• The Duffer Brothers, who created Netflix's "Stranger Things," are being sued by a producer who claims they ripped off his idea.
• Producer Charlie Kessler claims the brothers based the show on his short film, "Montauk," about secret government experiments that allegedly took place in the 1980s.
• Kessler alleges that he spoke to the Duffer brothers in 2014 about turning his short film into a TV show.

Matt and Ross Duffer, the creators of Netflix's "Stranger Things," are being sued by producer Charlie Kessler, who claims the brothers ripped off his 2012 short film, "Montauk," according to multiple press reports.

TMZ first reported the lawsuit's existence on Tuesday.

In the suit, Kessler claims he went to the Duffer brothers in 2014 about turning his short film into a series, but the conversation never became more than just a pitch. Kessler's short film, which is available to watch on Vimeo, is about secret government experiments in Montauk, New York (on Long Island). 

"Montauk" premiered in 2012 and won a prize at the Hamptons International Film Festival.

Kessler claims he met with the Duffer brothers two years prior to the premiere of "Stranger Things" on Netflix in July 2016. Kessler claims the Duffer brothers took his idea and turned it into their own show without giving him credit. 

"Stranger Things" instantly became a mega-hit and has become one of Netflix's biggest shows. The series resembles an alleged real-life government experiment known as "The Montauk Project" (on which Kessler's film is also based).

The Duffer brothers have said publicly that originally "Stranger Things" was set in Montauk, New York, and that "Montauk" was the show's original title. In 2016, they told The Daily Beast that changing the setting from Montauk to the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, was "very painful."

Netflix didn't respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

SEE ALSO: The crazy government conspiracy theory that inspired 'Stranger Things'

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• James Cameron told HuffPost UK that he once tried to buy the book rights to "Jurassic Park," but Steven Spielberg beat him "by a few hours."
• Cameron said his version would have been "much nastier" and "would have been 'Aliens' with dinosaurs."
• Cameron said after seeing the film, he realized Spielberg was "the right person to make" it because "his sensibility was right for that film."

James Cameron's version of "Jurassic Park" would have been much darker than Steven Spielberg's, at least according to Cameron himself.

The iconic director of "Aliens," "Titanic," and "Avatar" told HuffPost UK that he had always wanted to adapt "Jurassic Park." Cameron said he tried to buy the rights to the novel by Michael Crichton, but Spielberg "beat me to it by a few hours." 

But it was all for the best, according to Cameron.

"When I saw the film, I realized that I was not the right person to make the film, he was," Cameron said. "Because he made a dinosaur movie for kids, and mine would have been 'Aliens' with dinosaurs, and that wouldn't have been fair ... Dinosaurs are for 8 year olds. We can all enjoy it, too, but kids get dinosaurs and they should not have been excluded for that. His sensibility was right for that film, I'd have gone further, nastier, much nastier."

After snagging the rights from under Cameron's nose, Spielberg went on to direct the 1993 film, which made over $1 billion worldwide– an impressive accomplishment, considering he also released "Schindler's List" that same year.

But Cameron did well for himself at the box office, too. "Titanic" and "Avatar" are currently the two highest-grossing movies of all time worldwide.

Spielberg's "Ready Player One," based on a popular book (like "Jurassic Park"), is currently playing theaters and is shaping up to do well at the box office.

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• “Fixer Upper” stars Joanna Gaines and Chip Gaines show that opposites attract.
• Through ups and downs, the Waco, Texas, residents have built a thriving design empire, a healthy family, and a strong relationship.
• Although “Fixer Upper” ends Tuesday on HGTV, Chip and Joanna have many projects in the works, including books, a restaurant, and a spinoff show.

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For fans of home design shows, Tuesday marks the end of an era: “Fixer Upper,” HGTV’s popular reality show starring Chip and Joanna Gaines, will air its final episode.

Since the show debuted in May 2013, the husband-and-wife team from Waco, Texas, has helped dozens of couples buy, renovate, and design their dream homes. Along the way, viewers fell in love with the charming dynamic between easy-going jokester Chip and level-headed leader Joanna — so much so that about 14.5 million viewers tune in to “Fixer Upper” every week.

So, even as the show’s fifth and final season comes to an end, fans of the Gaines clan needn’t worry: Chip and Joanna have built a sprawling business empire, centered on their Magnolia brand, and another show is on its way soon. In short, you haven’t seen the last of Chip and Joanna yet.

In the meantime, keep reading for a look inside the Gaines’ marriage, and their road to success.

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Chip and Joanna both attended Baylor University in Waco. While he was flipping houses on the side, she was majoring in communications and working at her father’s Firestone Tire shop.

Sources: HGTV, Country Living

They ended up meeting through her job, rather than at school. “Her dad made the mistake of putting a pic of the family behind the counter at his shop," Chip told PopSugar. "I knew I'd marry her one day just by the picture on the wall."

Sources: Country Living, PopSugar

The two met at the store in 2001, and Chip asked her out. “And for some reason I said okay — just like that, without any hesitation,” Joanna writes in 2016’s “The Magnolia Story.” “It wasn’t like me at all.”

Sources: Country Living, “The Magnolia Story”

You've got a Nintendo Switch, and you've already plowed through "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" and "Super Mario Odyssey."

Now what? Now this!

That's "Rocket League," one of the dozens of excellent games available on the Nintendo Switch for under $20. That's right: You don't have to shell out $60 for a great new game!

The Switch's digital shop is rife with great stuff like "Rocket League" — we've put together the best Switch games under $20 below:

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1. "Celeste"

"Celeste" is a perfect blend of nostalgic gameplay — classic platforming, in the style of "Super Mario" — with modern technology.

Though the game looks like it was made in 1992, it's actually a brand new game with a retro-future feel. It takes the pixel-perfect, sharp platforming of classic 2D platformers and marries it with the power and capability of modern tech like the Nintendo Switch. The result is a game that feels reminiscent of classics while also embracing modern game design techniques. 

If there's one non-Nintendo game that you can't miss on the Nintendo Switch, it's "Celeste."

Price: $19.99

2. "Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove"

How's three games for the price of one? "Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove" is essentially just that: a compilation of all the "Shovel Knight" content into a single game.

If you ever played "Ducktales" way back on the original Nintendo Entertainment System, you're already familiar with "Shovel Knight": It's a 2D action-platformer that's focused on a specific tool. In the case of "Shovel Knight," that tool is a shovel. You bounce from enemy to enemy, smacking them with your shovel.

Price: $14.99

3. "The Flame in the Flood: Complete Edition"

Games like "Don't Starve" have taken the gaming world by storm — so-called "survival" games. "The Flame in the Flood" is among the best of the survival genre, constantly pushing you forward (in a boat) towards the next objective.

It's got a gorgeous art style, a unique and eerie tone, and a delightfully low price.

Price: $14.99

• ABC's reboot of "Roseanne" generated more controversy after Tuesday night's episode aired.
• The episode included a joke that took a jab at ABC's minority-starring comedies, "Black-ish" and "Fresh Off the Boat."

ABC's reboot of the beloved sitcom "Roseanne" has generated a plethora of controversy in just a few episodes.

On Tuesday night's episode, a joke about ABC's minority-led sitcoms, "Black-ish" and "Fresh Off the Boat," upset a lot of people as much as the Trump storyline did last week. The show's star, Roseanne Barr, has also stirred up some controversy due to her comments in support of Trump and tweets that suggest she supports right-wing conspiracy theories, including Pizzagate.

On Tuesday's "Roseanne," the character Roseanne and her husband Dan (John Goodman) are sleeping on the couch, and the TV is on. Roseanne and Dan wake up.

"What time is it?" Dan says. "Did we miss dinner?" 

"It's 11 o'clock," Roseanne says. "We slept from 'Wheel' to 'Kimmel.'"

"We missed all the shows about black and Asian families," Dan says. 

"They're just like us," Roseanne responds.

While this was likely a well-intentioned comment to demonstrate that "Roseanne" itself is trying to show working-class Americans and a Trump supporter who aren't seen much on TV, many people did not appreciate it. 

Here's what people said about the joke on Twitter:

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, "Roseanne" co-showrunner Bruce Helford defended the joke when asked to explain what it was trying to accomplish.

"We were commenting on the fact that all sitcoms really want everybody to feel included of all diversities and it's kind of a funny thing," Helford said. "That's all. When we did the 'George Lopez' show, we didn't want anybody to feel excluded because it was about a Mexican-American family. And I don't think anybody wants to be excluded because it's [a show about] either a black family or an Asian-American family."

"Black-ish" airs immediately after "Roseanne" on Tuesday nights and "Fresh Off the Boat" aired its season four finale at the end of March.

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Continuing its historic run, Marvel's "Black Panther" cracked into the top ten of the highest-grossing movies of all time at the worldwide box office this week. 

With a number of weeks left in global theaters, "Black Panther" could still make a run at surpassing fellow Disney properties from the "Star Wars" and "Avengers" series.

But it's unlikely to make it into the top rung of blockbusters from years ago.

For this list, we turned to Box Office Mojo for its all-time data on worldwide box office grosses. 

Here are the 10 highest-grossing movies of all time worldwide:

SEE ALSO: The 10 highest grossing movies at the domestic box office, adjusted for inflation

10. "Black Panther" (2018) — $1.279 billion

9. "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" (2017) — $1.332 billion

8. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part II" (2011) — $1.341 billion

• Don't miss John Krasinski's horror movie, "A Quiet Place." It's that good!
• And bring a friend with you to go see it — or two.

The great thing about the horror genre is story ideas are endless, and Paramount has its hands on the next crowd favorite.

Directed by John Krasinski with a script he co-wrote with story creators Bryan Woods and Scott Beck, “A Quiet Place” (in theaters Friday) is set in a dystopian present where monsters who seek out their victims by sound are wiping out the human race. The survivors literally tip-toe through the world not saying a word.

The Abbot family — Lee (Krasinski), Evelyn (Emily Blunt), Regan (Millicent Simmonds), and Marcus (Noah Jupe) — think they have a system down that will keep them alive until someone can figure out how to destroy the monsters. But the opening sequence of “A Quiet Place” shows just how difficult everyday life is. Not giving anything away, let’s just say it’s an incident that affects the family dynamic for the rest of the movie, and has the story’s first of many jump scares.

The Abbots have stayed alive since the monsters first attacked. They have done so by living on a farm where the walking trails are lined by sand (so no sound is made when walking around), and by using cameras to monitor the property. The family is also building an underground bunker for a new addition to the family, as Evelyn is pregnant. When Lee isn’t trying to keep the family safe, he’s working on trying to get a hearing aid to work for Regan, who is deaf. In fact, for most of the movie the family members communicate through sign language, and there’s only a handful of actual spoken lines.

This all leads to an explosive ending where all the tricks the Abbots have come up with to survive are used (and mostly fail) and it’s their collective will to live that's their only chance for survival.

Simply put: The movie is really scary and you shouldn’t see it alone. Take a friend. Take two friends. Go to a showing that will have lots of people in the theater. In fact, the more people you see the movie with just builds up the fright even more. Because it's so silent (though it has a great score), every whisper in the theater (or smart phone sound) will just scare the heck out of you.

In an era when movie studios want projects that are big and loud, Krasinski shows here that an extremely clever story can still work for audiences.

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Despite his vast popularity as a comic book and movie star, "Spider-Man" has been notoriously absent from the world of video games for years. That's about to change.

On September 7, the game studio behind classics like "Ratchet & Clank" is planning to release the first major "Spider-Man" game in years. That image above? That's the actual game! 

Here's everything we know about Spidey's next big swing on game consoles.

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First and foremost: This is the classic Peter Parker/Spider-Man you already know and love.

This isn't an origin story, or a new spin on the classic formula — this is a familiar "Spider-Man." Here's how the game's creative director, Bryan Intihar, describes it:

"Our Spider-Man features a 23-year-old Peter Parker who has become a masterful Spider-Man. While he may be more experienced, Peter and Spider-Man’s worlds continue to collide as he tries to juggle them."

He can stick to walls. He can shoot webs. He's got super-strength.

And yes, he lives in New York City. See the new One World Trade Center in the distance?

Google has come a long, long way since its startup days, but it hasn't forgotten how to have fun. 

The search giant loves to hide fun tricks, or "Easter eggs," into its services. From Google Hangouts to Google Maps, there are neat games or features hidden inside nearly every product and service Google makes (even its spreadsheets).

But its Google's search engine that holds most of these jokes, games, and nifty features. There are almost too many to count, so we’ve rounded up a handful of our favorites from over the years.

Here are 26 Easter eggs hidden inside Google Search:

Jeff Dunn contributed to an earlier version of this story. 

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1. If you search for “solitaire,” you can play a round of the classic card game.

2. Searching “tic tac toe” will let you start up that game. You can set it to play against a friend or Google itself. For a real challenge, set the difficulty to “Impossible,” and try to get anything done at work.

3. If you're in the holiday spirit, you can play a digital game of dreidel by searching "spin (or play) dreidel."

• "Roseanne" co-showrunner Bruce Helford downplayed the significance of Roseanne Barr's controversial political views in relation to the ABC sitcom's viewership, in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
• Barr has sparked controversy for her online promotion of far-right conspiracy theories and her vocal support of President Trump, while "Roseanne" premiered last week to high ratings.
• Helford said that if Barr's politics bother you, "That's OK. Nobody is making anybody watch the show."

The co-showrunner of ABC's sitcom "Roseanne" said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that viewers of the show should separate star Roseanne Barr's controversial political views, including her promotion of far-right conspiracy theories, from the show's content.

While "Roseanne" premiered last week to high ratings, Barr drew criticism for her online history of propagating conspiracies like Pizzagate and a "Nazi salute" conspiracy related to a Parkland shooting activist. 

THR asked Bruce Helford, "How do you get people who are turned off by your star's politics to watch?"

"There should be an understanding that there is a difference between people's personal politics and what you present onscreen," Helford said. "We're hopefully presenting a wonderful, balanced show that doesn’t have an agenda."

"But beyond that, anybody can dig into anybody's stuff and find stuff. But if her politics bothers them, then they shouldn’t watch the show. That's OK. Nobody is making anybody watch the show," he continued. "We consider ourselves guests in the public's home and as guests we know that people have the option to turn it off if they don't want to watch."

Barr's politics aside, the show itself has already drawn controversy in its second week for a joke that referenced ABC's minority-led sitcoms "Black-ish" and "Fresh Off the Boat."

Roseanne Conner, Barr's character on the show, is a Trump supporter. Barr herself has been a vocal Trump supporter since the lead-up to the 2016 election.

SEE ALSO: 31 celebrities who have publicly supported Donald Trump

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• Quentin Tarantino wants to direct a "Star Trek" movie.
• The catch? It has to be rated R.
• J.J. Abrams is reportedly helping Tarantino find a writer and will be a producer.
• Tarantino is also working on a screenplay himself.
• The movie probably won't be made for while, since Tarantino is working on his next project, "Once Upon a Time In Hollywood," about the murder of Sharon Tate by the Manson Family. 

Quentin Tarantino is planning to direct a "Star Trek" movie, and his only demand is that it be rated R.

Deadline reported in December 2017 that Tarantino pitched an R-rated "Star Trek" movie to Paramount. Days later, Deadline reported that the rumored project was moving forward at a rapid speed and that a screenwriter was already being selected.

J.J. Abrams, who has directed two "Star Trek" films, is helping Tarantino and will be a producer. The movie is unlikely to arrive for a few years, but a "Star Trek" movie from Tarantino — one of the most ambitious directors of all time — is an exciting concept, and we can't wait to see the finished product.

In April 2018, actor Zachary Quinto, who plays Spock in the franchise that started with Abrams, said there were three screenplays in development besides Tarantino's. At the time he was unsure if he would be in the movie, or if Tarantino would find a new cast. 

Here's everything we know so far about Quentin Tarantino's "Star Trek" movie:

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Tarantino approached Paramount with the idea.

According to Deadline, Tarantino approached Paramount about directing a "Star Trek" movie, Tarantino-style. This typically means blood, violence, cursing, witty dialogue, and a very long running time.

Tarantino worked with Miramax and The Weinstein Company on all his previous films, but he is working with other studios after the allegations of sexual harassment and assault against Harvey Weinstein surfaced in October.

Tarantino will first direct a movie based on the Manson cult.

This means we're unlikely to see his "Star Trek" movie for at least a few years. 

His project about the Manson cult has the working title of "Helter Skelter," and it will be released by Sony.

This would be Tarantino's first dive into a franchise — he usually writes and directs screenplays for original stories.

"Jackie Brown" (1997) was based on a novel, but every other movie he's made was an original screenplay.

But Tarantino wouldn't be entering the franchise world without any experience: He has directed episodes of "CSI" and "ER."

• The documentary series "60 Days In" followed nine law-abiding citizens who went undercover as inmates in an Atlanta jail for two months.
• The undercover inmates were exposed to drugs, violence, and frequent confrontations with jail staff.
• Consequently, a participant who had worked as a police officer ended up leaving the force after the show ended, because he couldn't stand to send people to jail.
• Filming of the show ended prematurely when one of the participants blew her cover story.

A police officer from Texas named Alan spent eight weeks undercover in a jail as part of "60 Days In," the A&E documentary series that sent nine law-abiding citizens to go undercover at Atlanta's Fulton County Jail. 

And when he got out, he said, he quit the force and became a car salesman.

"I couldn't go to bed at night knowing that if I stopped somebody with a little dime bag of weed, I were to arrest them and put them in a place like that — I wouldn't be able to live with myself," he said.

Alan (the participants didn't use their last names) and the other inmates were given fake identities and booked under false charges for the show, and were tasked with learning the inner workings of inmate life and exposing secrets even the jail's staff didn't know about.

They were alarmed at the harsh reality of life in jail, and they had good reason to be.

Much of the show, which wrapped up its fourth season last week, focused on drug use within the jail, culminating with Alan discovering how illegal drugs such as meth make it into the jail.

He learned that when there's demand for certain drugs, inmates will coordinate with accomplices on the outside, who then get arrested on purpose and smuggle the drugs into the jail. Once the drugs are inside the facility, they're distributed among each section of the jail by trustees, inmates who are selected for tasks like passing out meals.

"These guys were coming in with things in their body cavities that we just weren’t checking," chief jailer Mark Adger said. After Adger debriefed with the undercover inmates, he said he began instructing his staff to do more thorough inspections of new inmates when they first arrive.

Much of the drug trade was controlled by gangs — 20% of the jail population has affiliations with organized gangs, according to statistics provided by Adger. The undercover inmates quickly learned that each section of the jail has a strict social hierarchy, with the "pod boss" typically being the most senior gang member. Even inmates unaffiliated with gangs were under the constant threat of violence, an undercover inmate named Nate told Business Insider, as fights were a common strategy for lower-ranking inmates to climb the ladder.

The show also highlighted the adversarial relationship between inmates and jail staff, who were not made aware of the presence of the undercover inmates. One of the participants, a public health analyst named Emmanuel, got into a shouting match with a corrections officer who was reluctant to help after Emmanuel complained there was blood and mucus on his cell wall left by a previous inmate.

"It's a common pattern with the COs that it takes challenging, just being belligerent, in order for them to give you respect," Emmanuel said on the show. "It's sad. They'll respond to you cursing at them, you yelling at them, and honestly, that doesn't help the inmates that are in here when they go out, because they know they can just get something by just yelling."

In other scenes, corrections officers were seen ignoring requests for basic amenities and waiting more than an hour to act after inmates in the women's section of the jail complained of a gas leak. Adger said jail staff are constantly wary of inmates trying to "play" them by distracting them from monitoring illegal activity in the cells, although he didn't excuse their behavior.

"They see so many people and they become desensitized. We have to re-sensitize them to some degree," he told Business Insider.

Unfortunately for Adger, filming of "60 Days In" went off the rails when one of the participants deliberately blew her cover to another inmate she had formed a relationship with, forcing him to shut down the undercover program about two weeks early. The last episode of the season followed Adger as he attempted to safely withdraw the participants before word spread to inmates that there were undercover agents in the jail.

You can read Business Insider's coverage of "60 Days In" here.

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Since he announced his bid for the presidency in June 2015, Donald Trump steadily accrued the support of a number of celebrities — some of whom are more notable than others. 

In the run-up to his 2016 presidential election, Trump earned a variety of endorsements in the entertainment world, from former sports stars like Mike Tyson and Dennis Rodman to musicians like Kid Rock and Ted Nugent.

Most recently, Roseanne Barr has sparked controversy for her vocal support of President Trump (and her promotion of far-right conspiracy theories).

Here are 31 celebrities who have supported President Trump:

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Roseanne Barr

Trump's most vocal celebrity supporter of late, Roseanne Barr has a history of tweeting her support of the president.

"4 those who wonder-back in the day when I was called a 'liberal' by journalists, I used to answer-'I'm not a Liberal, I'm a radical' & I still am-I voted Trump 2 shake up the status quo & the staid establishment," Barr tweeted in December.

Jon Voight

In a statement to Breitbart in 2016, the actor said that he supported Donald Trump as the Republican nominee because "he's an answer to our problems." Voight also called Trump "funny, playful, and colorful, but most of all, he is honest."

He added, "He has no bull to sell, and everyone will discover the bull most politicians spew out is for their own causes and benefits."

Before Trump's inauguration in January 2017, Voight said at a Washington D.C. rally of Trump that Abraham Lincoln "is smiling knowing America will be saved by an honest and good man who will work for the all the people."

Scott Baio

The "Happy Days" and "Joanie Loves Chachi" star has previously said he likes how Trump communicates. ("He speaks like I speak," he told FoxNews’ Judge Jeanine Pirro.)

In his speech at the RNC in July 2016, Baio said, "We need Donald Trump to fix this. Is Donald Trump a messiah? No, he’s just a man, a man who wants to give back to his country, America, the country that has given him everything.

"Hillary Clinton wants to be president for Hillary Clinton. Donald Trump wants to be president for all of us,” he added. “So, of course, let’s make America great again, but let’s make America, America again."

With former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks' departure from the administration of President Donald Trump last month, Trump lost a major player in his inner circle who had served him since the early days of the campaign.

But another person in Trump's orbit has been by his side since way before his 2016 campaign began — White House social media director Dan Scavino.

His relationship with Trump runs all the way back to 1990, when a 16-year-old Scavino was hand-picked to be Trump's caddie. Since that chance selection, Scavino has rocketed high into the ranks of Trump's communications team, and today is part of a small group of people in charge of the White House's messaging.

Here's how Scavino went from cleaning clubs to managing Trump's social media:

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Scavino's family hails from northern Italy. His great-grandfather entered the US through Ellis Island in the early 1900s and soon settled in New York City.

Source: Politico Magazine

After Trump began criticizing what he called "chain migration," many pointed out that Scavino's family itself had came to the US through this process. After his ancestor Vittorio came to New York in 1904, other members of his family followed over the next few years.

Sources: Politico Magazine, Business Insider

Scavino was born in 1976 and grew up in the New York City metropolitan area.

• Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammad bin Salman, is currently visiting Los Angeles on his last leg of his grand US tour.
• Actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson praised the crown prince on Instagram.
• The original post mentioned Johnson's apparent popularity in the Middle East kingdom, although it has now been removed.

Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammad bin Salman, is currently visiting Los Angeles on his last leg of his grand US tour, and just received praise from one of the Hollywood's most important residents — Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. 

The actor attended a private dinner with the crown prince this week at media mogul Rupert Murdoch's house. Others in attendance included Disney CEO Bob Iger, Morgan Freeman, James Cameron, and Universal film chairman Jeff Shell.

Johnson appeared to have had really enjoyed himself, so much so that he posted a lengthy message on his Instagram account.

"An historic night it was. A pleasure to have a private dinner with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, his royal family and distinguished cadre," he said.

Johnson praised the crown prince for his modernization efforts in the kingdom, and said that he would visit Saudi Arabia soon.

The post originally included a section on Johnson's apparent popularity in Saudi Arabia, although the actor seems to have removed it.

"On a personal note, I was extremely flattered and truthfully, blown away to be told about the level of love the Saudi people have for me and my popularity throughout the country. Very humbling and cool and I look forward to my first visit soon to Saudi Arabia," Johnson wrote in the original post.

Saudi Arabia banned movie theaters for 35 years, but recently moved to allow them back in the kingdom. AMC announced Wednesday that they would open Saudi Arabia's first movie theater in decades later this month.

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The spring TV season is underway, and some highly anticipated new shows are premiering this month.

To find out which shows are the most anticipated, the TV tracking app TV Time analyzed the following data of its 2.1 million global users to see which new TV shows viewers followed the most frequently on its app. 

The list includes streaming series like Netflix's upcoming "Lost In Space" reboot, as well as cable and broadcast-network shows, and one anime series from Japanese cable channel Tokyo MX.

Here are the 5 new TV shows that viewers are anticipating the most in April, according to TV Time:

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5. "Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online"

Premieres April 7 on Tokyo MX. 

Summary: "A spin-off of Reki Kawahara's original work: 'Sword Art Online.'" 

4. "The Last O.G."

Premiered April 3 on TBS. 

Summary: "Released from prison on good behavior, ex-con Tray falls back on skills he learned in prison to support himself and his kids."

3. "Killing Eve"

Premieres April 8 on BBC America. 

Summary: "Eve is a bored, whip-smart, pay-grade MI5 security officer whose desk-bound job doesn’t fulfill her fantasies of being a spy. Villanelle is a mercurial, talented killer who clings to the luxuries her violent job affords her. Penned by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and based on the novellas by Luke Jennings, Killing Eve will follow these two women, equally obsessed with each other, as they go head to head in an epic game of cat and mouse."

A shooter opened fire on Tuesday at YouTube's headquarters, in San Bruno, California.

Several YouTube employees were eating lunch in an open-air courtyard at the time that the shooter, 39-year-old blogger Nasim Aghdam, entered. Three people were injured by gunfire.

Police arrived within five minutes of the shooting, according to local law enforcement, and found the shooter dead inside the building from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Business Insider reporters were on the scene in the aftermath of the incident, as YouTube employees and bystanders waited for police to sweep the area and ensure they were safe.

Here are the first photos from YouTube headquarters in the hours after the shooting.

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When we arrived about 1 p.m., YouTube employees and bystanders — some visibly shaken — were standing in a nearby parking lot after being evacuated from the office buildings.

About 2 p.m., police told YouTube employees and Business Insider reporters that there was an active-shooter situation and that no one was allowed to leave the parking lot.

"There is a suspect outstanding. You guys are in a safe space," a police officer said.

• Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson told Rolling Stone he wasn't sure whether he'd be in "Fast and Furious 9," scheduled for release in 2020.
• Johnson said he was focused on making next year's spin-off, "Hobbs and Shaw," as it good as it can be.
• He also mentioned his feud with his franchise co-star Vin Diesel, implying he still has "ill will" toward him.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson isn't sure whether he's returning for "Fast and Furious 9," and it might have something to do with his franchise co-star Vin Diesel.

There seems to still be some hard feelings between the two — at least on Johnson's side — after they famously feuded on the set of the eighth "Fast and Furious" movie.

In an interview with Rolling Stone published Wednesday, Johnson opened up about the feud and his future involvement in the franchise, implying he may not return for the ninth installment, scheduled for a 2020 release, and suggesting he still has ill will toward Diesel.

"Vin and I had a few discussions, including an important face-to-face in my trailer," Johnson told Rolling Stone. "And what I came to realize is that we have a fundamental difference in philosophies on how we approach moviemaking and collaborating. It took me some time, but I'm grateful for that clarity. Whether we work together again or not."

That made it sound as if all was well — but when asked whether he'd return for "Fast and Furious 9," Johnson was less than optimistic. He said he was "not quite sure" and that he was focusing on making "Hobbs and Shaw," a spin-off expected next year, as it good as it can be.

Then he even threw a bit of shade at Diesel.

"I wish him all the best, and I harbor no ill will there, just because of the clarity we have," he said, then adding: "Actually, you can erase that last part about 'no ill will.' We'll just keep it with the clarity."

In 2016, Johnson posted a Facebook message during his last week of filming that called out his "Fate of the Furious" male co-stars — later discovered to be Diesel — for being too "chicken s---" to act professionally.

In October, after an announcement that the ninth movie would be delayed until 2020, Tyrese Gibson, another "Fast and Furious" franchise star, blamed Johnson, saying on Instagram that he was acting selfishly.

There's definitely drama surrounding the franchise, so it makes sense that Johnson would be hesitant to return. But it has also soared to new heights at the box office since Johnson joined, so the studio would no doubt be loath to lose him.

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• Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and his wife are getting a divorce.
• The split comes weeks after his wife reportedly gave him a "foul look" after he made a "tasteless" joke about former 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in March at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida.
• The pair has been married for 15 years.

Former mayor of New York City and Rudy Giuliani and his wife Judith are getting divorced, the former mayor confirmed to Page Six.

"It is with great sadness I can confirm that Judith and I are divorcing," he told the publication on Wednesday. "We hope to do this as amicably as possible, and hope that people will respect the privacy of our children at this time.”

Giuliani had been married to his wife for 15 years since 2003, and said that both he and his wife had expressed problems with the marriage.

"In these divorce situations, you cannot place blame, it is 50/50, there are problems on both sides," he told Page Six. "We will have to divide our properties in New York and Palm Beach."

Giuliani's wife has reportedly filed a contested divorce claim, meaning that there will be a battle over assets.

The divorce comes soon after Giuliani made controversial and apparently poorly received remark at President Donald Trump Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida last month about former 2016 Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton's appearance at Trump's third wedding at the club in 2005.

"Hillary was also here," Giuliani said, according to two Axios sources who were in the room at the time, "and she actually fit through the door."

The crowd at the event apparently burst into gasps, and Giuliani's wife reportedly gave him the "most foul look."

Trump himself later distanced himself from the remark at the event, and said he was "glad [he] didn't say it," according to Axios.

Giuliani had been a fervent supporter of Trump during his campaign, and gave a fiery and controversial speech on his behalf at the Republican National Convention in July 2016. He now serves as an informal adviser to Trump on cybersecurity.

His involvement with Trump comes years after he made a name for himself as mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001.

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• MoviePass' parent company Helios & Matheson Analytics has delayed its 10-K filing with the SEC. 
• CEO Ted Farnsworth told Business Insider it was because "we were finishing up the integration of MoviePass."
• However, one analyst says the delay "raises further concerns about cash flow."
• On Thursday, Helios & Matheson said it agreed to buy Moviefone an online service for entertainment industry information like movie showtimes, trailers, and interviews, from current owner Verizon.

MoviePass' majority owner, Helios & Matheson Analytics, reported earlier this week that it would delay its 10-K filing, saying it needed "additional time to work internally with its staff and externally with its outside auditors to prepare and finalize the annual report."

A 10-K filing is an annual report required by the SEC that gives a comprehensive summary of a company's financial performance.

“We experienced a delay in filing because we were finishing up the integration of MoviePass," Helios & Matheson Analytics CEO Ted Farnsworth told Business Insider via a spokeswoman on Wednesday. "There are no further delays expected."

But others aren't taking it lightly. Analysts have worried that a business model of charging $10 (or less) per month, to let people watch one movie a day in theaters isn't sustainable, and RBC analysts wrote that they're concerned about the delay.

"We think [the delay] raises further concerns about cash flow," RBC analysts wrote in a note to clients. "MoviePass recently lowered its monthly price to $6.95, but required an upfront annual payment, likely in a bid to generate cash flow. While we think MoviePass likely boosted the box office over the past six months (data we've seen suggests it accounts for 3% of attendance), we do think it is viewed as a longer-term risk to the industry."

In the past, these temporary price cuts have immediately boosted subscription numbers for MoviePass. But if a customer pays for a year of MoviePass up front, the company is on the hook to buy all their tickets for the rest of that year. If MoviePass can't negotiate better rates than full price with giants like AMC, it could cause problems down the line. 

For just "Black Panther" alone, MoviePass reported that it bought over 1 million tickets.

But MoviePass has said it will seek to make money in ways other than subscription revenue as well.

On Thursday, Helios & Matheson announced that it had agreed to buy Moviefone, an online service for entertainment industry information like movie showtimes, trailers, and interviews, from current owner Verizon.

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