2011's "L.A. Noire" was a gritty detective game set in 1940s Los Angeles that focused more on solving crimes than on shooting bad guys — a major departure for Rockstar Games, the folks behind the "Grand Theft Auto" and "Red Dead Redemption" franchises.

And in 2017, "L.A. Noire" is getting reborn on modern hardware: the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch.

The game is on the verge of launching, on November 14, but I got a chance to check out the game early during a meeting at Rockstar's New York City headquarters this week. Here's what it's like!

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Rather than hijacking cars and shooting at anyone in your way, "L.A. Noire" is about working police cases.

There are moments when you'll pull your gun, and even some shootouts. You're just as likely to pull your gun to get a perp to surrender, though. "L.A. Noire" is not a game about shooting, or car chases, or running down suspects.

That stuff is in the game, but it's not the focus.

You're just as likely to meticulously look through a crime scene as you are to chase down a suspect.

More than just updating the game's graphics, the new version of "L.A. Noire" for Switch, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 adds a variety of new ways to interact with the game. On the Switch, for instance, you can use motion controls and the Switch's touchscreen to explore environments.

In practice, the touchscreen stuff seemed really useful. The motion stuff, however, felt like something I would never use. 

The game's getting graphical updates, of course, that make it look better than ever.

• The Millennium Falcon used for the "Star Wars" movies is on Google Maps.
• The iconic spaceship, which was most likely used in filming "The Last Jedi," out next month, is surrounded by shipping containers, seemingly in an attempt to hide it.
• It's hilarious, especially because Disney has been very secretive about the films.

Disney has kept a tight lid on details about all the new "Star Wars" movies — but its strategy has been breached by Google Maps.

The service shows the street views of addresses all across the world via satellite images, which are typically one to three years old.

But Kevin Beaumont found something interesting at Longcross Studios, a film and TV production facility near London, on Google Maps: The Millennium Falcon is on site, or at least near a golf course close by. And it's surrounded by shipping containers, seemingly in an attempt to hide it.

Longcross, about 25 miles west of central London, has been a filming site for many huge films, including "Thor: The Dark World," "Skyfall," and "Guardians of the Galaxy."

This Millennium Falcon was most likely hidden amid filming of "The Last Jedi" at Longcross. "The Force Awakens," released in 2015, was filmed at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, UK.

You can catch the Millennium Falcon (not surrounded by shipping containers) when "The Last Jedi" hits theaters December 15.

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• Tiffany Bacon Scourby is the third woman to accuse Jeremy Piven of sexual misconduct.
• Scourby alleged that Piven pinned her down and ejaculated on her in his hotel room in 2003.
• Piven has adamantly denied Scourby's claims.

A third woman accused actor Jeremy Piven of sexual misconduct Thursday. 

Tiffany Bacon Scourby told People that in 2003 Piven pinned her down and ejaculated on her in his hotel room.

Scourby said she met Piven in 2003 at a club in New York City, while she was in town from Washington D.C. for work (she works in advertising). While in the club, Piven allegedly gave Scourby his number and asked if she would be his guest when he went to tape an appearance on "Late Night with Conan O’Brien" the next day.

The following day, Scourby said she met Piven where he was staying at the Trump International Hotel & Tower. They talked together on a couch in Piven's suite for about five minutes while Piven waited for his publicist, before he jumped on top of her, according to Scourby.

"I tried to push him off and he forced me to the ground,” Scourby said.

Scourby said Piven exposed his genitals, held her hands down, and proceeded to ejaculate all over her sweater.

“I pushed him off of me and ran down the short hallway to get to the door,” Scourby said. “I rubbed my chest against the wall to get his [semen] off of my sweater. I ran outside and hailed a cab and I just burst into tears. I cried the entire way back to my hotel.”

Piven denied Scourby's claims in a statement to People: “Let me be absolutely clear, this simply did not happen. I would never force myself on a woman, ever. I cannot speak as to why a person would create a story like this.”

One of Piven's representatives also told People that if Piven were to take a polygraph test it “would have clearly proven this allegation to be entirely fabricated, a complete lie. He’s now looking at legal options.”

Scourby's accusation follows reality TV actress Ariane Bellamar and "Longmire" actress Cassidy Freeman's allegations against Piven.

Bellamar alleged that Piven groped her on the set of "Entourage" and at the Playboy mansion, in a series of tweets.

Freeman accused of Piven of engaging in "predatory behavior," in an Instagram post. "I know what you did and attempted to do to me when I was far too young," she wrote.

After Bellamar's accusations were made, a representative for CBS said that the network is "aware of the media reports" and is "looking into the matter." 

CBS is currently airing the Piven-driven drama "Wisdom of the Crowd." 

A CBS representative told Business Insider that the network has no further comment at this time.

Jeremy Piven did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.

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• AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said the DOJ has never asked it to sell CNN in order to acquire Time Warner, but that he's prepared to litigate if it does.
• The comments come a day after several media outlets reported that selling Turner Broadcasting, which owns CNN, or DirecTV would be a condition of approving the deal.

AT&T chief executive officer Randall Stephenson said on Thursday that his company is under no pressure from the US Department of Justice to divest Turner Broadcasting, the group of channels that includes CNN, if it wants to acquire Time Warner.

He made the comments at the New York Times' DealBook Conference in New York City. They came a day after reports circulated that the DOJ had demanded that AT&T and Time Warner sell either Turner or DirecTV in order to get their $84.5 billion merger approved.

"I have never been told that the price of getting the deal done was selling CNN, period," Stephenson said at the conference. "And likewise I have never offered to sell CNN. There is absolutely no intention that we would ever sell CNN."

Among other comments, Stephenson said that a divestiture of CNN "makes no sense," and mentioned that his company is prepared to litigate if any such formal demand is made. 

The conflicting reports come on the heels of repeated instances of the president calling CNN "fake news." Trump also criticized the proposed acquisition near the end of his presidential campaign, saying that "deals like this destroy democracy."

Trump's concerns echo those expressed by many critics of the proposed deal who think too much consolidation in the media and telecom industries is ultimately bad for both. Still, antitrust experts have said that on a strictly legal basis, fighting the deal might be difficult for the DOJ.

AT&T's stock climbed 1.7% as of 1:53 p.m. EST on Thursday. Time Warner shares slid 1.1% after dropping 6.5% after the initial news on Wednesday.

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• Five women accused Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct in a report in The New York Times on Thursday.
• They say that the comedian masturbated in front of them in person or while on the phone with them — or that he asked to masturbate in front of them.

Five women accused the comedian, filmmaker, and Emmy winner Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct in a report in The New York Times on Thursday.

The accusations span from the late 1990s to 2005. One woman said he masturbated while talking to her on the phone, and three said he masturbated in front of them in person. One said he asked to masturbate in front of her but that she declined.

Louis C.K., through his publicist, Lewis Kay, declined to respond to The Times regarding the allegations.

"Louis is not going to answer any questions," Kay told The Times.

Representatives for Louis C.K., whose real name is Louis Székely, did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for further comment.

Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov, a Chicago-based comedy duo, told The Times that Louis C.K. invited them to his hotel room while attending the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado, in 2002. As soon as they got to his hotel room, they said, Louis C.K. asked them if he could masturbate in front of them. They said they thought it was a joke.

"And then he really did it," Goodman told The Times. "He proceeded to take all of his clothes off, and get completely naked, and started masturbating."

Goodman and Wolov told The Times that they soon told others about the incident but that they got backlash.

Abby Schachner, a writer, illustrator, and performer, told The Times that in 2003, while on a phone call with the comedian, she could hear him masturbating. She said she had met Louis C.K. through the comedy scene and admired his work.

Schachner told The Times that the call went on for several minutes.

"I definitely wasn't encouraging it," she said. "You want to believe it's not happening."

The comedian Rebecca Corry told The Times that in 2005, when she appeared in a television pilot with Louis C.K., he asked if he could come to her dressing room to masturbate in front of her.

After she declined, Corry said, "his face got red, and he told me he had issues."

The Times report said the show's executive producers, Courteney Cox and David Arquette, were informed about the incident. In an email, Cox told The Times she felt "outrage and shock." She added that they had discussed shutting down production but that Corry decided to continue.

A fifth woman, who spoke to The Times on condition of anonymity, worked with Louis C.K. in the late 1990s on "The Chris Rock Show," where he was a writer and producer. She told The Times that he repeatedly asked if he could masturbate in front of her and that she had agreed.

"It was something that I knew was wrong," the woman said. "I think the big piece of why I said yes was because of the culture. He abused his power."

One of the woman's coworkers on "The Chris Rock Show" told The Times that she told him about the incident shortly after it happened.

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• Tig Notaro said she felt "trapped" by her association with Louis C.K., who is listed as one of the executive producers on her series "One Mississippi."
• Notaro asked C.K. to address stories of sexual misconduct about him in August.
• Notaro said that two of C.K.'s accusers told her about their experiences with the comedian.

Comedian Tig Notaro told The New York Times that she felt "trapped" by her association with comedian Louis C.K., after learning of allegations of sexual misconduct against him.

C.K. is currently listed as the executive producer on Notaro's Amazon series "One Mississippi," and released her comedy album in 2012.

On Thursday, the Times published a bombshell story that detailed five allegations of sexual misconduct against C.K.

“Sadly, I’ve come to learn that Louis C.K.’s victims are not only real, but many are actual friends of mine within the comedy community,” Notaro told the Times.

According to Notaro, two of C.K.'s accusers, Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov, told her that C.K. had masturbated in front of them.

Notaro told the Times that she only learned about C.K.'s reputation after her series "One Mississippi" had been sold.

One of the main storylines in "One Mississippi's" latest season involves a male executive masturbating in front of his female employee.

In an interview with The Daily Beast in August, Notaro spoke out about C.K. failing to address the rumors of sexual misconduct against him in the comedy community. In the interview, Notaro also expressed dismay over the fact that she felt people assumed C.K. worked on "One Mississippi" with her, when in fact he had "nothing to do with the show."

Notaro now fears that C.K. released her comedy album in 2012 to "cover his tracks" and make him "look like a good guy, supporting a woman," she told the Times.

Tig Notaro did not immediately respond to Business Insiders request for comment.

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• Disney missed earning expectations Thursday afternoon.
• Shares of the company fell 4% after the announcement.

Shares of Disney fell 4% Thursday after the company reported Q4 2017 earnings that missed Wall Street expectations. 

The company reported earnings of $1.07 per share, short of the expected $1.34 expected, on revenues of $12.78 billion, below the expected $13.32 billion. 

"No other entertainment company is better equipped to navigate the ever-evolving media landscape, thanks to our unparalleled collection of brands and franchises and our ability to leverage IP across our entire company,"  CEO Bob Iger said in a press release. "We look forward to launching our first direct-to-consumer streaming service in the new year, and we will continue to invest for the future and take the smart risks required to deliver shareholder value."

Investors are searching for clarity around the Disney's standalone streaming service, which it announced in August.  Additionally, CNBC reported this week that Disney has been in talks to buy most of 21st Century Fox. Both of these issues, as well as questions around ESPN's recent struggles, will be on investors minds Thursday afternoon. 

Shares of Disney are down 2.97% so far this year.

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• After five women accused Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct in a New York Times report, a clip about masturbation from C.K.'s show "Louie" began to circulate online.
• In the clip, C.K. defends masturbation in a fictional Fox News debate. 
• In the Times report, two women accuse C.K. of masturbating in front of them, while three other women accuse him of sexual misconduct related to masturbation. 

Five women came forward to accuse comedian Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct in a New York Times report published Thursday.

As the allegations surfaced, a segment from C.K.'s FX show "Louie" began to circulate on social media. In the clip, C.K. defends masturbation in a fictional debate on the former Fox News show, "Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld."

Among three other allegations of sexual misconduct in the Times report, Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov, a Chicago-based comedy duo, said that Louis C.K. masturbated in front of them in an Aspen, Colorado hotel room after taking "all his clothes off."  

In the "Louie" scene, C.K. is introduced by Gutfeld as "the only person" who "would defend masturbation," in a televised debate with a woman who represents an anti-masturbation organization called "Christians Against Masturbation."

"Well, I like it," C.K. says of masturbation in the clip. "It's easy, and it's fun, and no one gets hurt."

A number of Twitter users posted or referenced that "Louie" clip following the Times report.

Masturbation has been a recurrent theme throughout C.K.'s career in standup comedy and television.

In 2015, an article from Death and Taxes compiled a 27-minute supercut of C.K. referencing masturbation. An article from The Cut, published Thursday, also referenced 17 "creepy masturbation" jokes C.K. has made.

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• Rian Johnson, the director of the upcoming film "Star Wars: The Last Jedi," will be creating a new "Star Wars" film trilogy, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced Thursday.
• Johnson will write and direct the new trilogy, which does not yet have a time of estimated release. 
• Iger also announced that a new "Star Wars" TV series set for 2019 will appear on Disney's forthcoming streaming service.

Rian Johnson, the writer and director of the upcoming film "Star Wars: The Last Jedi," will be creating an entirely new "Star Wars" film trilogy, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced in an earnings call on Thursday, according to Variety.

Johnson will write and direct the new trilogy, while his longtime collaborator Ram Bergman will produce the films.

Iger also announced that Disney will launch a live-action "Star Wars" TV series on its streaming service, which is expected to debut in 2019.

In stark contrast to Lucasfilms president Kathleen Kennedy's decision to fire directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord from an upcoming Han Solo film (now titled "Solo: A Star Wars Story"), and replace them with Ron Howard in June, Kennedy called Johnson a "creative force" in a statement on Thursday.

"We all loved working with Rian on 'The Last Jedi,'" Kennedy said. "He's a creative force, and watching him craft 'The Last Jedi' from start to finish was one of the great joys of my career. Rian will do amazing things with the blank canvas of this new trilogy."

Johnson and Bergman have issued the following joint statement on the news:

"We had the time of our lives collaborating with Lucasfilm and Disney on 'The Last Jedi.' 'Star Wars' is the greatest modern mythology and we feel very lucky to have contributed to it. We can't wait to continue with this new series of films."

"Star Wars: The Last Jedi" opens in theaters on December 15.

No release or production date has been set yet for Johnson's new "Star Wars" trilogy.

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HBO announced Thursday that Louis C.K. would no longer be appearing on its autism benefit show, the Night of Too Many Stars, and it would remove all of the comedian's previous work from its on-demand services.

The announcement came just hours after a report in the New York Times detailed allegations of sexual misconduct from five women against C.K.. 

The Night of Too Many Stars special was set to air live on November 18.

Here's the press release:

“Louis C.K. will no longer be participating in the “Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs,” which will be presented live on HBO on November 18. In addition, HBO is removing Louis C.K.’s past projects from its On Demand services.”

The accusations against C.K. span from the late 1990s to 2005. One woman said he masturbated while talking to her on the phone, and three said he masturbated in front of them in person. One said he asked to masturbate in front of her but that she declined.

Louis C.K., through his publicist, Lewis Kay, declined to respond to The Times regarding the allegations.

"Louis is not going to answer any questions," Kay told The Times.

Representatives for Louis C.K., whose real name is Louis Székely, did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for further comment.

Much of C.K.'s early comedic output aired on HBO including the 2006 comedy series Lucky Louie as well as multiple one-hour comedy specials.

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• Fox News host Sean Hannity, speaking on his radio program, dismissed the sexual misconduct allegations against GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore.
• Hannity said Moore's encounter with a 14-year-old girl, detailed in a report by The Washington Post, "was consensual." 
• The Washington Post report also quoted three other women who said Moore dated them when they were between 16 and 18 years old and he was in his early 30s. 

Fox News host Sean Hannity dismissed allegations against GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore Thursday after several woman told The Washington Post that Moore had initiated sexual relations with them while they were in their teens. 

Speaking with Lynda McLaughlin on his radio program, "The Sean Hannity Show," Hannity said he doubted whether or not the allegations made against the Senate candidate and former judge were true. 

Hannity began his comments by citing conspiracy theories about the GOP wanting to discredit Moore. "You've got the establishment and they hate Roy Moore. Roy Moore, to them, is another Ted Cruz, another Mike Lee, somebody they can't control ... It's a he-said, she [said]," Hannity said.

Hannity also insinuated that the allegations made by the women were false, saying "there are false allegations made," and asking "Do some people do it for political reasons?" 

According to the allegations reported by The Washington Post, a woman named Leigh Corfman said that when she was 14 years old, Roy Moore, then 32, initiated a sexual encounter with her. 

Hannity's co-host defended Moore against the allegations by claiming the sexual relationship Moore had with 14-year-old Corfman "was consensual," to which Hannity agreed.

Hannity later said on Twitter that he "misspoke," after CNN's Jake Tapper tweeted out against Hannity's comments. Tapper later deleted his tweet and said he believes Hannity's comments referred to Moore's relations with a 17-year-old and an 18-year-old.

Moore, now 70, vehemently denied the allegations, calling them "completely false and a desperate political attack".

“This garbage is the very definition of fake news and intentional defamation,” his campaign said in a statement.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that Moore should drop out of the race “if these allegations are true.” Several other Republicans, including Senators John Cornyn and Mike Lee, both of whom endorsed Moore, echoed that sentiment.

Two Republican senators, John McCain and John Thune, said Moore should step aside immediately, with McCain calling the accusations “deeply disturbing and disqualifying.”

Leigh Corfman, now 53, told the Post that she met Moore outside of court in 1979 when her mother was inside for a child custody hearing. Moore, who was then an assistant district attorney, offered to watch her.

Moore asked for Corfman's number and days later took her to his house, where they engaged in sexual activity before she asked to be taken home, Corfman said.

The story also quoted three other women who said Moore dated them when they were between 16 and 18 years old and he was in his early 30s, though none said they had sexual contact with Moore.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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• Big media companies are working together to sell digital ads to better battle Google and Facebook
• The TrustX initiative, which includes buy-in from the likes of CBS, News Corp., Conde Nast and Vox Media, is ramping its capabilities while promising marketers a safe harbor for their ads
• Yet TrustX faces potential challenges, including competing agendas and fickle ad buyers

A host of big media companies have come to a difficult realization — the enemy of the digital duopoly may be my new best friend.

The duopoly, of course, is Facebook and Google, and, to battle its growing dominance in digital advertising, media players ranging from CBS, to ESPN to Hearst and News Corp. are pooling together their ad space. The vision is to create a centralized digital outlet where ad buyers can find the best, safest, places to run their ads outside of the Google and Facebook domain.

Whether the combined power of a slew of old-media players can help win back more ad budgets is an unanswered question at this point. An even thornier question is whether these blood rivals have the will and wherewithal to work together and make sure this plan bears actual fruit. Given the rocky history of similar digital alliances  – it won't be easy.

The initiative is called TrustX. It's a non-profit group established by the trade group Digital Content Next, whose members include NBCUniversal, Viacom, Vox Media and The Washington Post.

The big idea is to create a digital ad marketplace where only A-list publishers sell ads using automated software. 

• The pitch to marketers is that with all the recent swirl over ads ending up in bad places online (next to fake news, hate videos or in front of bots), they'll be able to run their ads on only top quality sites, and these ads will only be shown to real people.
• And for participating publishers, the hope is that they'll be able to take more direct control of ad inventory and not have to share as much of their revenue with ad tech middlemen. That's a common complaint in the digital ad world– where ad space can be bought and sold via a daisy chain of numerous digital exchanges.

Announced in September of 2016, TrustX has moved at a careful pace, deliberately, say its leaders. The group rolled out a beta push this past summer with a handful of publishers supplying ad space.

Since August the number of publishers selling ads via the platform has doubled, and the number of actual ads changing hands has accelerated exponentially.

"We've seen more than hockey stick growth," said TrustX CEO David Kohl, who cautioned that it's still very early in the rollout. Kohl expects to have 20 publishers up and running by the end of the year. 

"This process has been driven by a foundational principle, that you don’t put something into the market until you know it really works," Kohl said.

"If you think about the idea that programmatic advertising was built over the last decade, and it took years and years for all of its problems like fraud to creep in, where you now have this trust problem. So we are realists. Undoing that is not fast."

True. But every day that Google and Facebook pull larger portions of ad budgets, the urgency to act only increases.

DCN CEO Jason Kint, who led  the formation of TrustX, has been vocal about the growing power of the duopoly – noting that even as digital advertising grows, fewer budgets are finding their way to top publishers:

"This has to happen, and I'm bullish on the prospect," said Mike Smith, senior vice president, revenue, platforms and operations at Hearst Magazines Digital Media. "We all need to leverage against the duopoly, But there is a lot of groundwork to lay."

In August, the Association of National Advertisers, whose members include marketers like Nike, Bank of America and Ford, pledged to spend a combined $50 million in ad spending as part of a TrustX pilot program, reported Ad Age.

Indeed, it helps that marketers are generally bought into the idea that digital advertising needs to clean up its act. 

But as Smith noted, it's crucial for TrustX is making sure its software is integrated with the ad tech used by ad buyers and ad sellers. On that front, this past week TrustX has formed a partnership with the Trade Desk, an ad-buying tech company used by many big ad agencies. TrustX is also compatible with Google's popular ad buying software DoubleClick Bid Manager.

Still, the effort faces a slew of not insignificant challenges, say digital ad industry insiders:

• Simply wrangling the competing needs of a consortium of companies with differing agendas is hard. History is not on TrustX's side here. There is a long list of previous ad consortiums – with names such as quadrant One, Brand.net, Yahoo Newspaper alliance, and Pangea – that struggled to gain traction.
• TrustX should theoretically command higher ad prices. Yet skeptical ad buyers may be happy to pay cheaper prices elsewhere, even if that means running ads on lower quality sites.
• Most publishers are still hedging their bets by continuing to sell ads via other programmatic channels ("nobody's turned off the spigot yet," said one media exec)
• General inertia in ad tech
• A lack of awareness in the market (several ad buyers and ad tech companies told Business Insider they didn't know what TrustX was)

"We totally understand that thinking," says Kohl. Before TrustX launched, his team consulted with leaders of previous digital ad sales alliances to assess the challenges, he said. 

One key takeaway from those conversations: TrustX's leadership and power is centralized, and it's not a profit driven entity. It's a lot easier to get things done when you don't have to get consensus from dozens of members and you're not driven by short-term revenue thinking, Kohl explained. 

"Before we launched, we really tried to minimize the risk," he said. "We've really, really done our homework."

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• Five women came forward to The New York Times with allegations of sexual misconduct against comedian Louis C.K., in a report published Thursday.
• The story shook the comedy and entertainment world, and people took to Twitter to react.
• Many women, especially those in comedy, weren't shocked by the rumors, which had been circulating for years.

Five women accused comedian, filmmaker, and Emmy winner Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct in a report in The New York Times on Thursday.

The accusations span from the late 1990s to 2005, and involve the comedian — who has sold out Madison Square Garden eight times — either masturbating in front of them, or engaging in other sexual misconduct involving masturbation. 

Although rumors of Louis C.K.'s alleged misconduct had been in the comedy world for years, the exposé still shocked many both in Hollywood and comedy. But from the reactions so far, men were definitely more shocked than women. 

This is how people in the comedy world and Hollywood have reacted to the Louis C.K. allegations:

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• Power couples balance successful marriages with high-powered careers.
• From entertainment to politics to tech, these happily married pairs span many industries.
• They're not just powerful — they also have a combined fortune of over $260 billion.
  

Some people seem to have it all.

Juggling a successful career or marriage has its challenges, but doing both well can quickly launch you into power couple status.

Devoting time to the relationship may be harder for power couples. But across many industries, from entertainment to politics to tech, these duos have managed to stay happily married while building empires together.

Scroll through to see seven of the richest power couples in the world.

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Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen

Combined net worth: $540 million

Both halves of this tanned and toned power couple, who have been married for eight years, are in the top earners of their respective industries. Supermodel Gisele Bündchen is the highest-paid model in the world, raking in $30.5 million in 2016, and Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is the third-highest paid player in NFL history. His endorsement deals earn him about $8 million annually.

Perhaps the most telling example of their wide-ranging influence is the viral news of their insane diet, which is composed of 80% vegetables and 20% lean meats.

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner

Combined net worth: Between $207 million and $762 million

The eldest daughter of President Donald Trump and unpaid adviser in the White House, Ivanka Trump just celebrated her eighth wedding anniversary with husband Jared Kushner, a senior adviser to the president and owner of a real-estate empire.

Their estimated net worth was revealed earlier this year in public filings that document the couple's assets, including a $25 million art collection, and income from the Ivanka Trump lifestyle brand and various investments.

Kushner suggests the couple, who are parents to three children, have their roles figured out: "I would say she is definitely the CEO of our household, whereas I’m more on the board of directors."

Beyoncé and Jay-Z

Combined net worth: $1.16 billion

Beyoncé and Jay-Z are entertainment royalty. The couple — who has been married since 2008 and have three children — earn their wealth primarily from music producing credits, album sales, live performances, and worldwide tours, as well as stakes in streaming service Tidal, a private jet company, and a luxury champagne brand.

This summer, they bought an $88 million mansion in Los Angeles — for which they took out a $59 million mortgage — making it the sixth priciest home purchase in LA history. Not bad for the highest-paid celebrity couple in the world.

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• Disney reported earnings that fell short of expectations, sending the stock down after hours Thursday.
• But the shares were rising in early trading Friday after the company's conference call during which CEO Bob Iger said the company's streaming service will be priced "substantially below" Netflix. 
• Iger also said ESPN will offer its own streaming service next year. 
  

Shares of Disney rose more than 2% on Friday, reversing late losses from the night before after the company's management touted its plans for a new streaming service that will undercut rival Netflix on pricing. 

The gains came even though Disney reported earnings that missed analyst expectations. Shares initially fell nearly 4% in late trading Thursday, after the top and bottom line misses.

Then, on the company's earnings call, CEO Bob Iger told analysts that Disney’s standalone streaming service, which it announced back in August, will be priced “substantially below where Netflix is."

"That is in part reflective of the fact that it will have substantially less volume. It'll have a lot of high quality because of the brands and the franchises that will be on it that we've talked about. But it'll simply launch with less volume, and the price will reflect that," he said.

A similar ESPN streaming product will launch spring 2018, Iger said, fueled by Disney’s $1.58 billion acquisition of the BAMtech digital platform from Major League Baseball.

Earlier this week, CNBC reported that Disney had been in talks with 21st Century Fox about acquiring a bulk of company’s entertainment assets, but Lowell Singer, Disney’s VP of investor relations, quickly jumped in to say the company wouldn’t comment on what it called "press speculation."

Wall Street analysts have an average price target of $110.48 for the stock — 7.6% above Thursday's closing price.

Shares of Disney are up 14.26% over the past year.

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• EA announced the acquisition of Respawn Entertainment on Thursday night.
• The purchase price was $455 million in total — a combination of cash, equity, and performance-based bonuses.
• More than just a development studio, Respawn is responsible for an upcoming "Star Wars" title.

EA is buying Respawn Entertainment for $455 million — a move aimed at securing the future of EA's license to make games based on the "Star Wars" franchise.

Respawn is a Los Angeles-based game development studio co-founded by game industry veterans Vince Zampella and Jason West. The two men were responsible for leading creation of the enormously popular "Call of Duty" franchise, and Respawn has thus far focused on the "Titanfall" game franchise — a fast-paced, multiplayer-focused first-person shooter that competes with the "Call of Duty" franchise.

But it's Respawn's other current project that EA is likely buying the studio for: A new "Star Wars" game.

The announcement that EA is buying Respawn comes just a few short weeks after EA's announcement that it shuttered Visceral Games— a long-time EA studio that was working on a new "Star Wars" game. The "Star Wars" project has been shifted to EA's Vancouver studio, and Visceral Games is out of business.

Thus, EA buying Respawn looks an awful lot like EA attempting to shore up control of Respawn's "Star Wars" game. As a Piper Jaffray note from Friday morning says, "We believe EA undertook the deal to gain further control over specific titles in development, most notably an action title that leverages EA's 'Star Wars' license."

Notably, EA locked in a deal with Disney back in 2013 that gives EA exclusive rights to produce "Star Wars" games "for a core gaming audience." The cancellation of a major "Star Wars" game at EA from Visceral Games makes this game from Respawn all the more important. 

Little is known about the "Star Wars" game that Respawn is working on. It was announced in May 2016 as a "third-person action/adventure game," and no other information has been given since. That said, we can glean a few more tidbits from what we know about the deal:

• It's not a mobile game — "core" means that it's intended as a blockbuster, "triple-A" game for living room game consoles and PC.
• "Third-person action/adventure" describes games like "Assassin's Creed" and "Uncharted." It sounds like this new "Star Wars" game will be something along those lines.
• It's unlikely to be a shooter. EA already has its biggest shooter studio, EA DICE, churning out "Star Wars" shooters. "Star Wars Battlefront 2" is a few weeks away from launch, and it's a first-person shooter.
• It will likely be very high quality. Despite "Titanfall 2" not selling very well, it's an excellent, expertly-crafted game. 

Since Respawn's "Star Wars" game was originally teased back in early 2016, it's reasonable to expect we'll hear more about it in 2018. In the meantime, there's another brand new "Star Wars" game for you to play.

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• After five women accused Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct, the distribution company for the comedian's new film "I Love You, Daddy" has canceled the release. 
• Thursday night's premiere was also canceled. 
• It was scheduled to open next weekend. 

In the wake of accusations of sexual misconduct against comedian Louis C.K., the release of his new film, "I Love You, Daddy," has been canceled. 

The indie film distribution company, The Orchard, announced on Friday morning that it would "not be moving forward with the release." The film was scheduled to be released on November 17. 

The Orchard had already canceled the film's premiere in  New York City on Thursday, ahead of the publication of the New York Times report.

The film, which is about a dad (played by Louis C.K.) whose 17-year-old daughter starts dating a 68-year-old film director, already stirred some controversy after it premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September.

The movie was shot in secret in June 2017, and it was Louis C.K.'s first movie in 16 years. His last movie, "Pootie Tang," came out in 2001.

The Orchard bought distribution rights for $5 million after Toronto. 

After the publication of the accusations, Louis C.K. was removed from the line-up for HBO's "Night of Too Many Stars," and it also removed his entire standup catalog from HBOGo and HBONow. 

In a comment after the initial story broke, Louis C.K.'s publicist Lewis Kay said, "In the coming days, Louis will issue a written statement."

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There's a new "DOOM" game, folks. The first in over a decade!

Good news: It's a crazy game! Better news: It's out now! It arrived last May on Xbox One and PS4, but it just launched on Nintendo's hot Switch console this Friday.

But that terrifying, screaming demon — which, yes, has some type of automatic rocket launcher attached to its back — is just the tip of the demon-filled iceberg. Here's a taste of some of the absolutely ridiculous things you're able to do in this new "DOOM" game:

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You need to understand upfront that this post is full of GIFs depicting extreme violence.

Seriously, last chance.

What kind of game is "DOOM"? The kind of game that STARTS with you using a dead body as a key.

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• Taylor Swift's new album, "Reputation," is now available in retail outlets and online stores, but it's absent from major streaming services.
• Swift will reportedly keep "Reputation" off of streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music for at least its first week of sales, according to Variety.
• Swift kept her last album, "1989," off of Spotify for several years after removing her entire catalog from the service in late 2014.
• "Reputation" is projected to sell between 1.3 million and 2 million units in its first week, according to various projections. 

Taylor Swift's new album, "Reputation," is now available in retail stores and online outlets, but as an earlier report from Bloomberg anticipated, the album is absent from major streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify.

Sources told Variety that Swift plans to keep the album off of streaming services for at least its first week of sales. "Reputation" will be streaming for free on Friday in a promotion from iHeartRadio, however.

Swift's label, Big Machine, told Billboard that it expects "Reputation" to sell close to 2 million units in its first week, while Variety's sources project that the album will sell between 1.3 and 1.5 million units.

Swift has had a back-and-forth relationship with streaming services in recent years.

The singer kept her last album, "1989," off of Spotify upon its release in 2014, when she removed her entire back catalog from the service. "1989" went on to sell 1.29 million units in its first week, according to Billboard.

In July 2014, months prior to the album's release, Swift wrote an op-ed condemning Spotify's free tier in the Wall Street Journal, writing, "It's my opinion that music should not be free." 

Swift allowed "1989" to stream on Apple Music, which does not offer a free tier, upon that service's launch in January 2015.

She eventually made her back catalog and "1989" available to stream on Spotify in June, after "1989" had sold over 10 million copies.  

"Reputation" is available now on the iTunes Store.

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