The NFL is struggling to attract viewers — and that's bad news for Buffalo Wild Wings. 

NBC's broadcast of "Sunday Night Football" saw a significant drop in ratings compared to its week three game in 2016.

The ratings decline came after President Trump encouraged teams to "fire or suspend" players who knelt during the national anthem, and for NFL fans to "refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our Flag & Country."

Declining viewership isn't a new problem for the NFL, as ratings were down an average of 8% over the course of last season. The league has struggled in recent years to attract viewers, with people blaming everything from the 2016 presidential election, to millennial cord-cutters, to excessive commercials. 

When the NFL struggles, so does Buffalo Wild Wings.

Sporting events, especially football games, drive much of Buffalo Wild Wings' sales, as sports fans flock to locations to watch the game or order out for home viewing parties.

In 2015, the company said that having one fewer week of football in the third quarter because of scheduling negatively affected same-store sales by 80 basis points (almost 1 percentage point). Last year, the company said that NFL games weren't driving sales in the same way they historically had. 

Buffalo Wild Wings — which didn't immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment — is also dealing with complications beyond the NFL's low ratings. 

In July, the chain had to swap a popular wings deal with a boneless wings promotion as chicken prices hit historic highs. Buffalo Wild Wings has struggled to grow sales as the casual-dining industry has entered a slump. And, in June, CEO Sally Smith announced she was leaving the company after an activist investor triumphed in a monthslong battle for the wings chain's board. 

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Oprah Winfrey sat down with Trump and non-Trump supporters from pivotal election state Michigan to discuss the president in her first segment as a special correspondent for "60 Minutes" Sunday night — and it got heated.

The only thing the 14-person panel agreed on was that the president should probably tweet a little more cautiously. Other than that, they were very divided.

At the top of the discussion, a Trump supporter named Tom said he's continued to feel enthusiastic about the president since he's taken office.

"I love it. Every day I love him more and more. Every single day," Tom said.

Jennifer, a self-proclaimed Republican who voted for Clinton had the polar opposite reaction to Trump's presidency, and said that she felt that "he's a horrible president." Jennifer also said that she felt that when the president made off the cuff remarks, "We look like we're a joke to other foreign leaders."

The people who participated in the round table discussion didn't see eye-to-eye on nearly any of subjects discussed, such as the investigation into alleged Russian collusion in the election, Trump's "many sides" comments after Charlottesville, or a ban on transgender soldiers in the military.

One of the most intriguing parts of the segment was when Winfrey asked the group if they thought that people would find more common ground by the time of the next presidential election. A woman named Laura said that she felt the country will become more divided, and that she feared "civil war." Most of the group agreed with this sentiment.

As the conversation drew to a close, the group seemed to find the discussion that they had together to be beneficial, and agreed that these types of conversations need to keep happening — despite the fact that everyone's political stances remained as divided as when the discussion began.

Winfrey revealed at the end of the segment that the heated conversation had lasted for three hours, and had continued in a restaurant after filming ended. Certain members of the group have even stayed in communication with each other since filming the segment, and according to Winfrey, five went to a gun range together just last weekend.

You can watch the full "60 Minutes" segment on CBS' website.

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On September 11, Carlos Munoz Portal, 37, was found dead in his car with multiple gunshot wounds on a dirt road within a community just outside Mexico City.

Munoz was in the area taking photos for work — he was scouting filming locations for the fourth season of the hit Netflix series "Narcos." Munoz had also worked as a location scout on films including "Spectre" and "Sicario."

While the circumstances of Munoz's death remain unclear, the volume of criminal activity and organizations in that part of Mexico pose a threat to those who work there.

The actor and "Narcos" star Pedro Pascal recently spoke to TMZ about Munoz's death, calling it "tragic." Pascal also said that the show couldn't continue until the cast and crew are safe.

"We can't do it if it's not safe," he said. "We're talking about lives."

He added: "If they want to do it, they'll figure it out in a safe way."

Season three of "Narcos" debuted on the streaming service earlier this month. Authorities have reportedly had trouble figuring out what happened to Munoz because there is a lack of witnesses. It's likely that production on could move back to Coluombia, where it was originally filmed.

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ESPN's presentation of "Monday Night Football" will break with tradition and televise the national anthem tonight, ESPN confirmed to Business Insider.

The network's airing of the national anthem before the game between the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals comes amid a prominent protest movement of kneeling during the anthem, which saw more than 200 players participate on Sunday.

The movement has received repeated condemnation from President Trump, who in turn has faced backlash from NFL owners, athletes, and celebrities. 

ESPN will also re-air the NFL's unity-promoting ad "Inside These Lines," which first aired during Super Bowl LI. 

While The Wrap speculates that televising the anthem could capitalize on ratings intrigue in the wake of a national news story, "Monday Night Football" and NFL broadcasts at large have seen a big decline in ratings. 

In week two, "Monday Night Football" ratings dropped 14%in live and same-day average viewers compared to the same week in 2016, according to UBS. Overall, the league saw a 12% drop in ratings in week one and a 15% drop in week two, according to Nielsen. 

And the protest controversy sparked by Trump this weekend hasn't exactly been a ratings boon for all NFL games.

The "Sunday Night Football" match-up between the Oakland Raiders and Washington Redskins was down around 12.9% compared to last year's game in the same week, according to Reuters. 

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The most successful actors in Hollywood history have combined talent, versatility, and longevity to appear in blockbuster hit after hit.  

Samuel L. Jackson, for instance — the highest-earning actor in the history of the U.S. box office — has all three qualities in spades.

We turned to Box Office Mojo to rank the top 20 actors of all time by their total career hauls at the U.S. box office.

Most are well-known, like Jackson and Tom Hanks. But others, like the "Star Wars" C-3PO actor Anthony Daniels, are not, though their careers speak for themselves.

Check out the chart below, and find a list of the actors here:

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's new book "Hit Refresh" tells a different version of the company's $2.5 billion purchase of Minecraft studio Mojang than we've heard before. 

The version we know: Markus "Notch" Persson, the original creator of Minecraft, was getting tired of the pressures of running Mojang and tweeted out his willingness to sell. Numerous video game companies courted Persson and Mojang, but it was Microsoft which ultimately won out, and the deal was signed in mid-2014.  

In the book, however, Nadella recounts an anecdote that adds another wrinkle: Microsoft had a chance to buy Mojang earlier than had previously been reported, but ultimately decided not to move forward. Also of note is that Nadella claims the person pushing for the deal was Phil Spencer, the Microsoft executive who's been in charge of Xbox since mid-2014. 

"Early in Microsoft's relationship with Mojang, before I was CEO, Phil presented an opportunity to purchase Minecraft, but Phil's boss at the time chose not to move forward," writes Nadella. 

In other words, if the deal had worked out, Microsoft could have bought Minecraft earlier on in its meteoric rise to popularity, perhaps for a cheaper price than the $2.5 billion it ultimately paid.

It's notable, too, because in a 2013 appearance on late night television, Persson publicly claimed he had no interest in selling Mojang or Minecraft. It's possible, however, that Persson's claims came after any talks with Microsoft had already fallen apart.

Asked about Nadella's account of an earlier deal, Persson told Business Insider: "I'm probably the wrong person to ask about specifics, but I do remember us getting a ridiculously low offer from some company at some point fairly early on. We said no."

"Just to be clear," Persson added, "we weren't actively looking to sell, but would with some frequency get asked. It wasn't until my tweet we decided to pursue it."

A Microsoft representative did not immediately return a request for comment.

"Now they get it"

Reading between the lines, we can devine some details from Nadella's account of the initial deal that never was. Minecraft was first released into beta at the end of 2010. Microsoft and Mojang teamed up in the Spring of 2011 to announce an Xbox 360 version, which launched in 2012. This would be "early in Microsoft's relationship with Mojang," as Nadella writes.

Given this timeframe, "Phil's boss at the time" would likely have been Don Mattrick, the former head of Microsoft's Xbox division. In mid-2013, Mattrick left Microsoft to accept a role as CEO of social games company Zynga. Mattrick's move left Xbox without a formal leader until mid-2014, when Nadella appointed Spencer to the role.

Nadella praises Spencer's pursuit of the Mojang deal: "For some, such a visible, high-level rejection could have been withering, but Phil didn't give up." In mid-2014, when Nadella was CEO and Spencer was head of Xbox, the opportunity to buy Mojang presented itself once again, and the final deal was struck. 

In any case, Nadella writes that he's more than pleased with the acquisition of Minecraft, by way of Mojang. It's tremendously popular, and it teaches important skills to school-age children, writes Nadella. Even Microsoft's former CEOs, who were skeptical at the time, have come around, he says.

"Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, who were still on the board when the deal was presented, later laughed and said they had initially scratched their heads, failing to understand the wisdom of the move," writes Nadella. "Now they get it."

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"The Princess Bride" celebrated its thirtieth anniversary Monday. 

Since its release, Buttercup and Westley's love story has cemented itself into pop culture, and has become known for its bounty of hilarious and memorable lines. 

Any fan of the cult classic will find it impossible not to think immediately of Vizzini when the word "inconceivable" is uttered, or be reminded instantly of Westley when the phrase "as you wish" is said.

In honor of "The Princess Bride's" thirtieth anniversary we've put together a list of the best quotes from the film. 

Here are the 17 best quotes from "The Princess Bride":

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1. "A book?"

The Grandson: A book?

Grandpa: In my day, television was called 'a book.'

2. "As you wish."

Grandpa: Nothing gave Buttercup as much pleasure as ordering Westley around.

Buttercup: Farm boy, polish my horse's saddle. I want to see my face shining in it by morning.

Westley: As you wish.

Grandpa: "As you wish" was all he ever said to her.

Buttercup: Farm boy, fill these with water - please.

Westley: As you wish.

Grandpa: That day, she was amazed to discover that when he was saying "As you wish," what he meant was, "I love you." And even more amazing was the day she realized she truly loved him back.

Buttercup: Farm boy ... fetch me that pitcher.

Westley: As you wish.

3. "Anybody want a peanut?"

Inigo Montoya: That Vizzini, he can fuss.

Fezzik: Fuss, fuss … I think he like to scream at us.

Inigo Montoya: Probably he means no harm.

Fezzik: He’s really very short on charm.

Inigo Montoya: You have a great gift for rhyme.

Fezzik: Yes, yes, some of the time.

Vizzini: Enough of that.

Inigo Montoya: Fezzik, are there rocks ahead?

Fezzik: If there are, we all be dead.

Vizzini: No more rhymes now, I mean it.

Fezzik: Anybody want a peanut?

Netflix is plunging as more as more players enter the streaming video game. The company is down 4.86% to $178.22 on Monday.

On Monday, FX Networks, the maker of hits like "The Americans" and "Atlanta," announced it would start selling FX+, an ad-free on-demand service, for $5.99 a month. The service is similar to streaming services like Netflix or Amazon Prime but is sold through a customer's existing cable TV company. It's accessed through the on-demand section of the customer's cable package, or through FX's existing FX Now app.

The move is part of a larger trend by content producers to lessen their reliance on big streaming services like Netflix.

CBS started its "All Access" streaming service in 2014, but recently promoted it by placing all but the first episode of the network's highly anticipated "Star Trek: Discovery" show behind the paywall of its streaming service. The company is trying to grow its streaming platform and it is trying to use the massive Star Trek fan base to do so.

Disney also announced it would be starting its own streaming service for its movies and TV shows. The service is expected to be launched in 2019 after its current contract with Netflix ends. Netflix shares fell after Disney announced the new service.

All these moves point toward an industry that is pulling back from Netflix. The number of streaming video platforms is almost too many to count now, and those platforms are starting to produce more and more award-winning content. Hulu made headlines when its "The Handmaid's Tale" won the top prize at the Emmy Awards earlier this month.

Netflix is continuing its own push into more original content it wholly owns instead of licensing shows that it eventually loses the exclusive rights to. The company made its first ever acquisition in pursuit of that goal by purchasing Millarworld, a cult comic book studio.

Analysts have said good content is the best driver of subscriber growth for Netflix, and the trend of studios pulling their content into siloed services means Netflix won't be able to rely on others as much in the future.

Netflix shares are up 39.63% this year.

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Lachlan Murdoch, son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and a leader of the family's $62 billion business empire, has reportedly purchased a $29 million estate in Aspen, Colorado, according to the Wall Street Journal. 

Murdoch, 46, is co-chairman of News Corp. and executive chairman of 21st Century Fox. Earlier this year, the Financial Times reported that Murdoch has a passion for "mountain climbing and the great outdoors," so his purchase of the Mopani Estate, located on Buttermilk Mountain with views of Red Mountain, is no big surprise.

The home was most recently listed by its previous owner, tech entrepreneur Mark Schaszberger, for $44 million in June. It first appeared on the market for $49 million in 2015. Amy Doherty and Joshua Saslove of Douglas Elliman had the listing. 

Below, take a look around the 44.6-acre property.

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The main home on the property has 13,500 square feet of space.

There's also a guesthouse, complete with two bedrooms and two baths.

An outfitted horse stable also sits on the property.

A part of Eminem's music catalog will soon be going public through a new company, according to a Bloomberg report. 

Jeff and Mark Bass, the brothers who discovered the Detroit rapper, Marshall Mathers, have agreed to sell the part of Eminem's catalog that they still own to Royalty Flow, a new subsidiary company of the online music-rights marketplace Royalty Exchange.

A press release from Royalty Flow states that the brothers "own producer credits and additional royalties on all Eminem recordings and releases from 1999 [to] 2013." 

The Bass brothers will sell up to 25 percent of their interest in Eminem's music to Royalty Flow, whose executives told Bloomberg that they plan to buy the stake through fundraising in a "mini initial public offering."

Royalty Flow is looking to raise between $11 million and $50 million, according to the release, and the Bass brothers will reportedly make either $9.75 million or $18.8 million from the stock sale, depending on if they commit to sell 15 or 25 percent of their stake.

If Royalty Flow reaches its minimum funding goal, the company will then file to list it with NASDAQ, according to Variety. 

Bloomberg notes that investors have historically had few chances like this to invest in the music business directly, as large corporations in the industry have dominated the field.

In 2012, however, a law made it easier for small businesses like Royalty Flow to raise funds. As a result, investors are reportedly eyeing an increased demand in streaming as a sign that Eminem's catalog will prove to be increasingly valuable over time. 

"If you're a fan and wanna bet on that artist, you've got some skin in the game,” Joel Martin, a business partner of the Bass brothers, told the outlet. "It takes the average investor and puts them in a position they wouldn't be in before."

Read Bloomberg's report here.

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"Destiny 2" may have just launched this month, but many players (and others) are looking ahead to the 2018 release of "Anthem," a new game from Bioware that bears many similarities to Bungie's sci-fi shooter franchise.

Take a look:

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"Destiny" is all about killing aliens in beautiful, otherworldly environments with your friends (or random people you meet online). "Anthem" seems to have a similar gist.

In "Anthem," your character is what's known as a "Freelancer." Bioware calls them "the heroes that leave the safety of the walls of Fort Tarsus, to explore the unknown and protect humanity."

This sounds similar to "Destiny": In that game, your character is known as a Guardian — a chosen warrior tasked with protecting the last city on Earth.

In "Anthem," players get an array of exosuits called Javelins, which provide superhuman abilities. They're also heavily customizable, so you can look and play how you want.

Similarly, in "Destiny," a big aspect of the game is customizing the armor and weaponry of your character, which you collect from completing missions and various activities.

Upstairs in the two-floor studio of "Fox & Friends", hosts Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt, and Brian Kilmeade are about to return from break.

Their phones are tucked away and papers are placed on the coffee table in front of them, while producers usher in directions through earpieces.

"Has the president tweeted yet?" Kilmeade asks the room.

The anchors return from the break before the question is quite answered.

In June, The New York Times called Fox & Friends "the most powerful TV show in America" due to its No. 1 fan: President Donald Trump.

Business Insider visited the"Fox & Friends" studio on September 12. Here's what it's like behind the scenes:

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"Fox & Friends" airs with Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt, and Kilmeade weekdays from 6-9 a.m. ET (other hosts handle weekends), but the staff starts prepping for the show far earlier than that.

Preparations for the next show begin when the last one ends. The hosts return to their offices and get ready for an editorial meeting at 9:30 a.m. ET.

"Everybody's got an idea," host Steve Doocy said. "Oftentimes, during the day, the day before, we'll send a text or tweet link on a great item that may be perfect for the next morning's conversation."

Producer Gavin Hadden encourages everyone to have a say in shaping the show — from the production assistants to the talent.

"We definitely feel that the more people that have a say in the show, the better it will be, and so we have a really strong staff of hardworking, smart people who are coming from every demographic, every age group," he said.

"We have a diverse team of people who are contributing to the show and finding out what they care about, because if they care about it, then most likely our viewers will, too."

Most of the hosts begin their days in the early hours of the morning. Each have their own routines for getting ready for the rundown of the show.

Doocy, who is a 20-plus-year veteran of Fox News, gets in at 4:30 a.m. "In the early days I actually used to make the coffee for the entire channel," he said.

When he gets to the station, Doocy reads through a 200-item packet of news items that is whittled down to 95. Then the team spends 30 or so minutes finding sources the hosts can cite about each of the items.

Kilmeade, who travels from Long Island, spends most of his commute studying and reading the news. He prepares for both "Fox & Friends" and his three-hour radio show, which he leaves for a few minutes after he gets off the air.

Ainsley Earhardt's process begins at 3 a.m. (After she snoozes her alarm once or twice.)

Once she arrives in the office at 4 a.m., Earhardt's off to hair and makeup. She spends her time in the makeup chair similarly to her co-hosts, studying her material for the show that will begin in just a few hours.

"From someone who spent years and years on TV doing my own hair and makeup, it's so nice because I can really focus on what I need to be telling the audience, and that's the news of the day," she said.

Earhardt joked that on the local news, she would add some part of her makeup during each commercial break. "I would start with lip liner and in the next commercial break I'd add a little lipstick and then the next commercial break a little lip gloss."

After she's done with hair and makeup, Earhardt returns to her office, usually in Lululemon sweats, to pick out her dress and heels for the show.

The late-night host Jimmy Kimmel on Monday expressed cautious optimism about the apparent death of the GOP's latest healthcare legislation.

With Sen. Susan Collins of Maine coming out against the bill, known as Graham-Cassidy, on Monday, it appears the measure is dead, ending Kimmel's weeklong run of impassioned attacks on the legislation.

In his monologue on the subject on Monday, Kimmel said that after speaking out last week, he met hundreds of people at events over the weekend who thanked him and told him the Affordable Care Act — the healthcare law better known as Obamacare — saved their lives or the lives of their loved ones.

The late-night host pointed to polls that found that more American preferred the ACA to the Graham-Cassidy bill, and he highlighted Republican lawmakers' message on Obamacare.

"They don't actually care what you think; they want you to think what they think," Kimmel said. "That's why they keep saying Obamacare is a disaster — you hear that word a lot. Obamacare definitely needs work, but think about this: Did anyone have to convince you Hurricane Harvey was a disaster? No, because it was a disaster. If someone has to keep telling you something is a disaster, it probably isn't."

Kimmel also thanked Sen. John McCain for coming out against the bill on Friday.

"The truth is John McCain probably saved the Republican Party by doing this," Kimmel said. "Because if you think Graham-Cassidy is unpopular now, wait until people have to live with it — or not live with it — then who gets blamed? The Republican Party."

After defending himself against criticism from outlets like Fox News, Kimmel brought up Collins' defection and the apparent death of Graham-Cassidy.

"Thank you, Senator Collins. Maine needs affordable healthcare more than almost any state. You know, the sewers up there are filled with child-eating clowns," Kimmel said, referring to the hit horror movie "It."

"The best news is now I can go back to talking about the Kardashians," he said.

Kimmel first threw himself into the debate in May after he said his newborn son, Billy, needed open-heart surgery hours after his birth. The legislation being debated at the time would have undermined protections for people with preexisting conditions, like his son, and allowed insurers to reinstitute lifetime limits on healthcare payments.

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana told Kimmel at the time that any legislation to repeal and replace the ACA would have to preserve those protections to earn his support. Cassidy dubbed it the "Jimmy Kimmel test."

When Cassidy helped roll out the Graham-Cassidy bill earlier in September, Kimmel slammed the Louisiana senator because he said the bill allowed for the erosion of those protections.

Watch Kimmel's monologue:

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"Late Show" host Stephen Colbert started the week off taking aim at Donald Trump's criticism of NFL players who've chosen to take a knee during the national anthem.

"How was your weekend," Colbert said. "I watched the news, and then to cheer up, I watched Ken Burns' 'Vietnam.' Slightly less divisive time in our nation's history."

Then Colbert started in on Trump and the NFL.

“For the last year, some NFL players have been kneeling during the national anthem to protest institutional racism," he said. "It started with then 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. It was a controversial protest, after all, the singing of the national anthem is a sacred time when red-blooded Americans stand up and run to the bathroom because that's when the line is the shortest."

Colbert shared one of Trump's tweets from Monday that said, "The issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race."

"Wrong," Colbert said. "Kneeling during the national anthem has everything to do with race, just like your presidency. Those players are protesting racial injustice. They're not protesting the American flag. Saying that kneeling is a protest against the flag is like saying Gandhi's hunger strikes were a protest against snacking."

You can watch the clip below:

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The amazing box office for "It" — the adaptation of the classic Stephen King book — just keeps climbing.

After taking in over $123.4 million its opening weekend, the biggest opening ever for the month of September, the movie is now the highest-grossing R-rated horror of all time.

Now Warner Bros. has officially pulled the trigger on a sequel. Chapter two of the story will be released September 6, 2019, according to the studio. 

Always intended to be two movies, the first, called "Chapter One" at the end of the movie, looks at the Losers Club as kids when they first encounter Pennywise. The second will then jump to present day when the losers are adults and must return to Derry to take on Pennywise one last time. This mirrors the structure King did with the book. 

"It" director Andres Muschietti revealed some plans he has for the sequel to Entertainment Weekly.

Below is everything we know that will happen in the sequel:

Warning: Spoilers coming!

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We'll still see the kid version of The Losers Club.

Despite the movie taking place 27 years after the events in the first "It" movie, Muschietti said there will be a place for the younger version of the losers as they will appear in flashbacks. 

This will continue on one of the best elements of the first movie: the wickedly fun interactions between all the friends. But also flashing back brings more depth and understanding in the internal fears each loser still struggles with as an adult.

Will the adult losers be known actors or unknowns?

Almost instantly people took to social media after seeing "It" to throw out names of actors who could play the adult version of the Losers Club (Jessica Chastain as the fiery Bev? Chris Pratt as the once chubby Ben?). And though Muschietti admits he and his producers have been thinking about what do to since filming wrapped on the movie, there's still no official decision on how they will handle the casting.

The 1990 "It" TV movie was prominently made up of character actors (John Ritter was the only recognizable name), but times have changed, and with the success of the first movie there may be pressure to get at least a few stars in the club.

The one who stays in Derry becomes a librarian junkie.

One knock on "It" is Mike doesn't get a lot of screen time compared to the other losers. But that will likely change in Chapter Two.

Mike is the one member who doesn't leave Derry. He stays to watch for the return of Pennywise while working as a librarian, and staying behind, he ends up taking the brunt of Pennywise's powers.

“My idea of Mike in the second movie is quite darker from the book,” Muschietti told EW. “I want to make his character the one pivotal character who brings them all together, but staying in Derry took a toll with him. I want him to be a junkie actually. A librarian junkie. When the second movie starts, he’s a wreck.”

Mike will also take part in a ritual that will bring him better understanding of the origins of the alien behind the Pennywise clown, and how the defeat it for good. This is a portion of the book that was cut out of the first movie, but will certainly be of importance in the sequel. 

Chance the Rapper debuted a moving and intricate new song about, among other topics, fatherhood, the Flint water crisis, and "the American Dream" on Monday night's "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."

Backed by electric guitar playing from Daniel Caesar and a chorus of singers, Chance's untitled song began with a meditation on his two-year-old daughter and the price of fame, before moving on to a more weighty topic: systemic injustice. 

"Y'all just keep clapping like Flint got clean water, and y'all don't got teen daughters and black friends and gay cousins," Chance rapped. "Y'all just don't say nothin' know that the day's comin'… Keep on tellin' us we makin' it up / The American Dream, may you never wake up." 

In an eight-minute interview with Colbert after the performance, Chance discussed raising $2.2 million for the Chicago Public School system. He also noted his distaste for politics when Colbert pointed out the online petition, chano4mayor.com, that is encouraging Chance to run for mayor of Chicago. 

"Politics doesn't make the same change that legislation makes," Chance said. "I try to keep my eyes focused on the things that affect us systemically, which is where the law is."

Watch the performance and interview below:

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It has finally begun. 

James Cameron's ambitious sequels to his 2009 box office hit, "Avatar" — which is the highest-grossing worldwide release of all time with over $2.7 billion — began production on Monday, according to Deadline.

But like all things Cameron does, he is going into uncharted territory, as the director will be making the four "Avatar" sequels in succession. The closest franchise to do this was New Line's "The Lord of the Rings" movies, in which director Peter Jackson shot all three movies at the same time. 

The price tag to pull off Cameron's epic movies: over $1 billion, according to Deadline. 

However, Cameron has not just "Avatar" under his belt but the previous all-time box office champion, "Titanic." So if any director is worthy of that kind of budget it's him. And the money will not go to waste. Along with the obvious money that goes into making four blockbusters, Cameron plans to elevate the 3D Imax experience to present the movies to us. 

20th Century Fox plans to release the first Avatar sequel on December 18, 2020, the next movie is to be released a year later, with the last two in December 2024 and 2025.

But we'll see if Fox can keep Cameron to that schedule. 

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Shares of Facebook are rising after the company signed a multi-year deal with the National Football League to host highlights from all 256 regular season games, starting with the current 2017 season.

Facebook is up 0.37% to $163.48 on Tuesday following the news.

The social media giant is partnering with the NFL in its latest move to help promote the new "Watch" section of its platform. The section hosts longer-format videos from multiple content partners, the NFL being the newest. As a part of the deal, the NFL will produce content under several shows in the Watch section of Facebook.

In addition to the new Watch shows, the NFL will post highlight cuts of all the regular season games, as well as clips from the playoffs and Super Bowl. The league previously posted highlights to Facebook in 2014, but the deal ran its course by the following year.

Facebook plans to run midroll ads during some of the NFL's longer content, similar to its strategy with other Watch tab content.

The deal comes as Facebook faces investigatory pressure from lawmakers in Washington DC. In a live stream from his personal account, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, laid out a nine-point plan to improve the company's handling of foreign interference in political elections, including turning over ads paid for by Russia-linked entities to lawmakers.

Facebook is up 39.77% this year.

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Despite presidential controversy amid a prominent NFL protest movement, and a tepid "Sunday Night Football," a large audience for "Monday Night Football" actually propelled the NFL's third week into a year-over-year ratings improvement, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 

The outlet reported that the average rating across all Sunday and Monday game was up 3% compared to the same week in 2016.

The "Monday Night Football" matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals made for the strongest ratings for a "MNF" game this season. Ratings for the game rose 63% above the week three game from 2016, according to ESPN, though that game suffered from being in direct competition with a presidential debate. 

As ESPN broke with tradition to air the national anthem before the "MNF" game, the entire Dallas Cowboys team, including owner Jerry Jones, kneeled together before the anthem.

The unified image capped off a weekend that saw over 200 players kneel during the anthem in protest of police brutality, racial injustice, and the divisive comments of President Trump, who repeatedly stated that any kneeling protester should be "fired," while attacking the league's "bad ratings."

Trump continued his attacks on the NFL into Tuesday morning, writing that NFL ratings are "way down except before game starts, when people tune in to see whether or not our country will be disrespected."

Though the variation of game matchups (and a number of other factors) can make it hard to judge NFL ratings on a week-to-week basis, the league did see a 12% drop in ratings in week one of this year, followed by a 15% drop in week two, according to Nielsen.

NFL ratings were also down an average of 8% over the course of last season.

Nonetheless, this overall uptick in viewership for week three at least provides the league with some ratings relief amid a weekend of controversy. 

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Stephen King has had a huge year for adaptations of his written works, with "It" becoming one of the highest-grossing horror movies of all time and with two Netflix movies ("Gerald's Game" and "1922") still on the way.

But one movie, the sci-fi Western "The Dark Tower," stands out as an abject critical failure — with a 16% "rotten" rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes — and King spoke with Vulture about why he thought the film tanked.

The 70-year-old author described the difficulty of condensing a book series into a 95-minute film, and he referred to the coming TV series adaption of "The Dark Tower" as a "complete reboot" of the film:

"The major challenge was to do a film based on a series of books that’s really long, about 3,000 pages. The other part of it was the decision to do a PG-13 feature adaptation of books that are extremely violent and deal with violent behavior in a fairly graphic way. That was something that had to be overcome, although I've gotta say, I thought [screenwriter] Akiva Goldsman did a terrific job in taking a central part of the book and turning it into what I thought was a pretty good movie. The TV series they're developing now … we’ll see what happens with that. It would be like a complete reboot, so we'll just have to see."

Though "The Dark Tower" suffered critical panning, the film did earn a worldwide total of $110.2 million against a $60 million production budget.

Production for the TV series adaptation of the book is slated to begin in 2018.

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