With the success of "The Hunger Games," studios are constantly in search of the next big young adult novel to adapt for the big screen.

The next book series Hollywood will bet on is James Dashner's sci-fi dystopian "The Maze Runner." 20th Century Fox released the first trailer for the film today. 

The film stars Dylan O'Brien ("The Internship," "Teen Wolf"), Will Poulter ("We're the Millers"), Thomas Brodie-Sangster ("Game of Thrones," "Phineas and Ferb").

Here's the plot via 20th Century Fox:

"When Thomas ( Dylan O'Brien) wakes up trapped in a massive maze with a group of other boys, he has no memory of the outside world other than strange dreams about a mysterious organization known as W.C.K.D. Only by piecing together fragments of his past with clues he discovers in the maze can Thomas hope to uncover his true purpose and a way to escape."

"The Maze Runner" hits theaters September 19.

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After M.I.A. flipped the bird during the Super Bowl halftime show back in 2012, the NFL sued the singer for what was then a measly $1.5 million.

But after M.I.A. took the suit public, slamming the NFL as "powerful corporation d***-shaking," they're now trying to sue for an additional $15.1 million in "restitution." 

"The figure is based on what advertisers would have paid for ads during this time," notes The Hollywood Reporter of M.I.A.'s two-minute segment during Madonna's performance that was viewed in 167 million TV households.

M.I.A. has already filed response papers, stating "The claim for restitution lacks any basis in law, fact, or logic."

The singer-rapper tells the arbitrator that the "continued pursuit of this proceeding is transparently an exercise by the NFL intended solely to bully and make an example of Respondents for daring to challenge NFL."

Yesterday, M.I.A. tweeted pictures of a document from the NFL, showing exactly what they wanted from her. "This is what they want me to sign, that I've been fighting for two years on top of $16 million," she wrote. 

As Rolling Stone explains, "Using a tiered system based on her income, included in an image, the NFL allegedly requested percentages of her salary depending on how much she made. Were she to make between $500,000 and $2.5 million in a year, it would collect 50 percent of her gross earnings. Should she top out over $5 million, it would take everything."

M.I.A. is arguing that other musicians have also pushed the limits during past Super Bowl halftime shows, such as Michael Jackson "grabbing his crotch" in 1993 or Prince's suggestive performance in 2007.

She also claims that the NFL and NBC should hold themselves responsible for the failure of their five-second delay, which could have censored her. "Any alleged fault or liability of [M.I.A.] should be diminished by NBC's dereliction," the document reads. "Discovery has not been taken yet to determine whether contractually NBC owed a duty to NFL to properly operate the delay system."

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He will be back.

Yes, a fifth "Terminator" film is coming to theaters next summer with Arnold Schwarzenegger reprising his role as the titular character. 

Called "Terminator: Genesis," the next film will star Jai Courtney ("A Good Day to Die Hard") as Kyle Reese and Emilia Clarke ("Game of Thrones").

Ahead of the actor's new release "Sabotage" out later this month, Schwarzenegger spoke with Collider about his return to the "Terminator" franchise.

It sounds like the series may be heading back to its roots. 

"The way it reads, it has the same feel of Terminator 2," says Schwarzenegger. "It’s big.  There’s hardcore action and it has some really great visual effects in there, but not over the top."

"Terminator 2: Judgment Day" featured Schwarzenegger as a good guy trying to protect the son of Sarah Connor and was well received critically and at the box office. The 1991 film made more than $500 million worldwide. 

"Genesis" has been in production for awhile and while there aren't a lot of details out plotwise, you can probably bet it won't have many ties to 2009's "Terminator Salvation." (That film, starring Christian Bale was supposed to start up a new trilogy.)

Skydance Productions and distributor Paramount will be financing the film.

"Terminator: Genesis" begins filming at the end of April in New Orleans and is set for a July 1, release.

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We finally know when the next "Star Wars" movie will take place — 30 years after "The Return of the Jedi." 

CEO Bob Iger made the "Star Wars" news update during the company's annual shareholder meeting this afternoon.

While Iger said it's too early to reveal any details about the film, he did confirm that R2-D2 will be in the film.

Carrie Fisher previously spilled that she would reprise her role of Princess Leia in the sequel.

Iger also confirmed the film will begin shooting in May, news that was first reported back in February.

"Star Wars: Episode 7" is set for a December 2015 release.

Iger also announced that Pixar is working on "The Incredibles 2" and "Cars 3."

You can listen to the shareholder meeting live HERE.

SEE ALSO: Lupita Nyong'o has met with JJ Abrams for a role in "Star Wars: Episode 7"

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Following the shocking death of Mick Jagger's girlfriend of over 12 years, fashion designer L'Wren Scott, The Rolling Stones just announced they have postponed the rest of their Australia and New Zealand concert tour.

The band released the following statement: “The Rolling Stones are deeply sorry and disappointed to announce the postponement of the rest of their 14 ON FIRE tour of Australia and New Zealand following the death of L’Wren Scott.”

It continued, “Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood wish to thank all of their fans for their support at this difficult time and hope that they will fully understand the reason for this announcement.”

The seven rescheduled shows will be announced at a later date.

In the meantime, Jagger took to his Facebook today to post a tribute to his longtime "lover and best friend." It has nearly 41,000 "likes" and 12,000 "shares" of support.

SEE ALSO: L'Wren Scott's Fashion Company Was $6 Million In Debt Before Her Death

MORE: Fashion Designer L'Wren Scott Dead: Mick Jagger's Girlfriend Commits Suicide

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Hungarian singer Boggie is showing the world the dramatic before-and-after that musicians usually go through in their highly Photoshopped music videos.

Throughout the three-minute video for her song "Parfum," watch Boggie's transformation as she is retouched and "corrected." 

But how did Boggie go from this...

To this — in just three short minutes?

The video shows that Photoshop can clear acne...

Slim a neck...

Change skin tone...Create perfectly symmetrical features...Whiten teeth...

Alter eye color...

Even apply makeup. Note the new eyeliner...

And bright lipstick...

Want to try a new hair color? Easy...

Or change the background lighting...All said and done, here's how different Photoshop can make a person look in a brief period of time:

Watch the complete video and see the Photoshopping in action below:

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If you tuned in to watch “The Walking Dead” Sunday night, you probably weren’t expecting what you saw on screen.

For those who haven’t watched the latest episode yet, you’ll want to stop reading.

The controversial episode showed the killing of one young child, Mika (Kyla Kennedy), by another child, Lizzie (Brighton Sharbino). As a result, Carol (Melissa McBride) ended up killing Lizzie in order to protect herself, another group member Tyrese, and baby Judith.

Reactions to the episode were mixed. 

It left a lot of viewers speechless and in awe of both Melissa McBride's and the girls’ performances. 

While fans seemed to enjoy it, noting how the end seemed to parallel John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men,” critics didn’t seem as excited about the episode with many wondering whether it wasnecessary.

While the episode certainly gained a lot of views (it was viewed by 12.9 million) and conversation — something series creator Robert Kirkman predicted— this was a scene that has been coming for a long time on the AMC drama. 

Unlike most, I wasn’t surprised when I tuned in Sunday. I had seen this play out previously quite some time ago in the comics just in a different, more brutal fashion. 

Instead of Lizzie and Mika, the two are envisioned as younger twin boys, Ben and Billy, early on in the comic series. At this point and time, the crew isn’t separated as they are on the current season of “The Walking Dead.” There’s a large group with many characters including some who are long gone on the show (Andrea / Dale).

In issue 60, we first see that Ben, like Lizzie, had a knack for dissecting animals.

In the following issue, Ben kills his brother and (again similar to Lizzie) believes he’ll be OK once he returns as a zombie.

After much debate on what to do with Ben between the group, it’s Carl — who’s a younger kid at this point — who ends up offing Ben while everyone else is sleeping.

In the comics, this entire scene came out of left field. There were no signs Ben may kill his brother. The show did a much better job of set up and execution by giving Lizzie's character (some) background. (The series added that Lizzie really believed the zombies weren’t completely dangerous but that they were just misunderstood.) 

As well, when audiences are introduced to the idea of taking Lizzie's life, it's a tad more gentle in Sunday night's episode. Carol delivers a pretty sound argument to convince the audience why this killing would be justified. In the comics, Carl is pretty blunt on why he murders another.

Some critics suggested Lizzie didn’t need to be killed and that maybe she should be locked up. That route was tried in the comics. Moreso, there was actually a giant argument about the ethics of taking a child’s life if they were a danger to the entire group. 

So why change it up?

On “The Talking Dead,” the after show to “The Walking Dead,” it’s previously been said the series often gives comic creator Robert Kirkman a second chance to reimagine specific scenes in different scenarios.

We've seen this before and the scene we saw played out Sunday night is one example of that.

Did the two young girls need to be killed off in "The Walking Dead"? Maybe not, but fans will know it did fall in line with the comics and that it wasn't a random act for ratings.

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CNN contributor Sally Kohn had quite the personal comeback after actress Mia Farrow sent a tweet making fun of the cable channel's round-the-clock coverage of the missing Malaysian plane. 

Farrow tweeted a photo of a CNN host standing on a 3D display showing a mock radar and a jet along with the comment, "Has TV 'news' gone completely crazy."

Kohn responded by taking a jab at Farrow's son, Ronan Farrow, who began hosting an MSNBC show in February. 

"Does hiring your son support or refute that assertion?" Kohn wrote.

As of this writing, Farrow hasn't responded to Kohn's comment. View the full exchange in its original form below. 

Does hiring your son support or refute that assertion? RT @MiaFarrow: Has TV 'news' gone completely crazy pic.twitter.com/SijcqaiJvl

— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) March 18, 2014

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Sony is giving gamers another reason to pick the PS4 over the Xbox One.

The company just announced a virtual reality headset for the next-gen console at this year's annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

Called Project Morpheus, the black and white headpiece looks way slicker than the Oculus Rift virtual headset we've tried out in the past.

Here's a look at the prototype:

Sony's new VR device is called Project Morpheus. It is to be demo'd tomorrow. Can't wait for more details. pic.twitter.com/SCBOzVajAM

— Boogie2988 (@Boogie2988) March 19, 2014

"Project Morpheus": a Virtual Reality device for PS4. We're seeing it now: looks sleek and futuristic, black and white with blue highlights

— PlayStation (@PlayStation) March 19, 2014

Check out a photo of "Project Morpheus." Pretty cool, huh? pic.twitter.com/znCemKqpN4

— PlayStation (@PlayStation) March 19, 2014

That's a wrap! Here's another photo of Project Morpheus, PlayStation's new VR prototype pic.twitter.com/qMJKWnUlmM

— PlayStation (@PlayStation) March 19, 2014

IGN reports the prototype will be available to developers to start creating games soon.

The headset will interact with Sony's camera and Move technologies.

Microsoft may really want to get to work on their virtual reality IllumiRoom now.

SEE ALSO: This is where PlayStation makes the music for all of your favorite video games

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Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures released a new international trailer for "Godzilla" that teases a lot of new footage for the reboot.

Bryan Cranston stars in the film, along with Ken Watanabe and Elizabeth Olsen. We won't spoil much because the trailer speaks for itself, but it sounds like the government is trying to cover up the monster's existence as a natural disaster. Naturally, Cranston's character, Joe Brody, isn't too happy about that.

Overall, the movie looks pretty awesome so we're hoping it doesn't disappoint.

"Godzilla" is in theaters May 16.

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If you headed to theaters this weekend to see "Need for Speed," the film included some crazy stunts.

Audiences saw a Ford Mustang jump three lanes of traffic in Detroit and get airlifted by a U.S. Army helicopter.

One thing you may not have realized was that the DreamWorks' film was made entirely without any computer-generated imagery, commonly known as "CGI."

Director Scott Waugh — a former stuntman — wanted to make the action look as real as possible.

“My philosophy has always been that you can’t break physics because if you do it hurts the story because then the characters don’t apply to physics either,” said Waugh. 

In Hollywood, while most films employ CGI, you may be surprised by the movies that opt out of using digital enhancements.  

The weightlessness in "Apollo 13" was thanks to a military plane that recreated zero gravity.

When it came to achieving weightlessness on screen, Tom Hanks and the rest of the crew in 1995's "Apollo 13" had less help from Hollywood and more from NASA.

The cast and crew used NASA's "Vomit Comet," a Boeing 707 "that climbs to 30,000 ft. and then arcs into a steep dive, creating a 23-second period of weightlessness." Director Ron Howard liked it so much he put the set of the film right into the plane itself.

"If we’d had to do it with wires — if we really would’ve had to try to create the weightlessness with wires, I shudder to think what the movie would have looked like," said Howard.

Tom Cruise actually climbed the Burj Khalifa for "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol."

Even more astounding than Dubai's Burj Khalifa's height (2,722 feet) is that Tom Cruise actually scaled the upper levels of the building in "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol."

"When you’re on top and you look out, people are going to think it’s CG [computer-generated], and it’s not," Gregg Smrz, the film's stunt coordinator, told the L.A. Times.

While a green screen would have been a lot easier and safer, Cruise insisted on climbing with special harnesses and rigging about 1,700 feet off the ground (that's 250 feet higher than the Empire State Building) in order to pull off the seemingly impossible scene.

The face-melting ending from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was done using melting wax sculptures.

"Raiders of the Lost Ark" won the 1981 Oscar for Best Visual Effects, but the iconic "face-melting" ending used nothing more than practical effects.

"The melting of Toht, the Nazi villain’s head in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark,' required an innovative approach," visual-effects artist Dennis Muren told Vanity Fair. "It was decided that the head would be sculpted in wax ... filmed at a speed slower than normal, high heat was applied and the head appears to melt rapidly revealing layers of skin, muscle, and bone when played back at normal speed."

In addition, the ghosts that float during the Lost Ark ceremony were silken puppets floating in a tank of water.

Sony Pictures released another new trailer for “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.”

The final trailer hints at the larger Spidey universe we’ll likely see played out on screen for the next several films as Sony focuses on bringing Spider-Man's many villains to the big screen.

The footage is a lot of the same that we’ve already seen, but we probably see more of Dane DeHaan’s Green Goblin villain — along with other members of the Sinister Six — than before.

Andrew Garfield returns as Spider-Man in theaters May 2.

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Since its July release, controversial SeaWorld documentary "Blackfish" — about the devastating consequences of keeping whales in captivity — has raked in $2 million at the box office.

The film, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and debuted on CNN in October, has now been seen by roughly 25 million viewers.

As a result of the documentary, 28% of Americans say they are less likely to visit SeaWorld, a handful of high-profile musicians canceled gigs at the theme park, and SeaWorld shares have taken a beating as California considers passing a new bill banning the captivity of whales and dolphins.

But despite its obvious impact, "Blackfish" director Gabriela Cowperthwaite "hasn't made a penny" off the movie.

The 43-year-old filmmaker, who currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and twin sons, tells the L.A. Times' Amy Kaufman that she made "Zero" from the movie, despite spending the majority of her time promoting the film since its release last year.

"Blackfish" was acquired at Sundance by CNN and Magnolia Films for roughly $1 million, but all of the money went to paying back investors. 

Cowperthwaite and her producing partner, Manny Oteyza, took initial funds from Judy Bart and Erica Kahn, who were looking for a way to break into the film business.

The investment was enough to fund the first few months of production, but with at least six more months needed to complete the film, the financiers said they had no more money to give. Desperate to complete it, Cowperthwaite and Oteyza deferred a year's worth of salary so that Bart and Kahn could contribute enough to finish the film.

While Cowperthwaite admits she isn't a "business-minded shark," she could eventually get paid if "Blackfish" ends up making enough money through DVD and on-demand sales.

In the meantime, Cowperthwaite is already ready for her next project.

"I've been doing this for over a year now, and have come this far as a steward, which seems to have worked," she told the LA Times. "So I feel a kind of responsibility to keep steering this in the right direction. But just how do you continue to do that when in your heart of hearts you know that you should be moving on to your next film?"

Veteran documentary filmmaker Louie Psihoyos, whose dolphin slaughter flick, "The Cove," won an Oscar in 2010, echoes her sentiments.

"Gabriela is now part of the vortex we all get swept up in," he says. "When you start to realize that you have the potential to really move the needle forward on big issues, it feeds you in ways that can be much more profound than just getting a paycheck."

SEE ALSO: Big Music Acts Cancel SeaWorld Performance After 'Blackfish' Doc Shows Mistreatment Of Whales

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We've been waiting for this for a long time. 

Hollywood is turning Lois Lowry’s 1993 best-selling novel “The Giver” into a movie. The Weinstein Company released the first trailer for the film today. As far as young adult adaptations go, we’re pretty excited. 

The film has a huge cast ranging from Meryl Streep and Jeff Bridges to Alexander Skarsgard (“True Blood”), Katie Holmes, and Taylor Swift. 

Brenton Thwaites, who will be in this summer’s live-action “Maleficent” adaptation, will star as the lead. 

While we’ve seen a lot of trailers for other young adult adaptations, like upcoming “Divergent,” and more recently, “The Maze Runner," Lowry’s “The Giver” is pretty well known, if not mandatory school reading growing up. 

Here’s the official synopsis from The Weinstein Company: 

“The haunting story of THE GIVER centers on Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community.” 

"The Giver" is in theaters August 15.

Check it out below:

The film teases a website, Destiny.org, but it doesn’t seem to be working right now. 

Here's another photo from the film:

Producer Nikki Silver tweeted out a photo from the set back in October.

Our Giver family @KatieHolmes212@taylorswift13@TheJeffBridges@OdeyaRush1@CameronMonaghan@thegivermoviepic.twitter.com/S9aQztUX7U

— Nikki Silver (@nssilver) October 25, 2013

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Pat Acton, a former career counselor in central Iowa, spent some 1,000 hours a year between 2007 and 2010 building a matchstick model of the mythic Minas Tirith city from "Lord of the Rings." The finished replica contains 420,000 matchsticks and 23,000 small support wooden blocks. It stands over six feet tall in the Matchstick Marvels museum Acton founded."Number one is I've been a JRR Tolkien fan since I was a kid," Acton told Business Insider. "The movies reignited my interest in 'Lord of the Rings' and I wanted to build something iconic from the story."

The model includes hundreds of city buildings, the Citadel, the Tree of Gondor, and the White Tower of Ecthelion, all of which should excite LOTR fans.Acton has built matchstick models for the past 23 years as a hobby, but after retirement he took on a three-year contract to construct models full time with Ripley's Believe It Or Not. He has about a year and a half left on that arrangement now."I used to buy all the matchsticks the grocery store had and cut the tips off myself," Acton said. "I was just interested in the pure wood. But it's time consuming to cut the tips. After about 10 years, my wife said, 'Why don't you contact the match makers and ask to buy them without the tips?'"People buy matches so rarely these days that when Acton gets them, they're made-to-order. He uses U.S. wood matches like Fire Chief, Blue Tip and Diamond, and goes through a half-million match splints every year. 

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"Noah" star Russell Crowe and the film's director, Darren Aronofsky, briefly met with Pope Francis I in Vatican City on Wednesday.

The pair had a brief exchange with the pope after watching the pontiff make his weekly address in St. Peter’s Square, but a papal endorsement is unlikely considering the pope does not watch films.

Despite not opening in theaters until next week, "Noah" has already caused much controversy and spurred debate in religious communities that believe the film takes too many liberties with the Biblical account of the flood. The "Noah" team hoped the pope's endorsement would ease tensions surrounding the film.

After lobbying for a private meeting with the pope, Crowe and Aronofsky were forced to settle for a brief encounter during the weekly Wednesday address that is open to the public and draws up to tens of thousands of people.

Aronofsky said after the meeting, "Pope Francis’ comments on stewardship and our responsibility to the natural world are inspirational and of the utmost importance. When the opportunity to hear him speak in person on the anniversary of his first year in office I couldn’t miss the chance to listen and learn."

Crowe, meanwhile, took to Twitter to give his followers a play-by-play of the day:

What a privilege , attended the Udienza with the holy father @Pontifex . St.Joesephs day & Fathers Day. pic.twitter.com/X7lCfQxfGv

— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) March 19, 2014

Back stage at the Vatican pic.twitter.com/8s0mMa6wMV

— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) March 19, 2014

Pre show with some of the girls pic.twitter.com/KZwuRFnN0j

— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) March 19, 2014

Pre show with some of the lads pic.twitter.com/NszmsMMIj4

— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) March 19, 2014

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ABC premiered an hour-long special, "Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe" Tuesday night, taking fans behind-the-scenes of its superhero movies while teasing some new ones.

If you didn't tune in, the highlight came from new images shown in the final few minutes.

Viewers saw a bunch of concept art for future Marvel movies ranging from "Guardians of the Galaxy," "Ant-Man," and "The Avengers: Age of Ultron."

Marvel since released many of the images online.

If you missed the special or are a big Marvel fan, you'll want to check these out.

We finally were able to get a glimpse at some concept art from "The Avengers: Age of Ultron."

We'll see a few new characters including the Scarlet Witch played by Elizabeth Olsen.

Read more on "The Avengers: Age of Ultron" here.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson will play her twin brother, Quicksilver.

Here's what Native American princess "Tiger Lily" looked like in Disney's "Peter Pan."

And here's Rooney Mara, the 28-year-old actress who was just cast as the "Tiger Lily" character in a new live-action adaptation titled "Pan" from director Joe Wright.

The two don't exactly look identical, and fans are not pleased.

A new petition protesting Warner Bros.' casting has already collected over 4,300 signatures, after launching on Tuesday.

The Care2 petition notes that the original character in the J. M. Barrie story is a Native American princess, stating: "The casting choice is particularly shameful for a children's movie. Telling children their role models must all be white is unacceptable."

But as Variety reports, "The studio took on exhaustive search in finding the right girl to play Lily, looking at other actresses such as Lupita Nyong'o and 'Blue is the Warmest Color' thespian Adele Exarchopoulos before going out to Mara for the role."

White actors Hugh Jackman and Garrett Hedlund are also set to star in "Pan," which the petition takes issue with as well, stating, "Not so multi-racial after all, Warner Bros. Tell Warner Bros. to stop casting white actors to play characters originally written as people of color!"

Twitter has also been abuzz over the casting controversy:

Rooney Mara is an incredibly gifted, insightful artist. But come on. You couldn't find a Native American actress to play Tiger Lily!?!?

— Jessica Jade Andres (@JessicaJAndres) March 12, 2014

Rooney Mara cast as Tiger Lily in new Peter Pan film because there are clearly no Native American actresses http://t.co/sA3UP3zwmd

— Sarah Rappaport (@SarahRapp) March 13, 2014

Rooney Mara, just say no to racism. do not participate in native misappropriation. do not participate in white washing. just don't. kthxsbi

— Iris bull (@ibull) March 14, 2014

"There’s...'loyalty to source material,' but early 1900s racism is not one of the things you need to keep." http://t.co/uU4TBP84gU

— Felix (@Felix3333) March 13, 2014

NOOOO. Rooney Mara. Don't. Please. Stop. You were so good in the girl with the dragon tattoo. Racism doesn't look good on you. :(:(:(

— Samuel Black (@hastiinlizhini) March 13, 2014

"famed beautiful moody white person Rooney Mara will be playing ...a Native American" http://t.co/YAU4GCmVSQ#postracial#racism

— IHeartPronown (@IHeartPronown) March 13, 2014

"Pan" is slated for release on July 17, 2015. 

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If you've seen the recent "Godzilla" trailers, you know that Las Vegas is among the many locations to get destroyed in the film.

We've seen Hollywood destroy America from the East to West coasts on screen; however, no one's really tried to organize where, when, and how often different areas of the U.S. has been ravaged over the years.

Deadspin took a crack at it, and while they admit their list isn't perfect, it's a pretty great break down.

The site reviewed A LOT of disaster flicks, from "King Kong" and "Deluge" in 1933 to last year's "Pacific Rim," categorizing disaster flicks into 10 sub-genres — Monster Attacks, Creature Attacks, Climactic Events (floods/tornadoes), Geologic Events (volcanoes/earthquakes), Infections, Mankind (terrorism/nukes), Alien Attacks, Space Rocks, Superhero Battles, and Sharknados (for fun).

They then plotted the 189 movie attacks across 10 maps to see where the most damage has occurred in the U.S. Unsurprisingly, most take place in Los Angeles and New York.

Deadspin gave us permission to run a few of the maps below. 

You can take a look at all of the maps and movies here.

Monster Attacks On Film Across America

New York and California win this category with versions of "King Kong," "Godzilla," "Jurassic Park: The Lost World," and "Pacific Rim." 

Creature Attacks On Film Across America

"The Birds" and "Birdemic" take over California while Maine is home to water lurkers in "Jaws," "Jaws 2," and "Lake Placid."

Climactic Events on film in America

The middle of the country is most ravaged by naturally-occurring events including "Twister" (Oklahoma). However, we can never forget "The Day After Tomorrow" crippled both LA and NY. 

Check out the rest of the maps at Deadspin.

SEE ALSO: The latest trailer for "Godzilla"

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During the Academy Awards last month, Ellen DeGeneres' star-studded selfie de-throned President Obama and the first lady's victory embrace as the most retweeted tweet of all time.

Ellen's picture has currently been "favorited" nearly 2 million time and retweeted nearly 3.5 million times. In comparison, Obama's "Four More Years" tweet has just 296,000 "favorites" and 780,000 retweets.

The POTUS appeared on DeGeneres' daytime talk show Wednesday and the host admitted, "I was aiming to break your record of retweets and I apologize for doing it but we broke your retweet record."

"I heard about that," said Obama via satellite from the White House. "I thought it was a pretty cheap stunt myself — getting a bunch of celebrities in the background and feeding them pizza."

Obama then talked about how he has to walk and feed the dogs while Michelle and his daughters are in China this week. He also discussed his policy that if his daughters ever got tattoos, so would he and Michelle. "We will reduce the cool factor of any tattoo," the prez promised.

After then discussing Obamacare, the president talked about the difference between how Washington is portrayed on-screen and in reality.

"I watch 'House of Cards,' I haven't seen 'Scandal' yet but Michelle has watched it. I have to tell you, life in Washington is a little more boring than displayed on the screen," admitted Obama. "Most of my day is sitting in a room listening to a bunch of folks in grey suits talking about a whole bunch of stuff that wouldn't make very good television."

Watch the second half of the interview below:

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