Kim Kardashian hit the gym on Saturday "Getting right for the new year" with pal Blac Chyna and the two decided to selfie the aftermath.

The posts went viral, getting about half a million "likes" each.

But not everyone was a fan of the new mom's revealing selfie. Many critics quickly noticed that something was off in the second booty selfie.

Photoshop expert Peeje T told Radar Online the image was clearly "manipulated."

He explained that the curved doorframe in the picture is a dead giveaway. “You can definitely see a gap at the same level as Kim’s chest. This would be caused by using a tool to expand her breasts.”

"There also seems to be a more subtle distortion on the floor,” Peeje added to Radar, “You might notice how it follows the same contortion as Kim’s waist and hips.”

He added that in a second picture, it appears Kim has digitally pulled in her waistline.

After heavily debating the issue, The Cut included this GIF that helps prove Kim manipulated the image. Watch the mirror in the the back:

A spokesperson for Kardashian insists, however, "This story is false. She did not retouch the selfie."

SEE ALSO: The 19 Worst Celebrity Photoshop Fails

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The spring semester has started, and college students across the country are returning to campus refreshed and rejuvenated.

Not everyone spent Winter Break sleeping in though.

Corinne Foxx, Jamie Foxx's daughter, rang in the New Year with Beyoncé.

"Hunger Games" actress Jacqueline Emerson jetted off to Germany to visit her dad, the country's new U.S. Ambassador.

And now it's back to hitting the books, all while juggling life in the public eye. 

See which celebrities' sons and daughters — plus a few stars in their own right — are attending college this semester.

Alexander Ludwig

College: University of Southern California

Year: Junior

Canadian actor Alexander Ludwig played the ruthless District 2 tribute Cato in the first "Hunger Games" movie. (He's the one who fights Peeta and Katniss on top of the cornucopia in the final fight scene.)

A Phi Kappa Psi brother and theater major, Ludwig belongs to one of USC's most exclusive fraternities, which has a reputation for throwing the year’s wildest parties.

Billie Lourd

College: New York University

Year: Senior

Carrie Fisher's little princess is following in mom's career path. According to her LinkedIn profile, Lourd has interned with HBO Documentary Films and Another Planet Entertainment. She told her mom that if Fisher's semi-autobiographical novel, "The Best Awful," gets optioned as a movie, she wants to play herself.

She also volunteered with the Obama for American campaign.

Chiara de Blasio

College: Santa Clara University

Year: Junior

During her father Bill de Blasio's mayoral campaign, the 19-year-old starred in an advertisement and made a dramatic, surprise return from college to cast a vote for him.

The floral-headband-wearing hipster recently made headlines of her own with a powerfully candid video about her struggles with depression, and history of drug and alcohol abuse.

Transgender actress Laverne Cox — who stars on the hit Netflix series "Orange is the New Black" — recently gave a heartfelt response to Katie Couric about why some transgender people don't like getting questions about their genitalia.

Cox appeared on Couric's show along with transgender model Carmen Carrera, who bristled when Couric said to her, "Your private parts are different now, aren't they?"

Carrera responded by saying, "I don't want to talk about it because it's really personal."

When Couric asked Cox how she felt about people's preoccupation with transgender people's body parts, the "Orange is the New Black" actress agreed that she didn't like those questions. That preoccupation "objectifies" trans people and takes the focus away from the employment discrimination and violence they experience.

Cox pointed out that a young woman named Islan Nettles was beaten to death in Harlem recently for being trans. Transgender workers are unemployed at roughly twice the rate as the general population, she also pointed out.

"When we focus on transition," Cox said, "we don't actually get to talk about those things."

Watch Cox's entire response below:

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One of the biggest drawbacks to buying the $400 PlayStation 4 was that the console wasn't backwards compatible.

Problem solved.

You'll finally be able to play old PlayStation games on the PS4 starting this summer.

Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Sony revealed PlayStation Now, a cloud-based service that will allow gamers to stream PS3 games to the PS4 console.

We've known this would happen at some point this year. 

As we've previously reported, PlayStation Now (PS Now) will use the Gaikai streaming service to stream games onto the PS4 console.

Sony acquired Gaikai for $380 million in 2012.

From the official announcement: 

"PS Now will deliver a variety of popular PlayStation®3 (PS3™) game titles^*1 first on PlayStation®4 (PS4™) and PS3 systems, followed by the PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita) system."

Before you get overly excited, here's what you need to know about the PS Now service.

Will I be able to play all of the games I own for the PlayStation, PS2, AND PS3 on the PlayStation 4? 

Nope.

Though the titles may be available to stream on the PS4, if you already own any of the games, Sony won't have a way to recognize your previous purchases.

From Forbes: 

“According to Sony, gamers who own disc or digital-based games will not have access to those games via PS Now free of charge.”

That's probably not going to sit well with gamers. Why would anyone want to repurchase titles they've spent hundreds of dollars on already? This probably won't be as much of an issue with PS3 titles since most can be upgraded to PS4 games for an additional fee.

The bigger concern we see is that you would probably need to restart all of your old games since there's no outlet to insert any sort of PlayStation/PS2 memory card in the PS4.

What games will I be able to play?

For those wary of the asterisk from the announcement above, there is no current list of titles that will be available. 

We've reached out to see if we can find out any info on titles and will share when available. We imagine "Beyond: Two Souls," "God of War: Ascension," "The Last of Us," and "Puppeteer" will be available since CES attendees are able to try them out with on the PS Now at the event.

What else does this PS Now service do?

PS Now will also allow people to play PlayStation games on smartphones, tablets, and smart TVs. 

Obviously, Sony is aware mobile games are a threat to the game console. 

For Sony, adapting and evolving the technology at hand is a great opportunity to deliver great-looking games people want to play on the go.

Will I have to pay for the PS Now service?

Yes.

President of Sony Computer Entertainment, Andrew House announced at CES there will be multiple payment models ranging from rental to subscription for the PS Now.

Sounds similar to a Netflix model.

When can I start streaming old games on the PS4?

PS Now will launch in the US this summer. There's no specific release date yet.

A beta program begins at the end of the month for the product.

You can read the full announcement here.

SEE ALSO: PlayStation 4 sales top Xbox One worldwide, but that may not say much about demand

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"Wolf of Wall Street" director Martin Scorsese is being blasted by some for glamorizing the corrupt true story of former stockbroker, Jordan Belfort.

But instead of responding to his haters, Scorsese has written a positive, open "Letter to my Daughter" about the "bright future" of film and how movies can now be made for much cheaper than when the acclaimed director first started his career.

In the letter to his youngest daughter, Francesca — which was first published in Italian news magazine, L'Espresso — Scorsese explains:

So why is the future so bright? Because for the very first time in the history of the art form, movies really can be made for very little money. This was unheard of when I was growing up, and extremely low budget movies have always been the exception rather than the rule. Now, it’s the reverse. You can get beautiful images with affordable cameras. You can record sound. You can edit and mix and color-correct at home. This has all come to pass.

He stresses, however, that "the tools don't make the movie, you make the movie."

Read Scorsese's full letter about the future of film below:

Dearest Francesca,

I’m writing this letter to you about the future. I’m looking at it through the lens of my world. Through the lens of cinema, which has been at the center of that world.

For the last few years, I’ve realized that the idea of cinema that I grew up with, that’s there in the movies I’ve been showing you since you were a child, and that was thriving when I started making pictures, is coming to a close. I’m not referring to the films that have already been made. I’m referring to the ones that are to come.

I don’t mean to be despairing. I’m not writing these words in a spirit of defeat. On the contrary, I think the future is bright.

We always knew that the movies were a business, and that the art of cinema was made possible because it aligned with business conditions. None of us who started in the 60s and 70s had any illusions on that front. We knew that we would have to work hard to protect what we loved. We also knew that we might have to go through some rough periods. And I suppose we realized, on some level, that we might face a time when every inconvenient or unpredictable element in the moviemaking process would be minimized, maybe even eliminated. The most unpredictable element of all? Cinema. And the people who make it.

I don’t want to repeat what has been said and written by so many others before me, about all the changes in the business, and I’m heartened by the exceptions to the overall trend in moviemaking – Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater, David Fincher, Alexander Payne, the Coen Brothers, James Gray and Paul Thomas Anderson are all managing to get pictures made, and Paul not only got The Master made in 70mm, he even got it shown that way in a few cities. Anyone who cares about cinema should be thankful.

And I’m also moved by the artists who are continuing to get their pictures made all over the world, in France, in South Korea, in England, in Japan, in Africa. It’s getting harder all the time, but they’re getting the films done.

But I don’t think I’m being pessimistic when I say that the art of cinema and the movie business are now at a crossroads. Audio-visual entertainment and what we know as cinema – moving pictures conceived by individuals – appear to be headed in different directions. In the future, you’ll probably see less and less of what we recognize as cinema on multiplex screens and more and more of it in smaller theaters, online, and, I suppose, in spaces and circumstances that I can’t predict.

So why is the future so bright? Because for the very first time in the history of the art form, movies really can be made for very little money. This was unheard of when I was growing up, and extremely low budget movies have always been the exception rather than the rule. Now, it’s the reverse. You can get beautiful images with affordable cameras. You can record sound. You can edit and mix and color-correct at home. This has all come to pass.

But with all the attention paid to the machinery of making movies and to the advances in technology that have led to this revolution in moviemaking, there is one important thing to remember: the tools don’t make the movie, you make the movie. It’s freeing to pick up a camera and start shooting and then put it together with Final Cut Pro. Making a movie – the one you need to make - is something else. There are no shortcuts.

If John Cassavetes, my friend and mentor, were alive today, he would certainly be using all the equipment that’s available. But he would be saying the same things he always said – you have to be absolutely dedicated to the work, you have to give everything of yourself, and you have to protect the spark of connection that drove you to make the picture in the first place. You have to protect it with your life. In the past, because making movies was so expensive, we had to protect against exhaustion and compromise. In the future, you’ll have to steel yourself against something else: the temptation to go with the flow, and allow the movie to drift and float away.

This isn’t just a matter of cinema. There are no shortcuts to anything. I’m not saying that everything has to be difficult. I’m saying that the voice that sparks you is your voice – that’s the inner light, as the Quakers put it.

That’s you. That’s the truth.

All my love,

Dad

SEE ALSO: Jonah Hill Says ‘Wolf Of Wall Street’ Behavior 'Leads To A Very Bad Ending'

MORE: Leonardo DiCaprio Says 'Wolf Of Wall Street' Characters Represent Everything Wrong With The World

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Meryl Streep shook up the room at the National Board of Review Gala in NYC last night while giving a speech honoring Emma Thompson for her portrayal of “Mary Poppins” creator P.L. Travers in Disney’s “Saving Mr. Banks.”

While Streep called Thompson "a beautiful artist” who is "practically a saint,” she went on to talk about how Disney “supported an anti-Semitic industry lobbying group” and called him a “gender bigot.” 

In the nine-minute speech, Streep continued that “Some of his associates reported that Walt Disney didn’t really like women,” quoting esteemed animator Ward Kimball on his old boss: “He didn’t trust women or cats.”

Streep continued to tear into Disney:

"Disney, who brought joy, arguably, to billions of people, was perhaps ... or had some racist proclivities. He formed and supported an anti-Semitic industry lobbying group. And he was certainly, on the evidence of his company's policies, a gender bigot."

Perhaps Streep forgot she just filmed "Into the Woods" for the studio?

To read Streep's controversial speech in its entirety, click ahead to Vulture >

SEE ALSO: A Former 'Snow White' Dishes About Life As A Disney Park Princess

MORE: The Most Successful Movie Studios Of 2013

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Promoting an erotic film festival is an extremely difficult task. After all, it's not like you can just paper the town with posters of all the great movies you'll be showing.

Instead, the Polish movie theater Kino Praha chose to make posters for some classic movies it won't be showing at its festival. Only these posters for "Star Wars" and "Lord of the Rings" are a bit more sexual than you remember them being.

Here's the Star Wars poster:

In total, the agency Lowe Warsaw made four of these posters to promote the festival, which takes place in Warsaw next week.

Here's its rather explicit take on Lord of the Rings:

Tarzan:

And of course, Psycho:

SEE ALSO: The New 'Old Spice' Ad Is Terrifying For Teenage Boys And Hilarious For The Rest Of Us

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Last night, while Meryl Streep took the stage at the National Board of Review Awards to honor Emma Thompson for her role in "Saving Mr. Banks," the actress blasted Walt Disney calling him a sexist, anti-semite.

During her speech, Streep referenced a 1938 rejection letter Arkansan Mary Ford received after applying for a position in the "inking and painting" department with Disney. 

The letter says women do not "do any of the creative work" for preparing cartoons at the company.

The rejection letter has been circulating the Internet for a while.  

You can view the original here.

If you haven't seen it, here's Disney's stance on hiring women in 1938 in full: 

"Dear Miss Ford:

Your letter of recent date has been received in the Inking and Painting Department for reply.

Women do not do any of the creative work in connection with preparing the cartoons for the screen, as that task is performed entirely by young men. For this reason, girls are not considered for the training school.

The only work open to women consists of tracing the characters on clear celluloid sheets with India ink, and then, filling in the tracing on the reverse side with paint according to directions.

In order to apply for a position as 'Inker' or 'Painter' it is necessary that one appear at the Studio, bringing samples of pen and ink and water color work. It would not be advisable to come to Hollywood with the above specifically in view, as there are really very few openings in comparison with the number of girls who apply.

Yours very truly,

Walt Disney Productions, LTD."

NOW: See what Meryl Streep had to say about Disney

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Been waiting for Outkast to reunite? You're in luck!

André 3000 and Big Boi will be taking the stage together for the time since their 2006 album on opening night of the Coachella Music Festival.

Other notable acts for the dual Coachella festivals, set for the weekends of April 11-13 and April 18-20 on a polo field in the desert city of Indio, include Queens of the Stone Age, DJ Skrillex, Lorde, Haim, Beck, Calvin Harris and Girl Talk.

A three-day pass starts at $375, with various configurations and VIP add-ons available.

Other headliners include Muse and Arcade Fire, read the full list of acts below:

As usual, fans are divided on this year's lineup and they're taking to Coachella's Facebook page to vent.

Here's what the haters have to say:

And those who are more excited:

SEE ALSO: Awesome Photos Of Musicians Performing At Coachella

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The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has three national languages and so do its movie theaters. I went to Luxembourg's original multiplex cinema on Christmas and saw a German film in English with French and German subtitles. The tiny country, smaller than the state of Rhode Island, has 15 movie theaters with half of them only 2o minutes away from each other. 

Only one movie playing at the cinema was not American. Here are advertisements for upcoming movies which were already in their second week at the box office in New York. 

The movie tickets were 8.80 euros or about $12 dollars, though I got in cheaper with a student discount.

The grab-and-go style concessions saved us time since we didn't have to wait for an attendant to gather our food and drink selections. The heat lamps kept the popcorn warm, but the scent of freshly popped popcorn wasn't noticeable.

In fact, the theater only sold sweet popcorn, which wasn't bad at all. The smallest size was priced at less than $3 dollars. 

I counted more than 25 different drink options including various energy drinks, juices, flavored water, and sodas. There was also an ICEE machine.

There were three candy displays in the concessions area, filled primarily with Haribo candy.

I ended up getting a half a pound of candy and paid about $8 dollars. 

The cinema was much cleaner than you would find in America. The seats were comfortable, with a lot of space between rows.

After three previews, the movie began. "The Physician" is a German film made in English, projected with German and French subtitles.

It was difficult to pay attention to the audio since the lower part of the screen kept flickering every time the titles changed. Sometimes there were three languages on the screen at one time.

Sometimes the subtitles were hard to read because of the background. 

At the end of the movie, everyone took their garbage and either recycled it or threw it away.  Nothing was left in the aisles.

SEE ALSO: 21 awesome McDonald's dishes you can't get in America

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Since the launch of the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One back in November, we've noted that you might not be getting the best bang for your buck if you buy one of the new consoles right now.

As Business Insider's Steve Kovach noted back in November, the games that are out for the new consoles just aren't that good yet and the consoles are still rather pricey. Those are both issues that will go away with time as developers become more familiar with developing for each console and Sony and Microsoft cut prices to boost sales.

But until then, it's a waste to buy a console that doesn't have an exclusive game with a Metacritic (which takes games reviews from around the web and puts them all on the same 1-100 scale) score above 84.

For gamers who simply must buy a new system, I argued last month that Nintendo's Wii U is a better deal than either the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One. It's cheaper, has better games,  a controller that works like a tablet, and no online subscriptions fees. 

Of course, many simply can't afford to buy a new console at all. If you're already a PlayStation 3 owner, you're in luck: there are a ton of games available on the system that offer *literally* hundreds of hours of entertainment for very little cost.

Rather than spending $400 on a PlayStation 4 (and that's not including sales tax!), you could buy the games below, have more fun than you would with anything on the PS4, and still have money to spare — or to spend on more games.

If you don't already own a PS3, you still might want to want to bookmark this page: Sony announced yesterday its backlog of PS3 games will be available for streaming (like Netflix or Spotify) on smartphones, tablets, Bravia TVs, and all of its consoles starting this summer via a new service called PlayStation Now. We don't know the pricing yet, but it can't hurt to know which games are worth playing ahead of time.

"Grand Theft Auto V" is the latest crime-epic from Rockstar Games and was named game of the year for 2013.

Metacritic score: 97— Price: ~$51

"Batman: Arkham City" is the definitive superhero game, putting players in the caped crusaders shoes for one of the best stories in gaming.

Metacritic score: 96 — Price: ~$17

"Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" is Naughty Dog's love letter to Indiana Jones.

Metacritic score: 96 — Price: ~$21

"The Last Of Us" shows the aftermath of a zombie outbreak. 

Metacritic score: 95 — Price: ~$43

"Portal 2" is a hilarious and mind-bending puzzle game that plays like a first-person shooter.

Metacritic score: 95 — Price: ~$22

"Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots" wraps up one of the most intricate plot lines in the history of gaming.

Metacritic score: 94 — Price: ~$17

"Bioshock Infinite" combines beautiful graphics with excellent writing to give one of the most immersive adventures on the market.

Metacritic score: 94— Price:~$29

"Mass Effect 2" took everything we liked about the original made it better, without the third title's letdown of an ending. 

Metacritic score: 94— Price: ~$10

"God of War 3" brought the series to the PlayStation 3. Years later, it's still one of the most beautiful (though brutal) games on the system.

Metacritic score: 92 — Price: ~$19

"Journey" offers an simple, emotional quest for those who don't need crazy graphics and hard gameplay to enjoy a game.

Metacritic score: 92— Price: ~$25

"The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" provides the most immersive fantasy adventure released during the last generation.

Metacritic score: 92 — Price: ~$20

"Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag" offered a solid reboot to a series that had begun to get stale.

Metacritic score: 88 — Price: ~$50

"Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons" is this year's best indie release on the PlayStation 3.

Metacritic score: 85— Price: ~$15

"Fallout: New Vegas" gives you nearly unlimited freedom in post-nuclear-holocaust Las Vegas. 

Metacritic score: 82— Price: ~$20

Total price: ~$359!

SEE ALSO: 15 video games from 2013 everyone should play

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We recently showed you how some of Los Angeles' most iconic film scenes looked during original production — and how they look now.

Thanks to the cool new iPhone app Scenepast that lets us check out before-and-after photos of famous film locations, we get to see some of New York City's hot film spots, too. 

Take a look at how the Big Apple has changed over the years:

"Broadway Danny Rose" 1984 — 1626 Broadway (at 49th Street)

"Do The Right Thing" 1989 — Lexington Ave & Stuyvesant Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221 

"Hannah and Her Sisters" 1985 — 43 Greene Street

"Hannah and Her Sisters" 1985 — 88 Grand Street  

"Midnight Cowboy" 1969 — 234 West 42nd Street

 "Miami Vice" 1984 (from Season 1, episode 1) — 242 West 16th Street

"Kojak" 1973 (from Season 1, episode 1) — 148 West 49th Street  

 "Kojak" 1973 (from Season 1, episode 1) — 24 Peck Slip

"Naked City" 1947 — 404 West 15th Street

"Saturday Night Fever" 1977 — 802 East 64th Street, Brooklyn

"Taxi Driver" 1975 — 1886 Broadway (between 62nd & 63rd Street)

SEE ALSO: Past And Present GIFs Of 10 Famous Los Angeles Filming Locations

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Starting this spring, the Avengers and Spider-Man will be touring the nation in a giant traveling theme-park like attraction called "The Marvel Experience."  

Marvel and entertainment company Hero Venturesreleased the first look at their huge traveling dome this morning and it looks pretty cool. 

The tour was first announced August of last year and will cost more than $30 million to put together. 

The entire show will cover two acres with a six-story dome meant to replicate the feel of Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D. command center. 

Fans will be able to participate in interactive games, virtual reality and holographic simulations, and view original 3D animated short films of Marvel superheroes. There will also be a 4D motion ride as the mini-park's centerpiece. 

The attraction is expected to stay for a few weeks in each city it visits. 

Tour dates and locations have not been announced yet but the show is expected to launch sometime this spring in the US and Canada.

SEE ALSO: The most anticipated movies of the year

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The People’s Choice Awards honor excellence in movies, TV, and film — decided by you, the entertainment-loving fans!

While Sandra Bullock led last night's awards show with three wins, "Iron Man 3" scored Favorite Movie and Favorite Action Movie honors.

Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, and Kaley Cuoco also took home awards, but let's see who won the red carpet, shall we?

WORST: Show hosts and "2 Broke Girls" co-stars Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs went conservative for the red carpet...

BEST: But they totally redeemed themselves with more fun frocks during the show.

WORST: Even "Glee" star Naya Rivera looked scared by her 3-color, 2-level outfit choice.

A chart from the Pew Research Center offers more proof that America's evening news programs are on the decline— a survey conducted over the summer shows that most Americans can't correctly identify Brian Williams, the anchor of NBC's Nightly News, the top rated evening news show for the past 17 years.

In 2013, only 27% of people surveyed could correctly identify Williams. But in 1985, 47% of people were able to correctly identify well-known anchor Dan Rather of CBS Evening News, the top rated evening news show of the time.

Here's the chart:

Viewership of evening news programs has been declining for decades, which might be why fewer people are able to recognize the nation's top anchors.

Nielsen data shows the dramatic drop in viewers since 1980:

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DJs only gained rock star status a few years ago, thanks largely to the rise of electronic dance music (EDM). 

But these days, DJs like Calvin Harris can rake in over $200,000 in a night, while other "Electronic Cash Kings" like Skrillex, Avicii, and David Guetta routinely make millions every year.

"Good DJs do one of three things," says Sujit Kundu, whose DJ management agency SKAM Artist celebrates 10 years in the business this year. "Sell bottles, sell tickets, or attract girls. But great DJs do all three at once."

As DJs move from the fringes of the music world — hauling crates of records to remix — to arena-filling original performers, we spoke with Jermaine Dupri, Caroline D’Amore and DJ Five, who are all represented by SKAM, to find out what it's like to be a part of the music industry's fastest-growing sector.

Hip-hop versus electronic

"The EDMers got respect for DJs, from an artist’s perspective," Dupri, a mega-hit producer who formed Kris Kross in the ‘90s and started managing Mariah Carey in October, tells Business Insider.

"But the crowd is doing basically the same thing with their fists up. There’s the buildup and then the drop in the mix. If you hear a Jay Z record in a hip-hop mix and you’re from New York, you act even more boisterous to represent where you’re from," Dupri adds. He said DJing in hip-hop has a lot to do with nostalgia and where you were when certain videos and songs came out. 

D'Amore likes the universal appeal of electronic music. After she elbowed her way into the DJ business (“Some guys would be like, ‘Yea, I'd sleep with her, but I wouldn't hire her to DJ,’” she says), she turned to DJ AM, who helped her get her first pieces of equipment, and started playing electronic gigs, which have long been popular in Europe and Asia. In Tokyo, she opened for Will.I.Am at the MTV Music Awards.

That night, she got to hang out with Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie. "She came into the DJ booth and she goes, 'Girl, you’ve got to turn around, blot your face and then turn back around when you’re ready to give them a good picture,'" D'Amore recalls.

Electronic dance music mines pop culture and music for material. D'Amore remembered a show where she played a remix of "Twist and Shout," then got on the mic and asked anyone who remembered "a little movie called Ferris Bueller" to get up and do the dance. 

The digital shift

Scratching vinyl on turntables was the critical skill when DJs enjoyed their first heyday in the '80s. 

"The digital shift didn’t make a difference to consumers," SKAM founder Kundu says. "But it made it easier to be a DJ. Back in the day, Funkmaster Flex might be the first one to get a new disc ahead of his competitors, so his mixes would be fresher for a time. Now people can rip all the music they want, it’s on the Internet, so the edits they do become more important than the songs they mix."

Mixing with CDs later became popular, but DJ Five, an "open format" DJ who "spins in all styles," says the change between tracks isn't as clean on CD. He works largely on his computer and sets aside time twice each week to download new songs for sets.

Dupri has a separate computer dedicated to DJ work. He downloads music before each performance to fit the "flavor" of the city he's in.

"If people see me in the club all week, they think ‘Oh this guy parties all the time,'" Dupri says, "but I’m really in there doing research."

If somebody requests a track mid-show, he says he can download it on the spot in two minutes or less. 

D'Amore uses her computer to store her music library and manipulates the mix with a Pioneer CDJ digital turntable and a Pioneer DJM-900nexus mixer. 

Booking and the business

Some musicians make money off their records, but not DJs. Cutting a record just gets a DJ's name out to club owners and festival organizers. It builds a buzz and brings audiences out to shows. 

The real money for DJs is in performances, and for them, Las Vegas is Mecca. 

Many DJs negotiate weekly or bi-weekly performance schedules in Vegas, which covers all their expenses and gives them a regular income. Then they travel the world making more lucrative appearances. D'Amore flew to Atlantic City in December for less than 12 hours between some standing performances on the West Coast.  

"Vegas is cool because it’s such a destination," says D’Amore, who’s had six-month residencies at the Hard Rock Hotel at Rehab and Body English. "The audience is less pretentious than in the LA clubs. People from all over the world come, and when they go home, they build your fan base where they’re from." 

Playing Vegas also tends to bring a measure of celebrity exposure. DJ Five, who currently has Vegas residencies at Tao and Hyde, played a show attended by Kanye West and Kim Kardashian for her birthday in October.

At the higher levels, having professional representation is essential. When DJs really hit the big-time, splitting time between Vegas residencies, music festivals and world tours, they want someone else taking their booking calls. 

"Someone might offer you $2,000 when they should really be offering you $10,000," Kundu says. "I know the difference. I’m the equalizer, and I can help get songs on the radio, TV, VEVO, MTV, iTunes to help you get that bigger offer for a show."

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"Modern Family" star Sofia Vergara appeared on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" last night, but things took a turn for the worst when the two decided to read mean comments about the other.

The pair traded barbs such as, “Sofia Vergara has a man jaw. LOL. It’s just something that annoys me,” and “I hate Jimmy Kimmel. He has squinty eyes and a gape mouth that never really closes.”

Hear the real insults pulled from Internet comments below:

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The media world was fascinated by the New York Times' first native ad yesterday, but the native campaign from the animated show "Archer" was livelier than a dry article from Dell. The show's network FX put nudes of its characters in Reddit's raunchy r/GoneWild page.

The attention to detail in the posts is pretty impressive, with great post headlines and user names.

"Archer" has an active fanbase on Reddit, so it's not surprising that the posts have been getting love across the site. They serve as reminders of the fifth season's premiere on Jan. 13.

Here they are:

The campaign fits into a trend of networks connecting to their fans organically. Fox's "The Mindy Project" set up Tinder accounts for its main characters, and HBO's "Girls" recently launched a Snapchat profile.

All three of these examples are like guilt-free native ads, serving mainly as ways to increase existing fans' enthusiasm for the shows, and to also reel in potential viewers intrigued by a refreshingly different promotion.

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In light of news that Khloe Kardashian has filed for divorce from NBA player Lamar Odom amid allegations of drug abuse, it should come as no huge surprise that their mansion in Tarzana, Calif. is now for sale, according to celebrity real estate blog The Real Estalker.

The 8,000-square-foot Mediterranean-style home has seven bedrooms, nine baths, and a fairly large pool area. It's located at the end of a cul-de-sac in the Mulholland Park area of Tarzana, a quiet San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles. 

The custom-built house may seem familiar to fans of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" and "Khloe & Lamar" — the family filmed scenes for both reality shows here. 

It's listed for $5.5 million with Ewing & Associates Sotheby's International Realty. 

Enter an ultra-private gated driveway that leads to a front door shaded behind palm trees.

Inside, a staircase with wrought-iron railings leads from the foyer to the second floor.

The master suite has a fireplace, sitting area, terrace, and three walk-in closets.

"Homeland" actor Rupert Friend will replace Paul Walker in "Hitman" reboot "Agent 47."

The late Walker passed away in a car accident last November.

For those who aren't familiar, "Hitman" is a popular game franchise from Square Enix that follows the adventures of a cloned assassin named Agent 47.

A 2007 film starring Timothy Olyphant as the lead was panned by critics and audiences alike.

The Fox reboot could have set up another possible franchise on top of "Fast and Furious."

"Agent 47" will be directed by first time director Aleksander Bach and is currently in development.

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