Since “The Big Lebowski” became a cult hit and one of the most quotable movies for a generation, people have naturally wondered if there will ever be a sequel.

The writers/directors behind the 1998 comedy classic, Joel and Ethan Coen, aren't the type to make a sequel. But that doesn’t mean they wouldn’t pass the reins to a worthy filmmaker.

The brothers did just that when Noah Hawley wanted to make their movie “Fargo” into a TV series (the Coen brothers are executive producers but have little creative input on the FX show), and the same goes for actor John Turturro’s interest in making a spiritual sequel to “Lebwoski,” focusing on his character in the movie, Jesus.

Turturro has been trying to get the project off the ground for years and recently told The Hollywood Reporter that though the project is in “a very complicated legal situation” that he can’t get into, the project isn’t dead.

If the project does go forward, according to Turturro, the Coens won't direct, but it would “be something they would support with me.”

Business Insider brought up the latest news about a “Lebowski” sequel to The Dude himself, Jeff Bridges, while he was doing press for his next movie, “Hell or High Water” (opening August 12).

“I’ve heard that for years, John saying that,” Bridges told Business Insider. “I think it’s a great idea.”

And would he reprise his iconic role if called upon?

“Yeah, it might be fun playing a little cameo as The Dude.”

But Bridges has his own idea for a sequel.

“I’m hoping they make a little Lebowski [sequel] because it’s all set up,” he said. “I impregnated Maude [Julianne Moore]. As The Stranger [Sam Elliott] says, ‘There’s a little Lebowski on the way,’ you know?”

So whether it’s a sequel about Jesus or the Lebowski offspring, it’s good to know that Bridges is up for whatever — assuming whatever actually happens. The Dude always does abide.

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Harry Potter fans have yet another reason to rejoice.

With the arrival of J.K Rowling's newest addition to the "Harry Potter" series — the "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" play and accompanying book — comes another opportunity for kids to learn valuable life skills.

Apart from the facts that the "Harry Potter" series has reached more people than any other book series in history and inspired an entire generation to read, Adam Grant, a professor of managementat Wharton and author of "Originals," tells Business Insider that J.K. Rowling is perhaps the most influential person alive because of what her books teach kids: originality and morality.

When Business Insider spoke to Grant, who has a Ph.D. in organizational psychology, earlier this year, he said:

"There's a good deal of evidence that we can predict the innovation rates in a culture — even something as specific as patent rates — by looking at children's literature. Countries that end up innovating 20 to 30 years later are the ones where kids are reading about unique accomplishments — where childhood role models in stories do things that have never been done before.

"And there's a lot of originality in the 'Harry Potter' stories: The way to get to Hogwarts, all of the different ideas about how to cast spells, children being the individuals who are responsible for saving adults — all of that is setting a standard for saying, 'I want to do something new.'"

Grant also points to research that suggests the books could teach kids how to be more empathetic and less prejudiced.

"As you learn about muggles and how they're looked down upon by wizards, you actually generalize that to other groups and say, 'You know, maybe we should not stereotype people or discriminate against them based on something they have no control over whatsoever,'" Grant explains.

"Ms. Rowling, the world would be a better place if you kept writing Harry Potter books," he writes on Quora. Thankfully, she seems to be taking that advice to heart.

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Justin Bieber rejected the Republican National Convention.

TMZ reports that the singer was offered $5 million by the RNC to perform at the convention nominating Donald Trump as the Republican candidate for president.

But Bieber ultimately turned down the offer, after his manager considered quitting over the potential gig and LeBron James urged Bieber to stay away from the convention, according to the site.

It would've been a windfall for an apparent 45-minute show, and according to TMZ's sources connected to CAA (Bieber's talent agency), the promoter for the event assured Bieber's team the performance was "not political." But Bieber's manager Scooter Braun and CAA felt differently.

Braun is a supporter of Hillary Clinton and reportedly said he would quit if Bieber did the show, as he believed "the GOP was using Bieber as its tool."

TMZ also reports that Bieber's team got in touch with LeBron James after being told the NBA star would show up at the RNC in Cleveland, but James' representatives said he would not be attending and suggested Bieber also not attend.

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We already know Lady Gaga is a master of covers. We're still waiting on a David Bowie cover album.

But Mother Monster proved her repetoire includes other classic artists: The Beatles, Neil Young, Charlie Chaplin, and more.

While Katy Perry performed "Rise" at the Democratic National Convention, Gaga performed at the "Camden Rising" concert for DNC delegates in Camden, New Jersey. The event was free and invite-only. Press was not allowed, but thankfully for our listening pleasure, attendees filmed Gaga's rockin' performances.

See Gaga jam at the piano while masterfully covering The Beatles' "Come Together."

Gaga covered another legend, performing Neil Young's "Old Man."

She covered fellow pop diva Cher's "Bang Bang."

She also sang Charlie Chaplin's "Smile."

And Gaga took on Edith Piaf's classic "La Vie en Rose."

Gaga made a patriotic move and sang Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land."

And she also went political with Phil Ochs' "The War Is Over."

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Gwyneth Paltrow's lifestyle brand, Goop, is often the butt of jokes.

Paltrow was once mocked for exalting the wonders of a $200 smoothie with magical dust. The expensive and impractical nature of her recommendations for diet, décor, and clothing are routinely made fun of.

Now, Paltrow acknowledges that her involvement is holding back the brand.

The Guardian reports that she plans to eventually distance her famous face and name from the brand. Paltrow believes that Goop will prosper more when she's not there.

"In order to build the brand I want to build, its scalability is limited if I connect to it," she said at the 2016 Sage Summit in Chicago, according to The Guardian.

"So I always think: 'How can I grow the brand? How can I separate myself from the brand?' and I think it's going to be more its own brand," she said.

Further, she said that "my dream is that one day no one will remember that I had anything to do with it."

Which leads to two questions: If Goop wasn't so inherently linked to Paltrow, then would we be so inclined to mock it, or would it just be another lifestyle brand hawking expensive products for the very wealthy? Would it fare better?

After all, young consumers are willing to spend a large component of their respective incomes on fitness-related experiences — they're into health and wellness, too, but not dieting!

And, arguably, removing a celebrity from a brand should make it more relatable. But the question is if Goop's entire branding is so out of touch with consumers' demands, Paltrow aside.

Consumers today crave authenticity. It's why we've seen Instagram stars have become the new faces of marketing campaigns, why the Photoshop-free lingerie brand Aerie has thrived, and why the body-positivity movement — one that doesn't appear to endorse expensive juice cleanses — has come to dominance.

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If you've heard anything about "Stranger Things," it's that Netflix's latest show makes some interesting references. Actually, a lot.

The series that's been called a "Frankenstein’s monster of '80s influences" includes nods to, among many others, "Alien," "Firestarter," "The Goonies," and most of all "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial."

To see just how often "Stranger Things" tips its hat to the sci-fi, horror, and fantasy classics before it, watch the video Ulysse Thevenon edited together on Vimeo. His supercut doesn't include every scene from the series' eight episodes, nor does it feature every tiny reference, but it has the major moments that any good fan should know. And it's of course set to the ultra-'80s opening theme by Austin synth band Survive.

Get ready to see a lot of Steven Spielberg.

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First and foremost, "Stranger Things" loves "E.T." Pretty much any time it uses flashlights recalls Spielberg's classic.

Again, "E.T." gets a lot of shout-outs.

The creepy terror in "Stranger Things" is right out of "Alien."

Last week, Brooklyn-based Nick Johnson, who happens to be a friend of mine, publicly declared himself to be the first Pokémon Go player to catch all of the 142 Pokémon that we know are available in the US.

According to the original video games that Pokémon Go is based on, there are 151 total monsters. We know that there are 142 you can catch in the US, six rare Pokémon that are currently unaccounted for, plus three more exclusive to certain international regions.

That's why Johnson is taking a Pokémon journey around the world, so he can catch those three regionally exclusive monsters and complete his collection — with a free trip sponsored by Marriott Rewards and Expedia.

First, Johnson and his girlfriend will fly to Paris on Friday evening, with flights covered by Expedia, to catch Europe's exclusive Mr. Mime. A day later, they'll take off for Hong Kong in search of Farfetch'd, and then a day after that it's off to Sydney for two days to catch Australia's Kangaskhan.

Johnson says that he's going to be relying on each city's local Pokémon Go player community to point him toward each missing monster. While hunting for new Pokémon, he prefers not to use popular mapping tools like PokéVision.

"I will be scouring Reddit on my flight over and have a battle plan by the time I get there," Johnson told Business Insider. "I will travel across the land, searching far and wide. Basically."

Then, with his Pokémon collection complete (or at least as complete as possible), the couple will fly to Tokyo for a few days for a victory lap and some vacation time.

Marriott Rewards is covering the hotels in each city, and he'll be staying in style: the Renaissance Paris Arc de Triomphe, the Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View, Pier One Sydney Harbour, and the Tokyo Marriott Hotel.

At each stop, Johnson will be writing for Expedia's Viewfinder blog and doing media interviews. He says he'll also be sharing updates on his trip on Twitter and Snapchat. Here's his Snapchat QR code if you want to follow along:

Poké-celebrity

Johnson says that his Pokémon Go mastery has also made him something of a celebrity — he's been doing TV and newspaper interviews, including an appearance on "Good Morning America." An impressed Uber driver insisted on taking a selfie with Johnson so he could show his child.

Still, he says, the chance to go around the world and catch Pokémon is the craziest thing yet to happen.

"I get to travel the world and catch Pokémon!" Johnson exclaimed.

His company, tech startup Applico, is also enjoying the attention that Johnson's achievement has brought: Johnson did an interview with CBS New York at the office and gave a presentation on Pokémon Go at a company-sponsored event.

"We're a platform innovation company. We help build and scale platform businesses," Johnson said. "So my interest in the game is a natural extension of the work I do at Applico. And everything I've learned about these kinds of games while catching 'em all will directly translate to our work with clients."

In other words, Johnson didn't have any trouble getting time off for this adventure.

"At Expedia we are deeply passionate about travel and love how it has inspired Nick and players from all around the world to explore new places as they capture Pokémon. We're so happy to partner with Nick as he travels from continent to continent in his relentless effort to capture Mr. Mime, Farfetch'd and Kangaskhan," an Expedia spokesperson said.

"Marriott Rewards is all about empowering our members to pursue their passions, so we’re excited to help Nick as he travels to Paris, Hong Kong, Sydney, and Tokyo in search of the last remaining Pokemon while connecting with travelers around the world who share his passion for the game," says a Marriott Rewards spokesperson.

As for those final six rare Pokémon that nobody can find, Pokémon Go developer Niantic recently hinted that they could be coming soon and might have something to do with the three teams that players choose early in the game.

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There has been no shortage of stories of what actors did on the set of "Suicide Squad" — from Jared Leto's disturbing "gifts" to Margot Robbie giving tattoos— but the latest one is still pretty bizarre.

In an interview for the UK magazine Empire, as reported by Yahoo, actor Jai Courtney, who plays Captain Boomerang in the movie, said that on a Skype call with director David Ayer about the role he was on drugs and put out cigarettes on his arms.

"That night I happened to eat some mushrooms," he is quoted as saying, "and I did self-inflict some burns."

The story ran wild on the internet as another example of the wild antics by the actors to prepare for their "Suicide Squad" characters — insane villains from the DC Comics world who are brought together to combat a greater evil.

But while talking to Business Insider on Friday, Courtney tried to clear the air about the comments.

"I've heard so many versions of that story," Courtney said. "It's just a silly thing when s--- gets misconstrued."

When asked if it was a case of joking around with a reporter, he said, "Yeah, I was f---ing around a little. But then that's me having to learn when to put the brakes on because, when a conversation turns into print, it's a little harder to grasp the concept."

So he didn't go to the length of getting high and putting out cigarettes to get the part?

"No. I would never do that," Courtney said.

Yet the stories about Ayer having the cast do exercises leading up to filming — like hitting one another and enduring police interrogations — are true, and Courtney believes that they did elevate everyone's performance.

"It's not like he's complicating anything with this stuff," he said. "It's fueling. It's fanning the fire. It's a really cool way to shake up the usual pattern of preparation for a job."

We'll see if audiences agree when "Suicide Squad" opens in theaters on August 5.

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You might've heard that there's a presidential election going on, and it's taking a toll on plenty of people's mental health. Really.

So it might be time to imagine another political world — a fake one.

Barack Obama might be our first black US president, and Hillary Clinton the first female nominee for president from a major party, but they're hardly firsts in fiction.

We've put together a list of the most popular on-screen commanders in chief to get you through the election.

To help us in our search, we consulted The Credits, which surveyed 501 voters on their favorite fictional presidents.

If you're not happy with the election outcome, we recommend checking in with one of these reigning officers.

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12. GEENA DAVIS: "Commander in Chief" (2005-2006)

Davis proved that if a guy could be president, so could a woman.

She played President Mackenzie Allen on ABC's short-lived "Commander in Chief."

11. ANTHONY HOPKINS played two presidents two years apart in 'Nixon' and 'Amistad' (1995 and 1997)

Hopkins may not look like Nixon, but he mastered the 37th president's mannerisms.

Two years later, he played John Quincy Adams in "Amistad."

10. GARY SINISE: 'Truman' (1995)

Sinise won the 1996 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Film for his role as the 33rd president in the HBO film.

On a delayed train journey from Manchester to King's Cross station in London, the characters Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley, and Hermione Granger came "fully formed" to the mind of a young temp named Joanne Rowling.

In the six tumultuous years following, she would imagine an entire magical world of witches and wizards, assume the pen name J.K. Rowling, and publish "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," the first novel in the now beloved "Harry Potter" series.

Rowling has since become the UK's best-selling living author, her books have brought in more than $25 billion and sold more copies than any other book series, and the newest installment in the story, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," is already a best-selling book— but not before Rowling had to overcome the hardships of rejection and being a single mother living on welfare.

Here's an inside look at how Rowling went from living on welfare to becoming one of the world's top-earning authors:

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Born in the southwest of England, Rowling grew up along the border of England and Wales with her mother, father, and sister. She's said that she had always known she would be a book author. "As soon as I knew what writers were, I wanted to be one. I've got the perfect temperament for a writer; perfectly happy alone in a room, making things up." She wrote her first book (about a rabbit named Rabbit) at age six, and when her mother praised her work, she says she "stood there and thought, 'Well, get it published then.'"

Source: JKRowling.com

Rowling's teenage years weren't particularly happy, she told The New Yorker, claiming she came from a difficult family and saying her mother's 10-year battle with multiple sclerosis took a toll on her and the family. "You couldn't give me anything to make me go back to being a teenager. Never. No, I hated it," she told The Guardian.

Source: The New Yorker, The Guardian

Rowling said she "couldn't wait to get out" of her house. After studying French and classics at Exeter University, she went to work for Amnesty International in London as a researcher, among other jobs. It was during this time on a train journey from Manchester to her job in London that she began writing her "Harry Potter" series.

Source: The Guardian

After just three weeks of playing, I'm convinced "Pokémon GO" is one of the best things to happen to my relationship.

The general consensus on the internet so far has been that "Pokémon GO" is bad for couples. An article on BuzzFeed names the "29 Relationships Already Ruined By Pokémon Go." On Twitter, players recount the horrors of losing their significant other to a handheld device.

"Pokémon GO" may have edged some relationships to the end, while stomping out others before they even began.

My boyfriend of three years and I have shared a different experience. If anything, "Pokémon GO" has brought us closer.

Typically, Saturdays are our day to be super-extra lazy.

Kyle and I roll out of bed around 10, make breakfast, and settle into the couch for what often becomes an all-day marathon of TV. We squeeze in some VR time. As day morphs into night, we change our PJs for real-people clothes and catch dinner and a movie. Work waits till Sunday.

Two weekends ago on a Saturday, we laced up our sneakers just after 1 and hit the pavement. Our new external battery charger in tow and our "Pokémon GO" apps open, we walked — for over three hours.

We took the scenic route around Lake Merritt, a large lake near our home in Oakland, California. It was sure to draw all types of Pokémon given its diverse landscape and popularity as a running destination.

The waterfront was rich in Slowpoke, Sandshrew, and even Starter Pokémon that warm, sunny day. We talked the whole time, mostly about Pokémon. With every catch, we celebrated each other's victories.

We were our own soundtrack, singing (off-key) the lyrics to Evanescence's "Bring Me to Life," inspired by this tweet that made us giggle.

When it came time to pick our team — Mystic, Valor, or Instinct— we discussed the values of each before coming to a decision. We went with Instinct, the Hufflepuff of the gang, because we wanted to be different.

Last weekend, I was away at San Diego Comic-Con (you can check out Tech Insider's coverage here). Within minutes of my return, we were curled up on the bed sharing our most impressive catches of the week. (Mine, a 513-level Machoke; his, a newly leveled up Slowbro).

I've walked some 14 miles since downloading the app on July 8, and much of the distance was accomplished with my man by my side.

We get out more. We breathe fresh air. We strike up conversations with strangers huddled around the same lure module, even letting them juice up with our external battery charger before continuing on.

Yes, most our time trying to be "the very best, like no one ever was," is spent with our heads down, looking at our phones. But "Pokémon GO" gave us a new shared interest, and it's one that shakes up our "Hey, how was your day?" routine and gets us far from the couch.

Besides, I would walk 500 miles (and I would walk 500 more) just to be part of the couple who caught a Ditto.

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Sequels are taking over Hollywood. But that's nothing new.

If a movie does well, or if it's based on an existing property, the likelihood that it will get a sequel is very high. Some sequels are simply pale imitations of their predecessors. 

Then there are some sequels that take their source material and bring it to another level entirely. They expand the universes they are a part of, and make us all glad we got to spend more time with the characters.

From James Bond to "Star Wars," here are some sequels that outdid their predecessors:

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"Toy Story 2" (1999)

The original was cute and innovative, but "Toy Story 2" exposes mature emotional themes like mortality and friendship hiding behind the computer imagery in a way only Pixar can.

"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (2004)

Arguably the best book in the "Harry Potter" series also got the best director of the films, Alfonso Cuarón ("Gravity," "Y Tu Mamá También"), who delivers the frenetic rhythm and off-the-wall art direction the fantasy needs.

"Mad Max 2" (1981)

Sure, the original is appreciated for its "stripped-down" vision of a post-apocalyptic world, but the sequel, known as "The Road Warrior," ups the thrills and gear in all the right ways, putting Mel Gibson's no-nonsense nomad in the middle of a Rube Goldberg machine of death and destruction. It's no surprise director George Miller essentially reimagined the material for the latest installment in the franchise, "Fury Road."

I just watched "Equity," the highly anticipated Wall Street movie that came to theaters on Friday, and I loved it.

The movie was compelling — there was ambition. There was greed. There was white-collar crime.

It was also the most realistic Wall Street movie I've ever seen. The story follows a senior banker staging a comeback after a botched IPO by fighting to take the next big Silicon Valley startup public.

"Equity" provides a real look into the lives of investment bankers, and why their careers involve so much work and travel — but, perhaps more notably, it's a refreshing change of pace after eight years of Wall Street movies about the financial crisis.

It's so entertaining you almost forget another remarkable detail about the film: The movie was written, directed, produced, and starred in by women.  

"Equity" passes the Bechdel Test with flying colors — that is, the rule created in 1985 by the cartoonist Alison Bechdel that requires movies to have at least two women who speak to each other and specifically not speak about a man.

But "Equity" is not an overtly feminist statement. It's not a story about women fighting to break the glass ceiling or getting overlooked because of their sex. Really, it just feels like a great Wall Street movie in which the main characters happen to be women.

For one thing, the female characters are multidimensional. You feel for the vice president who hides her pregnancy so as not to inhibit a potential promotion, and you feel betrayed when you realize she's also capable of doing bad. The money-driven senior banker who sometimes treats her subordinates badly is more than just a bossy woman; she is conflicted, and she's actually trying to do the right thing.

In other words, it wouldn't be a stretch to imagine men in each of these roles, rather than women. And that's kind of refreshing too.

I often write about women on Wall Street, and I generally hear a similar story: Women tend to work harder than men, but have to fight twice as hard to get ahead. We think we'll get ahead with hard work, when really we should be focusing more on networking, like men do.

So I was expecting more of the same message when I watched "Equity." That I didn't get that message was a pleasant surprise. Instead, I got to watch a fun movie about some dynamic Wall Streeters taking a tech unicorn public.

To be sure, there are challenges the bankers face that are undoubtedly due to their gender, and there is still a feminist message being given.

The main character, Naomi Bishop, for example, is told she rubs people the wrong way — a description that's undoubtedly used more often for women than for men. But ultimately, the reason she has to fight so hard for the promotion is because of a previous business transaction gone wrong — a hurdle that could just as easily apply to a man.

I'm telling everyone I know to go see "Equity" this weekend — not just because important to see strong women in positions of power, regardless of how seamlessly that goal is accomplished. You can go see "Equity" for that reason, or you can go because it's a really good movie.

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Kanye West's most recent album was a Tidal exclusive, which meant it was available for streaming on Tidal for over a month before it was available on Apple Music.

Now it sounds like Kanye wanted it to be on Apple Music the whole time.

In a series of tweets posted on Saturday, Kanye West asked Apple CEO Tim Cook for a meeting, saying, "Apple give Jay his check for Tidal now and stop tying to act like you Steve [Jobs]," and, "this Tidal Apple beef is f------ up the music game."

Apple has been rumored to be interested in buying Tidal, especially for access to exclusive album releases like Kanye's.

Here are his tweets:

Kanye West is likely referring to Apple CEO Tim Cook, Tidal investor Jay-Z, Apple Music exec Jimmy Iovine, Apple Music exec Larry Jackson, Apple Music-aligned rapper Drake, and music mogul Scooter Braun. 

In case Kanye West deletes his tweets, this is what he wrote:

"This Tidal Apple beef is f------- up the music game. I need Tim Cook Jay Z Dez Jimmy Larry me and Drake Scooter on the phone or in a room this week!!! F--- all this dick swinging contest. We all gon be dead in 100 Years. Let the kids have the music. Apple give Jay his check for Tidal now and stop tying to act like you Steve."

Scooter Braun and Larry Jackson have room in their schedules:

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The good news: There's an update to Pokémon Go rolling out on Android and iPhone that seems to fix a lot of little bugs and annoying things wrong with the game.

The bad news: The update also completely removes the footprints that let you know when you're close to a Pokémon, capping off a two-week span where the feature didn't work as intended.

When a Pokémon is far away, the in-game tracker shows three little footprints. As you get closer, it goes down to two footprints, then one, then the prints disappear and the Pokémon will appear on your map.

It's like a hot-or-cold game. At least, that's how it works ideally. 

For the last two weeks or so, for reasons unknown, it's been showing three footprints no matter how near or far you are from a Pokémon. Fans have dubbed it the "three-step glitch," and while Pokémon Go developer Niantic has said that they're aware of the problem, there's been no timeline for a fix.

Now, with the removal of the footprints entirely, it looks like the timeline for a fix to the three-step glitch could be a while out. 

The rumor on the street is that Niantic, the developer of Pokémon Go, purposely turned off the tracker to ease the strain on the servers, which have been unreliable since the game's launch just under a month ago. 

Regardless of the reason, players are getting annoyed, and this new update isn't helping matters. On Reddit's Pokémon Go community, there's a lot of frustration and confusion. That's likely to spread as the update hits more phones for more players.

On the brighter side, the new fix also brings some other improvements, including a better-placed "Transfer" button so you don't have to scroll as much to exchange a monster for some candy. There are also reports that Niantic has quietly changed where certain groups of Pokémon appear and, as Kotaku reports, how much damage certain attacks do in battle.

Still, the busted Pokémon radar has been driving fans towards apps that help them cheat by placing the monsters on a map. By removing the footprints, it'll only push more players in that direction — even as Niantic CEO recently expressed his desire to shut down those outside cheating apps.

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Disney provided some new info about its theatrical schedule stretching through 2019.

In addition to an ambitious movie plan announced last fall, the studio has called dibs on a few more weekends with untitled projects, including more fairy-tale adventures.

With the recent enormous success of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," and the even more surprising staying power of "Zootopia" and "The Jungle Book," Disney really looks like the studio to beat. In fact, it's on track to have its biggest year ever at the box office.

Its lineup of movies includes a mix of animated films, superheroes, reboots, sequels, and multiple trips to a galaxy far, far away.

Here is everything you can expect to see from Disney from now through 2019:

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This year we'll get a reboot of "Pete's Dragon," starring Bryce Dallas Howard.

The film will be a remake of the 1977 Disney original, in which a young orphan seeks the help of a giant dragon. This version will star Wes Bentley, Robert Redford, and Karl Urban.

"Pete's Dragon" will be released on August 12, 2016.

There’s nothing better for a filmmaker than when they're given the green light to make a movie. But as with everything in Hollywood, there’s a catch.

For director Jesse Moss ("The Overnighters"), the only way he could make a documentary about the classic 1970s movie “Smokey and the Bandit” was to also have its star involved.

“But I had never met Burt Reynolds,” Moss recently told Business Insider.

This led Moss to Jupiter, Florida, to find the reclusive 80-year-old legend and convince him to be in his movie.

However, Moss didn’t just nab Reynolds. He also stumbled upon an archive that turned his film into much more than a documentary about a famous movie.

“The Bandit,” premiering on CMT Saturday, August 6, does give a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most improbable hit movies of the late 1970s, but thanks to incredible archival footage, it also takes us inside the life of Reynolds, who at the time was the biggest movie star on the planet.

“There was such a rich archive. I thought let’s let these guys tell the story in their own words,” Moss said. “And, as you hope happens with an archive film, live in the period.”

Moss’ treasure trove was located deep inside Reynolds’ estate in Jupiter. After Reynolds came on board the project, he opened his doors to Moss, including a room dedicated to his achievements over the decades.

“We’re at his house doing the first interview with him and afterwards I ask him if he has old photos we can use, and he said, ‘Yeah, look in there,’” Moss recalled. “He has an entire room that’s a personal archive of things untouched since 1974. Scrapbooks that his mother kept. Copies of television appearances. For a filmmaker it was like that scene in 'Indiana Jones' where you see this vast warehouse of archived boxes.”

For a month Moss’ image researcher and coproducer spent their days in the room, scanning 6,000 images and shipping many of the tapes, which included rarely seen Reynolds appearances and footage of his short-lived talk show, back to New York to be transferred from video to digital for the movie.

“I was really flattered that they wanted to do it,” Reynolds told Business Insider. Smokey and the Bandit "was some kind of strange little miracle in a way, for the fact that it made so much damn money and it was so much fun to do.”

But there became a point when Moss was overwhelmed by the material.

The success of the movie (which had a worldwide gross of over $300 million on a $5.3 million budget), the stardom of Reynolds, the movie giving a spotlight to the South, even the popularity of being a trucker — there could be multiple movies dedicated to the “Smokey and the Bandit” phenomenon.

“And early on I was trying to put them all in one movie,” Moss said.

But taking a step back, he got to the core of the story: a buddy movie between Reynolds and his good friend “Smokey and the Bandit” director Hal Needham, who was Reynolds' former stunt double before becoming a director. (Needham passed away in 2013.)

“The film is an elegy to [Reynolds] and his career and his relationship with Hal,” Moss said. “When we started the project, someone who knew Hal really well said he hated documentaries because he thought they were boring, so I set a goal for myself to make a documentary that was fast and funny and had heart.”

“The Bandit” is certainly all those things.

Here’s a clip from “The Bandit.”

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It's been nine years since we last saw Matt Damon in the Bourne franchise, and it seems audiences are happy to see him back.

The latest movie in the series of films based on the Robert Ludlum books, "Jason Bourne," took in an estimated $60 million over the weekend to top this weekend's box office, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Though a respectable figure for an action film catered to the over-30 crowd, the fifth film in the franchise isn't going to have the biggest opening ever.

That distinction still goes to 2007's "The Bourne Ultimatum," with a $69.2 million debut weekend. That movie went on to gross $442.8 million worldwide, a figure Universal would be ecstatic for "Jason Bourne" to hit, as the movie has had mixed reviews with a 56% Rotten Tomatoes rating.

The other major release of the weekend, the comedy "Bad Moms," took in an estimated $23.4 million to put the film in third place for the weekend. ("Star Trek Beyond" came in with $24 million to take second.) It's a big win for two-year-old studio STX Entertainment which is still trying to find its footing after recent disappointing showings by films like "Hardcore Henry" and "Free State of Jones."

Starring Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Christina Applegate, and Kathryn Hahn, this raunchy look at moms who need a much-needed break from parenting and go on a "Hangover"-like party binge was a big draw for the over 17-year-old female demo (82% of the opening weekend audience was female), who likely didn't want to see Damon playing a bad-ass rogue agent.

Next week, expect a possible record-breaking weekend when the anticipated DC Comics blockbuster "Suicide Squad" opens.

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To Antonio García Martínez, author of the new Silicon Valley tell-all "Chaos Monkeys" and former Facebook employee, the 2010 Academy-Award-winning film "The Social Network" is nothing more than a pure piece of fiction loosely inspired by actual events.

And though the film about the birth of Facebook, directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin, came out six years ago, Martínez still thinks it's silly how it shaped so many Silicon Valley outsiders' view of its subject, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Martínez spent 2011-2013 as the company's first ad targeting product manager, where he would report to COO Sheryl Sandberg, and though he didn't work as closely with Zuckerberg as he did with Sandberg, he was able to get enough of a feel for who Zuckerberg is as a person.

While he's observed Zuckerberg grow into a more capable leader in the years since he left, Martínez thinks Zuckerberg is essentially the same person he met back in 2011, and he told Business Insider there are two main things the public consistently gets wrong about Zuck.

He's not 'the sneaky, loser, little dipsh--' portrayed in 'The Social Network'

Jesse Eisenberg's portrayal of Zuckerberg as a conniving, back-stabbing, severely socially awkward introvert made for great drama, but it's just not who Zuck is, Martínez said.

Sure, he added, Zuckerberg "doesn't exactly make a lot of eye contact," isn't a great speaker, and gets unnaturally obsessed with certain details, but that's par for the course in Silicon Valley. It's not as if he's some sort of evil "Rain Man," though.

"In fact, on the contrary, he's actually very alpha male and very dominant," Martínez said. "He's the sort of guy who, if you challenge him that he can't do 100 push ups, he'll bet a million dollars that he can, and he'll win."

Martínez said that Zuckerberg is not a blowhard who likes to throw his weight around, but "the claws will come out very suddenly," like the time when Martínez was in a meeting with him and Zuckerberg interrupted an overly long explanation with, "Just shut up and answer the question."

He truly believes in his mission.

One of the reasons Martínez's book "Chaos Monkeys" is so interesting is because it tears apart the press release-friendly optimism of Silicon Valley, but Martínez insists that when Zuckerberg talks about Facebook's mission to connect every person in the world, he's not putting a fake sheen over old-school capitalist greed.

"That really is his life's mission and that's what he does," Martínez said.

He called the subplot in "The Social Network" that showed Zuckerberg starting Facebook as a way to meet girls to be "utter bullsh--" not based on anything factual. In a Facebook Q&A in 2014, Zuckerberg said that he found this aspect of the movie to be especially hurtful because it undermined what he's dedicated his life to.

Martínez pointed to the recent news that Facebook successfully tested its drone project Aquila, which is meant to bring free high-speed internet to the poorest parts of the world. "He's not doing it for money, because like, the monetization in those countries is zero," Martínez said.

When you read Martínez's book or talk to him, you'll see that he has plenty of gripes with Facebook and Silicon Valley in general, but at the end of the day, he's got plenty of respect for Zuckerberg.

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One of the great things about Netflix is that it has brought thoughtful, compelling documentaries to a much wider audience that filmmakers could only dream of a decade ago.

And with binge-worthy titles like “Making a Murderer” and the vast ESPN “30 for 30” library being just a click away, you can get a lot of great nonfiction viewing any night of the week. You'll learn a lot more about the world, but don't worry — you'll also be entertained.

Here are 15 documentaries we think you should stream right away on Netflix.

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1. “30 for 30” ESPN movies

Pretty much any “30 for 30” title is worth your time. The documentaries that highlight moments in sports that you may or may not be aware of are both entertaining and filled with emotion. A few we highly recommend: “No Crossover: The Tale of Allen Iverson”; “June 17th, 1994,” which looks at everything that happened in the world of sports at the time of O.J. Simpson's Bronco chase; “I Hate Christian Laettner”; and likely available in 2017 will be ESPN’s new masterwork, “O.J.: Made in America." 

2. “The Act of Killing”

Joshua Oppenheimer’s Oscar-nominated doc looks at the Indonesian genocide by having death-squad leaders reenact their mass killings. The results are both comical and heart-wrenching. 

3. “Blackfish”

Why is Sea World going to end killer-whale shows? It’s because of this incredible movie that looks at the abuse these magnificent creatures have endured for decades.