• Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons has been accused of sexual misconduct, and the allegations involve filmmaker Brett Ratner.
• Model Keri Claussen Khalighi told The Los Angeles Times in a report Sunday that in 1991, when she was 17, Simmons sexually assaulted her.
• Another woman, Tanya Reid, alleged that Simmons asked her to give Ratner oral sex, and that Ratner later forced her to perform oral sex. 

Russell Simmons, the hip-hop mogul who cofounded Def Jam Recordings, has been accused of sexual misconduct along with film producer and director Brett Ratner, his former protégé.

Model Keri Claussen Khalighi told the The Los Angeles Times in a report published Sunday that in 1991, when she was 17, Simmons and Ratner invited her to Simmon's apartment to watch a music video they had been working on. She said that Simmons tore off her clothes and attempted to force her to have sex.

"I looked over at Brett and said 'help me' and I'll never forget the look on his face," she told the Times. "In that moment, the realization fell on me that they were in it together."

She said of Simmons' advances that she "fought it wildly" before she eventually "acquiesced" to performing oral sex.

Khalighi said she then went to take a shower, feeling "disgusting." She said that Simmons then walked up behind her in the shower and, according to the Times, "briefly penetrated her without her consent." She said that Simmons left the shower after she jerked away from him. 

Simmons denied the allegations to the Times and disputed Khalighi's account.

"Everything that occurred between Keri and me occurred with her full consent and participation," he said.

Simmons later wrote the following statement on his website in response to the Times' story:

"I completely and unequivocally deny the horrendous allegations of nonconsensual sex against me with every fiber of my being. ... More than anything, I want my daughters to live in a more equal world and a world where they will not become victims of sexual harassment."

Through his attorney, Ratner told the Times that he had "no recollection" of Khalighi asking for help and denied witnessing her "protest." Ratner has been accused of sexual harassment or assault by numerous actors, including Olivia Munn and Ellen Page. 

Another woman, Tanya Reid, told the Times that she had an encounter with the men in 1994, when she was 18. She said that Simmons and Ratner were staying at a hotel where she worked at the front desk, and that Simmons called her and and asked her to have oral sex with Ratner.  

She said that in a later encounter in Ratner's hotel room, Ratner forced her to give him oral sex. She said the experience ruined her image of the modeling industry and led her to give up her dreams of a career as a model.

Simmons and Ratner both told the Times that they did not recall the alleged incident.

Simmons and Ratner did not immediately respond to a request for further comment. 

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• Actor Terry Crews came forward with an accusation that a Hollywood agent groped him at an industry event last year.
• Crews identified the agent as Adam Venit of WME in an interview with "Good Morning America." Venit was put on leave. 
• On Sunday, Crews shared an email from hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, in which Simmons asks Crews to give the agent "a pass."
• Simmons has himself been accused of sexual misconduct, in a report by The Los Angeles Times published Sunday. 

On Sunday, actor Terry Crews shared an email that hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons sent to him, in which Simmons asks Crews to give the agent who allegedly sexually assaulted Crews "a pass."

"No one gets a pass," Crews wrote on Twitter in response.

In October, the "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" star shared his story of sexual assault amid the Harvey Weinstein accusations. Crews wrote on Twitter that he was sexually assaulted at an industry event last year by a "high level Hollywood executive." 

On "Good Morning America" last week, Crews confirmed that the man who allegedly groped him was WME agent Adam Venit. Venit was put on leave by WME.

You can watch the clip below:

Crews filed a report on the alleged incident to the Los Angeles Police Department. Since it allegedly occurred last year, it is within the statute of limitations for sexual assault in the state of California.

Since coming forward, Crews has received an outpouring of support both from inside and outside Hollywood. But not everyone is pleased, it seems.

On Sunday, Crews shared an email on Twitter from Simmons, in which he asks Crews to "give the agent a pass" and ask that he be "reinstated."

Here is the email shared by Crews:

Simmons has been accused of sexual misconduct himself, in a report by the Los Angeles Times published Sunday. Model Keri Claussen Khalighi alleged that in 1991, when she was 17, Simmons sexually assaulted her. Simmons denied the accusation.

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Netflix has announced the titles that will be leaving the streaming service in December, so make sure to catch a few of these movies and TV shows before they're gone.

Departing titles to check out include "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and "The Crucible," starring Daniel Day Lewis and Winona Ryder. 

If you've never seen "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," the first and arguably only good movie in the series, that's definitely worth watching before it leaves on Christmas Day.

Here's everything that's leaving Netflix in November (we've highlighted the titles we think you should watch in bold):

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Leaving December 1

"All I Want for Christmas"
"Bedazzled"
"Black Snake Moan"
"Compulsion"
"Cousin Bette"
"Hoffa"
"La Viuda Negra:" Season 1
"Picture Perfect"
"Practical Magic"
"Rebelde"
"Scary Movie 2"
"Scary Movie 3"
"Super Size Me"
"Terriers:" Season 1
"The Crucible"
"The Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus"
"The Man from Snowy River"
"Touch:" Season 2
"Toys"
"Two Girls and a Guy"
"Waking Life"
"Young Frankenstein"
"Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time"
"Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal:" Seasons 1-2

Leaving December 5

"Holes"

Leaving December 9

"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia": Seasons 1-11

The biggest food holiday of the year is nearly upon us!

With just a few days to go until Thanksgiving, I've been practicing my annual tradition of marathon-watching cooking shows as inspiration. Unlike years past where I might've tuned in to the Food Network or some such, these days all the best cooking shows are online. 

Whether you're Binging with Babish, watching Matty Matheson scream around a kitchen, or going traditional with Julia Child, there are plenty of great options on YouTube right now to get you ready for the big day.

These are my favorites!

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1. Food Wishes

Chef John's Food Wishes is my personal favorite YouTube channel about cooking. Not only does he have years of experience with cooking, but he's a hilariously quirky man. 

Moreover, Chef John's been doing the YouTube thing longer than most in the game — his videos go back 10 years! Before that, he was doing the actual chef thing as John Mitzewich, working in kitchens for years and eventually teaching at the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco. 

His videos range from simple to complex, American comfort food to ancient Roman throwbacks. And yes, of course, he has a ton of Thanksgiving recipe ideas and techniques for you to gobble down.

Here's a direct link to Chef John's Thanksgiving playlist.

And here's Chef John's main turkey video, aimed directly at first-time turkey roasters:

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2. Matty Matheson (and Munchies in general)

Matty Matheson is abrasive and loud and he swears a lot, which is exactly what makes him so delightful. He's the punk rock chef the internet needs. 

Maybe you've seen him on his excellent, often ridiculous show, "Keep It Canada." Or maybe you've seen him on his newer show, "Dead Set On Life." Before he was doing any of that stuff, he was making excellent how-to videos for Vice's food publication, Munchies. 

Matty was a working chef for years before he became a food star on YouTube (and now, on TV, with Viceland). He brings years of professional experience to his lessons, and his presentation is unlike anyone else before him in food programming. 

Check out his how-to videos on Munchies right here.

When cult leader Charles Manson and his "family" carried out their infamous nine-person killing spree in 1969 Los Angeles, the events sent shockwaves across America.

Born from the the hippie scene of late-60s California, Manson's murders landed him a life sentence in prison. That sentence ended on Sunday, when the cult leader died at age 83 at a hospital in Bakersfield, California.

Here's a rundown of his turbulent life, his violent crimes, and the aftermath of the Manson Family murders:

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Manson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1934 to a 16-year-old mother who was an alcoholic with a criminal record. He lived a troubled childhood growing up in various boys' schools, and likely never knew his biological father.

Manson bounced around from boarding schools to foster homes starting when he was five years old, soon after his mother was convicted of armed robbery and given a five-year prison sentence.

Sources: Biography, The Guardian

Manson displayed violent and manipulative tendencies even when he was very young. He was known to manipulate his classmates in the first grade into hurting kids he didn't like. As a problem child in the foster care system, he soon fell into a life of petty crime, and starting in 1956, spent years in federal prison for a variety of offenses, including forging government checks.

Manson did his first stint in prison in 1951, and was in and out of jail throughout the '50s and '60s.

A probation report from this period says Manson displayed a "marked degree of rejection, instability and psychic trauma", and was "constantly striving for status and securing some kind of love." Such symptoms were likely the result his largely parent-less and tumultuous childhood.

His crimes during this period largely included stealing cars, pimping young prostitutes, and forgery.

Sources: Biography, The Guardian

After his release from prison in 1967, Manson initially arrived in California to pursue music, and became influenced by LSD, hippie culture, and The Beatles.

Having learned to play guitar in prison, Manson arrived in Los Angeles with hopes of securing a recording contract through some of the big names in the industry at the time.

While he did his best to wow artists like Neil Young and The Mamas and Papas, his idiosyncratic folk music failed to generate enthusiasm until he was introduced to Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys, who saw talent in Manson's playing.

Wilson allowed Manson and several of "his girls" — who had by now begun coalescing around him because they believed he was a guru with prophetic powers — to stay with him at his mansion in June 1968.

Wilson eventually kicked them out after they began causing trouble, but Manson later accused the Beach Boys of reworking one of his songs and including it on their 1969 album "20/20" without crediting him.

Sources: BBC, People

• Charles Manson and his "family" cult formed a strange and brief relationship with The Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson during the summer of 1968.
• The Manson "family" moved into Wilson's home that summer, where they all dropped acid and participated in group sex. 
• The Beach Boys even ended up recording a version of one of Manson's songs.
• A year later, Manson would have his cult commit seven brutal murders. 

In the summer of 1968, a year before Charles Manson orchestrated seven brutal murders, he insinuated himself into a strange relationship with an unlikely source: The Beach Boys.

Manson, who died in prison on Sunday at the age of 83, met the band's drummer, Dennis Wilson, after Wilson picked up and drove home two female hitchhikers who happened to be living in Manson's cult, known as his "family."

Dianne Lake, a member of the "family" who wasn't involved in the murders, described in a recent memoir how Manson's ability to "captivate" Wilson, a famous musician, went on to "validate more and more" Manson's status as the leader of their cult.

"Dennis and Charlie hit it off right away, which is not surprising, given Charlie’s skills at ingratiating himself with strangers," Lake wrote. "Dennis, in no rush to leave, hung out for a while, smoked some pot with Charlie, and listened a bit to Charlie's songs."

As The Washington Post notes, days after their first meeting, Manson and the "family" moved into Wilson's home, where they all dropped acid and participated in group sex, before gonorrhea began to spread through the collective.

According to Dianne Lake, Wilson provided for the group and even drove them all to see a doctor after the gonorrhea hit. 

The Manson-Wilson relationship came to an abrupt end as the summer of 1968 came to a close. 

When Wilson took Manson, an aspiring musician, to record at his studio, Manson had a disagreement with Wilson's producers and ended up pulling a knife on them. 

The "family" subsequently moved out of Wilson's house, but according to Lake, Manson and Wilson would occasionally still see each other in the year before Manson was arrested for his cult's infamous murders. 

In September 1968, The Beach Boys even recorded a slightly altered version of Manson's song "Cease to Exist," which they renamed "Never Learn Not to Love." Wilson was the sole songwriting credit on the track.

"As long as I live, I'll never talk about that," Wilson told Rolling Stone in 1976 of his relationship with the Manson family. 

Wilson died in 1983 at the age of 39, after drowning in the waters off of Marina del Rey, California.

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• Jay-Z's entrepreneurial vision has broadened rapidly over the course of his career.
• The rapper-mogul has founded or owned, among other ventures, a clothing company, a restaurant chain, a sports management firm, two record labels, and the streaming service Tidal.
• He's the second richest hip-hop artist in the world, with an estimated net worth of $810 million.

Jay-Z's entrepreneurial vision and wealth have grown exponentially since the rapper's career took off in the early 1990s.

The rapper-mogul made his first major business move in 1995, when he founded Roc-A-Fella Records.

As his rap career prospered over the ensuing decades, Jay-Z also began an insatiable pursuit of new business opportunities, including the founding of several companies and making a number of other shrewd investments that extended beyond the rap world.  

From starting record labels and a clothing company, to making major moves into sports management with Roc Nation Sports, and into the competitive world of streaming with Tidal, Jay-Z's wide-reaching entrepreneurial efforts continue to embody one of his most famous lyrics: "I'm not a businessman / I'm a business, man."

The following is a brief history of Jay-Z's most notable businesses and investments, the total of which have made him the second richest hip-hop artist in the world, with an estimated net worth of $810 million:

Roc-A-Fella Records 

In 1995, Jay-Z used the money he received from signing a deal with Payday Records to start his own label, Roc-A-Fella Records, alongside his former associates, Damon "Dame" Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke.

Roc-A-Fella started out in a small office space in a low-rent part of downtown New York City, operating as an imprint of the Island Def Jam Music Group. Its first release was Jay-Z's debut album, "Reasonable Doubt," which dropped in 1996 to critical acclaim and modest commercial success.

The label would go on to release some of the best and most commercially successful rap music of the late 1990s and 2000s, including Kanye West's first six albums, and every Jay-Z album through 2013's "Magna Carta Holy Grail."

Roc-A-Fella went defunct in 2013, five years after Jay-Z had started his second successful label, Roc Nation. 

Rocawear 

In 1999, Jay-Z and Damon Dash created Rocawear, an urban clothing line that would go on to have annual sales of around $700 million during its peak in the early 2000s, according to The New York Times.

After having a falling out with Dash in 2006, Jay-Z took the company over. He then sold the rights to Rocawear to the Iconix Brand Group in 2007 for $204 million.

Jay-Z retains a stake in the company and continues to oversee its marketing, licensing, and product development.

The 40/40 Club

In 2003, Jay-Z opened The 40/40 Club, an upscale sports bar and restaurant in Manhattan's Flatiron District. He co-owns the club with his business partner Juan Perez, who would go on to be the president of Jay-Z's sports management firm, Roc Nation Sports. 

Jay-Z name-dropped the club for the first time on his 2003 hit "Dirt off Your Shoulders," rapping, "Now you chillin' with a boss b---- / Of course, S.C. on the sleeve / At the 40/40 Club, ESPN on the screen."

The restaurant chain expanded to new five new locations over the next 11 years, including spots in Atlantic City, Las Vegas, the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, and the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Roc Nation

After a productive stint as the CEO and President of Def Jam Recordings (between 2004 and 2008), Jay-Z left his longtime label and teamed up with entrepreneur Jay Brown to found the entertainment label Roc Nation in 2008.

Rihanna, Jay-Z's star signee from his Def Jam executive days, left Def Jam in 2014 to join Roc Nation, adding to a roster that now includes the likes of J. Cole, Shakira, DJ Khaled, T.I., and Big Sean.

Roc Nation is owned by the entertainment company Live Nation, and it has offices in New York City, Nashville, Los Angeles, and London. It launched its own sports management division, Roc Nation Sports, in 2013.

In April 2017, Roc Nation announced the launch of Arrive, a venture capital firm that provides brand services and business development to early-stage startups.

Roc Nation Sports

In 2013, Jay-Z made a huge move into sports management when he launched Roc Nation Sports in a partnership with the Creative Artists Agency (CAA). 

Jay-Z previously had a minority share in the Brooklyn Nets basketball team. In 2013, a year after he orchestrated the team's name change and move from New Jersey to the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Jay had to give up his stake in the team in order to legally manage players. 

Roc Nation Sports currently represents star athletes like Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant, Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley, and Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Canó.

Michael R. Yormark, Roc Nation's president and chief of branding and strategy, described Jay-Z as having an "entrepreneurial spirit that is absolutely contagious."

"When I joined Roc Nation, he immediately encouraged me and my team to take chances with Roc Nation Sports because you can’t have an ounce of fear when you’re building a business," Yormark told Business Insider. "Thanks to Jay’s leadership and strategic vision over the years, Roc Nation Sports has grown exponentially by signing world-class athletes across a vast array of sports. We believe there’s nothing we can’t accomplish and that is a testament to the attitude that Jay and Roc Nation Sports President Juan Perez has instilled in us."

Tidal

After Jay-Z acquired the Norwegian tech company Aspiro in March 2015, he quickly relaunched the company's streaming service, Tidal, with a flashy press conference. 

Sixteen major artists, including Jay-Z, Kanye West, Madonna, and J. Cole, stood on a stage in New York City on March 30, 2015, and were introduced as the co-owners and stakeholders of the first "artist-owned" streaming service. 

The service's business model has centered around hosting exclusive releases from artists like Jay-Z, Beyoncé, and Kanye West.

In March 2016, the company claimed to have reached 3 million global subscribers, but an internal report from January 2017 showed that it only had 1.2 million subscribers. Since Jay-Z relaunched the service, Tidal has also seen a consistent exodus of top executives. 

Though Tidal has certainly not been smooth sailing for Jay-Z, in January 2017, he sold sold 33 percent of Tidal to the phone company Sprint for $200 million. It was reportedly worth $56 million when he bought it in 2015.

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• Actor Bryan Cranston crossed paths with cult leader and serial killer Charles Manson when he was a kid.
• Manson died on Sunday at age 83.
• Cranston said that he was "within his grasp" about a year before the brutal murders occurred in 1969, while at the Spahn Ranch in California.

Actor Bryan Cranston — who is known for his Emmy-winning role as the school teacher turned super-villain Walter White on AMC's "Breaking Bad" — said that when he was a kid, he crossed paths with Charles Manson.

Manson, a notorious cult leader and serial killer who instigated the murders of nine people in the 1960s including actress Sharon Tate, died on Sunday at the age of 83. He was in prison for more than 45 years. 

In a tweet on Monday, Cranston wrote:

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• A North Korean soldier who defected was reportedly unsure he was in South Korea.
• After getting confirmation, he asked if he could listen to South Korean music.
• South Korean officials are exploring the possibility that the defector may have been influenced by the country's propaganda.

A North Korean defector receiving medical care at a South Korean hospital made an interesting request after confirming he was in South Korea, according to sources from the South Korean newspaper Dong-a Ilbo.

The defector was reportedly shot six times and received multiple surgical procedures after stealing a jeep and crawling southward as his comrades fired 40 rounds from their weapons. Doctors said the defector was in stable condition, according to Reuters.

"Is this South Korea," the defector asked, according to the Ilbo.

After he received confirmation that he was in fact in South Korea, he reportedly said he would "like to listen to South Korean songs," the Ilbo reported.

According to government sources cited by the Ilbo, South Korean officials are investigating whether the defector may have been successfully influenced by South Korean female music groups. South Korea employs various types of psychological operations against the North, including blasting South Korean pop music on loudspeakers. Government sources told the Ilbo that the defector may have been motivated to cross the border because of a connection between South Korea's pop-music propaganda and his young age.

Early in recovery, the defector reportedly communicated with doctors by blinking his eyes and changing his facial expressions, the Ilbo continued.

Although authorities have yet to release the defector's identity and rank, he has become a symbol of the humanitarian struggle in North Korea after doctors discovered parasites in his digestive tract.

Lead surgeon Lee Cook-Jung said that there were dozens of parasites, some over 10 inches, that were removed during surgery: "In my over 20 year-long career as a surgeon, I have only seen something like this in a textbook."

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• You should pack up the whole family to go see Pixar's new movie "Coco."
• And make sure to bring along tissues.

For its latest movie, “Coco,” Pixar tackled a real cultural celebration for the first time. But the result is the same as most of its other releases: a well-executed story that the whole family will love. 

“Coco” (in theaters starting on Thanksgiving) is centered around the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos, a day dedicated to celebrating family members who have passed away.

12-year-old Miguel and his family are preparing for the holiday, but the boy also tries desperately to sneak off to the center of town whenever he can and play his guitar, though his family forbids it. Miguel’s great great grandfather ran out on the family to pursue his dreams of being a famous musician. The story of his betrayal has been passed down by generation, and now the family, who make a living as shoemakers, has banned music.

However, Miguel can’t help being drawn to music. He’s made a guitar and hides it in the attic. And he secretly watches footage of a legendary musician who came from his village, Ernesto de la Cruz (voiced by Benjamin Bratt).

The discovery of a photo makes Miguel believe De la Cruz is his great great grandfather. Convinced he is destined for greatness, Miguel plans to take part in the village’s music contest to prove to his family they are wrong for their distaste toward musicians. But his family finds out his plans and destroys his guitar. So Miguel sneaks into the mausoleum the village has built for De la Cruz and takes his guitar that’s on display to use at the contest.

And like every great Disney/Pixar movie, that’s the moment when things really start moving. Miguel is suddenly transported to the Land of the Dead after holding the guitar. The only way he can get back is to receive a blessing from a departed family member. So who better than De la Cruz? Miguel decides to set forth to find him. Along the way, Miguel runs into his other deceased relatives and a loner named Héctor (Gael García Bernal) who helps Miguel in his search for De la Cruz.

Directed by Lee Unkrich (“Toy Story 3”), “Coco” hits all the correct beats that will make it become a memorable Pixar movie (despite it having a weak second act). There are a lot of great jokes, the family story is heartfelt from the start, and the evolution of the plot once Miguel is in the Land of the Dead builds to a powerful climax (prediction: the movie's song, "Remember Me," will win the best original song Oscar). And Unkrich does it all with a very aware sense of being respectful to Mexican culture (there was even a point in the making of “Coco” when cultural consultants were brought in to help out, which had never been done before on a Pixar movie). 

The movie may focus on Mexican heritage, but it's a story that will be universally adored.

Yes, bring tissues with you to the theater.

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• Charlie Rose has been accused of sexual misconduct by eight women, according to a report in The Washington Post published on Monday.
• "CBS This Morning" co-hosts, who worked with Rose on the show, addressed the accusations on the Tuesday morning show.
• Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell both felt deeply affected by the news, and were grappling with it, they said. 
• O'Donnell said, "This has to end."

On Monday, The Washington Post reported on allegations of sexual misconduct against news anchor Charlie Rose made by eight women (Business Insider followed up with stories from three additional women). The accusations ranged from nudity, to inappropriate phone calls, to groping. 

The consequences for Rose came swiftly Monday, and he was suspended from CBS News, Bloomberg, and PBS following the accusations. Rose apologized for his actions in a statement. 

On Tuesday, co-anchors Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell, who usually co-host "CBS This Morning" with Rose, addressed the accusations during the show, and both women said the news had affected them "deeply."

"This I know is true," O'Donnell said. "Women cannot achieve equality in the workplace or in society until there is a reckoning and a taking of responsibility. I'm really proud to work at CBS News. There are so many incredible people here, especially on this show. All of you here. This will be investigated. This has to end. This behavior is wrong. Period."

King added that she had known Rose since they started working together on the show in 2012, and she did not know him as a man who sexually harassed or assaulted women.

"I've held him in such high regard," King said. "And I'm really struggling, because how do you . . . what do you say when someone that you deeply care about has done something that is so horrible? How do you wrap your brain around that? I'm really grappling with that."

King also said that Rose should not get a pass. "We are all deeply affected," she said. "We are all rocked by this." But, King said, they will continue to report the news as they always have.

Neither King nor O'Donnell had spoken to Rose since the accusations were published yesterday, they said, but King said that she intended to speak to him later on Tuesday. 

You can watch the full clip below: 

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• Beyoncé was the highest-paid female musician in 2017 with $105 million in pretax income, according to Forbes. 
• She outearned Adele ($69 million) and Taylor Swift ($44 million). 
• Swift was the highest-paid female musician in Forbes' 2016 list with $170 million. 

Beyoncé's hit album "Lemonade," and her subsequent world tour for the LP, have made her the highest-paid female musician in 2017, according to Forbes' annual list.

From June 2016 through June 2017, Beyoncé earned $105 million in pretax income, according to data collected and analyzed by Forbes. She outearned Adele, who came in second with $69 million, and Taylor Swift, who stands in third with $44 million. 

Swift was the highest-paid female musician in Forbes' 2016 list, pulling in $170 million off the strength of her massively successful album "1989" and its world tour. Beyoncé was the fifth highest-earning woman in music last year with $54 million. 

This year, Beyoncé claimed the top spot after "Lemonade" became her sixth No. 1 album and her "Formation World Tour" grossed a quarter of a billion dollars, according to Forbes. She also owns the Ivy Park fashion line, along with various other business ventures. 

Rounding out the top five this year were Celine Dion, who came in fourth with $42 million, and Jennifer Lopez, who earned $38 million. 

Find the top 10 list over at Forbes.

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After many women accused movie producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault and harassment, similar accusations against a number of famous and powerful men have surfaced.

Some people have become emboldened by the voices of Weinstein's accusers and are coming forward with allegations of sexual misconduct in what is being referred to as the "Weinstein ripple effect."

In less than two months, allegations of sexual misconduct have spread from industry to industry, with fresh stories from the media, politics, and entertainment surfacing on a near daily basis. 

Revered members of the entertainment industry like Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Spacey, and Louis C.K., along with politicians such as Senator Al Franken, and candidate Roy Moore have been accused of varying degrees of sexual misconduct.

Here's a list of men who have been accused of sexual misconduct since news of the Weinstein allegations broke:

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Actor Ben Affleck

The actress Hilarie Burton accused Ben Affleck of groping her breast during a 2003 interview.

Burton tweeted a video of the interview and wrote: "Girls. I'm so impressed with you brave ones. I had to laugh back then so I wouldn't cry. Sending love."

Affleck tweeted an apology to Burton, saying he had "acted inappropriately."

The makeup artist Annamarie Tendler in a tweet also accused Affleck of groping her during a Golden Globes party in 2014.

Affleck has not responded to Tendler's tweet.

A representative for Affleck declined a request for comment from Business Insider.

Former head of Amazon Studios Roy Price

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the film producer Isa Hackett alleged that Roy Price, the former head of Amazon Studios, sexually harassed her while they were promoting the series "The Man in the High Castle" in 2015.

Hackett worked as an executive producer on the series based on her father's book.

Hackett said she met Price on July 10, 2015, at San Diego's Comic-Con to promote the series with him and that he invited her to an Amazon staff party that evening. She and Price shared a cab to the party, where Hackett said Price told her, "You will love my d--k."

Hackett said she declined Price's advances but that the inappropriate behavior persisted throughout the evening.

Hackett said she reported Price's behavior to Amazon immediately.

After the interview was published, Amazon suspended Price indefinitely, and he resigned soon after.

Price has yet to publicly address either the allegations or his resignation.

Producer Bob Weinstein

Amanda Segel, the former executive producer of "The Mist," accused Bob Weinstein of consistently making unwanted advances on her in an interview with Variety.

Segel said that while working with Weinstein on the TV series, he continued to ask her out to dinner despite her repeatedly telling him she was uninterested in a romantic relationship. Segal said his advances stopped only once she told The Weinstein Company, which was producing "The Mist," that she would leave the series if his behavior continued.

"'No' should be enough," Segel said. "After 'no,' anybody who has asked you out should just move on. Bob kept referring to me that he wanted to have a friendship. He didn't want a friendship. He wanted more than that. My hope is that 'no' is enough from now on."

Weinstein's lawyer, Bert Fields, released a statement to Variety denying Segel's allegations.

"There is no way in the world that Bob Weinstein is guilty of sexual harassment, and even if you believed what this person asserts, there is no way it would amount to that," Fields said.

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

• Watch, Facebook's three-month-old hub for original shows, has yet to produce any commercial hits.
• The Facebook-funded shows that have been renewed for second seasons all share the same trend of initial spikes in viewership followed by steep declines.
• Facebook is judging the success of shows largely based on the repeat viewers that come back to watch subsequent episodes, rather than the sheer number of views the shows garner.
• Facebook is still on the hunt for hit shows and is green-lighting longer shows with bigger budgets, multiple Watch partners told Business Insider.

To get a show renewed for Facebook Watch, the social network’s three-month-old hub for episodic video, one metric you won’t be judged by is your show’s sheer number of views.

Nearly all of the Facebook-funded shows in Watch that have been renewed for second seasons enjoyed explosive views of their first episodes followed by a more than 50% drop in views for subsequent episodes, according to public Facebook data.

Instead of chasing the millions of views that viral videos often attract in the News Feed, Facebook is renewing shows that attract relatively small batches of viewers who watch through a season, multiple partners with shows featured in Facebook's special Watch tab told Business Insider. And now that the first slate of launch shows in Watch have run their course, Facebook is looking to fund longer shows with bigger budgets, the partners said.

“They’re trying to create TV-like consumption habits on the platform where people are encouraged to be habitual watchers versus one-off watchers,” said one partner with multiple Watch shows who asked to not be identified discussing Facebook’s strategy.

Facebook sees fostering TV-like viewing habits as a way to boost user engagement and eventually rake in the billions of advertising dollars currently spent on linear broadcast TV programming. But by paying for episodic shows, Facebook is veering from the basic formula responsible for its success in video to date.

“While it is still early days, one of the great things we have learned is that video publishers and creators can build an engaged and predictable audience for their shows on Watch," Facebook VP of Product Fidji Simo told Business Insider in a statement.

"Having a loyal audience who comes back to watch every episode is the foundation for building vibrant communities, which is at the core of Watch," she said. "We’re already seeing this happen, with people planning to watch shows they care about, getting drawn into the storylines and forming communities. When we fund content or share best practices with partners who want to create these shows, finding ways to build that audience loyalty, and develop an active community is a huge part of what we are trying to do."

According to its media partners and industry observers, Facebook will need to spend more money on high-wattage celebrities and professional production if it hopes to have the hit show that makes it a scripted video destination. And even then, Facebook will be playing in a hit-driven business where even the most experienced companies see their investments vanish as quickly as they are made.

Creating TV-like consumption habits

Facebook first announced Watch in early August with commitments for dozens of shows from partners like Tastemade, ATTN, and a handful of live events like Major League Baseball games (Business Insider has multiple shows in the Watch tab as well). After a test with a small percentage of US Facebook users, Watch was made available to the rest of the country in late August.

One of the debut show partners for Watch was A&E’s “Bae or Bail,” a self-described “reality TV game show where couples face their fears.” The show’s first episode in early August garnered 32.5 million views despite the fact that Watch was only available to a subset of US Facebook users at the time. But none of the following four episodes managed to crack 3 million views.

“Pretty much every show saw the same pattern,” Paul Greenberg, who led the development of “Bae or Bail” at A&E, told Business Insider of the show’s initial spike in viewership. “It was good to see that everybody saw that drop but we were still higher than most of those shows.”

A&E is still pleased with the reception “Bae or Bail” received on Facebook, according to the network’s president of international and digital media, Sean Cohan. “Our expectations going into this are fundamentally different than a linear show anyway,” he said. “The core of this is research and development.”

He noted that for "Bae or Bail" the "consumption was actually pretty robust” compared to A&E’s shows that air linearly on broadcast TV.

While Facebook has yet to give any numbers that speak to the early usage of Watch aside from the public view counts it shows on its site, outside analysis suggests that shows in the tab are already leading people to spend more time on Facebook. The average watch time per episode is over 50% higher than Facebook’s self-reported average of 16.7 seconds for autoplaying videos in the News Feed, according to a study of 250 Watch episodes by Facebook media partner Delmondo.

Facebook is still experimenting with the right mix of shows for Watch before it decides to aggressively market the feature like to did for live video in late 2016, multiple Watch partners said. The Watch tab is prominently displayed in Facebook’s mobile app in the US and on its desktop website. But the tab is still restricted to the US and Facebook has done little to promote in the News Feed or elsewhere.

“I think this is a space where everyone likes to walk before they run,” media analyst Rich Greenfield of BTIG told Business Insider. “You’ll know that Facebook is serious about the Watch tab when they start telling you to go to the Watch tab.”

The search for a hit

When Facebook began soliciting pitches for shows late last year, the company indicated in closed-door discussions that it was seeking scripted shows at the production caliber of ABC’s “Scandal” along with budgets similar to shows on YouTube’s Red subscription or Verizon's go90 service.

Facebook declined to discuss the financial terms of its shows, but the company is reportedly planning to spend as much as $1 billion on funding video in 2018. During Facebook’s most recent earnings call with investors, CFO Dave Wehner said that funding original video would contribute to a “significant” increase in spending next year.

Facebook executives have repeatedly said they don’t intend to spend at the same level as HBO or Netflix for content, the latter of which plans to spend $8 billion on original video in 2018. But Watch shows are increasingly becoming attached to A-list actors.

In recent weeks Facebook has pitched celebrities like billionaire “Shark Tank” star Mark Cuban to host shows for Watch, and Hollywood figures like Kerry Washington, Zooey Deschanel, and Bill Murray have all agreed to star in shows since Watch first debuted.

The effort to reel in big names and attach them to bigger-budget productions could lead to a hit show that stirs widespread interest in Watch, multiple show partners suggested. The Hollywood Reporter said last week that Facebook was shifting its strategy to buy more shows outright.

Wall Street's tolerance for Facebook's big-budget video aspirations will not be endless. Spending $1 billion wouldn’t cause much concern among shareholders, RBC Capital Markets tech analyst Mark Mahaney told Business Insider. “More than $1 billion, and I think people would be concerned unless there was evidence of real traction,” he said.

Mahaney said that Watch will be seen as successful if it boosts engagement on Facebook and if the shows are able to build sustained viewership over time. And a mainstream hit show could help lead people to discover other shows on the platform. “Netflix works because eventually one or two of these series catches fires and expands,” he said.

Facebook is directly funding what it internally calls "hero" shows for Watch, but the company hopes to eventually let partners monetize their content through ad breaks.

“Long-term, our hope is that the business here will primarily be through revenue shares of videos that normal creators and businesses put into the system rather than ones that we proactively go out and license ourselves,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during Facebook’s last earnings call. “But first we need to build this behavior where people want to come intentionally to engage with this content.”

The Watch shows that Facebook pays for currently air on a weekly schedule, similar to traditional TV programs. After a show airs for the first time, people can re-watch it on-demand. But at a time when younger viewers are accustomed to binge-watching Netflix shows, Facebook's decision to schedule shows is a risky move that's still unproven. (Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is a Facebook board member.)

While early Watch partners are content to experiment with making shows now, the initiative needs to transition from the research and development phase to producing meaningful revenue, according to A&E exec Sean Cohan.

“I wouldn’t say anyone is betting the farm on these things,” he said. “But I think we’re optimistic that these platforms will find ways to compensate creators in meaningful ways.”

With additional reporting by Nathan McAlone.

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• Director Dan Gilroy will reteam with his "Nightcrawler" star Jake Gyllenhaal in an upcoming Netflix movie coming out next Halloween. 
• It will be set in the contemporary art world of Los Angeles.
• Gilroy says the movie will also have a large ensemble cast, similar to Robert Altman's "The Player."

Writer-director Dan Gilroy may be out promoting his new movie “Roman J. Israel, Esq.,” starring Denzel Washington (in theaters nationwide Wednesday), but his mind is on his upcoming Netflix movie where he reteams with his “Nightcrawler” star Jake Gyllenhaal.

Though the project is currently untitled, and Gilroy admits he’s been keeping what it’s about under wraps, he did divulge a little about it to Business Insider when we chatted with him in New York City on Monday.

“It’s set in the world of contemporary art in Los Angeles,” Gilroy said. “It’s got a Robert Altman-like large ensemble cast. It’s got a ‘The Player’ vibe to it.”

“There’s a large cast and we’re moving around from person to person as we move through this world,” Gilroy said of his movie. “The story is being told through these different characters.”

Altman’s Oscar-nominated "The Player" (1992) gives a satirical look at the Hollywood studio system. Centered around a executive (Tim Robbins) who is being sent death threats by an unknown screenwriter (it’s impossible to know who exactly as so many hate his guts), Altman filled the movie with countless stars in cameos and supporting roles.

As of now, the only cast Gilroy will reveal for his movie are the two people who were in his directorial debut, “Nightcrawler” — Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo (who is Gilroy’s wife).

The director says filming will being on March 2 in Los Angeles.

Gilroy won’t confirm if the movie will be as dark as “Nightcrawler,” which followed a con man (Gyllenhaal) who finds his calling as a freelance video journalist who films violent events that occur late at night in the city, and then sells the footage to TV stations (watch the movie on Netflix before it leaves the site in December). But Gilroy did admit, “It’s not a drama.”

“It’s opening Halloween next year, that will give you some indication what kind of movie it is,” he said.

We cannot wait to learn more about what seems to be a movie that meshes the twisted worlds of “Nightcrawler” and Altman’s “The Player.”

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• HGTV stars Chip and Joanna Gaines announced that season five will be the last season of their show "Fixer Upper."
• They realized that they couldn't balance their family, business, and TV show anymore.
• Chip started thinking about the show after getting a tweet from a customer waiting for a delivery.

HGTV star Chip Gaines started thinking about leaving hit show "Fixer Upper" after a tweet.

In his upcoming book, "Capital Gaines: Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff," the DIY entrepreneur remembers getting a tweet from a customer at 2 a.m. that, in his words, "changed everything."

"Hey @chippergaines," the customer wrote. "It's been 3 weeks, and I still haven't gotten my wreath. What's up?!"

"I tried to shake it off, knowing that I couldn't do anything about it then and that it would have to wait until morning," Gaines writes in "Capital Gaines." "No luck. I was up all night dwelling on it."

Midway through the next day, while on the set of "Fixer Upper" with his wife and business partner Joanna, Gaines was "overwhelmed" by a single thought: "What am I doing here?"

He wanted to walk off the set, head to the warehouse, and resolve the shipping problem. "Who else but me should be figuring out what was ailing my growing business, and who else other than me should be ensuring that we moved beyond each and every one of these mistakes?" he writes.

In that moment, he writes, "something shifted within me. Suddenly filming the TV show looked like 'the job' that had seduced me into giving it my precious time that I had always promised would be reserved for my true loves, my family and my business. How had this side gig found its way to competing with the very things that mean more to me than anything else in the world?"

The Gaineses realized that they were stretched too thin. Between the two of them, they estimate they can do two things well at a time, but in recent years they were juggling three: their home life with four children, their business, and their TV show.

"These major responsibilities affect my ability to sleep, and they steal from my peace of mind," Gaines writes. "Each is important. Each is worthwhile. And each is something that that can't succeed without Joanna's and my personal involvement."

Fans of the HGTV show might not realize that Magnolia, the Gaineses' business, predates "Fixer Upper" by over a decade. For years, the couple has been buying and flipping investment properties, renovating local homes in Waco, Texas, and operating home decor stores in the area.

The latest iteration of their business is Magnolia Market, the home-improvement hub they created in 2015 from two abandoned grain silos across the street from their children's school, which attracts visitors from all over the US. They also bought a restaurant in downtown Waco and partnered with Target to produce a line of exclusive home goods. Joanna collaborated with HGTV to produce a web series, "Behind the Design."

"These past several years have been such a mind-blowing season of life for us," Gaines writes. "They have also been a very real struggle. I've been in this lengthy internal wrestling match, trying to understand and prioritize these three main priorities while also fending off all the other big things that compete for my time. Who deserves the best of me? Which ones get the bulk of my passion and energy? And which, in turn, gets what amounts to my leftovers?"

Their marriage and children automatically take first place, he writes, and while he "dream[s] of the day Jo and I are chairmen of the board and not actually involved in the day-to-day operations" of their business, they are both still needed on the ground.

"It was really easy for us to feel like we could do it all when the show and the business were in the early stages," writes Gaines. "But the bigger things got — and they got big fast— the less energy we had to devote to all three. So much time was being allocated to filming that the details of the business were slipping." 

The "tweet-fueled revelation," Gaines writes, made him realize that he and Joanna are tired. He continues on to say that their relationship and business partnership is stronger than ever, "but pure long-term exhaustion can change a person — or two persons. We had been driving so hard for so long now. And I had this sense that if I kept my foot on the gas, we might be headed for disaster."

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If you hadn't heard much of the term "fixer upper" before a few years ago, you can thank Chip and Joanna Gaines for launching it into the mainstream.

Since 2013, the Gaineses have starred in one of HGTV's most-watched home improvement shows, aptly called "Fixer Upper."

The couple announced earlier this week their show will conclude after its fifth season airs this fall, much to the disappointment of the show's obsessive fan base. By the end of their run, Chip and Joanna will have completed nearly 80 on-screen "dream home" renovations in Waco, Texas.

For many featured on the show, working with Chip and Joanna gives them more than their dream home — they also clinch a good investment.

When it's time for the big reveal at the end of each episode, Chip guesstimates the new value of the home, after the purchase price and renovation costs. "You're upside right on this thing almost $30,000," Chip tells a satisfied client who sunk about $272,000 into a property in one episode. "Not only did you pick a beautiful house, but I think you made a great investment."

In a small town like Waco, where the median list price is just under $180,000, that's something to celebrate. But in the off-camera world of real estate, the outlook isn't as bright.

In fact, when the housing market imploded nearly a decade ago, over-zealous real estate investors may have played a big part, according to a new working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). That's in sharp contrast to the typical narrative blaming Americans with bad credit who bought homes they couldn't afford. Through an analysis of anonymous mortgage data, the NBER found that it was actually wealthy and middle-class investors — who bought cheap properties in smaller markets, fixed them up and sold them for a profit until the financial crisis struck — who defaulted on their loans en masse.

Just a few years into the economic recovery, HGTV introduced the Gaineses, who have inspired countless Americans to dive back into real estate and invest in fixer uppers of their own.

Shows like "Fixer Upper" make it look easy. Every episode has the same formula. The Gaineses visit three homes with their clients, who come armed with an "all-in budget" to cover the purchase of the home and the various renovation costs, which Chip estimates seemingly on the spot. Improvements almost always include updating countertops, floors, and cabinets, and expanding rooms.

After they purchase the house, construction gets underway. There may be a hiccup here or there that requires the client to fork over an extra couple thousand dollars, but it never derails the project (as far as the viewer can see).

The client in the episode mentioned above bought his home for $169,000, which left him with a renovation budget of $103,000. Though most of the clients featured on "Fixer Upper" have a renovation budget in the mid-five figures — thanks to remarkably low purchase prices — that's a far cry from reality.

A 2016 analysis from Zillow Digs found the average fixer upper was listed for 8% below market value, saving buyers just $11,000 to complete renovations before they break even.

Still, fixer uppers can be a cheaper way to come into homeownership: Buy a run-down, albeit livable, house on the cheap and slowly but surely make improvements without draining your savings account.

"Fixer uppers can be a great deal, and they allow buyers to incorporate their personal style into a home while renovating, but it's still a good idea to do the math before making the leap," Svenja Gudell, Zillow chief economist, said.

"While an 8% discount or $11,000 in upfront savings on a fixer upper is certainly a good chunk of change, it likely won't be enough to cover a kitchen remodel, let alone structural updates like a new roof or plumbing, which many of these properties may require," Gudell said. When you're left with barely enough cash to cover renovations, the chances of earning a good return on investment are slim to none.

"Do you have the guts to take on a fixer upper?" Joanna asks during each episode's opening credits. Guts are one thing, but finances are another.

Although a few "Fixer Upper" alum have been able to capitalize on the show's popularity — like one couple who listed their home for about 10 times the area's median price per square foot— the average house-flipper doesn't have that luxury.

In the real world, the true cost of a fixer upper may not be worth the potential treasure.

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• After a Washington Post report of eight allegations of sexual misconduct against Charlie Rose, a clip from “The Royal Tenenbaums” has started to circulate online.
• A talk-show host character in “The Royal Tenenbaums” named Peter Bradley is said to be parodying Rose.
• In one scene, Peter Bradley puts his hands on Margot Tenenbaum's breast during a press tour.

After a Washington Post report published Monday detailed eight allegations of sexual misconduct against news anchor Charlie Rose, the internet is speculating that a moment in Wes Anderson's movie “The Royal Tenenbaums” may have been hinting at Rose's alleged behavior.

In the film, a talk-show host character who closely resembles Rose — named Peter Bradley — touches Margot Tenenbaum's breast during a press tour. A still from the scene with Peter Bradley and Margot Tenenbaum began to circulate on social media shortly after the Post published its report.

You can see the still from the scene here:

Peter Bradley makes another appearance in the film when he interviews writer Eli Cash (Owen Wilson) on his show "The Peter Bradley Show." "The Peter Bradley Show" has long been speculated to be a parody of "The Charlie Rose Show," as its black backdrop and Bradley's mannerisms strongly resemble both Rose and his show.

“The Royal Tenenbaums” was released in 2001, and the alleged incidents involving Rose took place between 1990 and 2011, according to the Post. 

One of “The Royal Tenenbaums” DVD extras includes a full episode of "The Peter Bradley Show," which has also began to circulate after the allegations against Rose. 

You can watch the full episode of "The Peter Bradley Show" here:

Wes Anderson did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.

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Netflix will be releasing 80 new original films in 2018, so it's worthwhile to take stock of all that the service currently offers. 

With the recent release of its critically acclaimed historical drama "Mudbound," Netflix has its strongest shot yet at Oscar consideration.

Netflix has also released a number of quality movies that not many people have heard of, including the Stephen King adaptations "1922" and "Gerald's Game."

But then the company has had its share of critical flops as well, like the majority of its Adam Sandler films. 

To find out which Netflix original films are worth watching, we turned to the reviews aggregator Rotten Tomatoes to rank each release by its composite critical reception. We excluded documentaries and any film that didn't have enough reviews to receive a designation of "Rotten" or "Fresh." We used audience scores to break ties.

Here are 42 of Netflix's original films, ranked from worst to best, according to critics:

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42. “The Ridiculous 6” — 0%

Critic score: 0%

Audience score: 31%

Netflix description: "When his outlaw dad is kidnapped, Tommy 'White Knife' Stockburn sets off across the West on a rescue mission with five brothers he never knew he had."

41. “The True Memoirs of an International Assassin” — 0%

Critic score: 0%

Audience score: 42%

Netflix description: "After his publisher markets his crime novel as a memoir, a novice author finds himself forcibly recruited into a deadly political plot in Venezuela."

40. “The Do-Over” — 5%

Critic score: 5%

Audience score: 42%

Netflix description: "The life of a bank manager is turned upside down when a friend from his past manipulates him into faking his own death and taking off on an adventure."

• The FCC will vote on a new rule December 14 that will repeal net neutrality regulations put in place in 2015.
• Many fear revoking net neutrality will allow internet providers and telecoms to provide preferential treatment to some internet traffic, stifling innovation and competition.
• FCC chairman Ajit Pai says repealing net neutrality is good for consumers because it will allow for more investment from telecoms.

FCC chairman Ajit Pai announced Tuesday that the FCC will vote on a new order that repeals net neutrality protections the FCC voted for in 2015.

Net neutrality is the concept that all internet traffic should be treated equally, no matter what internet service provider (ISPs) is carrying it. ISPs claim such rules stifle investment and innovation. Net neutrality advocates fear repealing net neutrality rules would allow ISPs to prioritize traffic, which would put more power in the hands of larger telecom companies.

The FCC will release the draft order a few weeks ahead of its vote on December 14. Pai's draft order will require ISPs and telecom companies to be transparent about their offerings instead of being regulated by the FCC.

Buckle up: Pai's move will likely ignite a huge debate in the coming weeks over net neutrality. It's going to get messy. But Republican commissioners have a majority of the seats on the FCC, so it's likely this proposal will pass.

Here's the full statement from Pai on the draft order that would repeal the FCC's net neutrality rules:

For almost twenty years, the Internet thrived under the light-touch regulatory approach established by President Clinton and a Republican Congress. This bipartisan framework led the private sector to invest $1.5 trillion building communications networks throughout the United States. And it gave us an Internet economy that became the envy of the world.

But in 2015, the prior FCC bowed to pressure from President Obama. On a party-line vote, it imposed heavy-handed, utility-style regulations upon the Internet. That decision was a mistake. It’s depressed investment in building and expanding broadband networks and deterred innovation.

Today, I have shared with my colleagues a draft order that would abandon this failed approach and return to the longstanding consensus that served consumers well for decades. Under my proposal, the federal government will stop micromanaging the Internet. Instead, the FCC would simply require Internet service providers to be transparent about their practices so that consumers can buy the service plan that’s best for them and entrepreneurs and other small businesses can have the technical information they need to innovate.

Additionally, as a result of my proposal, the Federal Trade Commission will once again be able to police ISPs, protect consumers, and promote competition, just as it did before 2015. Notably, my proposal will put the federal government’s most experienced privacy cop, the FTC, back on the beat to protect consumers’ online privacy.

Speaking of transparency, when the prior FCC adopted President Obama’s heavy-handed Internet regulations, it refused to let the American people see that plan until weeks after the FCC’s vote. This time, it’ll be different. Specifically, I will publicly release my proposal to restore Internet freedom tomorrow—more than three weeks before the Commission’s December 14 vote.

Working with my colleagues, I look forward to returning to the light-touch, market-based framework that unleashed the digital revolution and benefited consumers here and around the world.

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