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Ken Parks, Spotify’s chief content officer and one of the company's longest-serving executives, is leaving the company.

Parks is headed to another startup — streaming television service, Pluto TV, where he'll be their executive chairman.

Parks joined Spotify in 2007, and was the company's first US employee.

The New York Times reported Parks will stay on part-time with the company, however, as an advisor to current CEO Daniel Ek.

“I believe Pluto TV has an enormous opportunity to define the future of television and online video,” Parks said in a statement issued by the company. “The timing is perfect for Pluto TV to reach massive global scale and become one of the premier consumer video platforms in the world.”

Parks was formerly an adviser and investor in Pluto TV.

Pluto TV was launched in 2013 and has a lot of upside. The company raised $13 million in 2014, with a primary focus on the consumer shift from traditional cable to streaming television. 

The company curates videos from consumers' favorite sources on the web, then re-organizes them into more general categories like music, entertainment, sports, and comedy. Consumers can build a library of programming and watch what they want, giving them a unique advantage over other services.

In early July, the company reached a deal with Hulu that would allow users to stream new and old Hulu content from a variety of networks, including ABC, NBC, and Fox.

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Bill Cosby is set to face a deposition in the case of a woman accusing him of sexual assault, Reuters reports.

The woman, Judy Huth, claims the comedian abused her at the Playboy Mansion in 1974, when she was 15-years-old.

The deposition order was made official in Los Angeles Superior Court Tuesday and made public Wednesday.

The filing indicates that on October 9, Cosby will "submit to questions under oath," from lawyers representing Huth, according to Reuters. 

Huth will answer questions from Cosby's attorneys October 15.

The alleged assault is one of dozens of accusations against Cosby, dating as far back as the 1960s.

"Huth’s lawsuit states that she and a 16-year-old friend first met Cosby at a Los Angeles-area film shoot and the comedian gave the girls drinks a week later at a tennis club," The Associated Press reported in December.

The lawsuit states that Cosby took them to the Playboy Mansion after several drinks, and told the teenagers to lie and say they were 19 years old if asked. Her lawsuit states Cosby forced her to perform a sex act on him with his hand."

New York Magazine last month published a bombshell cover story featuring the accounts of 35 of Cosby's accusers. More than 40 women have publicly accused Cosby of some form of sexual abuse.

Many of the cases are beyond the statute of limitations for criminal or civil action, but at least one other outstanding case could potentially cause more trouble for the embattled comedian.

To date, Cosby has publicly denied any wrongdoing, and he has not been charged with a crime.

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"The Daily Show's" Jon Stewart has consistently mocked Arby's over the past couple of years.

"Arby's — technically it's food," Stewart has joked. "The meal that's a dare for your colon. It's like if your stomach could get punched in the balls!"

But Arby's has been good-humored about the non-stop ribbing (no publicity's bad publicity, after all) and the fast-food chain chose to round up the best of the abuse in a tribute ad that ran during the penultimate episode of the Stewart-hosted "The Daily Show," which aired on Wednesday night. Stewart is retiring after 16 years hosting the show.

"Not sure why, but we'll miss you," reads the tag line.

Arby's also created a separate 30-second spot dubbed "Arby's last sandwich."

"This is the last sandwich Arby's ever wanted to make because it means he's really leaving," says the voiceover. "This sandwich with double corned beef and deli mustard on marble rye. It's for Jon. But also, it's for all of us to eat at Arby's whenever the sad thoughts come back."

Arby's told The Wall Street Journal's CMO Today that it will also "be part of" Thursday's finale, although it hasn't bought ad time for tonight's show.

Advertisers are forking out around $230,000 for a 30-second slot during Thursday night's show, which also includes a broader agreement to buy further air time on other channels owned by Comedy Central's parent company Viacom, ad buyers told WSJ CMO Today. Brands buying space include T-Mobile, Bud Light, and movie company Weinstein Co., the report says. 

Those ad rates are significantly higher than the average $46,000 for 30-seconds "The Daily Show" demanded in the second quarter, according to research company SQAD.

South African comedian Trevor Noah will take over from Stewart as the new host of "The Daily Show" next season.

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Jon Stewart is signing off as host of "The Daily Show" on Thursday night after an iconic run of over 16 years.

And though the wave of eulogies has highlighted his unique comedic ability to "destroy," "slam," "rip apart," and more with political pundits, Stewart's segments often had an immediate effect on the subject in the comedian's crosshairs. At times he shaped public policy and dramatically shifted public opinion.

Here are some of the times in which "The Daily Show's" coverage helped immediately change actions or perceptions.

9/11 first responders healthcare bill

In late 2010, Stewart dedicated several segments to a stalled congressional bill to pay for healthcare for first responders of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. "The Daily Show" host railed against Republican lawmakers, who at the time were blocking a congressional bill because it was tied to a tax increase.

Stewart's advocacy brought the issue into the spotlight. And it had an immediate effect: A little more a week after the comedian began covering the bill, the Senate reached a compromise.

Veterans' benefits

Earlier this year, Stewart exposed a flaw in the Department of Veterans Affairs. To qualify for a program to allow veterans to seek care outside the VA network, veterans waiting for operations needed to live over 40 miles "as the crow flies" from a VA facility. After Stewart exposed how this rule was forcing veterans to wait longer to receive care, the agency changed its rules.

'Crossfire'

Though Stewart's scrutiny kept some media figures on their toes, few journalists ever suffered more than a bit of embarrassment when finding themselves in Stewart's crosshairs.

This was not the case for former Bill Clinton speechwriter Paul Begala and Daily Caller founder Tucker Carlson. The show they hosted, "Crossfire," was canceled in 2004 on the heels of an embarrassing grilling by Stewart, who asked the hosts why they were "hurting America."

Jonathan Klein, then the president of CNN, told The New York Times in 2004 that he agreed "wholeheartedly with Jon Stewart's overall premise."

Jim Cramer

After the economic crisis of 2008, Stewart targeted CNBC host Jim Cramer for dismissing concerns about the health of the financial industry on the eve of the collapse.

Cramer served as the piñata for the rest of the financial media. He appeared on "The Daily Show" in an intense interview in which Stewart blamed him for failing to highlight warning signs that led to the financial collapse.

"Listen, you knew what the banks were doing, yet were touting it for months and months," Stewart told Cramer in 2009. "The entire network was. For now to pretend that this was some sort of crazy, once-in-a-lifetime tsunami that nobody could have seen coming is disingenuous at best and criminal at worst."

Stewart eventually acknowledged that he felt somewhat guilty for singling out Cramer.

Pizza

Mayor Bill de Blasio claims to be a real New Yorker, but some skeptics have their doubts, primarily based his truly unforgivable decision to eat pizza with a fork and a knife.

In 2014, Stewart showed the mayor how to eat pizza the correct way.

BONUS REEL: Fox News

Stewart destroyed, crushed, ripped, bashed, skewered, slammed, and obliterated Fox News regularly during his 16-year run.

Though no cable network was safe from Stewart's mockery, Fox News was most likely his favorite target. His criticism of Fox became the backbone of his show, and it produced some of his most memorable moments, including a parody of host Glenn Beck and a list of 50 lies in six seconds.

Stewart undoubtedly helped harden the perception of the network on both sides of the political aisle.

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The numbers are staggering in a report released Wednesday by USC Annenberg’s Media, Diversity, & Social Change Initiative.

Examining gender and race/ethnicity across 700 top-grossing US films from 2007 to 2014, the study shows troubling findings like only 30.2% percent of speaking characters in those 700 films were female; out of the over 4,600 speaking roles in the top 100 films in 2014, only 19 were lesbian, gay or bisexual (none were transgender); and in 2014 only 17 of the 100 top films featured a lead or co-lead from an underrepresented racial or ethnic group.

The report, spearheaded by Dr. Stacy L. Smith, is even more disturbing when made up as charts. Here are a few from the report:

Looking at the report, New York Times critic Manhole Dargis writes in regards to lack of women in movies: “Among other things, the findings are a blunt reminder that female-driven blockbusters like 'The Hunger Games' and African-American dramas like 'Selma' remain exceptions in a largely homogeneous field.”

This is not the first time a study by Dr. Smith revealed a white, male-dominated movie industry.

The study on the same topics she did looking at 500 films from 2007-2012 motivated Senator Barbara Boxer (D - California) and four other female senators to send a letter to the major movie studios asking them to respond to Dr. Smith’s findings. In June of this year, Boxer praised Warner Brothers for their recent hires of females for some of their upcoming big movies, Variety reported.

“When women’s voices are heard, whether in the U.S. Congress or in the film industry, it strengthens our country,” Boxer wrote in a letter to Warner Bros. Entertainment CEO, Kevin Tsujihara, according to Variety. “I will continue to follow the issue of women directors and your studio’s efforts to expand diversity at all levels.”

BI reached out to Senator Boxer for comment on Dr. Smith’s latest report, but have not yet received a response. We will update this story where appropriate.

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Tonight, Jon Stewart will host his final episode of "The Daily Show." He's been at the show's helm for 16 years, from the end of the Clinton years to the close of the Obama era.

In that time, he's established himself as a national icon, taking to the air every night at 11 p.m. to, as New Yorker editor David Remnick put it, "expose our civic bizarreries." 

In honor of the end of his Emmy-winning tenure — though not, he reminds us, his actual end ("Guys, let me make something clear," he reminded his audience at a recent taping, The Week reports. "I'm not dying.") — we looked back on the incredible and winding career of the legendary comedian.

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Jonathan Stewart Leibowitz was born in 1962 in New York City. His mother, Marian, was a teacher who later became an educational consultant. His father, Don, was a physicist. (His older brother, Larry, was 2 at the time, and went on to work on Wall Street, and is the former COO of NYSE Euronext.)

Sources: The New Yorker, Moment

The Leibowitzes moved to a middle-class neighborhood in Lawrence Township, New Jersey, where Stewart grew up. His was one of the few Jewish families in town, and he was often teased as a kid, according to the New Yorker's Tad Friend. "He recalls being called 'Leibotits' and 'Leibosh--s,' and getting punched out at the bus stop when he was in the seventh grade."

Source: The New Yorker

When Stewart was 12, his parents divorced. According to The New Yorker, he was "deeply shaken by the breakup, and by his subsequent failure to find common ground with his father." In the 2002 profile, Stewart told Friend that his father had never seen him perform.

Source: The New Yorker

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What does it take to deliver great television — not just once but year after year, across multiple networks and digital properties?

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No one else has Moonves’ track record. Under his direction, CBS Television Network has been No. 1 in viewers for 12 of the last 13 years. CBS boasts TV's most popular drama (“NCIS”), comedy (“The Big Bang Theory”), and news program (“60 Minutes").

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In a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter posted online Thursday, Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney wrote that he’s “disappointed” with “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart for not bringing up the alleged human rights abuses in the Church of Scientology when he had Tom Cruise on as a guest July 28.

Cruise has been the face of the church for decades, and as Gibney’s film "Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief" shows, the star allegedly had knowledge of abuses members of the church have endured.

“What a missed opportunity,” Gibney wrote in the column. “For once, someone with intelligence, rhetorical skill and insight could have confronted Cruise about the engine of cruelty that drives his chosen religion and reminded the world that the smiling movie star sits idly by, effectively endorsing a longstanding and ongoing pattern of human rights abuses.”

The Wrap reported days after the Cruise appearance on “The Daily Show” that Cruise’s publicity team enforced a strict no personal questions mandate for access to the star during his publicity tour of “Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation.” That included questions about Scientology.

Instead, Stewart and Cruise discussed workout regiments and plans for another “M: I” movie. Earlier that week on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," the host had a lip synch battle with Cruise.

“Some may ask, ‘Why should Jon Stewart or anyone else raise the issue of Cruise’s religion? Isn’t that a private matter?’” Gibney wrote. “In this case, no. Through Scientology’s tax exemption, we all subsidize the church's documented cruel and unusual punishments of its adherents and critics. Yet what’s left of the church’s credibility remains because Tom Cruise — the movie star with the hundred-million-dollar smile — is the religion’s most powerful pitch man and recruiting tool. Tom Cruise is not just a believer; he’s essentially part of the church’s power structure.”

Gibney is not the only one who has called out Stewart. The Atlantic also was disappointed Cruise didn’t get the usual Stewart treatment. But it surmised it was less Stewart but the company he works for as to why Scientology wasn’t brought up.

“Part of the problem is the byzantine structure of the entertainment industry,” Sophie Gilbert of The Atlantic wrote. “The Daily Show is broadcast on Comedy Central, which is owned by Viacom. Viacom also owns Paramount Pictures, the studio behind the Mission Impossible franchise.”

Gibney notes in his column that according to insiders at "The Daily Show," there was no deal to not bring up Scientology.

The filmmaker believes we the audience are also responsible in this.

“We should insist that celebrities play by the rules the rest of us do,” Gibney wrote. “And we need to be willing to encourage those who can to ask uncomfortable questions on our behalf.”

Read Gibney’s complete guest column. 

Watch the complete Tom Cruise “The Daily Show” interview:

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Things do not look promising for the latest attempt to reboot one of Marvel’s flagship superhero teams.

20th Century Fox will be releasing “Fantastic Four” on Friday with high-powered young Hollywood talent as the leads, including Miles Teller (as Reed Richards), Kate Mara (Sue Storm), Michael B. Jordan (Johnny Storm), and Jamie Bell (Ben Grimm, aka The Thing).

Though on paper it looks like Fox couldn’t go wrong, the film has had to deal with controversy from the get-go. First, some fans weren’t happy with the casting of Michael B. Jordan, an African-American actor, in the role of Johnny Storm (who in the comics is white). Then there were the rumors of the erratic behavior of the film’s director Josh Trank on set, followed by 11th hour reshoots. 

All of that can be forgotten if a movie is good, but from the looks of its 9% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it’s not likely. 

Let’s check out why the critics weren’t into “Fantastic Four.”

The beginning of the movie is promising, but apparently then goes down hill.

Time Out London believes “the first 45 minutes or so, ‘Fantastic Four’ is actually a lot of fun.” 

And Forbes felt the film was “a mess” with “the halfway decent first 45 minutes or so giving way to a stupefyingly generic and wrongheaded superhero origin story.” 

It’s hard to get over the fact that the actors are supposed to be teenagers.

“We flash-forward seven years to a high school science fair (we’re supposed to believe, I guess, that the characters in this movie are 17-18 years old even though the average age of the actors is 29)…” notes Screen Crush. 

The ending is a CGI fail.

“Flashes of freshness are utterly M.I.A. in 'Fantastic Four''s final act, which is where its human drama is preempted by stagey, CGI-addled superhero posturing,” according to The Daily Beast. 

“The special effects are often lousy in 'Fantastic Four,' with poorly rendered CGI backdrops that make the fact that the actors are all standing on a soundstage all the more apparent, and this is particularly glaring during the climax,” writes The Playlist. 

But as a whole, the movie just isn’t good.

“'Fantastic Four' is a synthetic bum-out, an assembly-line product, a movie a group of people made just because they could,” according to the Miami Herald. 

JoBlo’s Movie Emporium feels “...this is like a generic TV pilot for a show you wouldn’t want to watch....” 

"'Fantastic Four' feels like a 100-minute trailer for a movie that never happens," writes The Hollywood Reporter. 

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Fox is making headway with a live-action "X-Men" television series.

“We’re in negotiations with Marvel,” Fox Co-chairman and CEO Dana Walden told reporters on Thursday at the Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills, California, according to Deadline. “We’re hopeful that we’ll be able to announce something soon, but we’re not closed on a deal yet.”

Walden added that the series would be "a long-running series," as opposed to a limited series like Fox's "X-Files" return and M. Knight Shyamalan's "Wayward Pines."

Reports of Fox's interest in the TV series had been floating around for months. While Fox owns the movie rights to "X-Men," it doesn't own the TV rights. That will hinge on whether Fox can seal the deal with Marvel.

Reportedly, Patrick McKay and JD Payne (who wrote the first "Star Trek 3" draft) are penning the pilot and "24" producers Evan Katz and Manny Coto will serve as showrunners.

Previously, Fox aired the animated "X-Men" series in the 1990's.

The TV network saw some success with comic book-inspired "Gotham" last year, a prequel to "Batman."

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Jon Stewart will end his 16-year reign as beloved "Daily Show" host on Thursday.

During his time on Comedy Central, Stewart has managed to attract a key demographic for advertisers — people with money to spend. In fact, Stewart's audience proves to be the most affluent among late-night shows, beating out competition like "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" and "Jimmy Kimmel Live."

See how other late-night shows rank below: 

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Hillary Clinton hit the west coast Thursday for a few campaign stops.

She was in San Francisco visiting a delivery startup called, Munchery. 

Clinton also attended a Hollywood fundraiser hosted by music mogul, Scooter Braun.

The $2,700-per-ticket affair was attended by 250 people, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Some of the A-list guests included Tom Hanks, Jessica Alba, R&B singer Usher, philanthropist Alexander Soros and film executive, Jeffrey Katzenberg.

Clinton spoke for about 30 minutes, THR noted, where she touted President Obama's climate change initiative that was unveiled this week, and vowed to defend Planned Parenthood, which has been the subject of much debate since controversial videos surrounding the agency were released last month.

At some point, the 2016 Democratic presidential front-runner found time for a selfie with some supporters:

Yes, that's Kim Kardashian and Hillary Clinton taking a selfie. Rapper Kanye West — Kim K.'s husband — made an appearance, too.

The Clinton campaign has made a concerted effort to get Hollywood on board with her 2016 candidacy. And while many of Hollywood's elite have been vocal in their support for the former Secretary of State, the same can be said for a handful of GOP candidates, who have also enjoyed some endorsements from within Hollywood circles — albeit, in smaller numbers.

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Jon Stewart's final night hosting "The Daily Show" is upon us.

Thursday evening, Stewart will host an especially long episode – at least 50 minutes according to Comedy Central president Michele Ganeless. No one knows who his guests are or what's planned, but it's certain to be a massive celebration. 

But we're not here to speculate on Stewart's last night. This piece is about looking back at the lasting impact of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" on both late-nite comedy and political discourse in America. Stewart's beloved for his ability to make us laugh – no doubt – but he's even more celebrated for his ability to highlight the absurdity of the American political system, from politicians to pundits to media, and everything in between.

Jon Stewart wasn't always the politically-minded "Daily Show" host we know and love. He took over for original host Craig Kilborn in January of 1999, and much of his first years were spent finding his voice.

The first episode featured plenty of political commentary and a few nods to what the show would become.

He ended it with a speech telling viewers: "I'm sure many of you are curious, 'Is my beloved Daily Show going to change?' Well, it might. Subtly. And, I know change can be painful, but from change comes growth." Stewart said during his premiere episode. "I'm a new member of this family, your family, and I'll be here for you every night," he added.

His coverage of former President Clinton's impeachment proceedings were comical, but ultimately lighthearted. It wasn't until the election debacle of 2000 that Stewart's political focus sharpened.

Stewart, alongside Colbert, attacked the November 7, 2000 election night head-on. The show became an hour-long special for the evening, and the subsequent month of debate over whether George W. Bush or Al Gore won the election became a flashpoint for Stewart's pointed commentary on the American political system.

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As Jon Stewart's 16 years on "The Daily Show" was coming to an end on Thursday, the host still found a way to do some good.

Stewart partnered with charity fundraising company, Omaze and raised $2,235,520 for New York Collaborates for Autism, according to a press release.

“Over the last 16 years, no one has done more than Jon to engage people around the issues that truly impact our lives, and it’s fitting that he leveraged his final show to raise over $2M for this incredible cause," Omaze co-founder Matt Pohlson said in a statement.

How did he do it? Fans who donated $10 or more to the campaign were entered into a raffle-like drawing to attend the final taping of the show, meet Stewart, and hang out on-set.

A total of 47,048 people from 78 countries made donations averaging $45.50 each. The largest donation was $35,000. The winner donated $100.

Meet the winner:

One donor didn't seem to mind that he didn't win the big prize.

 This is the second year "The Daily Show" and Jon Stewart participated in a charity giveaway with Omaze. Watch a video featuring last year's winner, Paul Dorasil, below:

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Jon Stewart couldn't let his final episode end without one last "get real" message to his viewers.

The fun of seeing a parade of famous alums and then a behind-the-scenes look at the team who put "The Daily Show" together on, well, the daily— was put to rest.

Stewart asked for Camera 3 and began with "Bulls--t is everywhere." After breaking to laugh and ask if the kids were still around, he continued: "There is very little that you will encounter in life that has not been in some way infused with bulls--t."

He acknowledged the kind of B.S. that wasn't harmful, white lies that "keeps people from making each other cry all day."

But, then, he said we had to keep watch for "the more pernicious bulls--t, your premeditated, institutional bulls--t designed to obscure and distract." He referred to the "Patriot Act," gay rights, the climate change debate, among other issues.

He also provides this basic rule: “So whenever something’s been titled freedom, family, fairness, health, America: Take a good long sniff. It may contain traces of bulls--t.”

He then ended his speech with a final request to his viewers — something that actually encapsulates what Stewart has been doing on "The Daily Show" for 16 years:

"So, I say to you tonight friends," he said. "The best defense against the bulls--t is vigilance. So if you smell something, say something."

Watch the full uncensored speech below:

 And read the full uncensored transcript here (courtesy of Dave Itzkoff):

SEE ALSO: Jon Stewart raised more than $2.2 million for autism with his final episode of 'The Daily Show'

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After 16 years, we sadly had to say goodbye to Jon Stewart, who took his last exit from "The Daily Show" Thursday night.

But, Stewart had a lot of friends who wanted to say farewell.

From former correspondents to politicians to "The Boss," here is everyone who made an appearance on Stewart's final night.

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Things started with Stewart introducing his current correspondents as they were "covering" the evening's first Republican presidential debate of the 2016 election.

But then, "Daily Show" correspondents from the past began to appear — like Aasif Mandvi.

Lewis Black and John Hodgman.

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"Fantastic Four" director Josh Trank took to Twitter on Thursday night and blamed the film's studio, 20th Century Fox, for the film's disappointing reviews.

Trank quickly deleted the tweet, but Variety took a screengrab of it while it was still online:

The film has been slaughtered by critics; on Friday morning it had a 9% rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. (To put that in perspective, "Pixels," the only other summer movie the critics universally hated, has an 18% on Rotten Tomatoes.)

Some reactions toward the film include blurbs such as JoBlo's Movie Emporium's: "...this is like a generic TV pilot for a show you wouldn’t want to watch...." And The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "'Fantastic Four' feels like a 100-minute trailer for a movie that never happens."

This is the latest controversy for a film that has been dealing with bad press since the reboot of the Marvel superheroes was announced. There has been internet scorn over casting and rumors that Trank was erratic on set (which may have caused him to lose his directing gig on a "Star Wars" spin-off).

Despite Trank's views and those of the critics, early box-office projections have "Fantastic Four" topping the weekend grosses with an estimated $45 million, according to Box Office Mojo.

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Real-estate mogul Donald Trump claimed Friday morning that his insult at comedian Rosie O'Donnell was the highlight of the Republican presidential debate the night before.

"When I said the Rosie O'Donnell thing, the room broke up. In fact, it was the biggest you probably saw," he recalled on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Friday.

He added: "It was the biggest event in terms of sound and in terms of combustion in the room. It was the biggest event of the evening."

Trump was reflecting on a charged question from Fox News host Megyn Kelly, who confronted him with some of his demeaning remarks towards women, including referring to some as "slobs," "disgusting animals," and "fat pigs."

Trump deflected by declaring most of his insults were directed at O'Donnell, with whom he has had several prominent Twitter spats.

Vox documented where each of the quotes came from, while noting he has also used similarly charged rhetoric against his male critics. While some of the insults were indeed directed at O'Donnell, others targeted a female lawyer and New York Times columnist Gail Collins.

But on "Morning Joe," Trump denied having said "many" of the quotes Kelly attributed to him.

"The question on the women — I didn't say many of those things. They said something and they were giving out some words and I don't remember that on 'The Apprentice.' And I don't know where they got some of these words, to be honest with you. In fact, I'm going to have somebody call up and find out where these words came from. Because I don't recognize those words. Not that I'm an angel, by the way. But I don't recognize those words," he said.

Trump nevertheless proudly stated that his O'Donnell jab had distracted Kelly and "really threw her off."

"It was very interesting because it totally threw her off. She thought this was going to be a cakewalk. And that really was an interesting moment, if you want to know the truth," he said. "But I don't recognize the words that she was giving me: that I said this, I said that, and some of those things I don't think happened. But we're going to have it checked out. "

For her part, O'Donnell appeared to respond to Trump on Twitter:

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Jon Stewart was running a tight ship on his final "Daily Show" episode on Thursday — until Stephen Colbert showed up.

Colbert, a "Daily Show" alum who's moving on to host CBS's "Late Show," and Stewart, did what seemed to be a planned bit using "Lord of the Rings" metaphors about power. But just after Stewart introduced the commercial break, Colbert got real.

Stewart knew he was in for something and kept trying to wheel his chair away from Colbert.

But, Colbert moved ahead with what he wanted to say. "You can't stop anyone, because they don't work for you anymore," Colbert told Stewart. "It will be quick if you just hold still."

Colbert then launched into what seemed to be an off the cuff speech about Stewart's professionalism and how honored he was to have worked with the outgoing host.

"We owe you because we learned from you, we learned from you, by example, how to have a show with intention, how to work with clarity, how to treat people with respect," Colbert said. "You are infuriatingly good at your job, and all of us who were lucky enough to work with you for 16 years are better at our jobs because we got to watch you do yours, and we are better people for having known you."

Stewart was overcome with tears.

According to Amobee Brand Intelligence Twitter data, this was the most-tweeted moment of the episode with a total of 6,669 tweets.

Watch the whole emotional exchange below:

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