Before Steve Aoki became a music superstar, he was the founder of his own music label Dim Mak — which he started when he was just 19 years old. Unfortunately for him, that was just a couple years before the rise of Napster. Here's how Aoki navigated the early years of music piracy, and what he currently thinks of music streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music.

Aoki's new album "Steve Aoki Presents KOLONY" is out on July 21st. 

The following is a transcript of the video: 

And we were a physical records business. And physical was going down. And this is like our source of income. 

When I, when I look back at the history of my label ... I started this label when I was 19. And I was putting on shows literally in my living room. It grew from that living room, into small little bars in Hollywood, into clubs. 

And I remember Napster ... And even at that era, this is like 10, 10 plus years ago ... physical was going down. And we were a physical records business. And this is like our source of income. It was a big deal and like, they're like, “Oh no .. people are giving away music, pirating music.” [Then] iTunes went up.

And so, we made a decision as like what I, I felt like we were one of the first independent labels to decide to give away our first single of our biggest act MSTRKRFT at the time. It was a decision that was made against every one of my team. I was like, “We kind of got to go with the flow with like where things are going. We got to like think ahead.” You know 6 months later .. we wanted to see the analysis of how the song did and we realized the song that we gave away sold the most amount of records for the entire album. You circulate the music and then it will sell. 

And so, going into this new age of streaming I don't really necessarily look at the downloads as much as I look at the streaming numbers. Streaming numbers are by far the more important. For example, “Just Hold On” ... we're at like 230 million streams. We might be on the downloads in America like 100,000 or something. That's incredible. So it just goes to show how much more power it has. And whenever I see my songs or Dim Mak songs on playlists, it's a major jump for the artist on all verticals of their business.

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In the wake of White House press secretary Sean Spicer's resignation, we looked back at actress Melissa McCarthy's many manic impressions of Spicer in "Saturday Night Live" sketches this year. And we found the one skit that best embodied Spicer's turbulent tenure.

In the best "SNL" Spicer sketch, performed in May, Melissa McCarthy's Spicer first appears in the window outside the White House press room, hiding between the bushes as Sarah Huckabee-Sanders (Aidy Bryant) fills in for him. 

Spicer then bursts in to spray a journalist with a fire extinguisher, explain the hierarchy of Trump's alleged Russia connections (via the layers of a ridiculous Russian nesting doll), and ride his podium through the streets of Manhattan to Trump Tower. 

In the final scene, Spicer confronts Alec Baldwin's Trump on "a golf course in New Jersey" and pleads that Trump not replace him with Huckabee-Sanders. Then Spicer and Trump make out.

Watch the sketch below:  

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Let's just be upfront: The blue shell in "Mario Kart" is a frustrating, obnoxious item that we all wish would go away. It's the number one cause of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in any given race.

There you are, ahead of the pack by a mile, when suddenly a blue shell comes flying out of nowhere. It crashes down on you, explodes, and drains your coins as kart after kart races past you. With the finish line in sight, you're now in twelfth place. The dreaded blue shell strikes again, and all you've got is your frustration.

The man behind the most recent games in the series, "Mario Kart 7" and "Mario Kart 8" (as well as "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe"), understands your frustration. He's just not going to take out the blue shell because you're upset. 

"You know, sometimes life isn't fair. Sometimes in life you have something where you feel that's not right, and that's frustrating," Kosuke Yabuki told Eurogamer in a recent interview. He's kidding, of course. (But also he's clearly not and the blue shell isn't fair.)

Jokes aside, there's precedent for removing the shell: As "Mario Kart" games have evolved over the years, new items have been added while older ones were taken away. The blue shell was not part of the original "Mario Kart" on the Super Nintendo, for instance. Yabuki said that Nintendo continues to experiment with dropping the blue shell: 

"We have tried — or we are trying — to see what the game's like without the blue shell. When we've experimented without the blue shell, actually it feels like something's missing."

Maybe fairness is what's missing? Sorry, sorry, that's unnecessary. Anyway, read the full conversation here at Eurogamer.

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After "Game of Thrones" showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff revealed Thursday that they were making a new HBO show, "Confederate," the backlash came swiftly.

"Confederate" will be based in an alternative reality where the South succeeded in the first Civil War (in this show there are multiple) — and yes, slavery will still exist.

The name and short description of the show alone spawned angry Twitter responses, and a number of think pieces, despite the fact the show has yet to be written.

Weiss and Benioff are familiar with criticism. Their hit series, "Game of Thrones," has received a lot over the years, but one of the biggest has been that it sorely lacks diversity. And the fact that Weiss and Benioff have done so little to tackle the diversity problem on "Game of Thrones" has left some wondering how the two will deal with a topic as sensitive as slavery.

But Benioff and Weiss are not the only producers of "Confederate." Nichelle Tramble Spellman and Malcolm Spellman, who are both African American, will also be producing the show. 

In an interview with Vulture, all four producers of "Confederate" addressed the backlash they've received thus far.

Benioff acknowledged that delving into the subject matter of "Confederate" is scary, and that the intensity of the subject, and immediate backlash, is their incentive to make sure they "get it right."

Here's what he said:

"This is scary, for all of us. It’s scary for different reasons. But it is a pretty terrifying prospect getting into it. We knew it would be, and now it’s come true. It’s obviously creating a lot of controversy before anything’s happened just on the basis of a press release, and that will only continue as we get closer. But even aside from that outside part of it, there’s just the frightening part of — we’re all gonna put a lot of pressure on ourselves to get it right."

Tramble Spellman revealed in the interview that Weiss and Benioff sought her and Spellman out to ensure that "Confederate" included a black perspective — important if you're going to create a show about slavery.

And Spellman directly addressed the question many had: Why did two people of color sign up to create a show where the South wins the Civil War?

"Me and Nichelle are not props being used to protect someone else," Spellman said. "We are people who feel a need to address issues the same way they do, and they should at least humanize the other end of those tweets and articles. You know what I’m saying?"

Spellman continued to explain that he wanted to get involved with "Confederate" in an effort to bring to light the current socio-political climate, wrought with racial tensions.

"What people need to recognize is, and it makes me really want to get into the show: The s—t is alive and real today ... So the idea that this would be pornography goes back to people imagining whips and plantations. What they need to be imagining is how f—d up things are today, and a story that allows us to now dramatize it in a more tangible matter," he said.

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On the heels of Ben Affleck dropping out of the upcoming Netflix project, "Triple Frontier," it seems he also might be hanging up his Batman cape and mask.

In a story The Hollywood Reporter put up Friday, the trade reports that Warner Bros. is working on a way to phase out Affleck as the current Dark Knight.

Though Affleck will definitely be playing Batman in the upcoming "Justice League" movie, coming out November 17 (he's even scheduled to appear at Comic Con in San Diego this weekend to promote it), THR says "it would be wise to bet against Affleck starring in 'The Batman,'" according to its source.

The standalone Batman movie was first going to be a writer-director project for Affleck. He was also to star again as the iconic DC Comics hero. But gradually news has come out of Affleck stepping back.

First, he announced that he would no longer be director in January, then earlier this month the new director on "The Batman," Matt Reeves ("War for the Planet of the Apes"), said that he would not be using Affleck's script.

According to the THR story, Affleck being ushered out of the role will be "gracefully" addressed in an upcoming DC Extended Universe movie.

Affleck first starred as Batman to positive reviews in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice." He then had a cameo role as the character in "Suicide Squad."

Business Insider contacted Warner Bros. for comment and was referred to the quote studio head Toby Emmerich gave THR: "Ben is our Batman. We love him as Batman. We want to keep him in the cowl as long as we can."

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This week, Chance the Rapper collaborated with Young Thug on a SoundCloud exclusive, and Tyler, the Creator released his fourth studio album, "Flower Boy."

Here are the 5 best songs from the past week that you can stream right now:

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Chance the Rapper — "Big B's" (feat. Young Thug)

Released Saturday in the wake of Chance the Rapper's cryptic support for SoundCloud, amid the streaming service's financial struggles, "Big B's" (a SoundCloud exclusive) features one of Chance's best verses in years, and two admissible verses from Young Thug. 

Grizzly Bear — "Neighbors"

Judging by its stellar singles, Brooklyn indie rock band Grizzly Bear's upcoming album, "Painted Ruins," sounds like it could be the group's magnum opus. Their latest release, "Neighbors," finds the voices of singers Ed Droste and Daniel Rossen intertwining with layers of stirring, meandering guitar. 

Damian Marley — "Here We Go"

Fresh off a marquee feature on Jay-Z's "4:44" track "Bam," Bob Marley's son Damian has released his fourth studio album, "Stony Hill." The standout track, "Here We Go," features Marley rap-singing over a synth-laden beat that samples reggae singer Lacksley Castell's 1981 song, "Jah Is Watching You."

AMC showed the first trailer for season 8 of "The Walking Dead" at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con. There's a lot happening in the trailer, and it looks like Rick and everyone else will be taking the war to Negan and his gang.

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After Jim Henson’s death in 1990, Steve Whitmire became the sole voice and puppeteer of Kermit the Frog, everyone's favorite banjo-playing amphibian.

So when the news dropped earlier this month that Whitmire would resign as the voice of Kermit, after 27 years, Muppet fans were shocked.

To much of the public, the recasting of Kermit seemed to come out of nowhere, but according to many who worked with Whitmire, his recasting was long overdue.

Here is everything you need to know about this summer's most perplexing scandal: 

A fan site broke the news that Kermit was out.

The Muppet fan site, ToughPigs, was first to report that Whitmire was leaving The Muppets on July 10. It revealed that Matt Vogel, a fellow Muppet performer, would be taking Whitmire's place as the voice of Kermit. 

ToughPigs didn't provide many details as to why Whitmire was leaving, but noted in its report that Whitmire had been absent from The Muppet's short weekly "Muppet Thought of the Week" YouTube series well before his departure. 

The "Muppet Thought of the Week" series began in February 2017, and Kermit had not made a single appearance on it.

Whitmire publicly announced that he didn't resign. Disney fired him.

Whitmire published an emotional blog post (his first ever) on July 11, the day after the news of his recasting broke. Whitmire explained in his post that he had not quit The Muppets, but had been fired by Disney.

Whitmire described how distraught and confused he felt by Disney’s decision to replace him. Whitmire explained in his post that he would never consider 'abandoning Kermit.'

Whitmire wrote:

"For me the Muppets are not just a job, or a career, or even a passion. They are a calling, an urgent, undeniable, impossible to resist way of life. This is my life’s work since I was 19 years old. I feel that I am at the top of my game, and I want all of you who love the Muppets to know that I would never consider abandoning Kermit or any of the others because to do so would be to forsake the assignment entrusted to me by Jim Henson, my friend and mentor, but even more, my hero."

Whitmire continues to explain in his post that he waited nine months to discuss his firing publicly, in the hopes that Disney would change its mind. This confirmed ToughPig's suspicions that the actor had indeed not been performing with The Muppets long before the news of his departure became public.

Muppets fans responded to Whitmire's post with an overwhelming outpouring of love and support, thanking Whitmire for his years of service voicing Kermit.

The Muppet Studio revealed that Whitmire was fired for 'unacceptable business conduct.'

To the public, it seemed like Whitmire had been wronged by Disney — unfairly let go, and unfairly pushed out of the company he had given so much to.

Then The Muppet Studio (now owned by Disney) released a statement of its own on Monday.

The Muppet Studio’s statement said that Whitmire's firing was years in the making, and that the decision to recast him came after consultations with the Henson family, along with many talks with Whitmire himself, in which Disney attempted to address his "unacceptable business conduct."

Here's the thrust of it:

“We raised concerns about Steve’s repeated unacceptable business conduct over a period of many years and he consistently failed to address the feedback. The decision to part ways was a difficult one which was made in consultation with the Henson family and has their full support."

Whitmire, who spoke to The Hollywood Reporter, responded to accusations that he had conducted himself unacceptably, and said he felt Disney's primary motivation for firing him had more to do with character notes that he gave while ABC's "The Muppets" show was in production.

Whitmire's biggest character note for "The Muppets" was this: Kermit isn't a liar.

Disney pushed a plotline on "The Muppets" where Kermit lies to his cousin Robin about his breakup with Miss Piggy, and Whitmire wasn't a fan. This became a contentious issue between the puppeteer and Disney, according to Whitmire. Whitmire even went so far as to insinuate that Disney's dismissal of his character notes as one of the reasons why the show was cancelled after its first (and final) season last fall.

Here's what he said when speaking to The Hollywood Reporter:

"We have been doing these characters for a long, long time and we know them better than anybody. I thought I was aiding to keep it on track, and I think a big reason why the show was canceled (after one season last fall) was because that didn't happen. I am not saying my notes would have saved it, but I think had they listened more to all of the performers, it would have made a really big difference." 

It's still early in season seven, but this is "Game of Thrones," and anyone can be killed — at any time. 

So to prepare you (and ourselves) for this intense season, which will undoubtedly be filled with deaths, we put together a list of all the characters still alive, and their chances of dying this week, and in the season generally.

We'll update each character's risk of death percentage every week, depending on what happens as the story progresses. 

Season seven episode two, "Stormborn" airs Sunday night on HBO.

Here's who will live and who will die this week on "Game of Thrones:"

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Daenerys Targaryen — 100%

Chance of survival this episode: 100%. She is Daenerys of the House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, The Unburnt, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, Queen of Meereen, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Protector of the Realm, Lady Regnant of the Seven Kingdoms, Breaker of Chains and Mother of Dragons. She is perfectly fine and there's nothing to worry about for now. 

Chance of survival this season: 99%. All men must die, but Daenerys Stormborn is not a man. 

Arya Stark — 100%

Chance of survival this episode: 100%. Arya's got a lot to do (aka: a lot of people to murder) before it's her time to go.  

Chance of survival this season: 85%. Arya will likely survive the season and the series, but her mission puts her at a big risk. If she heads to King's Landing, like she says she's doing, we have no idea what would happen to her if Zombie The Mountain catches her trying to kill Cersei. And we seriously don't want to think about that right now. 

Jon Snow — 100%

Chance of survival this episode: 100%. Jon Snow isn't looking forward to the inevitable battle with the White Walkers, but other that he is just dandy this week. 

Chance of survival this season: 89%. He's already died before, and with another priest of the Lord of Light (Thoros of Myr) on his way to the North, Jon's life could be saved again if he dies, even if he doesn't want it back. It's also pretty much confirmed, due to his patronage, he will be around till the end.

Director David Leitch knows a little something about pulling off action on the big screen.

For over two decades, he and Chad Stahelski have done stunts for the biggest stars on some of the biggest films, through their company 87Eleven. Recently, the two have moved on to directing, and have used their stuntman talents to create impressive action movies.

The two codirected the cult hit “John Wick” in 2014, instantly making them attractive names for numerous projects floating around Hollywood that needed a realistic action feel.

One of those was an adaptation of a recently published graphic novel, titled "The Coldest City." A pulpy Cold War spy thriller, it follows British MI6 agent Lorraine Broughton, who is tasked with traveling to Berlin days before the wall comes down, to retrieve a list identifying undercover agents before it's put in the wrong hands.

Charlize Theron was looking for unique female protagonist roles, so she bought the rights. The Oscar winner then looked for a director, and brought in Leitch and Stahelski for a meeting.

Learning that most of the directors were pitching Theron serious noir-tone story ideas (think 2011's "Tinker Tailor Solider Spy"), the duo came in with some "John Wick" flair.

They got the job, but suddenly Leitch and Stahelski were stuck with a major decision. The start date for "The Coldest City" project, now titled “Atomic Blonde,” conflicted with the start for “John Wick: Chapter 2.” The two decided to split up directing duties to complete both projects. Stahelski did “John Wick 2,” while Leitch took on “Atomic Blonde.” It was an easy decision for Leitch, who had become obsessed with the Theron project.

"How do you make this sexy and cool and commercial and infuse my action sensibilities to turn the spy genre on its head?" Leitch told Business Insider. It was the challenge he couldn't pass on.

Leitch's pitch for Theron showed a slick action movie, but he also gave a musical presentation that highlighted '80s classics from the likes of David Bowie and Queen. When fused together these showed his vision for the project.

"After pitching it to Charlize, we were off to the races," Leitch said.

And Leitch quickly learned that Theron wanted to give the movie an ultra-violent realness by doing most of her own stunts. Especially the fight sequences. He loved the idea, but in Leitch’s experience with actors, he’s learned talk is cheap.

“Not to name names, but some will see [doing their own stunts] as part of their job, and they'll come in and have the work ethic, but not the ability. And some will have the ability but not the work ethic," Leitch said. "You have to have a passion to step in the gym for three hours, four times a week, and get your butt kicked."

So, to see what Theron was made of, Leitch put her through his stunt team's introduction course.

"We call it 'The Evaluation.' We put her through basic choreography drills, and you see her aptitude for memorization, and ability to mimic motion, and she was scoring off the charts," Leitch said.

Watch Theron's fight training for the movie:

A trained dancer in her youth, Theron took to the exercises, regardless the difficulty level. Soon, Leitch and one of the movie's producers, Kelly McCormick (who is also his wife), began talking about trying to pull off an elaborate fight sequence in "Atomic Blonde" that they had been discussing for years.

"I'm getting the remote videos from L.A. on how she's doing every day, and I made a call back to my stunt team and I'm like, 'Guys, I think we can do this 'oner' we've always talked about,'" Leitch said.

With only a $30 million budget (around the same he had for "John Wick"), Leitch was looking for ways to have the movie's fight sequences stand out with the limited resources. Due to Theron's abilities, he decided that the movie's major eight-minute fight scene — which takes place in the stairwell of a crummy Berlin apartment building at the end of the movie  — would all be done in one continuous shot.

"When I pitched it to her we were already a couple of weeks into shooting and I walked into the makeup trailer and I was like, 'I didn't want to tell you this before because I didn't want to freak you out, but that stairwell fight, I'm planning to make it all one shot.' And she's like, 'Ah, what?'" Leitch recalled. "I said, 'There will be some tricks and some movie magic, but it's going to be hard work and a lot of long takes.' And she was like, 'Has it been done before?' And I said, 'Not like this.' And she said, 'Let's do it.'"

As Leitch notes, there are some hidden cuts in the sequence (as happens with most "ones"), but the fight (which took two weeks to shoot) is what the movie will be remembered for. It showcases the talents of Leitch and his stunt team, as well as the abilities of Theron, who has wowed audiences recently with her out-of-the-box movie choices.

For someone who has worked with dedicated action stars like Keanu Reeves and Hugh Jackman, Leitch puts Theron in that rare class of actors who can realistically do almost anything a stunt person can.

"Her attitude was amazing and her excitement to come in every day and train and mix it up with the stunt team, and push herself, there's few that I've worked with that have that drive," Leitch said.

"Atomic Blonde" opens in theaters July 28.

Watch some of the single-shot fight scene in the trailer below:

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Warning: Very big spoilers if you have not seen the season 7 premiere of "Game of Thrones."

Remembering the gargantuan number of character plotlines on "Game of Thrones" isn't always easy.

Hopefully this comprehensive list of last week's character plotlines will be able to refresh even the foggiest of memories.

Here's what every character was up to on the last week's episode of "Game of Thrones":

Arya Stark

After poisoning all of Walder Frey's sons, Arya crosses paths with Lannister soldiers in Riverrun and announces her intentions to kill Cersei. 

Cersei Lannister

As she finally takes her place on the Iron Throne, Cersei begins to plot her domination over the seven kingdoms.

Euron Greyjoy, the newest king of the Iron Islands, asks for Cersei's hand in marriage, which she declines. Euron promises to return with a gift to change Cersei's mind.

Bran Stark

Bran and Meera convince the men of the Night's Watch to bring them to Castle Black when they reach the Wall by impressing them with their White Walker knowledge. 

Christopher Nolan has done everything from making imaginatively complex dramas about the heights people will go after losing a loved one ("Memento" and "The Prestige"), to resurrecting a comic book franchise for the big screen with sophistication ("The Dark Knight" movies).

Now with his latest movie, "Dunkirk," he takes on his first-ever war epic.

To celebrate his best movie in years opening on Friday, we look back on the incredible feature film work of Nolan, and in the process, go through the agonizing process of trying to rank them.

Here are all the Christopher Nolan movies, ranked from worst to best: 

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10. “Insomnia” (2002)

Following the success of his breakthrough hit, "Memento," Nolan was quickly snatched up by Hollywood. Steven Soderbergh pulled him into Warner Bros. and that led to Nolan directing this thriller, starring Al Pacino and Robin Williams. Seeing Williams in the rare bad-guy role was intriguing. But Pacino looking super tired the entire movie, while playing a cop trying to solve a murder in an Alaska town with perpetual daylight, didn't help an already slow-burn story. But we highly recommend the original Norwegian movie it's based on. 

9. "Following" (1998)

Nolan's feature debut is unique right out of the gate: A writer who gets his material by following strangers around. Of course, things get more complex, like when he is put under the wing of a thief. This black-and-white movie shows hints of Nolan's greatness from the surprise reveals in the story, to the use of music. 

8. "Interstellar" (2014)

Perhaps Nolan's most ambitious movie to date, his "2001"-like epic look into space even confused the most hardcore of Nolan fans. Perhaps too smart for its own good, it's certainly a movie that will gain more acclaim as new generations come across it.

The latest movie by Christopher Nolan features stars like Tom Hardy, Oscar-winner Mark Rylance, and Cillian Murphy — but when you leave the theater after watching “Dunkirk” (opens July 21), one of the performances you’ll likely remember most will be the acting debut of pop star Harry Styles.

Formerly part of One Direction, Styles has branched off into being one of the biggest solo performers in the world, and now he’s showing he has acting chops as well.

“Dunkirk” is an intimately told look at the Allied evacuation of the beaches of Dunkirk, France during World War II. Told in three parts — soldiers on the beach, British pilots fighting off German bombers in the sky, and civilian boats on the water en route to Dunkirk to help with the evacuation — Nolan explores the journey of a handful of men involved in all three instances.

Styles plays Alex, one of the soldiers trying to get off the beach, and it’s not easy. Escaping out of sinking destroyers and avoiding being shot at by oncoming Germans soldiers on foot advancing towards the beach, Styles delivers a riveting performance. And for a movie limited with dialogue, he gets a large part of the lines that are spoken.

Nolan is no stranger to doing unique casting. He cast Robin Williams in one of the actor’s rare turns as a bad guy in 2002’s “Insomnia,” had David Bowie play Nikola Tesla in 2006’s “The Prestige,” and then there was the shocking choice of choosing Heath Ledger to play The Joker in 2008’s “The Dark Knight,” which went on to earn Ledger a posthumous Oscar win for best supporting actor.

Nolan sees similarities to those castings and going with Styles.

“Ever since I cast Heath Ledger as The Joker and raised all kinds of eyebrows, I've recognized that this is my responsibility and I really have to spot the potential in somebody who hasn't done a particular thing before,” Nolan told Business Insider. “Because whether you're taking about Harry Styles or Mark Rylance you don't really want to cast them in a position where they are doing something they've already done. You want to give the audience something different. So you're looking at their talent and how that can be used.”

And there was little preference given to Styles in the casting process (though Nolan has admitted he wasn’t aware how famous Styles really is). 

“The truth is, Harry auditioned for our casting director, he sent the tape along. The casting director rightly pointed out how good it was. We threw him into the mix with many, many other young men and he earned his seat at the table over a series of very hard-fought auditions,” Nolan said.

Styles definitely holds his own on screen, proving he can move us with his dramatic acting as much as his comedy, which he showed off earlier this year on “Saturday Night Live.”

Nolan can’t wait for audiences to see this side of Styles.

“I’m very excited for people to see what he has done in the film,” Nolan said. “I think it’s truthful and it’s a very tough role he’s playing, too.”

Watch Styles in the “Dunkirk” trailer below:

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DC brought a new trailer for "Justice League" to the 2017 San Diego Comic Con, and it does not disappoint. It looks like Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Cyborg, and Aquaman will all have to unite against an otherworldly foe. "Justice League" will hit US theaters on November 17th.

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CHICAGO — “Fix the game!” “Fix the game!”

Boos and jeers erupted from thousands of Pokémon Go players in Chicago’s Grant Park on Saturday after the game stopped working for many who had paid and traveled far to be there.

Server outages and bugs plagued Niantic’s Pokémon Go at the height of its popularity last summer, and a similar situation occurred early into the game’s first-ever, all-day ticketed event.

Because of the server outages, which began early in the day were never completed fixed, all roughly 20,000 attendees were given full refunds for their $20 tickets and $100 worth of in-game coins, which can be used to purchase special items.

A Niantic spokesperson told Business Insider during the event that the game studio was working with carriers like AT&T and Verizon to direct more coverage to the park. Not all players were affected by the outage and some carriers, such as T-Mobile, worked better with the game throughout the day.

At roughly 11 a.m. local time and the height of the server outage, Niantic CEO John Hanke addressed players from a stage in the park. He was loudly booed and heckled the moment he stepped on stage.

“I paid $3,000 for this game!” one person in the crowd loudly shouted at Hanke. Pokémon Go offers in-app purchases and is estimated to be the fastest mobile game to reach $1 billion in revenue.

Tickets to Chicago’s Pokémon Go Fest event sold out in under 10 minutes for $20 each, and many tickets were later resold online for hundreds of dollars. Hanke said that players from Australia, Europe, and other continents had traveled to Chicago for the event.

Besides the ability to catch rare Pokémon that are typically only available in certain parts of the world, Niantic promised attendees that they would have the chance to catch the first ultra-powerful, so-called Legendary Pokémon at the end of the event.

In reality, there was only one regional Pokémon to be found in the hit augmented reality game, Heracross. At the end of the day, Niantic told attendees that they would all be automatically awarded one Legendary Pokémon named Lugia. Most ticket holders left the park before the event was scheduled to end at 7 p.m.

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Netflix's first trailer for the second season of "Stranger Things" finally premiered at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con. It looks like Will and his friends are still in danger, and it seems we haven't seen the last of Eleven. All episodes will hit Netflix on October 27th.

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HBO showed off the first trailer at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con, and there's a lot going on. Since when are there cars in the wild west? Season 2 will premiere on HBO in 2018.

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Marvel's second trailer for "Thor: Ragnarok" made its debut at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con, and it does not disappoint. It looks like Thor and Hulk will be going on an intergalactic adventure together — but not before fighting each other. "Thor: Ragnarok" hits US theaters on November 3rd.

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It's a common misconception that the closer a face is to being perfectly symmetrical, the more attractive it is. Trying this theory out on George Clooney, Beyoncé and Margot Robbie, suggests otherwise.

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Each year in music, one album stands out from the crowd as the most critically acclaimed work of the year.

Since the turn of the new century, review aggregator Metacritic has compiled an annual list of the years' most well-received albums, by assigning scores based on their composite critical reception.

We selected the top album from each year, starting with 2000 (and including the best album of 2017 so far). The resulting list includes appearances from great artists like Kendrick Lamar, Bob Dylan, and Kanye West, as well as a few lesser-known but incredible LPs. 

Check out the best album of each year in the new century so far:

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2000: Outkast — "Stankonia"

Critic score: 95/100

User score: 8.9/10

What critics said: "Stankonia reeks of artful ambition rendered with impeccable skill — or as one song title so concisely has it, 'So Fresh, So Clean.'" — Entertainment Weekly

Notable songs:"So Fresh, So Clean,""Ms. Jackson,""B.O.B."

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2001: Bob Dylan — "Love and Theft"

Critic score: 93/100

User score: 8.8/10

What critics said: "The remarkable achievement of 'Love and Theft' is that Dylan makes the past sound as strange, haunted and alluring as the future." — Rolling Stone

Notable songs:"Mississippi,""Bye and Bye,""High Water (For Charley Patton)"

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2002: The Streets — "Original Pirate Material"

Critic score: 90/100

User score: 8.9/10

What critics said: "'Original Pirate Material' is England's first great hip-hop record mostly because it isn't a hip-hop record. It's hard to say exactly what it is." — Village Voice

Notable songs:"Has It Come To This?,""Let's Push Things Forward,""Weak Become Heros"

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