Legendary British musician David Bowie died from cancer at the age of 69 on Sunday. In remembrance of Bowie's insanely cool life, here's a roundup of some of his iconic quotes. 

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"I'm just an individual who doesn't feel that I need to have somebody qualify my work in any particular way. I'm working for me."

Source: 60 Minutes, 2002.

"As a person, I'm fairly uncomplicated."

Source: GQ

“I find only freedom in the realms of eccentricity.”

Source: International Business Times

After a casting search that considered 2,500 actors, Variety reports today that the hunt for the actor who will be playing a young Han Solo in an upcoming "Star Wars" spin-off has come down to just a dozen actors. 

Among the mix are Miles Teller ("Fantastic Four"), Dave Franco ("Neighbors"), Ansel Elgort ("The Fault in Our Stars"), Jack Reynor ("Transformers: Age of Extinction"), Scott Eastwood ("The Longest Ride"), Logan Lerman ("Fury"), Emory Cohen ("Brooklyn"), and Blake Jenner (from the upcoming Richard Linklater film "Everybody Wants Some").

According to Variety, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and the film's directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller ("The Lego Movie," "21 Jump Street" films) will make a final decision in the next couple of weeks.

Though the Han Solo movie doesn't begin shooting until next January, rumors are that the urgency to cast is because the young Solo would have a cameo in another "Star Wars" spin-off opening at the end of this year, "Rogue One." But Variety could not confirm this.

Disney tested actors as young as 17 and as old as 34 for the new Solo role. The actors left now range in age between 20-25, with Scott Eastwood being the oldest at 29. 

Whoever takes the role will have some star-making shoes to fill. Harrison Ford made the character so successful that it didn't just kick off a prolific Hollywood career — it also helped make him the highest-grossing actor of all time at the box office.

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The stars go all-out for the Golden Globes, incorporating more variety and taking more risks than they can at stuffier award shows. Sometimes, that can pay off.

Sometimes, however, it doesn't. At all. There were two egregious examples at this year's Golden Globes: velvet jackets and sneakers.

A brush with velvet

A few stars, namely action stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Jason Statham, decided to try out velvet jackets at this year's Golden Globes.

The Rock went with a plum-colored peak lapeled version that looks much closer to the smoking jacket that originally inspired the tuxedo. 

Statham played it much better with a shawl-collared brown jacket that he almost pulled off, but we're going to have to say: not quite, Jason.

While we know that velvet is at least a little bit trendy these days, these two ensembles prove that it's a trend best left to the '80s (the 1880s, that is).

Sneakers? Sneakers.

Some stars, like Jason Sudeikis and Alan Cumming, decided to pair sneakers with their black tie.

We're not really sure what made them think that this was OK. Ever the famous sneakerhead, Sudeikis paired his tuxedo with Air Jordan 11 Concord Lows, which include patent black leather detailing. The promo copy on Nike's website says the shoes "followed MJ’s insight of bringing a formal look to the court." Unfortunately, it's just not formal enough for the red carpet. 

Though Alan Cumming also wore sneakers with his tux, his, at least, were all black. Cumming is no stranger to strange red carpet footwear — he even wore Crocs to last year's Emmys.

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Legendary artist and musician David Bowie passed away on Sunday at age 69. 

But Bowie had been keeping himself busy during his 18-month battle with cancer, and released the music video for his final single, "Lazarus," days before his death. It is a moving and haunting song, and, listening to it now, it feels like a reflection on life and mortality.

"Lazarus" is a song from his final album, "Black Star," which was released two days before his death.

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Donald Trump was nearly the face of the killer on Amazon's upcoming original series "Mad Dogs."

Amazon's drama is based on the British series, in which the villain wore a mask of former British prime minister Tony Blair. As with the UK show, the producers of Amazon's show looked at politicians, including Bill Clinton. But ultimately, they found public figures were tough to clear with the legal department.

"We thought about who it could be and we went through the various machinations and came up with a few ideas," show creator and executive producer Cris Cole said during Monday's Television Critics Association press tour. "It was actually going to be Michael Jackson to begin with, but that was off the table immediately."

"I had been racking my brain," executive producer Shawn Ryan added. "Before Trump mania, we discussed Donald Trump."

The mask would have to be just right. The killer who wears it represents the major turning point in what was supposed to be a fun, exotic vacation for five longtime friends in Belize, played by Steve Zahn, Michael Imperioli, Billy Zane, Romany Malco, and Ben Chaplin.

So how did the show end up deciding on a cat for the mask? Cole, who also created the British version, said he found it in a Los Angeles Halloween store.

"I was drawn to it," Cole said. "There was something about it that was quite fantastic. It was so grotesque and sort of cute and horrible at the same time."

And Ryan liked that "it allowed us to diverge even more from the British series."

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"Mad Dogs" premieres Friday, January 22, on Amazon Prime Video.

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Netflix subscribers watched 13% more Netflix per user in 2015 than in 2014, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs.

Last week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings dropped bombshell news that Netflix had expanded to 130 more countries, placing it in almost every country in the world except China.

But beyond the expansion, Hastings shared numbers that suggest we are more addicted to Netflix than ever before. Hastings said users watched a total of 42.5 billion streaming hours of content in 2015, compared to 29.1 billion in 2014.

Using subscriber estimates, analysts at Goldman Sachs and other firms then calculated approximately how much growth there was in the hours of Netflix watched per subscriber. The consensus was between 12-13%.

This chart from UBS shows what this number means in absolute terms. UBS estimates that hours watched per subscriber, per day, went from 1.6 to 1.8, meaning an extra 6 hours of Netflix per month.

This is good news for Netflix, since it suggests that the service is becoming more valuable to people. This fact could be crucial if Netflix is forced to hike prices due to the rising cost of producing its own original content.

Netflix has said it will roughly double its output of original shows to 31 in 201. That level of production will not be cheap, and Netflix has indicated that it plans to spend $5 billion on content in 2016.

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Real-estate mogul Donald Trump lashed out at Fox News host Megyn Kelly on Monday, calling her "average in every way" and asking who would want to "woo" her.

Trump was apparently responding to an article in January's Vanity Fair, in which Kelly described the Republican presidential front-runner's frequent complaints about her.

The Fox News host told the publication that in the past Trump "would send me press clippings about me that he would just sign 'Donald Trump.'"

She continued:

And he called from time to time to compliment a segment. I didn't know why he was doing that. And then when he announced that he was running for president, it became more clear. But I can't be wooed. I was never going to love him, and I was never going to hate him.

But Trump wanted his followers to know that he was not trying to woo Kelly:

Trump started attacking Kelly last August, after she moderated the first Republican presidential debate and asked him a pointed question about his past comments about women's looks.

The billionaire Republican has since repeatedly blasted Kelly and Fox News. He drew widespread backlash when he made a comment about her that many people interpreted as a crude reference to menstruation.

Fox News announced last month that Kelly would be joining Bret Baier and Chris Wallace to moderate the channel's upcoming debate on January 28. Another Fox channel, the Fox Business Network, is hosting another Republican primary debate this week.

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There definitely wasn't a shortage of well-groomed guys in tailored tuxedos at this year's Golden Globe Awards. 

But one man's ensemble put all of the others to shame. Rami Malek of "Mr. Robot" donned a midnight navy tuxedo that really stole the spotlight on the red carpet.

As a whole, the tuxedo looks like a typical one-button affair with peak lapels. But as with most of menswear, the details are what sets it apart.

Malek kept it classic with traditional styling, but he injected some individuality with the midnight navy coloring and his own personal accessories. 

Here are the two main reasons Malek's tuxedo was a cut above the rest:

• Perfect fit is crucial. Malek's tuxedo jacket fits him perfectly. And we mean absolutely perfectly with just the right amount of tug for the jacket's button. There's also a tiny bit of shirt collar peek, and the sleeves and the jacket's bottom hit at just the right place.
• It's all about the accessories. Malek knows how to accessorize his navy tux. His watch is black leather-banded, his tie is black satin, and his pocket square is starch white. He finishes it all off with a stylish lapel pin to bring the look home.

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Kenneth Hampton is a huge "Star Wars" fan. At Hampton's Hand-crafted LED Sabers, he makes custom, badass lightsabers that look more polished than Disney’s official toys.

But getting one of these lightsaber isn't cheap — the base model costs $480. Still, for the ultimate "Star Wars" fan, it could be worth it.

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The most picked-apart moment of the Golden Globes wasn't a moving speech or an uncomfortable joke — it was a split-second interaction between Leonardo DiCaprio and Lady Gaga as she walked toward the stage to accept her award.

As Gaga brushed past his chair, DiCaprio gave her a puzzling look that people can't get enough of. The Vine, which has been looped more than 50 million times, is now being dissected all over the internet.

After the show, Entertainment Tonight got DiCaprio to talk about what happened. Much to the chagrin of the conspiracy theorists, he said he reacted the way he did because he was just surprised there was someone behind him.

"I just didn’t know what was passing me — that's all!" he said.

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The real winner at this year's Golden Globe Awards? Kate Hudson's abs.

The 36-year-old actress proudly displayed her toned upper abdomen in between sheaths of metallic Michael Kors fabric.

But there's a secret behind Hudson's abs of steel.

Hudson follows the "Alkaline Diet," meaning "no dairy, no wheat, gluten-free, no meat, and no sugar," she explained to Glamour. 

"I just cut all of that out," Hudson added. "And no wine and no beer — only vodka and only tequila, straight up."

Technically, alcohol and caffeine aren't allowed on the diet, but Hudson says she doesn't always follow it strictly.

"I'll cheat when I want to," the mother-of-two admitted to Harper's Bazaar. "I could be at a movie theater and throw down on some popcorn and Milk Duds, or at an Italian restaurant and I'll have my pasta. So I try not to make it about dieting, I try just to make alkaline my normal and then have fun."

The theory behind the alkaline diet is that some foods cause your body to produce acid, which is bad for you, explains WebMD.

The diet "aims to keep the body's pH between 7.35 and 7.45 to create harmony and reduce the strain on the body's digestive system," according to one cookbook. "How? By avoiding 'acid forming foods' and replacing them with plant foods and whole grains."

Followers of the alkaline diet instead eat mostly fruits, vegetables, soybeans, tofu, some nuts, seeds, and legumes. 

Victoria Beckham first popularized the diet in 2013 when she tweeted about an alkaline diet cookbook.

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On Sunday, Brie Larson won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama for "Room." For months, people have been praising her for her performance as a woman who is kidnapped as a teenager and held prisoner for years.

At 26, she's quickly gone from indie darling to mainstream star.

Before she ventured into acting, Larson started out her show business career as a teen pop star known for songs like "She Said." She then gained attention for her role in 2013's "Short Term 12," before playing Amy Schumer's sister in the hit comedy "Trainwreck."

Now, she's getting ready for blockbuster fame, as she'll star in the "King Kong" prequel "Kong: Skull Island" in 2017.

Like Jennifer Lawrence, who Larson has been compared to, she quickly rose from indie actress to international star. 

And thanks to "Room," she could end up with an Oscar.

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While the rest of the world gets stoked for the forthcoming Facebook Oculus Rift and HTC Vive Pre virtual reality headsets, a handful of startups are trying to make sure there's actually something to watch on them.

One of those startups is Littlstar, a New York-based startup that graduated from the Disney Accelerator startup mentorship program in mid-2015, and one of a new class of companies trying to turn the rising wave of VR into a solid business plan.

At the most basic level, Littlstar wants to be to virtual reality what YouTube is for web video — helping the small but growing community of virtual reality content creators put their stuff in one easy place for people to find, stream, and hopefully enjoy. 

From there, says Littlstar CEO Ben Nunez, the idea is to take its early position in the VR market and use it to start attracting top-tier content from the major studios, much like Netflix or Hulu. 

Furthermore, since Littlstar doesn't have a hardware platform to support as Facebook does, Nunez says that can bring its app everywhere, to every device, without any kind of investment to protect.

The Littlstar app can be used to view 360-degree photos and videos and VR video on a phone, or with Google Cardboard, Samsung Gear VR, or even Apple TV, and support is coming to the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and just about everything else. 

So far, so good: Littlstar has attracted customers like the Discovery Channel, online gaming giant Wargaming.net (the company behind the smash hit "World of Tanks"), DKNY, and Showtime, all of whom are hosting their early VR experiments on the site. 

But Littlstar's position is that VR is a whole separate medium from traditional video, and Nunez says that one day, the comparisons with established companies will stop — and Littlstar will be on "a whole different planet" from the rest, Nunez says. 

In the future, Nunez says, Littlstar will invest in stuff like "choose-your-own-adventure-style" VR videos that "bridge narrative and gaming content." 

Obviously, Littlstar isn't the only one thinking about the potential for this market.

Google, which has invested in VR with a GoPro partnership and its cheap Google Cardboard headsets, has made 360-degree, VR-ready video available on YouTube. And Facebook, the purveyor of the Oculus Rift headset, has done the same on the News Feed.

Going against titans like Google and Facebook is a bold move in any market, but Nunez says that the company's focus on just doing one thing — virtual reality — sets it apart. While YouTube has to support both old-school web video and this new VR content, for instance, Littlstar can do whatever it wants.  

"YouTube is fighting battles on a thousand different fronts," says Nunez. 

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Alex Gibney may have a follow-up to his popular and controversial documentary about Scientology, "Going Clear."

"I'm thinking about it," Gibney told Business Insider at Monday's Television Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles when we asked if he was planning another documentary on the secretive organization.

While he didn't go into details, he did explain how hard it is to leave his documentary subjects in the past.

"A lot of my films keep developing," Gibney said after sitting on Amazon's TCA panel for its upcoming docu-series, "The New Yorker Presents," which he executive produces.

"And one of the interesting things about being lucky enough to do what I do is that the characters and stories tend to follow you around, and pop up in unusual ways," he continued. "And sometimes, like in the ‘Ghostbusters’ movie, the streams cross."

Gibney's "Going Clear" is on the short list for an Oscar nomination. HBO ensured it would be eligible by releasing the doc in theaters for a limited time ahead of its March television premiere.

As soon as it aired on HBO, "Going Clear" became a lightning rod for media coverage of Scientology, and a thorn in the Church's side.

"It was controversial," Gibney said. "It was almost as if I had let a safety valve to happen, that there was a lot of pent-up frustration. People thought they couldn’t talk about this subject. And I think what happened with ‘Going Clear’ was that it allowed people to begin to talk, which was both healing for a lot of people who had been in [Scientology], and also a relief, and a great kick for people who felt they wanted to say something and couldn’t."

When asked how he felt about the Netflix documentary series "Making a Murderer," which is experiencing a very similar notoriety at the moment, Gibney told BI that he still hadn't caught the series, but was looking forward to it.

He did have these few words of advice for the show's creators: "Ride the wave."

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A 16-year-old built a vending machine for Cheerios.

The best part? It's made entirely of legos.

The YouTuber, who showcases his work on his YouTube channel, Astonishing Studios, has become a sensation. Previously, he had gained internet fame thanks to his Chicken McNugget vending machine.

He built the machine using a robot kit called Lego Mindstorms. A light sensor detects when a coin is inserted, which triggers the release of milk and cereal. 

A round lego piece even prevents the milk from spilling.

Breakfast will never be the same.

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Dean Strang was one of the lawyers who represented Steven Avery, who was convicted of murdering photographer Teresa Halbach in 2007.

To this day, the final verdict is heavily disputed.

Thanks to the hit Netflix docuseries "Making a Murderer," the case is once again making headlines. Strang told INSIDER that the show does a perfect job highlighting issues with America's criminal justice system.

"I think among those [issues] that I see in the documentary are the role of class in our criminal justice system. Once you’re talking about class it’s hard to disconnect that from race, ethnicity, recent arrival as an immigrant, because all of those things get linked disproportionately to being a member of an underclass," Strang told INSIDER.

He also said the show raises questions about how the press handles trials and the ethical limits of lawyers. However, economic status is at the forefront.

"In all, across the country, in all counties, all states, all federal courts, upward of 90% of the people charged with a crime don’t have the financial means to hire a lawyer. [They] end up, sort of, on the public option. [They] end up with a court appointed lawyer or a public defender employed by the state. So, you know, right from the start, we’re running a criminal justice system that depends heavily for its fodder on the poor," Strang said.

The entire first season of "Making a Murderer" is now on Netflix.

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Marvel has officially confirmed Ryan Coogler of "Creed" as the director for the upcoming "Black Panther" film. 

This marks the 29-year-old director's third feature film. 

He wrote and directed his first, "Fruitvale Station," in 2013. It won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature in 2014.

His most recent film, "Creed," is the critically acclaimed latest entry in the "Rocky" franchise and could nab him Oscar nominations later this week. Sylvester Stallone won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his reprisal of Rocky Balboa in the film. 

"We are fortunate to have such an esteemed filmmaker join the Marvel family,” producer Kevin Feige said in a statement. “The talents Ryan showcased in his first two films easily made him our top choice to direct ‘Black Panther.' Many fans have waited a long time to see Black Panther in his own film, and with Ryan we know we’ve found the perfect director to bring T’Challa’s story to life.”

Based on the Marvel comics, the film will explore how T'Challa, prince of Wakanda, becomes Black Panther following his father's death. The character, created by Stan Lee, is the first black superhero in comic books.

Viewers will first catch a glimpse of Black Panther, played by Chadwick Boseman, in "Captain America: Civil War," which will premiere May 6.  

"Black Panther" is slated to hit theaters February 16, 2018.

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Imagine riding a wakeboard... but through the sky.

That's what the Wingboard will allow you to do. To make this happen, the rider stands on a wing-shaped board while holding a line connected to the back of a plane. Just like in wakeboarding or waterskiing, the rider can shift back and forth to slalom around, and even do jumps and flips.

Sounds scary? There's also an eject option that allows riders to detach from the board and parachute to the ground. 

Aaron "WYP" Wypyszynski came up with the idea in 2013 and founded WYP Aviation. He started making prototypes, recently tested a 40% to scale model, and are currently developing a full-size simulation.

Wingboarding could be the next extreme sport. 

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CBS and Time Warner are taking steps that could allow them to extricate their CW network from Netflix's grasp.

The companies are working to create a standalone streaming service for the CW, which they own jointly, according to Bloomberg's Lucas Shaw. Today, Netflix streams past seasons of CW shows and Hulu streams current ones, but that could change as the contracts wind down.

The service could be priced at $2 to $4 a month and would offer a "live feed" of shows as well as on-demand watching, according to Bloomberg. Popular CW shows include "Arrow," "Jane the Virgin," and "The Flash."

A standalone CW streaming service could serve as a model for other TV networks that feel they are undercutting their content by licensing it to Netflix. A big chunk of Netflix's streaming content is old seasons of popular TV shows, and if networks decide to turn off this spigot, it could be damaging for Netflix's bottom line.

Netflix is trying to get out ahead of this by diving deep into original content. The company will produce a whopping 600 hours of original content in 2016, pumping out 31 shows, as well as movies and documentaries.

While producing original shows is relatively expensive, Netflix executives have characterized it as their best investments going forward, especially since the rights are easier to deal with internationally. Last week, Netflix went live in 130 new countries, which brought its reach to most of the world except China.

Part of CBS and Time Warner's motivation to compete directly with Netflix could be flagging viewership for the CW, which has seen its prime-time audience drop 13% this season, according to Bloomberg.

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Before CGI, Photoshop, or other image-altering programs, Hollywood had to rely on good, old fashioned talent to make movies.

In the 1940s and 50s, that meant movie musicals starring professional dancers, acrobats, and contortionists — who could also act.

For stars like Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Cyd Charisse, it was a good time to be an actor-singer-dancer triple threat.

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