From the moment the film begins and you see the words "directed by an overpaid tool" and "produced by a—hats" on screen, you know "Deadpool" isn’t going to be like any other superhero movie you’ve seen before.

Mostly because he’s not a superhero.

Fox’s adaptation of Comic-Con’s favoritefoul-mouthed and inappropriate antihero certainly isn’t for everyone, but that’s why it the film has that R-rating, right?

“Deadpool” is raunchy, sexy, vulgar, and pretty funny.

That will make fans very, very happy.

For those who aren’t familiar with the character, Deadpool is a parody of comic book characters — primarily Spider-Man, Wolverine, but mostly DC Comic's Deathstroke. His main appeal? He’s a comic book character who knows he’s living in a comic book world. We’re just along for the crazy ride as he winks and nods at the camera while going along having a merry old time shooting up a bad guy here, chasing after another in a Zamboni machine there. 

The film follows Wade Wilson, a former Special Forces operative turned mercenary, who learns he has terminal cancer. He gives himself over to an experimental program in exchange for a cure. (In the comics, it’s the same one that also gave Wolverine his special healing powers). The experiment works, but it leaves him incredibly marred. When he goes after the man responsible for turning him into an invincible, but freakish avocado-like Freddy Krueger type (those are T.J. Miller's words), he gets the tables turned on him.

If you’re going to see this movie though, you’re not seeing it so much for the story. You’re seeing it for Deadpool— the wise-cracking, sharp-tongued, and self-aware mentally unstable antihero — and boy did they get him right.

Ryan Reynolds, yes, the same Reynolds who once played Green Lantern in an oft-maligned DC movie, nails it as Deadpool. Every time he’s in costume he’s a scene stealer taking jabs at other superhero films, himself and his past roles, and the X-Men. He even makes fun of Fox, the studio distributing the film, many times over. You may not pick up on all of them the first time around. Some nods are more subtle than others and that's where fans will feel rewarded.

Every time he's shown out of costume or in a flashback, you’re counting down the seconds until you can see Deadpool again on screen talking smack with a few baddies or taunting one of his X-Men pals Colossus or Negasonic Teenage Warhead (yup, that's her name). Never heard of those X-Men characters? Wondering where the more famous ones are? Don't worry, Deadpool has some clever things to say about that, too.

The praise for Reynolds shouldn’t come as a surprise if you’ve seen him in anyof the marketingandteasersreleasedfor the film. He’s been pretty passionate about this role, and it shines through in his performance as he masterfully takes the character from page to screen. The 39-year-old actor has essentially been this film’s biggest proponent to not only get this film made, but to get it made properly since he appeared in 2009’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” as a wacky looking interpretation of the character. Reynolds served as a producer on the film after test footage for a new Deadpool movie went viral after leaking online.

The other big scene stealers are T.J. Miller ("Silicon Valley"), Deadpool's one loyal friend and Stan Lee. The comic legend has a short cameo — as he does in most Marvel movies — which will make fanboys squeal when they spot him in an unexpected place.

Unfortunately, Morena Baccarin (“Gotham”) who plays Wilson’s girlfriend Vanessa isn’t much more than a badass damsel in distress though she does have a sharp tongue and a dirty enough mind to keep up with Wilson.

And this is where we come to the first of several shortcomings with “Deadpool.”

Surprisingly, “Deadpool” turned out to be somewhat of an inadvertent Valentine’s Day romance piece in addition to an off-beat antihero action film.

You can look at “Deadpool” as a revenge film — Deadpool goes after the man who turned him into a seemingly disfigured monster — but you can also look at it as a simple love story: Boy meets girl, they fall in love, and after he gets diagnosed with cancer, the boy risks it all to cure the illness. When he’s left disfigured, he’s so embarrassed by his repulsive appearance that he refuses to see the girl until he can track down a remedy. The latter half of the film becomes centered around Wilson as he tries to save his girlfriend from the man he’s going after.

Early in the film, Deadpool even refers to the film as a love story (before calling it a horror movie at one point).

This is something I expect hardcore fans will be thrown off by slightly because in the comics Deadpool really doesn’t have a steady, long-term girlfriend. He’s usually just a gun-slinging nutcase.

In fact guys were apparently tricking their girlfriends to go and see this movie for Valentine’s Day using some of the character's parody ads. So maybe the joke actually is on them. Just a little. How clever of Deadpool.

Flashbacks to an origin story also drag the film down a bit. Early on, they’re the slowest moving pieces of the film. Origin films are hard to make interesting without feeling a bit forced into the narrative, but it was obviously necessary for those who aren't familiar with the character. Deadpool's not as mainstream as Iron Man, Wolverine, or other X-Men, at least to a an offline community.

However, the biggest let down of the film was that the trailers and ads gave away some of the best lines and moments of the film. If you’ve been following along, nearly the entire beginning of the film will be familiar to you. If you can forgive “Deadpool” for that, then you should be okay.

I'm expecting Deadpool to get a bunch of mixed reviews, but that's mostly because while standing in line for the preview some of the press had no idea who the character was.

One older gentleman in back of me asked another why Deadpool dresses like Spider-Man. A quick Google of the character would have informed him the Merc with a Mouth is a spoof of a bunch of other comic book characters. (It’s no coincidence Deadpool’s real name is Wade Wilson. Deathstroke’s real name? SLADE Wilson.)

The person on my right told me after the film ended that “Deadpool” was a snooze. This same man laughed through much of the film and also told me he believed the film would make a lot of money, but that it was "made for a certain audience."

Duh. That was the entire point.

I’m sure Fox knows that as well. Otherwise they wouldn't be making “Deadpool” an R-rated movie. You either go all in — embrace Deadpool and all his fourth-wall breaking weirdness — or fans (the ones coming out to see this film) will see right through that and will hate the film.

So yes, I’m sure many critics will find many of Deadpool’s antics and foul language juvenile, crude, and possibly revolting, but that may be because they’ve never bothered to pick up a comic and see what the character’s all about. There’s a reason Deadpool is the Internet’s favorite superhero. There’s a reason fans dress up as him at every Comic Con related event year in and year out.

The reason people will respond to the film is not because it’s the best superhero movie they’ve ever seen — it’s not — but because its self-awareness delivers something that’s participatory. It’s an experience you just don’t get at the movies and it’s what help makes "Deadpool" unique.

Bottom line: Fans of the series and the character will be satisfied. I had fun during the movie — it was a fan screening in addition to press — and the crowd was feeling it, too. When you go into a film like this, one that’s being made for the fans, that's all you want.

“Deadpool” is in theaters Friday February 12.

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For how much Netflix shows are discussed online and at the metaphorical water cooler, the service doesn’t have a particularly compelling set of social features.

There’s a bare bones way you can share shows if you are on a mobile device, but Netflix doesn’t even let you share easily to Facebook from a computer anymore (though you can still sign in using Facebook). In short, it’s a social desert.

Music streaming services like Spotify have embraced the social nature of sharing songs or playlists, and following what your friends are listening to. But Netflix has run in the opposite direction, and Netflix CPO Neil Hunt tells Business Insider that’s because subscribers just don’t seem to want to share.

“We have played with social components for a long time,” he says. “We have had three major attempts at it and none of them have worked well, so we’ve retired them all.” He describes the social piece Netflix does have on mobile as a “generic sharing panel.”

Why don’t people like advanced social features on Netflix?

Hunt gives two reasons. First, it’s too much effort to create your own new social network just for sharing Netflix content. That is never going to happen, so Netflix has to piggyback on an existing social network, like Facebook.

But that presents a second problem, which is that users freak out about privacy when Netflix automatically links to anything. “And what seems to be superficial stuff, but what seems to get people exercised, is the idea of some kind of automatic linkage. It’s toxic. We have experimented and explored, and it doesn’t work.”

This means that, for now, those who want advanced social features will have to turn to third parties. Luckily there have been a variety of developers releasing little Netflix add-ons, like those that sync your watching with friends and let you chat, or pop up competitive trivia during shows.

Hunt himself thinks it’s a shame that Netflix users seem so resistant to social features. “It’s unfortunate because I think there’s a lot of value in supplementing the algorithmic suggestions with personal suggestions,” he says. “But it’s not something we’ve been able to solve.”   

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Super Bowl 50 isn't happening until Sunday, February 7, but some of America's biggest brands, including Acura, Doritos, and official Super Bowl sponsor Pepsi, have already aired teasers and commercials ahead of TV's most watched annual event.

"It's the biggest stage out there, and one thing we know for sure is it's the only time of year where consumers are looking for the ads," one second-time advertiser told Business Insider.

Though some ads, like T-Mobile's "Restricted Bling" commercial featuring "Hotline Bling" rapper Drake, have already garnered millions of views, ad-tracking company Unruly has designed a way to track impact beyond the view counter.

Using data from their Unruly Viral Video Chart, they've revealed a list of the 10 most shared Super Bowl ads so far, determined by the number of YouTube and Facebook shares the ads have rather than the number of views. According to Unruly, shares are a more accurate measure of what's truly going viral and generating the most buzz.

Check out the 10 ads below.

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10. Pepsi — "The First Halftime Performer Is...Coldplay"

Date aired: December 3

Shares: 40,535 

9. Acura — "#DriveAcuraNSXContest"

Date aired: January 29

Shares: 43,538

8. Amazon — "Cheese Footballs #BaldwinBowl"

Date aired: January 29

Shares: 47,448

When Daymond John was 14 years old, his dyslexia had yet to be diagnosed, and he only knew that he struggled with reading. But there was one book, Napoleon Hill's 1937 massive bestseller "Think and Grow Rich," that he not only happily read, but decided to re-read every year.

The main takeaway he had as a kid, the "Shark Tank" investor writes in his own book, "The Power of Broke," was to stop telling himself everything he didn't want to be, and instead focus on what he did want. He sustained this mindset through the practice of regularly writing down and reviewing his goals.

It was simple but profound, John says, and helped give him the drive in his early 20s to turn FUBU from a project with friends into a multimillion-dollar business. "I would write something down, think about it, visualize it, and work my way toward it."

As an adult, he added more layers to the process and made it a ritual that he does five days a week:

• John keeps a running list of about seven goals at a time, which he writes on a piece of paper. Each goal has an expiration date and a couple lines detailing how he'll achieve the goal.
• They will always include a health goal, family goal, business goal, relationship goal, and philanthropy goal. The other two often involve another business project or his personal finances.
• Each goal is specific and worded in positive language. For example, John writes that he currently has a goal of getting down to 170 pounds by July 4; rather than add that he will do this by avoiding fried foods, meat, and alcohol, he adds that he will be doing this by regularly eating fish, drinking eight glasses of water each day, and exercising twice daily.
• John reads through his list when he wakes up and before he goes to sleep so that his goals are the first and last things he thinks about.
• He reads his goals an average of five days a week, giving himself some time to step back.

"When you've got a tangible, accessible goal, you've put it within reach," John writes.

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As many prepare for the battle between Team Captain America and Team Iron Man in “Captain America: Civil War,” out in May, for now we're taking a detour in the Marvel universe as we’re introduced to one of its most complex characters, Deadpool.

Led by Ryan Reynolds as the character, the new movie adaptation of the comic book, in theaters February 12, is the first look at a Marvel character from an R-rated perspective. Filled with graphic violence and a lot of bad language, 20th Century Fox's effort brings a harder-edged feel to the superhero genre than what we're familiar with from the Disney releases (“The Avengers,” “Iron Man,” etc.).

But there’s more to why “Deadpool” is one of the most unique superhero movies ever made.

We’ve come up with 5 big reasons you should see it:

(Warning: spoilers ahead.)

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1. Ryan Reynolds making fun of himself

The Deadpool character is a former Special Forces operative who, after an experiment, possesses accelerated healing powers. True, that doesn’t sound much different from any other superhero origin story, but it’s the psychotic persona of Wade Wilson (aka Deadpool) that sets him apart. To harness that on the big screen, Hollywood has called on Mr. Sarcasm himself, Ryan Reynolds.

But “Deadpool” goes a step further than having Reynolds throw a fun line or two. To really portray the character correctly, it had to be brutal. And Reynolds obliged. He plays on his box-office bomb as Green Lantern in 2011, once being People’s Sexiest Man Alive, even taking jabs at his own acting talents.

It’s fun to see Reynolds can take a joke (or five). 

2. Lots of pop-culture references

Don’t fret if you’re not up on your “Deadpool” comics knowledge. The movie is made for both the super-fan and the novice. One of the pleasures is taking in the references to pop culture that are filled throughout. From a Salt-N-Pepa song to Deadpool throwing out lines about Negasonic Teenage Warhead looking like Sinéad O’Connor (and then there’s the scene after the end credits; don’t worry, we won’t give it away), it’s a fun ride for the '80s-and-'90s-nostalgic audience.

One of the biggest threads through the movie is Deadpool’s love for the band Wham!, specifically the group's hit “Careless Whisper.”

3. Breaking the fourth wall

Most superhero movies are focused entirely on the action, but Deadpool is fully aware there’s an audience looking at him, and he can’t help but chat it up. This leads to some enormously entertaining moments, like explaining how he met his roommate, Blind Al, or giving us his backstory while being pummeled by Colossus. And as anyone familiar with Ryan Reynolds' style of comedy knows, he is very comfortable doing that.

With little competition from the new releases this weekend, the animated comedy "Kung Fu Panda 3" easily came in first at the box office with an estimated $21 million, according to pro.boxoffice.com.

And in second place for the weekend was the Coen brothers' latest, "Hail, Caesar!," but with an estimated $11.44 million, it was the lowest wide release opening ever for a Coens movie. However, with the style of the Coens — which is far from general-audience friendly — opening over Super Bowl weekend, Universal must be pleased with this opening.

Both the latest Nicholas Sparks adaptation, "The Choice," and genre flick, "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," had disappointing openings with $6.09 million and $5 million, respectively.

As the Super Bowl lands on Sunday, don't expect much of a surge by any of these titles going into Monday. But the good times at the top for "Kung Fu Panda 3" are probably over.

Two anticipated titles of the early year, "Deadpool" and "Zoolander 2," will open in theaters on Friday. 

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This year's Super Bowl halftime show was billed as a Coldplay concert, but was it?

The rock band certainly got its time in, but many were eager to see what Beyoncé would do in her guest performance, after taking center stage at the Super Bowl just a few years ago.

They were answered by a phenomenal, show-stealing rendition of her new single "Formation."

Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson also joined in for a performance of "Uptown Funk." And all three artists gave tribute to past Super Bowl performances including by late singers Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson.

In some ways the halftime show harked back to earlier decades, with a marching band on the field (though it was hard to hear them in the mix).

Though many on social media were criticizing Coldplay and lead singer Chris Martin, the show easily gave every audience member something to enjoy. And it even provided a surprising whollop of emotion.

Watch the full halftime show below:

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Fox just released a Super Bowl spot for "X-Men: Apocalypse" which hits theaters on May 27. 

The movie features an all-star cast including Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, and "Star Wars" breakout star Oscar Isaac. 

Check out the new trailer below and get hyped for this spring. 

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Between the ads and multiple interceptions, Super Bowl 50 already had a lot of great moments by half time.

But one moment stood out more than any other — Beyoncé almost fell down during the hal time show.

Performing with Coldplay and Bruno Mars, Beyoncé and her army of dancers took center stage. During one intense dance move, however, Beyoncé went down to the ground and almost lost her balance.

Here’s the moment:

Twitter immediately picked up on the almost embarrassing fall:

But instead of letting gravity bring her down, Beyoncé recovered like a true performer and jumped back up, not letting it phase her at all.

And Twitter couldn't handle her amazing recovery:

There were numerous theories for how she recovered, from the Illumanati to divine intervention:

But at the and of the day, she popped back up like a true champion. Though to be fair, even if she had fell down, Beyoncé would still have made it work.

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Beyoncé's Super Bowl halftime performance of her new song "Formation" was met with acclaim by her fans and the mainstream media. 

But many called for a boycott of the singer's performance because of the harsh message the video for her song sends to the police.

The music video is set in New Orleans and features a wall that reads "stop shooting us." She also appears on top of a police cruiser sinking in water.

At one point, the video shows a child dancing in front of police officers in riot gear. 

Members of the National Sheriff's Association watching the game during an annual meeting turned off the halftime show, The Washington Examiner reports. 

The group's president said they did so because they were offended by the video.

"As the wife of a police officer, I am offended by this entire video," one woman wrote on Beyoncé's Facebook page. "Rise above and stay above the strife. For a girl who grew up in a privileged, wealthy family, she has no business pandering to those who didn't.

Many others said they were supportive of Beyoncé's message.  

"Some people may not like it, but you are changing the way we see each other and that is a really powerful thing to do just in song lyrics," one woman wrote on Facebook. 

Here's the full video:

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Forget the half-time show — some of the best musical entertainment at the Super Bowl this year came from a singing herd of sheep.

Honda's Super Bowl 50 ad saw a sheep choir singing along to Queen's "Somebody to Love."

The standout voice comes from a common Super Bowl favorite, the farmer's dog.

The farmer, however, is unaware of his canine buddy's hidden talents.

The ad, created by ad agency RPA, aimed to promote Honda's Ridgeline truck. Specifically, the truck has an audio system that uses the entire bed of the truck into a huge outdoor speaker — which is highlighted in the ad.

Honda's SVP of marketing  Tom Peyton told Adweek: "It's a very unique feature. Nobody else has it. And it's a little tough to communicate—although we will in some advertising later this spring, when the truck's at the dealers. It's not actually speakers. It's 'exciters' that makes the whole bed a speaker. It's pretty cool. … It would make a great tailgate vehicle."

Some Twitter users have marked out the Honda ad as their favorite of Super Bowl 50.

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The price of a 30-second slot during the Super Bowl this year soared to as much as $5 million.

Yet, judging by the reaction to some of the ads that aired during the big game this year, some advertisers may have fared better by pouring their marketing budgets into different mediums.

Here are five of the worst ads in that aired during Super Bowl 50.

5. NFL — Super Bowl Babies Choir

The NFL's ad gathered "actual Super Bowl babies" — people born nine months after their city's team won the Super Bowl — to sing along to Seal's "Kiss From A Rose." Seal shows up too.

The insight behind the ad was kind of what made it so unsettling. It's kind of crass, yet not quite rude enough to be funny. A dad-joke of Super Bowl ads.

That said, the message clearly delivered. Lots of people wittily tweeted there are going to be lots of babies born in Denver this November. How we laughed/cringed.

4. Butterfinger — Bolder Than Bold

Butterfinger's pre-Super Bowl campaign started with such promise. The Nestle brand announced its return to the Super Bowl with a skydiving stunt, live-streamed via Periscope.

The cheeky brand also announced it would offer NFL players up to $50,000 towards any fines they incurred for excessively celebrating during the final three games of the pro season. 

Expectations were high, but the final spot simply failed to deliver. A sky diving cowboy, riding on a cow, eating Butterfinger, fell down to the earth a little flat.

3. Colgate — Making Every Drop Of Water Count

The toothpaste brand made its Super Bowl debut this year, with a 30-second spot that encourages viewers to turn off the tap when they brush their teeth.

It's an important-enough message, but like the blue tap, it left us feeling a little cold.

Not just that, but the ad actually aired before on US TV in 2014 and it failed to grab much attention then either, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The fight between brands to stand out at the Super Bowl is incredibly fierce.

With the price of a 30-second slot during the big game costing as much $5 million this year, it is important that companies get it right.

Some brands do this through crafting a thought-provoking message, and others just get downright creative and weird.

Here are five of the best from 2016:

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5. Budweiser — Give A Damn

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Budweiser chose a big name for an important message.

Dame Helen Mirren sternly told off drunk drivers with an epic rant. Viewers particularly liked the "don't be a pillock" line, judging by the Twitter mirth surrounding the spot.

The stripped back nature of the ad, coupled with Mirren's star quality helped it stand out from the other brash spots on show.

4. Doritos

Doritos successfully caught our attention with its creepy Crash the Super Bowl contest winner.

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The ad features expecting parents watching a live ultrasound scan, when the father starts teasing the fetus with his Doritos. The fetus is so uncontrollably drawn to the spicy chips that, when its mother throws them away in annoyance, it leaps out of its mom's womb to grab them.

The edgy spot was much funnier than Doritos' other ad at this year's game: "Doritos Dogs."

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3. Honda —A New Truck To Love

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The Budweiser puppies were absent this year, but another dog stepped into their place to win over the hearts of Super Bowl viewers.

Honda’s ad, promoting its Ridgeline truck, saw a choir of sheep singing Queen hit “Somebody to Love.” But the best voice of the lot? The farmer’s sheepdog, who has a voice to rival Freddy Mercury’s.

The farmer is completely oblivious to his animals' talents, but the feel-good singalong was welcomed by Super Bowl viewers.

Super Bowl 50 was another advertising bonanza with 30-second spots fetching as much as $5 million apiece.

Advertisers included Pepsi, PayPal, Sun Trust, and Shock Top. Check out your favorites below.

Note we've included all the ads that aired nationally. You may recall seeing some other ads during the big game this year, but they were likely regional buys, which won't have aired in all markets.

We also haven't included the ads for Super Bowl broadcaster CBS.

Thank you to CBS and iSpotTV for helping us compile the list.

Here we go!

Michelob Ultra — Breathe

Snickers — Marilyn

The pinnacle of any music artist's evolution probably looks a lot like this.

You release a new song online, without any previous announcement, and in just an hour or two, virtually all of the internet — and pretty much the world — is talking about you and your work.

Do it the day before you're set to perform at the most important American sporting event of the year, and your personal stock shoots through the stratosphere.

That's a place an artist like Beyoncé is very familiar with.

The music video for her newest song, "Formation," has become the most political message she's ever shared, evoking powerful images of black cultural pride, oppression, wealth, tragedy, and resilience.

It's not just a video about the police, as some who apparently wanted to boycott Beyoncé's halftime performance appear to believe.

The video makes two implicit references to law enforcement, and here they are:

Hurricane Katrina

The music video's opening frames show Beyoncé, a 20-time Grammy Award winner, standing on top of a New Orleans police car that is partially submerged in water. It's a visceral look that harks back to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the 2005 storm that killed hundreds and left thousands homeless and without food or clean water for days. It was one of the biggest failures in US domestic policy of a generation.

In her video, Beyoncé rests on top of the New Orleans police car as she, and the cruiser, sink beneath the surface.

Police shootings

Another scene that seems to have caused a lot of conversation is one in which a young boy, dressed in all black and wearing a hoodie, jigs to the track's bass-heavy beat. Quickly, we see he's dancing in front of a row of police officers who are dressed in riot gear.

Suddenly, he stops and lifts his hands. The officers respond in kind, lifting their hands, as the camera cuts to a wall that shows the words, "stop shooting us" spray-painted on it.

This scene is a tacit statement on police brutality and use of force— which has been a leading topic of discussion in the US for the past several years as black men, women, and children have been killed by the police in controversial circumstances.

"Formation" also declares the importance of owning one's identity. In the lyrics, Beyoncé asserts her love of the fact that she is genuinely, unapologetically black:

"My daddy Alabama || Momma Louisiana || You mix that Negro with that Creole, make a Texas Bama || I like my baby hair with baby hair and afros || I like my Negro nose with Jackson 5 nostrils ..."

And it goes on. The point is, Beyoncé is proud of being black and unafraid to say it.

The video also amplifies the artist's personal and professional success, which quickly becomes a bold, ethno-feminist statement when Beyoncé says: "I might just be a black Bill Gates in the making." To date, she remains one of the wealthiest women in the music business.

Jenna Wortham summed it up best in The New York Times:

"'Formation' isn't just about police brutality — it's about the entirety of the black experience in America in 2016, which includes standards of beauty, (dis)empowerment, culture and the shared parts of our history."

You can see the full "Formation" video here:

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Real-estate tycoon Donald Trump and former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida exchanged jabs Monday in separate "Morning Joe" interviews.

Bush, who has been Trump's most consistent critic on the presidential campaign trail, blasted some of his GOP competitors for not similarly going after Trump.

"It's ridiculous," Bush said after suggesting his opponents were scared of Trump, the Republican front-runner.

"The guy's just a real-estate guy," Bush continued. "He's gone bankrupt four times. He's a successful man, but he's not perfect by any stretch of the imagination. So why not confront him and challenge him?"

The MSNBC show then played a word-association game with Bush. The first word: "Trump."

"Loser," Bush replied without hesitating.

Trump later called into "Morning Joe" for a subsequent interview. Trump fired back at Bush, whom he repeatedly called a "stiff."

"Jeb is an interesting duck," Trump said. "Here's the story on Jeb: He's a stiff who you wouldn't hire in private enterprise, OK? This is a stiff. This is a guy that if he came looking for a job, you'd say, 'No thank you.' And that's the way it is."

After accusing Bush of lying about Trump's record, Trump added:

The guy's a total stiff. He's not going anywhere. Remember this — for the voters — he wants Common Core and he's very weak on immigration. Remember … he said, "They come to our country through the act of love." Jeb is weak on immigration.

Bush and Trump have each been focused on Tuesday's primary in New Hampshire.

Watch the candidates attack each other on 'Morning Joe' below:

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The notorious torrent site The Pirate Bay has a new feature: letting you stream movies like Netflix.

In addition to allowing you to download movie torrents, The Pirate Bay has added a "Stream it!" button. Listed as being "in beta," the button is powered by the Torrents Time plug-in that lets you stream torrents without having to download the full movie file or use external software.

Torrents Time was made by the same people behind Popcorn Time, sometimes called the "Netflix for pirated movies." With Torrents Time, any torrent site like The Pirate Bay can turn its movie and TV shows section into a pirate streaming library.

The button on The Pirate Bay works with Chrome and Firefox web browsers and plays any video file — the bulk of which are probably infringing on copyright. While you usually have to wait for a movie torrent to download the entire movie file before you can watch it, the streaming option can play the movie sooner by searching for only the right data needed to immediately stream the file without buffering.

Here is what it looks like:

It should be noted that streaming a video from The Pirate Bay, as with downloading a torrent, isn't always legal.

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Adele, who broke records with her song "Hello" and latest album "25," has been named the best artist of 2015.

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), a global music industry body, said that the British ballad singer was the top-selling musical act last year based on worldwide sales of recordings.

According to IFPI data, Adele,27, sold more than 15 million copies of her latest album "25" worldwide since its release in November, including 2.65 million in the UK alone.

The 10-time Grammy winner achieved the feat for the full year even though she did not release "25" until November 20 and declined to put the album on streaming sites, a rare move at a time when such on-demand services are growing rapidly.

"25," Adele's third album which came more than four years after its predecessor, broke records for first-week sales in both the US and UK.

The first track "Hello," an introspective ballad in line with Adele's previous work, was the first single to be downloaded more than one million times in the US in one week. According to Billboard, Adele sold 1.11 million copies of "Hello."

She has had seven singles chart Billboard's Hot 100, but "Hello" was the first of her career to debut at No. 1.

IFPI chief executive Frances Moore, in a statement issued from Europe on Monday, called "25" the "runaway global sensation of 2015" and said Adele's achievement was "simply phenomenal."

Number two for 2015 was another British artist, singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, whose career has soared in the past couple of years on the popularity of his ballad "Thinking Out Loud."

US country-turned-pop superstar Taylor Swift, who won the IPFI Global Recording Artist award the previous year when she released her chart-topping album "1989," fell to number three in 2015.

Rounding off the top five were Canadian pop celebrity Justin Bieber, who in November released his latest album "Purpose," and British boy band One Direction who called a hiatus in late 2015 after a fifth album and departure of founding member Zayn Malik. 

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Story by Tony Manfred and editing by Kristen Griffin

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