Chris Rock sold $65,243 worth of Girl Scout Cookies during Sunday night's Oscars, hitting up his famous friends in the audience in order to help his daughters' troop.
By the end of the night, more A-listers posed with Girl Scout Cookies than Oscar statues.
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As a 14-year-old, Daymond John had yet to be diagnosed with dyslexia but knew that he struggled with reading.
But there was one book — Napoleon Hill's 1937 classic "Think and Grow Rich" — that so enthralled him that he not only pushed through it, but decided to read it again every year.
In John's own book, "The Power of Broke," he writes that the tome profoundly changed his mindset from focusing on what he didn't want to become to instead concentrating on what he did want to become. This shift allowed him to start the FUBU clothing brand in his early 20s and then grow it into a multimillion-dollar business, he says.
In a recent Reddit AMA, the "Shark Tank" investor shared several books that he thinks every new entrepreneur should read. We've collected them here along with some books John previously told Business Insider had changed his life.
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When the legendary businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie met Hill as a young journalist in 1908, Carnegie decided he liked Hill so much that he would use him as a vehicle for distributing the strategies he considered responsible for his success. This essentially launched Hill's career as one of the founders of the personal-success genre.
Hill's greatest work, "Think and Grow Rich," was first published in 1937 and became one of the top-selling books of all time. It's a collection of insights derived from interviews with Carnegie, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford that teaches readers how to develop the drive and habits necessary to maximize one's potential.
"The main takeaway from that was goal-setting," John says. "It was the fact that if you don't set a specific goal, then how can you expect to hit it?" One of the fundamental ideas in the book is determining your purpose in life and working toward concrete milestones.
John says that "Think and Grow Rich" made him realize that when he didn't set very specific goals for himself, he could find himself making excuses for why he wasn't working as hard as he could.
John says that he's a fan of all of Carnegie's books. Carnegie was a contemporary of Hill's, and his writings on how to maximize success have had just as much longevity.
Carnegie's most widely read book is "How to Win Friends and Influence People," first published in 1936. It is a collection of advice on self-promotion and describes how the most influential people listen more than they speak.
Warren Buffett famously took Carnegie's class on the subject when he was 20 and still has the diploma he received for it in his office.
Johnson's parable has been a consistently best-selling business book since it was released in 1998. It tells the story of two mice and two sprite-like people living in a maze where the location of the cheese suddenly starts changing every day.
When Johnson wrote the book, companies around the world were adapting to the rise of a more accessible internet and new ways of doing business. Its lessons on how to let go of a fear of change, however, are timeless.
John says that he used to think that throwing money at a failing business would somehow save it, but at this point in his career he understands that he needs to take a more measured approach.
"Money's not going to make it any better. It may make the opportunity come faster, but it also can hurt you if you think that money's going to solve it," John says.
Theater chain AMC has reversed its ban on showing Netflix’s “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon” sequel, according to CEO Adam Aron.
While AMC had previously said it would boycott the release, Aron indicated a slight change of heart on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call on Monday.
“We actually did wind up, as a favor to IMAX, showing Crouching Tiger,” Aron said.
But it wasn’t a complete victory for Netflix. AMC only showed the film at 4 to 6 of its 153 IMAX screens, according to The Wrap, and none of its regular screens.
AMC is one of a host of theater chains that has refused to show Netflix's original films. The major sticking point is Netflix’s commitment to “day-and-date releases,” which means Netflix releases are available to stream on Netflix the same day as they arrive in theaters.
When Netflix originally announced its plans for “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon” back in late 2014, the response from theaters, including market leader Regal, was uniformly negative.
"Regal we will not participate in an experiment where you can see the same product on screens varying from three stories tall to 3" wide on a smartphone. We believe the choice for truly enjoying a magnificent movie is clear," Regal spokesman Russ Nunley said in a statement.
“It's going to be very, very difficult for Netflix to get the major theater chains to carry its movies,” FBR Capital Markets analyst Barton Crockett told The Los Angeles Times.
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"Star Wars" fans have something new to chew on before the next movie.
According to Daisy Ridley, Luke Skywalker is "so cool" in "Star Wars: Episode VIII."
During an Oscars red-carpet interview with MTV News, the actress who plays Rey in "The Force Awakens" revealed that "Episode VIII" isn't just two hours of her and Mark Hamill staring at each other.
Instead, it starts off where "The Force Awakens" left off, as many figured, with Rey meeting Skywalker on the island where he's secluded, and she promises that from there, the Skywalker storyline will live up to our dreams.
"When we went back to Skellig to do the opening of 'VIII,' it was so crazy doing the same scene with a different crew of people,” Ridley said. “[Hamill is] amazing to rehearse with, and I’m very excited to be doing the rest of the stuff. It’s such a good story, seriously.”
Apparently they've been rehearsing "a lot," so you can safely expect plenty of scenes with the two together.
"Star Wars: Episode VIII" is scheduled for a December 15, 2017 release.
You can watch the full interview on MTV.com.
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Andy Samberg broke some major Lonely Island news on Monday's "Jimmy Kimmel Live." After much speculation about the upcoming movie from the group, Samberg debuted the official title and poster for the "mockumentary."
"This one is actually on a much bigger scale, a theatrical-release movie that Judd Apatow is producing," Samberg said, comparing the movie to the HBO tennis mockumentary he starred in, "7 Days in Hell."
Previously referred to by the title "Top Secret Untitled Lonely Island Movie," the film is now known as "Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping." The poster features Samberg dressed in all white, jacket hanging off his arms to reveal a white tank top underneath.
"That's very Bieber-y," host Jimmy Kimmel commented. Clearly, Lonely Island is spoofing Bieber's concert films, one of which is titled "Never Say Never."
"We pitched other names to the studio. I pitched them 'Gremlins 3,' and they said no," Samberg joked.
Samberg explained that he plays a character called Connor4Real. According to previous reports, the plot follows Connor4Real as his life falls apart when his new album bombs. In order to return to his previous level of fame, he convinces his two former boy band mates to reunite. They are played by Samberg's Lonely Island partners, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer.
Sarah Silverman, Tim Meadows, and Imogen Poots are also in the film, which hits theaters on June 3.
Watch the unveiling of the title and poster below:
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As Donald Trump gets closer to clinching the Republican presidential nomination, many are wondering how America let it happen. Well, Samantha Bee has a theory, and she laid it all out during Monday's "Full Frontal."
She says our Trump 2016 problem can actually be traced back to the 2010 midterm elections.
“Just one of those boring midterm ones that will.i.am does not make videos about," Bee joked. "And just like with our college midterms, most of America figured it was fine to sleep through this one."
The 2010 election had very low voter turnout among democrats, minorities, and youth voters.
“You know who didn't sit 2010 out? People who were old, and white, and super-cranky about something,” she said. That election saw the highest percentage of conservatives to vote in the history of exit polling.
That would lead to 87 freshman senators and congressmen, which included, according to Bee, "a host of ill-qualified, unfit newbies."
This new influx of lawmakers would take the leadership away from Democrats, and breed a congressional culture of blocking legislation, avoiding compromises, and thus drive politicians' popularity with the American people to all-new lows.
"Congratulations! You did manage to make yourselves less popular than genital warts," the host said.
As a result, at least if you buy Bee's theory, unhappy Americans are looking for a candidate who isn't part of the status quo, someone they believe will actually work for them, and feels independent.
As Bee summarized, Washington left “Americans so frustrated, they’re willing to vote for the first two-bit wall salesman who says he’ll stop Mexicans from raping their jobs.”
Watch Bee break her theory down below:
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The DC and Marvel universes have taken control of the big and small screens.
Between the seven superhero movies slated for this year — "Deadpool" having already hijacked the box office — and the nine superhero shows currently on TV, there is no shortage of options.
Though I've read some comics over the years, I'm not deeply embedded in the comic-book world. But as a fan of these stories, I tend to watch all of the superhero-related movies and shows, which is getting a lot harder to do these days.
But if you wanted to, now's a good time to dive headfirst into the shows, most of which are currently running, including "Arrow," "The Flash" (both on The CW), and "Gotham," which just returned on Fox on Monday night. Netflix's "Daredevil" is coming back for a second season soon, too.
Here is a ranking of the current crop of superhero TV shows, starting with the worst and working up to the best:
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This show isn't exactly focused on a superhero. Following a young James Gordon before he's commissioner and Bruce Wayne before he's Batman, "Gotham's" main premise is to see how Gotham's villains and heroes came to be. While the rise of The Penguin and Edward Nygma's transition to The Riddler have made the second season more interesting, the episodes are wildly uneven.
From the creators of "The Flash" and "Arrow," as well as two of "Supergirl's" executive producers, the newly formed "DC's Legends of Tomorrow" is primed for success, but its first few episodes have struggled to find footing. The show does drop some amazing references to the actors' other projects, though, and Wentworth Miller's Captain Cold is a particular highlight.
When "Supergirl" first premiered, it was CBS's most watched premiere, and while it was voted the favorite new drama at the People's Choice Awards and won for the most exciting new series at the Critics' Choice Awards, it's been struggling to maintain popularity. Hopefully, the upcoming "Supergirl" and "Flash" crossover episode gives it the momentum it needs, because the show is excellent.
"Geo Search Tool" is a nifty website that lets you see what your neighbors are uploading to YouTube. The site allows you to search YouTube videos using location. You simply choose a radius and an intersection or address, and the site returns videos that fit those parameters.
I decided to look around my hometown of Oakland, California, and see what videos popped up. True to form, I found an idiosyncratic mix of solar panel ads, guys doing wheelies in traffic, music performances, and an interview with a teen competitive fencer.
Here is what a search looked like with a radius of one kilometer set:
And here's that wheelie:
The site was developed as a simple model for how news organizations could use Google's APIs to help find videos from citizen journalists. But it's pretty fun to just get a sense of what kind of videos people are making in your neighborhood or city.
The code is open-source is case you want to check it out.
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Chelsea Handler is wildly successful.
In 2006, at age 31, the New Jersey native got her own talk show on the E! network; she's authored five New York Times bestsellers; she has landed spots on Forbes' Celebrity 100 and Power Women lists, and was named one of Time's Most Influential People in 2012.
Most recently, the millionaire comedian and actress explored racism, drugs, marriage, and Silicon Valley in the four-part Netflix docuseries "Chelsea Does."
How did she accomplish all this — and more — by age 40?
She showed up ... for almost everything.
In a recent post for LinkedIn's latest editorial package, "How I Launched My Career," Handler, now 41, says she learned the importance of showing up while waitressing in her early 20s.
"I was never the best waitress, but I was always the person people called when they needed a shift covered because I would always say yes," she writes.
"Whether that was a result of wanting to be liked from years of rejection in high school, or whether it was wanting to be dependable and reliable after years of being the opposite, I just wanted people to feel that they could count on me," she says in her LinkedIn post, titled "I Used to Hate Doing Stand Up. Then I Discovered the Power of Showing Up." "I didn't want to work the extra shifts, [but it] gave me a sense of worth and reliability."
Later in life, she says her habit for dependability bled into her stand-up career. "I kept showing up. When there were only two people in the audience ... I showed up and did ten minutes of material."
She'd also show up to "open mic nights" at coffee houses, which she "absolutely dreaded." "I hated doing stand-up in the beginning. I couldn't wait for a set to be canceled because no one showed, but after getting cold feet many times, I made an agreement with myself that I would show up, get up, and do my set, no matter what the circumstance," she writes.
Once Handler showed up enough times, it became her reality, she says. "It was no longer an option to not show up. I now practice 'showing up' with everything I do. It has permeated every facet of my life. Whether it's wanting to cancel a workout, a friend's party, a public appearance, my family in New Jersey. Whatever it is, when I commit, I show up."
And if she really can't show up for something, she's honest about it. "I don't over-explain with an excuse that I'm sick or that my children are sick ... because I'm not sick and I don't have children, and all of those excuses are transparent, and you become unreliable," she writes.
She says over the years she's learned to be selective about what she commits to showing up to.
"I spent the first ten years of my career saying yes to absolutely everything and then harboring resentment for having said yes in the first place," she writes. Now she focuses on showing up "for the people in my life who deserve my loyalty" — her friends, family, and mentors.
"Showing up shows great character," she concludes. "And once you master the art of physically showing up, the art of mentally showing up usually takes care of itself."
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Every summer since 2013, Disney has released a brand-new version of "Disney Infinity," its $1 billion-plus video game business that features plastic Disney action figures that can turn into characters on the screen.
This year is going to be a different.
Instead of releasing a new version of "Disney Infinity" this year, Disney is committing to supporting the current "Disney Infinity 3.0" version with new levels and new characters, at least through the end of 2016.
(You can check out everything coming to "Disney Infinity" in a gallery at the end of this post.)
The extended support for the 3.0 edition is going to take the form of a quartet of brand-new "playsets," or playable level packs, coming to the game this year. The first, "Marvel Battlegrounds," comes out in mid-March. The remaining three will each be themed around Star Wars, Pixar, and Disney, though more details on those are scant.
“‘Disney Infinity 3.0’ will feature more Disney content than any video game ever made,” promises Disney Infinity VP of Production John Vignocchi.
The way "Disney Infinity" works, across video game consoles, smartphones, PCs, and even the Apple TV, is both simple and amazing.
Buy an actual plastic action figure, at an MSRP of $14 a pop, and place it on the USB-connected "Infinity Base" that comes with the game's starter sets, and use that character in the game. Place Darth Vader on the base, and Darth Vader appears in the game.
To support "Marvel Battlegrounds," Disney also announced a trio of new Marvel superheroes will be joining the "Disney Infinity" mix: Ant-Man, star of last summer's hit film; Black Panther, from the upcoming "Captain America: Civil War," and Vision, of "Avengers: Age of Ultron" fame.
As an added bonus, a retro version of Baloo from "The Jungle Book" will also be added to Disney Infinity, to promote the forthcoming live-action adaptation of the Disney animated classic. And the lead characters from the soon-to-be-released computer animated film "Zootopia" are also be making their "Disney Infinity" debut.
"We say, if it's happening inside Disney, it's happening inside 'Disney Infinity,'" Vignocchi says.
For "Disney Infinity" superfans like myself, not releasing a new version is definitely the biggest and most exciting change to the game.
Each new version of "Disney Infinity" adds something new to the mix: The first version focused on Disney and Pixar characters; "Disney Infinity 2.0" added Marvel Super Heroes, and 3.0 introduced the "Star Wars" galaxy to the game. Each version has also upped the graphics and fine-tuned the gameplay, especially in regards to combat and vehicles.
Between all three versions, and all of that corporate synergy, "Disney Infinity 3.0" has a playable cast of over a hundred, all drawn from the biggest franchises in pop culture.
"We feel we've integrated all of the key brands into the 'Disney Infinity' market," Vignocchi says. "We do support one of, if not the, largest selection of playable characters in a single video game."
The catch, though, is that each new version of "Disney Infinity" also complicates matters for existing owners with issues of compatibility — not to mention making fans shell out for a new game.
The most noticeable example of that compatibility complexity is that you can use the figures from 1.0 and 2.0 in 3.0, but not vice-versa. And you can't play 1.0 or 2.0 playset adventures in "Disney Infinity 3.0." Queen Elsa, pictured here, is a 1.0 figure.
So releasing a new version now would already complicate that scenario. And given that Disney's core demographic is, unsurprisingly, families playing with their kids, the notion of having to buy a new game, with new figures, just to keep up with new releases, is increasingly unappealing.
Meanwhile, as Vignocchi notes, with all of the big franchises already integrated, "Disney Infinity" is at a good stopping point to build, refine, and expand, rather than to release a brand new version.
Vignocchi says that there are a few benefits from their side: First off, there are those who were on the fence about "Disney Infinity 3.0," nervous that they would buy it just in time for a hypothetical 4.0 edition. Second, it means that they can focus on expanding the features for existing customers.
"We can prioritize features much more quickly," Vignocchi says.
Check out all the new stuff coming to "Disney Infinity" below:
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"Are you allowed to say that?"
That question was the reaction one of the final two women on ABC's hit reality show, "The Bachelor," had to Ben Higgins when he told her, "JoJo, I love you, too," on Monday night's episode.
Traditionally, ABC's bachelors and bachelorettes don't say the big L-word until the final episode. But here Higgins was saying it, with two episodes left.
"I'm not," Higgins replied. Then he kissed her.
Currently in its 20th cycle, "The Bachelor" draws 8 million weekly viewers. And for the past nine weeks, many of those viewers had been falling in love with Ben Higgins, the 27-year-old software salesman from Denver, Colorado.
But on Monday night's episode, with just three women left, Higgins did something no other Bachelor in the history of the show has ever done, and it enraged fans: He told two of the finalists he loved them.
So that scene with Joelle "JoJo" Fletcher, a 25-year-old real-estate developer from Texas, might have been romantic — had Higgins not just told another contestant, 25-year-old flight attendant Lauren Bushnell, the same thing a few hours earlier.
Fans of the show were outraged by Higgins' loose lips and he may go down as one of the worst bachelors to ever grace their TVs. And for Higgins, who always seemed to say and do the perfect things, the heartless move seemed very out of character.
So, what the heck happened?
According to the show and Higgins, the bachelor fell in love with two women. Higgins is quoted as saying that he never thought he'd find himself in this position because he didn't know his heart was capable of loving two people at the same time.
OK. Maybe.
But if you've been watching the show — even if you are aware that the show is cut exceptionally well and a lot of it is make-believe — then you have trouble believing Higgins. Because for the entire season, he's seemed to be madly in love with Bushnell and not that interested in Fletcher.
There's a fan theory going around about why Higgins was driven to tell two women he loves them. And it actually makes a great deal of sense. In a nutshell, the theory is that the producers put him up to it because his obvious chemistry with Bushnell ruined the season finale. When contacted by Business Insider, ABC had no comment.
Here's the evidence:
He's said that he's like a "schoolboy" around her, chasing her around the playground. He has also said that he thinks she's too good for him and can't understand why she's single, and he thinks their relationship is too good to be true. And they're very cute together on screen.
He also met her family before Monday night's episode and it didn't go well. Fletcher's brothers were very skeptical of Higgins and didn't think he was as into their sister as she was into him. Higgins more than implied on the show that the hometown date gave him pause about JoJo.
One day before his date with JoJo, Higgins had a date with the apparent frontrunner, Lauren B. In the fantasy suite, she told him that she loved him for the first time, and he replied that he'd known he was in love with her for a long time as well.
Oops.
The producers probably didn't like that. Lauren B. would be the obvious winner before the finale had a chance to air. And ABC can't have that.
In all of the show's cycles, saying the L-word too early seems to be a big no-no. It's not clear if it's written in Bachelors' contracts with ABC, or if they don't like to say it for personal reasons. But previous bachelors and bachelorettes have alluded to the fact that they're actually not allowed to say it too soon.
For example, previous bachelor Sean Lowe, who got married to contestant Katherine Giudici, told The Hollywood Reporter: "When you can't say 'I love you,' you have to come up with other things..."
And while another previous bachelor, Brad Womack, did tell a contestant that he was "falling in love with her" — but not, not that he was in love with her — he said it in a weird way that made it seem rebellious: "I'm not going to sit here and listen to [you say 'I love you'] and not say anything back," he told the woman.
And let's remember what Higgins said to JoJo when she asked if he was "allowed" to say "I love you" back: "I'm not."
Each week, Chris Harrison blogs about the episode after it airs for Yahoo. And this week, he said how extraordinary it was that Higgins revealed his true feelings for Bushnell this soon. He writes (emphasis added):
That night, in the fantasy suite at Sandals in Ocho Rios, Lauren finally confessed what she had been feeling for a while and what she failed to tell him at the end of her hometown date... that she loved him. And at that moment Ben told her that he loved her too. It's a thing I can't remember ever seeing on our show, a Bachelor telling someone that he was in love that early, and to hear the 'I love you' given and returned was something I wasn't sure I'd ever see on 'The Bachelor.'"
Read that again: That move was "something I wasn't sure I'd ever see on 'The Bachelor.'"
Yep, Higgins messed up.
ABC has to have its finale. The show has ended a lot of ways over the 20 cycles, but one thing every finale has always had is that there are three people in the end: the happy couple and the person who gets rejected.
Fans have had lots of theories about who will win the proposal, and Reality Steve, a popular "Bachelor" blogger, has nailed the ending a few times. But viewers have never known with 100% certainty who the winner will be before the finale airs.
So Ben may have been asked to do some serious damage control to cover up his finale-blowing mistake and told to make the race look closer.
Even JoJo was surprised to hear Higgins return her feelings.
"So today, having you say that back to me — I was shocked," she told him at dinner later that evening, reflecting on his "I love you, too" outburst.
So were we!
We'll probably never know. But it sure seems like a possibility, if you look at Higgins' reaction to both women.
Take a look at this GIF. Here, JoJo is saying how happy she was to hear her feelings returned. And Higgins is just scratching the back of his head.
Here are the two "I love you" scenes from the episode. You be the judge. JoJo's is below, starting at the 2:20 mark:
And here's the more convincing "I love you" to Lauren B.:
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For over 40 years, director Terrence Malick has been one of the most genius and elusive talents in the movie business.
His films can best be described as esoteric fever dreams portraying a person's exploration of life, from adolescence in "Tree of Life" to enduring the madness of war in "The Thin Red Line."
What makes him and his work even more mysterious is that he refuses to do interviews and shies away from public events. In fact, when he’s been nominated for Oscars, he hasn’t shown up to the ceremony. When asked, the publicist for his latest film,“Knight of Cups” (out Friday), told Business Insider there's no photo of the filmmaker available for this story.
Given Malick's enigmatic persona, it would be fascinating to know if his filmmaking method is as unorthodox as his finished product.
As it turns out, Malick's process is even stranger than his movies.
We found out when we talked to actor Thomas Lennon, who has a brief cameo in Malick's "Knight of Cups" playing a friend of the main character (Christian Bale) as they walk around a Hollywood party. (Others in the scene include Antonio Banderas, Jason Clarke, Ryan O’Neal, Nick Kroll, and Joe Manganiello.)
Lennon is known for his comedic work, like “Reno 911!,” CBS’ “The Odd Couple," or his scene-stealing in movies like “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” “Balls of Fury,” and “I Love You, Man.”
So he's not exactly the kind of actor you'd expect in a Malick film. In fact, the actor told Business Insider he had never seen a Malick film when he got the offer to be in "Kight of Cups" in April of 2012 (the movie has spent two-plus years in post-production, not uncommon for a Malick film).
“I got a call from my agent and he said, ‘Do you know Terrence Malick?’ And I decided I would try to be a smarty-pants and I said, ‘Of course,’ but I had never seen any of his films,” Lennon told BI. “I was aware of his name like you’re aware of names like Atom Egoyan or Ismail Merchant and James Ivory, artsy-fartsy films unlike the things I’m in or write.”
But Lennon agreed to the role, without being given any details about who he was playing or what the movie was about. And six weeks before the scheduled shoot, Lennon still hadn’t received anything and was starting to get anxious.
“I started making phone calls to people — ‘Could you please find out what role I’m playing? Is there a wardrobe fitting?’ And the answer I would get back from everyone is, ‘No one knows anything about the movie,’” Lennon said.
Three days before the shoot, Lennon was finally told some information: The scene is at a Hollywood party, so he should be dressed as if he were going to a party in the Hollywood Hills.
“That’s all I was told,” Lennon said.
Lennon arrived to the set, a mansion in swanky Bel Air. By this point, he'd Googled Malick's picture. Lennon worked his way through the estate and found Christian Bale sitting with Malick by the pool.
“I could only assume it was Terrence Malick because he was the most eccentric-looking person there,” Lennon said. “He’s in this sort of straw hat, slightly dirty khaki pants, and a real loose, floppy shirt.”
They exchanged pleasantries, and then Lennon’s good friend, actor Joe Lo Truglio, showed up to also be in the scene.
“We’re all standing there and Malick hands out these pieces of paper to all of us,” Lennon said. “And the one he gave me said, ‘There’s no such thing as a fireproof wall.’ And I ask, ‘Is this something I’m supposed to say in the scene?’ and he said, ‘I don’t know.’”
Lennon learned, after talking to the director, that there was no script, just a phrase that might inspire him when cameras started rolling.
“And then Malick goes, ‘Would you like some more? Because I have a whole stack of these.’ And I was like, ‘I think I’m good,’” Lennon said.
Lennon later asked Bale while Malick was away:
Lennon:“Is this how it goes?
Bale:“Yeah.”
Lennon:“Every day?”
Bale:“Yeah.”
Lennon:“How long have you been doing this?”
Bale:“This is, like, day 25.”
When Malick came back, Lennon asked him what the scene was about. Malick started off by saying that in the movie, Bale plays a Hollywood screenwriter, and Lennon didn't need to hear anything else — he suddenly knew why he was there.
“I was cast as Christian [Bale]’s douchey Hollywood Hills friend. I realized if his character was a shallow Hollywood screenwriter, two of his really good friends probably would be Joe Lo Truglio and me,” Lennon said. “Terrence Malick actually is a genius.”
But it would take time for Lennon to grasp what the director wanted. He, Truglio, and Bale began walking around the mansion, improvising their lines. For 11 full hours. Keep in mind the party scene, in the finished film, lasts about five minutes, and Lennon has at most a minute of screen time.
“Sometimes we would go outside, where the party was growing with more people,” Lennon said. “Sometimes Malick would stop and introduce a new cinematographer: ‘Guys, this is Marta, she’s an up-and-coming DP from Mexico City and she’s going to film the scene for a while.’ And sometimes Christian would take a GoPro and shoot something.”
The actors were also strictly instructed, according to Lennon, to make it as difficult as possible for the camera operator to shoot them, never standing in a way that they were squared up with the camera.
At one point, Lennon says, Malick halted the scene and brought in a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon to star alongside them.
Lennon admits that for the first few hours, he was “unbelievably distressed.”
“I would ask, ‘Like that Terrence?’ and he would be like, ‘Great, it’s all great.’”
Then things got even weirder.
During a lunch break, Lennon was speaking to his wife over the phone offset. Since the shoot would likely last a full day, Lennon had to change plans with his family. He and his wife got into an argument over the phone.
“We were basically yelling at each other,” Lennon said. “And at that point Malick himself came up to me with a camera with a stubby lens and got, I’m not kidding, eight inches away from my face, filming me having this totally real fight with my wife. At first I felt it was kind of an invasion of privacy and then I was like, ‘F--- it, this is the realest thing that has happened all day.’”
Eventually Lennon finally got comfortable with the whole shoot, and it turned out to be, he said, “The single most fun day I’ve ever had on a movie set ever.
“What I realized was, Malick loves to be on his feet and just making movies,” Lennon said. “I don’t mean the editing, just the location, shooting a scene, and letting things happen. I mean, it was honestly an absolutely bats--- crazy day. But I would have instantly come back and done it another day if the opportunity came up.”
Lennon said he got a big hug from Malick when the day wrapped. He still has no idea exactly why he was called for the part or if Malick has even seen his own work. Three years after shooting, he'll finally see himself in "Knight of Cups" when it's out this week.
“I’ll be honest, until they asked me to do some press, I had no idea I was in the film at all,” Lennon said with a laugh.
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Fox News anchor Bret Baier expects Donald Trump to be at the next Republican debate this week.
"We've been told by his people, and he's said publicly that he's going to be there on Thursday," Baier told Business Insider on Tuesday.
Baier, one of the moderators of the Fox-hosted debate on Thursday, said he was aware of rumors that Trump may skip another Fox debate. But he downplayed that potential outcome.
"I think we're going to get a confirmation that he's going to appear. But we'll be prepared either way, as we were last time," Baier said.
Trump boycotted the previous Fox debate after repeatedly complaining that Fox host Megyn Kelly, one of the other two debate moderators, was biased against him.
Rumors have circulated over the past week that if Trump racks up overwhelming wins during the swath of Republican primaries and caucuses on Tuesday, the real-estate mogul could declare victory and skip future primary debates.
"People close to Trump tell people who tell me that after Tuesday, Trump will say race is over and he won't participate in further debates," Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol tweeted Sunday.
Last weekend, Trump slammed the "ridiculous" primary debates for becoming too predictable. He said they had become a "terrible waste of time" for him.
"How about if I don't do the next debate? Yes?" Trump asked his supporters before reversing himself: "Ah, no, I'll do it."
On Tuesday, Baier warned that missing the debate may be a poor strategic move. Baier pointed out that if Trump does decide to skip the debate, it could still impact election results in other states that have not held primaries or caucuses.
"I don't know what's going to happen tonight, obviously, but even if he has a great night, he won't have anywhere near the delegates needed to clinch the GOP nomination," Baier said.
Baier said that the debate moderators would not address Trump's decision to sit out the last debate at the Thursday-night event — unless other candidates raise the issue.
"That's so long ago, we feel like it's water under the bridge," Baier said. "And it's not the focus."
Baier also said he, Kelly, and the third moderator, Fox anchor Chris Wallace, wanted to focus their questions on topics that had not been addressed in previous debates. The moderators' goal would be to throw candidates off their talking points.
"Everybody by now has heard a lot of these stump speeches over and over again," Baier said. "We are now seven months since our first debate. So we are going to ask things in a little different way, [and include] a few different topics that haven't come up."
He added: "Our goal is to be able to on Friday have a headline that says, 'Fiery, but most substantive debate yet.' That's ideal. If we can get to that ideal, fantastic. If we can come close, great. If we can just keep it on the rails, I'm happy."
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Adele played the first show of her massive world tour on Monday night in Belfast. At one point, she took a break from the 18-song set and asked the crowd if any fans wanted to propose to their partners in honor of Leap Day.
She found one taker, and preceded to help the fan convince her (previously reluctant) boyfriend to tie the knot.
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After Sunday’s Oscars brought in the lowest ratings in eight years, the top brass at ABC is ready to have more control.
The network — which has aired the Academy Awards since the advent of television (outside of periods in the 1950s and 1970s when the awards aired on NBC) — and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, which hands out the awards, are back at the negotiating table to agree on an extension of their license agreement, according to Variety. And it sounds like the show's production is a point of contention.
Under the current terms of the contract, the Academy retains the right to control the overall production of the show, including choosing the producers and the host.
But according to Variety, Disney-ABC Television Group president Ben Sherwood and other executives at the network want to be in the creative discussions going forward (the Academy and ABC declined to comment for the Variety story).
The network has wanted more power over the decades, but with this years’s major decline in ratings, it may have a good bargaining chip.
That, and the Academy needs money.
The Academy is currently undertaking its biggest initiative ever: the building of a museum in Hollywood, slated for completion in 2018, which is being billed as "the world's leading movie museum."
According to Deadline, the museum costs $300 million to build and the Academy has already sold $341 million in bonds to pay the debt it has accumulated.
The Deadline story predicts that the Academy would likely seek a license fee increase. ABC took in more than $100 million in ad sales for the 2015 Oscar show.
ABC’s current deal with the Academy runs through 2020, so it might seem a tad early to renegotiate, but a new deal secures a cash pipeline for the Academy that’s needed for the completion of the museum and other initiatives.
But one source points out to Variety that the Academy isn’t at a complete disadvantage if ABC pushes hard on having more control. That's because CBS would take the show in a second.
“The Academy can just turn to [CBS head] Les Moonves and say, ‘Will you give us more freedom?’ And he’ll say ‘yes’ and give them more money,” according to the source.
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The Olsen twins weren't the only original "Full House" cast members who didn't return for its Netflix spin-off "Fuller House." But unlike their character, Michelle, this guy's character is in the new show, but it's the actor who's been replaced.
Hardcore "Full House" fans may remember Harry Takayama, Stephanie's friend from the family sitcom's second and third seasons. He was played by an eight-year-old Nathan Nishiguchi.
"The original Harry Takayama, who was one of Stephanie's friends in the early seasons — we wanted him to come back for an episode, but he wasn't able to come," the actress who plays Stephanie, Jodie Sweetin, told Business Insider. "So there is a guest spot of Harry Takayama played by a different actor. It's not the original Harry."
If you don't remember Harry, here's a hint: Stephanie refers to him as her husband on "Fuller House." That's because the two got married in an adorable backyard ceremony on the 1989 episode "Middle Age Crazy."
Watch the child nuptials below:
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AT&T will launch three separate internet streaming TV services later this year under its DirecTV brand, none of which require cable or satellite subscriptions.
The services are aimed at people who are living in a post-cable world, one filled with streaming services like Netflix and Hulu. They will work with any carrier (Verizon too), and on basically any device you want — phone, tablet, streaming box, smart TV, and so on.
Here is a quick rundown of the three services:
AT&T declined to elaborate on pricing, but said it will be "competitive" with other services offering the same content. This might mean that people who have ditched the cable ecosystem could get sticker shock at the highest tier. It certainly won't be the $10 bucks you pay for many "over-the-top" services like Netflix.
Even so, these releases do mark a major move into internet TV by two big players.
The offerings until now have been fairly barren. Sling TV offers a "skinny bundle" of channels like ESPN, AMC, and CNN for $20 a month. But AT&T has indicated that DirecTV Now will be more robust in content offerings than a "skinny bundle."
That is promising for cord-cutters, but the big piece that needs to fall into place is the price. If AT&T can't make the highest tier more attractive financially than just buying a cable subscription and logging into Comcast's Xfinity instead of watching it on TV, it won't make much noise.
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The Rolling Stones have officially announced that they will be performing a free concert in Havana, Cuba, on March 25.
This is the first time the legendary group will be performing in the country, and it also marks the first time a British rock band has ever performed a free open air concert there.
“We have performed in many special places during our long career but this show in Havana is going to be a landmark event for us, and, we hope, for all our friends in Cuba too,” the band said in a statement released Tuesday.
The free concert, which has been in the planning stages for several months, comes just after the band's "America Latina Ole" tour, which is currently making stops in South America.
The Stones will also be leading a musician-to-musician initiative in Cuba. Much-needed musical instruments and equipment will be donated by major suppliers for the benefit of Cuban musicians of all genres. Donors include the Gibson Foundation, Vic Firth, RS Berkeley, Pearl, Zildjian, Gretsch, Latin Percussion, Roland, and BOSS, with additional assistance from the Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation.
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The sportscaster Erin Andrews got pointed questions in court on Tuesday, the second day she testified in her civil suit over a nude peephole video shot while she was a guest at the Nashville Marriott.
"You got a second contract with ESPN, right? And it was a better contract than you had the first time, right?" Marc Dedman, the attorney for the parent company for the Marriott asked Andrews, per the New York Daily News.
"After that you got a contract with Fox Sports right? And that was a better contract than you had with your second contract with ESPN, right?"
"Your income has gone up substantially since this occurred,” Dedman stated, to objections from Andrews' lawyers, reports the New York Daily News.
Under cross-examination, Andrews choked up as she described how the video leak has affected her personal relationships, reports ABC.
"I feel really guilty he [Jarret Stoll, Andrews' current boyfriend] didn't know me before this happened, and to try to explain to someone who has questions about why I have trust issues, why I’m insecure, why I’m embarrassed, why I'm humiliated, and why I'm obsessive about checking the internet," Andrews said during questioning, per ABC. "He doesn't understand."
The lawsuit centers on an incident where Michael David Barrett, an insurance executive, secretly filmed Andrews changing in her room on his cellphone through a rigged peephole in September, 2008.
The lawsuit names Barrett and the Windsor Capital Group, the Nashville Marriott's management company, as defendants. Andrews claims employees at the Nashville Marriott aided Barrett by giving him her room number and allowing him to book the room next door, according to The Washington Post.
Andrews is seeking $75 million in damages.
Dedman emailed Business Insider the following statement on Tuesday:
"A trial is a process of revealing evidence over time. After more than six years of inaccurate facts in the public, our clients are happy that the public is now able to learn what actually happened when Mr. Barrett committed his crime against Ms. Andrews."
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Former Disney star Cole Sprouse is constantly getting his picture taken whenever he goes out. So he decided to "seek revenge" by catching his fans in the act, and posting their pictures to his Instagram account, @camera_duels.
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