It's been seven months since Pharrell and Robin Thicke were ordered to pay $5 million for allegedly infringing on a Marvin Gaye song with their No. 1 hit "Blurred Lines." But an unearthed video of the two artists' depositions offers new insight into the case.

Robin Thicke says in the deposition that he was "high or drunk" for every interview he gave about the song last year. When asked if he's honest, he says no and that he started comparing his song to Gaye after others made the connection.

Pharrell is more contentious in his deposition video. When asked about Thicke's comment that Pharrell wanted to create a Marvin Gaye-like song, he responds, "Sometimes [people] embellish those stories, and so what you're hanging your hat on here is a guy that wants the world to perceive that song is primarily his ... But that's not the way I work."

When Gaye's lawyer asks Pharrell specific questions regarding the musical structure of his song, he responds, "I'm not here to teach you music."

Following the $5 million judgment, the "Blurred Lines" case is expected to head to appeal.

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Jimmy Fallon is prone to injury. And he knows it. 

"I'm so used to going to hospitals now—it's kind of fun," the host explained on The Tonight Show last night of his latest mishap, this time damaging his right hand. (Earlier this year, he had an incident involving his left hand that almost left him without a finger.)

Over the weekend, Fallon was inducted into the Harvard Lampoon comedy publication and honored with its Elmer Award. The ceremony involved Fallon being dragged by a horse in a chariot, accompanied by a laser show with live music from Harvard's band. Fallon decided to thank the band with a bottle of Jägermeister. But while carrying the bottle, he tripped over a woman who was presenting him with a flower.

"I threw the bottle and just landed on broken glass," Fallon said. "There were pools of blood everywhere." The incident landed Fallon in the hospital yet again.

Now Fallon is wearing child Band-Aids on his right hand. But he assured the audience: "I want to let everyone know I'm fine."

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Like all streaming services, Netflix is generally mum on their viewing statistics. But the company has just let out a bit of info to show that its awards contender “Beasts of No Nation” is finding an audience.

Speaking to Deadline, Netflix’s head of content, Ted Sarandos, said “this movie, in North America alone, has over 3 million views already.”

Sarandos noted that Netflix is focusing on making the film available to all 69 million of its subscribers around the world, in more than 50 countries.

He went on to boast that in the film’s first week on Netflix, starting October 16, it was the most-watched movie in every country in which the service operates.

This sudden reveal of in-house analytics comes on the heels of the film’s poor limited-opening theatrical release, in which it only earned $51,003 in 31 theaters during the same time frame. 

All the main theater chains boycotted the theatrical release as it was available on streaming the same day, which went against their agreed 90-day hold period between theatrical and DVD/Blu-ray/streaming release. The film was mainly shown at Landmark theaters, the largest chain in the U.S. for arthouse titles.

If “Beasts” had been released in a traditional manner, a film that to-date has earned only $84,000 in theaters that Netflix bought for a reported $12 million would be a disaster.

But Sarandos told Deadline that the Netflix plan is to give the audience every option to see the movie.

“If you want to go out and see a movie and sit in a dark room with strangers, it’s not an experience you can replicate at home,” he said. “But it is a very good experience, to watch a movie at home in 4k, in the comfort of your living room. That’s the way most people see their movies. It’s a very sexy thing to talk about whether there’s a feud, but I think what’s really happening here is that we’re offering consumers a lot of choices they didn’t have just a few years ago.”

The other reason Netflix put the movie in theaters was so “Beasts” would be eligible for awards consideration like the Oscars, for which films are required to have at least a limited run of two weeks.

As Landmark will likely have to take “Beasts” out of its theaters for other titles that will be more profitable, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix and its partner Bleecker Street are planning to rent screens in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco through December to continue the film’s award campaign. 

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Rags-to-riches stories don't just happen in the movies. 

Some of the world's richest and most successful people didn't start off that way; they spent nights sleeping on the streets, in their cars, or on friends couches.

Here are 17 incredible stories of people who turned misfortune into great success.

Vivian Giang contributed to an earlier version of this story. 

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'Jurassic World' star Chris Pratt lived out of a van in Maui, Hawaii.

Pratt, aka Burt Macklin, has been turning heads with his transition from lovable funny guy Andy Dwyer on "Parks and Recreation" to action hero Owen Grady in "Jurassic World."

But that's not the only major transition the actor's gone through.

At age 19, Pratt accepted a one-way ticket to Maui, Hawaii, from a friend and set up a humble abode in a flea and mice-infested van — a setup that he told The Independent was "pretty awesome." 

"We just drank and smoked weed and worked minimal hours, 15-20 hours per week, just enough to cover gas, food, and fishing supplies," Pratt said. "You know it was a charming time." 

That same year, actress Rae Dawn Chong met Pratt when he was waiting tables at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company in Maui, took note of his good looks, and cast him in her directorial debut, "Cursed Part III." (Pratt is seen holding the script in the above photo.) 

"The moment she told me she was bringing me to LA, I knew," he said. "I was like, 'This is what I'm going to do with the rest of my life.'" 

Director James Cameron lived out of his car before selling the rights to 'The Terminator' for $1.

When Cameron was writing "The Terminator," he was "barely making ends meet, even living in his car for a time," according to IGN. 

But his main concern at the time wasn't money. He was determined to direct his screenplay despite his limited experience. 

When he pitched "The Terminator" at meetings, the production companies said they liked the script, but they didn't like the idea of him being in charge. 

Cameron persevered and partnered with producer Gale Anne Hurd, who bought the rights to the screenplay for $1 and named Cameron the director. 

The film went on to make $77 million worldwide. 

Comedian Jim Carrey once lived out of a VW camper van and in a tent on his sister's front lawn.

According to the biography "Jim Carrey," the comedian dropped out of high school and lived in a VW bus with his family parked in different places throughout Canada. They eventually moved into a tent on his older sister's lawn and parked the van in the driveway.

Carrey said it was during these tough financial times growing up when he developed a sense of humor. 

"Supergirl" just crushed the competition. The new CBS series is now the season's most-watched premiere.

It debuted Monday night to record numbers for the season: 12.9 million viewers and a huge 3.2 rating among the advertiser-coveted 18- to 49-year-old audience, according to a CBS news release.

That means "Supergirl" beat CBS comedy "Life in Pieces" (11.3 million viewers) for most viewers and NBC's "Blindspot" (3.1 rating) for bigger 18-49 rating.

"Supergirl" clearly benefited from its "Big Bang Theory" lead-in. The comedy is TV's most-watched show and currently averages 15.72 million viewers.

The DC Comics series moves to its regular time—Mondays at 8 p.m.—starting next week, so it remains to be seen how much of its audience it will retain after reaction to the pilot and without the "Big Bang" lead.

CBS has put a ton of marketing muscle into "Supergirl" for a couple reasons: First, this is the network's first foray into popular comic book-based shows. With ABC, Fox, and even little sister network The CW pulling off the genre for seasons now, CBS would rather not see its first attempt fail with viewers (like NBC with DC's "Constantine").

Secondly, and most importantly, "Supergirl" is part of CBS's plan to drive the age of its viewers down. Traditionally known as the network for old folks, it hopes to become more competitive in the 18-49 demographic with shows that attract younger audiences like "Supergirl," "Scorpion," and "Life in Pieces." It's too early to tell if that plan's worked, but the network is certainly trying.

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Drake has accomplished a lot this year. The "Nothing Was the Same" rapper has won at almost everything he's done.

From releasing two No. 1 albums to fighting off embattled foe Meek Mill in a rap beef, 2015 produced a streak of good fortune for the Toronto native. But that might be about to end.

His hit single "Hotline Bling" had been skyrocketing up the Billboard charts in recent weeks, but seems to now be stagnant in the No. 2 spot on the list behind The Weeknd's "The Hills."

When the "Hotline Bling" video was released, the internet went insane. So how could that possibly not push "Hotline Bling" past "The Hills" on a chart that now takes into account YouTube and other streaming views and listens?

There's only one real possible answer: Drake's exclusive deal with Apple Music.

Because of the rapper's partnership with the streaming service (rumored to be worth as much as $19 million), everything Drake releases is available only on Apple Music for its first week. And because Apple doesn't report views to Nielsen Music, all of the millions of views the video surely accumulated over the course of the week — when it was available free on the otherwise paid Apple service — didn't count toward Billboard's rankings.

Essentially, it's as if Drake's "Hotline Bling" video had zero views until it was released on Vevo Monday.

This is a pretty big deal for Drake.

Two weeks ago, he wrote on Instagram about how important a No. 1 single would be:

I spend my life trying to make waves for the city I am from. No accolades really matter to me other than the fact that I have never had a billboard number one. If I get my first number one during the month of October it will be the biggest moment of my career to date.

I spend my life trying to make waves for the city I am from. No accolades really matter to me other than the fact that I have never had a billboard number one. If I get my first number one during the month of October it will be the biggest moment of my career to date (in my mind) and if you are looking for me on that particular evening I will be passed out in the water slide that connects to our pool. I love you and thank you for these memories. I always love the moment right before it happens more than when it actually happens. So thank you...even if it doesn't.

A photo posted by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi) on Oct 15, 2015 at 12:30am PDT

It seems Drake might be waiting a while longer.

Adele released her long-awaited single "Hello" last week, and the video has already collected over 90 million views. Justin Bieber also recently released the third single for his upcoming album,"Sorry." Both songs are expected to rise quickly in the charts, likely taking top spots.

This is the risk an artist takes when he has an exclusive music deal. There are obviously a lot of pros with the move, but this is one of the big cons. It will be interesting to see the backlash going forward, and if Apple starts reporting views, or releasing material to YouTube and Vevo a lot earlier.

Now that you can, check out the "Hotline Bling" video on Vevo below:

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Between HBO's bombshell Scientology documentary "Going Clear" being released in March and Leah Remini's upcoming tell-all book about the controversial religion, it isn't the most popular time to be a Scientologist.

But many celebrities are holding strong to their Scientology ties.

In addition to longtime members Tom Cruise and John Travolta, there are a few surprising faces from young Hollywood finding solace in Scientology.

With additional reporting by Kirsten Acuna and Ashley Lutz.

Actress Kirstie Alley

The former "Cheers" star says the religion helped her overcome a cocaine addiction. 

"I think that probably all religions sound bizarre to the people who are not the practitioners of them," Alley says of Scientology. "To me it's so normal, and probably 90% of the crazy stuff I hear isn't true. I've been a Scientologist for over 30 years. I think a lot of things are sensationalized."

In 2010, rumors swirled her weight loss program, Organic Liaison, was a front for Scientology, a claim the actress vehemently denied. 

Actress Elisabeth Moss

Moss who played Peggy Olson on "Mad Men," was introduced to the religion by her parents.

She said Scientology helped her get over her acrimonious split from "Saturday Night Live" actor Fred Armisen. 

"Some people say yoga really helps them feel centered ... or there’s Buddhism or whatever," Moss told The Telegraph. "I mean, I think that for me it’s [Scientology] one thing that has helped me at times, and it’s kind of as simple as that."

Actor Danny Masterson

Masterson is best-known for his role on "That '70's Show." He defended Tom Cruise for the actor's leaked Scientology video back in 2008. 

In an interview with Paper Magazine in 2009 he explained the religion as follows:

"The definition of Scientology is 'the study of knowledge,'" said Masterson. "Obviously, the more knowledge you have in a given field, such as life, the more confident you are as a person."

Actor Daniel Brühl has been working in the business since the mid-1990s and has encountered many different directing styles, but he admits Quentin Tarantino tops them all.

When Business Insider recently spoke to Brühl about the experience of playing a top-flight maître d' in the new movie "Burnt" (opening in theaters Friday), the actor applauded the work of the film’s director John Wells, who had to navigate extremely dramatic scenes between leads Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller around a kitchen that really had hot stoves cooking food.

But it sounds like it still didn’t compare to working with Tarantino on the 2009 film "Inglourious Basterds."

“He’s not just a purist but he’s very peculiar in his methods,” Brühl said. “But the thing is, they are all great ideas.”

Brühl, who played Nazi solider Fredrick Zoller, will never forget these "peculiar methods," which included Tarantino never looking at a monitor while the scene was being shot, and the banning of any phones on set.

“There was like a security check on set where you had to hand off your phone,” he said.

But it didn’t stop there.

Brühl said that between takes, loud music was played on the set, and no one was allowed to go to sleep.

A typical day on a movie set, depending on the size of the film, can take up to 12 hours. There's usually a lot of downtime as the crew sets up a shot or a director and the key crew discuss a scene.

This leads to a lot of naps. But apparently Tarantino forbids it, and has an interesting way of enforcing it.

“There’s a wall of shame of people that are caught sleeping,” Brühl explained. Photos are pegged to a wall on the set of people found sleeping. “And these are very special pictures because the pictures are taken with a giant purple dildo in front of the sleeping face. So I made sure I didn’t fall asleep on set.”

Brühl said this wasn’t done to create intimidation, but to bring everyone together. “These sound strange but they made sense because that’s how he creates the energy that’s on set."

A favorite ritual among the cast and crew happened every Thursday before shooting. Tarantino would project one of the original prints from his personal collection of movies that inspired “Inglourious Basterds.”

“I would cut my arm off to work with him again,” Brühl said. “It was one of the most outstanding experiences of my professional life.”

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Depending who you talk to, Spotify is either the savior of the music industry or the beast that will bring it down.

Critics, like Taylor Swift and David Byrne, cite the low royalties per stream paid out to artists ($0.007 per stream in some instances). But boosters point to places like Sweden, where streaming has pushed the total revenue of the industry up, even as digital downloads fall.

In these arguments, it’s often hard to find objective data, the kind not cherry-picked by either side in an attempt to discredit the other. That’s why a new working paper by economists Joel Waldfogel and Luis Aguiar, first uncovered by Slate, is so useful.

The paper takes an academic look at whether Spotify has helped or hurt the music industry by comparing places it has seen sharp growth since 2013 and places where it has not.

The researchers looked primarily at two factors: whether Spotify hurts digital sales and whether it decreases music piracy.

The big takeaway? They found that Spotify was basically revenue neutral for the music industry.

“Given the current industry’s revenue from track sales ($0.82 per sale) and the average payment received per stream ($0.007 per stream),” they write. “Our sales displacement estimates show that the losses from displaced sales are roughly outweighed by the gains in streaming revenue.”

It’s a wash. They found that every 137 Spotify streams cannibalized sales by one track, which was about as much as Spotify was giving back to the industry in payouts.

The pair found that Spotify did have a negative effect on piracy, but that the gain in streaming revenue from reformed pirates was just enough to keep Spotify’s effect on the industry at neutral.

This paper suggests that Spotify is not a force for good or evil in the music industry, and that low artists payouts have more to do with the structure of record contracts, and with the uneven nature of music stardom, than with the amount Spotify is paying to the music industry as a whole.

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The first of four original films that Adam Sandler is making for Netflix, "The Ridiculous 6," now has a trailer.

Available to stream starting December 11, Sandler's movie is a who's who of comics starring in a wacky Western in which Sandler plays one of six outlaws who realize they have the same father.

Along with Sandler, the film stars Rob Schneider, Will Forte, Luke Wilson, David Spade, Terry Crews, John Turturro, Whitney Cummings, and Norm Macdonald, to name a few.

The film already made headlines when, during filming, a group of American Indian actors walked off the set after complaining of their characters having offensive names and scenes that they felt disrespected Native American religious practices.

Following the walkout, Netflix released a statement:

The movie has 'ridiculous' in the title for a reason: because it is ridiculous. It is a broad satire of Western movies and the stereotypes they popularized, featuring a diverse cast that is not only part of—but in on—the joke.

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On April 20, 1972, Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke took his first steps on the moon. He was 36 at the time and is the youngest human in history to ever walk on the lunar surface.

But that's not the only achievement of Duke's that lives on in American history. While he was on the moon, he snapped this family portrait of him, his two sons, and his wife, which remains on the moon to this day.

On the back of the photo Duke wrote:

"This is the family of astronaut Charlie Duke from planet Earth who landed on the moon on April 20, 1972."

Here's a clearer copy of the photo Duke gave us. On the far left is his oldest son Charles Duke III who had just turned seven. In the front in red is his youngest son, Thomas Duke, who was five. Duke and his wife, Dorothy Meade Claiborne, are in the background:

"I'd always planned to leave it on the moon," Duke told Business Insider. "So when I dropped it, it was just to show the kids that I really did leave it on the moon."

The photo has since been featured in numerous popular photo books and is a great example of the "human side of space exploration," Duke said.

When Duke was training to be an Apollo astronaut, he spent most of his time in Florida. But his family was stationed in Houston. As a result, the children didn't get to see much of their father during that time.

"So, just to get the kids excited about what dad was going to do, I said 'Would y'all like to go to the moon with me?'" Duke said. "We can take a picture of the family and so the whole family can go to the moon."

More than 43 years have passed since Duke walked on the moon. And while the footprints that he made in the lunar soil are relatively unchanged, Duke suspects the photo is not in very good shape at this point.

"After 43 years, the temperature of the moon every month goes up to 400 degrees [Fahrenheit] in our landing area and at night it drops almost absolute zero," Duke said. "Shrink wrap doesn't turn out too well in those temperatures. It looked OK when I dropped it, but I never looked at it again and I would imagine it's all faded out by now."

Unfortunately, there is no way to determine just how faded the photo is because it's too small for lunar satellites to spot.

Regardless, the photos "was very meaningful for the family," Duke said. In the end, that's all that matters, right?

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With the latest James Bond movie, “Spectre,” coming to theaters November 6, it’s that time again when the Internet starts fighting about who should play 007 next.

The topic has become even more popular since Daniel Craig’s public statements that he’s grown tired of playing the character (though he has admitted he’s contractually obligated for one more movie).

Whenever it’s time to christen a new Bond, talk grows about the possibility of the next spy being a person of color, gay, or female. Most of the former Bonds are all for having the character change to address more progressive times.

Except Roger Moore.

Telling The Daily Mail in a recent interview that “political correctness” should not be pandered to when choosing future Bonds, he went on to say, “I’ve heard people talk about how there should be a lady Bond or a gay Bond. But they wouldn’t be Bond for the simple reason that wasn’t what Ian Fleming wrote.”

Moore played Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985, including classics like “The Spy Who Loved Me,” “Octopussy,” and “A View to a Kill.”

"It is not about being homophobic or, for that matter, racist," the 88-year-old actor continued. "It is simply about being true to the character."

But that theory doesn't hold much water. English author Ian Fleming created the Bond character in 1953, and since the first movie adaptation of the character in 1962’s “Dr. No” starring Sean Connery, the character has veered further and further from Fleming’s vision. Some even make the case that Moore is least like Fleming’s version of the secret agent. 

One thing that will always be true about choosing a new Bond is that you can never please everyone, however absurd the reasons for their discontent. Remember the big gripe many fans had when Craig was hired? His hair was too blond. 

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Kevin O'Leary has spent seven seasons of "Shark Tank" and eight seasons of its Canadian counterpart "Dragon's Den" playing the cold-blooded, shrewd capitalist not afraid to push people around.

There's no question that "Mr. Wonderful" enjoys embracing this persona for television, but it's still representative of the pragmatic business philosophy he's used to build his career.

And it's why, he told Business Insider, he only invests in entrepreneurs he believes will deliver results and not get "flighty or emotional" under fire.

"Any entrepreneur on my team needs to understand that the goal is always cash flow, and they must be willing to do anything to keep the money rolling in," he said. "I don't care if that means missing your kid's birthday party or your 25th anniversary for an important business meeting."

When we asked him earlier this year what he thinks of work-life balance, he said there's no such thing as true "balance." Instead of struggling to find an even share of career and family time, O'Leary said he and his wife decided to create a family rule where they spend time with each other and their two children on the weekends regardless of where work brings them. But when it's time to work, he said, they've accepted that his time will be consumed.

"The reason you pursue an entrepreneurial career is to one day provide financial freedom for yourself and your family," O'Leary said. The only way to achieve freedom in your career is by amassing wealth, he said, and the only way for entrepreneurs to reach this point is by giving their full devotion to growing their business, accepting all of the sacrifices that come with the approach.

We recently asked the other Sharks how they make deals on the show and what happens once the cameras stop rolling. You can find their answers below.

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The much-anticipated new "Supergirl" series finally premiered on Monday, and it should have left "Superman" fans very pleased.

Why? The pilot episode showed great regard for the Man of Steel, with several references to him (but not by name) and his heroic history. He actually appears on the pilot, though we don't see his face.

Nevertheless, the episode went to great lengths to show viewers that Supergirl and her more famous cousin are from the same legacy, Krypton pods and all.

Here are 10 ways CBS's "Supergirl" is just like "Superman":

Warning: Mild spoilers ahead if you didn't watch the "Supergirl" pilot episode.

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Both Superman and Supergirl escape Krypton in pod-like spaceships. Though sent to protect her baby cousin, Supergirl's pod is caught in the Phantom Zone where time doesn't pass. When she finally arrives to Earth years later, her cousin has grown into the man known as Superman.

Supergirl aka Kara gets her own set of adoptive parents. The Danvers will end up raising the young Kryptonian. In a nod to Superman stories of yore, they're played by "Lois and Clark" star Dean Cain and Helen Slater, who played Supergirl in the 1984 film named for the character. They both also cameoed on The CW's "Smallville." It's a small world, at least in comic-book adaptations.

Clearly, the family known as the House of El has journalism in its blood. Kara follows in her cousin's footsteps and decides to work in news. Again, like her cousin, she works for a taskmaster: media mogul Cat Grant (Calista Flockhart).

The presidential debates have become big business for their network hosts.

CNBC has apparently sold out of its time during Wednesday's Republican presidential debates, reported THR.

The news network is charging $250,000 and upward for 30 seconds of advertising time during the program, titled "Your Money, Your Vote." That's five times CNBC's usual $50,000 rate for promo time. And it's 25% more than CNN charged during the Republican debate it hosted in September. To put the rate in perspective, NBC charged about $4.4 to $4.5 million for 30-second ads in this year's Super Bowl.

Clearly, these advertising rates are based on the network's expectation that it will do just as well or better than the debates have rated for other networks this year—which can probably be traced to Donald Trump's participation.

The GOP debates so far have brought in 24 million and 23 million viewers for Fox News in August and CNN in September, respectively. Even the Democratic debate earlier this month attracted 15.3 million viewers to CNN.

To date, CNBC's highest-rated debate was a Republican standoff in November 2011 that included Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, and Michele Bachmann, among others. It attracted 3.1 million viewers.

On Wednesday, CNBC anchors Carl Quintanilla, Becky Quick, and John Harwood will moderate the debate live from the University of Colorado Boulder. This time out, the candidates will debate issues surrounding the economy, such as unemployment, tax cuts, technology, and retirement.

Earlier this month, Donald Trump threatened CNBC that he would pull out of the debate if the network didn't keep it to two hours. The network ended up making the change.

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Though it's been 23 years since Bruce Campbell grabbed his chainsaw and shotgun (aka, “boomstick”) to play the cult favorite Ash in “Army of Darkness,” the third film in the popular "Evil Dead" franchise, the king of B-movies looks right at home as he reprises the character for the TV show “Ash vs Evil Dead.”

Rumors of Campbell and the franchise’s creator, Sam Raimi, diving back into the “Evil Dead” world have been out there for years. But Campbell didn’t want to return to the material unless it was done the way he and Raimi wanted it. (An “Evil Dead” remake was released in 2013, but Campbell did not star in it.)

Campbell said what really pushed them forward was the recent wave of shows appearing on cable and streaming with a cinematic feel, thanks to the big-name Hollywood directors attached.

“We pitched [the show] to six networks and we got three serious suitors,” Campbell recently told Business Insider. Though he wouldn’t get into specific names, he said Starz was the winner because it wouldn’t censor them.

“Starz was the only scenario we had in movies or television where we could do this unabridged, uncensored,” Campbell explained. “That was mandatory.”

And that uncensored feel hits you right from the opening of “Ash vs Evil Dead," premiering Halloween.

In a franchise never known to be tame with gore, the pilot episode, which Raimi directed, is filled throughout with graphic zombie beheadings and slick fight sequences that look better than anything the previous films (most of them done on shoestring budgets) showcased.

The pilot also reminds us that Ash isn't always a good guy. In the beginning of the episode, we find him going to a bar at last call to find women to sleep with.

But there’s a personal goal Campbell has this time around as Ash.

“I can fix Ash. I’m going to go back and fix that actor from 1979,” he says, referring to his original performance in “The Evil Dead,” which he admits he can barely watch. “So having him back I can go, ‘All right, now that I have more years of skills, what can I do with this idiot now?’”

“Ash vs Evil Dead” premieres on Starz October 31.

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Mark Cuban made the biggest investment of his five seasons on "Shark Tank" in 2013 when he put down $2 million for a 20% stake in Melissa Carbone's horror attraction company Ten Thirty One Productions.

Carbone, the CEO and president, cofounded Ten Thirty One in 2009 with Alyson Richards for the purpose of launching the first large-scale haunted hayride in Los Angeles. After clearing out their bank accounts and scraping together investments from friends, they put down $365,000 to set up and "market the hell out of" the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride. By 2012, Ten Thirty One was selling out the Halloween season and bringing in $1.8 million in revenue in October.

Cuban saw the potential the company had for other markets and jumped at the opportunity, and recently told Business Insider that it's been one of his most profitable deals from the show, grouping it with others that are making at least half a million in profit annually. Last year Ten Thirty One hit its goal of $3 million in gross revenue.

This year, Carbone expanded her flagship hayride brand to New York City, and has experienced the advanced and unique challenges that come with scaling a company.

Carbone told us last year that "The ultimate long-term goal is to have a Ten Thirty One attraction in every major metropolitan area in the United States," so using Cuban's investment to bring the hayride out to the biggest city on the East Coast seemed an obvious choice.

The New York Haunted Hayride opened in September on Randall's Island, located on the East River between uptown Manhattan and Queens. Carbone said that while she can't reveal its revenues, it's done three times better than LA Haunted Hayride did in its first year, and 36% better than LA did in its second year. "So I think from that standpoint, the potential for that attraction is giant," Carbone said. "I think it's loud and clear that that ride has legs."

What she hadn't planned for, however, was a wave of rain and intense wind wreaking havoc on their setup and forcing them to close for several nights, losing significant amounts of money in the process. She also found the location to be less than ideal, since isolated Randall's Island is far from a visitor-friendly locale. Due to the unexpected closings, Ten Thirty One will miss its goal of $5 million in revenue this year. 

But again, the project was not a failure. And despite her high levels of stress over it, she said that Cuban has been an invaluable source of reason throughout the chaos.

"I'm the type of person who, if something is not in my control, it makes my head explode," Carbone said. It's why Cuban has been repeating the mantra of "relax, relax, relax" on their biweekly phone calls this Halloween season. "Having anxiety about this isn't going to make it any better," he told her.

"This is a tough business to scale with a small team," Carbone said. While Ten Thirty One now employs around 500 people, up from around 300 last year, its central team comprises only six people. "I've learned a lot in the vein of scaling how to make these attractions more convertible or a little more transportable."

Last year, Carbone considered bringing the hayride to Atlanta and San Francisco, but she and Cuban decided that their next target market will be in Dallas. Not only does Cuban live there, but it will give Ten Thirty One a presence down south.

And though the New York Hayride gave Carbone some headaches, the year has been a positive one overall. She recently partnered with the seasoned horror film producer Sonny Mallhi ("The Strangers," Spike Lee's remake of "Oldboy") to launch a new film arm of Ten Thirty One called Shadow House Films. Carbone said films they develop will organically incorporate Ten Thirty One brands like the Haunted Hayride into the plot in a way that won't feel cheesy but rather be like "what Camp Crystal Lake was to 'Friday the 13th.'"

Carbone said she has realized that she can venture beyond a simple growth plan of adding identical attractions in each new market.

Ten Thirty One Productions now has six brands, including the two Hayrides, the film outlet, the haunted cruise Ghost Ship, a live action horror film experience during the summer called The Great Horror Campout, and Great Horror Movie Night outings scattered throughout the year.

There are many horror attraction franchises in different parts of the country, but Carbone is attempting to create a national presence. It will certainly not be easy, but Cuban is confident in Carbone and her team, and will help keep her on track to her dream of being the dominant horror attraction company in the United States.

Last year she told us that she wants "every teenager, whether they're in Miami, Atlanta, San Francisco, San Diego, or Chicago, to have access to a Ten Thirty One Production."

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His name invokes fear and thrill in the hearts of suspense cinema lovers everywhere: Alfred Hitchcock.

Hitchcock was a man who knew how to get inside the minds of his audience with psychological thrillers like "Psycho" and "Vertigo."

To return the favor, we've drawn from this Wikipedia list of quotes spoken by the man, himself.

The following 11 quotes take you inside the mind of Hitchcock.

Be warned: They might disturb you. 

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On breakfast.

"I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me. That white round thing without any holes … have you ever seen anything more revolting than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid? Blood is jolly, red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting. I’ve never tasted it." 

[News summaries, December 31, 1963]

On Disney.

"If I made 'Cinderella,' the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach."

 [Newsweek, June 11, 1956]

On television.

"One of television’s great contributions is that it brought murder back into the home, where it belongs."

[National Observer, August 15, 1966]

From Pixar's first feature film to the origins of "Bye Felicia," 1995 was a memorable year at the movies.

"Clueless" defined a generation, Pierce Brosnan debuted as James Bond, and a film about a beloved pig was nominated for Best Picture.

So now, we're looking back at films you won't believe are celebrating their 20th anniversaries this year:

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Toy Story

Pixar revolutionized the animated-film industry with its first feature-length computer-animated film

In a world where toys come to life, "Toy Story" follows Buzz Lightyear and Woody, two toys trying to make it back to their child after getting left behind at the restaurant Pizza Planet.

The film was nominated for three Academy Awards and was the highest-grossing domestic film of 1995. Two sequels have been released since, with a fourth slated for 2017, though it won't be a continuation of the first three films.

Apollo 13

Ron Howard's depiction of the 1970 aborted Apollo 13 moon-landing mission was nominated for nine Academy Awards.

The film features Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, and Gary Sinise as the astronauts trying to make a safe return from space.

GoldenEye

This film marks Pierce Brosnan's Bond debut and is the 17th film in the franchise, taking place post-Cold War.

Judi Dench portrayed M in the film, making "GoldenEye" the first Bond film in which M was played by a woman. This year's "Spectre" will be the first time she hasn't reprised the role in a Bond film.

The film was also made into a 1997 video game for the Nintendo 64, titled "GoldenEye 007."