David Hasselhoff has taken his nickname to heart. 

The actor known as The Hoff took to YouTube to announce that he has dropped the "Hassel" from his last name and will now go by David Hoff. 

"I’ve been wanting to drop the 'Hassel' from my life for years,” he said in a YouTube video as he held a certificate. “Now, I have made it official: David Hoff.” 

But apparently that's not entirely true.

A representative for the "Baywatch" actor told Us Weekly that he hasn't legally changed his name. 

"It's an excerpt from an ad campaign that launches in Australia this weekend. David is just having some fun and more will be revealed in the next 24 hours," the rep told the magazine. 

But the name change has reached his Twitter and even IMDb.

Here is the tweet the actor sent out:

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"Star Wars" fans are in a frenzy because Luke Skywalker has been missing from every single trailer and poster for the new movie, "The Force Awakens."

But there's a reason we haven't seen Skywalker yet.

It's all part of J.J. Abrams' philosophy as a filmmaker. In a TED talk in 2008 he referred to this as "The Mystery Box."

"The withholding of information... doing that intentionally is much more engaging," Abrams said. "I find myself drawn to infinite possibility and that sense of potential. And I realize that mystery is the catalyst for imagination."

He added that the reason "Jaws" and "Alien" are so engaging is that we barely see the monsters.

So what part does Skywalker play in the new "Star Wars?"

Find out for yourself on December 18th.

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Stephen Colbert's appreciation for art inspired him to test the boundaries of TV censorship on Thursday's "Late Show."

The host was inspired to go on this quest by the recent news that great Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani's "Reclining Nude" had sold for a record-breaking $170 million.

"I'm not even sure I can show the painting, because Bloomberg television couldn't," he said before playing a clip from the news channel.

Colbert tried a few experiments to show the limits of what he can show on network TV. So, yes, CBS's censor told the host that he couldn't show the whole Modigliani.

"I have to blur both 'hootie' and the 'blowfish,'" he joked. "To see the whole thing, you have to have $170 million or the internet." (Like this.)

He exposed other rules like he can't show a close shot of the statue of David, but he can show a distant shot for no more than two seconds.

"Crazy! We're all safe now," he joked. "I just hope to God no one ever invents a way to pause television."

Colbert then showed how context can bend the rules. He drew two breasts on a piece of paper and CBS blurred them. But when he drew a nose and mouth to make a face, they didn't need to be censored. After all, they were just eyes then.

"And why is he so happy? Because his eyes are made of breasts," Colbert said.

Watch the whole segment below:

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Some major TV networks have begun to play hardball with Netflix, demanding that the streaming company display their logos and branding more prominently, according to The Wall Street Journal. These networks seem to be afraid that Netflix users will forget who is actually making the shows in the first place.

A prime example of this is ABC’s hit show “How to Get Away with Murder,” produced by Shonda Rhimes. While most shows on Netflix don’t show much evidence of where they come from, “Murder” includes a few-second promo at the start that displays the “ABC” logo. The show’s tile in the Netflix menu also shows a tiny “ABC” logo in the top left.

According to the Journal, when ABC negotiated the license, it extracted these types of concessions for its shows.

Some particularly zealous Netflix subscribers might view this as the first step in a slippery slope toward allowing ads on the platform. But it’s important to remember that this is just the functional equivalent of the credits that roll before a movie. The fact that some shows have no network branding at the start might simply be a leftover from the era of cable TV reruns, which usually do not carry the branding of the original network.

But even if it doesn’t represent Netflix caving to the networks with regards to advertising, the trend does seem to indicate a fear by ABC and others that their brands are losing ground. When people are watching shows on streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu, it’s often easy for them to forget where they came from.

And ABC doesn’t want Netflix trying to take the credit, however indirectly.

“[Netflix] should be obligated to offer that little bit of branding material. I’m glad to see it going into that direction,” one head a major TV studio told the Journal.

With Netflix producing more and more of its own high-quality original content, networks want Netflix users know they still make great shows too.

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If you enjoyed the music in anything made by Steven Soderbergh or Nicolas Winding Refn, you can thank Cliff Martinez.

The former drummer for bands like Red Hot Chili Peppers and Beefheart turned to a successful career as a film score composer with Steven Soderbergh’s 1989 debut feature “Sex, Lies, and Videotape.” Since then, his unique eerie electronica sound has found its was into the films of Refn (“Drive,” “Only God Forgives”), Joe Carnahan (“Narc”), and Harmony Korine (“Spring Breakers”).

With so many memorable works under his belt, including the second season of Soderbergh’s “The Knick,” now on Cinemax, Business Insider asked Martinez to make the tough decision of telling us his favorite scores he’s created. Here they are, with his words about them:

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1. “Solaris” (2002)

The ninth time Martinez teamed with Soderbergh was for this trippy sci-fi drama starring George Clooney investigating the crew at a research station orbiting a bizarre planet. Loosely inspired by the classic 1972 film of the same title, Soderbergh’s version bombed at the box office, but Martinez’s soothing score stands out.

“That was my first entry with a large orchestra,” he said. “And it was my first experience with a large studio. I was terrified.”

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2. “Traffic” (2000)

Two years before “Solaris,” Martinez was in his sweet spot for Soderbergh’s Oscar-winning “Traffic.” He provided a slick electronic feel that was in contrast to the gritty drug war the film profiled.

“That’s one of my favorites of my electronic scores,” Martinez said.

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3. “Contagion” (2011)

2011 was a good year for Martinez, and in it, he showed the diversity in his work. For Soderbergh’s “Contagion,” he delivered a thrilling score to match the terror of a world infected by a mysterious disease (the sound is very similar to what Soderbergh asked Martinez to create for “The Knick”).

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Will Smith has a very different parenting style… and it has produced some very interesting results.

Jaden and Willow Smith, two of his three kids (one is from a previous marriage), have a reputation for being deeply philosophical in their interviews, known to talk about quantum physics and energy in the air.

They're both home schooled, and Jaden calls it the "Mystery School." The two help set their own curriculum, from learning how to build pyramids to making records. While Willow did go to a regular school for a year, she said it was depressing.

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Amy Schumer has realized that fame isn't all it's cracked up to be.

According to Vulture, During a stand-up set Wednesday night for Act in Paris, Sierra Club's climate change awareness campaign, Schumer told the audience, "I'm, like, newly famous, and it turns out it's not fun. Did you guys know that?"

She continued: "You're, like, you know that I’m just now learning that my dreams have been a sham, and that it's actually not great and it just only comes with pain."

Schumer is a comedian, after all, and may have meant her comments in jest. But she said she doesn't expect to last long in Hollywood and made a possible reference to her disappointed fans in Portland, Maine, last weekend after she had to cut a set short to accomodate a second show.

"We all know it's going to last another three months because that's how it works. I'm already burning bridges like it's already fucking over," she said. "I'm telling you, this is the last time I'll ever be onstage. The next time you see me, I'll be the girl in the elevator, like, do you want to go see the 'Sleep No Less'?"

During the set, she also poked fun at the celebrities in the audience including John McEnroe and Cuba Gooding Jr. 

Comedians such as Jim Gaffigan and Rachel Feinstein also performed.

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Avril Lavigne may be old news in America, but she still fills stadiums in Japan.

Last year, her self-titled album hit No. 2 on Japan's Billboard chart. Its lead single, "Hello Kitty," is about her love for the country. While American critics thought it was cultural appropriation, Japan didn't seem to care.

The country has the world's second-largest music market, after the United States. In Japan, albums cost around $30, which is a lot more than in the US, yet piracy is uncommon.

The album also topped charts in China and Taiwan.

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If there's one brand that's become a cultural bedrock for millennials by which all other publishers are measured, it's BuzzFeed.

Jonah Peretti, BuzzFeed's founder and CEO, is the mastermind behind its success.

Once known for just lists and memes, BuzzFeed is the little startup that could, and would.

It's evolved from a time suck to a formidable news and entertainment outlet, commanding 5 billion pageviews across all platforms.

On hand to discuss his career of digital domination at IGNITION: The Future of Digital, Peretti, who cofounded The Huffington Post, will join INSIDER editor-in-chief Nicholas Carlson for a one-on-one interview Tuesday, December 8, at the Time Warner Center in New York City.

For Peretti and BuzzFeed, 2015 has been a year of momentous growth. Many steps have been taken to beef up the company's motion-pictures division, and Peretti's made equal attempts to get serious — even political, with native advertising that's attracted the likes of US President Barack Obama, US Sen. Ted Cruz, Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, and more. A decided push, no doubt, that comes ahead of what will be a hard-fought fight for the millennial vote in the 2016 presidential election.

Oh, and this August's $200 million in funding from NBCUniversal hasn't cramped his style, either.

Join 750-plus industry professionals and learn how Peretti pioneered a business model that managed to eschew traditional banner ads by leading the charge in the native-advertising revolution this December 8-9 at IGNITION: The Future of Digital. Get your tickets now.

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Thanks to social networking apps, it's never been easier to keep in contact with your friends.

Many of the best social networking apps out there have been around for a while, but as smartphones get smarter, so do the apps, and you can now do more than ever.

From fan favorites like Instagram and Facebook to newcomers like live-streaming Periscope, there's never been a better time to find a social network that's tailored to your tastes.

Facebook Messenger is becoming the one app to rule them all.

Facebook’s decision to break Messenger out of its main app in 2014 turned out to be a very smart move. Messenger now has 700 million users worldwide, and it’s become much more than a way to send text messages to friends.

Messenger can now send money, make video and phone calls over the internet, and send stickers and animated GIFs with ease. When Facebook’s virtual assistant “M” becomes available outside of San Francisco, Messenger will be able to do anything from order a pair of shoes to call your cable company for you.

If the future is one app that does everything, Messenger is poised to be a big winner.

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Timehop will make you feel nostalgic.

The premise of Timehop is simple: connect your social media accounts, and the app shows you what you shared online a year ago, two years ago, and even further back.

It's like getting a window into your past life on social media every day.

Earlier this year, Timehop told Business Insider that the app could eventually show you more than posts on social media, like rides with Uber, the songs you listened to on Spotify, your heath tracker data, and even your text messages. The end goal is to be come the ultimate digital archive of your life.

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Periscope is revolutionizing live broadcasts.

What Twitter did for making micro-status updates, Periscope could do for live video broadcasts. That may explain why Twitter bought the app and its small team in February before it even launched. 

If you’ve never used Periscope before, here’s how it works: download the app to your phone, log in, and start a live video stream with your phone’s camera. Your friends on Periscope and Twitter will be notified to tune in, and viewers can interact with broadcasts by commenting and leaving virtual hearts.

You can choose to save your broadcast for people to view on Periscope later, but every video shared on the service expires after 24 hours.

Periscope was born out of its CEO’s frustration with the media’s coverage of the Gezi protests in Turkey, and as it grows in popularity, people around the world are discovering how powerful it can be for sharing a unique perspective of what’s happening.

Reporter Paul Ronzheimer recently used Periscope to document his journey with a group of Syrian refugees from Greece to Germany. “In Germany we have been having a big discussion about the intensity of media coverage of this story. But on Periscope, everybody could see it was live,” he told The Guardian. “It happened. No one was cutting it, no one was putting a two- or three-minute piece together after we filmed it. And for Germans, it was really good to understand the problems the refugees have been facing.”

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Go vegan. Eat orange food Monday and yellow food Tuesday. Survive on baby food.

No matter which diet we pick, the problem remains the same: Eventually, it ends. And when it does, researchshows that we often go back to where we started.

So is the concept of healthy eating a farce? Are we forever doomed to swing between extremes of meticulous, measured nibbling and glutinous overindulgence?

Thankfully, the answer is no.

Here's a list of some of the most popular celebrity eating plans, which we've evaluated based on the research, so you can distinguish hype from help.

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Beyoncé reportedly used the "Master Cleanse" to lose weight before "Dreamgirls."

The scoop: Beyoncé reportedly did the Master Cleanse, which involves subsisting on nothing but lemon juice, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper, before staring in the movie "Dreamgirls" — the idea being that it detoxes your system and accelerates weight loss.

Should you do it? You never need to do a detox. Our bodies do it for us. While our kidneys filter our blood and remove waste from our diet, our liver processes medications and detoxifies any chemicals we ingest. Paired together, these organs make our bodies natural cleansing powerhouses. So stop eyeing that lemon squeezer. It's not worth it.

Reese Witherspoon did the "Baby Food Diet."

The scoop: The Baby Food Diet has been traced to celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson, who's since denied supporting it. It involves eating 14 jars of baby food, with the option of adding in one actual low-calorie meal, each day.

Should you do it? Nope. The jars of baby food are 80 calories. Eat 14 and you end up with roughly 1,000 calories each day plus one real meal. So long as the meal you allow yourself is about 400 calories — think a small piece of grilled fish or lean meat and some sautéed veggies — you'll definitely lose weight. But it'll be because you're not eating food, not because mushed-up fruit is a miracle diet product.

Snooki went on the "Cookie Diet."

The scoop: Snooki reportedly lost weight in 2010 with a diet of cookies. For three weeks, she ate six of the 90-calorie treats a day and one small meal. Alarmingly, the Cookie Diet is not Snooki's creation: Now-retired Dr. Sanford "The Cookie Doctor" Siegal trademarked the plan.

Should you do it? Probably not. Cookie Diet cookies are no Girl Scout Samoas. The recipe's first three ingredients are glycerin (used to add sweetness and moisture), whole-wheat powder (for fiber), and beef protein. They've also got rice crisps (ostensibly for crunch), egg whites (for more protein), wheat bran (for fiber), and a smattering of B vitamins.

On Friday night, France suffered the worst attack since World War II. Shootings and bombs rocked several locations throughout the city, but most of the violence took place in the Bataclan concert hall.

In a moving tribute to those lost, an unidentified man wheeled a baby grand piano to the scene outside the Bataclan and played John Lennon's "Imagine" before a shocked crowd.

Journalist Julien Pearce gave the following horrific account of the attack to the French publication Le Monde:

"It lasted at least 10 or 15 minutes. They reloaded; they had all the time they needed. They reloaded three or four times, and it lasted at least 10 minutes. They were shooting down with the back of the gun on their shoulder. At some point we took refuge behind the scene, and we were blocked. When the gunshots stopped, we took advantage of the temporary calm to leave through the emergency exit. There we saw a lot of people in the street who were covered in blood, who had gunshot wounds."

Today, the world mourns with France.

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Aziz Ansari is on a tear about diversity representation in Hollywood. He presents the problems in his new Netflix series, "Master of None," but he's also been talking it up elsewhere in the media. Ansari would like to see more minorities cast in TV shows and movies.

Ansari just wrote an article for the New York Times in which he tracks down the actor whose role had left a huge impression on a young Ansari. He played the first Indian character Ansari ever saw in an American film: scientist Benjamin Jarhvi in "Short Circuit 2."

"Seeing an Indian character in a lead role had a powerful effect on me, but it was only as I got older that I realized what an anomaly it was," the actor wrote. "I rarely saw any Indians on TV or film, except for brief appearances as a cabdriver or a convenience store worker literally servicing white characters who were off to more interesting adventures. This made 'Short Circuit 2' special."

Imagine Ansari's disappointment when he found out in college that a white actor named Fisher Stevens played the role of Benjamin.

"As a child, I thought the villain of the film was Oscar Baldwin, the banker who tricks Johnny 5 into helping him commit a jewel heist," he said. "As an adult, I thought the bad guy was actually Mr. Stevens, who mocked my ethnicity."

For the article, Ansari tracked down Stevens to find out how he felt about the deception. Turns out, he hadn't taken the role lightly. At first, Stevens was cast as a white graduate student, but the character was changed to an Indian scientist. He studied with a dialect coach, read R.K. Narayan’s “The Guide” and Hermann Hesse’s “Siddhartha,” took yoga, and lived in India for a month ahead of shooting.

Ansari concluded, "After a long conversation, I can confirm Mr. Stevens is not a villain, but was, when he took the role, a well-intentioned if slightly misguided young actor who needed a job during a more culturally insensitive time."

In fact, Stevens said he wouldn't accept the role if offered it today.

Ansari wasn't done righting the non-diverse ship that is entertainment. He appeared on Tuesday's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and was happy to announce that by sharing the stage with the "Parks and Recreation" star, Colbert had a "50 percent diversity rate."

"Like an all-time high for CBS!" the actor joked.

And when Colbert got the name of Ansari's romance book wrong, Ansari suggested that someone is going to be fired. To which Colbert answered, "My God, I hope it's a white guy."

Watch the interview below.

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In "Spectre" — James Bond's 24th adventure, which opened last week — the car driven by the villain got as much attention as, if not more than, 007's iconic Aston Martin (a DB10, this time around). In the film, a villainous henchman, called "Mr. Hinx," driving an orange Jaguar C-X75, engages in a high-speed chase with Bond's bespoke Aston through the streets of Rome.

Although Bond's Q-prepared Aston Martin is an absolute work of art, one can't help but be impressed by the sexy, or possibly terrifying, Jaguar.

"The C-X75 programme represents the pinnacle of Jaguar's engineering and design expertise," Jaguar global brand director Adrian Hallmark said in a statement. "It is arguably the world's fastest test-bed for the world's most advanced technologies, combining as it does a remarkable hybrid powertrain with awe-inspiring performance."

For most people, the Jaguar C-X75 is a stunning movie prop. But the reality is that the car has lived a short, but eventful, life filled with stunning achievement and untapped potential.

Here's a closer look at the sleek super car.

"Spectre" is playing in US theaters. 

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Last year, Jaguar rolled out its "Good to be Bad" advertising campaign with a glorious Super Bowl Commercial.

But with the latest Bond flick, Jag has taken it to another level.

Not only is Jaguar providing the main villain car — its Land Rover sister brand will provide a Defender and Range Rover Sport SVR for evil transportation, as well.

Britain's Nick Alexander, 36, was working the merchandise table for the Eagles of Death Metal during a show at Paris' Bataclan concert hall when terrorist stormed the building and opened fire, the East Anglian Daily Times reports.

Alexander became the first confirmed British casualty of Friday night's attack on Paris which left 129 dead, and 352 wounded. 

Alexander's family issued the following statement on Nick's death:

It is with huge sorrow that we can confirm that our beloved Nick lost his life at the Bataclan last night.

Nick was not just our brother, son and uncle, he was everyone's best friend - generous, funny and fiercely loyal.

Nick died doing the job he loved and we take great comfort in knowing how much he was cherished by his friends around the world.

ISIS has since taken responsibility for the attack, which is the worst on French soil since World War II.

Survivors of the attack on the Bataclan described the terrorists shooting hostages one by one, and stopping three times to "calmly" reload. 

Paulina Buckley, Alexander's girlfriend, wrote the following heartbreaking tweet after hearing of the attack:

 Later in the day, she posted this in memorium of Alexander (warning: strong language).

Mourners have started a GoFundMe page to pay for the expenses of Alexander's funeral, and support his family through these tough times. As of right now, 164 people have donated over $7,500 to his cause.

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The film community in New York City was floored on Tuesday when, out of nowhere, actor/artist/viral topic Shia LaBeouf took over one screen at the Angelika Film Center art-house theater and announced that he would be watching all 27 movies he's starred in (in reverse chronological order).

Described as a performance-art piece, titled "All My Movies" (stylized #ALLMYMOVIES), the project allowed anyone, free of charge, to come join LaBeouf in the theater to watch along. As a bonus, there's been live streaming video of LaBeouf watching the movies.

"All My Movies" ends Thursday, and while it had a slow start, people have since been flocking to the Angelika to be a part of it.

When I showed up on Wednesday, a line snaked down a street block to get into the theater with Shia LaBeouf. Here's what I experienced in the two hours I waited:

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It was around 12:30 p.m. when I got to the theater and the line was already stretched down the sidewalk. Rumors of people waiting seven hours to get into the theater with Shia began to travel among folks in line.

Tracking down the manager of the theater to get information about the wait was no help. "I can't comment about any of this," he barked at me. But after 10 minutes in line, a theater employee casually walked the line like a TSA agent repeating the following ...

"You have unlimited time in the theater. Because of that, there is no estimation we can give you of how long you'll be waiting on line. Once people leave, we will let more of you in. When you get in, do not use your phone or take any pictures. Shia will not talk to you — he's in the artist zone."

Saturday's episode of Saturday Night Live opened with a moving tribute to Paris from cast member Cecily Strong.

"Paris is the city of light," she said. "And here in New York City, we know that light will never go out. Our love and support is with everyone there tonight. We stand with you."

She repeated the message in French:

"Paris, c'est la Ville Lumière. Ici, à New York City, nous savons que cette lumière ne s'éteindra jamais. On vous envoie tout notre amour et notre soutien ce soir. Nous sommes de tout coeur avec vous."

On Friday evening, a group of seven attackers carried out bombings and shooting attacks across Paris, killing at least 129 people and injuring more than 350. The terrorist group ISIS (also known as the Islamic State) has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

This is not the first time the comedy show has had to find an appropriate way to address tragedy.

After the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut in December 2012, the show opened with a children's choir singing "Silent Night."

And in the first episode after 9/11, the show opened with mayor Rudy Giuliani, surrounded by police officers and firefighters, according to Variety.

Watch the Saturday Night Live Paris tribute here:

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The new releases at the multiplex this weekend were no match for 007.

The latest movie in the James Bond franchise, "Spectre," topped the weekend box office for a second straight week with an estimated $35 million, according to The Hollywood Reporter, putting the film's domestic total at over $120 million.

Trailing "Spectre" for a second week is "The Peanuts Movie." With an estimated $24.2 million, the film, like the latest Bond movie, is continuing to find audiences.

The same can't be said for the Angelina Jolie passion project, "By the Sea." Written and directed by Jolie — who stars opposite her husband, Brad Pitt, as a married couple going through a tough patch in their relationship — the film only took in an estimated $95,440 in 10 theaters (that's 9,544 per screen), according to THR.

Released by Universal, which made it for $30 million (including advertising), according to Deadline, the film is a rarity for a Hollywood studio. A modest-budget melodrama with little appeal for the treasured 20-something demo.

But, as Universal has a relationship with Jolie, having released her last directing effort, "Unbroken," it was best to support one of its star's works (even if it was an obvious vanity project).

Though the film gives an honest take on the challenges of being in a relationship, it was mixed with critics. It only has a 32% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and, according to a source close to the studio, "By the Sea" was never planning to get an award-season push.

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ABC reportedly won't allow two men to dance as a couple together on "Dancing with the Stars."

An openly gay singer, Who Is Fancy (yes, that is what he calls himself), is set to perform his new song, "Boys Like You," with Ariana Grande and Meghan Trainor on the reality competition show's November 23 episode. The song is about a man falling in love with another man, so the singer's choreographer wanted to have two men dancing with each other in the performance. But TMZ reported that ABC wasn't having it.

According to the site's sources, a "DWTS" producer responded to the choreographer's request via email: "Apologies all but this is a definitive no from the network."  

ABC reportedly said it would allow "near dancing," such as the performance earlier this week in which pro dancers Alek Skarlatos and Carlos PenaVega basically toss each other around to Queen's "We Will Rock You."

Show representatives declined to comment for this story. One of TMZ's sources said, "Creative conversations are ongoing about the dance number."

This isn't the first time that an ABC show has been embroiled in controversy over a diversity issue. For years, the network had been pressured to have a minority or gay man lead "The Bachelor." Ironically, its first minority bachelor, Juan Pablo Galavis, who's Latino, would say that a gay man could never be the Bachelor.

It would seem that ABC's nonfiction shows haven't caught up to its scripted series. A gay couple is part of the central story on "Modern Family," for example. But it did take "Modern Family" one season for its gay couple, Cam (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitch (Jesse Tyler Ferguson), to kiss, after pressure from viewers and critics.

But "Quantico," the FBI-themed series that premiered this season, has portrayed two men kissing already.

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When 26-year-old PolarPro founder and CEO Jeff Overall walked into the pitch room in the latest episode of "Shark Tank" Season 7, he played up his heavy Southern California accent and surfer slang for the investors' amusement.

But not long into his pitch, it became clear that he was one of the more successful and astute entrepreneurs they've had on the show.

And after a bidding fight among the Sharks, Overall walked away with a $1 million deal with Mark Cuban and Robert Herjavec for a 20% stake in his high-end camera accessories company.

Overall founded PolarPro in 2011 as a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was a member of the school's ski team and was frustrated by the low quality of the GoPro videos of his ski runs. After doing some research, he bought a DSLR polarized lens, which cuts glare from the sun, and taped it over his GoPro.

Satisfied with the difference and figuring other GoPro users would be, too, he bought some polarized film and started selling Ziploc bags of amateur lenses for $10 each, he told the Orange County Register this month. Eight months in, he decided to turn his hobby into a business and hired his best friend Austen Butler to help him.

Overall took out $2,000 of his student loan money and got to work building his business. Though GoPro was once interested in making a deal with him, he told the Register, they ended up producing their own line of filters. Overall found that offering a cheaper but high-quality alternative maintained a customer base for PolarPro. He decided to start producing new camera accessories primarily for the extreme sports crowd to stay ahead of the competition. Today, PolarPro has more than 30 products.

After the first year of business, the company brought in $8,000 in revenue, Overall said. In 2014, that number was $2.8 million. For 2015, that number is projected to hit $5.6 million.

Back in the Tank, for a segment that was filmed in June, the investors were very impressed with the numbers. Overall explained that across much of the explosive growth has come from owning the drone camera filter market.

Here's an example of some PolarPro filter lenses on a Diji Phantom 3 drone's camera compared to a non-filtered shot in the upper left corner, via Drone Nerds:

The Sharks were impressed with Overall's demo. Kevin O'Leary, however, was concerned that of the projected $5.6 million in revenue for 2015, only $300,000 is projected to be profit. Overall explained that it is only because so much money, over $1 million annually at this point, is being put into research and development to keep PolarPro inventive and ahead of the pack. O'Leary understood but decided the sector wasn't for him and pulled out of a deal.

After Overall explained that PolarPro is only in 1,200 independent retailers and that he expects to get up to $40 million to $50 million in revenue within the next few years after landing deals with major retailers like Best Buy and REI. He wanted $500,000 for 10% equity in order to get to that next stage.

A bidding war ensued:

• Mark Cuban: Will give you the $500,000 for the 10%.
• Daymond John: Will give $500,000 for 15%, but will handle licensing and distribution deals. Interested in splitting deal with Cuban.
• Cuban: Wants to do deal alone.
• Lori Greiner: Will give $500,000 for 10%, and will be a valuable strategic partner for getting mass distribution.
• Robert Herjavec: You need more money. Will give $500,000 for 10%, if I split the deal with either Cuban or Greiner, for a total of $1 million for 20%.
• John: Will give $1 million of my own for $17.5%.
• Cuban: Prefer to do deal alone, but will do Herjavec's deal if necessary.

After Cuban's concession, Overall decides to close the deal with Cuban and Herjavec, giving each 10% equity in exchange for $500,000 from each of them.

As the two investors walked up to Overall, he told them, "This is how we shake hands at PolarPro!" giving them fist bumps with his pinky and thumb outstretched. "Hang loose!"

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