports, and seeing encouraging results.
  • Traditional sports franchises have a clear opportunity to seize in eSports.
  • Virtual and augmented reality firms also stand to benefit from eSports.  

In full, the report illuminates the business of eSports from four angles:

  • The gaming nucleus of eSports, including an overview of popular esport genres and games; the influence of game publishers, and the spectrum of strategies they adopt toward their respective esport scenes; the role of eSports event producers and the tournaments they operate.
  • The eSports audience profile, its size, global reach, and demographic, psychographic, and behavioral attributes; the underlying factors driving its growth; why they are an attractive target for brands and broadcasters; and the significant audience and commercial crossover with traditional sports.
  • eSports media broadcasters, including digital avant-garde like Twitch and YouTube, newer digital entrants like Facebook and traditional media outlets like Turner’s TBS Network, ESPN, and Canal Plus; their strategies and successes in this space; and the virtual reality opportunity.
  • eSports market economics, with a market sizing, growth forecasts, and regional analyses; an evaluation of the eSports spectacle and its revenue generators, some of which are idiosyncratic to this industry; strategic planning for brand marketers, with case studies; and an exploration of the infinite dynamism and immense potential of the eSports economy.

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The 10 most talked-about summer TV shows right now

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The summer TV season is upon us.

Previously summer was the season when networks ran reruns and shows that couldn't survive the typical ratings competition in the fall and spring.

But summer has become a destination of its own, with a lot more new, competitive, and Emmy-worthy programming.

To find out which summer shows have most captured fans' attention, Business Insider partnered with Amobee Brand Intelligencea company that provides marketing insight and measures real-time content consumption across the internet. Amobee analyzed the digital engagement around the summer 2017 shows in order to find out which ones have been attracting the most chatter.

From Amobee's findings, it's clear that Netflix is the king of summer, with four shows on the list. NBC came in second after the streaming network with two of its shows breaking through. That leaves just five spots on our list for other networks' summer fare.

Here are the 10 most talked-about summer shows right now:

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10. "GLOW" (Netflix), premieres Friday, June 23

This take on the popular '80s women's wrestling phenomenon has some heavy-hitting producers behind it whose credits include "Nurse Jackie" and "Orange Is the New Black." Plus, it stars "Community's" Alison Brie!



9. "Disjointed" (Netflix), premieres Friday, August 25

Academy Award winner Kathy Bates stars in this comedy as the owner of a marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles. "The Big Bang Theory" creator Chuck Lorre and former "Daily Show" head writer David Javerbaum cocreated "Disjointed."



8. "The Bold Type" (Freeform), premieres Tuesday, July 11, at 9 p.m.

This new drama goes behind the scenes of a global women's magazine, Scarlet, and follows the lives of the young women who help create it and will one day lead it.



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Why Netflix's huge new movie of the summer is being blocked in its director's home country

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Though Netflix's next big movie, "Okja," is getting high praise from critics, the movie isn't getting any love from the major theater chains in its director's home country. 

Bong Joon-ho's socially conscious movie about a massive pig and the girl who tries to save it from being slaughtered is going to be shut out of South Korea's three largest theater chains (CJ CGV, Lotte Cinema, Megabox). That's becuase of the streaming giant's plan to release the movie in theaters and on streaming at the same time on June 29.

This means that the movie will not play on 93% of the country's screens, according to Variety, in spite of the fact that it's an international action movie in both English and Korean and featuring huge stars, including Jake Gyllenhaal and Tilda Swinton.

CJ CGV has stated that Netflix's simultaneous release plan disturbs the distribution ecosystem in South Korea. It will only allow movies to be available to stream three weeks after a movie has its theatrical run. CJ CGV says the three-week delay is “an important business practice in Korea.” 

This is on the heels of the negative reaction from some corners to "Okja" and another Netflix title, "The Meyerowitz Stories," when they had their world premieres at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Both titles currently don't have plans to play theatrically in France. This led to the festival changing its rules, making it a requirement that all movies in competition at the festival must have a French release in place.

"Okja," which is being released theatrically in South Korea through Next Entertainment World, will negotiate with independent theaters to show the movie.

This is not the first time Netflix has butted heads with exhibitors. 

Most of the major theater chains in the United States refused to show Netflix's "Beasts of No Nation" in 2015 because it did not adhere to the 90-day exclusive theatrical window. A year later, only a few IMAX screens showed Netflix's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny" because it was likewise released theatrically and streamed simultaneously.

Expect the same at most US theaters when "Okja" and "The Meyerowitz Stories" open.

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Verizon's president of media and telematics, Marni Walden, to speak at IGNITION (VZ)

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2017 is shaping up to be a huge year for Verizon. Between AOL's merger with Yahoo and major advancements with its 5G network, which it plans to test this year, the telecommunications giant continues to expand into new areas.

We are proud to announce that Marni Walden, the executive vice president and president of media and telematics at Verizon, will be taking the stage at Business Insider's flagship event, IGNITION: Future of Media, November 29-30 in New York City.

Marni has been a rising star at Verizon for some time now, and she is considered to be on the short list to be the company's next CEO. She is a key executive leading Verizon's media strategy, playing a major role with Verizon's new Go90 video service and helping to spearhead the AOL-Yahoo merger. She is also the leader of Verizon's telematics department, which is responsible for much of Verizon's Internet of Things products such as connected cars and fleet management.

We are thrilled to hear her insights into how she plans to integrate AOL and Yahoo and her thoughts about the blurred lines between media and telecommunications.

With IGNITION now less then six months away, the speaker lineup is beginning to take shape. We've already announced that HBO CEO Richard Plepler will be speaking, and we will continue to announce new additions to the lineup in the coming weeks.

 

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Vladimir Putin says he does not have bad days — because he is not a woman

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If you ask Vladimir Putin, he never has bad days — because he's a man.

"I am not a woman, so I don't have bad days," Putin said in Oliver Stone's documentary "The Putin Interviews." The four-part series is set to air on Showtime June 12-15.

As he showed the American screenwriter around the Kremlin, the Russian president clarified that he was not trying "to insult anyone" but rather pointing out "the nature of things."

"There are certain natural cycles," he added, according to Bloomberg.

In the West, Putin's comments about women — such as when he asked a crowd at an economics conference if anyone had a "pill" to cure American journalist Megyn Kelly's supposed "hysteria," or said that arrested members of the Russian rock group Pussy Riot could have been "at home, doing housework" — have frequently raised eyebrows and accusations of sexism.

But while feminist groups will sometimes demonstrate against Putin in Russia, one poll found that one in every five Russian women would be open to marrying the Russian president.

In the documentary, Stone also tried to get Putin to clarify his stances on LGBT rights in Russia, where it is illegal to distribute information about homosexuality to children.

When Stone asked Putin if he would shower with a gay man on a submarine, the Russian president once again replied with a jib.

"Well, I prefer not to go to the shower with him. Why provoke him?" Putin said. "But you know, I'm a judo master."

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Twitter users are having a field day hilariously editing Comey's prepared remarks for Congress

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The Senate Intelligence Committee posted ousted FBI Director James Comey's prepared opening remarks Wednesday afternoon ahead of his scheduled hearing on Thursday, and some Twitter users immediately started having some fun.

The seven-page document details Comey's interactions with Donald Trump from January until the president fired him in May.

Throughout the remarks, Comey uses colorful language to describe his in-person meetings and phone calls with Trump.

Enjoy:

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First of all, here are Comey's actual prepared remarks:



Now you can see what Twitter users turned them into:





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We asked readers to caption this photo of Obama and Trudeau — and the results were hilarious

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Barack Obama and Justin Trudeau set the Internet abuzz with an impromptu dinner at Montreal's Liverpool House restaurant on June 6.

Obama, who was in Montreal to give a speech on fighting climate change, met the prime minister just a day after Trudeau was spotted kayaking across the Niagra River for World Environment Day.

The two leaders took the opportunity to meet at the Montreal haunt to discuss ways to get young leaders involved in their communities — over steak, lobster spaghetti, halibut, oysters, crab, and asparagus.

The two tweeted photos of the meeting, reigniting rumors of a "bromance." We asked our audience to caption the conversation, and the results were hilarious.

Here are some of our favorite captions from Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter:

Obama: Why won't you take Justin Bieber back? We'll even throw in the alien we had for years at Area 51.

Obama: My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard
Trudeau: and they like, it's better than yours

Obama: I'm finally allowed to have a cellphone. Can I have your number, please?

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Obama: I'll have some bacon with a side of covfefe.
Trudeau: I'll have what my boo is having

Obama: Are you picking up the tab for security or am I?

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Obama: What do you mean they don't serve pizza here?!

Obama: Any covfefe for you?
Trudeau: NO just macaron, please!!!

Obama: So I'm thinking of reforming the band.

Obama: I'm telling you they'll melt the Iron Throne to kill the Whitewalkers...

Trudeau: "Do you think Joe will be jealous of us?"

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Apple’s first foray into making a TV show is an unintentionally comical train wreck (AAPL)

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The first episode of Apple's new reality show, "Planet of the Apps," has arrived — and it's a total mess.

The show is a "Shark Tank"-style competition among app developers vying to gain a mentor who will turn their app into the next Facebook, along with a bag stuffed with venture capital money; In other words, the Silicon Valley dream.

This is the first original TV show made by Apple and it features celebrity judges, along with DJ-turned-host Zane Lowe. 

Of course, making good television requires different muscles than building beautiful hardware. And Apple's inexperience in this realm quickly shows up in a variety of clumsy, comical and at times cringe-worthy scenes throughout the 60-minute show.

Business Insider watched the first episode (new episodes will be released every Tuesday). Here's the good, the bad and the ugly from Apple's first foray into TV entertainment:

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"Planet of the Apps" is hosted by Honest Company founder Jessica Alba, musician Will.i.am, Goop founder Gwyneth Paltrow, and VaynerMedia founder and CEO Gary Vaynerchuk — and therein lies one of the major problems with the show.

None of the hosts has ever developed an app. With the exception of Gwyneth Paltrow (whose company, Goop, built a travel app called G.Spotting), none of the hosts own companies, or are affiliated with, companies that build apps. None of the hosts even really work in tech at all, unless you count Will.i.am's Buttons headphones or Gary Vaynerchuk's early tech investments in Facebook and Twitter. 

So, why are these four judging a show about making a hit app? That's the biggest mystery of "Planet of the Apps," and one that the judges themselves seem stumped by. At several points throughout the first episode, the judges bow out of mentoring a company because they have zero expertise in the field. 

 



The format of "Planet of the Apps" isn't unlike "The Voice," in that each contestant or group of contestants has a set amount of time to pitch their product, then each judge says whether they're interested in mentoring the aspiring entrepreneur by hitting a "Yes" or "No" button on an iPad.



Oddly, the judges' decisions appear on a digital circle on the floor — red means "No" and green means "Yes." If the contestants get all reds, they can't continue pitching their app. If they get just one yes, they go stand in the middle of the circle and tell the judges more about their product.



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