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7 undercover inmates spent 2 months in jail — here are the most outrageous things they witnessed

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Drugs, violence, and prostitution: It's just another day at Clark County Jail in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

Participants on the A&E documentary series "60 Days In" experienced these shocking realities firsthand.

The show follows seven undercover inmates who spent two months in the jail to expose problems within the system.

The participants  who were booked under false charges and assumed false identities throughout their stays  lived among the jail's 500-inmate population without corrections officers or other inmates discovering their secret.

At the end of their two months, the participants informed Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel of the inner workings of jail life, like how inmates were inventing drugs with household materials and where they were stashing homemade weapons. They also revealed the psychological toll the deplorable living conditions took on them.

A&E has already completed filming the show's second season, which will premier in August. The final episode of season 1, a reunion special, airs tonight at 9 p.m. EST.

Here are some of the most shocking moments:

Drug use is rampant at Clark County Jail. Inmates often invented bizarre homemade drugs to catch a buzz, such as a "crack stick," made from an electronic cigarette filter.



To make a crack stick, inmates crushed the e-cigarette filter and then wrapped it in coffee-soaked toilet paper and smoked it.



One participant learned that trustees — inmates selected for jobs like food preparation and garbage collection — were sneaking drugs into the women's pod on food trays.



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This movie about an Iraq War troop based on an acclaimed book is a surefire Oscar contender

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It's never too early to start up Oscar talk, and after watching the trailer for "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," you'll know what I mean.

Director Ang Lee's ("Life of Pi," "Brokeback Mountain") latest movie looks at the victory tour of 19-year-old soldier Billy Lynn after an intense tour in Iraq. The film shows what really happened over there through flashbacks and contrasts that with the perception of Billy and his squad back home.

It's based on the universally praised 2012 novel of the same name by Ben Fountain, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. For that and Ang Lee's name alone, it's sure to get a lot of attention.

Shot in 3D, the movie is certain to be visually stunning. But it also looks like it has the emotional weight to carry it to award season.

The film stars Kristen Stewart, Chris Tucker, Vin Diesel, Steve Martin, and newcomer Joe Alwyn as Billy Lynn.

Watch the trailer below. The movie opens in November.

 

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The 'Million Dollar Listing' stars name the most memorable deals they've ever closed

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How many times have you watched the stars of Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing: New York" score a six-digit commission after selling a multimillion-dollar property and think, "I am in the wrong business"?

They make it look easy, but Fredrik Eklund, Ryan Serhant, and Luis Ortiz will be the first ones to tell you that money isn't the driving factor for their most memorable commissions.

"It's the difficult ones, the hardest ones, the ones where I negotiate something that I never thought I’d be able to negotiate that I remember most," Serhant told Business Insider. "But don’t get me wrong, I love easy deals, too. But it’s the hard ones that get stuck in your brain."

"I don’t technically feel that it has been one specific deal," Ortiz said of his most memorable moments as a realtor. "I think that my career as a whole is something that I treasure very much, not just because of the monetary value behind the career. It’s everything that I have learned."

From breaking from tradition to the one that took years of pestering to land, here are the "Million Dollar Listing: New York" stars' most memorable career moments:

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When Eklund threw out the rule book and became a social media trailblazer.

In 2013, Eklund thought outside the box and harnessed a very new mode of social media to launch the sales for a posh Tribeca property.

"I launched the building on Instagram and I think at the time it was the first building to ever be launched via Instagram," Eklund said. "Nothing had been written in advance, so that there was no listing, there was no advertisement, and we sold $100 million from that Instagram post."



That time Serhant contacted a developer every week for five years.

As Serhant told us, high-end real estate developers typically use the best agents in the industry and stick with them. So it's tough to get a property listing from them if you're not already in their circle. But Serhant didn't let that stop him.

"I sent an email or called the developer every week," he said. "It took me five years until the person even had a meeting with me. Now there was obviously Christmas week and Fourth of July and stuff where I wouldn’t follow up, but for the most part it was every week sending something in some way, shape, or form. And then when I walked in the door it was very 'Wall Street,' because I was the guy who had been following up for five years. And then I got a project. It was crazy."



How Ortiz landed a client by actually living in several of their buildings over eight years.

"I lived in four apartments in four buildings by the same developer," Ortiz said. "And eight years later, it came through. I tried to get his attention through all those years, and the moment that I expect it the least, it was that moment where I haven’t even thought of it, I get the phone call, which was very strange to me that that person wanted me to sell an apartment. And then you know you can think that it’s just another apartment, another deal, but to me it symbolizes much more."

"Million Dollar Listing: New York" airs Thursday nights on Bravo.



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'The world is full of monsters': Steven Spielberg tells Harvard grads to fight injustice and 'create a world that lasts forever'

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"My job is to create a world that lasts two hours. Your job is to create a world that lasts forever," director Steven Spielberg told Harvard graduates on Thursday.

To create a better future, Spielberg instructed the graduating class during Harvard University's commencement ceremony to seek out and understand the past.

He quoted friend and "Jurassic Park" writer Michael Crichton, who said, "If you don't know history, you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it's part of a tree."

To understand who we are, Spielberg said, we must understand who we were.

"We are a nation of immigrants, at least for now," he said, which means that there is a vast number of stories to hear and tell.

"Heroes and villains are not literary constructs, but they're at the heart of all history," Spielberg said. "This is why it's so important to listen to your internal whisper."

He said that this whisper is what compelled Abraham Lincoln and Oskar Schindler to make the correct moral choices, and he warns against letting this whisper get drowned out by convenience or expediency.

"Love, support, courage, intuition: All these things are in your hero's quiver, but a hero needs one more thing — a hero needs a villain to vanquish," Spielberg said. "And, you're all in luck. This world is full of monsters."

These monsters manifest themselves as racism, homophobia, and ethnic, class, political, and religious hatred, he said.

Spielberg shared as an example that when he was a child, he was bullied for being Jewish. And anti-Semitism is only getting worse, he said, citing the number of Jews — nearly 20,000 — who have left Europe over the last two years "to find higher ground."

His desire to confront anti-Semitism compelled him to found the Shoah Foundation in 1994, which has since taken video testimonies from 53,000 Holocaust survivors and witnesses. The organization has expanded its mission to also take testimony recounting genocides in Rwanda, Armenia, Cambodia, and Nanking.

"Because we must never forget that the inconceivable doesn't just happen — it happens frequently. Atrocities are happening right now," Spielberg said.

There is no difference between anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, homophobia, and other forms of discrimination, he said: "It is all one big hate."

Spielberg said that hate is born of an "us versus them" mentality, and thinking instead about people as "we" requires replacing fear with curiosity.

"'Us' and 'them' will find the 'we' by connecting with each other, and by believing that we're members of the same tribe, and by feeling empathy for every soul," he said.

He also warned against simply feeling empathy without acting on it, either by voting, peaceably protesting, or generally speaking up for those who aren't being heard.

"I've imagined many possible futures in my films, but you will determine the actual future. And I hope that it's filled with justice and peace," Spielberg said.

"And I wish you all a true Hollywood-style happy ending: I hope you outrun the T-Rex, catch the criminal, and, for your parents' sake, maybe every now and then, just like ET, go home," he concluded.

Watch the full commencement speech below:

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Movie trailers have a new trick to keep you watching — and the people who make them hate it

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Some of the biggest new trailers to hit the internet begin with a six- to seven-second tease of what you're about to watch before it begins.

Whether Tom Hanks trying to save the world in "Inferno" or Ben Affleck as an assassin in "The Accountant," these short trailers-within-the-trailers have been bubbling up this year.

YouTube commenters have caught it. One asked of the "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" trailer, "Why the hell is there a trailer for the trailer you're about to see?" Another wrote of "Inferno," "First I watched an ad, then I watched trailer for the trailer then I finally watched the trailer."

Two weeks ago, the senior vice president of communications at CBS Films, Grey Munford, provided some insight on the new trend when he tweeted after the "Hell or High Water" trailer went online.

So basically, studios have found that to get our attention as we scroll through our social-media feeds, they need to tease the tease.

The latest example arrived Thursday when the trailer for the Mark Wahlberg movie "Deepwater Horizon," about the worst oil spill in US history, went live. If you saw it on social media, you got the six-second tease showing huge explosions and the movie's stars. (The tease doesn't appear on the YouTube trailer, however.)

Movie trailer veteran Mark Woollen made the "Deepwater" clip through his boutique trailer house Mark Woollen & Associates. When Business Insider talked to Woollen on Thursday, he didn't hold back his thoughts about the teaser-before-the-trailer trend. He's not into it.

"I guess there's some data somewhere that supports it," Woollen said. "But it feels like a form of self-cannibalism myself."

Woollen said trailer houses were not responsible for the teasers of the trailers. Instead, he said, the teasers are often put together at the last second by the studios before a trailer's release.

"You spend months going through the process of making a trailer, which is trial and error and different voices involved and research and all of that, and then the week before the trailer comes out it's like, 'Oh, we should take five of the best shots and put it before the whole thing,'" Woollen told Business Insider.

Woollen has become the go-to trailer guy in Hollywood for some of the biggest names in the business, including David Fincher, Spike Jonze, and the Coen brothers. He made the trailer for "The Revenant," and most recently his company handled "The Lobster" and "Swiss Army Man." He says others who work on trailers have similar views about the teasers.

Woollen acknowledges that he isn't fully in the conversation about why studios have decided to start this. But he thinks a big reason is that, after you've viewed three seconds of a video playing on Facebook or Twitter, it counts as a view. So the teaser doesn't just grab attention — it actually pushes up a key performance metric for a film.

"At the end of the day, is it about getting numbers or making an impression and really creating real interest?" Woollen said.

"We're taking something that a director had been working on for sometimes years and we're making that first introduction, so to have this vomit of stuff before the actual trailer happens, it's something that I'm not a fan of," he continued. "There are always different trends and tropes. I don't know when this one will pass, but maybe with enough pushback it will."

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Neil Young blasts Donald Trump for 'the misogyny and the racism'

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Neil Young made it very clear on Thursday's "Late Show" why he asked Donald Trump to stop using one of his biggest hits for the Republican presidential candidate's campaign.

"No, I didn't like that idea because of the misogyny and the racism," Young told host Stephen Colbert of Trump's use of the song in a pre-taped segment on Thursday's "Late Show." "Those two key facts are something you can't ignore."

In June of last year, Young first expressed his displeasure after Trump played his hit song "Rockin' in the Free World" as the entrance music for the real estate mogul's announcement of his presidential run.

That sparked one of Trump's signature Twitter retorts, in which he called Young a "total hypocrite." He claimed that they had met previously to discuss a business deal and that Young recently invited Trump to a concert. He followed that up with a tweet saying he "didn't love [the song] anyway."

As for the use of the song, Trump did license its use, which Young recently acknowledged, though he says he was never asked about it. But the musician was also pleased that Trump discontinued the use of the song for his campaign.

As for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, whom Young supports, he's cleared to use the hit.

Of course, Colbert couldn't help but test the limits of Young's boundaries for the song's use. He asked if the rocker would allow it in cat or dog food commercials, or maybe as a late-night talk show's theme song?

"No," Young answered resolutely to all of the above.

See Neil Young discuss Donald Trump on "The Late Show" below:

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'I really appreciate his concern for me': Bernie Sanders responds to Donald Trump' third-party suggestions

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Sen. Bernie Sanders isn't buying Donald Trump's apparent concern about his candidacy.

On Thursday evening, comedian Jimmy Kimmel read Sanders a message that Trump apparently shared with Kimmel when he appeared on Kimmel's show the night before.

In the message, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said Sanders had "been treated very unfairly" and asked whether the Vermont senator would mount an independent bid for the presidency if he failed to win the Democratic nomination.

Sanders didn't take the bait.

"Well, I think there's a little bit of self-service there," Sanders said. "You don't think he's really worried about me?"

He added, sarcastically: "I really do appreciate his concern for me. I know it comes straight from his heart."

Trump has repeatedly urged Sanders to mount a third-party bid, contending that Sanders hasn't been afforded a fair shot at the Democratic nomination.

Trump has acknowledged, however, that he has benefited from Sanders' prolonged fight with Hillary Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner who holds a nearly insurmountable lead in pledged delegates, superdelegates, and total votes.

"I don't want to hit Crazy Bernie Sanders too hard yet because I love watching what he is doing to Crooked Hillary. His time will come!" Trump tweeted earlier this year.

In a "Morning Joe" interview in April, Trump suggested that he would borrow some of Sanders' attacks against Clinton, which he said had been effective.

"Bernie Sanders has a message that's interesting," Trump said. "I'm going to be taking a lot of the things that Bernie said and using them."

He added: "I can reread some of his speeches and I can get some very good material."

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Take a tour of the ultra-modern estate of the late 'Simpsons' co-creator Sam Simon, which just sold for $12.5 million

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A sprawling Los Angeles estate that formerly belonged to Sam Simon, the late co-creator of "The Simpsons," just sold for $12.5 million, the Los Angeles Times reported.

With a property that totals about 1.5 acres, the residence actually includes two homes: a chic modern residence and a second, more historic home designed by architect Richard Neutra in 1948. The house was part of Arts & Architecture magazine's postwar Case Study House Program, which commissioned architects to build affordable and modern homes.

Simon died in March 2015 after a battle with colon cancer. The estate first went on sale for $18 million last September and was recently listed for $14.5 million before selling for its final price. 

From its cascading swimming pool to its chic glass features, here's what the property looks like inside.  

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Both the home designed by Neutra (right) and the contemporary main house (left) sit in stunningly green surroundings in Pacific Palisades, California.

 

 

 



Neutra's 2,000-square-foot 1948 home was one of 34 designed as part of the Case Study House Program. Today, only 21 of the original homes remain standing.



At the time, Neutra built the residence for Stuart and Lucia Bailey, creating a clean and crisp living room that includes floor-to-ceiling glass.



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Justin Bieber is being sued for allegedly copying his hit 'Sorry' from another artist

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Justin Bieber doesn't have much to complain about when it comes to his latest hit album, but that may be changing.

The pop star and his producer, Skrillex, have been sued for alleged copyright infringement over their No. 1 song, "Sorry," according to Entertainment Weekly.

The artist White Hinterland — real name Casey Dienel — claims that "Sorry" rips a hook from her 2014 song "Ring the Bell."

The part in question comes from the beginning of each song. "Sorry" starts with an ascending vocal arpeggio that does sound remarkably like the one in "Ring the Bell," though the one in the Bieber song has an extra note. Both arpeggios recur throughout the songs.

You can hear them both below:

"The identical and/or striking similarity of 'Sorry' to Plaintiff's song 'Ring the Bell' surpasses the realm of generic coincidence and independent creation," the court complaint obtained by EW reads.

"Sorry" came out in October 2015, more than a year after "Ring the Bell."

Interestingly, there's a connection between this case and the lawsuit against Led Zeppelin for "Stairway to Heaven," which is similarly based on alleged copyright infringement in one particular portion of the song.

Dienel also claims in the suit that she and her colleagues sent a letter to Bieber's team informing them of the infringement, with a musicology report, but got no response.

She's seeking damages, a declaration of copyright infringement, and an injunction to prevent further alleged copyright infringement of "Ring the Bell."

Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. and Universal Music, Bieber's label, are also named in the suit. Universal did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

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22 Android-only apps that will make your iPhone friends jealous

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One of the best things about Android is that apps have a lot more freedom compared iPhone apps.

Some of the most innovative Android apps are exclusive to Android because they do something Apple simply wouldn't allow.

These apps let you hack your smartphone's LED lights for custom notifications, record your screen, and even earn free credit to buy more apps.

Just remember not to brag too much to your friends who have iPhones.

ADV Screen Recorder lets you capture what's happening on your phone.

If you need to record what's happening on your phone screen, you're not going to be able to on an iPhone. ADV Screen Recorder works to let you capture your phone screen to store for later use, and doesn't require any rooting.

Price:Free



Google Opinion Rewards gives you Google Play Store cash for filling out surveys.

Google Opinion Rewards is simple: You answer some consumer surveys from Google, and you earn credits for the Google Play store. You get a notification when a survey is ready, and you can get up to $1 just for filling it out.

Price:Free



Audify will automatically read your notifications to you when you're in the car.

If you are ever in a situation where reading your notifications might be annoying or dangerous, Audify will read them aloud to you. The app works by speaking your notifications through a connected speaker or (wireless or wired) headset. The thinking is that when you have a headset in, it's probably not a time when you want to be fumbling around for your phone. (Let's say when you are in the car.)

Price:Free.



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David Schwimmer and Rebel Wilson trade vicious insults in James Corden rap battle

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David Schwimmer really laid into "Late Late Show" host James Corden in the show's new rap battle segment, "Drop the Mic." But all bets were off when "Pitch Perfect" star Rebel Wilson entered the ring.

Battle lines were drawn from the start as Corden picked apart Schwimmer's fame while starring in the 1990s hit NBC sitcom "Friends."

"Millennials, let me introduce you to this guy," Corden began. "His name is David. He was famous in '95."

He later rapped, "Now, you've got the chance to prove you've got balls while I ignore you like Jennifer Aniston does your calls."

In turn, Schwimmer wasn't about to let Corden forget his place in the Hollywood hierarchy.

"We all know as an actor your roles were all the same," Schwimmer responded. "The heavy best friend, the humorous sidekick with the belly so big you couldn't find your... Dickens, the author we all read as kids, he's British like you but people know who he is."

Yes, this was a rap battle for the ages. But then the show threw in a twist when Wilson joined and took both men on.

Watch what Wilson brought to the competition in the video below:

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Amber Heard is reportedly granted restraining order against Johnny Depp, alleging domestic abuse

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UPDATE: Heard's restraining order has been granted by a judge, according to TMZ. Depp is ordered to stay 100 yards away from Heard at least until a hearing next month. The judge also gave her the right to live in their home (Depp is currently in Europe promoting his new movie, "Alice Through the Looking Glass"). The judge rejected Heard's request for spousal support (TMZ reports she wanted $50,000 per month and attorney's fees), and requests for Depp to go into anger management and to have the Range Rover she and Depp share. The judge also rejected Heard's order to keep Depp away from at least one of their dogs, saying there was "an insufficient showing to protect the pet dog."

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Less than a week after actress Amber Heard filed for divorce from fellow star Johnny Depp, Heard went to court on Friday and filed a domestic-violence restraining order against Depp.

According to E! News, Heard cited irreconcilable differences as the cause for the filing and in court presented a photograph that shows what appears to be a bruise on her right eye.

E! tweeted the photo Heard presented in court:

Depp and Heard were married for 15 months. They met on the set of the 2011 film "The Rum Diary."

The couple does not have a prenuptial agreement, according to E!.

According to court documents, Heard is asking for spousal support, while the lawyer for Depp filed paperwork asking the judge to deny that request.

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The National Spelling Bee fired back at an internet troll with spelling corrections

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If you're going to come for the Scripps Spelling Bee, you better come correct.

One foul-mouthed Twitter user, Kyle Chapman, learned this lesson the hard way on Thursday night while watching the national spelling competition. Apparently, Chapman felt that the annual event was coddling its eliminated contenders.

"Unsure of why the national spelling bee has a 'comfort couch,'" Chapman aka @kchapman_88 tweeted. "you f---ing lost suck it up quit teaching kids it's okay to loose."

Aside from avoiding the use of correct punctuation and capitalization, Chapman misspelled a word. That was his downfall.

"*lose," the competition responded.

That was enough for Chapman to deactivate his Twitter account, which was still down when this article published. But the Bee is an equal opportunity spellchecker, even when you have its back.

@themotherfanboy on Twitter shared a screenshot of the Bee's correction of Chapman, but made the fatal error of writing, "@ScrippsBee at it's best." That earned him his own correction.

"we appreciate the support but... *its," the competition responded.

Otherwise, all went as usual with the Bee awarding co-champions again on Thursday for the third consecutive year.

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The new 'X-Men' is already crushing the box-office competition

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With a strong $8.2 million in its Thursday preview screenings, "X-Men: Apocalypse" is looking to have a great Memorial Day weekend opening at the box office, even though critics have been split on the latest film in the franchise.

The ninth "X-Men" film, which brings stars like Jennifer Lawrence and Michael Fassbender back to their mutant roles matched against new foes played by Oscar Isaac and Olivia Munn, has a 47% rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. But the blockbuster is projected to make about $85 million over the long weekend, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Though "Apocalypse" is on par with the Thursday earning of the most recent X-Men movie, "Days of Future Past" ($8.1 million), Fox is gun-shy to predict a $100 million opening for its latest X-Men flick ("Future Past" opened at over $110 million when it debuted in the US on Memorial Day weekend of 2014).

A big reason for this hesitancy could be the polarizing nature of "Apocalypse." But general audiences are very excited to see the movie, as its preorder sales are close to those of "Future Past," according to Fandango.

alice through looking glass 2 finalOne thing we know: This holiday weekend, a Disney movie will not top the US box office.

Though the studio has been dominating 2016, its latest release, "Alice Through the Looking Glass," looks to be a dud. The movie has a meager 27% on Rotten Tomatoes, and it took in $1.5 million on Thursday for a weekend projection of about $60 million, according to Deadline.

This is just a minor speed bump for Disney, as its titles on deck (particularly "Finding Dory," opening June 17) will put the company right back in the driver's seat.

This Memorial Day weekend will certainly be a better one for Hollywood than last year, when George Clooney's "Tomorrowland" topped the 2015 holiday with a soft $42.7 million.

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Tom Hiddleston is reportedly in 'advanced' talks to be the next James Bond

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With recent reports that Daniel Craig has declined an offer to continue as James Bond, one of the internet's favorites to take over mantle of 007 may be inching closer to actually doing it.

Sources close to British actor Tom Hiddleston told Birth Movies Death that the star is in "advanced talks" to take over the role.

But the source points out that no official offer has been made to Hiddleston yet.

Craig has played Bond for the last four films and has become a major earner for the franchise, as his films brought in over $3 billion worldwide.

Hiddleston has gotten a larger profile thanks to his darkly comedic performance as Loki in the Marvel movies, and more recently showed off his chops in a spy-type role with the AMC miniseries "The Night Manager," in which he plays former British soldier Jonathan Pine from the John le Carré's novel of the same name.

Spectre James Bond Daniel CraigThis is the first news of an actor having serious talks to take over for Craig.

Internet fodder has also bumped up candidates like Idris Elba and Gillian Anderson.

Hiddleston has not made it a secret that he wants the job.

He told The Sunday Times earlier this year, "If it ever came knocking, it would be an extraordinary opportunity. And I’m very aware of the physicality of the job. I would not take it lightly."

Sony, which releases the Bond movies, recently told Business Insider that it has no comment on the reports of Craig not returning for the yet untitled 25th Bond movie.

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24 military movies to watch over Memorial Day weekend

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Few things have the power to transport people like the cinema.

Who can forget Robert Williams' "Good morning, Vietnam" or Marine Corps DI Hartman's memorable quotes?

The following list is of our favorite military movies.

SEE ALSO: An amazing look inside the US Air Force's headquarters in Europe

The Longest Day (1962)

"The Longest Day" tells the story of heroism and loss that marked the Allies' successful completion of the Normandy Landings on D-Day during World War II.

The film stands out due to its attention to detail, as it employed many Axis and Allied D-Day participants as advisers for how to depict the D-Day landings in the movie.



Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)

Based on the exploits of British Army Lieutenant T. E. Lawrence during World War I, "Lawrence of Arabia" tells the story of Lawrence's incredible activities in the Middle East.

The film captures Lawrence's daring, his struggles with the horrific violence of World War I, and the incredible British role in the foundation of the modern Middle East and Saudi Arabia.



The Great Escape (1963)

"The Great Escape" is based on a novel of the same name, which was a nonfiction account of a mass escape from a German prison camp in Poland during World War II. The film follows several British German prisoners of war as they try to escape from the Nazis and make their way back to Allied-controlled territory. 



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Inside the 'Shark Tank' pitch that ended with Kevin O'Leary telling an entrepreneur to 'Get the f— out of here'

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Over the past seven seasons of "Shark Tank," Kevin O'Leary has established himself as the mean, sarcastic investor who either challenges entrepreneurs to better defend their business or else dismisses them as "cockroaches."

But in a pitch featured in last week's Season 7 finale he dropped the shtick, and in a state of being genuinely angry and hurt, called an entrepreneur an a—hole and told him to "Get the f— out of here."

Maneesh Sethi, the founder of consumer electronics company Pavlok, prompted this response when he explained that he had to turn down O'Leary's offer, even after the other Sharks pulled out, not because of its terms but because of O'Leary's personality. "I would take an offer from anybody besides Mr. Wonderful," Sethi said, using O'Leary's nickname.

We got in touch with both O'Leary and Sethi for their insight, now that the pitch has been seen by millions of viewers. O'Leary suggested he kept his emotions around the pitch within the confines of the Tank, and explained that Sethi has a big lesson to learn if he wants to be successful in business. Sethi said that the 11-minute broadcast version of his 45-minute pitch didn't accurately portray him or his company, and he explained that he doesn't regret refusing O'Leary's offer but wishes he had conducted his presentation differently.

In late 2014, a "Shark Tank" producer reached out to Sethi to ask him if he wanted to apply to the show. The producer had noticed Sethi's successful IndieGoGo campaign for the Pavlok wristband, which through either a manual or automatic prompt shocked its wearer when performing a bad habit. Using conclusions from existing research on Pavlovian conditioning, Sethi created it with the intention of linking bad habits with an uncomfortable reaction so that the habit could cease being enjoyable.

pavlokSethi is the brother of bestselling personal finance writer Ramit Sethi and a friend and associate of "The 4-Hour Workweek" author Tim Ferriss, as well as the curator of his own personal development blog Hacking the System. Pavlok grew out of the viral popularity of one of Sethi's productivity experiments from 2012, in which he hired a woman on Craigslist to slap him in the face anytime he went on Facebook when he should have been working.

When he eventually made it to the "Shark Tank" set last September, Sethi was looking for 3.14% equity in his company in exchange for $500,000, giving Pavlok a valuation of $15.9 million.

He told the Sharks that through the sale of some prototypes and then pre-orders of the $200 final product, he had sold $800,000 worth of his wristbands, which were going to ship the next week.

At one point, Mark Cuban asked about what clinical trials Sethi conducted to prove his wristband worked, and when Sethi referred to a pamphlet of research on Pavlovian conditioning from the past few decades, Cuban called him a con artist. The rest of the televised segment highlighted Sethi's most snarky reactions to Cuban's and other's attacks.

"I was caught off guard by how quickly and forcefully Mark turned against us, and that really changed the tone of the pitch," Sethi told Business Insider. "The Sharks became so focused on clinical studies, I couldn't really get a word in edge-wise to tell them about the thousands of success stories our real-life users have had."

Sethi also noted that he worked on a small, eight-person pilot study with the University of Massachusetts Boston on Pavlok's capacity to deter smoking, which he was disappointed didn't earn any mention on the final cut of the show.

The Sharks started arguing among themselves over whether or not the product was viable. At one point, Sethi grabbed his face in frustration and said, "You guys are making me so ADD."

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After some more back and forth, Lori Greiner and Cuban pulled out for lack of what they deemed sufficient evidence, Barbara Corcoran went out because she didn't like the product, and Robert Herjavec didn't make an offer because even though he actually found the product interesting, he couldn't justify the $15.9 million valuation.

O'Leary started his reply by telling Sethi, "You're a combination of spontaneous combustion and ADD. I'm not kidding. It's very difficult to listen to you." But then he told him that he had studied aversion therapy as an undergraduate and found Pavlok to be interesting.

To avoid meeting Sethi's valuation, O'Leary offered the $500,000 as a loan at 7.5% interest for 24 months in exchange for 3.14% equity. Sethi looked wary.

"This is the problem," he said. "Damn. The problem, Mr. Wonderful, is that we're not focused on the money, we're focused more on the habits... Our biggest goal is to break bad habits around the world. Mr. Wonderful, I just can't work with you."

Greiner asked him whether he came on the show not looking for a deal but rather a commercial for his product. Sethi said he did want a deal (and he told us that he wanted a deal with either Greiner or Cuban) and that O'Leary's deal was "actually quite good."

"It's the person," Corcoran offered.

"It's the person," Sethi said. "I feel like — I would take an offer from anybody besides Mr. Wonderful."

"Maneesh?" O'Leary chimed in. "You're an a—hole. Get the f— out of here." Cuban hollered and clapped his hands.

"Oh, well... are you all out?" Sethi asked.

"F— you," O'Leary responded.

kevin o'learyAfter Sethi walked out, O'Leary appeared more hurt than angry, and his fellow investors told him he shouldn't feel bad.

"The second Maneesh made his refusal he was dead to me," O'Leary told us. "Regardless of his opinions about me, I have absolutely no time for anyone who lets their emotions get in the way of their money, which is exactly what Maneesh did."

O'Leary once told Business Insider that the reason he is especially aggressive on the show is to test entrepreneurs, to see if they can handle the pressure. His focus on cash flow is genuinely part of his investing approach, but he often exaggerates this to cartoonish levels for dramatic effect.

Interestingly, Sethi adamantly opposed partnering with O'Leary precisely because of his bully persona in the Tank.

"Going in I knew Kevin was not a great investor fit for our company," Sethi said. "A lot of people don't realize investment partnerships are about way more than money. Business style and vision for the company need to align as well. I was concerned he would prioritize monetary returns over number of habits broken, which is our main [Key Performance Indicator]."

Sethi said that in the nine months since his "Shark Tank" pitch, he's sold a total of 10,000 wristbands and collected more user data. He's also raised more than $275,000 on IndieGoGo for an upcoming Pavlok alarm clock. He said that Pavlok is profitable.

We asked him if he regrets his "Shark Tank appearance. "If I could film the show again, I would have changed my presentation," he said. "But I don't regret turning down the offer."

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This startup connects superfans who are hiding away in isolated corners of the Internet

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When 20th Century Fox paid to take over Snapchat's filters before the release of the movie "X-Men: Apocalypse," some Snapchat users were angered at what felt like an intrusion into their social space. 

But the exact opposite happened when 20th Century Fox launched an app using Victorious' technology.  X-Men superfans flocked to it and found friends in their fandom. 

"While so many companies are so focused on content distribution and views, we’re laser-focused on the experience and the engagement piece beyond consumption. That’s the majority of a fan's time," Sam Rogoway, CEO and cofounder of Victorious, told Business Insider. "Their passion doesn’t die when the view is over or a new video isn’t available."

Victorious helps creators, from YouTube bloggers to brands like 20th Century Fox's X-Men, create apps designed to bring together superfans. Nearly two years after the Santa Monica-based startup launched, the company has produced more than 100 apps, with 15 of them cracking into the top 50 in their respective categories. 

On Tuesday, the company is announcing that it's closed a new $25 million round of fundraising from Marker LLC in New York City and Dentsu Ventures in Japan with participation from its existing investors like Kleiner Perkins and Redpoint Ventures. The company has now raised a total of $50 million to invest in building the fan communities online.

The money will go toward funding Victorious' international expansion and its big quest to learn how to power the communities of super fans. 

"Our audience is global already. It’s not an if, it’s already there," Rogoway said.

The light bulb moment

To be a super fan now, Rogoway says, people have to "hack" the internet to find people who share their passion. 

For example, a 35-year-old accountant might not want to admit they're obsessed with One Direction fanfiction on their Twitter account or even by joining Facebook groups. Finding other fans takes work to find a community, Rogoway said.

The serial entrepreneur stumbled onto the idea for Victorious after Vidcon in 2014. New video stars were mobbed by fans at the show, but after it ended, all of the fans would go back to their own silos of the internet. Some fandoms lived on Tumblr. Many were on Reddit threads. Some people were just following each other on Twitter.

VictoriousThat's when the light bulb moment struck. He realized lot of these new internet stars were young and seemingly hit star status overnight. They didn't have time to amass a cohort of software developers to build an app.

Instead, Victorious created a platform for content creators to create an app where they could engage with fans, but more importantly, where fans could interact with each other.

Rogoway's insight is a sentiment that's been echoed by the creators, too. Ryan Higa, for example, wanted the app to feel bigger than himself, Rogoway explained. The massive popularity that allowed several of Victorious' apps to hit the top of their app store categories isn't driven by how many videos uploads to the app. 

"It's not because creators are posting. Fans are befriending other fans," Rogoway said.

It's not another celebrity app 

While Victorious has built more than 100 apps, the company doesn't see itself as an app developer. Instead, the technology lets creators unlock a community centered around an app, instead of tucked away on Tumblr or only seen through Twitter hashtags. 

"It's never been about apps for us," Rogoway said. "It's about delivering those interactive experiences for fans."

In the last year, the company has doubled down on its vision to be the go-to destination for superfans. Victorious started working with Jason Wilson, an Apple designer and Pinterest's former head of design. It also brought on Instagram's former Head of Product Marketing, Julia Tang, to lead its product marketing. 

The startup is also targeting more than just the digital creator generations. While it launched with big name YouTube stars, the company is working more and more with companies like Fox to build apps like the X-Men one. There are even sports channels like The Lacrosse Network or Fitness Blender.

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"We'll be working with an even more diverse set of creators in the next stage of our company," Rogoway said.

The new funding round will empower the company to focus on accelerating growing to the next stage of the company. Rogoway is in particular bullish on countries like Japan where the company has already seen some earlier success. The next stage for the company will be focusing on how its app can unite superfans around any type of creator, whether it's a Vine star or an emerging artist.

"We’ve always fancied ourselves as a superfan platform, and the fact is that superfans have to hack the internet today to connect with one and other and express themselves," Rogoway said. "We think we’re just scratching the surface on how do you unlock the power of fandoms, and part and parcel with that is giving fans an identity within the community."

 

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The 100 most memorable movie shots from the past 100 years

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Filmmaker Jacob T. Swinney's near 7-minute supercut entitled "100 Years/100 Shotsshowcases the most memorable frames of the last 100 years of cinema.

"While many of these shots are the most recognizable in film history, others are equally iconic in their own right," Swinney wrote on his vimeo page.

"Some shots pioneered a style or defined a genre, while others tested the boundaries of censorship and filmgoer expectations."

We've selected 36 of our favorite shots (and here's the full video):

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"Psycho"



"Breakfast at Tiffany's"






"Lawrence of Arabia"



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How to use Netflix to learn a new language (NFLX)

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Netflix can be a great tool for learning a new language, as can watching foreign movies and TV shows in general. Comparing the subtitles and the audio can help supersize your vocabulary.

But it’s not a perfect system. Let’s say you're an English speaker trying to learn Spanish. You can watch a Spanish movie with English subtitles, and compare the two to learn new words. But there are some words you might not immediately be able to translate from sounds to letters, and these can slip by.

You could also watch a Spanish movie with Spanish subtitles, but then you miss the comparison between English and Spanish. 

Lingvo TV, a new Chrome extension, tries to give you the best of both worlds.

The extension connects to Netflix and your phone (through an app), and lets you translate particular words in a subtitle stream into a different language. This means, in the previous example, you could watch a Spanish movie with Spanish subtitles, but translate certain words into English by tapping them on your phone. You can see the subtitle stream either on your computer (in Netflix) or on your phone (through the Lingvo TV app).

Lingvo TV is perfect if you are trying to push yourself for a more immersive language experience, while still building your vocabulary.

Here is what that the stream on your phone looks like (this is translating from English to Spanish, as if I were a Spanish speaker learning English):

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To start, all you have to do is install the Lingvo TV extension on your browser, fire up a Netflix movie or show, and then input the code it gives you on your phone (in the web app). Simple. 

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Check out Lingvo TV at its website, or its Product Hunt page.

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