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Chris Pratt nailed a Jason Statham impression in this SNL sketch that was cut from the show

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On Tuesday, we got word from Hello Giggles that Saturday Night Live posted a sketch from Chris Pratt's episode that was originally cut from the show.

We can see why, it's a little messy, even if it was just cut for time. But that doesn't mean it's not worth watching! Pratt nails a Jason Statham impression in the sketch, where fake Jason is selling a product called "Jason Statham's Jason Steakums."

It's silly, and a little misguided. But it works because Pratt nails the impression.

Pratt GifIf you're a Chris Pratt fan, you should definitely check it out.

Here's the full sketch:

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The hits keep coming for Donald Trump's beauty pageants

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People keep pulling out of Donald Trump's "Miss Universe" and "Miss USA" pageants after the presidential candidate made controversial remarks about Mexicans.

CNN's Brian Stelter reported Tuesday that the two co-hosts of "Miss USA" — Cheryl Burke and Thomas Roberts — would not participate.

"This means the July 12 pageant has no hosts now," Stelter wrote.

Additionally, the Mexican media company Televisa, which selects Mexico's representative to the "Miss Universe" contest, announced Monday it would not participate, according to Reuters.

Televisa reportedly said it was severing ties with the pageant because of Trump's comments about Mexican migrants to the US.

"For Televisa, any commercial relationship with the Miss Universe pageant and with the companies of the Trump organization is unacceptable," the company said.

"A spokesman said the release meant that a Mexican contestant would not be sent to the pageant," Reuters added. 

The announcement follows two other television stations cutting their business relationships with Trump due to his statements about Mexico. NBC, which also hosted Trump's "Apprentice" show, announced Monday that his "recent derogatory statements" fueled its decision to drop him. Univision made a similar announcement last week.

Trump made the controversial remarks when he kicked off his presidential campaign earlier in the month. While raging against illegal immigration, the real estate mogul accused Mexico of sending its rapists and drug dealers to the US. 

"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best; they're not sending you," Trump said in his announcement speech, according to a transcript. "They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."

The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider on Televisa's decision to drop the pageant.

Trump responded aggressively after Univision and NBC cut ties with him. Among other things, he said both networks broke their contracts and could be sued. 

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9 tips and tricks for mastering Apple Music (AAPL)

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Now that Apple Music is out, you can stream millions of tracks from iTunes and listen to Beats 1, the service's 24-hour radio show.

There's a lot to digest in Apple Music, from the curated playlists to the Connect tab where artists can communicate directly with fans. Here are 9 tips and tricks to help you get the most out of your Apple Music experience.

SEE ALSO: Here's a complete look at everything you get with Apple Music

Double tap to love genres and artists

When you first open Apple Music, you're given the option to pick which music genres and artists you like. Apple uses these picks to help present you with playlist suggestions.

You tap each bubble to like it and get more like it, but you can also double tap to love a bubble. So if you really like a certain artist or genre, double tap it to get similar recommendations.



Add more kinds of music you like after setting up Apple Music

Did you know you can add more kinds of music you like whenever you want in Apple Music? To refine your playlist recommendations even more, head on over to your account window at the top left of the screen.

Then go to "Choose Artists For You" and start tapping more bubbles!



Unfollow artists in Connect

When you first set up Apple Music, your account automatically follows artists on Connect if you've purchased their music in the iTunes Store. Connect is sort of like a social network that artists can use to "connect" with fans.

That can be nice, but chances are you don't want to be following some random artist you bought a single from five years ago. To unfollow artists, head over to the "Following" section of the account window.

Once you unfollow an artist, their content won't show up in the Connect section of Apple Music. 



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Tim McGraw is giving away mortgage-free houses to veterans

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Country star and actor Tim McGraw has a long history of giving to charitable causes, and his latest venture finds him once again making a big impact on the lives of United States veterans.

Teaming up with Operation Homefront and Chase Bank, McGraw has given away six mortgage-free homes to veterans so far this year, and he plans to give away another 30 homes during the remaining dates on his "Shotgun Rider 2015" tour.

Since 2012, McGraw, Chase and Operation Homefront have actually given more than 100 homes to veterans, and in a recent video promoting the cause, McGraw explained what awarding homes to veterans means to him.

"[Veterans are] people who have given us security for a lot of years," McGraw said. "And we're able to do that back for them a little bit in a small way."

McGraw said he feels a "personal connection" to veterans because he has a sister who fought in the Gulf War and and various family members who are also veterans, but he insists that one need not know a veteran directly to feel connected to Operation Homefront's cause.

"“I don’t think you can live in this country and not have some sort of personal connection with people who put their lives on their line," McGraw said. "It's not about whether you agree with the policy or not."

The country singer's "Shotgun Rider" tour kicked off early this month and will run through September.

Watch the video below to see McGraw speak on the cause, along with interviews from the veterans who have received homes from the charity: 

 

 

 

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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner announce divorce after 10 years of marriage

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After 10 years together, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner announced Tuesday that they are getting divorced.

"After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce," the couple said in a statement. "We go forward with love and friendship for one another and a commitment to co-parenting our children whose privacy we ask to be respected during this difficult time."

Affleck, 42, and Garner, 42, have three children: Violet, 9, Seraphina, 6, and Samuel, 3. 

In 2014, Garner told InStyle magazine of their parenting dynamic: "I know who wants what lunch, and I've done all the school paperwork and filled out the emergency cards. Ben doesn't know that stuff exists. He is in charge of laughter. No matter how much I tickle them or toss them or chase them around, it's not the same. If I'm the slow, steady drumbeat, he's the jazz." 

"Although they will file for divorce, it won't be done immediately," reports TMZ. "They are working things out with a mediator and business managers. The divorce will be filed when all of the property and custody issues are resolved."

According to one report, the celebrity power couple is headed for a $150 million divorce

The couple, whose anniversary was Monday, announced their divorce on Tuesday -- but there may be a reason behind the timing.

"Waiting until after their 10th wedding anniversary might make sense from a Social Security perspective," notes MarketWatch. "Divorcing before 10 years of marriage would forfeit any spousal benefits they might choose to claim in the future."

Affleck and Garner got married in 2005 after meeting on the set of "Daredevil." Next year, Affleck will play Batman in the highly anticipated "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice."

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The 19-year-old daughter of Morgan Stanley's CEO just released an album on Spotify

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When Upper East Side teenager and aspiring singer-songwriter Caroline Gorman released a four-song EP in the spring of her senior year of high school, it received rave reviews from one of the world's most powerful people: her dad.

James Gorman, CEO of Morgan Stanley since 2010, emailed more than 50 of his banker colleagues in May 2013 with the pitch.

"This is my first blast e-mail but it is for a good cause," he wrote, according to New York Magazine. "In the spirit of Sheryl Sandberg I am 'leaning in' for a young woman." He encouraged them to buy the first EP of Caroline's "dark pop" band Madness and the Film.

The father-daughter moment made news, with write-ups spanning The New York Times' financial column Dealbook and music industry bible Billboard. Gorman's intervention seemed to catapult his daughter into relevancy, much to the chagrin of a 19-year-old who wants to be known as a musician and not the daughter of a bank executive.

 

In a recent phone call with the younger Gorman, now a rising sophomore at Brown University, we chatted about the band's newest EP, titled "Outlaws," and about life lessons from a Wall Street titan.

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"I definitely don't get my music from my dad — he doesn't sing," Gorman giggled into the phone during a day off from her summer internship at the indie production studio Sundial Pictures. Though he's been nothing but supportive.

The elder Gorman grew up one of 10 children in Melbourne, Australia. After practing law briefly, coming to New York to attend Columbia Business School, and logging a decade as a consultant at McKinsey Co., Gorman took the helm at Morgan Stanley.

Since the financial crisis of 2008, he brokered the firm's acquisition of Citigroup Inc.'s Smith Barney and cultivated its transformation into a wealth management powerhouse. Today, it has a market cap of $76 billion.

Described as "tall, well-tailored, and fit" by the Times, Gorman makes himself scarce in the spotlight, though sometimes the spotlight finds him. Last year, Morgan Stanley boosted his pay by a third, bringing it to $16 million, which marked the biggest raise reported on Wall Street so far.

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The father of two college-aged children, Gorman has never pressured his offspring to follow in his footsteps. Caroline chuckles when I ask if she'd even considered pursuing finance. She grew up watching one Albert Hitchcock film after the next, and producing her own murder-mystery comedies, in which she played all the parts.

When she was 14, she secretly applied for an audition in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, more than a two hour drive from the family's home in Manhattan's Upper East Side. When she heard back from the casting agent inviting her to audition in person, Gorman revealed the news to her parents. That Saturday, father (without complaint) and daughter were up at the crack of dawn headed to Bucks County.

"Neither of us had any idea what an acting audition would entail. I went in the room, read one page, gave them a résumé," Gorman remembers. "A minute later, I came out of the room, and [her dad] was like, 'Where to next?'"

But that was it. They drove home, making the first of many "ridiculous excursions for parts I would never get," Gorman says.

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Solo Act

After resigning her acting ambitions, Gorman turned to music. Not unlike the industry legends whose biographies she's memorized, song-writing offered an escape.

As a sophomore in high school, she struggled to fit in with the "Gossip Girl" caricatures who attended her all-girls private high school on Manhattan's Upper East Side. She dressed in her older brother's clothes and wore her straight, dark locks of hair in her face like her cartoon-doppelgänger, Violet, of "The Incredibles."

An ideal evening was spent indoors with a guitar in her lap, not galvanting through the streets of New York City. Her first song was about rescuing a dog, and over the months, her lyrics transformed into a means of disecting and understanding real-life events.

"I used my art to make myself feel even more different, but in a good way, in a strong, powerful way," Gorman says.

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These days, Gorman uses music as more than a diary.

In the summer of 2012, a mutual friend introduced Gorman to David Breeze, a British singer-songwriter who is 15 years her senior.

"I was about 16 when I met David and we wrote a song within six hours of being with each other. I've never had that with someone," says Gorman, who says their relationship is strictly platonic.

They banned together as musicians and created the folksy, dark pop group Madness and the Film. While Gorman is in school and Breeze jet-sets around the world as an employee of British Airways, the pair write and arrange songs together remotely, sending drafts and recordings back and forth by email. Nights before a recording session are spent in marathon rehearsals, working out the kinks in person.

Two years ago, Madness and the Film released "Scrapbook," the EP that James Gorman plugged, featuring Breeze on lead vocals and Gorman singing back-up and playing instruments. It was good, but it didn't land them a contract with a major record label or a tour.

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Fast-forward to June 30, when the duo dropped its first single "Saviour," off the upcoming sophomore EP, and it's clear Madness and the Film has grown up.

Its angsty alt-rock sound gives way to pop — electrifying, head-thrashing pop. Gorman's breathy, Regina Spektor-esque voice, featured more prominently, resonates like jingle bells. With one listen, you'll find yourself crooning "You're my saviour/ all I want is you" on loop.

Here's a preview of the song from the "Outlaws" trailer:

"Saviour" could be the single that catapults the band onto the charts, without dad's help. Still, Gorman knows it won't be easy.

In between classes at Brown and producing experimental video shorts — a new passion project— Gorman studies the industry. She reads up on top artists' career trajectories, in order to understand the idiosyncrasies that led to their success.

Like father, like daughter.

"His rational, pragmatic mindset has very much influenced me," she says of Gorman. "I've realized that, yes, I can be an artist, but that comes with a business responsibility."

"I'm usually the youngest person in a room. It's hard to find your voice and your place in that," Gorman says. "My dad and my mom have taught me to be confident, because if you don't believe in it, no one else will."

Listen to Madness and the Film's debut single "Saviour" on Spotify now.

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? The casts of the first two 'Terminator' films

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James Cameron's 1984 hit, "The Terminator" impressed audiences and put him on the map as a director. The 1991 sequel, "Terminator 2: Judgement Day," was well-received and helped cement the power of the franchise.  Many stars of these casts were able to launch their careers after the films.  Here's a look at what they're up to these days. 
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This beautifully brutal comic gave me a new appreciation of the South

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It's hard to understand the American South and easy to come away a negative impression, especially given events like mass shooting in Charleston, South Carolina and theheated debate around the Confederate flag.

For anyone wrestling with their perception of the South — a complicated region with a complicated history — consider a powerful and thoughtful comic book, "Southern Bastards," by two Southerners, writer Jason Aaron and artist Jason Latour (from Alabama and North Carolina, respectively).

Described as a "Southern fried crime comic," by its creators, "Bastards" is about the fictional Craw County, Alabama, a place where high school football is everything, and Runnin' Rebs coach Euless Boss reigns supreme.

At first, I didn't want to read "Southern Bastards." Having lived in various towns in Florida — a state often not considered part of the region but nonetheless has a lot of Southern culture running through its veins — I knew there was some truth to the stereotypes: the undercurrent of racism, the Confederate flags, the football, the Southern Gospel music, and even some of that backwoods hillbilly iconography. "Southern Bastards" seemed to revel in all that, and I didn't want to be bothered.

Then I read it, and it has been one of my favorite comics ever since. It's a comic that affords the South a depth and complexity rarely seen in pop culture outside of prose fiction (a medium overflowing with outstanding work from and about the South from Mark Twain and William Faulkner to James McBride and Karen Russell). 

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"Southern Bastards" sells readers on a setting they might not be familiar by focusing on the human struggles within. Maybe you don't play football, but the desire to build a better future for yourself is universal — so what does it look like when football is the only way to do that? And what about the fear of falling, of being dragged back down to the mire after coming so close to achieving your dreams? What does that do to someone?

The comic explores these very painful, very real sentiments through its villain: Coach Euless Boss. Coach Boss isn't just a football coach, he's a crime lord, and through murder and bribery, he holds the entire county in the pocket of his khaki shorts. He's turned Craw County into a den of corruption, and when the former sheriff's son Earl Tubb comes to town, it becomes full-on war.

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In an interview with USA Today, Aaron calls "Southern Bastards" a "love letter/hate rant to The South" and "'The Dukes of Hazzard' by the Coen Brothers." It's an apt description — "Dukes" was a pretty straightforward show that leaned heavily on Southern iconography, while the works of the Coen Brothers, particularly "Fargo" and "No Country For Old Men," often function as bleak morality plays where the worst aspects of human nature play out among average, everyday folk.

In that sense, the comic also has something in common with superhero stories, which are idealism writ large, internal conflicts distilled and then amplified into fights to save entire cities and worlds. "Southern Bastards" functions in much the same way but on a smaller scale. Its redneck-noir relies on larger-than-life archetypes to stage a grand conflict against two opposing forces but also takes the time to delve into the nuance and tragedy of everyone involved. It leans hard into terrible stereotypes and turns them on their ear to ensnare readers and keep them coming back month after month.

This is hammered home in the second volume, "Gridiron," which tells the heartbreaking backstory behind Coach Boss, showing his tragic journey from promising athlete to grim kingpin in a gripping four-part story. In roughly 90 pages, Aaron and Latour manage to make you completely invested in the story of a man you couldn't hate more in the previous volume. It's a pretty great trick. 

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A big part of this is due to Jason Latour's striking, distinctive art. Under Latour's linework and colors, Craw County feels hot and humid. "Southern Bastards" is a dense comic — few interactions between characters are pleasant ones, with violence bubbling just below the surface of every conversation. Latour handles this all with aplomb, yet also knows when to break up the tension with moments of stark violence or sobering emptiness.

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It's a comic that understands the wide range of sentiments held regarding the South and cuts through them all with the humanity of its story, the pathos lurking underneath all the ugliness. It simmers in your blood as you search for some form of justice in the heat and haze.

You aren't likely to find it.  

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Donald Trump says he's filed a $500 million lawsuit against the US' largest Spanish-language TV network

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Real estate developer Donald Trump said Tuesday that he filed a $500 million lawsuit against Univision after the television network severed ties with him last week. 

The presidential candidate said the basis of his lawsuit is an alleged breach of contract between Trump's Miss Universe Organization and Univision, the US' largest Spanish-language which Trump claims is obligated to broadcast the upcoming Miss USA pageant. 

Univision, NBC, and others canceled their business relationships with Trump after he made controversial comments about Mexican immigrants to the US. In doing so, Trump claimed the networks have unfairly damaged the pageant's participants.

"As a consequence of their inappropriate actions, Univision and NBC have abandoned fifty one wonderful young women who have come from all over the United States to pursue their dream of being crowned Miss USA," Trump said in a statement announcing his lawsuit. "Their participation in this globally renowned pageant has come at great cost and after years of sacrifice and hard work. NBC and Univision have wronged them greatly." 

For its part, Univision declined to weigh in on Trump's lawsuit. 

"We are not commenting," a spokeswoman, Rosemary Mercedes, told Business Insider.

Trump's statement also defended his controversial statements about Mexico. While raging against illegal immigration at his campaign launch, the real estate mogul accused Mexico of sending its rapists and drug dealers to the US. 

"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best; they're not sending you," Trump said in his announcement speech, according to a transcript. "They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."

However, Trump insisted there was nothing new about what he said, and added that he respects the Mexican people.

"I have great respect for Mexico and love for the Mexican people and their tremendous spirit! However, their leaders and trade negotiators are far smarter than those representing the United States, and our citizens and economy are suffering greatly as a result. We have to remedy the situation and do it fast," his statement continued.

View the full Trump announcement below:

Donald J. Trump Files $500 Million Suit Against Univision

 

(New York, NY) June 30th, 2015 –Today, Donald J. Trump, owner of the Miss Universe Organization (“MUO”), filed a $500 million lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court against Univision Networks & Studios, Inc. (“Univision”) arising from Univision’s decision last week to abruptly terminate its contract with MUO and not broadcast the upcoming Miss USA pageant scheduled to take place in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on July 12, 2015.  

 

Under the contract, Univision is required to broadcast the pageant live on television in Spanish.  While Univision claims its decision came solely in response to comments by Mr. Trump during a June 16, 2015 campaign speech announcing his candidacy for President of the United States, the decision was, in reality, a politically motivated attempt to suppress Mr. Trump’s freedom of speech under the First Amendment as he begins to campaign for the nation’s presidency.  Prior to violating the contract, a high ranking Univision executive called and apologized to Mr. Trump explaining that the company's actions were wrong and that they felt ashamed. Aside from this conversation, the only written notice received by Mr. Trump to date has been in the form of a press release Univision widely distributed to the media.

 

Mr. Trump says, “Nothing that I stated was different from what I have been saying for many years. I want strong borders, and I do not support or condone illegal immigration. There is a high level of crime occurring in this country due to unchecked illegal immigration. This is a major security issue for the United States. Additionally, the terrible trade deals our government is routinely entering into with Mexico are causing great financial harm to our country.  We are losing a huge number of jobs, manufacturing opportunities and money due to poorly negotiated trade deals, a fact that undisputable.  That won’t happen if I become president--- this disturbing trend will end and it will end quickly.” 

 

Mr. Trump continued, “I have great respect for Mexico and love for the Mexican people and their tremendous spirit! However, their leaders and trade negotiators are far smarter than those representing the United States, and our citizens and economy are suffering greatly as a result. We have to remedy the situation and do it fast. These have long been my views and I have the courage, unlike many others, to express them. As a consequence of their inappropriate actions, Univision and NBC have abandoned fifty one wonderful young women who have come from all over the United States to pursue their dream of being crowned Miss USA. Their participation in this globally renowned pageant has come at great cost and after years of sacrifice and hard work. NBC and Univision have wronged them greatly. Mr. Trump added, “I want to tell these contestants that the show will go on and I will be in Baton Rouge on July 12th to support them.” 

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This Julia Roberts movie trailer first looks like a standard cop flick — then slams you with a crazy twist

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I don't want to tell you too much about this trailer, because there's a huge twist towards the beginning that had me cringing. The movie stars Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. It's called 'Secret In Their Eyes' and it comes out October 23, 2015.

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Miguel’s new album 'Wildheart' is a game-changer for R&B

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The latest installment of 29-year–old Miguel Pimentel’s career is possibly his most sought out, and definitely most motivated piece of work.

It’s taken the Grammy winner almost three years to truly resurface after the massive breakthrough album “Kaleidoscope Dream” hit playlists in 2012, but this time around he takes a more low-to-the-ground approach—one that’s definitely less flashy, but still turns heads.

The title “Wild heart” explains itself entirely. The album transcends modern R&B by elevating the level of play with popping electric guitars, while displaying Miguel’s voice as the true product of the album — a style that has been a foundation of his career since his debut album “All I want is you” in 2010.

When listening to “Wildheart” you can almost hear Miguel trying to compete with other R&B moguls like Chris Brown, Frank Ocean, or Usher head-on, but it’s obvious he veers slightly his own way.

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His style is unique, loud and pointed. While most R&B artists are moving towards an interweave with hip-hip, Miguel defies gravity and rushes towards rock — something truly game-changing.

The great thing about Miguel is that throughout his career anyone has been able to listen to and enjoy his music. It’s modern and mainstream enough for the normal ear, but also exquisite enough for an R&B connoisseur.

The anchor track of the album, “What’s normal anyway” demonstrates Miguel has always been himself even though he has wanted to be someone else at times, a fact that reflects off his music. “I just want to feel like I belong,” he sings.

The premiere standout track on the album is “Coffee,” a single that has been out for a few months and melts the hearts of women everywhere. “Sweet dreams turn into coffee in the morning,” he bellows over a calm, relaxing beat.

There doesn’t seem to be any recognizable smash hits on the album, but you can tell number one singles weren’t Miguel’s objective. He gets his point across with a much heavier, poignant product.

There are plenty of albums you should easily skip this summer, but “Wildheart” isn’t one of them.

Listen to the album via Spotify below:

 

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Here's why that leaked video of Nintendo's next video game system is totally fake

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People really, really like to create fake video game leaks. It's bizarre, but it's the truth – there are apparently lots of folks out there with lots of extra time to try and fool the millions of rabid game fans worldwide. Imagine our surprise when the video above popped up overnight, purporting to be a "leak" of Nintendo's next game console.

That surprise, however, quickly turned to laughter: this is an obvious fake, despite bearing some marks of reality.

YouTube user "hyberes56" uploaded the video, titled "Nintendo Cross (NX) hardware concept reveal" at some point on June 30. It had just over 25,000 views on YouTube as of Wednesday morning, and carried this description:

Behind closed doors Satoru Iwata and Genyo Takeda gave us an update about Nintendo's next home console Nintendo Cross. Note that this is not the trailer Nintendo will show next year, instead it is being used for partners and publishers. The console itself is just an early prototype, they are still working on the specific hardware details.

Sounds legit, right? The first two gentlemen mentioned – Satoru Iwata and Genyo Takeda – are the president of Nintendo and the general hardware manager of Nintendo, respectively. So far, so good!

The description says this video is being shown to "partners and publishers," which is where we get our first clue that this is fake. Nintendo's next console – currently codenamed "NX" – is almost certainly being shown to partners and publishers, but not in such a finished way. The way console makers like Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft show off their next console to other companies is through technical specs. 

Think about it like this: if you're a company betting on Nintendo's next hardware, you need to know how to develop for it – not what the controller looks like, or how it'll supposedly work with previous hardware, or whatever else. Those are marketing bullet points for consumers, not the stuff that publishers and partners need to know.

The second clue we have is the video itself being rife with errors. 

The very first feature showcased of "Nintendo Cross" is its ability to stream games to your tablet, with virtual buttons acting as a gamepad. 

Nintendo Cross (fake)Nintendo has, over and over and over, said it won't make its games available directly on tablets. Yes, Nintendo is moving some of its properties to mobile devices (including tablets), but not the same games you find on Nintendo's game consoles. The company specifically partnered with Japanese mobile giant DeNA to create new games based on its franchise roster. 

The video goes on to say that the prime function of "Cross" will be to stream games across the Nintendo's variety of platforms: Wii U, 3DS, and now mobile. While Nintendo has technology capable of streaming (the Wii U's gamepad uses streaming technology), the company's never focused on streaming as the future of game consoles.

More importantly, Nintendo's never focused on technology in any of its products that doesn't intend to innovate. Given that streaming is already possible, on a consumer level, on a variety of platforms, it seems incredibly unlikely this would be a prime function of Nintendo's next console (expected to arrive in 2017). 

The final, glaring mistake is the gamepad. It looks like this in the video:

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That's just the Wii U "Pro Controller" with some poor Photoshop work done. Here's the Wii U Pro Controller:

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As always, don't believe everything you see on the the internet.

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22 of the most awkward sports-sponsorship publicity photos from the past decade

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Sports-sponsorship announcements tend to be banal affairs.

There's usually a boring news conference in which nobody says anything of interest. And then there's the photo shoot in which the team's manager and the sponsor's CEO exchange a polite handshake. Everybody goes home, and it's mostly all forgotten about by the next day.

But some sponsorship photo shoots are too awkward — some painfully bad — to just pass us by. They need to be shared. And shared again years later. We've collated some of the best examples from the past decade or so.

All our Christmases came at once in October 2000 when Vodafone announced its sponsorship deal with Manchester United.



Ole Gunnar Solskjær (far right) isn't posing for the publicity shot. He's ringing his agent to demand a contract review.



"I was once the most respected footballer in Norway."



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The intense first trailer for Aaron Sorkin's 'Steve Jobs' movie paints a picture of an egotistical and difficult man

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An official trailer for "Steve Jobs" was just finally released. In this version of the Jobs story, the Apple visionary is played by Michael Fassbender. Meanwhile, Seth Rogen plays Steve Wozniak. Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle ("Slumdog Millionaire," "Trainspotting") and Oscar-winning writer Aaron Sorkin ("The Social Network") bring the story to life.

There have been many conflicting insider reports about Jobs over the years. Recently, a documentary of the Apple co-founder was described as a "blistering takedown" of the man. Whereas the biography written by Walter Isaacson was a much more balanced representation of a man who truly had many sides and many faces.

We weren't sure exactly which Steve Jobs was going to show up in Michael Fassbender and Aaron Sorkin's Jobs. But it's clear there there is going to be a lot of negativity around the man. The trailer hits on all sorts of negative personality traits Jobs has been known for and problems he's run into. Not to mention his infamous ego.

It's Jobs like we've never seen him portrayed before. Within the bounds of this trailer, Jobs really does look like a villain, and a far cry from the Jobs we saw portrayed in Isaacson's biography. Time will tell how many other faces of Steve Jobs we get to see in Sorkin's film.

"Steve Jobs" comes out on October 9, 2015.

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TRUMP ON FIRE: Dominating headlines, rocketing up in polls

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It'd be hard to argue that real-estate developer Donald Trump hasn't disrupted the 2016 presidential race, two weeks after his entry.

A pair of developments demonstrated this in vivid detail on Wednesday.

First, a new CNN poll has Trump rocketing up to 12% among GOP voters nationally, putting him behind only former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R). Second, Macy's announced it will stop selling Trump's products, becoming the latest in a line of businesses to cut ties with him since his campaign launch.

What's stunning about the poll is that Trump was only at 3% when CNN last surveyed voters in May. And his support, along with Bush's, appears to have exacted a toll on other contenders: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) both saw their percentages tumble to just 6%:

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And though polls have shown Trump is unpopular among the broader Republican electorate — suggesting his support has a relatively low ceiling — he has managed to dominate headlines about the 2016 race since his June 16 campaign launch.

Among other things, Trump has been locked into high-profile feuds with a wide range of companies and people. Macy's is just the latest business to announce that it is cutting ties with Trump because he called Mexican immigrants "rapists" and drug runners while kicking off his campaign. Over the past week, NBC, Univision, and the Mexican media company Televisa have all dropped Trump's Miss Universe Organization beauty pageants, as well.

With his trademark bravado, Trump has aggressively responded to these actions. He said he is suing Univision for $500 million. He denounced NBC as "weak." And he insisted that he was the one cutting ties with Macy's — not the other way around.

"I have never been happy about the fact that the ties and shirts are made in China," Trump said in a statement blasting the retail company. "Clearly, NBC and Macy's support illegal immigration, which is totally detrimental to the fabric of our once great country."

It's too early to see how Trump's dust-ups with NBC and Macy's will affect his support. However, there's a long history of Republican campaigns benefiting from perceived attacks by the liberal media — especially among conservative primary voters.

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Ellen Degeneres is starting her own brand with clothing and home decor

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Ellen is a television host, comedian, producer, writer, and wife among many other titles.

She's adding business entrepreneur to the list with the launch of her new e-commerce lifestyle site.

The collection, ED, offers women's apparel, home goods, and accessories. 

The television host spearheaded the design and construction of the concept, so it's highly reflective of her personality.

It's even named after Portia de Rossi's, her wife, nickname for the star. 

"I set out to fill a void in the marketplace of high quality, comfortable yet chic and easy-to-wear pieces with impeccable detailing. That's what makes it so special and why I'm so thrilled my ED line if launching and everyone can finally have a piece of me… You know what I mean," Ellen said in a press release

Many elements of Ellen's personal style and image are infused into products, from her signature tailored button-down aesthetic to totes emblazoned with positive messages she promotes. 

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The home collection, which was inspired by, "Ellen's ever-growing passion for collecting antiques and art," ranges from $25 to $365.

The star is hoping to grow the lifestyle platform in the future.

"The launch of the ED flagship ecommerce site poises us for expansion into multiple categories, countries and distribution methodologies.  It is a true representation of Ellen's design aesthetic and attention to quality and detail," said Marisa Gardini, Managing Partner and CEO of ED, in a press release. 

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Photos from around the world of last night's rare close encounter between Venus and Jupiter

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Last night, the brightest planets in the night sky came together in a spectacular event called a conjunction, the likes of which won't be seen again until the year 2023.

Venus and Jupiter, although hundreds of millions of miles apart, appeared to almost collide with one another as they inched incredibly close to each other in the sky on June 30. People from around the world got a chance to see the event.

We asked you to send us any photos you took, and you didn't disappoint! BI readers in Australia, the Phillipines, Nova Scotia, as well as across the entire US sent us some pretty amazing photos of the event.

So, in case you missed it, or just want to see how the conjunction looked at different latitudes, check these out:

Peter Manins sent us this great shot from One Arm Point in Australia. He took the photo with his iPad, no less:

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On the other half of the world, in Fountain Valley, California, Pam Warren snapped the photo below. You can clearly distinguish the two planets, Venus and Jupiter. Venus is the brighter object on the bottom and Jupiter is on the top.

Notice how Venus is above Jupiter in the earlier photo taken from Australia. That's because things in the night sky swap directions when you go from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere.
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Sue Mukerji sent us this photo from the city of White Rock in British Columbia, Canada. Venus is about 100 times brighter than Jupiter, so it shows up more clearly in this shot:
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Peta Wagner sent us this photo from New Germany, Nova Scotia. It's a little grainy because he took the photo with his iPhone. When you think about it, the fact that an iPhone camera can even resolve the two planets tells you just how bright they are. 
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This photo is from Fred White in Takoma, Washington. Venus and Jupiter are the two brightest objects in the night sky besides the moon. They're so bright, that it's easy to mistake them for airplanes (until you realize they're not moving very fast):
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Norman Morigza sent us this photo, which he took from Quezon City in the Phillipines. You can't see them in this image, but if you had binoculars for the conjunction, you could make out some of Jupiter's largest moons orbiting around the giant gas planet:
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LaTanya Tryels in Houston, Texas took this shot. She told Business Insider that she'd been marveling over these two bright objects throughout the entire month of June.
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Diane Donohue took this photo with her iPhone 6 plus in her backyard in Milton, Delaware:
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A huge thank you to everyone who contributed these amazing pictures!
 

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Sarah Jessica Parker lost a bundle on the sale of her Greenwich Village townhouse

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Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick lost almost $750,000 on the sale of their single-family townhouse in New York's Greenwich Village. And that's before you factor in renovation costs.

According to Curbed, the couple bought the property in 2011 for almost $19 million, renovated it, and put it back on the market a year later for $25 million. The price was chopped twice before going under contract in March for $18.25 million. Fredrik Eklund of Douglas Elliman handled the listing

Here's a look at the pristine interiors of the Parker-Broderick house, which Architectural Digest recently claimed the famous pair never even lived in.

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Built in 1846, the 6,800-square-foot townhouse has five floors with six bedrooms.



Accented by Boffi stainless steel and walnut cabinetry, the eat-in kitchen is located on the garden floor.



You can access the split-level garden off the kitchen after enjoying a hearty breakfast.



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How to decide whether switching from Spotify to Apple Music is the right choice

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I've been a paying Spotify user for years, and the service has changed the way I listen to music.

I'm all for streaming. Purchasing and downloading individual songs feels so old school, and there's no going back. I think streaming is the future of how music will be listened to, and Apple clearly agrees, given Tuesday's launch of Apple Music and Beats 1 radio.

There are plenty of music-streaming services out there, from Jay Z's Tidal to Pandora and Rdio. But there's only one real competitor to Apple Music right now, and it's Spotify.

That prompts the question: Which one should you chose?

First off, there's absolutely no reason you shouldn't try Apple Music if you have an iPhone. You won't have much of a choice if you use the stock Music app and update to Apple's latest software update, as it comes preinstalled.

Apple Music is normally $10 a month, but Apple is offering a free three-month trial. Unpaid listeners will get to keep listening to Beats 1 and the other Pandora-like radio stations when the trial ends, but for now the whole service is fully unlocked for everyone.

Here's how Apple Music compares with Spotify.

Beats 1 is surprisingly good

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I was a tad skeptical of Apple doing a 24-hour radio station. The DJs hired to run the Beats 1 program are top notch, but a lot could still go wrong.

Beats 1's first day was far from perfect, but after listening to it for several hours on launch day, I can say that I'm genuinely impressed. I think it's actually Apple Music's main draw.

Beats 1 isn't anything like a random radio station you get in Spotify or Pandora. It's a live broadcast with real DJs and guest artists picking songs from all genres.

The result is a quite eclectic listening experience.

Apple does music discovery better than Spotify

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Thanks to Apple Music's recommended playlists, it took me only a few hours to discover about a dozen great tracks I'd never heard before.

There's a lot to digest in Apple Music, but one thing I appreciate is that the playlists are shorter than Spotify's. Apple's playlists typically include between 20 and 30 songs or as few as 10, while Spotify's can sometimes include hundreds. Having fewer tracks in one playlist doesn't feel as overwhelming, and shortening the number of tracks makes me feel as if the songs were more carefully selected.

It's important to note that Spotify already does a level of human curation for its recommended playlists, too, but the company wouldn't tell me exactly what the mix is between people and algorithms selecting songs. Apple has hundreds of human editors making the playlists to recommends in Apple Music's "For You" section.

Apple Music's playlists are good, but I'm heavily invested in playlists on Spotify already

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Speaking of playlists, one of the things I love about Spotify is that you can collaborate on playlists with other people. That's something Apple Music doesn't offer yet, and it will be hard to ditch the Spotify playlists I've made with friends.

There's no easy way to bring over playlists from other services (besides the old Beats Music) to Apple Music. It will also be a big pain to manually replicate them if I do make the switch. I have dozens of playlists I made and ones I follow on Spotify that I really like, and I suspect someone who is heavily invested in Spotify as I am will have a hard time switching.

Spotify is way better on the desktop

Apple Music on the desktop is absolutely terrible, mainly because of iTunes. It's buggy and super confusing to use. You can't do basic actions such as click on artists or albums while listening to a song in a playlist.

Screen Shot 2015 07 01 at 11.32.25 AMIf Apple Music and Beats 1 were taken out of iTunes and made into another app on the Mac, that may be better. But right now, Spotify's desktop app is a much better experience.

Picking between Apple Music and Spotify will be tough

I don't think Apple is necessarily a major threat to Spotify. Both services have basically the same music — with the exception of Taylor Swift's latest album, of course. They both do essentially the same thing in that they stream music on demand, but in every other way they're designed to serve different purposes.

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Apple Music is for people who don't know what they want to listen to

Apple Music is for people who don't know what they want to listen to. It wants to be the cool guy at the party with the best playlist. Spotify, on the other hand, seems more catered toward people who already know what music they like.

There's no reason for paying Spotify users to switch to Apple Music unless they're hardcore Taylor Swift fans or just prefer Apple's design. Plus, Beats 1 is free for everyone, and both services do the same thing when factoring out playlists.

Apple Music will probably hurt Spotify's growth over time because it is preinstalled on every iPhone, but not enough to put Spotify out of business. Spotify has the advantage of being well established already with 60 million users, even though only 20 million pay for a subscription.

On the other hand, Apple has proved it can sell over 60 million iPhones in one quarter. The company has sold over half a billion iPhones and iPads and has around 800 million iTunes accounts on file. It's impossible to not be amazed by the immediate reach that gives Apple Music.

Not sure whether to switch

In three months, Apple will start charging me $10 a month to keep using Apple Music. I have to decide to cancel either Apple Music or my Spotify subscription. It's a tough choice to make, and I have a feeling many Spotify users like me are in the same boat.

But given how impressed I already am with Apple Music and Beats 1, there's a chance I will jump ship. I'm not convinced Apple will get me to stop paying for Spotify yet, but if it can keep improving Apple Music and adding new features, my days as a Spotify subscriber may be numbered.

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There's never been anything like Apple's new radio station — and I'm completely hooked (AAPL)

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Even as a Zane Lowe fan, I was a tad skeptical of Apple doing a 24-hour radio station. The DJs hired to run the Beats 1 program are top notch, but there's still a lot that could go wrong.

After listening to Apple Music's Beats 1 for for several hours on launch day, I can say that I'm genuinely impressed. I think it's one of the music service's main draws.

Beats 1 isn't anything like a random radio station you get in Spotify or Pandora. It's a live broadcast with real DJs and guest artists picking songs from all genres. 

The result is a quite eclectic listening experience. The first track played on Beats 1 was "City" by Manchester's Spring King, which I'd never heard before. Zane Lowe then played an upbeat Beck single, Jamie xx's "Gosh," and AC/DC in the same set.

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Lowe's energy is infectious. I haven't listened to a real radio station in years, and it was cool to hear the way he excitedly set up songs. 

I saw some people bothered by his little interjections between songs, like "always on!" and "coming to you worldwide," but I still thought it was fun. It made me feel like I was part of something human instead of just getting music algorithmically spit at me. It felt old school and cutting edge at the same time.

"Our genre is great" ...I can get behind that

Apple wants to make us feel like everything it does is revolutionary, but Lowe's opening set made me actually feel like I was listening to something historic. "Our genre is great," he said at one point. I can get behind that.

Another moment that sold me on Beats 1 happened during Ebro Darden's evening program from New York City. After playing Kanye West and Jay Z's rap anthem "Otis," Darden played "Try a Little Tenderness" by legendary soul singer Otis Redding. Why? Because it was the song Kanye and Jay Z heavily sampled for "Otis."

Spotify probably wouldn't have recommended Redding's song next because it's a different genre, but Darden was in charge of this mix, and he wanted to give a mini history lesson in music.

Apple Music It was an incredibly human moment, and it made me finally get what Apple's Jimmy Iovine meant when he recently said, "Algorithms alone cannot do curation. You need a human touch.”

There's also something magical about listening to the same song as millions of people in over 100 countries. I can be listening to the same song as someone on their work commute in Tokyo, which hasn't been possible before.

Sure, Beats 1 isn't perfect. It went down for a little while Tuesday night and had some issues with rewinding parts of songs, but hiccups are to be expected for its early days.

It's very Apple-like in that it only plays censored tracks, which I understand is annoying for some people when you're trying to jam to Dr. Dre.

I also wasn't a fan of how it played the same Pharrell song something like five times in a span of a few hours, but traditional radio is still way worse at repeating the same songs over and over. Beats 1 has sponsorships that occasionally get thrown in, like "brought you by American Express," and they're way less invasive than the terrible ads other radio stations constantly play.

There's never been anything like Beats 1, and I think it's going to get a lot of people hooked on Apple Music.

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