Celebrity often outweighs talent when it comes to landing roles in Hollywood, and the recent audition experience of "Game of Thrones" star Sophie Turner is another example — according to her.

Turner, who plays Sansa Stark on the hit HBO show, told Porter magazine that she won a role over a "far better" actress for a project because she has a "big social-media following."

Turner's online audience includes 5.4 million followers on Instagram, 1.35 million on Twitter, and 2 million on Facebook.

"A lot of what I have achieved is about timing and luck, but it is also, and I hate to say it, about a big social-media following," Turner told the print-only magazine. 

"I auditioned for a project and it was between me and another girl who is a far better actress than I am, far better, but I had the followers, so I got the job," she said. "It's not right, but it is part of the movie industry now."

Though Turner didn't name the project in question, she is slated to appear in four films over the next two years. These upcoming projects include "Berlin, I Love You," "Hunstville," "Time Freak," and a reprisal of her role as Jean Grey in "X-Men: Dark Phoenix."

We must note, however, that while Turner is speaking to a truth in Hollywood, she's also being modest. She has given a spectacular performance as Sansa Stark in "Game of Thrones," especially in the later seasons.

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The dragons from Game of Thrones may be fictitious, but some of these real-life animals aren't so different. The closest were the pterosaurs, whose name literally translates to "winged lizard". There are a few other dragon-esque animals.

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Disney's live-action remake of "The Lion King" already has stars like Donald Glover as Simba, John Oliver as Zazu, and James Earl Jones as Mufasa (he voiced the same character in the original animated feature) — and now it looks like they are close to landing their Scar.

According to The Wrap, "Doctor Strange" star Chiwetel Ejiofor is in talks to taking on the villain role, which was voiced by Jeremy Irons in the 1994 original movie.

The anticipated remake, which opens in theaters in July 2019, follows the success of CGI-heavy live-action movies Disney has recently given us, including "The Jungle Book" and "Beauty and the Beast." "The Jungle Book" director Jon Favreau will be directing "The Lion King" remake.

The original "Lion King" is a beloved classic in the Disney archives. It won two Oscars and to-date (including re-releases over the years) has grossed over $968 million at the worldwide box office. 

Ejiofor was nominated for best actor at the 2014 Academy Awards for his performance in "12 Years a Slave."

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Justin Bieber has broken his silence about his decision to cancel the remaining dates of his "Purpose" world tour.

The 23-year-old singer posted an extended note on Instagram Wednesday, explaining that he ended the tour prematurely because he wants his career and life to be "sustainable."

"Me taking this time right now is me saying I want to be SUSTAINABLE," Bieber wrote. "I want my career to be sustainable, but I also want my mind heart and soul to be sustainable. So that I can be the man I want to be, the husband I eventually want to be and the father I want to be."

Bieber also went on to address his controversial behavior over the past few years.

"I have let my insecurities get the best of me at times," he wrote. "“I let my broken relationships dictate the way I acted toward people and the way I treated them! i let bitterness, jealously and fear run my life.!!!!"

Bieber canceled his world tour due to "unforeseen circumstances" on July 24. After having performed 150 shows since the tour began in March 2016, he had 15 dates remaining in cities across North America and Asia. 

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Is Netflix's selection not enough for you? Than you're in luck if you live in Los Angeles or New York City. 

In July, LA's public library announced that it would provide streaming of hundreds of films including access to films from The Criterion Collection for free if you had a card.

New York City publication Gothamist wanted to know if New Yorkers have this benefit, too — and they didn't.

But starting Friday, they will.

On August 4, anyone with a New York or Brooklyn Public Library card will have streaming access to hundreds of movies including films from The Criterion Collection. The Criterion Collection includes classic and contemporary films that are considered important including "The Royal Tenenbaums," "Mulholland Drive," "Do the Right Thing," and "Pan's Labyrinth." (It's not clear exactly which films from The Criterion Collection will be available, and the selection may change.)

If you live in LA or New York, it's a simple process to get started.

First, you need a library card if you don't have one already. Then create an account on the streaming site, Kanopy, using your library card number. You can watch up to ten movies per month, you have a three-day limit on each movie, and you can watch on an array of devices.

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This time, you'll be prepared.

If you missed out on Nintendo's short-lived NES Classic Edition earlier this year, you're probably pining to get the upcoming SNES Classic Edition, the $80 mini Super Nintendo that works with modern TVs and comes with 21 classic games built-in.  

Nintendo revealed on Tuesday that the SNES Classic Edition will be available for pre-order from "various retailers late this month." Considering this will be a very hot item when it goes on sale, I've come up with a way for you to track down when those stores will have the SNES Classic available for pre-order.

Check it out:

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Keep this continuously-refreshing list of Twitter accounts open in a tab. It will eventually show when the SNES Classic is available to pre-order.

I've compiled a list with the Twitter accounts of stores that openly claim they'll have the SNES Classic available for pre-order, as well as those that sold the previous NES Classic, for good measure. If those stores will likely announce via Twitter when they have the SNES Classic up for pre-order.

You can click here to see the list that I've created, which refreshes as new tweets are posted. I'll keep the list updated if more stores claim they'll offer the SNES Classic for pre-order.

Right now, that list will likely show a lot of irrelevant tweets that have nothing to do with the SNES Classic. It could drive you crazy, but once the news comes out that it's available for pre-order, you'll be thankful you endured the madness. Then, you can click like hell to nab yourself a SNES Classic from whatever store tweets that it has pre-order units available. 

If you want to make your own personalized list to receive notifications of new tweets about the SNES Classic, you'll need to sign up for a Twitter account and create a list using Tweetdeck.

Again, you might go crazy with all the irrelevant tweet notifications for the time being, but it'll all be worth it once you get your hands on that gray and purple 16-bit goodness.

1. Sign up for Twitter (if you haven't already)

2. Go to tweetdeck.com and sign in with your Twitter account information.

3. On the left of the Tweetdeck interface, click the "+" button to add a column. 

4. Select "List."

5. Click "Create new list." 

6. Name your new list "SNES Classic," or whatever you want, and click save.

7. Start adding the following Twitter accounts to your list:

@BestBuy

@WalMart

@Amazon

@UrbanOutfitters

@ToysRUs

@BHPhotoVideo

@Target

@NintendoAmerica

6. A column will appear containing the latest tweets from all those stores. 

7. To get notifications of new tweets from those Twitter accounts, click the settings button to the right of the column's name.

8. Click "Preferences."

9. Select "Enable desktop notifications," you can select "Enable sound" if you want, too.

10. Select the size you want for the desktop notifications for the tweets. Click the settings button again to close the menu.

11. Click the "Let's Go" button in the blue bar at the top of Tweetdeck to allow desktop notifications. If you run Chrome, it may ask you again if you want to allow notifications. Click "Allow."

You can disable the notifications once you're done. 

Sign up for email alerts from stores that will offer pre-orders for the SNES Classic. Those stores include Amazon...

Sign up for an email alert when the SNES Classic becomes available for pre-order on Amazon. You'll need to be signed into your Amazon account to sign up for the alert.

Frank Ocean gave a great performance at Panorama Music Festival last Friday, but the resulting discussion around his set has centered not so much on his music — or the fact that filmmaker Spike Jonze filmed the show — but on the instantly iconic T-shirt that Ocean wore during the performance.

"Why be racist, sexist, homophobic or transphobic when you could just be quiet?" Ocean's plain-white shirt read, in capitalized black lettering. 

As The New York Times reports, the shirt was produced by Green Box Shop, an independent online shop founded in 2016 by 18-year-old Kayla Robinson.

Over the weekend following Ocean's performance, the shirt became a viral hit on Twitter, and Robinson's site flooded with 5,500 overall purchases — a massive boon compared to her typical two-day sales of 100 orders.

The Times story goes on to detail, however, that the text of the shirt originated from the following August 2015 tweet, written by 18-year-old Brandon Male:

Male said he contacted Green Box Shop about the shirt earlier this year, and they initially disregarded him. After the shirt blew up following Ocean's performance, Robinson reportedly sent Male $100 via Venmo — less than 1% of the revenue gained from the $18.99 shirts in two days.

"It was an impulsive decision," Robinson told the Times. "I hadn’t looked at the number of sales, and I wasn’t thinking about it portionwise. It does look like I was just throwing money at him to keep him quiet."

Male could have filed a cease-and-desist against Green Box for using his tweet without his permission. Instead, the two parties have since agreed to avoid the nebulous waters of internet copyright protection by sitting down to negotiate a proportional profit for both sides.  

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The 90s are so hot right now.

From “Landline” to “Captain Marvel,” to chokers and mom jeans, it looks like it’s 1997 in real life and in entertainment.

“Wet Hot American Summer: 10 Years Later,” which debuts on Friday on Netflix, goes out of its way to make it clear that it is in the 90s. While this is definitely a nod to the resurgence of 90s nostalgia in today’s culture, it also indicates that it's a different decade than the previous installments of “Wet Hot.”

The series also applies 90s tropes to emphasize its setting further: nuclear threats, a psycho nanny (a slightly out of her element Alyssa Milano), and grunge. 

When I found out that Netflix would reboot "Wet Hot American Summer" in 2015, I was disappointed when I found out that the season would take place on the first day of camp, and not at the reunion (discussed in the 2001 movie). But turns out, "First Day at Camp" was the right move to make. While the second chapter in the reboot “10 Years Later,” which does take place at that reunion, has some clever bits and a blindingly delightful Chris Pine, it's lost its charm in the 90s setting.

The plot that drives the season centers around Ronald Reagan (Michael Showalter) and George H.W. Bush (Michael Ian Black), who want to nuke Camp Firewood for some reason. It’s absurd and nonsensical in the traditional “Wet Hot” way, but Reagan and Bush end up having more screen time than some of the original characters.

The plot provides some of the season's funniest scenes and brings some memorable characters back to Camp Firewood. But in relying on these fictionalized versions of presidents it takes away time from people you might’ve preferred to see, like Amy Poehler, David Hyde Peirce, Christopher Meloni, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Rudd, Joe Lo Truglio, and Ken Marino. The list goes on. The great John Early (“Search Party“), who’s one of the best comedic actors working today (and a new addition to the Camp Firewood family starting with “First Day at Camp") is severely underused.

“10 Years Later ” parodies action, romance, thriller, and the concept of reunion shows and movies like itself, but in the end it’s all too much. Although this is likely due to the massive success of the original movie’s cast following its 2001 release, some characters don’t join the reunion until the last few episodes. And some characters that are there throughout the whole season have completely separate story arcs, like Michael Ian Black and Adam Scott’s characters.

And I’ll just tell you now: Adam Scott just plays Bradley Cooper’s character, Ben. The explanation is a nose job. It’s very funny. But despite replacing Oscar-nominee Cooper with zero-time Oscar-nominee Scott, Scott is still a pretty busy guy, too, so that definitely had an effect on this storyline.

Despite its flaws, “10 Years Later” is definitely worth watching, and it’s not bad by any means. Compared to most comedies, it’s great. It’s funny, fun, and a quick watch if you have zero plans for the weekend. Fans of the cult comedy and of the first Netflix series will love revisiting the characters at Camp Firewood. But at this point in creators David Wain and Michael Showalter's careers, I did expect a lot more.

It's not a must-see.

Overall the season lacks focus that takes away from the absurd spirit that made “Wet Hot” tick. This is ironic, since in “10 Years Later," the “spirit” of Camp Firewood plays a very important and prominent role.

Watch the trailer for "Wet Hot American Summer: 10 Years Later" below:

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Angelina Jolie's September cover story for Vanity Fair includes a passage where the reporter describes Jolie's intense method of casting children for her latest film, "First They Killed My Father."

That passage sparked internet outrage immediately after publication, and got a firm rebuke from Jolie's camp. But Vanity Fair is sticking by it.

The piece says Jolie traveled to Cambodia to find children she thought would be great for the lead role of young Loung Ung.

Jolie reportedly sought out impoverished children to play the part of Ung, specifically those she deemed had experienced hardship. Then Jolie, along with her casting director, played games with them that have come across as cruel and unnecessary to many.

Here's the relevant paragraph from the Vanity Fair piece:

"To cast the children in the film, Jolie looked at orphanages, circuses, and slum schools, specifically seeking children who had experienced hardship. In order to find their lead, to play young Loung Ung, the casting directors set up a game, rather disturbing in its realism: they put money on the table and asked the child to think of something she needed the money for, and then to snatch it away. The director would pretend to catch the child, and the child would have to come up with a lie. 'Srey Moch [the girl ultimately chosen for the part] was the only child that stared at the money for a very, very long time,' Jolie says. 'When she was forced to give it back, she became overwhelmed with emotion. All these different things came flooding back.' Jolie then tears up. 'When she was asked later what the money was for, she said her grandfather had died, and they didn’t have enough money for a nice funeral.'"

The article goes on to explain Jolie's methods as a way of garnering raw emotion from the children, but to many the method comes off as excessive and mean-spirited.

After backlash from the story emerged, Jolie disputed the notion that the casting of children for "First They Killed My Father" was anything like what Vanity Fair contributing editor Evgenia Peretz described. 

Jolie said, in a statement released to Entertainment Weekly, “Every measure was taken to ensure the safety, comfort, and well-being of the children on the film starting from the auditions through production to the present."

Jolie also continued to say that additional measures were taken to keep the casting from feeling exploitative:

“Parents, guardians, partner NGOs whose job it is to care for children, and medical doctors were always on hand everyday, to ensure everyone had all they needed. And above all to make sure that no one was in any way hurt by participating in the recreation of such a painful part of their country’s history.”

Friday morning, Vanity Fair responded to Jolie's comments, and announced that it stand by the story it published.

Vanity Fair explained that Jolie's attorney asked that it release a public statement apologizing for misunderstanding Jolie and the casting process, in addition to republishing the cover story with the paragraph referring to the cruel casting practices removed. 

Vanity Fair, upon careful review of the audio from Peretz and Jolie's interview, chose not to publicly apologize or revise the original story. Vanity Fair instead published the pertinent portion of the transcript that the controversial casting paragraph is based on. You can read that over at Vanity Fair.

No further comments have been made by Jolie at this time.  

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Few video games are as gorgeous as "Cuphead," an upcoming Xbox One and PC game.

Just look at this:

That winking, sinister-looking cigar you see above is one of the game's many bosses. And that frustrated-looking guy with a cup for a head? That's actually not the eponymous "Cuphead," but instead is his trusty partner "Mugman." 

The game is so gorgeous because it's hand-drawn — something few games pull off, and no games pull off as well as "Cuphead." But what's the game about? What do you do in "Cuphead"? Let's dive in.

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First things first: What you don't do in "Cuphead" is deal with the devil. Don't! Seriously. He's The Devil!

More seriously, "Cuphead" is a 2D side-scroller — remember "Super Mario Bros."? That's a 2D side-scroller. "Cuphead" is reminiscent of games from the Super Nintendo era (early-to-mid-'90s) in terms of how it plays.

There's a lot going on here, I realize, so allow me to break it down:

-Both Cuphead and Mugman are playing through this level, moving from left to right — you can see Cuphead walking along the ceiling, while Mugman is hopping around on the ground.

-Usually, both Cuphead and Mugman (or just one of them) is walking along the ground. 

-Cars are moving along from right to left, both on the bottom of the screen and along the ceiling.

-A crazy duck with wheels appears to be a type of boss or enemy character.

-There's a twinkling playing card in the middle of the screen — maybe a power-up of some type? That's unclear.

Rather than jumping on the heads of your foes (a la "Super Mario Bros."), Cuphead and his compadre Mugman have handguns. I mean that literally — their hands shoot bullets.

Arya Stark has been on a mission to end the lives of everyone who wronged her family and friends. Now that she's a trained assassin, she is determined to work her way through the remaining 7 people from her list that are still alive on the show. Here's a look at all the people that need to watch their backs and why. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD

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It might be time to blow the dust out of your old Game Boy cartridges, because Hyperkin is looking to give them a new lease on life. 

Two years ago, the mobile phone peripheral manufacturer released an ad on April Fools' Day for the SmartBoy, an accessory that would clasp onto your phone and allows you to play Game Boy and Game Boy Color games on it.

The reception was so positive that the product then went into development. 

Now that we're only a few weeks away from its official launch on August 21, it appears the SmartBoy was worth the wait. 

The SmartBoy was designed for the Samsung S8 family of devices, but works on most Android phones that have a USB Type-C port. To use it, you will need to download the SmartBoy Companion app, as well as an emulator — Hyperkin recommends My Oldboy!, which is available for free online. 

The look and feel of the peripheral is similar to the original 1989 Game Boy, down to the color of the buttons. It can play all Game Boy and Game Boy Color games, as well as Game Boy Advance games, though Hyperkin told Engadget that they don't advertise that feature because they take too long to load. 

The case snaps onto your phone, covering the bottom half of the screen with the controls, and displaying the Game Boy games in their original aspect ratios. 

The Hyperkin can be purchased online and will retail for $50. Watch it in action below. 

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The vast majority of surgeons listen to some type of music in the operating room — and most of them will go for rock, according to Spotify.

A joint study between Spotify and Figure 1 research company found that over 90% of surgeons put on music while in the operating room and, for 49% of those doctors, rock is the most popular genre.

Bands like Metallica, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, and the Scorpions came up frequently in the selection of songs.

Other popular genres included pop (48%), classical music (43%), jazz (24%) and R&B (21%).

It is not uncommon for doctors to put on music while in the operating room — many of those surveyed said it helps them relax. 89% of the surgeons surveyed said they preferred listening to playlists over albums while 31% said they had more than five playlists in their device.

"People’s lives are in my hands and listening to rock puts me in a comfortable place so my full attention is on my patients," Alan I. Benvenisty, a vascular and transplant surgeon at the Mount Sinai Health System, told Spotify. "I listen to bands from my youth and the feeling of nostalgia brings me to a calm, focused place."

That said, doctors don't always get to choose what they will get to listen to — patients get first pick of the music in operations where they get to stay awake.

"If they have a preference we go with what they want," one of the doctors told the study researchers. "If not, we have fun with it and play name that tune from old TV shows, old songs, etc."

During critical moments in the operation, however, music is turned down.

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YouTube has pulled off a major score for its subscription service, YouTube Red, and in the process has left its competitors Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu all feeling envious.

The site has landed the TV sequel to the classic 1984 movie, "The Karate Kid," according to The Hollywood Reporter. 

Titled "Cobra Kai," it will be a 10-episode half-hour comedy series that features two of the stars from the movie, Ralph Macchio and William Zabka. The series will debut in 2018. 

"The Karate Kid" became a sensation in the late '80s for its look at teenager Daniel LaRusso (Macchio), who after moving to a new town begins to get picked on constantly by bully Johnny Lawrence (Zabka) and his friends — who all know karate from training at the intense Cobra Kai dojo. Daniel befriends Mr. Miyagi (the late Pat Morita), who uses unconventional methods to train Daniel how to do karate. The movie ends with Daniel and Johnny fighting at a karate tournament.

The series, set 30 years after that tournament, focuses on Johnny. He's down and out but reopens the dojo to seek redemption. Daniel, on the other hand, is successful but is struggling to find balance in his life since the death of Mr. Miyagi.

Josh Heald of "Hot Tub Time Machine" fame will direct most of the episodes. The series will be written by Heald and "Harold and Kumar" franchise screenwriters Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg.

The series landed at YouTube after a competitive bidding war that included Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and AMC, according to THR. Macchio and Zabka, who are also executive producers on the show, were heavily involved in the pitch around Hollywood.

"The Karate Kid" adds to other original programs YouTube recently announced, including a Kevin Hart workout show, and separate shows that look inside the lives of pop stars Katy Perry and Demi Lovato. Some of those will play on YouTube's ad-supported tier, while others will go on YouTube Red, which costs $9.99 a month. 

Macchio starred in the two sequels that followed the original "Karate Kid" movie. Though there have been attempts to reboot the franchise in movie form over the decades with 1994's "The Next Karate Kid," starring Morita and Hilary Swank, as well as 2010's "The Karate Kid," starring Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith, none have held a candle to the original movie.   

The original also features one of the best endings in movie history. It certainly seems to be a moment that will hang over the characters at the start of the show.

Watch the scene below:

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For the past few years, PlayStation 3 and 4 owners have enjoyed access to the world's most popular music streaming service: Spotify. It's been an "exclusive," meaning that consoles like Microsoft's Xbox One and Nintendo's Switch couldn't get the app.

Now, as several leaks seemingly reveal, it looks like that service is finally coming to the Xbox One.

The image above comes from a Microsoft training website, which was then posted to the Xbox One subreddit— the highlighted language points to an upcoming Spotify app on the Xbox One. But if that was the only evidence, this might be little more than smoke. 

A second potential indicator that Spotify is coming to the Xbox One comes from a Microsoft employee who was spotted using the service. Xbox spokesperson Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb was seen using "Spotify for Xbox One" in the app's friend activity feed:

Though we have no idea what to expect from an Xbox One version of the Spotify app, we have some ideas based on how it works on the PlayStation 4. In the case of Spotify on PS4, you can outright replace any game's music with whatever you're playing from Spotify; better yet, you can retain sound effects from the game's audio while playing that music over the game.

On the PS4, both the free and paid versions of Spotify function in much the same way they function elsewhere — the paid app is commercial-free, while the free version has occasional ad breaks. The app also seamlessly integrates into the PlayStation 4's quick menu overlay, which we expect would function similarly on the Xbox One.

Of note, Spotify isn't available on any Xbox platform — whether you're talking about Xbox 360 or Xbox One — thus far, nor has Microsoft or Spotify indicated that it's coming. A Spotify representative declined to comment on the leaks, and Microsoft offered the following (very teasy) statement: "We’re always working on a number of new experiences for Xbox One owners, many times with great music playing in the background, but have nothing to announce today."

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This week, The Weeknd remixed a track from his multi-platinum album "Starboy," and Four Tet released a great new single. 

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

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Four Tet — "Planet"

English producer Four Tet continues his streak of outstanding singles featuring the santoor — an erratic-sounding Indian string instrument — with the entrancing and dynamic beat of "Planet."

King Henry — "Moment" (feat. Rhye)

Rhye singer Mike Milosh teams up with English producer and Beyoncé collaborator King Henry on "Moment," a contemplative track with plinking electronic production. 

Jazmine Sullivan & Bryson Tiller — "Insecure"

R&B singers Jazmine Sullivan and Bryson Tiller duet on the soulful and modern "Insecure," a soundtrack single from the acclaimed HBO comedy of the same name.

McDonald's just brought back a cult-classic McNuggets sauce for a few select people after a cartoon demanded its return. Now, people are receiving their jugs of the sauce to try — or sell — themselves. 

In April, Adult Swim aired the first new episode of "Rick and Morty" since 2015. The episode ended with a plea from mad scientist Rick for McDonald's to bring back its Szechuan McNugget sauce, a plum sauce that was available for a limited time in 1998 to promote the Disney movie "Mulan."

After the episode aired, "Rick and Morty" fans began demanding that McDonald's actually bring back the sauce. 

Early Sunday morning, the fast-food chain did just that, sending the creators of "Rick & Morty" a jug of the Szechuan McNugget sauce and launching a giveaway for three jugs of the sauce.

Now, a select few "Rick & Morty" fans are receiving the sauce — and judging if it lives up to expectations after almost two decades off the menu. 

Two out of three of the lucky recipients posted online about their deliveries on Friday. 

"The taste is at first sweet, then sesame, then a hint of spicyness," David Wasman wrote in his review of the sauce. "It lingers for an hour, too. I am still tasting it!"

Meanwhile, another recipient is still trying to figure out what to do with his Szechuan sauce — and he may be willing to sell it. 

"I realize I can do some good with this and take care of myself as well," Robert "DCD" Workman wrote on Twitter. "So if you guys know someone that REALLY wants this... Hit me up tonight or tomorrow morning and let me know. Otherwise, I'll hit you with eBay details once it's live."

There seems to be one Szechuan sauce delivery that's still unaccounted for, so be on the lookout for one more jug of the stuff showing up on eBay. 

It doesn't seem like McDonald's has any plans to release the sauce to the rest of the US quite yet.

"For now, only a limited amount of Szechuan Sauce got through from the always-1998 dimension," a McDonald's spokesperson said in a statement earlier this week. "Who knows where space-time will take us because when our customers speak, we listen."

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"If the headline of this article read: 'This company wants to help Nintendo with its mobile app,' I would be content with that," Discord CEO Jason Citron tells me. 

Citron is joking, but he's on to something: The new Nintendo Switch console requires players to use a separate app on their phones if they want to voice chat with their teammates. It's a frustrating hurdle that's turning people off to otherwise well-received games like "Splatoon 2."

Meanwhile, Discord is a red-hot app amongst PC gamers, allowing them to chat for free with friends via text or voice no matter what they're playing. From December 2016 to May 2017, Discord went from 25 million users to 45 million, almost doubling in five short months. The company says that growth is still strong.

"When I talk to gamers, I say, 'it's like Skype for gamers," says Citron. "When I talk to [venture capitalists], 'it's like Slack for gamers.'"

And yet, Citron says that he has different ambitions for Discord than those of Slack or Skype. Microsoft increasingly sees Skype as a social network for your closest friends and family. $5 billion startup Slack sees its popular work chat app as something like an operating system unto itself.

Discord, then, has one mission, and that's to help people play video games together. That's it. So far, it's working. Here's what makes Discord special — and why Citron says Discord could never have existed if he hadn't failed twice as a video game developer. 

'If I hadn't been running out of money'

Before Discord, Citron was best known in the industry as the co-creator of OpenFeint, an early social network for iPhone games. 

OpenFeint itself got its start as part of "Aurora Feint," an iOS game that Citron had co-developed and released in 2008. The game itself was a commercial failure, but Citron found success in licensing the OpenFeint technology to other developers. In 2011, OpenFeint was purchased by Japanese games giant GREE for over $100 million. 

History has a way of repeating itself. In early 2015, Citron and his team had released "Fates Forever," an iPad game that was intended to capitalize on the success of "League of Legends" and similar titles. It was well-reviewed, but the revenue just wasn't materializing. 

Meanwhile, Stanislav Vishnevskiy, a key developer on "Fates Forever," noticed that gamers were unhappy with the chat tools available. He got permission from Citron to start hacking on the side-project which would eventually become Discord. It quickly became apparent that Discord had much more of a future than "Fates Forever."

Work shifted from the game to the chat program. It was "gradual, and then fast," as engineers moved from the game to the app one-by-one until it was the entire company. He says the most difficult decision he's ever made as CEO was to take "Fates Forever" off the market, laying off the five full-time artists who were working on the game. 

"We can't do two things as a startup," Citron says, and "Fates Forever" had to die for Discord to live.

Discord was officially born, with Citron becoming CEO, Vishnevskiy becoming CTO, and investors like Greylock Partners and Benchmark investing more than $70 million to date. The app caught on, first with players of the online game "Final Fantasy XIV" and then the rest of the world. It's looking like a real success, with over 80 employees working from its San Francisco headquarters.  

"If I hadn't been running out of money, I would never have pivoted," says Citron. 

Above all, Citron says that Discord is born of his personal love of video games — he could have walked away with his money earlier in his career, but he didn't. Now, he says, Discord is here for the long haul, and doesn't rule out the possibility of an IPO if that's what it takes to keep it a strong company.

Optimized for gaming

For the last decade and a half, gamers in need of voice chat have either been using TeamSpeak, a voice chat program first made available in 2001 that's largely remained the same, or Microsoft's Skype.

Discord is designed to take what gamers like about those programs — notably, the ability to quickly and easily form a group and chat with them — and bring them into a more modern interface. Like WhatsApp, Slack, or Facebook Messenger, Discord is available on PC, the web, and the smartphone.

In a technical sense, Citron says that Discord has the sole focus of serving gamers. That means that the company's number-one priority is making sure that the Discord app doesn't eat up too much of your system's resources. After all, if you're using Discord in the background to chat, you're probably playing a graphics-heavy game, too.

You can see that priority made manifest in the app's little details. For instance, an animated .gif image doesn't play automatically in a Discord chat; the processing power could be better used elsewhere. Next up in the product are features like screen-sharing, but it's meant for small groups, not the huge audiences enjoyed by Amazon's Twitch. 

As for the business model, Citron says the company is still figuring it out. Earlier this year, Discord introduced Nitro, a $5/month premium service that gives users extra privileges that are mostly cosmetic. Discord is also delving into partnerships with game developers, allowing them to build Discord chat straight into their games.

The app's general snappiness has won Discord acclaim from users outside of video gaming, too, including groups of programmers. That's fine, Citron says, but the company is very happy catering specifically to gamers. In fact, the very concept of a version of the app for businesses is a running gag at the Discord offices.

"We joke sometimes," says Citron. "Maybe we'll do it for April Fools."

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In this shortened, seven-episode season of "Game of Thrones," basically anyone can be killed — and at any time. 

So to prepare you (and ourselves) for this intense season, which is already filled with deaths three episodes in, we put together a list of all the characters still alive, 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. 

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

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Jon Snow — 100%

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

Chance of survival this season: 90%. He's already died before and his life could be saved again. 

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. 

Tyrion Lannister — 100%

Chance of survival this episode: 100%. Turns out getting wrongfully accused of murder and having to escape execution is the best thing that has ever happened to this guy. 

Chance of survival this season: 75%. Tyrion is at a huge risk being in Westeros. And Dragonstone is too close to King's Landing for comfort. But the chances that we will see his death on the show are very slim. He's one of the people to root for and it's unlikely that George R.R. Martin will let the writers kill off his favorite character.

China makes much of what the world buys. According to The Economist, the country was producing 25% of the globe's manufacturing output by value in 2015.

In 2013, when Cheng Cheng — currently an intern on Business Insider's graphics team — was a photography student in London, she had the idea to produce a body of work that would visualize mass production. Hailing from the Jiangsu province of China, she decided that the place she came from would be the best place to do it. 

Inside a toy factory in the Jiangsu province, she saw workers handcrafting stuffed-animal versions of characters whose faces they do not recognize. 

"It's cliche [to] talk about 'made in China,' but because it's my hometown I have an emotional connection with that," she told Business Insider.

Here's what she saw of the workers' day-to-day routines.

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The factory is usually private, and few members of the press have seen the inside.

For a little over a month, Cheng would stay from morning until night, documenting the workers' lives. Their days started at 8 a.m. and usually ended at 8 p.m., with an hour for lunch in the middle of the day.

"The work is simple but intense," she said.