Isaac Hempstead Wright, aka Bran Stark from "Game of Thrones," has been spotted on campus at the University of Birmingham during Freshers' Week.

Reports that he had enrolled at UoB initially surfaced on Twitter.

Birmingham's edition of The Tab has since confirmed sightings of Hempstead Wright with current students at the university who say they spotted the actor at various locations on campus.

He is reportedly studying Maths and staying at the university's newest halls, Chamberlain.

So far the actor's been spotted both on nights out and at various locations on campus, including the sports fair.

Harry Mackenzie told The Tab he saw Hempstead Wright while he was working at the Student's Union bar - Joe's Bar.

He said: "I saw him walk past a couple of times and I served two customers that sat near him. It was a society and they were sat with him."

The lunchtime sighting at Joe's Bar was corroborated by Matt Cleary, a UoB graduate, who told the Tab: "I saw him across the bar, I wasn't sure it was him at first but then the bartender confirmed it for me. Holy shit winter is here."

That afternoon Hasan Ayub, a second-year student, reported seeing the star getting mobbed at the sports fair.

"He was walking out of the sports centre about 2pm," he told The Tab.

Early reports that the actor had enrolled at the university initially surfaced on Twitter on Tuesday, September 19.

Having confirmed sightings of Hempstead Wright with fellow students, The Tab searched Birmingham's university email, which revealed an option to send him a message. The actor is reportedly staying at the university's newest halls, Chamberlain accommodation.

And people are getting pretty excited on Twitter...

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Jimmy Kimmel is not backing down in his battle with Republican lawmakers over new legislation that would overhaul the US healthcare system.

For the second night in a row, the late-night host attacked the authors of the bill, known as Graham-Cassidy, and implored viewers to oppose the measure.

Kimmel said during his show on Tuesday that one of the plan's authors — Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana — lied to him when he said that any healthcare plan would have to protect people with preexisting conditions to earn his support.

Cassidy told Kimmel in May after the host's emotional monologue about his newborn son's open-heart surgeries that he wouldn't support any bill that would allow insurers to charge people with preexisting conditions more for coverage, dubbing it the "Jimmy Kimmel test."

But healthcare-policy experts have said the bill would allow states to apply for waivers that could lead to insurers doing just that.

After Kimmel said the bill failed the test, the senator said on CNN that the host "does not understand."

"Oh, I get it, I don't understand because I'm a talk-show host, right?" Kimmel said Wednesday night.

He proceeded to attack the bill's proposed cuts to federal healthcare funding and pointed to multiple medical-industry groups that have come out against the legislation.

"Which part of that am I not understanding?" Kimmel said. "Or could it be, Sen. Cassidy, that the problem is that I do understand and you got caught with your G-O-Penis out? Is that possible?"

Kimmel also said it was the "worst healthcare bill yet" and that Cassidy had gone back on his word.

The late-night host also went after others who had either told him to stay out of it or suggested he didn't understand the debate. Here's a rundown of his targets:

• "Fox & Friends" host Brian Kilmeade: "The reason I found this comment to be particularly annoying is because this is a guy, Brian Kilmeade, who whenever I see him kisses my ass like a little boy meeting Batman."
• Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey: Christie, who opposes the bill, said Kimmel was "not a serious person" during an appearance on MSNBC. "I'm not a serious person?" Kimmel said on Wednesday. "I never got my head stuck in a bucket of fried chicken!"
• Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, one of the bill's authors: Graham said Kimmel's comments on Tuesday were "garbage." Kimmel said: "I'm not going to attack Lindsey Graham for two reasons: No. 1, he's one of the few Republicans who stands up to Donald Trump, and No. 2, Lindsey Graham happens to look a lot like my Grandma Jane, who is now deceased."
• President Donald Trump: "There's no way President Trump read this bill that he says is great," Kimmel said. "He just wants to get rid of it because Obama's name is on it. The Democrats should just rename it 'Ivankacare' — guaranteed he gets on board. Can you imagine Donald Trump actually sitting down to read a healthcare bill? It's like trying to imagine a dog doing your taxes."

Watch the full monologue:

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The beloved graphic novel "Watchmen" might finally get the screen adaptation it deserves.

On Wednesday, HBO confirmed it has committed to a pilot (and to back-up scripts) for Damon Lindelof's adaptation of "Watchmen." Zack Snyder, who directed 2009's "Watchmen" feature film, is not involved.

On Tuesday, a day before HBO made an announcement, Lindelof — co-creator and showrunner of "Lost" and "The Leftovers" — posted a vague Instagram of a writer's room with the caption "Day One."

Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ iconic story, originally published as a limited series in 1986 and 1987 (later put together as a graphic novel) is a dark take on the superhero genre.

"Watchmen" is set in an alternate history in the year 1985, during the Cold War. The existence of superheroes has affected the outcomes of major events like the Vietnam War and the presidency of Richard Nixon. In "Watchmen," Nixon is still the president of the United States. A group of mostly retired American superheroes investigates the murder of one of its own, and in the process discovers a huge conspiracy. 

Lindelof's made two huge hits among critics and audiences, so although it's early, things are looking good for this adaptation. 

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Beautiful and brilliant puzzle game "The Witness" is available now on iPhone and iPad. It costs $10, and it's beyond worth your time.

Did you play "Monument Valley" or its sequel on your iPhone or iPad? Perhaps you loved it? Then "The Witness" is for you. It's a brilliant puzzle game that demands attention, and it's also a brilliant exploration game set on an island full of secrets.

It's a game set in first-person — what you see above is the view of the player, not just pretty scenery — where you solve puzzles. What type of puzzles? These type of puzzles!

Everything on the surface of "The Witness" seems simple, but a universe of depth lies hidden underneath. The puzzle above, for instance, is simple: Start at the circle, and make it to the end point in the upper right corner. It's simple because it's teaching you something simple, which "The Witness" then starts building on. By a few hours in, you'll be solving logic puzzles that would make no sense had you seen them without preparation — without a learning curve that the game carefully builds in.

For me to say more about "The Witness" could ruin an otherwise incredible voyage of discovery. For $10, rest assured that you're beyond getting your money's worth. You can buy "The Witness" on iOS right here.

"The Witness" is also available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Mac. Check out a trailer for it here:

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The biggest thing missing from 2015's redesigned Apple TV was support for 4K video, the new HD standard that offers four times as many pixels as normal 1080p HD. The competition had it. Apple did not.

That changes this week with the Apple TV 4K, which costs $179 and supports 4K and high dynamic range (HDR) video. 

A few people got a chance to test the Apple TV 4K early, and their reviews are mostly positive. It sounds like a great option if you have a lot of movies stored in your iTunes library and a TV set that supports 4K and HDR. Still, there are a lot of cheaper options from competitors like Roku, Google, and Amazon.

Here's a taste of what people are saying about the new Apple TV 4K:

Devindra Hardawar of Engadget says Apple's 4K movie pricing is cheaper than other digital services. Plus, movies he already purchased in iTunes were automatically upgraded to 4K for free:

You'll find Apple's first batch of 4K HDR films in their own section on the iTunes store. So far, the selection includes some major new releases like "Wonder Woman", "Baby Driver", and "Alien Covenant". Notably, they're mostly selling for $20, with a few older titles going for $15. Walmart-owned Vudu, which has been selling and renting 4K films for years, currently has those titles for $30. Even the rental prices for 4K are lower on iTunes -- $5 versus $10 on Vudu. And, just as Apple promised, several films I previously purchased on iTunes -- "Star Trek Beyond", "The Lego Movie", and "Kingsman" were automatically upgraded to 4K HDR.

Nicole Nguyen of BuzzFeed says the Apple TV 4K is best for people who have a high-end TV setup and want to do more with the device than just watch videos:

Sure, the Apple TV 4K offers some extra bells and whistles, like being able to control your smarthome, download third-party apps (like Panna, a cooking app, or Zova, a fitness app), or view iCloud library photos on the big screen. But the bottom line is: If you just need something to stream on-demand content from providers like Hulu, Netflix, HBO Now, or Amazon Video, the Roku ($60-$100), Fire TV Stick ($40; the Fire TV with 4K Ultra HD is currently unavailable), and Chromecast ($35 to $69) have got you covered.

Lisa Eadicicco of Time says the real key feature isn't 4K, but high dynamic range (HDR) support:

Yes, 4K is a huge pixel leap over 1080p, but the bigger change here is arguably HDR, which fundamentally changes how colors and contrast ratios work. I noticed this most when watching a scene in Netflix's Marvel superhero mashup The Defenders, in particular a scene that has Alexandra (played by Sigourney Weaver) sitting in a sun-filled room enjoying a private performance by the New York Philharmonic. She's wearing an off-white blouse with beads arranged in an argyle pattern. Viewing the show in HDR, I was able to tell that her outfit was champagne-colored, whereas it looked blandly white in the non-HDR stream. The difference may seem trivial, but illustrates the way HDR can tease out subtle hues ostensibly truer to a scene.

Nilay Patel of The Verge liked the Apple TV 4K, but said it needs to do more to justify the price:

For Apple to justify the Apple TV 4K’s $179 price tag against the apps already built into your TV and those very popular cheap streaming sticks, it needs to offer a perfect utopia of the best technical capabilities, a complete content catalog, and a simplified interface. I know a lot of video nerds, and all of them were hoping the Apple TV 4K would be the One True Box. That's what Apple does: it rolls in and confidently fixes complicated tech problems with elegant solutions.

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Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer defended himself on Thursday against accusations that he lied to the American public on behalf of President Donald Trump, saying he never "knowingly" did so.

In an interview with Paula Faris of "Good Morning America," Spicer conceded that he had "made mistakes" during his time as press secretary, but did not believe he had deliberately been dishonest.

"I don't think so," he said after Faris asked whether he had ever lied to the American people. When she pressed him on whether he could unequivocally say he had not lied, Spicer added that, "I have not knowingly done anything to do that, no."

Spicer said he had attempted to take responsibility for his mistakes "very publicly."

"In some cases there were things that I did that until someone brought it up, I said, 'Gosh I didn't realize that was a mistake. I'm sorry about that,'" he said. "But to watch some of the personal attacks — questioning my integrity, questioning what my intentions were — I think that was really over the top."

The interview was Spicer's first since his controversial cameo at the Emmy awards, in which he appeared during host Stephen Colbert's monologue with a mock podium to proclaim, "This is the largest audience to witness an Emmys, period."

The appearance echoed the false claims Spicer made at his infamous press briefing in January, in which he assailed the media and insisted that Trump's inauguration drew the "largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in-person and around the globe."

Spicer's remark was disproven by photographic evidence that showed a much smaller audience on the National Mall than the crowd at President Barack Obama's first inauguration in 2009.

Spicer addressed the inauguration incident on "Good Morning America," telling Faris that he had some regrets about how he handled it.

"I think it might have been better to be a lot more specific with what we were talking about in terms of the universe, and not focus so much on photographic evidence, etc.," Spicer said. "So, yes, from that standpoint, I think I probably could have had more facts at hand and been more articulate at describing the entirety of what that day was about."

Watch a clip of the interview below:

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Jimmy Kimmel admonished Senate Republicans for the second evening in a row over their last-minute push to pass a major healthcare package, but he singled out one particular voice from the conservative media sphere: the Fox News host Brian Kilmeade.

The "Fox & Friends" cohost on Wednesday morning said low ratings for awards shows like the Emmys were "not stopping Hollywood elites like Jimmy Kimmel from pushing their politics on the rest of the country."

He was referring to Kimmel's impassioned condemnation of the healthcare bill for failing to prevent discrimination based on preexisting conditions, offer lower premiums for middle-class families, and prevent lifetime limits on care.

During another monologue on Wednesday, the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" host said Kilmeade was often much kinder to Kimmel offscreen.

"The reason I found this comment to be particularly annoying is this is a guy, Brian Kilmeade, whenever I see him, kisses my ass like a little boy meeting Batman," Kimmel said.

"He follows me on Twitter, he asked me to write a blurb for his book, which I did. He calls my agent looking for projects. He's dying to be a member of the Hollywood elite. And the only reason he's not a member of the Hollywood elite is no one will hire him to be one."

He continued:

"And the reason I'm talking about this is my son had an open-heart surgery, then has to have two more, and because of that I learned that there are kids with no insurance in the same situation. I don't get anything out of this, Brian, you phony little creep. I'll pound you when I see you. That is my blurb. That'll be my blurb for your next book: 'Brian Kilmead is a phony little creep.'"

Kilmeade responded briefly on Thursday, saying that Kimmel was "doing a great job bringing the dialogue out," but advised the late night host to interview key Republicans who were shaping the healthcare bill.

He also acknowledged said that he'd interviewed Kimmel on several occasions about his late night show, but denied sucking up to the comedian.

"I didn't kiss your butt, I thought you did a good job, and I thought I'd highlight behind the scenes on an up-and-coming talk show," Kilmeade said

Kimmel has become one of the most prominent critics of congressional Republicans' attempts to overhaul the US healthcare system.

In May, the late-night host delivered an impassioned plea to Republicans not to allow insurers to deny health insurance based on preexisting conditions. Days earlier, Kimmel's infant son required the first of what Kimmel said would be three open-heart surgeries, which Kimmel said would've been prohibitively expensive for those without health coverage.

The latest healthcare bill, pushed by Sens. Bill Cassidy and Lindsey Graham, would eliminate the Affordable Care Act's coverage requirements and its insurance subsidies, replacing them with smaller block grants for 34 states to spend as they please.

The plan also allows states to apply for waivers that could effectively price sick people out of markets by allowing insurers to charge them more for care.

Watch the clip below:

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Netflix has been contending with an ongoing trademark dispute with the family of Pablo Escobar, the deceased Colombian drug lord depicted in the streaming service's show "Narcos," according to The Hollywood Reporter. 

THR obtained a letter written by lawyers for Narcos Productions, LLC (NPL), the company behind the Netflix series and its accompanying video game "Narcos: Cartel Wars," which outlines a series of "fraudulent," "Narcos"-related trademarks filed by the Escobar family in August 2016. 

"For example," NPL lawyer Jill M. Pietrini writes, "Escobar claims that it has used NARCOS in connection with things like 'operating a website' and 'game services provided online from a computer network' since Jan. 31, 1986. However, the internet had not been developed for widespread consumer use in 1986, nor was the capability to provide audiovisual works nor game services available at that time."

The letter, sent on July 27, also includes trademark claim documents from the Escobars for items related to the show, ranging from "downloadable ring tones" and "sunglasses, decorative magnets," to "temporary tattoos, bookmarks and sheet music."

In the document, NPL lawyers threaten to sue the Escobar family for damages related to "unauthorized use."

(Netflix recently sent a more tonally light-hearted, though still legally serious, cease-and-desist letter to an unauthorized "Stranger Things" pop-up bar in Chicago.)

Roberto De Jesus Escobar Gaviria, Escobar's 71-year-old surviving brother and the former accountant for the Medellín Cartel, has repeatedly demanded that Netflix pay $1 billion to his company, Escobar Inc., for intellectual property violations. 

"A billion is what we used to make in a good week in the 1980s and 1990s," Gaviria said in 2016. "Apparently money is now growing on trees in favor of Netflix after my show was released. They should pay me immediately."

On Monday, Gaviria again threatened Netflix, saying he would "close their little show" with legal action if they didn't pay him $1 billion.

The streaming service released the third season of "Narcos" on September 1.

Shooting for its upcoming fourth season has been marred by the death of Carlos Muñoz Portal, a location scout for the show, who was killed last Friday in a rural, cartel-dominated area near Mexico City. Gaviria told THR on Monday that Netflix should hire "hitmen" as security if they continue to film in Mexico and Colombia.

Netflix did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Read the full Hollywood Reporter article here.

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"Star Trek" is arguably the greatest science-fiction television series of all time — if for no other reason than its lasting influence on the genre, 51 years after it first aired.

The latest installment, "Star Trek: Discovery," premiers on Sunday, September 24. And Seth McFarlane's inspired-by-Star Trek show, "The Orville," is airing now, too.

In honor of the franchise's return to television, we ranked the best 13 episodes from the original "Star Trek." All are currently streaming on Netflix.

13. "The Doomsday Machine"

In "Doomsday Machine," the Enterprise finds another Federation starship, the Constellation, badly damaged and with only one surviving crew member: Commodore Matt Decker. He explains that the Constellation stumbled upon a miles-long machine that "eats" other starships (and basically anything in its path) as fuel; his crew eventually perished after he ordered his ship to attack.

The episode touches on interesting questions about leadership, as well as on weapons of mass destruction and nuclear weapons.

Memorable quote:

Matt Decker: You're bluffing.
Spock: Vulcans never bluff.

12. "Arena"

Every great show has a great monster battle. And "Arena" is Star Trek's.

The fight scene, featuring a guy wearing what looks like a paper-maché lizard costume, is almost hilariously slow and silly. But, even 50 years later, the episode manages to capture that delightful je ne sais quoi that makes "Star Trek" "Star Trek."

Memorable quote:

Gorn: *Gurgling scream*

11. "A Taste of Armageddon"

In this episode, the crew of the Enterprise encounters a planet fighting a brutal centuries-long war with its neighbor. The catch is that the war is fought entirely through computer simulations, with "casualties" expected to report to suicide chambers when the simulations say they've died.

Memorable quote:

McCoy: In plain non-Vulcan English, we're lucky.
Spock: I believe I said that, Doctor.

It's not necessarily big news when an athlete lands a big endorsement deal, like LeBron James signing on with Nike, or Tom Brady shilling for Ashton Martin.

But Coke inking a big deal with soccer star Alex Hunter may raise eyebrows in the ad industry. That's because Hunter isn't a real person. 

Hunter was introduced last year as the lead virtual character in Electronic Art's soccer game FIFA 17. With the release of the latest of the mega hit on Sept. 29, Hunter has inked a sponsorship deal with Coke.

Fans who play the narrative rich game this year will see Hunter struggle with rumors about whether he wants to leave his current Premier League team to play in the U.S. And along the way, he'll become a Coke endorser. 

That's in the game. But in this case, EA and Coke plan to produce a video ad from the game – an homage to the classic 1970s Mean Joe Green Coke ad– and have it spread across social media, and even on a Time Square video billboard.

EA Sports Creative Director Matt Prior told Business Insider that the in-game sponsorship idea wasn't built specifically with a potential advertiser in mind. "We actually collaborated with Coke after the script was written,
 he said.

Sports games have long featured virtual signage promoting advertisers during gameplay. But since the past few versions of the FIFA title have adopted a cinematic narrative – besides trying to win games, players guide the virtual Hunter through his budding career – it was a natural to have Hunter land an endorsement deal.

And the hope is that as the in-game ad gets promoted all over the web, it will help market both Coke and the game.

"We think that the deal added value and didn’t alter narrative," Prior said. "It actually becomes more authentic and more real world. Coke has a long real history [of sponsoring soccer] and this makes it more authentic and high profile." 

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Too often it seems like all video games are about gunning down Nazi zombies or assassinating Medicis. Sometimes, you don't want the fate of the universe, or all of humanity, or whatever, resting on your shoulders. 

These are the best non-violent games for when you just need to chill.

Tim Mulkerin contributed to this post.

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1. "Gone Home"

Originally released in 2013, "Gone Home" is a first-person video game about exploration. At least, that's "Gone Home" on paper — in reality, it's a genre-defying experience unlike anything else in video games. 

In "Gone Home," you play as Kaitlin, a young woman recently returned home from a trip to Europe. You're the only one home, and as you wander the house's various rooms, you'll find diary entries and see photographs that give you increasingly clear ideas about this family and their secrets.

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Mac, and Linux

2. "Desert Golfing"

If you really, really want to play a game that's as stripped down as they come, check out "Desert Golfing."

It's literally infinite golf. You flick your finger across the screen, sending a teeny white golf ball across a randomly generated stage.

There's no losing. There's no scary trolls. Just some peaceful physics-based puzzles to take your mind off the cruel realities of the real world.

Platforms: iOS and Android

3. "Flower"

"Flower" isn't a traditional video game in any sense of the word. You press buttons and move around a little joystick, but it's more of a meditative experience than anything else — an interactive poem, maybe. Rather than playing as a person or a creature, you're playing as the wind. Really!

"Flower" is one of those games that's hard to describe, but incredible to experience first hand. And it goes without saying of course, but it's amazing to look at. It's also a beautiful way to spend a Sunday morning.

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita

Dave Grohl and the entire Foo Fighters band piled into a van with "Late Late Show" host James Corden on Wednesday for the latest installment of "Carpool Karaoke."

With Corden driving, he and the band belted out a series of the rock group's hits, including 2002's "All My Life," 2005's "Best of You," and their most recent single, "The Sky is a Neighborhood."

Toward the end of the nearly 13-minute segment, Corden and the Foo Fighters get out at a Guitar Center, and the CBS late-night host puts in an honorable, though ill-fated, effort in a drumming contest against Grohl, the former drummer for Nirvana, and Taylor Hawkins, the Foo Fighters' current drummer. 

The Foo Fighters' ninth studio album, "Concrete and Gold," came out on September 15.

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Jake Gyllenhaal has shown for over a decade that he has an impeccable ability to choose roles that can highlight his ever-expanding talents. But his latest role could get him his first Oscar nomination since 2006’s “Brokeback Mountain.”

In “Stronger” the actor plays Jeff Bauman, a free-spirit Bostonian who, like most in the city, grinds out his days so he can race to cheer on his beloved Red Sox, Bruins, or Patriots (depending on the time of year) at a nearby bar with friends and family. But after losing both his legs following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Bauman suddenly becomes the unlikely face of the “Boston Strong” motto the nation uses to recover. Bringing notoriety to Bauman he never wanted.

Gyllenhaal plays Bauman in two parts. Before the bombing he’s a free spirit who can sweet talk anyone to get his way. And when it comes to his ex-girlfriend, Erin (Tatiana Maslany from “Orphan Black”), he lays on the charm big time, even promising her that he’ll be at the finish line to root her on at the marathon. Which leads to his horrific injury. Following the bombing, the charismatic smile is gone and Bauman is left lost navigating a world alongside family members that can’t get enough of him being a hero after not just surviving the blast but also helping the police ID one of the bombers.

For both versions of Bauman, Gyllenhaal goes all-in, delivering a tour-de-force performance that is the heart and soul of the movie. But the secret weapon of “Stronger” is Tatiana Maslany.

As Erin, Maslany plays a woman riddled with guilt as she feels responsible for what happened to Bauman.

Though the horrific event brought them back together, Erin struggles with becoming a part of his close-nit family, especially getting the approval of his often tipsy mother (played by Miranda Richardson). Erin is the person that keeps Bauman driven through his rehab and comforts him during his mental trauma.

A thankless job, it’s her refusal to enable Bauman during his darkest moments that finally makes him realize how vital she is to him and what his life means to others.

Maslany’s performance resembles Amy Adams’ in “The Fighter,” who also played an outsider trying to fit in with the dysfunctional Ward family as she falls for boxer "Irish" Micky Wars (Mark Wahlberg). The role garnered Adams a best supporting actress nomination. Maslany is worthy of the same attention.

At the helm of “Stronger” is David Gordon Green (“Pineapple Express”), who once more shows he can direct any genre. But he wisely stays in the background, keeping the storytelling by the numbers. He pushes all the much-deserved attention on his stellar cast.

“Stronger” opens in theaters September 22.

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For the past two nights, late-night Jimmy Kimmel has been doing battle with Republican politicians and conservative media over the latest bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

Some conservative outlets like the National Review and conservative commentators on Fox News attacked Kimmel for inserting himself into the debate over the so-called Graham-Cassidy healthcare legislation, arguing that he is going well beyond his expertise.

In his monologue on Wednesday night, Kimmel explained why the healthcare debate is personal for him and why he feels he needs to comment on it.

"The reason I'm talking about this is because my son had open heart surgery and has to have two more," Kimmel said. "Because of that, I learned that there are kids with no insurance in the same situation. I don't get anything out of this."

In May, Kimmel introduced his connection to the healthcare debate. His son Billy was born with tetralogy of fallot with pulmonary atresia, a rare heart defect requiring open heart surgery just hours after his birth.

The surgery and subsequent care would have cost massive amounts of money if not for insurance. Kimmel highlighted the fact that the Republican healthcare bill being considered at the time could have undermined protections that prevented insurance companies from imposing lifetime limits on patients.

Before Obamacare's implementation, many children born with serious illnesses like Kimmel's son could hit their lifetime cap at a young age, putting immense financial strain on their families. Additionally, children born with similar problems could be denied insurance or charged much higher premiums later in life since they had a preexisting condition.

"If your baby is going to die, it shouldn't matter how much money you make," Kimmel said during an emotional monologue following his son's birth. "I think that's something that whether you're a Republican, or a Democrat, or something else, we can all agree on."

Following the heart-wrenching monologue, Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana appeared on the show and pledged that any bill that came through Congress had to maintain protections on people with preexisting conditions and not allow lifetime limits. Cassidy even dubbed this the "Jimmy Kimmel test" and said he would oppose any bill that didn't pass the test.

Cassidy, however, is the author of the latest GOP healthcare bill — and many healthcare experts say his legislation could gut the protections he pledged to keep.

That fired up Kimmel again. He tweeted a picture Tuesday of himself with his son in his lap doing research for that night's monologue.

Kimmel argued during an emotional Tuesday night monologue that the Graham-Cassidy legislation did not meet the "Kimmel test." He said Cassidy had lied to his face.

While Kimmel admits he is not an expert, his comments are aligned with analysis from health policy analysts at the non-partisan Kaiser Family Foundation and Avalere Health. The left-leaning Commonwealth Fund and the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, as well as the conservative-leaning Manhattan Institute, have also echoed his points.

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The animated Netflix comedy "BoJack Horseman" announced its renewal for a fifth season on Thursday with an animated video of the title character's iPhone. 

The show posted the announcement clip on its Twitter account. The video displays iMessages from a "clingy Netflix exec," telling BoJack (voiced by actor Will Arnett) that he's "back for a season 5."

Netflix released the series' fourth season on September 8.

No date has been set yet for the season five premiere, though the show has been producing a season each year since it debuted in 2014. 

Watch the announcement below:

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PepsiCo's CEO has finally shared her perspective on the company's controversial ad starring Kendall Jenner. 

"I’ve thought about it a lot because I looked at the ad again and again and again trying to figure out what went wrong — because it was a peace march not a protest march," Indra Nooyi recently told Fortune's Beth Kowitt. "It was people in happiness coming together." 

The ad in question debuted in April and featured reality star and model Jenner marching with a group of people holding signs bearing feel-good messages like "join the conversation" and "love."

Walking through the group, Jenner grabs a Pepsi and hands it to a stone-faced police officer watching the protest. He breaks into a smile, and the crowd cheers. The screen reads: "Live bolder. Live louder. Live for now."

Nooyi, who has been PepsiCo's CEO since 2006, said she realized that the final scene, featuring Jenner and the policeman, caused the most controversy as it "linked back to Black Lives Matter."

The ad immediately sparked backlash, with people saying it was tone deaf and co-opted imagery from a Black Lives Matter protest. 

The commercial was pulled a day after being released, with PepsiCo apologizing and saying it did not intend to "make light of any serious issue." 

"This has pained me a lot because this company is known for diversity, and the fact that everybody who produced the commercial and approved the commercial did not link it to Black Lives Matter made me scratch my head," Nooyi told Fortune. "I had not seen that scene. And I take everything personally." 

"The minute I saw people upset, I pulled it," she continued. "And you know what, it’s not worth it. There were people on both sides, but at the end of the day, our goal is not to offend anybody." 

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"Rick and Morty" co-creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland wanted to give female writers a voice in their writers room, so they changed things up a bit for their show's third season by adding four female writers to the staff. This makes the "Rick and Morty" writers room 50% female, excluding showrunners Harmon and Roiland.  

Season three episodes "Rickmancing the Stone" and "Pickle Rick" were credited to two of the female writers, Jane Becker and Jessica Gao.

After their episodes aired, both women received backlash from some of the show's fans on Twitter, simply based on the fact that they are women. The trolling turned into a serious threat when their personal information was posted online, a practice commonly referred to as "doxing."

Entertainment Weekly recently spoke to Harmon, who addressed the fans who've threatened his staff writers:

"I’ve made no bones about the fact that I loathe these people. It f---ing sucks. And the only thing I can say is if you’re lucky enough to make a show that is really good that people like, that means some bad people are going to like it, too. You can’t just insist that everybody who watches your show get their head on straight. And I’m speaking for myself — I don’t want the show to have a political stance. But at the same time, individually, these aren’t politicians and don’t represent politics. They represent some sh-t that I probably believed when I was 15.”

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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings runs one of the hottest companies in the world, which will spend $6 billion on TV shows and movies this year — but he doesn't even have his own office, and does most of his work using just a smartphone.

The reason isn't a nod toward egalitarianism, or a need to feel in the midst of his employees, but rather that he simply doesn't need an office, or often even a laptop.

"Probably about 2008 is when I gave up my cubicle, because I didn't have to sign papers," Hastings said on Reid Hoffman's podcast "Masters of Scale." Hastings said that by 2008 Netflix was mostly using DocuSign, and his need for physical papers, and an office, went away.

“I found I was rarely using my cubicle, and I just had no need for it. It is better for me to be meeting people all around the building,” Hastings told The New York Times last year.

"My laptop is my office," Hastings continued on Hoffman's podcast. But even that is changing. "I carry my laptop and even some days I can do just phone, no laptop now, I'm emerging that way," Hastings said.

Hastings also shared that in 2005, when Netflix was a DVD-by-mail company and only operated in the US, he spent a year living half the time in Rome with his family. He explained that he had kept postponing an "international year" with his children, and then decided to just bite the bullet and do it.

He spent the year living two weeks in Rome, then two weeks in California. He said it was a challenging year in some ways, but made the company more disciplined.

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The former con-man portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2002 film "Catch Me If You Can" says that it's now "a thousand times easier" to write fraudulent checks against your bank account than it was during his criminal heyday. 

Frank Abagnale Jr., the former convicted scam artist turned FBI fraud-security consultant, told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday that check forging has become a much simpler art in the age of modern technology. 

"Today, one simply sits down, opens a laptop and says, 'Who's my victim today?'" Abagnale said. 

He went on to walk the WSJ interviewer through the "simple" and minute processes of common check fraud, tracing a step-by-step example of a convenience-store check payment:

"Think about this: You go into a convenience store today and write a check for $9. You have to hand the clerk the check with your name and address, phone number, your bank’s name and address, your account number at your bank, the routing number into your account. That’s your wiring instructions. Your signature that’s on the signature card at your bank. ...

Anyone who would see the face of that check—from the clerk who took it at the counter to the one that made the night deposit—could draft on your bank account tomorrow, would have all the drafting instructions. Or they could go online [and order checks] that look exactly like your checks, but put their name on it and put your account number on it. So every check they write gets debited against your account. It’s so simple to do."

Abagnale spent five years in prison in the 1970s after he was arrested for running a series of notorious scams from 1965 until 1970.

His criminal check fraud enterprise, posing as a credentialed pilot, doctor, and lawyer as a teenager, and eventual career as a security consultant with the FBI (upon release from prison) were the subject of Steven Spielberg's "Catch Me If You Can." 

Read the Wall Street Journal interview here.

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The man known across the globe as "the most interesting man in the world" is back in the spotlight with a new venture, but this time, he's traded in his Dos Equis beer for something a little stronger: tequila.

Jonathan Goldsmith, a Bronx native and a lifelong actor, has played more than 400 roles across television, film, and theater, but that's probably not how you recognize him. For 10 years, he was the face of a famous Dos Equis campaign that dubbed him "the most interesting man in the world."

Last year, at the conclusion of Goldsmith's contract with Dos Equis, the beer company decided that it wanted to go with someone younger to keep the brand fresh. This left the world's most interesting man in a position he hadn't been in for over a decade — looking for work.

The popularity of the Dos Equis campaign was so great, he figured surely someone would want to exploit it.

He recently told Business Insider about an offer he received from another beer company a few years into his Dos Equis gig.

He said: "They told me, 'The day that campaign ends, we'll give you $1 million for one day's work. Just look into the camera holding our beer and say: 'I once made a mistake.''"

That opportunity never came to be, but an even better one was right on his doorstep.

Goldsmith said he has always enjoyed a cocktail or two along with a cigar most nights. His preferred cocktail has always been scotch.

But after he was introduced to Master Sommelier Richard Betts, the ninth person to pass the master sommelier test on the first try, Goldsmith found his new preferred spirit: tequila.

Betts walked Goldsmith through the process of how his tequila, Astral Tequila, is produced. Goldsmith was fascinated by the care that went into making this tequila, calling it "almost romantic." It's made the old-fashioned way and takes five to 10 times longer to make than other tequilas.

Goldsmith decided to join the company as a spokesperson. Astral Tequila is owned by New York-based spirits company Davos Brands. 

The process wasn't the only aspect of Astral that intrigued Goldsmith. He also loved the taste, claiming it has an earthy feel that reminds him of scotch. Science probably will never be able to back up his claim, but he swears that he's never gotten a hangover from Astral.

He loves the tequila so much that he didn't want to just get involved by becoming the spokesman — he also took an equity stake in the company.

There's plenty more to the most interesting man in the world, which can be found in his book, "Stay Interesting: I Don't Always Tell Stories About My Life, But When I Do They're True and Amazing."

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