Everyone is on Loki's case in a new trailer for "Thor: The Dark World."

Disney and Marvel released a new trailer as part of YouTube's inaugural Geek Week and Thor's older, wiser brother is getting threatened and slapped around. 

Guess it makes sense since he only attempted to take control of New York City and obliterate its population in "The Avengers." 

This time, it looks like everyone's favorite Avengers villain is turning over a new leaf after brother Thor employs his help to save Earth. (We're not sure why he just doesn't call up Tony Stark.)

Tom Hiddleston, Chris Hemsworth, and Natalie Portman reprise their roles in the film.  

"Thor: The Dark World" comes to theaters November 8.

More "Thor": The first trailer for the movie

AND: The new poster for the film looks awfully familiar

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Despite coming from a childhood filled with financial privilege and being "showered with attention and love," 24-year-old Christina Huffington — the daughter of Congressman Michael Huffington and Huffington Post founder, Arianna Huffington — is opening up about a seven-year cocaine addiction that nearly killed her.

Christina says her addiction started when she was just 16 years old after a friend brought the drug over to her house. She described the moment in a revealing piece in this month's Glamour magazine:

In a millisecond I was overcome with euphoria. Every insecurity vanished. My friend and I stayed up until 6:00 A.M., sitting on my bed, taking pictures of ourselves, and laughing. And just like that, cocaine became a regular thing. My friends and I would go to the mall after school; we said we were getting chicken fingers, but I'd meet the drug dealer and spend $50 on a gram, then a longtime housekeeper would pick us up. We didn't even have our licenses, but there we were, doing coke at each other's houses.

After a few months of doing coke by herself "in the school bathroom" or "at home before writing a paper," Christina's housekeeper found the drugs and alerted her high-profile mother.

"My mom freaked out," Christina writes in the Glamour article. "Every few weeks, she'd randomly drive me to the doctor for drug tests ... But amazingly I was able to stop cold turkey. For a while."

After focusing on her academics and getting into Yale University, Christina stayed sober until sophomore year of college.

"I saw someone doing cocaine in a dorm room. I thought, I can do it; it's been three years! But with one hit I was off to the races again, using four days a week," writes Christina. "I'd start in the morning and snort coke six or seven times before bed."

"Cocaine was my drug," Christina explained further during an appearance on the "Today" show this morning with her mother. "It really quickly erased all of my insecurities, all my fears, all my ideas of 'I'm not good enough' and all of a sudden, with one line, I was on top of the world."

The addiction quickly took over her life.

"It was very unglamorous," Christina told "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie. "It was very much me, alone in my apartment, using drugs all day from morning until night."

Christina's world came to a halt when one day her heart was racing so fast after a cocaine binge that she called her mother, confessed everything and checked herself into a hospital.

She has remained sober ever since, and now wants to encourage other addicts to seek help.

"What I want to show is that addiction can strike no matter what," Christina explains on why she decided to come forward with her story. "You can come from a loving family, you can have financial resources and you can still feel that pit of loneliness and emptiness and desire to fill it with substances."

Watch Christina and Arianna Huffington discuss their experiences on this morning's "Today" show:

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SEE ALSO: Warren Buffett Thinks Bryan Cranston's 'Breaking Bad' Meth Drug Lord Is A 'Great Businessman'

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The first trailer for director Spike Jonze's new movie, "Her," shows a peculiar romance.

A lonely writer, played by Joaquin Phoenix, falls in love with his artificially intelligent operating system, voiced by Scarlett Johansson.

The result: a feature-length flirtation with Siri.

The quirky romance comes as little surprise from indie director Jonze, who's best known for his movie collaborations with Charlie Kaufman, including "Being John Malkovich," "Where the Wild Things Are," and "Adaptation."

"Her," which hits theaters November 20, also stars Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, and Chris Pratt.

Here's the trailer:

SEE ALSO: 13 Reasons Why Everyone Is Obsessed With 'Breaking Bad'

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After bonding over their shared love of cooking during lunch in the Facebook headquarters' cafeteria last year, Instagram founder Kevin Systrom and “American Idol” host/jack of all trades Ryan Seacrest forged a mutually beneficial friendship.

“Having Ryan give me feedback on the platform, it’s extremely helpful,” Systrom, who sold his photo sharing app to Facebook in 2012 for $1 billion, told Variety. “We’re really both helping each other understand the other’s world."

Seacrest — he of the showbiz world — uses Instagram to keep his nearly two million followers up to date on all of his latest projects. And he regularly posts to his nearly 11 million Twitter followers.

“I just had dinner with Kevin Systrom at my house the other night,” Seacrest humbebragged in April, noting, “I get to know what Instagram is doing."

But in addition to celebrities promoting themselves on social media, Hollywood is also embracing digital media in the film industry.

“The convergence is really that people with a message — whether it’s your new movie or a new song — need a way to reach the largest audience and get your message out,” Systrom continued. “It’s about exploring ways to reach audiences and fans in more scalable ways than ever before. And visuals are a natural way to broadcast your message.”

Seacrest seconds Systrom's sentiment, telling the trade, “The dialogue between the two worlds is so valuable. I’ve been in the business of talking, and now I’m listening.”

Seacrest continued, “There are a lot of synergies between the two communities. The two have creative processes, and both are interested in trying new and different things, and bringing ideas to life.”

The synergy is becoming more clear every day.

“We don’t see it as being separate sides anymore — technology on this side, and Hollywood on the other,” Brent Weinstein, head of digital media at UTA, told Variety. “There are very few media companies today that aren’t also tech companies, or rapidly becoming so.”

And there's a long list of startups to coming out of Los Angeles.

Dreamworks Animation CEO, Jeffrey Katzenberg, notes that their recent $33 million purchase of tween-focused YouTube channel, AwesomenessTV, was part of the studio's move to incorporate more online media.

“We think YouTube — as both a platform for user-generated content and a platform for shortform content — has tremendous opportunity going forward,” said Katzenberg.

Even new Los Angeles mayor, Eric Garcetti, is on board.

“So much of the content produced in Hollywood is now being consumed online, and that’s only going to increase," he told Variety. "We have to be aggressive and perceptive about a changing marketplace."

As the trade notes, "The merger of the two worlds has the potential to re-create film distribution, enhance moviegoing experiences, bring content to consumers in new ways on multiple screens, change the way we discover music, and reshape the way we experience the Internet altogether."

SEE ALSO: The 23 Hot Los Angeles Startups You Need To Watch

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"Iron Man" is the top superhero at the box office, but Batman is the king of YouTube. As part of Geek Week, YouTube researched which superheroes are most popular on the video site.

Batman came out on top, with more than 3 billion views across 71,000 hours of video. Thor came in second, which may be a good sign for Marvel as "Thor 2" nears its release this November.

Superman, whom Warner Bros. rebirthed at the box office this summer, came in third.

There have been recent movies made about the top eight, but the last two spots, Justice League and Deadpool, are sore sports for comic book fans. They've been craving a Deadpool movie for years, and "Justice League" seems like DC Comics' natural follow to "The Avengers."

Here's the chart:

SEE ALSO: Don't Expect Christian Bale In The Big Batman / Superman Movie

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After putting Tony Stark of "Iron Man" in the R8 e-tron, the electric version of its supercar, Audi is going after an even more futuristic image on film.

The German automaker's design team created the "Audi fleet shuttle quattro" to play a role in "Ender's Game," the upcoming sci-fi movie in which a gifted child leads the human race against alien invaders.

Sadly for those who like its sleek look, the car exists only in digital form. Take a look:

"Ender's Game" hits theaters November 1. Here's the full preview, you can spot the Audi near the beginning:

SEE ALSO: BMW's New All-Electric Car Is A Strange-Looking Challenge To Tesla

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Before Amanda Bynes was hospitalized on a psychiatric hold nearly three weeks ago, rapper Drake found himself the target of a majority of the actress' tweets.

Some were nice:

Drake Is The Most Gorgeous Man On The Face Of The Earth

— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) July 2, 2013

I Know I Love Drake Because If He Got Parkinson's Or Got Into Some Sort Of Accident & He Looked Different He'd Still Be The Only One I Want

— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) June 28, 2013

Some were mean:

And some were just wrong:

After months of tweets directed at him, Drake has finally responded in an interview with XXL magazine.

“I don’t even know who that is doing that or what that’s about. If that is her, I guess it’s a little weird and disturbing,”  he tells the magazine in their September cover story.

“It’s obviously a behavioral pattern that is way bigger than me,” continued the rapper. “Whoever is behind it, whether it’s her or somebody else, they know people are paying attention so they keep it going.”

Meanwhile, Bynes is continues to be held in a psychiatric hospital as doctors evaluate her for mental illness.

SEE ALSO: Nick Cannon Writes Open Letter To 'Sister' Amanda Bynes About The Hardships Of Fame

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The Weinstein Company and Millennium Films, producers of "Lovelace" -- a new biopic about Linda Lovelace -- are being sued for $10 million over alleged copyright and trademark violations.

In a lawsuit filed in New York federal court, Arrow Productions, which owns the copyright to the 1972 film, claims that Weinstein and Millennium copped more than five minutes of the famed porn star's notorious vehicle and violated its trademarked rights to the name Linda Lovelace.

Lovelace was the stage name of the film's star, the late Linda Susan Boreman.

"Lovelace," which showed at Sundance earlier this year, stars Amanda Seyfried as the title character and will receive a limited release in the U.S. on Friday.

Arrow claims that the film reproduces scenes from "Deep Throat" in full and copies dialogue and blocking, including two graphic sex sequences.

Click here for the full lawsuit

"Rather than negotiating licenses for 'Deep Throat' IP, rather than deferring to Arrow's vision for the 'Deep Throat' brand, defendants have simply taken what they wanted and crossed their fingers," the suit reads.

A Spokeswoman for Millennium declined to comment. A spokesperson for The Weinstein Company did not immediately respond to requests for comment, nor did an attorney for Arrow.

"Deep Throat" caused a sensation in popular culture when it premiered, ushering in more mainstream acceptance of pornography. It even played a minor footnote in history when it served as the moniker for Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's most famous anonymous source as the Washington Post reporters uncovered a wider conspiracy surrounding the Watergate break-in.

It also made Lovelace a star, though being the face of pornography did not always come easily. Her former husband Chuck Traynor was a production manager on "Deep Throat," and when the pair split in the '70s, she accused him in divorce proceedings of forcing her into pornography at gunpoint and beating her.

She later became an anti-pornography spokeswoman and, in April 2002, died at 53 from injuries suffered in an car accident in Colorado.

In the lawsuit, Arrow's attorneys write that Lovelace recanted her claims against Traynor but say that they are worried the upcoming movie will rehash the controversy.

"For this reason, protecting the cultural and economic value of the intellectual property in 'Deep Throat' requires a very careful and thoughtful assessment of how any future use of those intellectual property rights will affect the 'Deep Throat' brand," attorneys for Arrow write.

Arrow said it approached Millennium in 2010 about possible copyright infringement but claims an attorney for the company dismissed its objections as "total nonsense."

Pamela Chelin contributed to this report.

SEE ALSO: Amanda Seyfried Is A Legendary Porn Star In The First Trailer For 'Lovelace'

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Last month, "South Park" co-creator Trey Parker bought a gorgeous seven-bedroom mansion in Los Angeles for over $13.89 million, according to real estate blog The Real Estalker.

The Spanish Colonial estate was listed through Prudential California Realty agent David Offer.

Perhaps Parker's purchase is tied to the fact that he'll soon be having a baby with his long-time girlfriend Boogie Tillmo.

The new home of the "Book of Mormon" co-writer is located in LA's Brentwood neighborhood, and has over 10,000 square feet of property filled with hardwood floors, stenciled ceiling beams, and hand-painted tiles.

It also comes with a whole-house sound system, solar heating, pool house, and at least seven wood-burning fireplaces.

Trey Parker's new home is in LA's Brentwood Park neighborhood and sits on nearly an acre of land.

Source: Redfin

When you first walk in, there's a long, vaulted hallway. The entire floor plan is very laid-back and open.

Source: Redfin

The home is filled with wood-burning fireplaces in the living and sitting rooms.

Source: Redfin

Orson Welles' "Too Much Johnson," a long-lost three-part slapstick comedy that he directed in 1938, has been found in an Italian warehouse and is being restored for its U.S. premiere in October.

The George Eastman House film and photography museum will screen the silent film on Oct. 16 in Rochester, NY., following the restoration's world premiere on Oct. 9 at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto, an Italian film festival devoted entirely to silent cinema.

"Too Much Johnson" was originally intended to be used in conjunction with Welles’ stage adaptation of an 1894 play by William Gillette at Welles' New York City playhouse, the Mercury Theatre. The three shorts were planned to be screened as prologues to each act of the play, but the prints were never finished.

Joseph Cotten was cast in the lead role, with supporting roles going to Mercury Theatre actors, including Eustace Wyatt, Edgar Barrier, Ruth Ford, Arlene Francis, Mary Wickes, Orson Welles and his wife, Virginia Nicholson. The play opened without the film in 1938 on Aug. 16 and flopped.

The nitrate work print of the film -- which was never shown in public -- was given by Cinemazero to one of Italy’s major film archives, the Cineteca del Friuli in nearby Gemona, before being transferred to the George Eastman House in order to be preserved with a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

The only other known print of "Too Much Johnson" was destroyed during a fire at Welles' home in the outskirts of Madrid in 1970.

"This is by far the most important film restoration by George Eastman House in a very long time," said Paolo Cherchi Usai, senior curator of film, who supervised the project for George Eastman House. "Holding in one’s hands the very same print that had been personally edited by Orson Welles 75 years ago provokes an emotion that’s just impossible to describe."

SEE ALSO: Orson Welles Drunk Outtakes for Paul Masson Wine Commercial

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The Washington Post's surprise sale to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Monday unleashed a flurry of speculation about whether or not the New York Times, now the only family-owned major paper in America, would be next.

Also read: In the Washington Post, Jeff Bezos Buys a Billionaire's Bauble, Not a Business

Chairman Arthur Sulzberger, whose family has owned the Times since 1896, on Wednesday afternoon issued a definitive "no."

Sulzberger wrote a memo to employees to assure them that no tech billionaires would be swopping down to buy the paper any time soon.

"There has been much speculation and understandable concern about what this could mean for us," Sulzberger wrote. "Will our family seek to sell The Times? The answer to that is no. The Times is not for sale."

Also read: New York Times Sells Boston Globe to Red Sox Owner John Henry

Sulzberger also admitted to being "stunned" and "sad" about the Graham family's decision to sell its paper, and hoped that Bezos would "continue the tradition of excellence that the Grahams achieved in their eight decades of stewardship."

Here's the full memo:

August 7, 2013

Colleagues –

We were all taken by surprise on Monday afternoon with the announcement of the Graham family’s decision to sell The Washington Post.  Surprise probably doesn’t cover it; we were stunned. 

We have spoken to Don Graham and he reiterated to us his desire to put The Washington Post into the hands of someone who he and his family believe is best positioned to help it grow and thrive and compete in the global and digital marketplace.  It’s sad to see a great American newspaper family like the Grahams depart from The Post, a publication for which we at The Times have much affection and common ground.  While The Times will continue to compete with them for the big story, we hope for the sake of quality journalism and an informed citizenry that Jeff Bezos will continue the tradition of excellence that the Grahams achieved in their eight decades of stewardship.

This leads us to the Ochs-Sulzberger family and this great institution, The New York Times.  There has been much speculation and understandable concern about what this could mean for us.  Will our family seek to sell The Times?  The answer to that is no.  The Times is not for sale, and the Trustees of the Ochs-Sulzberger Trust and the rest of the family are united in our commitment to work together with the Company’s Board, senior management and employees to lead The New York Times forward into our global and digital future. 

All of us at The Times are aware of the great strides we have made.  Our digital subscription model set the standard for the industry and put us on the path forward.  The Company is profitable and generates very strong cash flow, which we believe makes us perfectly able to fund our future growth.  The Times has both the ideas and the money to pursue innovation.

Mark Thompson has articulated our strategic plan to enable that growth, and we are implementing it beginning with a focus on The New York Times brand, increased investment internationally, in video, in paid products and in brand extensions.   Jill Abramson is presiding over a newsroom that is raising the bar with its innovation in storytelling capabilities while maintaining the highest standard of excellence in its journalism.  The same can clearly be said for Andy Rosenthal’s leadership in Opinion. 

We're incredibly proud of our association with this great institution and, on behalf of the Trustees and the other members of our family, we plan for that association to continue for many years to come.  

Arthur and Michael

On behalf of the Ochs-Sulzberger Trustees and family

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Some of the sweetest rock ballads were inspired by daddy's girls: Billy Joel's "Lullaby (Goodnight My Angel)," Bruce Springsteen's "When You Need Me," Phil Collins' "You'll Be In My Heart," and other emotional tracks you'd find on a father-daughter dance compilation album.

Music being the universal language of love, Bono even covered Lady Gaga's "Telephone" at his daughter's 21st birthday party.

From models and DJs to actors and musicians, meet the grown-up muses of the most celebrated rock stars.

Alexa Ray Joel, 27, is the singer daughter of Billy Joel.

Alexa Ray released an EP, "Sketches," in 2006 and was the face of Prell hair care, which previously employed her supermodel mother, Christie Brinkley, as its spokeswoman.

Jemima Kirke, 28, is the actress daughter of Free and Bad Company's Simon Kirke.

British-born Jemima was an artist before close friend Lena Dunham convinced her to audition for the role of free-spirit Jessa in HBO's "Girls." 

Jessica Rae Springsteen, 21, is the horseback-riding daughter of Bruce Springsteen.

Jessica Rae (L) is a junior at Duke University and a champion horseback rider, placing first in her jumping division at the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival.

Microsoft posted a video today of the final packaging for its new Xbox One console that launches this fall.

We also got a sneak peek at everything that will be inside the box, including the console's massive power supply. 

A brief history lesson: When Microsoft launched its current console, the Xbox 360, it was criticized for having a huge, brick-like power supply. 

But the Xbox One's appears to be even larger. This thing is going to be a power hog:

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Beyoncé has chopped her trademark long, flowing locks.

Perhaps it's because they were becoming a nuisance to swing around on stage after getting caught in a fan during a recent concert stop.

Sans commentary or captions, Beyoncé posted three photos of her weave-less, edgy new pixie cut for her nearly 5.5 million Instagram followers late last night.

Without further ado, meet Beyoncé's new 'do:

Let's take a moment to remember Beyoncé's longer locks, may they rest in peace.

Last week, Rihanna revealed her super short new 'do on Instagram. Trend alert?

SEE ALSO: Beyoncé Makes Fun Of Herself After Her Hair Got Caught In Fan During Concert

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Last month, Third Point hedge funder Dan Loeb and actor George Clooney exchanged heated words in the press. 

Loeb called out Sony for creating two big-budget films that "bombed spectacularly" and not holding the co-CEOs of Sony Pictures Entertainment accountable. He suggested that Sony spin out its entertainment business from its electronics business, because it's in "desperate need of proper supervision."

Clooney fired back, essentially telling Loeb to stay out of his industry.

"You can’t cherry pick a small time period and point to two films that didn’t do great. It makes me crazy. Fortunately, this business is run by people who understand that the movie business ebbs and flows and the good news is they are ignoring his calls to spin off the entertainment assets."

Loeb has since clarified his stance on Sony and said he has great respect for Clooney.

Ashton Kutcher is one of a growing list of actors who is straddling both the finance and acting professions. He's invested more than $100 million in startups such as Airbnb and Spotify. He considers himself both an artist and a technologist, similar to the man he played in his latest film, Steve Jobs.

What does Kutcher think of the exchange?

"I think it's a little bit of naïveté on both sides," he tells CNBC's Maria Bartiromo. "One, to think you can walk into an artistic business and understand how that works or understand how the process works is naïveté on that side. But being in the business for some time, the companies are extremely bloated and they do spend money on relationships. If you look at Steve Jobs as an example of that, right, there are times when your R&D and your drive and your spin toward innovation come up with nothing. And then there are times when that is the very vitality of your company. I wouldn't necessarily say that George Clooney, or whoever is speaking on behalf of the studios, is necessarily 100% right. and I at the same time wouldn't say that Dan Loeb's position is exacting. That being said, Dan Loeb is responsible to a company and is responsible to the efficiencies of the company."

SEE ALSO: How To Get Ashton Kutcher To Invest In Your Startup

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Ashton Kutcher splits his time between investing in startups and acting. He's poured about $100 million into companies like Airbnb, Spotify and Foursquare.

CNBC's Maria Bartiromo asked Kutcher how he finds the deals, and what he looks for in a startup.

Kutcher didn't mention being close with fellow tech investors like SV Angel's Ron Conway, who are certainly part of his vetting process. But he did mention what he looks for in companies.

He says he starts by looking for a problem, then trying to find a startup that's solving it. Occasionally startups will present ideas that solve obvious problems he hasn't thought of before.

"There are a couple of specific sectors we look at," he says. "The two-sided marketplaces are a big opportunity that was never before available, Airbnb being one of them."

He also looks for these specific qualities in startups:

• Consumer-facing software technologies. 
• The density of the problem they're solving. "We're not looking for companies off the bat that we go, 'Oh, that company's going to make an X amount of money and has X market cap,'" says Kutcher. 
• Extraordinary entrepreneurs. "A lot of these companies that we invest in, they are two guys in a garage with a PowerPoint and a dog," he says. "So, you have to sort of see through everything else and go, is this guy or girl going to build something that is going to be enduring?"
• And by extraordinary, he means passionate people with perseverance. "Do they have passion for the problem they're trying to solve? Do they have the kind of will power that's going to take them through the challenges? Because, like Steve Jobs, they're going to face great challenges along the way and they'll face adversity and they'll face people who tell them they can't do it. And when they start, they're going to call -- like Steve Jobs did -- and people won't know [their] name. They're going to go, 'Jobs?' 'Yes, J-O-B-S.' And you have to have a level of perseverance and will to actually drive through that." 
• Know-how. Kutcher's final requirement: "When you have the moxie to actually put together the pieces and build the solution in a really effective way."

Here's the full interview with Kutcher, below:

SEE ALSO: 6 Things You Need To Have If You Want Ashton Kutcher To Invest In You

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The highly-anticipated return of "Breaking Bad" is in three more days.

We've been counting down to the premiere with a look back at the series this week. 

On the AMC series, Paul plays Jesse Pinkman, a meth cook with a heart of gold. Before he was peddling drugs on the small screen, where did he get his start?

He starred in a lot of commercials ranging from the ubiquitous Corn Pops ad most have seen to others for pizza and Coca-Cola. 

In honor of "throwback Thursday," take a look at the young Aaron Paul.

Paul partied it up in this retro Tombstone commercial from 2001.

He taught us why it's always good to be curious in a Vanilla Coke commercial.

The following Juicy Fruit commercial really reminds us of his "Breaking Bad" character.

Paul cozied up to Mr. T in a 1-800-COLLECT commercial. 

Paul just wanted his Corn Pops in this Kellogg's commercial from '99.

Bonus: Here's Bryan Cranston in a Coffee Mate commercial from the late '80s.

SEE ALSO: The 15 best quotes from "Breaking Bad"

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Russell Simmons turned the music industry upside down with Def Jam Records.

Brian Robbins' Awesomeness TV lights up the mobile phones of those elusive tastemakers, tweens.

Put the two together and you get All Def Digital, the first pure-play music platform for the YouTube age. Just what we like for IGNITION.

We’re thrilled that Russell Simmons will be sitting down for a free-wheeling conversation with Business Insider's Henry Blodget at IGNITION: Future of Digital. Join them and take a deep dive into the explosive future of digital business at Business Insider's flagship conference, atop New York’s Time Warner Center November 11-13.

Join us to hear from:

• Rich Riley, CEO, Shazam
• Ken Lerer, Managing Director, Lerer Ventures
• Nick Denton, Founder and Editor, Gawker Media
• Michael Lazerow, Chief Marketing Officer, Salesforce Marketing Cloud
• Shane Smith, CEO & Co-Founder, VICE Media 
• Arianna Huffington, President & Editor-in-Chief, Huffington Post
• Ricky Van Veen, Co-Founder, CollegeHumor
• Chris De Wolfe, CEO, SGN
• Fred Wilson, Managing Partner, Union Square Ventures

For a taste of what you can expect in November, check out the latest IGNITION 2013 line-up, or the full agendas from our previous events. And reserve your spot now because extra early-bird rates expire next week (8/16).

P.S. If you're interested in sponsorship opportunities at IGNITION, contact events@businessinsider.com.

Follow @BI_Events on Twitter for IGNITION updates.

SEE ALSO: Get Smart At Startup University

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Earlier this week, Sylvester Stallone slammed his "Expendables" co-star, Bruce Willis, tweeting he was "greedy and lazy."

Stallone continued to bash Willis by tweeting he had been replaced in "The Expendables 3":

WILLIS OUT... HARRISON FORD IN !!!! GREAT NEWS !!!!! Been waiting years for this!!!!

— Sylvester Stallone (@TheSlyStallone) August 6, 2013

While Stallone's rep confirmed the tweets were indeed about Willis, no one knew what had happened to turn their seemingly friendly relationship so sour, so fast.

Until now.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Willis was offered $3 million for four days of consecutive filming on location in Bulgaria for "The Expendables 3."

"He said he'd drop out unless he got $4 million," a source close to production revealed to THR. "A million dollars a day. Stallone and everybody else involved said no."

Pretty ridiculous.

Stallone then quickly reached out to Harrison Ford, whom he knew would be excited to join the "Expendables" cast.

The insider adds, "I think [Willis] was pretty surprised he was replaced in 72 hours by Harrison Ford — a better actor, a much nicer person and a more interesting direction for the film."

While Willis hasn't responded to Sly's tweets or being replaced, he could have used the payday, as his recent film "Red 2"grossed a disappointing $80 million worldwide after costing $84 million to produce.

The first two installments of "Expendables," which Willis was a part of, grossed more than a whopping half a billion dollars combined worldwide.

Production for "The Expendables 3" is set to begin later this month with Jackie Chan,Wesley Snipes, Nicolas Cage and Milla Jovovich joining the star-studded cast.

"New TEAM a Blessing! Best Group of the year," Stallone tweeted in July. "EXPENDABLES Looking Fresh and Strong."

SEE ALSO: Sylvester Stallone Slams Bruce Willis As 'Greedy And Lazy' After 'Expendables' Exit

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Moffett Research founder and analyst Craig Moffett said in a report on declining pay TV subscriptions that cord-cutters — consumers who don't want to subscribe to pay TV services because they can get all the programming they need on tablets and desktops — are doing "statistically significant" damage to the television industry:

"Cord cutting used to be an urban myth," Moffett said. "It isn’t anymore. No, the numbers aren’t huge, but they are statistically significant."

We asked One Touch Intelligence— which also examines cable industry trends — if their analysts were seeing the same thing. They are. (See the chart; click to enlarge.)

In Q2 2013, there was a net decline of 319,518 paid video cable and satellite subscriptions, according to One Touch. Q2 is always a lousy quarter for the TV business. Subscriptions tend to follow housing trends, and so the numbers have a seasonal cycle, and Q2 is always in the "down" part of the cycle.

But this Q2 was worse than the one before. All cable TV operators lost subscribers — including Cablevision, Charter, Comcast, and Time Warner. Only AT&T and Verizon gained users, adding 373,000 subs, the numbers show.

The chart shows that the lows of TV's subscriber losses are lower than the highs of its gains — the overall trend is down, in other words.

Note that AT&T and Verizon are primarily broadband internet suppliers, not TV companies.

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