Cara Delevingne has been one of the biggest models for years now. She has garnered fame and a massive social media following, with nearly 16 million Instagram followers and 3.1 million Twitter followers. 

Now, she is her leap to Hollywood. Her first major leading role is in "Paper Towns," which was released in theaters Friday.

Prior to "Paper Towns,"Delevingne had roles in smaller films like" The Face of an Angel" and "Anna Karenina," as well as some other short films and music videos.  

She has already been cast in six more roles over the next two years, including as a main part of the cast for the highly anticipated "Suicide Squad" in 2016.

Delevingne will turn 23 next month, but she already has accomplished more than some ever do. Learn about how she got to where she is now.

Cara Delevingne - pronounced like “della-veen” - was born in London on August 12, 1992.

Her family history is extensive. She was born to Pandora and Charles Delevingne. She has two sisters, Poppy and Chloe. Poppy, pictured on the left below, is also a model. Her grandfather was a publishing executive and English Heritage chairman. Her grandmother was lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret. Her godfather is a Condé Nast executive and her godmother is actress Joan Collins.

She went to Francis Holland School for girls in central London before she was 16 and then moved to Beadles School in Hampshire in the south east of London.

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John Cena is best known as a WWE superstar, but he also shows off some impressive acting chops in “Trainwreck.”

The Judd Apatow-directed, star-making vehicle for Amy Schumer (who wrote the screenplay), looks at the love life of a commitment-phobic New Yorker named Amy (Schumer), who finally meets her true love, Aaron (Bill Hader). But to get to that point Amy has to go through some losers and break a few hearts. A victim of the latter is Steven, an Adonis who thinks he’s found “the one” until a glance at Amy’s phone makes him realize the harsh reality.

Cena plays Steven as a sensitive, arthouse film-loving teddy bear looking for a soul mate (possibly of the same gender).

“I get the call that they want me to audition for this part, they really want a big guy,” Cena told Business Insider about going out for the role.

Cena admits that he was hoping to prove to the casting director that he could do more than play a hulk of a man. It turned out he didn’t have to do much convincing.

“There’s Amy and Judd sitting there,” said Cena of his shock when he got to the audition and saw the director and star waiting for him. “We did stuff in the script and then they were like, ‘Let’s mess around,’ and we did some improv. From there they called me back for another audition, and then they called me back for a table read, and the rest is history.”

In a movie filled with R-flavored funny moments, Cena doesn’t waste time to get in on the fun. The first time we see Steven, he and Amy are having sex which leads to him hilariously trying to talk dirty to her, but instead only spouts weight-training lingo.

According to Cena, the script originally had Steven being more physical with Amy in the scene.

“We had dress rehearsals and I was throwing around this stunt coordinator in crazy sexual positions that I was going to do [with Amy] on camera the day we filmed,” Cena recalled. “But then it came down to [Steven] not knowing how to talk dirty and being sexually confused, and I’m actually very happy with that.”

Cena said what was kept for the scene comes mostly from what he and Schumer did while improvising on set.

Cena shows his improv skills once more in a movie theater scene where a drunk Amy instigates a fight between Steven and another patron. Cena, who does his fair-share of banter on WWE, has a natural flow as he dishes out some great lines. One of the most memorable is after the guy says Steven looks like Mark Wahlberg — “I look like Mark Wahlberg ate Mark Wahlberg!” Steven exclaims.

But it’s when Amy and Steven leave the theater that Cena shows a surprisingly impressive dramatic side.

Having already seen her phone, which is filled with messages she has with other men, Steven opens up to her, voicing his hurt as he thought she was going to be his “CrossFit queen.”

“It got me to do a lot of stuff I’m not known for,” Cena said of the role. “I got my chance to throw my sense of humor out into the world, and at the same time play this hulky guy who’s a softy, which in real life I’m a very emotional guy.”

Cena is not new to movies, but his past roles have been tough-guy characters in films like “The Marine” and "12 Rounds." 

However, Cena hopes this is just the start of showing audiences a different side. Along with developing projects, he knows he needs to work on films where he doesn’t stretch himself too thin.

Though Cena promises not to leave the WWE anytime soon, he’s not taking a break from movies either. We will see him again on the big screen this holiday season in a bit part he has in the Amy Poehler/Tina Fey comedy “Sisters.”

“I play a tattooed-up drug dealer, so a different look than how you see me on Mondays being the goody two-shoes white knight,” he said.

Watch Cena in action in the “Trainwreck” red band trailer (warning: NSFW).

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Adrian Grenier, the actor and filmmaker best known for his roles in HBO's Entourage and The Devil Wears Prada, thinks that entrepreneurship can change the world.

It's something he knows a little bit about: In addition to his career in show business, Grenier is a frequent tech investor, the cofounder of startups like a hipster beer company and the sustainability lifestyle media company SHFT.

And as of this past March, Grenier holds the title of "Social Good Advocate" for Dell. 

"The most effective way to do well for the planet and people is by creating a business that can scale, so that the good that you do scales," Grenier says.

It's a concept called "social entrepreneurship."

In fact, this past weekend in San Francisco, Grenier was a judge for the final round of a startup competition called The Venture, where "social entrepreneurship" startups (tackling issues like affordable food, water conservation, and climate change) competed for seed money and extra mentorship. 

"We recognize that we all have to get together to solve the world's greatest problems," Grenier says. "That means not just paying lip service, but actually handing off the baton to some youngsters, to some people who are entering the market with some new ideas."

This concept of "social entrepreneurship" is important for more established businesses, too, Grenier says: His role at Dell has given him access to billionaire CEO and founder Michael Dell, who recently said something that particularly inspired him.

"You have to recognize this is about my legacy, about our legacy," Grenier recalls Dell telling him. "And we have to recognize that what we put out in the world... we should be responsible for what we put out."

After all, it's literally Dell's name on every piece of discarded hardware and trashed packaging that makes its way to a landfill or a riverbed, and it's important to take responsibility. 

But for anybody trying to change the world via a business, "the most important thing" is to set realistic goals, Grenier says.

"In any business, or any social entrepreneurship, you dream big, you look to the sky, but keep your feet on the ground," he says. "Social goals are the same as business goals, you have to scale slowly."

 It's just a matter of passion. And with The Venture competition, Grenier says that he's looking at the founders themselves with as much scrutiny as the ideas they're presenting. 

"The people who are in the position to succeed are those most likely to take it to the finish line," Grenier says.

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On September 28th, South African comedian Trevor Noah will replace Jon Stewart as the host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show."

Noah's succession hasn't exactly been smooth, but the 31-year-old is confident he'll work out the kinks once he's in the hosting chair.

"I have a very vague picture of the show right now," Noah tells GQ in a new interview. "It'll be like a face-lift. Because, don't get it twisted, I'm a big fan of 'The Daily Show,' and that's what it's still gonna be. It's still gonna be 'The Daily Show.' It's the same way, when Fallon took over from Leno, it's still 'The Tonight Show.'"

When GQ writer Zach Baron pointed out that Fallon has actually completely transformed "The Tonight Show," especially when it comes to viral videos and social media, Noah agreed but explains that it felt like a natural shift, and he hopes to have a similar transition. "Just the mere fact that I'm gonna be there in the chair changes a whole bunch of the show, you know?"

And Noah is aware that he may face backlash after replacing the beloved Jon Stewart. In March, the comedian got a taste of controversy after some arguably offensive old Tweets of his were unearthed and caused a backlash against the host-to-be.

But Noah is ready for the criticism that comes with change.

"A guy doesn't leave and another guy comes in and there's no backlash. That never, ever happens," he explains to GQ. "When Michael B. Jordan got cast as the new Human Torch in 'Fantastic Four,' there was backlash, because they were like, ‘How can this fictional character be a black man?' The new storm trooper from 'Star Wars,' when he took his helmet off in the trailer, people lost their minds. ‘This is ridiculous. How can there be black people in space?' I didn't know what the backlash was gonna be, but I knew there was going to be backlash. The same thing when Larry Wilmore took over from Colbert: ‘Oh, this is never gonna work. This is horrible.'"

Despite any past controversy, Comedy Central stands behind their pick for Stewart's replacement. With Noah being just 31-years-old, the network believes he can draw in his peers and add a new demo for the show.

"It is going to be really reflective of a millennial audience and a millennial point of view," Comedy Central president Michele Ganeless assures GQ. "He is a student of our culture. But he looks at it from a very different perspective."

Also, Ganeless adds, he is "super, super funny." Noah "really understands our audience, because he is one of them." Still, she says, "I will not lie. Yes: I have moments of great anxiety."

Read Trevor Noah's full interview with GQ here.

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Amy Schumer is known for joking about her sex life, but the comedian says that with the upcoming election she will soon tackle politics as well — whether people like it or not.

"I think people only want women to speak for so long. They build you up, and then they're just ready to tear you down. Like Hillary — when it's really go time for her, I'll definitely be active, and that'll make people hate me," Schumer tells GQ in a new cover interview. "I know inevitably I'll get more political, just as an adult with changing interests, which is good — no one wants to hear me talk about who I f----d or whatever for another twenty years. And I hope I'm wrong, but I just think there's this 'Don't disappoint me in any way.' If you say one joke that offends, it feels like, 'Oh, wait, I thought you were my everything, and now you're dead to me.'"

But Schumer doesn't care what people think about her outspoken political views, telling GQ she's "always been a fan" of Hillary Clinton.

In November, the comedian met Clinton for the first time at the Glamour Women of the Year awards.

It was very cool. She was a good audience member," Schumer said of the meeting. "She commented on a couple of the jokes I told."

One joke in particular that Clinton told Schumer she resonated with: "I said that in L.A. my arms register as legs, and she really liked that. She was like, 'I can relate.'"

But not everyone was as kind to Clinton during the Women of the Year awards.

"One of the acts that had gone up before me did some stuff that was very disrespectful to her, and I definitely didn't think it was funny," said Schumer. "I said to her, like, 'What the f--- was that?' She just goes, 'Par for the course.... I'm so used to it.'"

Read Schumer's full interview with GQ here.

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Five years ago, father-son producing partners Alan and Peter Riche surveyed the movie landscape and decided it was time for a boxing movie to be made.

The sweet science depicted on screen has always interested the two. Alan still remembers taking a much younger Peter to a repertory theater to see the classic 1931 movie “The Champ,” starring Wallace Beery as a washed-up alcoholic boxer who tries to turn his life around for the sake of his young son, played by Jackie Cooper.

“It’s a favorite of ours,” Alan told Business Insider, “and we decided to do our version of ‘The Champ.’”

Alan has been producing movies since the early 1970s, with credits over the years that include “Empire Records,” “The Family Man,” and the movie version of “Starsky & Hutch.” His son, Peter, has also had his own individual success, first as a talent-and-literary agent, followed by developing over 100 screenplays as VP of production for the company his father headed before the two teamed up to start their own.

The Riches have been in the business long enough to know every project has its peaks and valleys, but getting a boxing movie they would call “Southpaw” off the ground turned out to be one of their most challenging yet.

Peter said the initial idea was “The Champ” meets “Raging Bull,” an authentic look at boxing but with a story that would be as gripping and raw as the action displayed in the ring.

Also, they needed to, as Peter put it, “flip it,” to make the story stand out from the classic boxing tales they were hoping to emulate.

He suggested to his father that instead of it being a father-son story, like “The Champ,” that it be about a father and his daughter.

But Peter also came up with an idea that would make Hollywood stand up and pay attention to the project.

Rapper Eminem should play the boxing father.

“We had both seen ‘8 Mile’ and loved it and thought he was really interesting and had a real presence on screen,” Alan recalled.

“I thought this guy hasn’t done a movie in a number of years, this might be interesting to him and, dare I say, a sequel to ‘8 Mile.’ Not literally in story, but a good fit for him,” Peter told BI. “We knew how important being a father to his daughter is. We didn’t fear going to Eminem and saying this is an amazing role for you and if you got yourself in shape it would be a tour-de-force.”

Perhaps the Riches could catch the reclusive rapper at the perfect moment. Though he came on for one episode to voice a character for the popular Comedy Central phone-pranking show “Crank Yankers” in 2004, and had a memorable cameo in Judd Apatow’s “Funny People” in 2009, Eminem hadn’t starred in a movie since 2002’s “8 Mile,” which was partially based on his life growing up on Detroit's impoverished 8 Mile Road in the mid-’90s. On the music side, he’d just released his seventh album, "Recovery" in June 2010, which debuted No.1 on the Billboard charts and was received well by critics.

In October 2010, the duo pitched the idea to Eminem’s manager David Schiff, and, according to Alan, within 24 hours they heard back, with Schiff saying the rapper’s team wanted to do it.

The film would follow boxer Billy Hope, the reigning junior-middleweight-boxing champion, whose life is turned upside down following a horrific event that causes him to lose custody of his daughter and jeopardize his boxing career.

Once Eminem was on board, “Southpaw” was on the fast track. The Riches brought on “Sons of Anarchy” creator Kurt Sutter to write the script. And by December 2010, DreamWorks signed on to make the film. In June 2011, it was reported that Antoine Faqua ("Training Day") would direct. 

“We knew Antoine boxes at least five days a week,” said Peter. “So we knew this person would make the boxing look authentic. He went out to Detroit and had a meeting with Eminem, and the feedback we got back from both camps couldn’t have been better,” Peter recalled. “Basically we were moving like a train to a green-lit movie.”

But according to the Riches, four weeks before Eminem was to begin training for the movie they got a phone call that the rapper no longer wanted to do it.

“We were told that he really loved it, but that he feels he’s a musician first and an actor second and he had a lot of inner energy going on for his next album and that’s where his muse was taking him,” said Alan.

Eminem would go on to make "The Marshall Mathers LP 2," which was released in 2013.

“That was the moment of pain,” Peter said after getting word Eminem was out. "That was the low moment.”

In a recent interview with Zane Lowe for Beats 1 Radio, Eminem said he “wouldn't have been able to do” “Southpaw” due to scheduling issues related to making the album.

With Eminem out, DreamWorks lost interest in the project. Thankfully, Fuqua still wanted to direct.

Following some talks with MGM to take the project, which Alan said “never got into negotiations,” Harvey Weinstein came calling.

“He had read the original script and very much wanted the project originally,” said Alan of the legendary producer who has been behind Best Picture Oscar-winners “Shakespeare in Love,” “The English Patient,” “Chicago," "The King’s Speech,” and “The Artist.”

The Weinstein Company bought the film rights in 2013, while the Riches continued looking for their Billy Hope.

“We talked at length with Aaron Paul,” said Alan. “Travis Fimmel from ‘Vikings,’ Charlie Hunnam from ‘Sons of Anarchy,’ but Harvey Weinstein always had it in his head that it would be Jake Gyllenhaal.”

Gyllenhaal had been on a stretch of taking on challenging and physically demanding roles, including 2012’s “End of Watch,” 2013’s “Prisoners,” and 2014’s “Nightcrawler,” in which he dropped 30 pounds to play a freelancer shooting gruesome accidents and crimes to sell to the local news stations.

When the Riches, Fuqua, and Sutter had a meeting with Gyllenhaal about coming on the film, he was still frail from the role and as Alan recalls, “was still in the head of that ‘Nightcrawler’ character.”

“To Antoine’s credit, he looked into Jake’s eyes and knew he could do the work with him,” said Peter.

Gyllenhaal trained twice a day for six hours, and gained the 30 pounds he lost for “Nightcrawler,” plus adding on 15 more for the role. Then during production, Peter said Fuqua and Gyllenhaal would work out every day before shooting.

The Riches were taken aback by the actor's dedication, saying he gave the film everything he had every single day.

It shows on screen. Gyllenhaal's performance in “Southpaw” is as intense as the training he did, already leading to Oscar buzz for the actor. 

He's even received praise from the original actor for the role. “Jake smashed it,” said Eminem in the interview with Lowe.

In fact, Eminem loves the movie so much he made two original songs for the film and is releasing the soundtrack on his label.

Looking back on the last five years, Alan and Peter don’t dwell on the struggle. (“We're doing ‘Tarzan’ for Warner Bros. and that’s taken 13 years to get made," said Alan.) But instead believe the experience has made the trust and love they have for one another even stronger.

“It had its challenges but it was worth every minute," Peter said about the film. “It was grueling but we would do it all over again tomorrow.”

“Southpaw” opens in theaters July 24.

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"You're destined for greatness."

That's what hip-hop mogul Drake told his alleged "ghostwriter" Quentin Miller last December when Miller was working in a bakery, and his music career was spinning wheels.

Drake was called out by another artist, Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill, earlier this week for supposedly not writing his own raps, or as it's known in the hip-hop industry, using a "ghostwriter" — widely known as something that ruins an artist's integrity. 

But Miller has since spoken up to debunk those claims in an open letter, even calling Drake one of his idols.

"When nobody would pay attention, Drake saw something in me and reached out," Miller said, in a letter posted on Tumblr. "I am not and never will be a 'ghostwriter' for drake. I'm proud to say that we’ve collaborated."

According to Miller, most of the album he allegedly wrote was already done before he came into the picture. 

"I remember him playing it for me for the first time thinking 'Why am I here?' like what does he need me for?" he said. "I watched this man piece together words in front of me."

Miller is mentioned five times in the "If You're Reading This It's Too Late" album credits for his contributions. 

But Miller says he could never take credit for anything other than the few songs he and Drake have worked on together. Basically, he's saying that he has co-written certain songs with Drake.

During a Meek Mill Concert Wednesday, the artist addressed the situation, saying he was upset as a fan because Drake "gave me a verse he didn't write." But added, "Shout-out to Drake. Let him be great in all the motherf---ing lanes that he's great in."

Drake still has yet to comment on the matter. However, Drake reportedly told a friend, "I signed up for greatness. This comes with it," according to The New York Daily News.  

Whether Drake has used a ghostwriter or not remains to be seen, but it's been common to hip-hop for awhile.

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Let’s get the obvious comparison out of the way first. Both Dick Fuld, the former CEO of Lehman Brothers, and 50 Cent left some folks who had key financial relationships with them feeling very shortchanged. 

Lehman Brothers and 50 Cent have something else in common, too: there were questions about whether they were really broke even though they both filed for bankruptcy. 

50 Cent's bankruptcy filing came at an interesting time. In the last 12 months, 50 Cent lost a pair of lawsuits that could cost him nearly $25 million.

If 50 can't come up with the cash, he might have to start selling his assets off to pay his creditors — just like Lehman had to do in the wake of the financial crisis. Eight years after the crisis, the bankrupted bank continues to pay off creditors through asset sales. 

It's an ironic twist for a man who poses on Instagram flaunting hot cars and jewels — and who released the track "Window Shopper" in 2005 to mock other rappers lacking his substantial means. 50, however, just had to testify in court that he actually returns much of the high-end booty he has been spotted wearing online. 

On July 24, that indebtedness increased. A jury ruled that 50 Cent would have to pay out an additional $2 million to a woman whose sex tape he published on the internet. Despite his defense team's fervent attempts to characterize him as penniless, a jury of 50's peers just wouldn't buy the idea that he was broke. 

Here’s why: Hunter Shkolnik, a lawyer for one of the parties suing 50 Cent, points out that in 2014 the rapper cut a $29 million loan to his production company G-Unit. On top of that, he’s also kept current on his bills. Besides the two lawsuits totaling nearly $25 million in judgments against him, 50 is only about a half-million dollars in the hole, according to Shkolnik. 

Still, confusion surrounds the state of 50's finances. His own accountant wasn't aware of the $29 million loan the rapper made to the production company he owns and couldn't recall who purchased rights to $3 million worth of 50 Cent's songs. 

“The real joke is the $29 million,” Shkolnik told Business Insider, adding that the legal team opposing 50 Cent brought it to the judge’s attention as it was not included in his initial filing.

“We called him out on it and the judge agreed,” Shkolnik said. "It's going to show up in bankruptcy court. He's not bankrupt; he's not broke. Chapter 11 isn't made to protect rich people from having to pay their debts." 

Interestingly, Fuldclaimed Lehman Brothers wasn’t technically broke despite its bankruptcy filing. Fuld’s public claims came in May, when he spoke at a conference in New York and delivered an inexplicably spirited defense of his time at Lehman Brothers that culminated in the firm’s bankruptcy filing. 

"I have always said, and now it's being proven, Lehman Brothers in September 2008 was not bankrupt,” Fuld said in his defiant speech.

Fuld's speech didn't sit too well with his former colleagues. Regardless of whether Fuld's claims are accurate, his colleagues lost much of their life savings when Lehman collapsed.

For their part, the lawyers opposing 50 Cent insist he is attempting to prove he is insolvent to duck the obligations via his own bankruptcy filing. 50 dodged a proverbial bullet because the judge overseeing his bankruptcy didn't try to force him into Chapter 7 bankruptcy. This could have led to his entire estate being immediately liquidated to pay off his creditors, including the people he owes. 

50 Cent initially filed for bankruptcy and will have more hearings in the state of Connecticut, which allows people to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy or Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Chapter 11 is typically used by people like 50 Cent, who have a lot of assets but not the cash to immediately pay off creditors. Chapter 7 is used by people who are out of assets and out of money, who have to liquidate everything just to pay back creditors pennies on the dollar. 

He'll be back in court in late July in Connecticut as bankruptcy hearings continue to determine the state of his finances, Shkolnik said. 

Business Insider requested comment from 50 Cent's legal defense team. They did not comment by publication time but we will update this post if we hear back. 

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If you watch the trailer for the new Adam Sandler comedy “Pixels,” you'll find the usual antics from the funny man and eye popping 8-bit graphics developed from the backing of a major movie studio.

But what’s more remarkable is the short film that inspired it.

French filmmaker/artist Patrick Jean created the two-and-a-half minute short, also titled “Pixels,” five years ago for $5,000. In it, the classic arcade games of the 1980s travel to New York City and begin to devour it into 8-bit blocks.

The short became an instant sensation on the web, getting over a million views in its first 24 hours online, according to Jean’s website. And, as Jean told Business Insider, within two weeks he began hearing from movie studios about making it into a feature-length film that he’d direct.
 “I came up with the idea of what the feature film became,” said Jean in a phone conversation from L.A. “I pitched it to about five companies that really wanted it and we ended up going with Adam Sandler and Sony.”

For the next four years, Jean went from directing a modest-budgeted movie about ex-gamers trying to save the world from its destruction by classic video game characters, to stepping aside as major players in Hollywood took it over.

He said he’s grateful for what has happened, but he has some critiques about the finished product.

According to Jean, he sold the film rights for $1 million. He was to direct the film with Sandler producing it and perhaps star. Jean teamed with a screenwriter hired by Sandler’s Happy Madison production company to write the script, which he said went through many drafts over a few years.

But when the script got to a point when the project got a green light, the budget increased, which led to Jean’s exit as director.

“They asked me to come up with a list of directors [to make the movie] and we got Chris Columbus,” said Jean.

Columbus is known for the fantastical films he wrote in the 1980s ("Gremlins" and "The Goonies") and the classics he went on to direct ("Home Alone," "Mrs Doubtfire," and the first two "Harry Potter" movies).

Jean became an executive producer on the film and made an arrangement with Sony that he would shadow Columbus on set.

“It wasn’t easy because it was my baby at one point,” said Jean of having to relinquish the director reigns. “But I still wanted to be attached to the project, so I learned to watch and not interfere with what Chris wanted.”

When asked what he thinks about the film, Jean doesn’t give the usual Hollywood spin.

“I think the movie is not perfect, but I like it,” he said. “I feel the second half of the movie could have been better. But I know they had budget issues, they had to cut some stuff.”

One bit in particular is a scene at the end where the heroes (played by Sandler, Kevin James, Josh Gad, and Peter Dinklage) meet their younger selves (who we meet in the beginning of the movie) while battling the mothership that’s releasing the video game characters onto Earth.

“They did shoot it,” said Jean. “But sadly it didn’t make it in the film.”

Overall, Jean said he loves the humor of the film, and the visual effects. “It’s a light action comedy movie and that’s what we wanted to do in the first place,” he said.

But he’s now ready to direct one of his projects.

He says he’s shooting a live-action film for a French company next summer and is in talks with Sony to direct an animated feature.

“Pixels” opens in theaters on Friday.

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After the success of "Bates Motel," "American Horror Story," and "The Walking Dead," television is expanding further into the horror genre with MTV's "Scream" and "Scream Queens."

"When you have something that’s successful, there’s a lot of attempts to duplicate it," The Paley Center's TV curator, David Bushman, told Business Insider. "In recent years, you have shows that have been passionately been embraced by audiences, like 'The Walking Dead,' 'Buffy [the Vampire Slayer].' Producers are seeing that certain things are striking a chord."

In fact, the horror trend isn't just seen on the small screen. Horror movie releases are also becoming more year-round affairs, rather than Halloween fare. Last year, we saw "The Conjuring" open to almost $42 million June, "Insidious Chapter 2" opened with $40 million in September, and "The Purge: Anarchy" opened in the No. 1 position in July with $29 million, according to TheWrap.

"I think everything is cyclical and I think horror as a genre is something that has been on TV throughout the years, but it’s something people always come back to," MTV's "Scream" executive producer, Tony DiSanto, told BI.

But why are we presently seeing so many scary shows popping up on the small screen? Bushman believes it's a combination of factors.

1.) The rise of cable. Cable TV has probably done the most to help bring horror-based shows back to TV. Unlike the broadcast channels, cable can afford to take a chance since it requires much less viewers to make a a hit. And horror usually appeals to loyal, niche audiences.

"Being able to find niche audiences has a been a good thing for the horror genre," Bushman said. "Instead of having to attract seven, eight million viewers as on the broadcast networks, these shows can have audiences of three, four million."

2.) More opportunities to be unpredictable. "For horror shows to work, they have to be unpredictable," Bushman said. He said one big aspect of this is the ability to kill main characters.

"It’s now permissible to kill off major characters," Bushman continued. "TV needed to shake things up, because of the competition. You can do that now. 'Scream' just had a major character that was killed. Practically every season, 'The Walking Dead' kills major characters."

3.) TV horror shows are more accessible. "A lot of horror movies are rated R. There’s something cool with kids and horror. So TV is the first exposure for horror, because they’re unable to do it in the movie theater."

Of course, that means today's horror may be more attuned to modern tastes: They're more comedic.

"I think what’s consistent about the horror that’s connecting now is that it’s fun," DiSanto said. "It’s a ride, and I think people are scared but they’re having fun watching it and I think that’s also why you’re seeing, surprisingly, you’re seeing a huge female audience, too, with a lot of this horror."

And they're more self-aware.

"They’re more self aware because 'Buffy' and 'Scream' introduced that," said Bushman. "We’re so much more knowledgeable, and so much more conscious of storytelling method. And in order to be current, you have to be that way."

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Everyone's favorite '90s flick, "Clueless," was released 20 years ago this past weekend. The movie starred Alicia Silverstone and put now famous stars like Paul Rudd and the late Brittany Murphy on the map.

The story of a beautiful blonde navigating high school as a popular student was a sleeper hit that ended up grossing $56 million in the US alone. "Clueless" was loosely based on Jane Austen's novel, "Emma." The movie's immense popularity led to a TV spin-off series that ran for three seasons, and in 2015 it was the inspiration for Iggy Azalea's music video for her hit song, "Fancy."

What are all the stars of "Clueless" up to 20 years later? Let's find out ...

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THEN: Alicia Silverstone starred as the film's protagonist, Cher Horowitz — a ditzy, popular high-school girl with a few trademark sayings ("As if!").

NOW: Silverstone's film career peaked in the '90s with movies like 1997's "Batman & Robin." Since then, she's become an animal-rights activist. In 2009, she published a book called "The Kind Diet" on veganism.

In 2014, she wrote another health book called "The Kind Mama" about how her 4-year-old son, Bear, has "never had a drop of medicine."

THEN: Stacey Dash played Dionne, Cher's best friend and fashion sidekick.

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Following a week where the film received a pitiful 19% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, "Pixels," Adam Sandler's new comedy, ended up being the SNL alum's latest dud.

The film came in second at the domestic box office this weekend with a lackluster estimated take of only $23.7 million.

The opening weekend for "Pixels" is not a good start for Sony's lone big summer release. The estimated cost for the movie is around $88 million, according to The Wrap.

Marvel's latest superhero hit, "Ant-Man," won the weekend with an estimated $24.77 million, according to Deadline.

"Pixels" started off well on Friday, earning the top spot for the day with an estimated $9.2 million, according to Deadline. But "Ant-Man" came on strong the rest of the weekend and just edged out Sandler's CGI-heavy comedy in which he and pals (Kevin James, Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad) try to save the world from classic arcade characters from the 1980s.

However, things were better than expected for another new release, Jake Gyllenhaal's boxing drama "Southpaw." The film did better than early projections with an impressive $16.5 million.

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It took 13 years for "BattleBots" to return to TV. And this time, the show got a bit of an upgrade from its previous cable home, Comedy Central, to broadcast network, ABC.

Only the right combination of cultural movements and people could bring the robotic fighting challenge back to the small screen. But, it was clear that no one involved with the show lost heart.

"Trey [Roski] and I went through this agency, that agency, this executive producer, that production company," 
"BattleBots" co-founder and executive producer Greg Munson told Business Insider.

"I had always believed that it could be a broader show," Chris Cowan also told Business Insider. He serves as executive producer for "BattleBots" and head of unscripted television for Whalerock Industries, the production company that would help usher the competition back to TV.

"BattleBots" was canceled in 2002, a time in which Viacom was buying out its partners in Comedy Central and the cable channel was returning to its comedy roots.

"BattleBots" co-founders Munson and Roski continued shopping the show around. At one point, movie director James Cameron ("Titanic," "Avatar") and reality TV titan Mark Burnett ("The Voice," "Survivor") were attached to the series.

"We got a yes from Discovery, because of [Cameron and Burnett]," Cowan said. "But for one reason or the next, it just never happened. Too bad, because it would've been pretty cool. But, it was actually a blessing in disguise. Over the years of fighting and trying to get this back to TV, it led us to Whalerock, a great group who believes in the same things that Trey and I believe in."

With the right team in place (and it doesn't hurt that Whalerock owner Lloyd Braun is a former ABC Entertainment chairman), some major cultural things also had to take place.

"Thirteen years is a fairly significant time in the television universe," Cowan said. "The original show was so beloved that I felt there would be a core audience appetite, but I also felt that in the 13 years that passed that we as a society and a culture had become more tech-obsessed. Ultimately, it came down to three fortunate and zeitgeist obsessions that we have culturally now, which are sports, technology, and gaming."

Munson agreed that a more robot and tech-friendly culture was helpful to the show, but he also felt that the success of another cable show paved the way for "BattleBots."

"Something as simple as ‘American Ninja Warrior’ making the jump from G4, Esquire to NBC was a huge help for us," Munson explained. "That is competition show that really feels cable. I mean if you were talking to TV people, they would really say it’s a cable show. ‘Battlebots’ is in that same vein, but guess what? They jumped to NBC and found some success. So, that opened the door for people to consider ‘Battlebots,’ a show from Comedy Central, to go to ABC. So, I think it was a combination of the zeitgeist and network TV being more open for these types of shows."

"BattleBots" has fared pretty well at its 9 p.m. time slot on Sundays. It has averaged a 1.4 rating with the advertiser-friendly Adults aged 18 to 49 years old and 4.6 million total viewers, according to Nielsen.

And while ABC hasn't ordered a second season yet, the producers sound confident as we approach Sunday's finale episode.

"We don't know about Season 2 and I don't want to jinx it," Munson said. "But, if you look at the Magic 8-Ball, it would say, 'All signs point to yes.'"

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If you're looking for the most wildly inventive and mind-blowing science fiction ideas on television, then you should probably stay up past your bedtime, tune in to Adult Swim, and watch "Rick and Morty".

"Rick and Morty" asks the question no one has ever dared to ask: What if Doc Brown from "Back to the Future" was a raging alcoholic?

As the title suggests, "Rick and Morty" centers around Rick (Justin Roiland), an alcoholic scientist with a lot of crazy ideas, and Morty (Justin Roiland), Rick's awkward teenage grandson. Rick, who works out of the garage, is always inventing something new and dragging Morty along with him for crazy sci-fi inspired adventures that always cause trouble. Sometimes, they make Morty's parents mad. Other times, they accidently open a rift in the universe.

"Rick and Morty" falls on the right side of a balancing act. With animation, you have at your disposal no limits in terms of your imagination. However, you have to make sure to ground the story somehow so we can still relate to it. There are shows like "BoJack Horseman," where the anthropomorphic animals share the same fears and sadness as most humans do. Then, there are also shows like "King of the Hill" that could have been live action and lost nothing.

"Rick and Morty" is a challenging show in that regard, in that it goes far beyond the initial premise of a twisted version of "Back to the Future."

In fact, it touches on almost every science-fictional premise which has ever been explored in pop culture. In one episode, Rick and Morty plan to incept one of Morty's teachers. As they go deeper and deeper through dream layers and a knockoff Freddy Krueger appears, it is abundantly clear that the show is not just borrowing this concept, but riffing on and exploring it.

"Rick and Morty" was co-created by Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland. Harmon is the embattled showrunner of hte brilliant "Community", which jumped from NBC to Yahoo and was in danger of cancellation several times during its run (it is still up in the air whether or not it will return for a seventh season). Like "Community", "Rick and Morty" tackles some crazily ambitious subjects, but its characters are so good that true emotional stakes are created no matter how ridiculous it may bet. 

Take for example the most tragic moment from season one of "Rick and Morty".

In the sixth episode, titled "Rick Potion No. 9", Rick and Morty attempt to create a potion that will make the girl Morty has a crush on fall in love with him at a big school dance. The plan backfires and the two of them nearly destroy mankind. Instead of fixing it, they jump into an alternate reality where everything is fine, but one version of themselves has to die. The episode ends with Rick and Morty burying their own bodies in the backyard. Rick doesn't seem fazed by it, as if he has had to do this before. Meanwhile, his grandson looks mortified, as if a piece of his innocence has been lost forever.

Later, when explaining this incident to his older sister Summer (Spencer Grammer), Morty exclaims, "Nobody exists on purpose. Nobody belongs anywhere. Everybody's gonna die. Come watch TV?"

This is the dark philosophy of the show in a nutshell: It takes every beloved science fiction concept you can think of and fleshes out the consequences. Rick and Morty is what would happen if Marty McFly couldn't get his parents back together, or if Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) could never escape the dream world in "Inception." "The Magic School Bus," this is not.

And while this is all happening, the show delves into the absurd and then comes up with some of the most imaginative results you'll see on television. 

The "Inception" episode mentioned above is paired up with a plotline about dogs gaining intelligence and then enslaving mankind. In the episode "Meeseeks and Destroy," they have to deal with annoying blue creatures named Mr. Meeseeks. It's a creation that belongs completely to "Rick and Morty", and it is bizarre, random, and memorable in a way that only this show could pull off. Like "Community", it takes a lot of other ideas that have been seen in TV and movies and makes them uniquely their own. 

I'd explain more of the show's other crazy concepts (a sex robot and an a theme park located inside the human body); however, while explaining as much as possible is necessary for science, it can kill comedy and "Rick and Morty" has the power to both make your brain ache and make you laugh at the same time.

Season two of "Rick and Morty" premieres on Sunday, July 26 at 11:30 p.m. on Adult Swim. 

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Known best as the co-anchor of Weekend Update on “Saturday Night Live,” Colin Jost is part of the new cast of comics taking over the show.

Since Seth Meyers left in 2014, “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels promoted Jost to not only the Weekend Update chair, but also the show’s head writer.

Jost has also been thrust into Michaels' inner circle, as he’s producing Jost’s first feature-length script, “Staten Island Summer.”

The comedy, which opens in select theaters on Friday and then available on Netflix July 30 (currently available on iTunes), looks at the antics of lifeguards working at a swim club in Staten Island as they try to pull off an end of summer party. The cast includes “SNL” current and former talents Bobby Moynihan, Cecily Strong, Kate McKinnon, Fred Armisen, and Will Forte.

Though Michaels is constantly executive producing movies and TV shows, he hasn’t had a producer credit on a film since 2012’s “The Guilt Trip.” His past producing credits aren’t too shabby, including projects of such "SNL" greats as Mike Meyers (“Wayne’s World”), Chris Farely (“Tommy Boy,” “Black Sheep”) and Tina Fey (“Mean Girls”).

Jost says his film being made wouldn’t have been possible without Michaels taking interest. But the comic admits the pitch process for “Staten Island Summer” was a hectic ordeal.
 The idea behind the film came about a few years ago when a conversation between Jost and Michaels led to Jost bringing up his interest in doing a comedy around lifeguards at a swim club, which was his job during summers as a teen in Staten Island.

What Jost thought was a casual conversation suddenly become a real pitch.

“I told him that’s what I really wanted to write next,” Jost told Business Insider, “and I think when he was at Paramount next he kind of told them vaguely about the idea and they were interested.”

Jost said he had to come up with a pitch for the studio in a week.

“So what was a vague idea in my mind that I thought would be a fun topic became a tense week of coming up with the characters in the movie, the plot structure, it was a crazy scramble,” Jost said.

He locked himself in a hotel room in L.A. for the week leading up to the pitch at Paramount.

Though Jost said he’s no stranger to pitching projects to studios, this one was a little different. Before talking to the Paramount suits, he had to go through Michaels and his executives first. After honing the pitch with them, it was time to do it for real in front of Michaels and Paramount’s head of production.

“It was a very intimidating situation because it’s just the three of us in a quite private dining room,” Jost said. “You’re hearing clinking of table wear on china and then small talk and then a pause followed by, ‘Well, what’s this idea you have, Colin?’”

Jost said the pressure of doing the pitch was elevated because Lorne Michaels is sitting right there, too.

“You feel if it doesn’t work you’re also failing him,” said Jost.

Luckily for Jost, Paramount bought the idea for “Staten Island Summer” right then and there. Jost spent the rest of 2013 writing the script and director Rhys Thomas shot the film last summer in Staten Island.

Looking back on the pitch process, Jost credits the break-neck speed in which "Saturday Night Live" is done every week to pulling it off. He also believes using familiar things from his childhood helped flesh things out.

“When you’re pitching movies sometimes you know what the idea is but you fully don’t know the dimensions of it,” he said. “But this felt a little more concrete because I’d lived it.”

Check out the trailer for “Staten Island Summer” below:

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Sometimes the best way to experience a destination you haven't been to is to watch a movie that takes place there.

From the "Lord of the Rings" movies, which were filmed in New Zealand to "Into the Wild," which was filmed in Alaska, here are 30 movies that will make you want to travel all over the world.

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"Under the Tuscan Sun"

Based on the book by Frances Mayes, "Under the Tuscan Sun" tells the story of a recently divorced writer who ends up impulsively buying a villa in the Italian countryside while on vacation in Tuscany.

The movie was filmed in multiple locations throughout Italy, many in Tuscany — Florence, Arrezo, and Siena — as well as Rome and Positano. Think quaint villages, Tuscan countryside, and spectacular coastal views.

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"Slumdog Millionaire"

Featuring a teen who grew up in India's slums and then makes it on the show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," "Slumdog Millionaire" shows India in its true form: overcrowded, dirty, and poverty-stricken.

But it shows the country nonetheless, and is sure to spark some curiosity in avid travelers who have never been. The movie was filmed mostly in the cities of Agra and Mumbai.

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"The Motorcycle Diaries"

"The Motorcycle Diaries" chronicles the journey of two friends as they ride a motorcycle through South America and the problems they encounter along the way.

The movie captures the beauty of South America — it was filmed in Argentina, Peru, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, and Cuba. 

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Teens will go to scary lengths for swag, and one booth at VidCon proved it.

At YouTube’s annual convention, Mitú, a media agency for Latin internet stars, hosted a booth daring attendees to eat a burrito filled with three random ingredients in order to win a free T-shirt or hat.

The company claims to be the world's largest network of Latino content creators and social-media influencers.

And we’re talking tortillas stuffed with doughnuts, condensed milk, and ketchup. Peanut butter, barbecue sauce, and mandarin oranges. Seaweed, pineapple, and “mystery meat,” which looked like whitish, regurgitated cat food.

It. Was. Gross.

In order to enter, you had to log into the Mitú app with your own Twitter or Facebook account. A camera filmed your first few bites of the burrito, and the app posted the videos to social using the company's hashtag.

We were amazed to see a constant line at the booth throughout the three-day convention.

Teens spun the wheel to determine their burritos’ contents.

The table of ingredients looked like the aftermath of a fraternity party gone awry.

This burrito contained "mystery meat," doughnuts, and ketchup.

Participants made squeamish faces that made even passersby want to hurl.

And here’s what’s at stake: Latin pun-themed T-shirts and branded hats.

Worth it?

Fifteen-year-old Sarah, pictured in the gif above, told us she watches a lot of food challenges on YouTube.

Anything to be like the stars.

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ANAHEIM, California (Reuters) - For the first time, cable TV network Nickelodeon staged a casting call at VidCon, a convention that draws stars of YouTube and social media like Vine, Instagram and Snapchat and their passionate followers.

The Viacom-owned channel's talent search is one way traditional TV networks are recruiting Internet personalities to build audiences.

YouTube stars include comedians, beauty gurus, product reviewers, gamers, musicians and fitness buffs who post videos of themselves, often looking directly into the camera.

It is not certain that the shorter format and free-wheeling style of YouTube will translate to TV. "It's a challenge for all of us," said Albie Hecht, executive vice president of HLN, a network designed for the "social media generation." "Television is a very different means of communication."

The appeal for networks is clear. Google-owned YouTube says its reaches more people in the United States than any cable network among ages 18 to 49, the group most coveted by advertisers.

Nielsen data show traditional TV viewing for 12- to 17-year-olds declined to about 18 hours per week in the first quarter of 2015 from 21 hours a year earlier. Surveys show online stars are more popular with teens than mainstream celebrities.

At VidCon which ran Thursday to Saturday, 20,000 fans snapped selfies with idols and attended sessions such as "What makes a good gaming channel?"

Nickelodeon also brought in the stars of its new series "Game Shakers" including GloZell, a comedian with 3.8 million YouTube subscribers. Online stars "have a built-in following and our audience are fans," said Nickelodeon content development executive Russell Hicks.

CBS Corp's digital unit talked to Internet personalities at VidCon about potential partnerships, said Jim Lanzone, president of CBS Interactive, which operates websites such as CBS.com, CNET and GameSpot.

The company is exploring distributing content from online video creators via its digital brands, he said.

"I don't see this as either/or," Lanzone said of broadcast programming and YouTube videos. "It's different content, and both can co-exist."

Other TV networks are trying out online stars.

Popular YouTube comedian Grace Helbig hosted eight episodes of a talk show this year on the E! network, part of Comcast Corp's NBCUniversal. E! has not decided whether to order a new season, a spokeswoman said.

Brandy Melana Walker, a 20-year-old YouTube creator, waited to audition for Nickelodeon's casting team.

"It's really cool to see the crossover from digital media to actual network television," she said. 

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ATLANTA (AP) — The brief, chaotic life of Bobbi Kristina Brown was never really her own.

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