Jon Snoddy, Disney EVP of Imagineering — the House of Mouse's artist-scientist genius division — dropped some big hints about just how cool the rides at Disneyland's forthcoming "Star Wars" area will be on stage at a CES 2016 panel.

Thanks to the involvement of Industrial Lights and Magic, the legendary special-effects firm that Disney acquired in its big 2013 purchase of "Star Wars" studio Lucasfilm, Snoddy says that one of the rides will be "unprecedented, in a way."

While Snoddy didn't share any details on exactly which ride this was in reference to, the description lines up with the previous announcement of an attraction that takes riders through a battle between the evil First Order and the heroic Resistance — inspired by the record-smashing movie "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."

In fairness, it could also refer to the Disney Parks' forthcoming "Avatar Land" areas, based on the 2009 smash hit, and which we already knew would have a boat ride — but from the context of the conversation, it certainly sounded like a "Star Wars" attraction. We'll have to wait for more official details on Disney's "Star Wars" plans for the parks to know for sure.

Snoddy hinted that one of the rides that Disney Imagineering is working on with ILM is a "boat ride," with boats moving alongside a track, kind of like Disney park crowd-pleaser "Pirates of the Caribbean."

Where ILM comes in, Snoddy says, is in helping Disney mix super-high-resolution projections with real-life physical sets and characters to create an immersive mix.

Thanks to Disney Imagineering's robotics and ride know-how, they'll know where the boats will be at any moment, down to the millimeter, meaning that they can predict with almost guaranteed accuracy where a rider's attention will be.

Indeed, Snoddy says that having ILM's expertise on tap has made a huge difference in the already-complicated business of building a new Disney park attraction, let alone one that's this immersive.

"When you build a theme-park attraction, you're building a building, you're building a massive device," Snoddy says.

In order to make way for its new "Star Wars"-themed land, Disneyland will close several attractions later in January, including Big Thunder Ranch, the Big Thunder Ranch petting zoo, and Big Thunder Ranch Jamboree. Eatery Big Thunder Ranch Barbecue will also close.

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On Wednesday, "Furious 7" star and producer Vin Diesel accepted the People's Choice Awards for Favorite Action Movie and Favorite Movie. Towards the end of his acceptance speech, he teared up remembering his late friend Paul Walker. Paul Walker died in 2013, following a tragic car crash.

While remembering his friend and co-star, Diesel started singing "See You Again."

"It's been a long day without you my friend. And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again," Diesel sang to the crowd at the People's Choice Awards.

The song might sound familiar to fans of the "Fast and Furious" franchise. It played at the end of "Furious 7" during the movie's tribute to Paul Walker, who died before the movie completed production.

The song, performed by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth, became a smash hit following the film's release. The song's music video currently has 1.3 billion views on YouTube.

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Justin Bieber became the world's biggest pop star because his manager, Scooter Braun, discovered him when he was crooning covers of other artists music on YouTube.

Braun, who now owns two huge record labels, explained at a keynote at the Consumer Electronics Conference in Las Vegas, one of his early secrets for managing Bieber. 

"If you watch Justin's early videos, I never let him say, 'My name is Justin Bieber' and then start singing — he always just sang," Braun said.

"And the reason I did that was I wanted you to feel like you were in the room. Or maybe you were seeing something you weren't supposed to see."

Braun wanted Bieber's videos to feel very intimate. 

Today, YouTube stars still capitalize on that idea of intimacy, though in a slightly different way. Many use a very casual style, speaking to their viewers as if they're friends, causing many teens to adore YouTubers more than they idolize Hollywood stars. 

Braun also described what it was like watching Bieber's popularity take off: 

"We started to see ten thousand impressions. A hundred thousand impressions. Finally, we got our first million and I can tell you, it's really great to see the company we have now but when we got our first million impressions on YouTube I was in my apartment, in Atlanta, in my underwear, dancing." 

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CNN's Anderson Cooper asked US President Barack Obama on Thursday night if it was "fair" to refer to a "conspiracy theory" to describe those people fearful of the federal government confiscating guns.

Obama mentioned the "conspiracy theory" during a town-hall event with CNN on gun control, two days after he took executive action to expand background checks on gun buyers.

"Let me just jump in," said Cooper, who was moderating the discussion. "Is it fair to call it a conspiracy?"

"There are a lot of people who really believe this deeply," the anchor continued. "They just don't trust you."

"I'm sorry, Cooper," Obama replied, sounding exasperated as he continued:

Yes. It is fair to call it a conspiracy. What are you saying? Are you suggesting the notion that we are creating a plot to take everybody's guns away so we can impose martial law is a conspiracy? Yes, it is a conspiracy. I would hope you would agree with that. Is that controversial?

Cooper said that some Americans believe that Obama will try to go "further and further" in imposing stricter gun controls.

"I mean, look. I'm only going to be here for another year!" Obama quipped in response. "I don't know — when would I have started on this enterprise, right?"

The president also said that such a fear was impractical. He compared it to a hypothetical situation in which he wanted to take unsafe prescription drugs off the market.

"Maybe when I propose to make sure that unsafe drugs are taken off the market, that secretly I'm trying to control the entire drug industry — or take people's drugs away," Obama said. "But probably not. What's more likely is I just want to make sure that people are not dying."

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President Barack Obama engaged in a spirited an enlightening debate on gun control Thursday night, often with members of a CNN audience who disagreed with his views on the issue.

Obama verbally tussled with opponents of his executive action on guns earlier this week during a town-hall event moderated by CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. 

He received questions from the widow of a former US Navy SEAL who was shot dead at a shooting range, a rape survivor, and a Republican sheriff from Arizona running for a seat in Congress.

Taya Kyle was the first member of the audience to ask Obama a question. Kyle is the widow of Chris Kyle, the former Navy SEAL whose life as the "most lethal sniper" in US history was detailed in the film, "American Sniper." Chris Kyle was killed when he was shot at a shooting range by a former US Marine.

Tara Kyle questioned whether Obama's actions would prevent the occurrence of shooting deaths in the US. She asked why he didn't choose to provide "hope" to the American people in a different way — for example, noting that the rate of violent crime in the US has dipped to its lowest level in more than three decades.

"I understand that background checks aren't necessarily going to stop me from getting a gun, but I also know that they wouldn't have stopped any of the people here in this room from killing. And so it seems like almost a false sense of hope," she said. "So why not celebrate where we are?"

Obama told Kyle that she was correct about the decline of violent crime. But in his answer, Obama compared further steps on gun control to making car travel safer, even in the face of declining traffic deaths.

"In the same way that we don't eliminate all traffic accidents, but, over the course of 20 years, traffic accidents get lower — there's still tragedies. There's still drunk drivers. There's still people who don't wear their seat belts, but over time, that violence was reduced, and so families are spared," Obama said.

"That's the same thing that we can do with gun ownership," he continued. "There is a way for us to set up a system where you, a responsible gun owner ... can have a firearm to protect yourself, but where it is much harder for somebody to fill up a car with guns and sell them to 13-year-old kids on the streets."

The next question at the town hall came from Kimberly Corban, whom CNN described as a rape survivor from her time in a Colorado college in 2006.

She said the incident changed her view on the issue of owning a handgun. The mother of two small children, she said she now viewed it as her "basic responsibility" to own a gun and to be able to carry it for protection. 

"I have been unspeakably victimized once already, and I refuse to let that happen again to myself or my kids," she said. "So why can't your administration see that these restrictions that you're putting to make it harder for me to own a gun, or harder for me to take that where I need to be is actually just making my kids and I less safe?"

Obama told Corban that nothing he has proposed would make it more difficult for her to buy a gun. He stressed, however, that he did want to keep a gun out of the hands of her assailant, who Cooper earlier said had been convicted to 24 years in prison.

"You certainly would want to make sure that if he gets released, that he now can't do what he did to you to somebody else, and it's going to be easier for us to prevent him from getting a gun if there's a strong background system in place," Obama said. 

He added: "All I'm focused on is making sure that a terrible crime like yours that was committed is not made easier because somebody can go on the Internet and just buy whatever weapon they want without us finding out whether they're a criminal or not."

Later, Obama found himself on the receiving end of a question from Paul Babeu, a sheriff from Arizona's Pinal County who is mounting a Republican bid for a seat in the US House of Representatives.

Babeu noted to Obama analyses that his executive action would not have prevented any of the more recent mass shootings in the US. He asked about what he felt was the "real issue" — how to get those with mental illness and criminals to follow the law.

In his answer, Obama talked about creating a safer environment in communities throughout the US. He drew a distinction between one of the deadliest massacres in US history — in Newtown, Connecticut, in which 20 children and six others were gunned down — and a knife attack in China the same day. The attack in China wounded more than 20 children at a school, but Obama noted that "most" of those wounded survived.

"The main point, I think, that I want to make here is that everybody here is in favor of going after criminals, locking them up, making sure that we're creating an environment where kids don't turn into criminals and providing the support that they need," Obama said.

"Those are all important things," he continued. "Nobody's saying we need to be going soft on criminals. What we do have to make sure of is that we don't make it so easy for them to have access to deadly weapons."

Watch a clip from the town hall, Tara Kyle's exchange with Obama, below:

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Yuri Luiz from São Paulo, Brazil, seems to be in the small but ardent camp of “Star Wars” fans who enjoy the originator of the franchise at the helm.

He has recently launched a petition on Change.org to have George Lucas return as director of an upcoming “Star Wars” movie, and he has a specific one in mind: “Episode IX.”

“George Lucas as director of ‘Episode IX’ would be the perfect way to end this new trilogy and make an epic farewell between the Father of ‘Star Wars’ and the whole universe of the galaxy far, far away…” Luiz writes in his petition.

But there's a major flaw in Luiz’s quest: There's already a director attached for “Episode IX,” Colin Trevorrow, director of “Jurassic World.”

“We have no problem with Colin Trevorrow,” Luiz’s petition states. “But he’s not the right guy to direct ‘Star Wars Episode IX.”

The petition, which launched a week ago, currently has 4,800 supporters. It is addressed to Disney, Lucasfilm, and Lucasfilm’s president Kathleen Kennedy.

Trevorrow is coming off the box-office sensation of last summer, as “Jurassic World” broke the record for biggest opening weekend of all time, until the new “Star Wars” came along.

He's already busy preparing “Episode IX,” which will be released in 2019.

Lucas, who would be 74 by the time “Episode IX” is released, said recently in a Charlie Rose interview that he had ideas for how the “Star Wars” saga would expand in episodes VII, VIII, and IX. But Disney, which bought the rights to “Star Wars” in 2012 for $4 billion, went another way, telling a story “for the fans,” as Lucas put it, meaning playing off many of the hallmarks from Lucas’ original trilogy. Lucas gracefully stepped aside and let director J.J. Abrams and Disney make "Episode VII: The Force Awakens."

But even with overwhelmingly positive reception to the direction of "Force Awakens," it seems at least a few loyal fans haven’t given up hope that Lucas could one day return to the franchise that made him — and it — a legend.

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On January 17, the highly anticipated television series, "Billions," will premiere on Showtime.

The complex hedge fund drama is "a 'pissing contest' between the high-flying hedge fund billionaire and the US Attorney with a perfect track record of insider trading convictions who's trying to take him down," writes Business Insider in a review of the pilot episode.

Accurately portraying hedge fund billionaires meant sitting down with, interviewing, and getting into the heads of several billionaires — which is exactly what producers David Levien and Brian Koppelman did. 

As they interviewed more and more billionaires, they started to pick up on common attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.

One such attitude first manifested itself during a particularly pricey dinner, they tell James Altucher on a recent episode of his podcast: "For many of these people, each exchange has a winnerand a loser."

Even something as simple and habitual as dinner can be "won" or "lost," they learned during one particular interview.

They told Altucher:

We're at dinner with a billionaire and it's clear that he's doing us the favor by sitting with us. He has a lot of things he could be doing and we asked the favor to spend the time ... So it was sort of understood that we were going to pay.

First he said we should pick the restaurant, so we picked our restaurant — a top notch restaurant. Suddenly, five minutes before the dinner, he changed the place to where he always goes, which is a much more expensive and incredibly fancy restaurant.

When it was time to order the wine, he said to the maitre d's, "Just bring me what I always have." There were four of us, and we drank it, and it was unbelievable — and then of course, if you're thirsty for even a sip more, he just stuck his finger in the air and a second bottle appeared. And then the check came, and it was more than any human could put on any kind of expense account.

It cost them more than $2,000.

What is likely chump change for the billionaire was more of a burden to Levien and Koppelman, who didn't have a studio backing their television show or even an expense form to fill out at the time.

They got more out of it than incredible wine. "This is a guy smart enough to not do anything by accident," they explained. "There was clearly a power dynamic going on there ... He was showing us that he was doing us the favor, but that he was no sucker, and we were."

The dinner was some sort of game, or playing field, to the man. It could be won or lost. 

"He couldn't live with the idea that we won the dinner by going away with information," the producers explained. "So he had to win, too, by hurting us with a dinner check the price of a trip to Florida ... Most of us don't think about a dinner that way. I had never thought about a dinner — in all the dinners I’ve had, and I've had many dinners — I had never thought, 'Oh, who’s going to win the dinner?'"

While the natural, and immediate, reaction to their experience may be to judge the billionaire harshly, Levien and Koppelman encourage listeners not to jump to conclusions.

"Don't take it like we found something about that off-putting," they told Altucher. "You can stop and say that's negative, or you can stop and say, What makes somebody that way? What were the formative experiences? Where is that person broken? What good has this attitude done?" 

Much of rich people's success may be due to a competitive nature.

As self-made millionaire and author of "How Rich People Think," Steve Siebold, explains: Rich people are obsessed with success. "The truth is wealthy people have a healthy obsession with getting what they want, which includes money," he writes. "The wealthy see business and life as a game, and it's a game they love to win."

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The 15th and final season of 'American Idol' kicked off this week, but one former contestant was extremely unimpressed. 

Clay Aiken, who was the second season's runner-up, live-tweeted while watching the show "for the first time in a decade" and was bored with what he saw, claiming he understood why the ratings are low.

"Those boring a** responses from the judges!? Where is Simon [Cowell] when you need him!?" he tweeted.

Well... now I know why the ratings are down. 😴

— Clay Aiken (@clayaiken) January 7, 2016

Oh good Lord... those boring ass responses from the judges!? Where is Simon when you need him!? That guy need a hook to pull him off stage.

— Clay Aiken (@clayaiken) January 7, 2016

He added that Cowell was the reason for the popularity of "American Idol" at its peak.

It's VERY clear now that @SimonCowell was the reason @AmericanIdol was a hit. I've watched root canals more entertaining than these judges.

— Clay Aiken (@clayaiken) January 7, 2016

He watched to see contestants from Raleigh, North Carolina, and then switched over to ABC's "Black-ish," on which Tyra Banks was a guest star.

Now that #Raleigh has shown out and these judges have put me to sleep! I'm changing over to watch my girl @tyrabanks on @black_ishabc

— Clay Aiken (@clayaiken) January 7, 2016

Aiken then sent a series of tweets about why he was being hard on the show, saying, "We're all more criticial of the things we care about most," and likening watching the show to rooting for a favorite sports team.

When your favorite team that you've cheered for for years happens to play a shitty game, you're absolutely allowed to be upset about it.

— Clay Aiken (@clayaiken) January 7, 2016

We're all more critical of the things we care about most.

— Clay Aiken (@clayaiken) January 7, 2016

When you really love something you only want the best for it, and you have high expectations from those you know are capable of it.

— Clay Aiken (@clayaiken) January 7, 2016

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In recent years, we've grown accustomed to a certain type of movie villain. These villains are inherently evil people who do bad things for the sake of doing bad things.

For example, there's The Joker in "The Dark Knight," Voldemort in "Harry Potter" movies, and Anton Chigurh in "No Country For Old Men" — all of these guys are iconic, and all of them fit the type.

Kylo Ren — the successor to Darth Vader in the new "Stars Wars" — doesn't fit that mold, and it's one of the most fascinating parts of the new trilogy.

He's bratty, incompetent, and confused about his place in the world. The nature of his evil is petulance, angst, and a sense of abandonment. Kylo Ren isn't a representation of the intractable evil that exists in our world (like, say, The Joker is), he's a flawed villain.

In a film that has been criticized for taking too much from the other "Star Wars" movies, Kylo Ren feels new and different.

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21st Century Fox has denied a previous report today that the company is interested in acquiring Time Warner at $105 a share.

Benzinga first reported Fox was trying to rekindle a bid for Time Warner, while analysts were "mixed."

But not long after, CNN senior media correspondent Brian Stelter said that a "top spokeswoman" at Fox has called the news of the offer "totally false."

Fox had previously pursued taking over Time Warner in 2014, valuing it at $85 a share, which was rejected. Eventualy Fox ended its pursuit, with CEO Rupert Murdoch citing Time Warner's "refusal" to engage.

A combination of Fox and Time Warner would create a giant in the media and entertainment industry, as Fox owns the Fox film studio and numerous TV channels, and Time Warner owns Warner Bros. and channels including HBO, TBS, TNT, and CNN.

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Norwegian sprinter Ezinne Okparaebo is looking to make her third-straight Olympics in Rio this summer, and has been documenting her intense training regiment on Instagram.

Her videos give you an idea of just how athletic and hard-working Olympians are.

In one specific video that's gaining a ton of attention online, Okparaebo does a stair-jumping drill where she scales an entire set of stadium bleachers in only five leaps.

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All of Hollywood, from both film and television, will once again descend on Sunday for the slightly more fun and loose of the major award-season celebrations, the Golden Globes.

Voted on by the 90 or so members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the Globes can serve as an indicator of who'll win big at the Oscars and Emmys. Others believe that it has little bearing on the more prestigious entertainment awards. But almost everybody considers it a better time.

Many think "Spotlight" is the movie to beat. Though "Mad Max: Fury Road" could be the surprise winner in multiple categories and prove that the Globes are the most unpredictable awards show on TV. And make sure to watch when the Best Actress in Comedy/Musical is announced, as friends Amy Schumer and Jennifer Lawrence will be going up against each other for the award.

On the TV side, the HFPA prides itself on picking very current and newer shows for its winners. This year, Fox's "Empire" and Starz's "Outlander" broke through. It also loves when a show is set in foreign locations and/or has international appeal, like HBO's "Game of Thrones," Netflix's "Narcos," and Hulu's "Mozart in the Jungle."

Which movies, TV shows, and stars are most likely to hold the gold this year? Here's who we think will be taking home Globes:

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Best Drama

What will win: "Spotlight"
Since the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall, most have locked this in as an awards contender. As months have gone by, that's been confirmed as the ensemble drama is the odds-on favorite to win Sunday (and on Oscar night).

What could win: "Mad Max: Fury Road"
It's possible that the HFPA throws us a curve here and gives the prize to this summer actioner, a favorite of audiences and critics alike. Good tip: The winner of Best Director will indicate what wins in this category.

Best Comedy/Musical

What will win: "The Big Short"
Bringing humor to the depressing financial collapse is a stroke of genius by director Adam McKay, and its mix of star power and great storytelling will give this one the edge.

What could win: "Trainwreck"
It's been Amy Schumer's year, so it's possible that her movie takes the prize. But it's more likely she gets awarded for her individual talents than for the film.

Best Director

Who will win: Tom McCarthy ("Spotlight")
Heading a powerful ensemble cast along with doing co-writing duties, McCarthy shows with "Spotlight" that he's capable of telling emotional stories with dynamic performances. He will get rewarded on Sunday (and probably Oscar night, too).

Who could win: George Miller ("Mad Max: Fury Road")
This is where the director win is important. If Miller pulls off an upset, all bets are off on what wins Best Drama. 

A new "Sherlock" special premiered Jan. 1 on PBS and in special theatrical screenings.

At one point in the MASTERPIECE/PBS TV series, which is based on the novels of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, policeman Philip Anderson derogatorily calls Sherlock a psychopath.

His dry response — "I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research" — is now one of the hallmarks of the show.

But what's the difference between a psychopath and a sociopath, and which would Sherlock really be?

We posed this question to James Fallon, a neuroscientist at the UC Irvine School of Medicine who specializes in studying psychopaths and just so happens to be one (but that's another story). Fallon in turn asked his friend Michael Felong, a doctor who specializes in internal medicine in Temecula, California, who has an interest in Sherlock Holmes. The verdict?

Sherlock Holmes, as written by Doyle, is probably what he calls a "primary psychopath," not a sociopath, he said.

Psychopaths vs. sociopaths

The term "psychopath" doesn't appear in the latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the medical handbook used by psychiatrists. The closest entry is antisocial personality disorder, which is defined by "impairments in personality," such as egocentrism or lack of empathy, and "pathological personality traits," such as manipulativeness or impulsivity.

Psychopaths and sociopaths are sometimes considered the same thing, but there are some key differences between them, Fallon told Business Insider.

According to him, psychopaths can be divided into two categories: primary psychopaths and secondary psychopaths, or sociopaths.

• A primary psychopath usually gets his or her defining characteristics as a result of a combination of genes, brain connections, and environment, said Fallon. This type of person doesn't typically respond to punishment, fear, stress, or disapproval, and often lacks empathy. Most primary psychopaths, Fallon added, mimic emotions and understand them cognitively, but do not feel them.
• A secondary psychopath (sociopath) gets to be this way mostly as a result of his or her environment. Severe abuse at a young age can play a particularly strong role in the development of a sociopath, said Fallon. Unlike a primary psychopath, a secondary psychopath or sociopath can feel stress or guilt, said Fallon, and is generally capable of empathy. He or she may also be prone to anxiety, Fallon added.

Both primary and secondary psychopaths can further be divided into "distempered" and "charismatic" psychopaths, Fallon explained:

• A distempered psychopath tends to fly into rages that can resemble epileptic fits. These people may also often have an extremely strong sex drive.
• A charismatic psychopath is often a charming liar and fast talker who can manipulate others to part with anything — including their lives.

Now that we know the difference, let's take a look at Sherlock.

Why Sherlock is a psychopath

Sherlock Holmes is a brilliant but antisocial detective. He doesn't seem to show emotion or care about other people's feelings — even those of his trusted sidekick Dr. Watson — and he's not driven by the fear of offending others. By all appearances, he is a primary psychopath.

What's more, he never loses his cool and seems to have very little interest in women (with the possible exception of his femme fatale Irene Adler), and yet he wins the admiration of Watson and his many fans, which probably makes him a charismatic psychopath.

That said, the Sherlock played by Benedict Cumberbatch in the MASTERPIECE/PBS series is perhaps a tiny bit more humane than Doyle's original character. He occasionally shows acts of kindness toward Watson, and despite his tough veneer, he betrays the tiniest glimpses that he cares about others.

But these changes were probably necessary to make him more likeable to audiences, Fallon said. After all, "real psychopaths are terrible characters."

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At the urging of everyone on Twitter, I sat down this week to start watching the latest television — err, streaming — craze, Netflix's "Making a Murderer."

It took about three episodes to get me hooked, and now I'm on my fourth. If you haven't watched the 10-episode hit documentary series, I'll sum up the premise:

Steven Avery gets wrongfully jailed for 18 years for a crime he didn't commit. He sets out to sue the police department in his town, but right as things are really heating up, he's arrested for allegedly murdering a woman. The rest of the series sets out to find out whether or not he's innocent.

So you'd think that the most mind-blowing part of the first few episodes would have to do with Steven Avery, or the murder trial.

(You'll want to stop reading right now if you aren't at least four episodes into the series.)

Instead, the most memorable, heartbreaking part for me came at the beginning of the fourth episode, when Steven Avery's 16-year-old nephew, Brendan Dassey, is talking to his mom from jail.

In episode three, Dassey is arrested for confessing to having helped Avery kill the woman. Except that, as the documentary shows, it's hard to tell if he's really confessing to something, or if he's just confused by the investigators and telling them what they seem to want to hear. 

Several members of the Avery and Dassey families are depicted as not too bright. Steven Avery, his former lawyer said in the documentary, has an IQ of 70. His nephew isn't made to seem much brighter, with a similarly low IQ.

During a phone call with his mother from jail, the Dasseys discuss the fact that the investigators would like Brendan to give them another statement, because there seem to be some "inconsistencies" between the original statement he gave and things that have been said in the press. 

Brendan Dassey asks his mother, "What does 'inconsistent' mean?"

And his mother replies, "I don't know."

In an age of Google, the internet, and smartphones, for a parent and a high school-age child to not know the definition of "inconsistent" — I was dumbstruck, and it was something I perhaps foolishly had never considered before.

For a high school junior or senior, the definition might not be totally common knowledge, according to a quick readability check score online. But for a parent, it should, ideally anyway, be fairly recognizable.

But one of the things "Making a Murderer" does is show you that life in rural middle America, and its education, police, and other institutions, can be far from ideal. In the scene, the realization really hits you that maybe Dassey really had no way of knowing or comprehending what was being asked of him by investigators when he confessed to the murder.

Another scene that made me really sad to watch occurred a few minutes later in the episode. In another phone call between Dassey and his mother, the mom asks Dassey why he confessed — in gory detail — to a murder if he didn't actually commit the crime.

Dassey says he was "guessing" what the cops wanted him to say, just like he "guesses" on answers to his homework.

Then he says, sincerely, "I'm stupid, Mom... I'm really stupid."

And his mother replies:

"You're not stupid to me."

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Kanye West has brought back a beloved holiday, and with it a new song.

In the run-up to the release of “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” in 2010, Kanye’s “G.O.O.D. Fridays” became well-known as a place to find a free new song every week for 15 weeks, including "Power (remix),” “Monster," "Chain Heavy,” and an unmastered version of "So Appalled.”

Kim Kardashian, no stranger to breaking the internet, did so this morning for a much different reason when she seemed to announce the return of the tradition.

🎼🎼🎼 Friiiiiiday!!!! New music!!!! #EveryFriday#Swish#RealFriends🎼🎼🎼🔥🔥🔥

— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) January 8, 2016

The announcement fanned the flames of fans excited about this new run of "G.O.O.D. Fridays."

GOOD Fridays are back...Thank you Yeezus #swish#kanye

— Pawan Narayan (@pnarayan34) January 8, 2016

KANYE BROUGHT BACK GOOD FRIDAYS IM SO HAPPY

— nick (@nickisatool) January 8, 2016

NEW KANYE MUSIC EVERY FRIDAY. JUST LIKE GOOD FRIDAYS. LIFE IS GOOD

— el compa (@jose_ocean) January 8, 2016

Kanye then shared the final mix of the track "Real Friends" on Soundcloud (after a little technical difficulty).

You can listen to the new song here.

The fact that "G.O.O.D. Fridays” appear to be back also means that Kanye’s long-awaited “SWISH” album may finally be close to release after being teased for much of 2015. It was also just announced that Yeezy will be headlining Governor's Ball in New York this June, meaning a tour supporting the new album may not be far off either.

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Ever wondered what led up to that famous picture in the Oval Office of Elvis Presley and President Richard Nixon?

Well, the movie "Elvis & Nixon" is going to answer that question for us by providing a comic look into the events surrounding the image that has become the most requested photograph in the National Archives.  

Michael Shannon ("Man of Steel," "99 Homes") plays the King of Rock while Kevin Spacey plays President Nixon. Based on the trailer, it looks like the two actors had a lot of fun with the roles. Let's just hope it's also fun for the audience to watch.

The clip gives a strong indication it will be, as we get an entertaining glimpse at Elvis strolling up to the White House lawn to meet the president, and once he's inside completely taking it over (even eating Nixon's M&Ms).

The movie opens in the spring. Watch the trailer below:

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Growing up in a big Italian family, Jimmy Kimmel says he has always struggled with portion control.

By 2010, Kimmel's 6'1 physique had ballooned to 208 pounds, and he wasn't happy.

The late night host decided to take control by going on an extreme diet called 5:2. Essentially, he gets to eat whatever he wants five days a week, but must eat less than 500 calories for the remaining two days.

"Something I've been doing for a couple of years now is starving myself two days a week," Kimmel recently revealed to Men's Journal. "On Monday and Thursday, I eat fewer than 500 calories a day, then I eat like a pig for the other five days. You 'surprise' the body, keep it guessing."

"On fasting days I'm pretty unpleasant to be around," Kimmel admitted to the magazine. "I mostly just drink coffee and eat pickles endlessly. For 'meals' I'll have some peanut butter and an apple, or the whites of hard-boiled eggs, or if I'm really hungry, a bowl of oatmeal. The rest of the week I'm a glutton — pizza and pasta and steak."

While some professionals like Dr. Oz dispute the diet, it has worked for Kimmel. The 48-year-old lost over 25 pounds, and now maintains a weight of around 182 pounds.

Just don't ask Kimmel about his exercise routine because it's pretty nonexistent: "I just hate it," he told Men's Journal.

Story by Aly Weisman and editing by Kristen Griffin

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Thanks to the box-office domination of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” Harrison Ford has now passed Samuel L. Jackson as the highest-grossing actor is US box office history, based on the amount of money his movies have made.

According to Box Office Mojo, Ford edged past Jackson following the latest update on the site, with the “Star Wars” star now having $4.699 billion over “The Avengers” star’s $4.626 billion.

What got Ford over the top was the latest tally for “The Force Awakens,” which to date has a $764 million domestic gross, passing “Avatar” for the all-time box office record in the US.

Expect Ford and Jackson to trade the number-one spot in the coming years: Jackson has “The Legend of Tarzan” and “Kong: Skull Island” coming soon while Ford has the "Untitled Blade Runner Project," “Indiana Jones 5,” and “Star Wars: Episode VIII” in the works.

Rounding out the list are Tom Hanks at #3 ($4.334 billion), Tom Cruise at #6 ($3.587 billion), and the top women on the list is Cameron Diaz with $3.031 billion.

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For film, 2015 was an exciting and storied year, from the release of critically acclaimed movies like AI-exploration thriller "Ex Machina" to "Spotlight," the ensemble drama chronicling The Boston Globe's Pulitzer-prize winning coverage of the Catholic Church, to "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and its record-breaking box-office debut.

But this year's poised to be even better with a thrilling lineup of reboots, sequels, and buzzed-about debut series hitting the box office.

From Pixar's "Finding Dory," the long-awaited follow-up to "Finding Nemo," to J.K. Rowling's screenwriting debut, "Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them," here's what's coming up in 2016.

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"Kung Fu Panda 3"

Release date: January 29

It's been four years since the release "Kung Fu Panda 2," but the third installment of the DreamWorks franchise is rearing to go with the same all-star cast including Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, and Academy Award winner J.K. Simmons. 

"Deadpool"

Release date: February 12

Ryan Reynolds trades in his DC Comics Green Lantern suit for Marvel's Deadpool who, after being subjected to an experiment that leaves him with incredible healing powers, hunts down the man who almost destroyed his life.

"Zoolander 2"

Release date: February 12

It's been nearly 15 years since we first met Derek Zoolander and Hansel, but the models are back for another round of "Steel Blue." Joining the roster of comedy stars for the sequel are Penelope Cruz and former SNL cast members Kristen Wiig and Fred Armisen.

Now that music comes out on Fridays, and superstar artists are increasingly keeping their work off Spotify, it can be hard to know where to find the next great song. So Business Insider is helping you with this rundown of the best of what's new in the music world that you can listen to right now.

Kendrick Lamar - "Untitled 2"

Over a year after releasing “Untitled” on "The Colbert Report," Lamar released “Untitled 2” on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon." The song has an '80s feel that's refreshing from the MC, and features him rapping quickly while telling us about how he’s strolling through life.

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Kanye West - "Real Friends"

Finally. This is the great Kanye West we’ve been waiting for. For the second Friday in a row, the rapper has released new music, and according to West’s wife Kim Kardashian, he doesn’t seem to be slowing down any time soon.

Listen on Soundcloud.

Timbaland - "Shakin" (ft. Aaliyah and Strado)

Posthumous releases can be creepy cash-ins, but somehow, this new use of an unreleased vocal from the great R&B singer who died tragically young— from her close collaborator, producer Timbaland — avoids the common missteps. Aaliyah's voice sounds as fresh, confident, and clear as ever, which only makes us miss her more.

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