"The Wolf Of Wall Street" character Nicky "Rugrat" Koskoff was known as a toupee-wearing, drug and hooker-using party animal who took part in illegal business activities.

But Andrew Greene — the real head of corporate finance at Stratton Oakmont on which the "Rugrat" character is based — is arguing in a new $25 million lawsuit that his on-screen portrayal is now damaging his professional reputation as an investment banker.

Greene, played by actor  P.J. Byrne in the film, is suing director Martin Scorsese's production company and Paramount for $25 million over his on-screen portrayal, claiming the movie is defamatory by showing him as a criminal, drug user, as well as mocking his premature hair loss, according to documents obtained by TMZ.

Greene argues that the filmmakers never got his permission to use his name, likeness or identity. While the character is nicknamed "Rugrat" in the blockbuster, Greene was called "Wigman" by his real-life coworkers.

“In multiple scenes in the movie, ‘Rugrat’s’ use of a toupee is accentuated and mocked in an egregiously offensive manner,” the complaint reads. “The motion picture introduces ‘Rugrat’ by referencing his ‘piece of shit hairpiece.’ In another scene, investigators ask whether his hair is real. Characters are also seen attempting to grab the toupee in a scene.”

In the film, some of the character-in-question's antics include him shaving the head of an employee, who, in exchange, is rewarded with $10,000 for breast implants as well as having sex with an employee in the office.

The suit continues, “Mr. Greene will be permanently linked to the crimes and loathsome behavior portrayed by his likeness in the motion picture, despite never having been interviewed, questioned, charged, imprisoned, or even arrested for the illicit and despicable behavior shown in the motion picture."

"Not only does he want $25 mil in damages from Paramount and Scorsese's production company," adds TMZ, "he also wants them to hand over all copies of the film ... and yank it out of theaters. Good luck with that."

Greene is not the first Stratton Oakmont employee to claim that he was falsely portrayed in the film that has gone on to gross over $308 million worldwide and is nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.

Danny Porush, the "Donnie Azoff" character who was played by Jonah Hill in the film, slammed his depiction as a figment of Jordan Belfort's imagination. He denied taking illegal drugs and engaging in threesomes with Belfort at work — but does admit to eating a live goldfish that belonged to a Stratton employee.

"The character in the movie is not me," he said after the film's release. "I had nothing to do with the film and I don't live in the past. It's not me, and anyone that knows me will know that I never did any of those things."

He adds, "It comes from the imagination of Hollywood writers and is based on several characters, not just me."

SEE ALSO: NYC Entrepreneur Slams 'Wolf Of Wall Street' Scene In Which He Introduced Jordan Belfort To His Future Wife

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Since Flappy Bird was removed from both the iOS and Android app stores, numerous clones have appeared trying to reclaim the top spot in the app charts.

The latest one is Flying Cyrus. Players guide a flying Miley Cyrus through a series of wrecking balls. Players will want to tear their hair out while guiding Miley through the maze because the game is just as difficult as the original Flappy Bird. 

The Guardian writes that the developers don't have a licensing deal in place to use Miley's likeness, but the game is available to download for iOS, at least for now. Watch the game in action below.

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Kevin Spacey dropped by "The Daily Show" Tuesday to talk "House of Cards" with Jon Stewart.

While the popular Netflix show debuted its second season last week, Spacey says that most networks initially passed on the show — but he's glad they did.

"It has been a fantastic partnership, Netflix has been great to work with, and I've had the time of my life," Spacey told Stewart, adding that he's always been a believer in streaming media services.

"I've been talking about this happening for about eight years, that one of the companies — it was either going to be Netflix or Hulu or Google or somebody who made zillions of dollars as a portal for entertainment — was going to want to get into the original content business."

Spacey explains that "it made sense to me when we went out with 'House of Cards' — and by the way, we went out to all of the networks — and Netflix was the only one that said 'We believe in you, we believe in Fincher, we like the original British series, and we don't need you to do a pilot, go ahead and do however many you want to do.'"

26 episodes later, Spacey has mastered his role as House majority whip, Frank Underwood, in part thanks to the time he spent researching on Capitol Hill.

Stewart, a fan of the Netflix show, asked Spacey: "When you're that close to the power center of the country, do you feel the darkness?"

"It feels like you're watching performance art a lot of the time," Spacey admitted. "I don't believe them [politicians]. I don't believe what they say. I don't think they are being absolutely sincere. I think it's performance art. And most of them are bad actors ... I think the delusion is often very deep."

Watch the full interview below:

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The actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died suddenly this month of a suspected drug overdose, left the bulk of his estate to his long-term companion, Marianne O'Donnell, according to a will filed in a New York court on Wednesday. Hoffman, 46, who won a best actor Oscar for his role in the 2005 biopic Capote, was considered to be one of the finest stage and screen actors of his generation.

O'Donnell, known as Mimi, is the mother of the couple's three young children, Cooper, Tallulah and Willa. She was also named executor of the estate.

The exact value of Hoffman's estate is not known. Papers filed with the will value Hoffman's estate simply at "$500,000-plus".

The will was signed in 2004, when only the eldest of Hoffman's three children had been born, with a trust fund set up for Cooper, now nearly 11. It requested that the boy be raised in New York, Chicago or San Francisco. If that was not possible, Hoffman requested that his son visit the US cities at least twice a year.

"The purpose of this request is so that my son will be exposed to the culture, arts and architecture that such cities offer," the will reads.

The accompanying papers also note the boy's two younger sisters, who are seven and five. The lawyer who filed the papers did not respond to phone and email messages for comment on Wednesday evening.

The filing seeks to fast-track early steps in the legal process, saying that is necessary so that the estate can pay funeral and other bills and get police permission to go into the apartment where Hoffman was found, a few blocks from the apartment where O'Donnell and the children live.

Medical examiners are awaiting further tests before ruling on what caused Hoffman's death. The will filings say simply that he "died suddenly". He was found in his Greenwich Village apartment with a syringe in his arm and dozens of packets of heroin nearby. Hoffman said in interviews last year that he had sought treatment for a heroin problem after 23 years of sobriety.

Hoffman appeared in quirky independent films and blockbusters such as The Hunger Games series, and received best supporting actor Oscar nominations for The Master, Doubt, and Charlie Wilson's War.

On stage, he was nominated for a Tony award for his role as Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Pulitzer prize-winning play Death of a Salesman.

This article originally appeared on guardian.co.uk

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If you don’t know Margot Robbie’s name yet, you will soon. 

Robbie played Jordan Belfort’s (Leonardo DiCaprio) blonde bombshell wife, Naomi Lapaglia, in “The Wolf of Wall Street.” 

Since then, Robbie’s role as the Duchess of Bay Ridge has gotten her a lot of attention in Hollywood.

Earlier this month, Warner Bros.’ announced Robbie will star in Warner Bros.’ adaptation of “Tarzan” opposite “True Blood” star Alexander Skarsgard.  

Between now and 2016 it’s one of five big projects for the 23-year-old actress.

Here's what else she's currently working on:

• “Suite française” (2014): an adaptation of Irene Nemirovsky’s 2004 World War II romance novel starring Michelle Williams.
• Focus" (2014) : A romantic dramedy featuring Will Smith.
• "Violent Talent" (2014): a crime movie starring Ray Liotta from director Matthew Michael Carnahan (he wrote the "World War Z" screenplay).
• "Z for Zachariah" (2015): sci-fi film starring Chris Pine and Chiwetel Ejiofor ("12 Years A Slave"). Robbie replaced Amanda Seyfried as the lead. 

Robbie strikes us as the next Scarlett Johansson meets Amanda Seyfried. She even stole the "Z for Zachariah" role away from the latter actress.

Before "Wall Street," Robbie started out as a soap opera star in Australia where she earned two Logie Award nominations — the equivalent of our Emmys — for her role on "Neighbours."

Here's Robbie at the Logie Awards in 2009:

In 2010, she left Australia to pursue a career in Hollywood. You may recognize her for a role she landed on ABC's short-lived series "Pan Am" or a part in last year's "About Time," featuring Rachel McAdams.

Here's Robbie in 2011's "Pan Am" (right):

Hollywood's not the only one courting Robbie now.

After nude scenes in "The Wolf in the Wolf of Wall Street," Hugh Hefner asked her to pose for Playboy. Don't expect  to see her in the magazine, though.

Robbie told New Zealand radio station The Edge she turned down the offer saying "her family [was] through enough." The actress revealed to Jimmy Kimmel she had already lied to her family about filming nude scenes in "Wall Street."

Now, Robbie is starting work on "Z for Zachariah," dying her blonde locks brown for the role. 

Here's a photo of the star on set that she shared on WhoSay:

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We all know that one annoying person who overuses hashtags on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

A few months ago, Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake released a hilarious video shaming those overzealous hashtaggers. 

Well, Fallon did it again. But this time with Jonah Hill, and the results are just as absurd. 

Check it out: 

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The HBO hit show Game of Thrones, based on the epic fantasy novels by George R.R. Martin, captivates audiences with its tales of lust, war and political intrigue.

Most of the show is set in the mystical realm of Westeros, an island continent resembling medieval Britain, while Daenerys goes it on her own in Essos, a continent east of Westeros that has a very distinct Turkish/North African flair.

Because the show is set in another, more magical world, it requires some seriously fantastical filming locations. With season four of the series upon us, let’s take a look at a few of the real-world places that the show’s producers deemed impressive enough to sub for Westeros, Essos and that scary place Beyond the Wall.

Malta as King’s Landing in Season 1.

In the show’s first season, the historic Mediterranean island of Malta was the real-world setting for King’s Landing, the capital of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.

The historic settlement of Mdina saw its city gate sub for the gate to King’s Landing and the island’s Fort Ricasoli fronts as the exterior of the show’s Red Keep, the castle home of the king of the Seven Kingdoms. Incredibly historic, Malta has an almost surreal history itself as an island base for the Crusade-era Knights Hospitaller who fought to defend the island from Barbary pirates, the Ottoman Empire and even Napoleon himself.

Gozo, Malta, was the site of the Dothraki Wedding in Season 1.

Gozo, Malta’s smaller sister island, was the setting for the Dothraki Wedding in the show’s first season between protagonist Daenerys Targaryen and the Dothraki king Khal Drogo. The island’s Azure Window, a natural rock arch on the sea, was the spectacular backdrop to the scene.

Part of the reason why Game of Thrones moved production from Malta in its second season was due to controversy over damage to the Azure Window and its ecosystem caused by the show’s contractors. But that aside, rest assured that the Azure Window is still very much a treat for visitors.

Dubrovnik, Croatia, as King’s Landing in Seasons 2-4.

Starting in season two, the Croatian walled city of Dubrovnik became the real-world home to King’s Landing.

One reason behind the set change was the producers’ wish to show more exterior shots of a seaside walled city, and in that regards Dubrovnik was a great move. Once the capital of Ragusa, a historic maritime republic, the old city of Dubrovnik and its walls can be clearly identified in the show, as can several of its historic attractions. 

Fort Lovrijenac is the new substitute for the Red Keep, and the bay just outside its walls was the scene for the naval Battle of Blackwater, in which King Stannis Baratheon attempted to invade King’s Landing and dethrone King Joffrey.

Another must-see GoT filming location is the Trsteno Arboretum, which is the seaside garden in King’s Landing where characters like Tyrion and Varys go to work through their intricate plots of deception.

Kanye West, Elton John, Phoenix, and Lionel Richie are among the headliners for the 2014 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.

Set to take place in Manchester, Tennessee on June 12 through June 15, more than 125 music acts will hit the stage.

Ticket prices range from $234 for general admission to $1,500 for VIP. 

Other popular performers include Vampire Weekend, Frank Ocean, Lauryn Hill, Skrillex, Kaskade, The Flaming Lips, Jannelle Monáe, and Pusha T. Check out the full line up below:

SEE ALSO: Outkast, Muse, Arcade Fire Headline Coachella 2014 Lineup

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Business Insider is looking for a goals-oriented Audience Development Manager to join BI Studios, our in-house content marketing and production team.

BI Studios works with marketers to develop robust, engaging sponsor content in a variety of formats (text, videos, slideshows, and infographics) as part of their ad campaigns. The person in this role will be responsible for growing traffic and video views to that content, as well as fostering and strengthening audience engagement.

As Audience Development Manager, you will be optimizing organic and social media distribution, facilitating traffic partnerships, building partner relationships, and increasing revenue opportunities overall. You will work closely with marketing, business development, and ad operations to spearhead, coordinate, and drive sponsor content distribution and exposure.

Do you love diving into performance metrics and understanding them inside and out — and then improving upon them? Then this may be the job for you. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with a traffic, digital marketing, and/or brand-building background who thinks strategically and proactively about how to drive traffic and engagement. He or she should demonstrate expertise in Google Analytics, social media platforms, and other analytics tools, and have a strong understanding of current industry best practices and benchmarks. Experience at a major publisher or digital agency is preferred.

If this sounds like the perfect gig for you, please send your resume and three ways you will grow traffic for BI Studios to studiojobs@businessinsider.com. Thanks in advance for your interest.

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2014 has already proved to be an interesting year for 27-year-old actor Shia LaBeouf, who, after a plagiarism scandal, apologized via skywriting, attended a movie premiere with a bag over his head, and set up a performance art pop-up shop titled "I am Sorry."

LaBeouf's fellow actor James Franco has written an op-ed for the New York Times in which he weighs in on LaBeouf's erratic behavior because, well, "as an actor and artist I’m inclined to take an empathetic view of his conduct."

Dr. Franco assesses that "This behavior could be a sign of many things, from a nervous breakdown to mere youthful recklessness."

He continues, "Our rebellion against the hand that feeds us can instigate a frenzy of commentary that sets in motion a feedback loop: acting out, followed by negative publicity, followed by acting out in response to that publicity, followed by more publicity, and so on."

"Believe me, this game of peek-a-boo can be very addictive," notes Franco, who is also an artist and scholar.

Franco goes on to compare LaBeouf, and other young actors who push the boundaries (like himself), to Marlon Brando:

Actors have been lashing out against their profession and its grip on their public images since at least Marlon Brando. Brando’s performances revolutionized American acting precisely because he didn’t seem to be “performing,” in the sense that he wasn’t putting something on as much as he was being.

Off-screen he defied the studio system’s control over his image, allowing his weight to fluctuate, choosing roles that were considered beneath him and turning down the Oscar for best actor in 1973. These were acts of rebellion against an industry that practically forces an actor to identify with his persona while at the same time repeatedly wresting it from him.

To read Franco's full Op-Ed in The NY Times, click here >

SEE ALSO: Shia LaBeouf Wore A Paper Bag On His Head To Movie Premiere

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We've known for a while that Fox has had plans to reboot the "Fantastic Four" franchise.

It's a smart move considering Warner Bros. and especially Disney are dominating with superhero films at the box office. For the past year, there have been rumors about which actors will star in the remake of the 2005 film.

Now Variety reports that Miles Teller ("The Spectacular Now"), Kate Mara ("House of Cards"), and Jamie Bell will join the reboot. 

Mara is officially locked to play Sue Storm / The Invisible Woman while Teller has been offered to play Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic. According to Variety, Bell is expected to play Ben Grimm/The Thing. 

The three will join Michael B. Jordan who has been rumored to play Johnny Storm/The Human Torch since last year.

Josh Trank ("Chronicle") will direct the reboot while Simon Kinberg ("Sherlock Holmes") is working on the script.

There's no word on the villains expected for the film  yet, but for now, meet your new Fantastic Four!

Kate Mara will play Sue Storm / The Invisible Woman. 

Michael B. Jordan will be Johnny Storm/The Human Torch.
It’s worth noting that Sue and Johnny are siblings, so it will be interesting to see how the screenplay addresses that.

Miles Teller has an offer to play Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic.
Teller recently starred alongside Jordan in "That Awkward Moment."

Jamie Bell is expected to play Ben Grimm/The Thing.

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In ten years, Lego has recovered from the brink of bankruptcy to a blockbuster movie and strong sales. Lego Designer Mark Stafford recently took to Reddit to offer some insight on what went wrong in the first place and how the Danish toy company turned it around.

The troubles, he said, involved bad management and expensive and unpopular new products. Stafford explains:

The LEGO company at that stage had no idea how much it cost to manufacture the majority of their bricks, they had no idea how much certain sets made. The most shocking finding was about sets that included the LEGO micro-motor and fiber-optic kits — in both cases it cost LEGO more to source these parts then the whole set was being sold for — everyone of these sets was a massive loss leader and no one actually knew. This was combined with a decision to 'retire' a large number of the LEGO Designers who had created the sets from the late 70's through the 80's and into the 90's and replace them with 30 'innovators' who were the top graduates from the best design colleges around Europe. Unfortunately, though great designers they knew little specifically about toy design and less about LEGO building. The number of parts climbed rapidly from 6000 to over 12,000 causing a nightmare of logistics and storage and a huge amount of infrastructure expansion for no gain in sales. Products like Znap, Primo, Scala and worst; Galidor all came out of this period.

Let's take a closer look at those products that almost led to disaster.

Lego Technic Fiber Optic Multi Set (1996)

The "fiber optics" in this this Technic kit are actually clear plastic tubes that connect to a battery-operated LED-light pack. These specialized parts cost more to produce than the entire set was being sold for.

Znap (1998-99)

The Znap line was an obvious reaction to K'Nex, an American construction toy company that was founded in 1993. Like those of K'Nex, Znap pieces were more elaborate than traditional Lego bricks, and could allow for more architectural creations, like bridges. Ultimately, Znap proved to be an inferior competitor and failed to catch on. To make matters worse, Lego even used those highly unprofitable Technic motors in some of the sets.

Primo (1995-99)

Lego's Duplo line is intended for children 1-5 years old and has been around since 1975 (barring a couple brief absences). The Primo offshoot was intended for babies too young to even play with regular Duplo bricks. And unlike Duplo pieces, they were not compatible with regular Lego pieces. Primo was succeeded by Lego Baby, which was phased out in 2005. The niche market was simply not profitable for the company.

Scala (1979-80, 1997-2001)For some reason, Lego decided to revive an obscure line from '79 targeted at young girls. The one thing that kept the Scala doll line remotely attached to the Lego brand was the use of some bricks in the play sets, and from '97-'98, the brick studs were in flower-shapes incompatible with other Lego sets.

Galidor (2002)

Stafford considers the Galidor line to be Lego's most heinous offense. Based on a kid's show of the same name, the line was basically an action figure series with awkward features like interchangeable arms for characters. Each set in the line featured specialized pieces, which were expensive to produce and in practically no way resembled a Lego product.

Jorgen Vig Knudstorp, a former McKinsey consultant, came in as CEO in 2004 and rescued the company. He tossed series that were wasting money, cut the number of Lego pieces by more than half, and began hiring talented designers who were also passionate fans of the brand (like Stafford), rather than just smart people with impressive degrees.

The company continued to grow the success of the massively popular Bionicle line, as well as licensed series spearheaded by "Star Wars" sets.

Now, designers like Stafford produce successful kits like those in "Legends of Chima," which combine original storytelling with the classic Lego "feel."

For more information on every Lego series — both the good and bad — check out Brickipedia.

SEE ALSO: How Lego Came Back From The Brink Of Bankruptcy

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Businesswoman, model, designer, and reality TV star Kimora Lee Simmons has secretly wed her Goldman Sachs banker boyfriend, Tim Leissner, after a whirlwind romance.

It was Kimora's ex-husband, Russell Simmons, who spilled the beans of the nuptials while trying to debunk rumors that his ex was dating rapper Birdman.

All of us love @OfficialKimora but the fact is she is happily married. . Tim is has been family for a while now. #gossipcop....

— Russell Simmons (@UncleRUSH) February 19, 2014

Oh. And.. Tim is not Russian. Lol.

— Russell Simmons (@UncleRUSH) February 19, 2014

Many media outlets assumed the German-Brazilian Leissner was Russian after the couple, who have reportedly been dating for less than a year, were spotted aboard a $325,000/week yacht in St.Bart's over the holidays.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Leissner is extremely accomplished in his own right.

Leissner rose quickly in Goldman’s investment banking ranks after joining the firm in 1998. In 2002, he focused on Malaysia, a rapidly growing market where he saw little competition from other banks, a person familiar with the matter said. Tall and blonde, Leissner’s appearance stood out in Malaysia but, his manner meshed well with the Malaysian mindset and he developed a strong stable of clients, a person familiar with Leissner said.

Leissner had become Goldman’s main contact in Malaysia, associating with the country’s top leaders. He developed a close rapport with Malaysian billionaire Ananda Krishnan in 2007 while advising him on his purchase of telecommunications company Maxis Communications Bhd, a person close to the deal said.

Kimora has yet to confirm the news herself and it is still unknown exactly when the couple tied the knot.

Russell and Kimora Simmons, who were married from 1998-2009, have two daughters together and remain on very friendly terms, often traveling together as one big happy family.

SEE ALSO: 14 Famous Movie Couples And Their Real-Life Inspirations

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Make-up artist Robin Matthews is nominated for an Oscar for her work in “Dallas Buyers’ Club’ and her nomination is well-deserved.  

Matthews had an unheard-of $250 budget to work with for the film which sees the deterioration of AIDS patients Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey) and Rayon (Jared Leto) as their conditions worsen.

Vanity Fair reports Matthews would sometimes transform the two men from healthy to sick — and vice versa — up to five times a day during the film's 23-day shoot. 

“When you see them in the film, and they look like they’re 25 pounds heavier and healthier because of the medication, that’s just makeup,” Matthews told Vanity Fair.

The make-up artist referred to the film as the “most under-budgeted movie” she’s ever been a part of. The only prosthetic piece Matthews used was a dental plumper to make McConaughey's face appear fuller.

Previously, she has worked on films including “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” and and "Into the Wild" which had budgets of $68 million and $15 million respectively.

The entire budget for the Focus Features' film is estimated at $5.5 million, according to IMDB. 

Without any more money for prosthetics, Matthews told The Hollywood Reporter one of the most difficult parts was convincing audiences of the actor’s illnesses as they progressed.  

“Mathews explained how the process required hand-painting the rash on Leto's face, topping it off with three layers of grey and marble concentrate, and using a 'stretch and stipple' method to age him. To give the rash a dry, flaky look, Mathews applied another layer made with pieces of grit and cornmeal.”

Apparently, Matthews  had to borrow the cornmeal and grits from her mom because there wasn't enough money in the budget to purchase either. 

SEE ALSO: "Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa" receives an Oscar nod for best makeup

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Lena Dunham stayed quiet last month after Jezebel offered $10,000 to the person who could present her un-retouched Vogue images and then published them. Until now.

During an hour-long interview with Grantland’s Bill Simmons, Dunham finally fired back at her once-favorite feminist blog.

“I think Jezebel is really smart and funny, I think it’s just like once you’ve been attacked that way it’s hard to enjoy,” the "Girls" creator explained. “It’s hard to enjoy once you feel like they’ve made such a monumental error in their approach to feminism.”

“It felt gross,” Dunham adds. “I didn’t talk to the woman who did it directly, but I can’t imagine the reaction made her feel particularly great."

As for what she thought of the before-and-after photos, Dunham rightfully explains that there was little difference.

“I was kind of scared to see the un-retouched images of me, I was like, maybe I’m delusional and I don’t look how I think I look," the 27-year-old admitted. "And it was like – they smoothed a line here, and shaved a line on my neck. It was the most minimal retouching."

Dunham adds, "I felt completely respected by Vogue. I felt like, 'thank you for removing the one line from my face because I’m 27 years old and shouldn’t have that there.'

But Dunham still thinks Jezebel deciding to post the untouched pics was "messed up" because "instead of going like ‘hey we kind f----- up, these pictures aren’t that retouched, Lena, enjoy the Vogue spread that you’ve been excited about since you were eight years old.’ They were like, ‘she’s not retouched, but she could’ve been.' It was this weird almost political maneuvering that I just had a lot of trouble respecting.”

 Watch Dunham explain the Photshop debacle below:

SEE ALSO: Lena Dunham's Arm Is Missing In Vogue Photoshop Fail

MORE: Vogue's Epic Response To The Lena Dunham Photoshop Controversy

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The new George Clooney film "The Monuments Men" movie pales in comparison to the real art historians, architects, curators, and museum directors who saved Europe's finest art during World War II.

These men and women were civilians who were launched into a deadly war and tasked with saving an entire culture.

It was well-known that Adolf Hitler was hoarding Europe's plundered art for his planned Führer Museum in Linz, Austria. In addition to stealing Europe's paintings and sculptures, he also intended to destroy "degenerate" works of art that he despised from both Jewish and modern artists.

So Francis Henry Taylor, the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, lobbied Washington D.C. to protect Europe's museums and art. President Franklin D. Roosevelt agreed, and established the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program in 1943. The goal: to recover and return works of art that had been stolen and hidden by the Nazis.

Despite extraordinary odds, this team of art experts were highly successful. Because of their efforts, more than five million works of art were saved or discovered in Nazi hiding places, many of which are still immensely famous today.

Here are 11 of the most amazing paintings, sculptures, and architecture that were rescued or recovered during history's greatest treasure hunt.

Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa"

In 1939, prescient Louvre officials bundled the "Mona Lisa" into an ambulance and evacuated it from the Louvre along with 400,000 other works of art. The famous painting was on the go through much of the war, expertly hidden in various homes throughout the French countryside. It avoided capture with the help of the Monuments Men by changing locations more than six times, and was finally returned to the Louvre in 1945.

Jan van Eyck's "Ghent Altarpiece"

One of the most frequently stolen art works in the world, the "Ghent Altarpiece" is ginormous, weighing over a ton. It was coveted by Hitler since it symbolized the ideal of Aryan supremacy, having been painted by a Germanic artist.

It was taken by the Germans in 1942 from its hiding place at Chateau de Pau, in the south of France, and found in the Altaussee salt mine by the Monuments Men after the war.

Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper"

In one of the most amazing stories from WWII, da Vinci’s "Last Supper" was threatened by the Allies bombing Milan in August 1943. The mural is on the refectory wall of the convent at Santa Maria delle Grazie, and was saved by the Monuments Men by jury-rigging a scaffold of steel bars and sandbags around the wall. After the raid, it was the only wall in the refectory still standing.

Michelangelo's "Madonna of Bruges"

The Monuments Men arrived just days after the Nazi's had stolen this two-ton marble Madonna and Child sculpture from the Bruges Notre Dame Cathedrale in Belgium.

Michelangelo’s statue was later recovered in the ancient Steinberg salt mine in Altaussee— one of the many underground hiding places used by Hitler and the Nazis to stash art — by the Monuments Men.

Leonardo da Vinci's "Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani (Lady with an Ermine)"

Another one of Da Vinci's most famous paintings, "Lady with an Ermine" was almost immediately seized by the Nazis after the German occupation of Poland in 1939. In 1940, Hans Frank, the Governor General of Poland, requested it be returned to Kraków and hung it in his suite of offices. At the end of WWII, it was discovered by the Monuments Men in Frank's country home in Bavaria, and was returned to Poland's Czartoryski Museum in Kraków.

Édouard Manet's "In The Conservatory"

This huge oil painting was looted from the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin during the Nazi plunder.

American soldiers and the Monuments Men later discovered Manet's "In the Conservatory" hidden in Germany's Merkers salt mines along with large amounts of Nazi gold, and many other stolen works of art in 1945.

The Bust of Charlemagne

This bust was donated to the Aachen Cathedral, a Germany church, in 1349 by Charles IV. It is one of the most highly prized Charlemagne relics, and is thought to contain a piece of his skull. Monuments Men George Stout and sculptor Walker Hancock went behind enemy lines while under fire to reach the Aachen treasury hidden in a tunnel. It still can be seen in the church today.

Johannes Vermeer's "The Astronomer"

In 1940, this painting was seized from Edouard de Rothschild in Paris by the Nazi's Reichsleiter Rosenberg Task force (essentially the German equivalent of the Monuments Men) after the German invasion of France. A small swastika was stamped on the back in black ink, and the painting was sent to Hitler on one of his personal trains and hidden in the ancient Steinberg salt mine in Altausse.

When it was discovered after the war, it was returned to the Rothchild collection.

Original manuscript of Ludvig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 6

In the same tunnel that hid the relics of Charlemagne, 600 paintings, and 100 sculptures was the original manuscript of Ludvig van Beethoven's sixth symphony. The tunnel in Siegen, Germany was still behind enemy lines when the Monuments Men went in to try and save the remaining art.

Rembrandt's "Self-portrait, 1645"

This Rembrandt self portrait once hung in the museum of Harry Ettlinger's — the last surviving Monuments Men— old home town of Karlsruhe, in the south-west of Germany. In fact, Ettlinger still remembers when he found the painting in the salt mines of Heilbronn after the war.

Today, the World War II veteran now has a print of the painting hanging in his living room. "It reminds me of what we achieved and the sacrifices that people like my buddies made," he told the Mirror. The real painting has been returned to the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe is the State Art Gallery in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Florence's Medieval Architecture

After the liberation of Florence, all of the city's bridges were mined and destroyed by the retreating German forces, including the medieval Ponte alla Carraia and Ponte alle Grazie, as well as the Renaissance era Ponte Santa Trinita.

The only medieval vestiges of the city that survived were the famous Ponte Vecchio bridge (rumored to have been saved by the express wishes of Hitler) as well as the nearby Torre degli Amidei. The medieval tower was shored up, and rubble was cleared away from the Ponte Vecchio. Both stand to this day.

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Earlier this week, Irrational Games co-founder and creative director Ken Levine announced in a blog post that the game developer will be shutting down. 

This was a big blow to the gaming world. The 17-year-old company was the force behind the extremely popular “Bioshock” franchise. “Bioshock Infinite,” the third game in the series, scored rave reviews across the board last year and was nominated for numerous "Game of the Year" awards. 

While Levine will be starting a smaller "entrepreneurial endeavor" with "BioShock" publisher 2K Games, it looks like this may not be the final installment fans of Elizabeth and Booker will see of the game. 

A representative for 2K Games sent the following over to Game Informer: 

“BioShock is one of our most beloved and critically acclaimed franchises, and we are indebted to Ken and the talented team at Irrational Games for their contributions to the series with BioShock and BioShock Infinite; the latter being one of the most decorated games of 2013. …The BioShock universe remains a rich creative canvas for many untold stories, and we look forward to exploring the next BioShock experience.” 

While that’s great, only 15 of Irrational Games’ 100+ employees will be heading to 2K meaning it would be a lot of new faces working on any forthcoming release.   

The final downloadable content for “Bioshock Infinite,” “Burial at Sea 2,” will be released March 25. 

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The names Oprah Winfrey, Walt Disney, and Steven Spielberg aren't usually associated with failure.

But before these super successful stars made it big in Hollywood, they first failed, were fired, or heard the word "no" countless times.

But they never gave up.

See what 13 game changers had to overcome before becoming famous.

Beyoncé lost on "Star Search" in 1993.

Before people bowed down to Queen Bey, Beyoncé and her Houston, Texas-based hip hop group Girl's Tyme weren't considered winners on popular talent show "Star Search."

The group, who would later become known as Destiny's Child, appeared on a 1993 episode of "Star Search" — but lost to the Skeleton Crew.

Now 20 years later and one half of the most powerful couple in the music industry, Beyoncé included the "Star Search" footage in her new "Flawless" music video off her record-breaking visual album.

Walt Disney was told a mouse would never work.

Before Walt Disney built the empire he has today, he was fired by a newspaper editor because "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas."

In 1921, Disney formed his first animation company in Kansas City, where he made a deal with a distribution company in New York, in which he would ship them his cartoons and get paid six months down the road. He was forced to dissolve his company and at one point could not pay his rent. He reportedly survived by eating dog food.

Also, When Walt first tried to get MGM studios to distribute Mickey Mouse in 1927, he was told that the idea would never work because a giant mouse on the screen would terrify women.

Entrepreneur Walt had a whole slew of bad ideas before coming up with good ones, read about them here.

J.K. Rowling was on welfare.

Before J.K. Rowling had any "Harry Potter" success, the writer was a divorced singled mother on welfare struggling to get by while also attending school and writing a novel.

Luckily, that novel turned into the "Harry Potter" franchise, which has since made Rowling a billionaire as of April 2012.

First Lady Michelle Obama made an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, where she poked fun at her exercise and health initiatives with Fallon and Will Ferrell.

Obama revived the popular "Ew!" sketch with the two comedians, who don't seem to enjoy working out or eating healthy.

The best part is seeing Obama show off her "mom" dance moves that she popularized with another Late Night sketch last year.

Watch the clip below:

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If you're thinking about canceling your cable subscription, you might want to think again.

Companies like Time Warner Cable are willing to negotiate the price of your monthly bill. All you have to do is ask...

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