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Hollywood's new power couple were both nominated for Oscars

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Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender are undoubtedly Hollywood's new "it couple," as both were nominated for Golden Globe Awards, and are now both up for Oscars.

The couple met in 2014 while playing husband and wife in the upcoming psychological thriller, "The Light Between Oceans."

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Idris Elba nailed Hollywood's diversity problem

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"Beasts of No Nation" star Idris Elba recently addressed British Parliament about diversity issues in the TV and movie industry. He called out the way black and white actors are treated differently in the casting process, and hopes that industry leaders will start to "think outside the box."

Story by Ian Phillips and editing by Chelsea Pineda

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The 6 biggest things that will shake up the TV industry in 2016

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Television's executives, producers, and stars are just wrapping up this winter's biannual Television Critics Association press tour.

It's an exhausting (and exciting) pageant of the network's best current programming and upcoming shows for hundreds of critics and reporters from all over the US (and even some international press) who flock to Los Angeles twice a year for the event.

Each day of the TCA press tour, a network's top boss kicks off the morning by facing reporters in an executive session. Depending on how their network is doing, they'll be celebrated or verbally attacked by the journalists. Then the reporters meet and greet panel after panel dedicated to the network's shows and stars.

Every year, certain themes and patterns from the TV world emerge. They tell us about what the industry is wrestling with and give us a snapshot of what's to come.

Here's what you can expect to see out of the TV industry in the coming months:

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MORE: The 20 most exciting TV shows of 2016

Netflix is going after the traditional networks — and they're firing back hard.

The broadcast and cable networks were anything but chill about Netflix during TCA. The streaming giant came under fire for refusing to release its show ratings and therefore standing on an uneven playing field.

NBC shocked the room of reporters when its research exec released what he believes to be close approximations of Netflix's ratings. He named "Jessica Jones" as its No. 1 show with 4.8 million total viewers in the advertiser-coveted 18- to 49-year-old demographic.

The point was to prove that traditional broadcast and cable networks aren't being out-watched by streaming.

"I don't believe there's enough stuff on Netflix that is broad enough and is consistent enough to affect us in a meaningful way on a regular basis," the NBC exec said.

Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos called NBC's numbers "remarkably inaccurate."

Meanwhile, FX boss John Landgraf accused Netflix of an unfair advantage in that it doesn't need to prove profitability, and so it can spend more money on shows than his network. He explained that FX wanted Aziz Ansari's "Master of None," but the streaming company overwhelmed the cable channel in money and other commitments.

Sarandos countered by explaining that Netflix's profit is driven by expanding its international reach, which it's doing in various ways with its ramped-up original content.



Music is the next ratings goldmine.

Fox is the latest network to get into the musical TV trend with "Grease Live." It will follow that with Trisha Yearwood starring in "The Passion," and "Rocky Horror Picture Show."

"One of the things we love about the shows is that the music makes the show feel very contemporary and kind of very exciting," Fox's CEO Gary Walden said of musical shows. "It gives it an element, a feeling almost of it being live."

NBC led the way with its live-aired musicals and said during TCA that it's closing a deal for "Hairspray" next. It also recently found a ratings hit with the Dolly Parton biopic "Coat of Many Colors."

Cable and streaming want their music TV, too. Showtime's Cameron Crowe-produced drama "Roadies" follows the lives and work of the crew behind a rockin' tour. HBO teamed Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese on the upcoming "Vinyl." And Amazon's "Mozart in the Jungle," about a New York symphony, just won a Golden Globe.

 



Live audience ratings are no longer the gold standard.

The TV industry has been playing a game of "wait, wait, hurry" with ratings. It took a very long time for it to admit that the old model of counting live viewers wasn't an accurate look at TV viewership. Even as things evolve, there have been hiccups in trying to convince advertisers. Now, everyone seems to be on the bandwagon.

Fox, which became the first broadcast network to end reporting of its live ratings, made a big presentation (complete with slides) of the rise its shows received in delayed viewership. It reiterated that its renewal/cancellation decisions aren't based on live ratings anymore and pointed out that recently renewed "Scream Queens," for example, had a 167% boost in viewers across platforms like DVR, online, and streaming.

NBC, aside from trying to out Netflix's ratings, did an entire panel on the subject and even recommended alternatives to Nielsen ratings that could track viewing on other platforms.

 



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This indie rocker just took down a publicist whom she accused of sexual harassment

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Dirty Projectors band member Amber Coffman was allegedly harassed by prominent music publicist Heathcliff Berru. On Twitter, she broke her silence and accused him of sexual harassment. After finally speaking out, other women joined Coffman's lead, and, thanks to her, Berru was forced to resign.

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Wisconsin tried to shut down 'Making a Murderer' before it came out

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"Making a Murderer" would've had to shut down production if the Wisconsin government had its way.

The filmmakers referenced the threat to the series during a Twitter Q&A on Wednesday when answering a question about the challenges of making the Netflix docuseries.

 

 

 

“The state wanted any statement Steven made … and statements by others who might have knowledge or claim to have knowledge about who was responsible for the death of Teresa Halbach,” director Laura Ricciardi said in a previous interview with Buzzfeed.

The subpoena was issued in the fall of 2006, about a year after Ricciardi and co-director Moira Demos relocated from New York City to Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, to document the trial of Steven Avery. Avery was being tried for the murder of Teresa Halbach, a photographer last seen alive on the Avery property.

In order to fight the subpoena, they had to prove that their footage wasn't unique.

making a murderer filmmakers“Our argument in trying to get the court to throw out the subpoena is that the state has access to all of this material. Steven is currently incarcerated. All of his calls, all of his visits are being recorded, so they don’t need to get that from us," Ricciardi said.

The women had made inroads in the community at the time. They had become totally accepted by Avery's friends, family, and supporters at his request. They also made connections with local media and were allowed to be part of the media pool during the trial. The filmmakers feel the state's subpoena was "a fishing expedition."

"We really think it was an effort by the state to shut down our production," Ricciardi said. "There was a way in which, on the one hand, Wisconsin is a very media-friendly state. It was great for us that cameras were allowed in the courtroom. It was great for us that they had a very expansive public-records law, so we could get the types of materials [we did]. On the other hand, the people on the ground, the people in power, weren’t always happy we were there.”

After beating the subpoena, the women worked on the series for several more years. The 10-episode Netflix series debuted in December and became the subject of passionate debates among viewers and the media.

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Nestle's Butterfinger is declaring war on the NFL's excessive celebration rules — offering offending players $50,000

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butterfingerButterfinger is offering NFL players up to $50k to cover the fines they may incur for excessively celebrating during the final three games of the pro season. The stunt is part of Butterfinger's Super Bowl advertising campaign.

The NFL told Business Insider that this is an "ambush maketing attempt."

Brand manager Kristin Mandel told Business Insider that she was not worried about the NFL's response and that the brand had not consulted NFL on the promotion. She said: "Well that (consulting the NFL) would not be very bold, would it?"

"A pretty hefty fine can be applied to players who are deemed to be 'excessively celebrating,'" she explained. "We don't think it's foul play, we think it is celebration. We want to bring these celebrations back to the game."

Butterfinger is working with former NFL wide receiver Terrell Owens who is renowned for the flamboyant celebrations which landed him fines and lost his team yards during his own playing career.

Owens once brought a permanent marker pen out of his sock to sign the football he scored with during an NFL game. In another controversial celebration, Owens mocked the New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick for his involvement in Spygate by pretending to be secretly spying and filming the game. Owens was fined $7500 and his team, the Dallas Cowboys, were penalized 15 yards.

Excessive celebrations fall under the "Unsportsmanlike conduct" section of the NFL rulebook. It rules out:

  • Individual players involved in prolonged or excessive celebrations. Players are prohibited from engaging in any celebrations while on the ground. A celebration shall be deemed excessive or prolonged if a player continues to celebrate after a warning from an official.
  • Two-or-more players engage in prolonged, excessive, premeditated, or choreographed celebrations.
  • Possession or use of foreign or extraneous object(s) that are not part of the uniform during the game on the field or the sideline, or using the ball as a prop.

Owens stars with comedian Billy Eichner in the second video of Butterfinger's "Bolder than Bold" advertising campaign, released Thursday. The pair will feature in a video where they ask people on the streets of New York to demonstrate their favorite touchdown dances.

Butterfinger announced its return to the Superbowl on Periscope in December. It showed a sky diver falling 12,000 feet while eating a Butterfinger bar. Though it looked like the skydiver missed his target, Mandel was positive about the stunt.

"It definitely was not a missed landing, but I guess that's how some perceived it. On periscope there weren't a huge amount of viewers at the time, but we've had a ton of pick ups afterwards."

Butterfinger did not reveal what will happen in the ad which will be released on game day. Mandel said: "We hope that it will be one of the most talked about ads of the year. Butterfinger's personality is to push the boundaries, so that's what we will do."

She added: "We can't speak to the cost or the spend, but, what I can say is that the Super Bowl offers a platform to 110 million viewers who want to hear advertiser messages. There's really nothing else like it."

"The success of the campaign will be measured in the aisle. It's about how many products we sell."

Butterfinger last advertised at the Super Bowl in 2014, where they produced a controversial video where "Mr. and Mrs. Buttercup" consider a threesome, while at marriage counselling.

After Business Insider's interview Butterfinger, the company's PR firm emailed "to highlight that Nestle/Butterfinger is NOT a sponsor of the governing body of American Football."

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New York Post: Snowstorm will be 'whiter than the Oscars'

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The New York Post mocked the Oscars' lack of diversity with its Thursday front page.

The tabloid 's cover story was about the blizzard that's forecast to slam into the East Coast this weekend. The Post's headline: "This weekend will be ... WHITER THAN THE OSCARS."

The 2016 Academy Awards sparked a national firestorm when, for the second year in the row, there were only white acting nominees. A number of critics are urging a boycott of the Oscars in response.

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Music publicity CEO steps down after musicians accuse him of sexual assault

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amber coffman dirty projectorsHeathcliff Berru, the CEO of Life or Death PR and Management, has stepped down amid accusations of sexual harassment from musicians. 

In a series of tweets Monday night, Amber Coffman from the band Dirty Projectors told a story of a time when Berru allegedly "rubbed my ass and bit my hair at a bar a couple years ago." Coffman said she decided to speak up now because she noticed that he was still working in the industry with people she knew.

Life or Death has represented a number of notable artists from the indie-rock and hip-hop worlds including D'Angelo, DIIV, and Tyler, the Creator — some of whom are reportedly cutting their ties with the company in light of accusations about Berru.

"I've been told many women have had scary stories about him for years but are scared to speak up," Coffman said. "And dudes overlook it and keep hiring him. Tired of sketchy ass dudes and sexual predators getting a pass from their 'bros.' Grow a spine and hold your friends accountable."

Other women, including Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino and Danger Village PR publicist Beth Martinez, recounted similar experiences with Berru on Twitter.

Cosentino called Beru a "scumbag." Martinez alleged that "he repeatedly put his hand down my shirt while driving me home after I told him to stop many times" and told her not to tell a mutual friend. She also claimed she is "fairly certain I've been roofied by him or members of his crew on more than one occasion."

 

 

 

Life or Death PR issued a statement Tuesday night saying it's "grateful" for the company Berru founded in 2008 and "appreciate and support" him stepping down from his position.

"The men and women who make up this company do not, and will not, condone or tolerate any conduct described in the online postings," the statement said. "We are taking measures to ensure that the alleged behavior did not, and will not, make its way into company operations or impact our commitment to promoting art and assisting our clients."

Berru issued his own statement Wednesday morning revealing his alcohol and drug addiction and said he will be going to rehab. 

He responded to the allegations of harassment but denied drugging anyone.

"There have been several reports about my alleged inappropriate behavior which deserve a response. I am deeply sorry for those who I have offended by my actions and how I have made certain women feel," he said. "If I crossed the line of decency or respectfulness in situations when I was drunk and under the influence, there is no excuse, of course. To be clear, while my conduct may have been inappropriate, I have never drugged anyone or engaged in that type of behavior."

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The Oscars are expected to announce big changes to make nominees more diverse

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With the swift backlash against the Oscars following the second consecutive year with zero minority nominees in the acting categories, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is expected to announce changes to make the Oscars more diverse — and soon. 

According to the New York Times, the changes could be announced as early as next week after the Academy's governing members convene for a regularly scheduled meeting.  

Some of the possible changes to be discussed could include opening up best-picture nominees to 10 contenders, which also occurred in 2010 and 2011. According to current rules, the best-picture category can range from 5 to 10 nominees. 

Other potential changes include expanding the acting categories from five nominees to eight or more. These changes would ostensibly allow room for titles with black stars that get snubbed, as happened this year with "Straight Outta Compton" and "Concussion."

Changes to the membership process are also expected to be discussed following a Twitter message from Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs. 

“This is a difficult but important conversation, and it's time for big changes," she said. "The Academy is taking dramatic steps to alter the makeup of our membership.”

The Academy will be conducting "a review of our membership recruitment" to bring "much-needed diversity" to the organization.

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Justin Bieber, Kylie Jenner, and Kevin Durant all go to this celebrity-friendly church in Manhattan — here's why

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Carl Lentz is a pastor at Hillsong NYC. Among his friends and congregants are Justin Bieber, Kevin Durant, and Kendall Jenner. He told us why they come to church, and how he connects to people normally thought of as hard to reach.

Story by Jacob Shamsian and editing by Andrew Fowler

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Trevor Noah turns Sarah Palin's return to politics into a horror movie

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Sarah Palin's return is putting a big smile on "The Daily Show" host Trevor Noah's face.

The Comedy Central show opened up Wednesday's episode by telling the tale of Palin's rise to prominence, as if it were a horror movie: as John McCain's running mate in the 2008 election.

"For months, she roamed the countryside, destroying the rule of politics and grammar, chanting things like 'Oh, be changie,' and 'Drill, baby, drill,' and 'Lipstick on a pig,'" correspondent Jessica Williams explained.

The tale ends with Palin suddently disappearing, having a couple failed cable shows, and only being able to return if she's summoned...

Well, she has been summoned. Palin has joined the campaign trail with Donald Trump after endorsing the Republican presidential candidate earlier this week.

Noah then broke down why Palin is great for America, and him. It seems that when he was taking the hosting job, he was warned that it could be hard being an "outsider" in the middle of an American election.

"But it turns out it wasn't true," the South African comedian said. "It turns out a lot of the presidential candidates are in the same position as I am. I feel like every day I read something in the news and go, 'Hah! I didn't know that about the government.' And at the same time, Donald Trump is reading the same newspaper going, 'Huh, neither did I.'"

Noah then analyzed Palin's endorsement speech for Trump, with its unusual stops and starts and unique phrases only Palin could coin. "She's all over the place. Like it's not even human," he said. "The only thing Sarah Palin hates more than Obama is punctuation. No one talks like that. It's almost like she's a malfunctioning robot."

Watch Noah explain Palin's return to the election stage below:

 

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Lena Dunham says using this 2-letter word has made her more successful

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lena dunham emmysWarren Buffett once said, "The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say 'no' to almost everything."

The idea behind this philosophy is that if you don't prioritize your time over others' and have a habit of saying "yes" to everything, you'll find your productivity will suffer, resentment will mount, and stress will hold you back.

While some people argue that saying "yes" more often opens you up to seizing more opportunities, Lena Dunham writes on LinkedIn that she has joined the camp of saying "no" and explains how it's done wonders for her personal life and career.

Dunham says she didn't always say "no" enough.

"A delightful cocktail of self-doubt blended with the need for constant approval had me convinced that 'yes' was the key to my like-ability," she writes. "Without 'yes' what did I have to offer? And so I sprinkled it liberally, and as my obligations built up, so did my resentments, so did my feelings of inadequacy." 

In her work as creator, writer, and star of the HBO series "Girls," Dunham says it had become her "mission" at work to answer every email, agree to every added task, and generally give in to the pressure to seem really "on the ball."

"But we can only pull off a high wire act for so long before gravity does its job," Dunham writes.

She explains that her personal relationships and work began to suffer: "A part of my job involves being creative, dipping deep into the well of experience, leaving time to dream. That had been replaced with a busy iPhone and a to-do list that never ceased to multiply."

Reality struck one night during the third season of "Girls" when Dunham was on deadline finishing a script. She had surrendered to her exhaustion and called "Girls" executive producer, Jenni Konner, to say she'd send the script the next day when Konner responded, "I knew tonight wasn't a realistic goal." 

After getting defensive and listing the reasons she had to call it quits, Konner cut her off, saying, "I just wanted you to listen so you could enjoy your night, not place this pressure on yourself. I just want you to be realistic about what you can do and save yourself this stress."

In that moment Dunham says she realized "that life didn't have to be an endless jog to accommodate all the 'Yes's.'"

By saying "no" more Dunham learned that the pressure to always be on the ball is often self-made, and people usually understand when you have limitations.

"People respond well to honesty, to reality. They understand. And so with those 'no's', 'YES' sprung back up everywhere. Funny how that works," she writes.

Read the full LinkedIn article here.

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These A-list celebrities are blowing off the Oscars this year — here's why

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Spike Lee, George Clooney, Will Smith, and Jada Pinkett Smith are among those people who have been vocal about the Oscars' lack of diversity this year, calling it a real problem.

For the second consecutive year, the Academy failed to nominate any minorities in the acting categories, and box-office hits led by black stars, such as "Straight Outta Compton," were snubbed from major categories.

While the Smiths and Lee are showing their objections by not attending the awards ceremony, Clooney and David Oyelowo have decided to make pointed critiques of the Academy.

Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced that "dramatic steps" would be taken to increase diversity among members in a Twitter statement.

The Oscars will take place Sunday, February 28.

Here are the celebrities who will be skipping the awards or have publicly spoken out against the Academy:

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Spike Lee

Director Spike Lee posted an Instagram message on Martin Luther King Jr. Day saying that he and his wife would not be attending the Oscars ceremony in February.

"We cannot support it and mean no disrespect to my friends," he wrote, mentioning host Chris Rock, producer Reggie Hudlin, and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs. "But how is it possible for the 2nd consecutive year, all 20 contenders under the actor category are white? And let's not even get into the other branches."

He went on to explain that the problem isn't just the Academy, but instead starts in "the executive office of the Hollywood studios and TV and cable networks."

The director, who received an honorary Oscar in November, appeared on "Good Morning America" on Wednesday to say that he "never used the word boycott." He will instead attend the New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden that same night.



Jada Pinkett Smith

On Saturday, January 16, Jada Pinkett Smith posted a Facebook status about the disappointment she felt toward the Oscars, asking, "Should people of color refrain from participating all together?"

Two days later, she posted a video explaining that she would not be watching or attending the awards ceremony.

"Is it time that people of color recognize how much power, influence, that we have amassed, that we no longer need to ask to be invited anywhere?" she said. "Maybe it's time that we recognize that if we love and respect and acknowledge ourselves in the way in which we are asking others to do, that that is the place of true power.

"Begging for acknowledgment, or even asking, diminishes dignity and diminishes power — and we are a dignified people, and we are powerful. Let's not forget it."

We must stand in our power!

We must stand in our power.

Posted by Jada Pinkett Smith on Monday, 18 January 2016


Will Smith

In an interview with "ABC News" on Thursday, Smith revealed that he is joining his wife's boycott.

"There is a position that we hold in this community, and if we're not part of the solution, we're part of the problem," he said. "It was her call to action, for herself, and for me and for our family to be a part of the solution."



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Dr. Phil is being sued for allegedly locking employees in a room and 'verbal assault'

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Dr. Phil McGraw is being accused of false imprisonment in a lawsuit filed by an ex-employee.

Former "Dr. Phil" show staffer Leah Rothman has filed a lawsuit that claims McGraw called her and 300 other employees into the office, then proceeded to hold them in the locked room with the help of security guards, for the purpose of finding out who was leaking stories to media, according to TMZ.

Rothman alleges that McGraw said he had contacted federal authorities, because the information had crossed state lines. The filing also alleges that the daytime talk host used profanities in the meeting and said, "If you f--k with me, I'll f--k with you."

During the meeting, Rothman said she was "experiencing emotional distress from the verbal assault of Dr. Phil which was magnified by the confined space."

The former staffer also asserts that McGraw and upper management already knew the source of the media leaks, but intended to send a message with the meeting. And Rothman claims she was told by the head of production that McGraw "got joy out of the process and in scaring his employees."

As a result, Rothman says she suffered emotionally after the meeting, and had to quit her job. She says that amounted to "constructive termination."

A spokesperson for the "Dr. Phil" show declined to comment.

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Leonardo DiCaprio blasted the 'corporate greed' of the oil industry

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Leonardo DiCaprio received a Crystal Award for his "exemplary commitment to improving the state of the world" at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. During his acceptance speech, he blasted the "corporate greed" of the oil, gas, and coal industries. 

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Amy Schumer denies she stole these jokes from other comedians — and she plans to prove it

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Amy Schumer says accusations that she stole jokes from other comedians are false.

The "Trainwreck" star went on comedian Jim Norton's SiriusXM show on Wednesday to clear her name.

“I wanted to come and talk to you and clear my name, because I would never ever [steal a joke] and I never have," she said. "I’m so like: ‘Is this anyone’s bit?’ I have to come up with so much material, for my TV show, this movie, stand-up, and I’m so careful, and none of these things had ever reached me. I would never do that, it would be so stupid for me to do that.”

The denial arrives after Schumer was first charged with copying jokes from late comic Patrice O'Neal last year during her HBO comedy special. Then, a video, which has been deleted, made the rounds earlier this week showing Schumer's jokes compared to similar ones from O'Neal and other comedians.

Schumer even offered to get a lie-detector test to prove her innocence.

"I'm literally going to take a polygraph test and put it on my show this season, and I promise, whatever the results are — I won't let them cut — I will show that I had never, never seen Patrice do that bit," the "Inside Amy Schumer" star said.

She also took to Twitter with her denial.

Just how deep to the accusations go? Comics Wendy Liebman, Kathleen Madigan, and Tammy Pescatelli added their own gripes in a Twitter discussion, also now deleted, of instances when Schumer's jokes were very similar to theirs.

At least one of the women backed off the claim, though: 

 And Schumer feels that Pescatelli is being an instigator.

“Kathleen and Wendy know me and don’t believe I would do that — I think that Tammy is trying to get something going, I don’t know … I think she is upset … people get upset by success,” Schumer said in the Sirius interview.

To which Pescatelli responded:

Schumer did get some support. "Master of None" star Aziz Ansari had her back:

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Stephen Colbert gave a rousing Sarah Palin-style speech mocking her endorsement of Donald Trump

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"Late Show" host Stephen Colbert provided his own take Wednesday on former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's speech endorsing GOP front-runner and business mogul Donald Trump.

He delivered his own Palin-esque speech, and it was classic Colbert. 

Here are some of the best lines of his roughly four-minute impersonation, during which he pretended to endorse former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D), Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R), and Sebastian the crab from Disney's "The Little Mermaid".

  • "[Bush]'s going to kick [ISIS leader Abu Bakr] al-Baghdadi in the al-ball bag and you say to yourself, the media, and you know they do."
  • "[Clinton]'s been the first lady and, the last time I checked, the constitution first is No. 1, or did they change that in the textbooks. You say funny ha ha, I say Honey Boo Boo, but I also say Honey Nut Cheerios — they're great!"
  • "Our current commander in spleef going commando, cause the emperor has got no clothes on apologizing to [Osama] bin-Laden for dumping him down in the ocean. We need a leader who's got the thick skin to tell him everything is better down where it's wetter under the sea."

Palin endorsed Trump on Tuesday, and her rousing, sometimes incoherent speeches in support of the candidate have been the talk of the political sphere in the days since.

Here's the full clip of Colbert's rousing speech:

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A former cop believes this notorious serial killer is behind the 'Making a Murderer' killing

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Former police sergeant and cold-case expert John Cameron believes he knows who killed Teresa Halbach — and it isn't "Making a Murderer" subject Steven Avery.

Cameron has a theory outlined on his website, as Uproxx previously reported, that an infamous serial killer named Edward Wayne Edwards, who's known to frame others for his murders, is behind the killing that's at the center of the Netflix docuseries.

And there are certainly some interesting connections.

What would connect Edwards to the murder?

1. Edwards is known to find victims or people to frame who have been spotlighted in the media. He may have discovered Avery through any of many stories on TV and other media when he was first exonerated for the brutal assault of a local female while she was jogging.

2. It's believed that Edwards is connected to many unsolved murder cases. Edwards' blog posts and letters to police, family of victims, and the press have led many to believe that he's guilty of murders he was never tried for. Investigators have long suspected Edwards may be involved in the Zodiac slayings.

3. Edwards liked to kill on Halloween. Halbach disappeared on that day in 2005.

4. Edwards had killed in Wisconsin before. In 1980, he killed Wisconsin couple Tim Hack and Kelly Drew. The crime would be called the "sweetheart murders." And it's believed he was an hour away from where Avery lived at the time of Halbach's murder.

5. Edwards likes to attend his victims' funerals and trials. He is believed to have been caught on HBO's documentary about the West Memphis Three. And Cameron discovered the below shot during the sixth episode of "Making a Murderer," with a man who looks like Edwards.

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Cameron spent some time in Wisconsin to try and identify the man, but was unable to do so.

Edwards died in 2011 while serving time in Ohio.

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Even the 'Suicide Squad' director was 'freaked out' by Jared Leto's twisted Joker performance on set

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Jared Leto went all-out for his portrayal of The Joker, never breaking character on set and sending Joker-esque gifts to cast members — including a dead rat to Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn) and bullets to Will Smith (Deadshot).

His transformative performance led people to keep their distance from him during filming, "Suicide Squad" director David Ayer told USA Today — including Ayer himself.

"Big time. The hairs stand up on the back of your neck," he said when asked if he was "freaked out" by Leto.

"I love helping actors find what methodology works best for them," Ayer continued. "It's like tailoring a suit — it's not one size fits all. But it really made an event when he would show up on set. There was almost a pageantry to him, which did translate into the character and the power on screen he has."

Though never on the set with Leto, "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" director Zack Snyder, who is also a producer on "Suicide Squad," said:

The commitment to the role, you're going to see that really shine through in a way that you're not used to seeing actors in movies really go all the way with [in] every little moment and every little breath. You're going to get taken on a journey with Jared that I don't know that everyone's ready for [it] but I think it will be amazing.

Batman, played by Ben Affleck in "Dawn of Justice," will make an appearance in "Suicide Squad," which will hit theaters on August 5.

SEE ALSO: How Jared Leto became the 12th man to play The Joker

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How 'Star Wars' actor John Boyega got ripped in just 21 days

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Recently, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" star John Boyega told British Vogue that his character Finn will be "much more physical" in the next "Star Wars" movie, "Episode VIII."

"I might be in the gym a bit more," the British actor said.

Turns out he wasn't joking.

After filming wrapped on "The Force Awakens," Boyega sought out the trainer who got Michael B. Jordan in ridiculous shape for "Creed," Corey Calliet.

"He saw how Michael looked in 'Creed' and said, 'I want that guy,'" Calliet told Business Insider.

So before Boyega hit red carpets around the world for the release of "Awakens," he and Calliet went through a rigorous workout routine for 21 days.

Calliet points to a photo shoot Boyega did around Thanksgiving last year for The Hollywood Reporter that shows off the actor looking "leaner and ripper" than he did in the movie.

"He looked toned and his cheekbones were really popping," Calliet said.

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Calliet told Business Insider some of the workouts he did with Boyega:

  • Start each day on a treadmill for 15 minutes on an incline at a 7.0 speed.
  • Four sets of 20 reps of bench presses, with eight to 12 push-ups between each set.

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  • Four sets of 20 assisted pull-ups.
  • Four sets of 20 lat-pull downs.
  • Cardio of stairs and suicides on the football field between the 20-yard and goal lines.
  • Four sets of 20 stiff-leg dead lifts.

Calliet has stopped working with Boyega, as the actor had to do press for "The Force Awakens." But they have kept in constant contact, and Calliet may come on board to be Boyega's trainer for the upcoming "Star Wars" movies.

"John had never lifted weights like that before," Calliet said. "He had muscles he never had before. I was very impressed. If Disney lets me put him where he needs to be at, he'll be the rippest person you'll ever see on 'Star Wars.'"

As Boyega says here in this Instagram video, working with Calliet makes you "think about life."

SEE ALSO: Here's the diet Michael B. Jordan ate to get ridiculously ripped for 'Creed'

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