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The unglamorous summer jobs 21 successful people had before they made it big

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Even very successful people have to start somewhere.

And for a lot of them, "somewhere" was a summer job.

For some, those high school and college gigs were obvious steps toward incredible careers. For others, the path from summer job to success was a little more winding.

Regardless of the job done, these successful people prove summer jobs are universal in that they usually teach the value of hard work and responsibility.

We combed through interviews with business leaders, political leaders, artists, and tech stars to figure out what some of America's most successful people did over their summer vacations when they were younger.

Rachel Sugar contributed to an earlier version of this article. 

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates served as a Congressional page

Already an accomplished computer programmer — he'd started at 13 — a young Bill Gates spent the summer of 1972 working in Washington, DC, as a Congressional page, according to CNN's timeline. 

At Inc., Bill Murphy, Jr. speculates that this might have shaped Gates more than one might guess. "It wouldn't seem to have much to do with starting Microsoft," he says, but "it could have sparked an interest in public policy that led him to launch the Gates Foundation."

 



Hillary Clinton had a brief career gutting fish.

On summer break from Yale Law School, the former New York Senator and current presidential hopeful got a job at an Alaskan fish-processing plant scooping out fish guts.

"They were purple and black and yucky looking," she told the New York Times. She had a lot of questions about the condition of the fish — too many, according the plant's owner, who fired her within a week. 

She was undaunted by the experience. "I found another job," she said.



President Barack Obama scooped ice cream

Even the leader of the free world once had an unglamorous summer job.

As a teenager growing up in Honolulu, Obama got his first gig working the counter at Baskin-Robbins, Time reports.

"Scooping ice cream is tougher than it looks," Obama wrote on LinkedIn. "Rows and rows of rock-hard ice cream can be brutal on the wrists."

Though he admitted he was "less interested in what the job meant for my future and more concerned about what it meant for my jump shot" at the time, Obama said the job ultimately taught him valuable lessons about responsibility, hard work, and how to balance a job with friends, family, and school.

 



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12 incredibly mesmerizing photos of Tokyo taken by an award-winning video game designer

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For art director and photographer Liam Wong, the streets of Tokyo at night are mesmerizing, like the "cyberpunk world" in the 1982 blockbuster "Blade Runner." Wong, who currently serves as graphic design director at video game developer Ubisoft, was inspired to photograph Japan's capital city during a recent trip there. 

"I was bewitched by how the city lit up, and I just kept taking picture after picture," he told Business Insider.

Influenced by his background in video games, Wong made mesmerizing, technicolor images of Tokyo, depicting it in a way it's never been seen before. Keep scrolling to see them.

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Wong spent several weeks in Tokyo. At first, he stayed on the main path, venturing only to classic tourists spots.



"Then one night it rained, and the city came to life," he said.



"I got lost in the beauty of Tokyo at night ... visiting as many areas of the city as I could," he said.



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Netflix reveals which shows you are most likely to binge-watch (NFLX)

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Netflix is notoriously secretive about its data, but it knows a ton about how and what you binge-watch.

On Wednesday, Netflix released an analysis of which shows you tend to binge quickly, and which you tend to "savor" (watch more slowly, defined as less than 2 hours per day). Netflix's data analysts looked at over 100 Netflix originals (and second-run shows) that its users had finished watching, to try and figure out if there were any broad patterns that emerged.

They found that people tended to burn through "high energy narratives." These include dramatic comedies, sci-fi, action & adventure, horror or thrillers. On the other side, people took more time with "thought-provoking dramas" (political, superhero, crime, or historical), and irreverent comedies.

"BoJack Horseman," an animated show that satirizes Hollywood and celebrity worship, and is Netflix CEO Reed Hastings' favorite Netflix original, was the show people took the most time with. "The Fall," a gritty serial-killer thriller, was "devoured" at the highest rate.

Netflix found that episode length had no effect on how fast a show was consumed, and that on average, people completed a show in just six days.

Here is an infographic Netflix made describing the "Binge Scale":

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The canceled 'Nashville' may have just found a new home

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Former ABC series "Nashville" may have found a new home.

Lionsgate TV, the production studio behind the soapy country-music drama, is in talks with CMT for a pickup of season five, according to Deadline.

The studio hadn't given up on the show. After ABC canceled it, Lionsgate television group chairman Kevin Beggs wrote to employees, "We’re looking for a new home. We never give up on a great show."

Why is the studio trying so hard to bring back "Nashville"? With four seasons on ABC, a fifth season would make it ripe for syndication. That means years of profits for the studio and residual checks for its cast.

CMT had no comment. Representatives for Lionsgate TV didn't immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.

Despite its cult audience, "Nashville" had long been on the bubble for cancellation at ABC. Season four averaged just 4.2 million viewers and did poorly in the demographic most important to advertisers, viewers between the ages of 18 and 49 years old.

The series starred Connie Britton as Rayna James, an aging country-music star faced with the competition of up-and-coming singer Juliette Barnes (Hayden Panettiere).

If Lionsgate TV pulls this off, it wouldn't be the first series to jump networks after being canceled this year. CBS canceled "Supergirl," because it felt its ratings didn't justify the cost of making the series. It got another shot at CBS's sister network, The CW.

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Here's how much everyone working on a blockbuster movie gets paid

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It takes almost a small village to make a big-budget summer movie, from the hundreds on set to the small clusters of CGI artists, sometimes spread out all over the world, who work on the special effects.

And though all of them put in a lot of hours, the pay for most of them can seem surprisingly slight.

To point that out, Vanity Fair created a credit role to a fake $200 million movie to show the take-home pay each person on a movie of that size roughly gets.

It should be noted that many of these are based on average union rates, so though it lists in the video below that a director on a project of this size earns $4 million, we assure you the J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielbergs of the world get a lot more than that.

But it is startling to see some of the below-the-line wages: costume designer, just $315,000; second assistant director, $126,815; stuntman who is put on fire, $7,503.

These might sound like big paydays, but most often these crew members are on set for six months to a year, and unless they have a lot of contacts in the business, it might be another year until they get work again.

Watch the video with all the credit pay amounts and see some of the figures below:

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Director: $4 million



Executive producer: $1.1 million



Writer: $3.25 million



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Dana Carvey does amazing impressions of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders

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Dana Carvey still has it.

The former "Saturday Night Live" star appeared Tuesday night on TBS's "Conan" and got roped into doing his impersonations of this year's presidential election candidates.

Host Conan O'Brien wondered how Carvey was going to evolve his impersonation of Donald Trump in light of this year's presidential race.

"If he starts World War III, we'll be in our bunkers, and he'll still be selling us on closed-captioned TV," Carvey said, before throwing himself into a hilarious impersonation of the real-estate mogul.

"I do him very feminine, I don't know why," Carvey added before launching into an impression of Trump getting a manicure.

Before he got into his Bernie Sanders impression, Carvey explained the key to impersonating the Democrat.

"Because of first impressions, I try to think about how you can teach people," he explained. "What I discovered about him was that he talks in three- to four-word increments."

And how about Hillary Clinton? Carvey was more interested in impersonating her husband.

"Hillary, to me, is the little engine that could, never gets tired," he said, before explaining that he always pictures her husband Bill Clinton in her ear. 

"I feel like Bill is back there all the time, because Bill is the master," he said.

Watch Carvey's election impressions below.

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Tom Hiddleston says 'your guess is as good as mine' about being the next James Bond

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With Tom Hiddleston fever at an all-time high following reports that the actor is having “advanced” talks to be the next James Bond, Hiddleston calmed everyone down when the question came up at Wizard World Comic Con over the weekend.

"I’m sorry to disappoint you, everybody,” the Brit told the audience. “I don’t think that announcement is coming. There’s not much that I can say that I haven’t already said, your guess is as good as mine, to be honest.”

We should note that though there have been reports that current Bond, Daniel Craig, has turned down $100 million to be in two more 007 movies, the actor has not officially commented at all.

So you can look at it two ways: The producers of the Bond movies began talking to Hiddleston to lure Craig back to the negotiation table, or Hiddleston is being his charming self and deflecting all talk until he signs a contract to be the next Bond.

Here are Hiddleston’s comments in full:

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Hugh Hefner's son reacts to the sale of the Playboy Mansion

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Playboy Enterprises just announced that billionaire Hostess owner Dean Metropoulos will purchase the Playboy Mansion, which was previously listed for $200 million. 

The company made the announcement that the Mansion would be hitting the market earlier this year. In February, Hugh Hefner's 24-year-old son Cooper dropped by Business Insider to share his reaction to the announcement, as well as his candid feelings about the state of the Playboy Brand. 

Hefner is the Chief Creative Officer of Hop, a digital multimedia company that launched earlier this year. 

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A 61-year-old Oscar winner is getting insanely buff for a superhero movie — and the internet's going crazy

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Actor J.K. Simmons has been best-known throughout his career as a character actor who can seep into any role. His stock rose in 2015 when he won the best supporting actor Oscar for his incredible performance as the psychotically driven music instructor, Fletcher, in "Whiplash."

But now the 61-year-old is the latest internet meme thanks to his pecs. 

Pictures of Simmons working out have shown up on Instagram and let's just say the actor is focused.

Here's a sample:

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Simmons is currently filming the next big D.C. Comics movie, "Justice League," in which he's playing Commissioner Gordon. A role you'd think he wouldn't need to be in superhero shape for, but maybe Jim is going to get more action in this movie.

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Celebrities rejoice on social media as Hillary Clinton makes history

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Hillary Clinton has "reached a milestone," and many celebrities couldn't be happier.

Clinton made history Tuesday night when she became the first female presumptive presidential nominee.

Stars such as Amy Schumer, Josh Gad, Lindsay Lohan, and Mia Farrow took to Twitter and Instagram to congratulate Clinton and voice that they're "with her."

Read what other celebrities had to say about Clinton's historical moment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you @hillaryclinton for showing my daughters they are capable of anything #imwithher

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@hillaryclinton #historytonightforallwomen #hilary2016 #lindsaylohan #goalNo8 #next

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"We are all standing under a glass ceiling right now!" #historyhasbeenmade @hillaryclinton #imwithher

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 And then there's Lady Gaga being very true to herself...

 

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This chart shows the staggering amount of original content Netflix produces compared to its rivals (NFLX)

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It's no secret that Netflix believes that ramping up the production of original shows and movies is the key to its success, especially internationally.

The company has said it will release a whopping 31 scripted shows this year, and it's gotten good at making them (by some measures it's producing better shows than HBO).

But sometimes it's worthwhile to have a reminder of just how much Netflix crushes its competition in terms of numbers of originals released. 

A recent analyst note from Morgan Stanley put things into perspective. The numbers are as of mid-April, but the point still stands. Here is the chart:

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Sorry Twitch: Facebook is about to become the best place to stream video games (FB, AMZN)

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Say what you will about people watching other people play video games live. The numbers don't lie. 

  • 1.7 million people broadcast game streams every month on the largest streaming game service, Twitch, according to data from 2015.
  • An average 100 million people tune in to those streams. For comparison, there are just over 40 million PlayStation 4 consoles in the wild.
  • Amazon thought Twitch was impressive enough that it bought the company for just shy of $1 billion back in 2014.

Twitch is available on every game console, to either watch games played or to broadcast your own. It's available on phones, tablets, computers, and set-top boxes like the Apple TV. It's the standard broadcast network of eSports tournaments the world over. As an added bonus, it's got the might of Amazon behind it. Who could challenge that?

Who indeed:

Mark Zuckerberg

Nearly one quarter of the Earth's human population, 1.6 billion people, are Facebook users. When the company makes even a small change to its service — The Social Network — it can be tremendously impactful. 

In the case of Facebook Live, a tool that enables any Facebook user to instantly live stream their life from their phone, Facebook made a huge change. Suddenly, there are notifications from friends, publications, celebrities, and anyone else you're connected to on Facebook (there's a way to turn that off). They're somewhere! Doing something! Right now! And you can watch it — live!

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On Monday, Facebook announced a partnership with Blizzard Entertainment: All of Blizzard's games, from "World of Warcraft" to "Diablo 3" to "Hearthstone" to "Overwatch" will be instantly streamable — live! — on Facebook Live.

You push a "Go Live!" button, there's a short countdown (3....2....1), and you're off to the races, livestreaming your game directly to Facebook in high-resolution. It's easy to imagine just such a future on everything from your iPhone to that PlayStation 4 in the living room.

Facebook agrees.

"Imagine every game that people are playing, regardless of platform, they have the opportunity to do one-button 'Go Live' to Facebook. That would be pretty awesome!" Facebook's director of games partnerships, Leo Olebe, told Tech Insider in an interview on Tuesday morning. 

So we pushed. Is Facebook making that concept a reality?

"Yes, yes. It is," he said. "Gamers are everywhere. They're on every different device, they're playing any time, and we want to be where gamers are."

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Olebe is responsible for the recently-announced partnership with Blizzard Entertainment, and says he and his team are "talking to developers just about every day."

What Facebook's doing with Blizzard is the first truly easy solution for streaming games directly to the largest social network in the world, and it's a relatively quick rollout when viewed in the context of Facebook's larger Live push.

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Facebook Live initially went public last summer, but only for "Public Figures" (like Beyoncé and Mark Zuckerberg). Private citizens — normal people like you and me and Chewbacca Mom — only got access in January 2016. Even then, it was still limited to "Point your phone at something and make a video. Live!"

But then Facebook did something very smart: It released what are called "APIs," which are a means for more professional production to be broadcast on Facebook. Suddenly you've got publications like, say, Tech Insider, figuring out how to stream video games directly to Facebook. 

Our setup requires a game capture box, an expensive piece of software, several cameras, mics, and lights, dozens of wires and adapters, an audio mixing board, and someone with experience operating a live internet broadcast (preferably). 

If you're a normal person who doesn't work at a large publication, it's a big hassle. That hassle is something Olebe wants Facebook to solve.

"If we can make it easier — democratize, if you will — the ability for people to go live on Facebook, that's a great thing," he said. "We're working on tools and products and services internally to really enhance Live, and we're working on those things with [game] developers and publishers from around the world."

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On the PlayStation 4, there's a button on the front of the controller that says "Share." When you push it, you're whisked to a screen that asks you where you'd like to share your games. Perhaps you'd like to upload a clip to Facebook? Perhaps you'd like to livestream a game directly to Twitch or YouTube? 

There is no such option for Facebook Live. Nor does such an option exist with iPhone games, or PC games. And that's exactly what Facebook will need to solve if it wants to court the hundreds of millions of people watching and streaming games. 

Olebe knows that, and sympathizes with the current situation. He insists on the importance of getting the product out, getting feedback, iterating based on that feedback, and growing. Here's the long-term view, from Olebe himself:

It's absolutely in our interest, and yes, the Blizzard partnership is a step down this road, to make it as easy as possible. If you're going live from your mobile phone, you go on your Facebook page and you hit "Go Live." And it's like 3, 2, 1 and you're now live. There is a future where you have that similar type of experience but for gameplay. And so in this case, the implementation isn't live yet, but they're literally inputting a "Go Live" button into Battle.net and into Blizzard games. So you'll be playing "Overwatch," and you'll be able to just hit the "Go Live" button and it'll go live to your Facebook feed because you've used Facebook Login — you've connected your Facebook account — and now you hit the "Go Live" button and — boom! — your gameplay is being streamed to Facebook.

With 1.6 billion users, the best video player on the internet, and a partnership with one of the world's most successful game studios, Facebook is sending a direct message to Amazon's Twitch: Watch out

Olebe repeatedly reminded me during the interview that Facebook already commands an audience of "650 million people," who are "either playing games on Facebook or with Facebook." The number includes people playing Facebook-based games, as well as the millions of people connecting to Facebook using the Login service, which lets you use your Facebook account to sign into services and games ranging from the world's most popular game console (the PlayStation 4) to one of the world's most popular games ("League of Legends"). 

Can Facebook turn all of those 650 million people into livestream video game watchers? Perhaps, but even if Facebook can't, a fraction of that number could easily best the existing heavy: Twitch. Olebe wouldn't tell us when its "Go Live" functionality will arrive in Blizzard's games (let alone on something like the PlayStation 4), but at the rate Facebook is already moving on live video, expect live video games to invade your social feed more and more as the year goes on.

You might be watching or, better yet, streaming your own games before you know it. That's the whole point!

As Olebe told us, "The idea that Facebook can be a place where people share the games that they love is, in my mind, a pretty compelling thing."

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21 romantic movies you can watch on Netflix right now

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You can't beat a great love story.

That was proven, once more, this past weekend when the Emilia Clarke-starrer "Me Before You" earned an impressive $18.2 million at the box office, exceeding all expectations.

The mixture of pleasant weather outside and falling in love can be quite a potent combination, so we thought we'd help out those who are smitten with a list of the best romance movies on Netflix.

From classics like "Sixteen Candles" and "The Princess Bride" to those unique love stories you probably haven't caught like "Beyond the Lights" and "Meet the Patels," here are 21 titles you can watch right now.  

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1. "13 Going on 30"

Jenna (Jennifer Garner) wants to be "thirty, flirty, and thriving," and realizes once she magically becomes 30 that her boyhood best friend (played by Mark Ruffalo) grew up to be hot.



2. "Adventureland"

Before starting the rest of his life, college grad James (Jesse Eisenberg) works a summer job and puts the moves on Kirsten Stewart. 



3. "Amelie"

A lonely Parisian (Audrey Tautou) with a creative mind is in search for love. A garden gnome also has one hell of a trip. 



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13 shows people binge-watch the fastest on Netflix

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Tuesday, Netflix released a study saying it knows which shows viewers are most likely to binge-watch.

The reveal came as a bit of a surprise since the streaming service is particularly secretive when it comes to releasing data about shows and movies watched on the platform.

In a press release, Netflix broke down the way people view shows into two categories — those they "savor" and view over a period of time and those they "devour," or binge-watch for more than two hours per day.

What falls into the latter category? According to Netflix, fans are more likely to breeze through thrillers and horror series. Keep reading to see the 13 shows Netflix says viewers binge-watch the fastest, in no particular order.

"Bates Motel"

The A&E prequel series to "Psycho" follows a young Norman Bates and his mother leading up to the movie's events. A fifth season is set for 2017.



"Breaking Bad"

AMC may have been the home of the critically acclaimed series which saw Walter White go from a teacher to drug lord in five seasons, but the show often gets praise for getting popular on the streaming site first.

When the series won its first Emmy for best drama series, creator Vince Gilligan credited the show's popularity on Netflix with keeping "Breaking Bad" on air.



"Dexter"

The Showtime series, which followed a serial killer who only murders other guilty people, ended with a controversial finale after six seasons.



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Leonardo DiCaprio is being considered to play a Muslim poet, and people are outraged

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The screenwriter of "Gladiator," David Franzoni, is beginning work on a biopic about 13th-century Muslim poet Jalaluddin al-Rumi, and his idea for who could play the role is not going over well with people.

According to The Guardian, Leonardo DiCaprio is his first choice to play Rumi. He also mentioned Robert Downey Jr. for the role of Shams Tabrizi, spiritual instructor of Rumi.

Though Franzoni and the film's producer, Stephen Joel Brown, say casting is still far off, Brown points out that these A-list names are the "level of casting we're taking about."

But early rumblings of Oscar winner DiCaprio potentially playing Rumi have caused many on the internet to call out the project as the latest example of Hollywood whitewashing. Critics are using the hashtag #RumiWasntWhite.

The film will focus on Rumi's teachings and his encounter with Shams, according to The Guardian story, but it looks like casting will be a major hurdle. With audiences being more vocal than ever about the authenticity of casting, Franzoni and Brown will need to tread lightly to make sure the project doesn't become another "Exodus: Gods and Kings" or "Gods of Egypt." In both of those films, the cast was predominately made up of Europeans.

Both movies ended up being box-office busts. 

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Why Kerry Washington says she was fired from 2 shows before 'Scandal'

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Kerry Washington is on one of the most popular shows on television right now, but she revealed that she lost a couple chances at stardom because she didn't fit a stereotype.

“Before ‘Scandal,’ I was actually cast in two other pilots. Both went to series, but I was fired and recast,” Washington told Aziz Ansari in Variety's "Actors on Actors" video series. “For both, it was because they wanted me to sound more ‘girlfriend,’ more like ‘hood,’ more ‘urban.'”

Washington then added that friends of hers have told her they were tired of "gayface," which she explained was "the gay version of blackface, like come in and be more effeminate."

Ansari knows exactly what Washington is talking about. The "Master of None" creator and star has been very outspoken about the discrimination he has experienced in his career.

“It’s interesting, like every person that’s not a straight, white guy has their version of this,” Ansari said. 

He then explained how it feels when he arrives to an audition to see a lot of other Indian men auditioning for hte same role.

"You just start feeling like, ‘Oh I’m not here [for me], I’m here because I fit what looks like the person they want in here,"' Ansari explained.

Watch Washington and Ansari discuss Hollywood stereotyping below:

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Reality TV shows have figured out a genius new way to make money off their stars

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Networks have found a new way to make money off their reality shows. They're taking a piece of their stars' businesses.

Once upon a time, networks could produce reality shows cheaply by paying talent very low salaries or nothing at all.

Many stars took these low salaries, because they knew that the shows were a great place to promote themselves, the charities they support, their businesses, as well as launch and promote new businesses to millions of potential customers.

But the TV networks have caught on, and now they want a piece of the pie. 

"Networks are asking for pieces of our clients' business," a reality TV agent recently told Business Insider under condition of anonymity.

In one case, the agent turned down a network's request and it responded by saying it would ban his client's products on the show. In the end, the agent worked out a deal with the network that gave them a cut of the products' profits, but only while the show was on the air.

Bethenny Frankel"Real Housewives of New York" star Bethenny Frankel may be the one to blame for this contractual twist. She is the poster child for parlaying reality-show fame into business success. She developed her Skinnygirl product line while starring on the Bravo show.

Frankel made a very effective demand before signing on to the first season of the show in 2008, for which she was paid only $7,250.

"My only thing I wanted in my contract was everything I did in my work was mine," Frankel previously told Business Insider. "I was like Tina Turner. I own everything. I just want my name."

That later paid off for her when she sold the cocktail part of her business for a reported $100 million. According to Frankel, her success gave rise to the "Bethenny Clause," in which networks ask for a portion of someone's business when they sign on for a reality show.

But networks are becoming increasingly greedy about having some skin in the game, and the price of reality-TV fame is ever-evolving as a result.

"They used to just ask for a percentage of the whole business and now they ask for incremental upticks," he said. "So they say, you have to submit to us the records for the past couple years for how much your business has brought in, and then they calculate after the TV show’s on the air. If it goes up a certain huge percentage, they will then take a percentage of that difference."

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Matt Damon returns in the new 'Jason Bourne' trailer to save summer movies

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The summer movie season is in a funk at the moment, with recent titles like "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows" and "X-Men: Apocalypse" underperforming. So there's a need for a franchise to step up and prove its worth. 

Though "Finding Dory" will bring some light, on the action end you may have to wait until the end of July for a satisfying experience when Matt Damon returns to the Bourne franchise with "Jason Bourne" (in theaters July 29).

The latest trailer shows that Damon will be kicking some major butt. Hollywood hopes that will lead to a late-summer rebound at the box office.

Watch the trailer here:

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The original 'Ghostbusters' cast reunited and shared their favorite memories of the movie

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The "Ghostbusters" cast members were once the most enviable stars in comedy.

Over 30 years later, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Ernie Hudson got together again, along with costar Annie Potts and the cast of the new all-female "Ghostbusters," including Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones, and Kristen Wiig. (Harold Ramis, one of the original Ghostbusters, died in 2014.)

The actors danced on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" as Ray Parker Jr. played the "Ghostbusters" theme song.

The lesson is: Bill Murray's dancing is a sight to behold.

The two casts also reminisced about their first "Ghostbusters" experiences, including everyone's favorite, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.

 

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