Coachella may be having its greatest year on record.

Fans are losing their minds over one jaw-dropping show after the next at the annual music-and-arts festival hosted in Indio, California.

Many on Twitter are even calling it "Beychella" after Beyoncé delivered not one but two headliner performances of a lifetime on consecutive Saturday nights.

Here's what you're missing at Coachella 2018:

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Let's just jump right in: Beyoncé slayed Coachella better than any artist in history.

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Queen Bey brought out Destiny's Child, Solange, and Jay-Z for a truly inspired set.

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It took no few than 100 backup performers, three months of rehearsals, and five costume changes. Critics and entertainers are calling it the GOAT Coachella show.

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Director Ryan Koo got himself the golden ticket when his directorial debut “Amateur” was bought by Netflix in the script stage to be one of its original movies. But the journey the movie took to get to the streaming giant’s millions of viewers was a challenging one.

It’s a struggle to make every movie, but Koo can make the argument that he took on obstacles that most first-time filmmakers don’t.

In “Amateur” (currently available on Netflix) we get a look inside what young basketball phenoms go through to get the attention of a big-time Division I NCAA school. Main character 14-year-old Terron Forte is a star on his school basketball team, but to get to the next level his family enrolls him in a shady prep-school. In doing so, we see firsthand the corruption behind youth athletics where the kids no longer play for the coach, or to get into college, or even the NBA — they play for the brands.

To capture that authentic feel, Koo cast 15-year-old actor Michael Rainey Jr. in the role of Terron. And as he explained to Business Insider, what came with that decision were a lot of restrictions that, if navigated incorrectly, could have crippled the entire movie.

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The frustrations behind finding a lead actor

Koo said a big reason why it took years for “Amateur” to get made was because of his insistence on having a real teen for the lead role.

Not only would that mean that there would be production restrictions laid on him because he was working with a minor (more on that below), but he would have to find a kid who wasn’t just skilled at basketball, but had top acting skills to carry a feature film.

“In basketball films you are working with an actor who probably had to learn how to play the sport for the role rather than come from a starting point of being a great basketball player themselves,” Koo said. “So I always assumed I was going to need to cast a basketball player who had never acted before.”

The problem Koo found in his research is a skilled high school basketball player could potentially play in college. If he were to pay that person for being in the movie that person would lose his eligibility to play basketball in college, according to the rules by the NCAA which does not allow its student athletes to be paid.

“You're talking about a weeks-long movie shoot as a full time job, which you can't pay your lead actor,” Koo said. “So we were on the phone with the NCAA a few times about this to try to figure out what we could and couldn't do and who we could cast.”

Eventually Koo got extremely lucky and found an actor who had been a talented basketball player for years.

Michael Rainey Jr. had been a working actor since 8 years old, starring along side Common in the 2012 movie “Luv” and the son of Sophia Burset in “Orange is the New Black.” But Koo learned that he had also played basketball as well, even running point on an AAU team.

Rainey got the part and Koo teamed him with a basketball trainer to hone the moves he would show off in the movie.

But things didn’t get easier for Koo going into production.

The crew’s worst nightmare: Shooting a movie in “splits”

It’s a term that gives movie crews the chills — splits. That’s when a production’s shooting day is split up between a daytime block and a night block. The “Amateur” production had to do this because it was shooting a movie with a minor, so he could only work 8-and-a-half hours per day with production required to stop at 12:30 am. And because high-school basketball games are played in the evening, there would be a lot of evening scenes.

“That gives you very little flexibility to swap things,” Koo said. “You have to make the first half of your day because you're racing daylight, and we had a hard out every night at 12:30.”

So most days would start with the production getting set up at noon on its Denver set, Rainey would show up on set at 3 p.m. and they would immediately begin shooting. They would break for lunch at 8 p.m., wait until it got dark, and then shoot the evening scenes until Rainey had to wrap at 12:30.

And because Koo and his production were racing the clock daily, the “Amateur” production never had a company move (meaning packing everything up and moving to another location). That's a rarity for any movie.

“We had no time,” Koo said. “So what we ended up doing was finding locations that we could use for many locations. In the movie it looks like Terron goes from this less well-off public school to a much nicer, posh private school. There's one school I used for at least four schools. In the gym we did painting and made it into different colors to make it look like they played in different gyms.”

A 15 year old’s remarkable poise during the drama to get the movie’s final shot

“Amateur” ends with a powerful scene where Terron breaks down and cries after thinking back on the experience he’s just gone through and what the future may bring.

For the scene, Koo wanted Rainey to show real emotion and not have him do it with fake tears. Rainey was up for it, and everyone was set up to start the scene once he gave the sign to Koo that he was ready. Koo said all was going according to plan and he thought the scene was perfect when he said “cut.” However, there was one problem.

“Our cameras didn’t work,” he said.

They tried another take, and again, the cameras didn’t work. Though Koo said both he and Rainey were upset about what was happening, the director commends his young lead actor’s composure.

“We got it on the third take,” Koo said.

Looking back Koo can’t believe they pulled it off with all the restrictions against them. But he admits he would absolutely work with a teen as the lead in his movie again.

“There is no substitute for the very real, very unique, emotions of youth,” he said. “I think that's why audiences respond to coming-of-age stories — we are aware, especially later in life, of how fleeting those moments were. We'll never be the same age again and we'll never get those feelings back. When I look at Michael in the film I feel privileged to have captured, and preserved, those emotions on-screen.”

Warning: Huge spoilers for "Westworld" season two. If you aren't caught up on the series, read at your own risk.

"Westworld" aired its season one finale in 2016, and for the last year and a half fans have been trying to answer a lot of questions. Some of them got answered in the season two premiere Sunday night, but as always with "Westworld," the show raised even more.

The season two premiere, called "Journey Into Night," is a bit slow-paced as it does more set-up than a typical episode of "Westworld." But it still throws in some action and promises some excellent (if confusing) storylines for season two.

The premiere sets up some exciting pairings (like Maeve and Lee Sizemore), introduces new characters, and opens the possibility of showing off other parks beyond Westworld.

Here's our recap of the the season 2 premiere of "Westworld":

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We still can’t trust a "Westworld" timeline.

This episode might seem straightforward, but most scenes are told from Dolores or Bernard’s perspective. Since they’re both hosts, we might think we know what we’re seeing (or more importantly, when), but we can’t be too sure based on what the show pulled on us in season one.

The premiere picks up right where season one left off: after the host massacre Ford initiated.

According to Karl Strand, a new character and the Head of Operations, the parks within Delos Destinations lost communication for about two weeks. 

We get an idea of where Westworld and the other parks are located.

If you watched closely, you’d know that Delos has jurisdiction over an entire island. When Bernard is observing Strand talking to a man in a military uniform, Strand tells the man that Delos has “authority over this entire island.” This gives us a better idea of where and what exactly this land of expansive parks is.

• Taylor Swift's stalker reportedly broke into her New York home early Friday morning.
• According to police, he took a shower then fell asleep in her bed.
• The 22-year-old Florida man was arrested.

Taylor Swift apparently has a stalker — and he broke into her house, took a shower, then had a nap.

Page Six reported that 22-year-old Roger Alvarado from Florida allegedly broke into the pop star's three-storey Soho, New York townhouse early on Friday.

First Precinct police responded to a call about a burglary at the property at 12.30 a.m.

They found a ladder leading up to a broken window at the Franklin Street home — then found Alvarado sleeping in one of Swift's empty beds.

Alvarado had reportedly also taken a shower, according to police sources.

He was arrested by police and charged with felony stalking, burglary, criminal mischief, and criminal trespass.

This wasn't the first time, according to the BBC, who reported that Alvarado was arrested at the same address in February after allegedly breaking the front door with a shovel.

Swift reportedly bought the home a few months ago for $18 million — along with two other adjacent properties — but isn't currently living at the address.

Alvarado is apparently not her only stalker.

A 38-year-old man wearing a mask — and found with a knife in his car — was reportedly arrested on suspicion of stalking earlier this month outside her Beverly Hills home.

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Warning: Spoilers for "Westworld" season two episode one, "Journey into Night."

The season two premiere of "Westworld" set up lots of action for the next nine episodes, and left many things up in the air. 

Like season one, we can't trust the show's narrative structure, given that we see so much through the perspective of hosts like Bernard, whose memory is a bit dodgy.

While we did get some vague answers to some of our questions from season one, including where the Delos Destination parks are located, we still have plenty of questions that will no doubt inspire many fan theories. 

We collected our biggest questions after the season premiere:

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When is everything happening?

We learned from season one of "Westworld" that we can't fully trust when things are happening. The show takes advantage of the host's scattered memories by showing us scenes that might not be happening in the same time (or decade), and the season premiere left some storylines a mystery, especially Bernard's, which could also be Arnold's. 

What is Delos doing with guest data and DNA?

In the season premiere, Bernard discovers that Charlotte, the executive director of the Delos board, has been monitoring guest's experiences in the park and is logging their DNA. This must be a major plot point in season two. Delos could be monitoring the behavior of real people and using their DNA to help create hosts, or using the DNA for some other purpose.

What's up with the drone hosts?

Bernard, who is in a high-level position at Delos Destinations, didn't even know (or better yet, remember) that the drone hosts exist. They're unfinished-looking, white-muscled robots that perform various tasks in the facility, won't bother you if you don't bother them, and can read DNA.

In the episode, Charlotte says the drone host has read Bernard's DNA. Does that mean Bernard is a different type of host? Does it give us a hint as to what Charlotte and Delos are up to with the DNA of the park's guests?

• Netflix CEO Reed Hastings saw his pay rise five percent to $24.4 million in 2017, the company disclosed in a regulatory filing on Monday.
• Netflix's chief creative officer, Ted Sarandos, also saw his total compensation package rise 18.5 percent from $18.9 million in 2016 to $22.4 million last year.
• Netflix's executive pay increases came amid a period of great growth for the company.
• After posting its "highest quarter in our history," with 8.3 million subscribers added globally in Q4 of 2017, the company again blew past growth targets in Q1, adding another 7.4 million subscribers. 

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings saw his total compensation package rise five percent to $24.4 million in 2017, the company disclosed in a regulatory filing on Monday, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

While Hastings' salary dropped from $900,000 to $850,000, the CEO's stock options rose from $22.3 million to $23.5 million.

Netflix's head of content, Ted Sarandos, also saw his pay rise 18.5 percent from $18.9 million in 2016 to $22.4 million last year.

While Sarandos' salary stayed at $1 million, his stock options dropped slightly to $12.4 million, and his "non-equity incentive plan compensation" grew from $4 million to more than $9 million, according to THR.

Netflix's executive pay increases came amid a period of great growth for the company.

After posting its "highest quarter in our history," with 8.3 million subscribers added globally in Q4 of 2017, the company again blew past growth targets in Q1, adding another 7.4 million subscribers. 

Though Netflix's subscriber growth has continued to soar, it still has negative free cash flow, and expects to for quite some time. That means debt is needed. Netflix announced today that it plans to raise $1.5 billion in debt to invest in its content library of shows and movies, which the company will have spent roughly $8 billion on by the end of 2018.

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• On Sunday, Kanye West praised Elon Musk and Tesla on Twitter, calling his Tesla vehicle "the funnest car I've ever driven."
• West didn't specify which vehicle he was referring to, but earlier this month, Platinum Motorsports posted photos on Instagram of a Model S luxury sedan it had painted for West. 
• In 2015, Musk wrote West's entry in Time's 100 Most Influential People issue, and mentioned West when asked who inspired him at South by Southwest in March.

Kanye West praised Elon Musk and Tesla on Twitter, calling his Tesla vehicle "the funnest car I've ever driven."

"I really love my Tesla. I'm in the future. Thank you Elon," he wrote on Sunday.

West didn't specify which vehicle he was referring to, but earlier this month, Platinum Motorsports posted photos on Instagram of a Model S luxury sedan it had painted for West. 

West also said he had heard the company's fully-electric vehicles are environmentally-friendly.

Musk has praised West on multiple occasions in the past. In 2015, Musk wrote West's entry in Time's 100 Most Influential People issue.

"Kanye West would be the first person to tell you he belongs on this list," Musk wrote. "The dude doesn’t believe in false modesty, and he shouldn’t. Kanye’s belief in himself and his incredible tenacity—he performed his first single with his jaw wired shut—got him to where he is today. And he fought for his place in the cultural pantheon with a purpose ... He’s not afraid of being judged or ridiculed in the process. Kanye’s been playing the long game all along, and we’re only just beginning to see why."

In March, Musk mentioned West when asked who inspires him during a Q&A session at South by Southwest.

"Everyone in this room is inspired by you — who are you inspired by," Musk was asked.

"Well, Kanye West, obviously," Musk replied.

On Thursday, West used Twitter to announce two new albums he said he will release in early June. West said a seven-song, currently untitled solo album will arrive on June 1; and a collaborative album with Kid Cudi, called "Kids See Ghost," will become available on June 8.

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• Jay Chandrasekhar, the director and a star of Broken Lizard's "Super Troopers 2," spoke to Business Insider about how the cult-comedy sequel arose from a massively successful crowdfunding campaign.
• Chandrasekhar also touched on comedy's embattled relationship with critical reception, how the rise of President Trump affected the film's production, and the creative advantages of being in a comedy troupe.

Sixteen years after the release of "Super Troopers," the comedy troupe Broken Lizard has returned with a sequel to the movie that kicked off their careers.

Jay Chandrasekhar, the director and a star of "Super Troopers 2," spoke to Business Insider this weekend about how the film arose, out of necessity, from a massively successful crowdfunding campaign three years ago, which netted $4.6 million from 54,000 donors. 

A comedy about a group of Vermont state police officers engaged in a border dispute with Canadian "Mounties," "Super Troopers 2" premiered to a solid opening over the weekend, raking in $14.7 million against the $5 million to $7 million it was projected to hit.

Chandrasekhar also touched on comedy's embattled relationship with critical reception, how the rise of President Trump affected the film's production, and the creative advantages of being in a comedy troupe.

John Lynch: This is the first sequel that Broken Lizard has released. What sort of creative challenges did making a sequel present?

Jay Chandrasekhar: This one in particular was really hard because it had been a little while since the first one. We've made about five other films, but in the intervening years, the show business industry has moved entirely toward movies where the main characters have capes and tights. They're less interested in funding anything non-superhero. So, when we went to them and said, "Hey, we want to make this sequel," they said, "Great. Why don't you raise the money?" And we said, "Okay..." [laughs].

We started raising money, and it was a little challenging, and finally we decided to crowdfund it. It was a high-risk bet, because if they didn't fund it, the movie never would have been made at all. So we took a gamble, we did it, and it really ended up, I mean, $4.6 million they gave us, 54,000 people. And the crowd-funding was sort of the beginning of the advertising campaign really. Three years ago when we started raising the money, that's when it really got like, every piece of art has to be good, every video had to feel close enough to the first one to give audiences the idea that, "Oh, they can still do it."

Lynch: I saw a couple reports that the film is tracking to do well at the box office. Given the success of the crowdfunding, did you anticipate that it would be a success at the box office?

Chandrasekhar: You know, you can't ever be confident about the box office, because it can be anything. You never know what's going to happen. So, no. We have been incredibly surprised by the numbers, and excited. It's been great to see how many people have come out. I mean, it's fantastic. 

Lynch: As a source of humor, a theme Broken Lizard has explored a few times now is "cultures clashing." It was in "Beerfest" prominently. What draws you guys to that comedic theme?

Chandrasekhar: It's an interesting thing, because while we were making "Super Troopers 2," and we were working with these Canadian guys, we started laughing, like, "Oh, so they're Germans" [the antagonists in "Beerfest"]. It is a theme that we seem to like. I think it's just, I don't know. I mean, we make kind of like macho, '70s style movies, and that just felt like they were the right opponents for us, you know? And it's fun to do accents in comedies. 

Lynch: There's a border dispute and themes of immigration as through line in the film. But you've also got our American turmoil as a backdrop, to some degree. You had the story idea for a while, but how did the cultural situation here in America inform the movie?

Chandrasekhar: Ultimately, these are very interesting times we're living in. When we shot the movie, it was the fall [of 2016]. We didn't know who was going to be the president. We did know that President Trump's "Make America Great Again" was certainly the thing of the campaign, and we thought, whether he wins or loses, or whether she wins or loses, that saying will probably last the test of time. So we put that in. But we try to stay a little bit away from politics. Everyone's talking about politics. We actually politically have our own opinions, too. But our fans are half stoners, and half cops, and half military. We'll do shows and have stoners sitting next to cops all the time. Our audience is on both sides of the aisle, and we're hoping that this film can be just a way for everyone to be like, "Okay, we can agree on that. We're just going to stay out of the political thing for a while." But, you know, sure. The movie has some political moments to it. I mean, obviously.

Lynch: So this is the sixth feature film you've directed now, with the same crew. Has it gotten easier to direct, or how has your perspective on that changed?

Chandrasekhar: It's gotten easier to direct because I've done a lot of television. I've done about 110 episodes of television. I have shot a lot of shots. I've done scenes in a lot of different ways, multiple times. With these TV shows, I've shot a bunch of dinner scenes, and sex scenes, and fights. So when these scenes come up in our movies, I feel pretty confident about how to get them, and get them fairly quickly. Because we still have a fairly low budget, and we're still tight on time all the time, so we have to be more smart and efficient. Both "Super Troopers," one and two, were shot in 28 days. Number two is much more complex, but we are all just better at filming, because we've done it a lot.

Lynch: What about critical reception of comedies in general. Broken Lizard films, if you look on Rotten Tomatoes, I personally feel their scores don't match the level of humor that's in them. I saw The New York Times gave you guys a critics choice for this one, but how do you think of critical reception?

Chandrasekhar: Well, I gotta tell ya, man. The first "Super Troopers" had a 35% [critical] rating and a 90% audience rating. And I thought on this movie that the critics would say, "Well, we got that one wrong. Here's our chance to make up for it." But that didn't happen. What can you do? I think people get tired of movies when they see too many. I don't know what to say [laughs]. I just don't know what to say. We worked very hard on that movie. We wrote 37 drafts of that thing. It's a good movie. 

Lynch: I thought it was hilarious. Do you think film critics are too serious about it?

Chandrasekhar: I cannot tell you what happened. Except that some of them just don't like that movie. They also don't like that kind of movie, you know? It's that kind of movie that seems to bug them. And all us comedy filmmakers, we have to suffer the brunt of that for some reason. But that's the way it goes. 

Lynch: Moving forward for the group, what's in sight for now? I've heard there may be a "Super Troopers 3." How are you thinking of that at this point?

Chandrasekhar: I think we just have to see how the weekend goes. If the movie does well and the studio wants to make three, I would imagine we would be psyched to do that. We have another film called "Potfest" we would consider doing. We'll see what happens. We had a ball making this one, and we would have a whole story for the third one. We would have to write it. Takes a little while. But if things go well, we'll do it.

Lynch: Last question, about how you guys work as a troupe. Troupe comedy, it's been around forever, back to Vaudeville. How have you guys evolved as a troupe, and what do you think is the best part of writing in that sort of group?

Chandrasekhar: You know, we met each other when we were 18, so we have jokes that are decades old. And it gives you a perspective on a person that's a little different. We know each other very well and we have a sense of what kind of things make each other laugh. So it's been very fun. The writing meetings are fun. I mean certainly, we argue about what's a funnier joke, but we figure it out. Eventually, it's fine. And if we can keep making these movies, we're going to. 

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• Apple holds a social event called "Beer Bash" on Friday afternoons at its headquarters.
• This year, to celebrate Earth Day on April 20, it booked Ziggy Marley, a reggae musician. 

One of Apple's longest-running traditions is called "Beer Bash." Basically, on Fridays, employees can gather in the courtyard inside the company's headquarters, grab a beer or two, and listen to some live music.

Employees like the perk. In the past, Stevie Wonder and Gwen Stefani have played Beer Bash.

But over the weekend, Apple may have outdone itself for Earth Day. It booked Ziggy Marley, reggae legend Bob Marley's son, to play at 1 Infinite Loop. 

The concert was to celebrate Earth Day and capped off a week of environmental announcements from the iPhone company, including that all Apple facilities now run off of renewable energy.

Ziggy noted the environmental connection — he said it was his first solar-powered concert — but it should also be noted that he's an outspoken cannabis advocate, and the concert took place on April 20, a sort of St. Patrick's Day for weed fans.

Recreational marijuana use is legal in California, and Apple doesn't drug test new hires for cannabis. (It's also worth noting that this concert took place at Apple's old headquarters, not the new $5 billion Apple Park "spaceship" campus, and smoking is banned on both campuses.)

Here's a clip of Ziggy playing an old Bob Marley tune on Friday:

Apple CEO Tim Cook is jamming! 

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• James Cameron told Indiewire that he was hoping for "Avenger fatigue" because "there are more stories to tell."
• People on the internet criticized the filmmaker, most notably for wanting to make several "Avatar" sequels.
• Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige seemed optimistic about Cameron, however.

"Titanic" and "Avatar" filmmaker James Cameron has made some of the biggest blockbusters of all time, but when it comes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he's hoping people will get tired of them.

In an interview with Indiewire, Cameron said, "I’m hoping we’ll start getting ‘Avenger’ fatigue here pretty soon."

"Not that I don’t love the movies," he continued. "It’s just, come on guys, there are other stories to tell besides hyper-gonadal males without families doing death-defying things for two hours and wrecking cities in the process. It’s like, oy!"

Not surprisingly, Cameron received some hilarious criticism online for his comments.

Among the backlash, people noted the fact that Cameron plans to make four "Avatar" sequels and brought up his questionable history with superhero movies — including a failed Spider-Man movie and controversial comments he made last year about "Wonder Woman," which he called a "step backwards" because the character is an "objectified icon."

But while the internet roasted Cameron, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige looked on the bright side. 

"Uh, he loves the movies!” Feige said told Vulture. "That’s awesome! Wow, James Cameron loves our movies! That’s exciting!"

The next movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, "Avengers: Infinity War," comes to theaters Friday.

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Season two of HBO's "Westworld" premiered Sunday night, and people are already theorizing.

Much of the episode is told through Bernard's perspective, so it's unreliable given that he's a host. And not only is he a host: he's a glitching host.

Throughout the episode, we see small signs that something is wrong with Bernard. His hands shake uncontrollably, his memory is dodgy (even more so than usual), and at one point goo comes out of his ear.

So what exactly is happening to him, and why? And how can he stop it?

Here, we analyze everything about Bernard that could explain what's going on, and some possible solutions:

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The glitches

In the scenes showing Bernard escape the aftermath of Ford's death and the host takeover, Bernard starts to notice his malfunctions. His hands shake uncontrollably, and he has to hide it from Charlotte, who has no idea he's not a human.  

Toward the end of the episode, we see fluid come out of Bernard's ear. He's in panic mode because Charlotte is nearby. He has to inject himself with "cortical fluid" while she is down there while he's losing vision, and his entire body is shaking. 

Ford made Bernard shoot himself in the head

In episode nine of season one, Ford corners Bernard in the facility below the park. Clementine is there with a gun. In this scene, Ford explains to Bernard why he was created. But Ford ends the conversation by ordering Bernard to shoot himself in the head. 

We don't completely understand how these hosts work and get repaired, but the fact that Bernard shot himself in the head could be a major reason why he's not functioning well right now. 

Ford's influence

We still don't know if all of the hosts in the park actually have free will, or if they're still acting out a narrative that Ford created. 

At this point, we think Bernard is acting on his own free will, but there is still a chance that Ford could have written this glitching into Bernard's narrative.

In the season one finale, right before the dinner where Dolores shoots Ford, he tells Bernard, "In order to escape this place, you will need to suffer more."

Ford knows more abut Bernard than anyone else, since he's the one who made him. Ford gave him a backstory and assigned him countless narratives to play out, so Ford probably knew how much this overload of memories would affect him physically. 

• Netflix announced Monday it will sell $1.5 billion of debt notes to finance new content.
• The company's constantly increasing cash burn has some analysts worried.
• Follow Netflix's stock price in real-time here.

Netflix will raise a fresh debt round of $1.5 billion to fund new content, the company announced Monday, adding to its $6.54 billion in long-term debt reported on last week's earnings call.

While the announcement had little impact on Netflix shares — many analysts had already factored in a debt round this year — it has some worried about a rising cash burn and debt load that only continues to grow.

"Investors are oblivious to the fact that Netflix burns cash at an alarming rate," Michael Pachter, an analyst for Wedbush securities and one of Wall Street's biggest Netflix bears, told Business Insider last week ahead of the company's earnings report. "We expect Netflix to burn cash to fund content acquisition for many years,  notwithstanding the fact that it has increased price three times while cash burn continues to grow." He has an extremely bearish, $110 price target for Netflix. 

Still, Netflix remains committed to investing heavily in new content in order to stave off competition. In its most recent letter to shareholders, dated April 16, the company said "Our debt levels are quite modest as a percentage of our enterprise value, and we believe the debt is lower cost of capital compared to equity." Netflix plans to spend $8 billion on up to 700 new original shows in 2018 it's CFO said in March. 

It's competitors, on the other hand, have taken markedly different approaches to the intense competition among streaming providers.

"In a crowded marketplace, it matters how you put things out into the world," Casey Bloys, HBO's head of original programming, told the Hollywood Reporter last week in a thinly veiled jab at Netflix. "We don’t put a new show out every week. We take our time, and we try to make every show feel like an event — something special because they are special to us."

Elsewhere, Hulu has branched into live TV offerings in addition to its streamable library, most recently with the addition of ESPN+.

Wall Street remains mixed on Netflix following last week's earnings report, with an average price target of $324, about 1.6% below where the stock was trading. Last week, Credit Suisse said Netflix's latest earnings report brings it closer to "escape velocity" as it distances itself from the competition.

Shares of the company have gained 63.8% so far in 2018, easily outpacing the so-called FAANG basket.

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Ahead of the release of Marvel's "Avengers: Infinity War," the studio's first blockbuster of the year, "Black Panther," continues to rake in money at the domestic box office.

Currently leading the year's ranking of the top five highest-grossing films in the US, "Black Panther" has made over 5 times as much money as any other film released (at the domestic box office).

And as the highly anticipated "Avengers: Infinity War" looks to dethrone "Black Panther" following its release on Friday, Marvel and its parent company, Disney, are set to continue their domination of this year's box office.

Here are the top 5 highest-grossing films of the year at the US box office, according to Box Office Mojo:

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5. "Fifty Shades Freed" — $100.4 million

4. "Peter Rabbit" — $114.3 million

3. "Ready Player One" — $126.2 million

• Google search results give a misleading "release date" for "Avengers: Infinity War."
• Google's snippet says the movie releases this Monday, April 23 in the US. It actually comes to theaters April 27 in the US. 
• Google search results have a history of promoting false information such as debunked conspiracy theories.

If you want to know when Marvel's "Avengers: Infinity War" comes to theaters, Google is not going to make it easy for you.

According to Google, the release date for Marvel's "Avengers: Infinity War" is "April 23, 2018" in the US. It's not. As of Monday morning, this misleading answer appeared at the top of the search results in the form of a snippet block, which is a quick summary of the answer to your search.

The film's release date is actually this Friday, April 27 in the US.

There's a reasonable answer to why Google's search results might return an incorrect release date. The film's Los Angeles premiere is April 23. Wikipedia, for instance, lists both April 23 (for the Los Angeles premiere) and April 27 (for the US release).

But Google's answer isn't helpful to the average user who just wants to know when the movie comes out in theaters.

Searching the likes of "Avengers: Infinity War release date" or "Infinity War release" will bring you to the following misleading snippet:

That misleading date also shows up in the sidebar to the right of the search results:

There's not a clear explanation for why Google's search results can't tell us when "Infinity War" is being released versus the premiere, but Google has a history of promoting incorrect information like debunked conspiracy theories in its search results, and snippets.

For instance, in 2016, searching "Did the Holocaust happen?" would return a conspiracy theory result claiming it didn't happen from a white nationalist website.

Bing, on the other hand, features the correct release date:

Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the matter.

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• Kanye West was spotted watching a video from Google exec Ray Kurzweil, the company's chief futurist and director of engineering.
• The specific video was Kurzweil's TED Talk "The Accelerating Power of Technology."

Musician and fashion designer Kanye West sparked a million tweets on Monday when he shared short videos of him listening to right-wing personalities like Scott Adams.

But a small clue hidden on his Apple laptop screen shows he's been mainlining other controversial opinions — some from Google's chief futurist and director of engineering Ray Kurzweil.

In his latest video posted on Monday, Kanye has a tab open pointing to a TED Talk by Kurzweil called "The Accelerating Power of Technology."

Here's the footage from Kanye's tweet:

Zoom in on the top tab:

That tab says it's a 2007 talk from the renowned futurist — it's also worth noting that it sure looks like Kanye taped over the webcam on his MacBook.

Who is Ray Kurzweil and what does he believe? 

If Kanye in fact watched the entire video — he didn't respond to a tweet — he would've heard a few of the technology industry's most far-out ideas, concepts that have been adopted by powerful people in Silicon Valley.

Kurzweil's big idea is that the rate of technological change is increasing — so fast, actually, that by 2030 there will be super-intelligent computers. 

"But if we go to 2029, we really have the full maturity of these trends, and you have to appreciate how many turns of the screw in terms of generations of technology, which are getting faster and faster, we'll have at that point," Kurzweil said during the 2007 talk. "We'll have completed the reverse-engineering of the human brain — $1,000 of computing will be far more powerful than the human brain in terms of basic raw capacity."

And then, at some point, he thinks human intelligence is going to merge with these super-powerful computers. 

"But it's not just an alien invasion of intelligent machines. We are going to merge with our technology," he continued.

Kurzweil is describing an idea that some people call "the singularity," after a book he wrote. Basically, when computers become intelligent enough, humans will transcend "the limitations of our biological bodies and brain" by merging with computers, giving them immortality.

In a recent interview, he's predicted that humans will live forever by the year 2045. He's also said that basic income, or governments giving money to every citizen without requirements, will be widespread by the 2030s.

These are far-out ideas, but many people in the tech industry take them seriously — including Google's leadership, which gave him a job at the tech giant looking into the future. Maybe Kanye is looking to tap into some of that futuristic thinking for his two upcoming albums or line of Adidas shoes. 

Neither Kanye nor Kurzweil responded to tweets, but Kanye has been flirting with singularity-like thought during his recent tweetstorms. 

You can watch the entire TED Talk from Kurzweil below: 

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• Shares of Netflix sank more than 3% Monday after the company announced a new $1.5 billion debt offering.
• This latest round of junk bond offerings will add to Netflix's total accrued debt of $6.5 billion disclosed on its latest quarterly filing last week. The company is seeking yields between 5.75% and 6%, Bloomberg News reported.
• Netflix is stuck in a growing battle between bulls and bears.
• On one hand, cynics like Michael Pachter of Wedbush Securities say the ongoing cash burn could ultimately have negative effects.
• On the other, optimists like Stephen Ju of Credit Suisse say Netflix's plan to spend on 700 new shows this year will help it achieve "escape velocity" from its competitors.
• Netflix has outperformed its so-called FAANG peers in 2018 so far, and is up 58% since the beginning of the year.

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• A movie based on the classic video game series "DOOM" is in the works.
• The movie is being made by Universal's 1440 Entertainment, which means it's skipping theaters and headed straight from home consumption.
• Actress and singer Nina Bergman is confirmed to be in the film.

A new movie based on classic video game series "DOOM" is in production.

Unlike the 2005 film starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, the new incarnation of "DOOM" won't head to the silver screen: It's a Universal 1440 Entertainment production, meaning it's a film made for home viewing.

That means a streaming service like Amazon or Netflix or Hulu could get the new movie, but it's unclear at this point and far too early to know — it hasn't even begun shooting yet, it looks like.

"Wow I’m doing the next “Doom” movie [with] Universal Pictures!" actress and singer Nina Bergman tweeted recently. "I just signed all the paperwork. I get to go back to Bulgaria again and work with some of my favorite people."

Universal has since confirmed the project's existence to Variety — it's not clear what the movie is called, when it's planned for release, or who else is in it. 

The "DOOM" video game franchise is currently experiencing a renaissance of sorts, with the 2016 reboot (seen above) receiving glowing praise from critics and equally glowing sales numbers. 

But the last time a film adaptation of "DOOM" was attempted, it failed miserably. Even the movie's main star regards it as a "stinker:

That said, we're talking about fertile content for adaptation here: A comically violent, silent space marine rips through thousands of snarling demons, purely to satisfy his own anger. He travels from the moons of Mars to the depths of Hell in order to do so.

The 2016 game used this aggressively silly premise to indulge in some of the most brilliantly idiotic storytelling in video game history. Whether the upcoming film will successfully walk that line remains to be seen.

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• Kanye West tweeted out videos of himself on his computer on Monday.
• If you look closely, one of the videos shows his MacBook — and what appears to be black tape covering the laptop's camera.

This is Kanye West, a world famous musician and fashion designer. Lately, he's been stirring up some controversy by posting videos of himself watching Scott Adams, the former cartoonist and current right-wing provocateur.

There's a lot to notice in the short videos, and Kanye may just be stoking the fires of controversy for the fun of it. But wait a minute...

Let's zoom in:

On the laptop Kanye is watching, it definitely looks like he's placed tape over the MacBook's camera. 

It's a fairly paranoid move — but for someone of Kanye's stature, it may make sense. Kanye has more security concerns than a normal performer. In 2016, he and his wife Kim Kardashian were robbed in Paris after the thieves identified valuables they had while traveling through Instagram. When it comes to laptop cameras specifically, tech companies promise that their security would prevent a hacker on spying on you that way, but security experts insist it's theoretically possible.

Kanye joins other massive celebrities who tape over their webcams, including former FBI director and NYT bestselling author James Comey, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Turns out, if you have strangers drawing fan art of you and your family, like thesethreemen have in common, then you might be a little paranoid too. 

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Marvel's "Avengers: Infinity War" is finally coming to theaters, but it took a lot of build-up to get there.

Marvel's most recent movies in particular have set up the foundation for "Infinity War" — from Thor's homeworld being destroyed in "Thor: Ragnarok" to the nation of Wakanda revealing itself to the rest of the world in "Black Panther."

If you are a casual Marvel Cinematic Universe fan, it might be difficult to keep track of where all of "Infinity War's" 20-plus main characters stand heading into the events of the movie.

With that in mind, here is a helpful guide to where we last saw all of these characters, what they were doing last time they were on screen, and what we can expect from them in this third "Avengers" movie.

If you haven't seen every MCU movie, or just forget who's who, this will sort it out for you before "Infinity War."

Unfortunately, we left characters like Hawkeye and Ant-Man off the list because their involvement in "Infinity War" will be limited to the point where they have not been featured in any promotional material.

Below is a guide to all the major characters in "Avengers: Infinity War":

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Steve Rogers/Captain America

Last seen in: "Captain America: Civil War" (2016)

Played by: Chris Evans

Heading into "Infinity War," Rogers is considered a fugitive under the Sokovia Accords introduced in "Civil War." The Accords were a United Nations initiative introduced to force superhumans to register with the government. Cap was against the Accords, and the other Avengers who sided with him were imprisoned — but Cap broke them out at the end of the movie. He also wrote a nice letter to Iron Man (who was pro-registration), letting him know that he's always around if Iron Man needs help. But expect some tension in "Infinity War."

Tony Stark/Iron Man

Last seen in: "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (2017)

Played by: Robert Downey Jr. 

Stark was last seen trying to recruit Peter Parker/Spider-Man — who he has mentored — to the Avengers at the end of "Homecoming." Parker turned down his offer (and a new armored suit), and so Stark had to come up with a last-second plan for the press conference he scheduled for the occasion. Prior to that, Stark was trading punches with Captain America in "Civil War" over those Sokovia Accords, and discovered that Bucky Barnes — Cap's best friend — killed his parents years ago while brainwashed.

Thor

Last seen in: "Thor: Ragnarok" (2017)

Played by: Chris Hemsworth

At the end of "Ragnarok," Thor's homeworld of Asgard was destroyed. He and his fellow Asgardians set out to find a new home on a spaceship. Everything seemed to be going fine, until an after-credits sequence showed a much larger ship stop Thor's in its tracks. That ship most likely belongs to Thanos, which means bad things for the Asgardians. As we've seen in "Infinity War" trailers, Thor ends up with the Guardians of the Galaxy at some point in the film, separated from his people. 

Other than the possible demise of characters like Iron Man, Thor, Loki, and Captain America, we're very excited for "Avengers: Infinity War."

This movie is what all of the installments in the MCU have been leading up to, so it's hard to wait, and we can't help but speculate.

From the trailers, we know that we'll see some unexpected people getting together, like Spider-Man and Doctor Strange; and Teen Groot and Thor.

But there will also be an epic battle in Wakanda that could be the end for some of our favorites. Plus we'll get a more fully fledged villain in Thanos, played by Josh Brolin. Since he's had such a big presence in the past few movies, we're expecting a deeper character than Ultron, who was a massive disappointment. 

From a secret role played by Peter Dinklage, to Loki's status as good or bad, these are all the things we can't wait to see in "Avengers: Infinity War," in theaters April 27. 

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Who the heck is Peter Dinklage playing?

Somehow, Emmy winner Peter Dinklage squeezed enough time into his "Game of Thrones" schedule to make an appearance in "Infinity War." Details of the character he's playing have been kept entirely under wraps, but with such a big star cast in the role, it has to be an important character in the MCU. But who? We'll have to wait and see. 

Nick Fury

Nick Fury brought the Avengers together and has been with the MCU since 2008's "Iron Man," so it wouldn't feel right if he didn't make an appearance in the movie. But Samuel L. Jackson has said that he's not in it, and implied that "Age of Ultron" (2015) could've been his last appearance in the MCU. He could be lying to surprise us though: Remember when Kit Harington said Jon Snow was dead for a year?

An appearance from Brie Larson's Captain Marvel — possibly

Brie Larson's Captain Marvel could make a brief appearance or cameo in "Infinity War" to get us even more excited about 2019's "Captain Marvel," the first female-led movie in the MCU. It's been long enough, so we'd love to get a glimpse, even if it's just the end credits.