Warning: spoilers for "Suicide Squad" ahead.

"Suicide Squad" is the latest DC Comics release from Warner Bros., and as with its previous title, "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," there are elements to the story that tease the massive convergence of superheroes coming in "Justice League."

For "Squad" it's the blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance of Justice League member The Flash (Ezra Miller) when he captures Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney) in assisting Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) to form the Suicide Squad.

It turns out, however, that the sequence came together long after principal photography wrapped. The way Courtney tells it, there was no other actor with him on set when he filmed his portion of the scene.

"I didn't f------ know that was happening when we were filming," Courtney told Business Insider of The Flash appearance. "That was a surprise for me when I saw the film."

Courtney explained how he imagined the scene while filming it.

"It's part of the roundup of the squad, so my interpretation was that he had been taken out by [Rick] Flag's crew," Courtney said. "But it's not specified [in the script]." 

Warner Bros./DC heads could've had numerous options in mind.

There's Courtney's theory of it being one of Flag's (Joel Kinnaman) men. It could have possibly been Batman (Ben Affleck) capturing Boomerang, as he's seen in the movie nabbing Deadshot (Will Smith) and Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie). But it turns out the plan was always to have The Flash in the movie, according to "Squad" director David Ayer.

“Flash was always in the movie," Ayer told Collider. "We just got lucky because 'Justice League' was happening and they had the uniform, they had the assets, so we were able to get that photography.”

So instead of having Miller show up for literally one shot during production of "Suicide Squad," Ayer confirmed to Collider that "Justice League" director Zack Snyder directed The Flash portion of the Boomerang capture scene while shooting "League" in London and sent the footage to Ayer, who was in postproduction on "Squad." 

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You might play Pokémon Go for fun, but for 24-year-old Benny Affonso, it’s a much, much more serious endeavor.

Affonso, who is one of the top players in Los Angeles at level 33 (as Asmoris), recently quit his job to play the game full time.

“I stay up till 5 AM playing at night,” Affonso tells Business Insider. “I need to go to every event.”

Events, and bringing people together, are a key of both what Affonso loves about Pokémon Go, and how it sees a financial path for himself in it.

“I’m extremely poor,” Affonso says. “I was a cashier [at a grocery store] before this.” Affonso also previously worked as a manager at a Burger King and as part-time painting instructor. He went to school for illustration.

But Affonso thinks Pokémon Go could be his ticket to making money. His plan is to be the equivalent of a club promoter, but for Pokémon Go. “It’s so simple!” he exclaims. He will use his status in the game to bring people to events, and businesses will pay him for that, he explains.

He scoffs at businesses that aren't working to lure in Pokémon Go players. “You are missing out on money,” he says.

Early on in Pokémon Go, players are prompted to join one of three color-coded teams — Team Mystic (Blue), Team Valor (Red), and the least popular of the three, Team Instinct (Yellow).

Those teams play into the competitive aspect of Pokémon Go. Players are fighting to take over "Gyms," specially-designated real-life locations. If your team is in control of the Gym, you can help reinforce it by placing your own Pokémon. But if a rival team owns that Gym, you can combine your forces with your teammates to take it down and stake your territory.

This gives Pokémon Go the potential for spontaneous, huge battles that people have to go to in person. Affonso points to an event last week at the Wiltern in Los Angeles, where players from the three Pokémon Go teams competed to see who could hold a "Gym" the longest.

Instinct, the team Affonso is a part of, won. 

The underdog

It’s no accident that Affonso has chosen Team Instinct, the underdog one, the least-popular.

“I’ve never been much of a mainstream person,” he says. “I’ve been an outcast my entire life ... I always go for the least valued." Affonso identifies with the oft-mocked yellow team. But it's not just that. He also loves the challenge of having to work harder to win, he says.

At the tournament in Los Angeles, he said he was giving out his advice to his team about how to work around the various software bugs that have plagued Pokémon Go. “That’s how we win,” he says. “Information.”

His day

Affonso spends most of his day roaming around playing Pokémon Go, chatting with other players. They often come up to him because he dresses up as a Pokémon trainer when he goes out.

“I’ve made so many friends,” he says. The social aspect of the game is what Affonso loves, and it's also where he sees his financial future. He doesn’t care about catching them all, like Brooklyn's Nick Johnson, who is currently on a sponsored trip around the world in pursuit of that dream.

Here's why Affonso loves the game: “There’s this sense of discovery, beating the odds, making friends, leveling up to get stronger,” he says effervescently. “Real life just can’t emulate.”

But Affonso hopes his success in Pokémon Go can translate into real life — at least with regards to money. There will be players who make loads of cash off of the game, the leaders, he maintains.

He wants one of them to be him.

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Before Jared Leto broke hearts as a teenage dreamboat on "My So-Called Life," he was a serial college dropout who traveled the country and dreamed of being a painter.

Now the Academy Award-winning actor takes on the iconic role of the Joker in "Suicide Squad." His performance has been described as a "spectacular failure," which is fitting for an actor so dedicated.

We're taking a look back at how Leto became a cultural icon.

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Born in 1971, Jared Leto grew up a nomad. His family lived in Haiti, a Colorado commune, his grandmother's house, and places in between.

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They didn't have much. "My mother crawled out of the muddy banks of the Mississippi with my brother and I in one hand and a fistful of food stamps in the other," Leto joked to Interview Magazine.

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There were always instruments around, including guitars, pianos, and bongo drums. Growing up, brothers Shannon and Jared made music with pots and pans.

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Netflix has gone full throttle into producing its own original shows and movies, which the company has characterized as the most important part of its future.

Netflix will put out a staggering 600 hours of original content in 2016, and it's showing no signs of slowing production in 2017 and beyond.

Indeed, analysts at UBS think that Netflix's spending on original content will climb up and up, adding billions upon billions, even as its spending on licensed content remains flat.

Just how drastically will that affect Netflix's catalog in the next few years?

Take a look at this chart UBS sent in a recent analyst note:

Here you can see that as the spending on licensed content flatlines below $4 billion, while the spending on original continues to climb past $9 billion. Netflix has said it will spend about $5 billion total on content in 2016 (as the chart shows).

So expect much more "House of Cards," "Stranger Things," "Making a Murderer," and whatever else Netflix has cooking up.

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This is the year of Margot Robbie.

The Aussie actress first left jaws on the floor after her breakout performance opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in 2013's "The Wolf of Wall Street," but she's proved she has staying power.

The 26-year-old is dominating 2016 with roles in "The Legend of Tarzan" and the new "Suicide Squad" movie as the perfectly unhinged comic-book character Harley Quinn. While "Squad" itself is getting less-than-stellar reviews, Robbie is the clear star — critics and fans can't get enough of Quinn.

She's not slowing down any time soon, either. Here's how she became a Hollywood star:

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Born in 1990, Margot Robbie grew up on her grandparents' farm on Australia's Gold Coast.

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She loves to surf and bought her first surfboard at a garage sale when she was 10.

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As a teen, she made sandwiches at a Subway in Melbourne. Six months after Robbie landed her first major acting role, the company hired her for a commercial.

The Television Critics Association just announced the winners of its 32nd annual TCA Award nominations.

Every year, the group of TV critics from dozens of TV news outlets, newspapers, and websites nominate and then vote on the shows and stars they feel delivered the highest quality entertainment on the small screen.

This year, FX's "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story" won the most awards of the night.

But what other shows and their talented starts did the critics feel were the cream of the crop?

Here are the best shows and stars on TV, according to critics (and what they what they won):

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Program of the year: 'The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story' (FX)

Other Nominees:

“The Americans” (FX)

“Fargo" (FX)

“Game of Thrones” (HBO)

“Making a Murderer” (Netflix)

“Mr. Robot” (USA Network)

“UnREAL” (Lifetime)

Outstanding achievement in drama: 'The Americans' (FX)

Other nominees:

“Better Call Saul” (AMC)

“Game of Thrones” (HBO)

“The Leftovers” (HBO)

“Mr. Robot” (USA Network)

“UnREAL” (Lifetime)

Outstanding achievement in comedy: 'Black-ish' (ABC)

Other nominees:

“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (The CW)

“Master of None” (Netflix)

“Silicon Valley” (HBO)

“Veep” (HBO)

“You’re The Worst” (FXX)

The Olympic Games are widely considered the pinnacle of any athlete's career — a chance for individuals to achieve immortality in the sports world.

But what happens to Olympic legends once they hang up their spikes, goggles, and leotards for good?

That largely depends on circumstances. Today, successful Olympians tend to receive numerous commercial opportunities to capitalize on their newfound fame. Athletes of the early 20th century did not enjoy those same lucrative sponsorships. As a result, Olympic heroes have done everything from going straight back to their old, pre-fame jobs to launching a career in a new, unexpected industry to achieving stardom in Hollywood.

Here's what 19 Summer Olympic legends went on to do after their athletic careers ended:

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Ray Ewry

Before Michael Phelps became famous for accruing medals, there was this track and field powerhouse — except Ewry lived before the time of multimillion dollar sports sponsorship deals.

Confined to a wheelchair in childhood due to polio, his parents suspected that he might never walk, according to ESPN. The American athlete went on to recover and become one of the most successful Olympians ever, participating in the 1900 Paris Games, the 1904 St. Louis Games, and the 1908 London Games. He clinched 10 gold medals in the standing long jump, standing high jump, and standing triple jump. Ewry's eight Olympic gold medals in individual events was only beaten by Michael Phelps.

He later returned home and worked as an engineer, designing boilers for US naval vessels during WWI and organizing the construction of an aqueduct from the Catskill Mountains to New York City, according to Lafayette Urban Ministry.

Jim Thorpe

Thorpe dominated both the decathlon and pentathlon in the 1912 Games, despite having never thrown a javelin in his life. Today, the member of the Sac and Fox Nation is considered to be one of the greatest American athletes of all time. Unfortunately, he was stripped of his gold medals when officials discovered that he'd been paid to play two seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in the Games, according to the Spectator.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame credits him with nominally serving as the first president of the American Professional Football Association — which would later become the NFL. Thorpe's sports career ended with the Great Depression, after which he worked odd jobs and lived in poverty. ESPN recently revealed the continuing controversy over the versatile athlete's resting place.

Duke Kahanamoku

Today, Kahanamoku is more famous for popularizing the sport of surfing than winning three gold and two silver medals in swimming at the 1912, 1920, and 1924 Olympics.

Before his international tour, surfing was only known in his native Hawaii — his exhibitions brought the sport to California and Australia, according to "Duke: A Great Hawaiian" by Sandra Kimberley Hall.

In California, Kahanamoku hit Hollywood, performing as an extra and a character actor. On the side, he worked as a lifeguard. Hall writes that he once rescued eight men from a capsized fishing vessel using his surfboard. Today, US lifeguards still use surfboards in rescues.

According to the Encyclopedia of Surfing, the surfer worked as a stevedore, surveyor, gas-station owner, and City Hall janitor at various points in his life.

From 1932 to 1961, he served the largely ceremonial role of the sheriff of Honolulu.

In her best-selling new book, "Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything," author and TV historian Jennifer Keishin Armstrong details the origin and lasting impact of "Seinfeld," whose influence on TV and pop culture, more than any other show that premiered all the way back in the late '80s, continues to this day.

"Seinfeldia," according to Armstrong, describes the "special dimension of existence, somewhere between the show itself and real life," where the show continues to live on in bizarre events like a 2014 minor league baseball game's "Seinfeld" appreciation night — which saw three women convulsing on the diamond in competition for the best "Elaine dance"— or in the life of Kenny Kramer, the real-life inspiration for the show's Kramer, who makes his living leading bus tours of "Seinfeld" sights in New York City.

Outside of its radically persistent fandom, "Seinfeld" was, more than anything, one of the most electrifying and influential programs in television's history.

Business Insider talked to Armstrong recently about her book and how the show revolutionized the medium of television in ways that we still see today. 

Read on to see five ways that "Seinfeld" changed the course of American TV: 

SEE ALSO: 25 actors who appeared on 'Seinfeld' and went on to become huge stars

"Seinfeld" changed the way TV shows are filmed.

In "Seinfeldia," Armstrong describes how "Seinfeld" cocreator Larry David initially conceived of the program as a single-camera, film-like show without a studio audience, which would have been a radical departure from the television norms of its day. 

"TV’s so weird, really. In the beginning, the reason we have that weird sitcom, live-audience approach is because they basically didn’t know what to do on TV at first, so they started doing plays," Armstrong told Business Insider. "They didn’t understand that people might get it and not need audience members with them to help."

Ultimately, David had to compromise on his vision, but "Seinfeld's" innovative combination of multi-camera and single-camera footage still opened the floodgate of possibilities for cinematic television programs like AMC's "Breaking Bad," FX's "Louie," and the many other shows that have since utilized a single-camera approach. 

"They just showed how cool it could look," Armstrong said, describing the impact of the show's single-camera segments, like when the gang hits "the town" — a Los Angeles set built to look like New York City — or searches for their car hopelessly in a parking garage for an entire episode. "It was like a movie, and people got it even when they were shooting on location."

"Seinfeld" created its own economy.

The lasting cultural and financial impact of "Seinfeld" is evident in the show's years of lucrative reruns, its blockbuster Hulu deal, and in strange post-"Seinfeld" stories like Kenny Kramer and his bus tour. 

"'Seinfeld' really created its own economy," Armstrong said. "And it keeps going. The thing is almost like a money-printing machine at this point, for anyone who gets involved with anything to do with 'Seinfeld.'" 

The show was a massive financial success during most of its years on the air, making NBC $150 million per year at its peak. By the ninth and final season, Jerry Seinfeld was earning $1 million per episode. NBC executives tried to get Seinfeld to return for a tenth season by offering him $5 million per episode, but the comic turned it down. 

Nonetheless, the show's high-stakes negotiations had already changed the way that other successful shows, like NBC's "Friends," would have to pay their stars.

"[The 'Friends' cast] famously asked for a million dollars per episode for all of them, and in solidarity, none of them would sign unless they all got it," Armstrong said. "And I think the precedent was Jerry Seinfeld."

"Seinfeld" proved that sitcoms could be provocative on a new level.

In its fourth season, "Seinfeld" deftly took on a taboo subject in the masturbation-centric episode "The Contest." At the time, censorship and social mores wouldn't allow the show to say "masturbation" outright, so the four friends instead competed to see who could remain the "master of their domain." 

"['Seinfeld'] gave us ways to talk about these weird little parts of life that were kind of not talked about at the time," Armstrong said. "You wouldn't want to talk about masturbation, per se, in mixed company as they say, but to say 'master of my domain' makes it funny and makes you able to kind of talk about it in polite society."

Armstrong explained how "The Show About Nothing" achieved its universal appeal and lasting influence through Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld's innovative approach to comedy that paradoxically speaks to everyone.

"The 'nothingness' that they talk about being about is really not nothing," Armstrong said. "It’s actually everyday stuff. And I think that’s what keeps us coming back to it, and that made it a hit, a fairly widespread mainstream hit at the time. Yeah, they may be sort of elite New Yorkers. They might not be the best, most admirable people. But they’re dealing with these everyday irritations that we all really relate to." 

Some movies are just bad.

But others go so far into horribleness that they become enjoyable in a completely different way. These are the "so bad they're good" movies.

And sometimes you're in the mood for some horrendous filmmaking. Luckily there's an entire section of Reddit devoted to picking out the best ones — the subreddit is called "TheWorstofNetflix."

Here you'll find self-aware car tires, an FDR who loves to freestyle rap, and dogs with superpowers. You can even catch Nicole Kidman in her debut film, in which she plays a "plucky teen" who helps some BMX-riding kids take on bank robbers.

We looked through Reddit and found the 22 best/worst movies. (Note: Some require a DVD plan to get on Netflix):

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"Avalanche Sharks"

A ski-resort accident causes an avalanche to unearth ancient "snow sharks" that feed on human flesh, especially young spring-break snow bunnies.

From Reddit:

Ghost sharks named Schnookums...

Watch on Netflix.

"Dancin': It's On!"

Jennifer and Ken have little in common, but their chemistry on the dance floor is unmistakable. When romance blossoms, fate conspires to trip them up.

From Reddit:

A Magical Negro stereotype, a mime, and the director of "Space Mutiny" (really) all band together to show a blond, rich, white girl the power of dance in this 89-minute Panama Beach tourism video.

Watch on Netflix.

"Legend of Kung Fu Rabbit"

Fu the Rabbit ventures out of the comfort of his kitchen and teams up with Penny, a kung fu prodigy, on a heroic quest to save their kung fu academy.

From Reddit:

Blatant ripoff of Kung Fu Panda. Terrible voice acting, non-existent plot, and awful dialogue.

Watch on Netflix.

The latest movie from the Warner Bros. DC Comics cinematic universe has made history.

With an estimated $135.1 million its opening weekend, "Suicide Squad" now owns the largest August opening of all time, according to comScore (via USA Today).

That blew away the previous record holder, last year's hit, "Guardians of the Galaxy," which opened with $94.3 million.

This is the second consecutive DC Comics movie from Warner Bros. that has come out of the gates with a record-breaking opening. Back in March, "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" opened with a $166 million opening, beating "The Hunger Games" ($152.5 million).

But like "Batman v Superman" the question everyone in Hollywood is asking is what kind of life at the box office "Suicide Squad" will have after this weekend.

Following the opening weekend, "Batman v Superman" dropped 69.1% in ticket sales its second weekend — a dramatic drop for a blockbuster movie which was plagued with negative reviews. The movie eventually made $872.6 million worldwide.

"Squad" currently has a 26% rating on Rotten Tomatoes (lower than what "Batman v Superman" had at the time of its release) so the prospect of the movie having a big drop in sales next weekend is probable.

However, for big movie studios, major opening-weekend grosses are a big deal. And in the case of a comic-book movie it proves to the studio heads that there is a fan base that wants to see the film. (The movie needs to earn around $750 million to $800 million worldwide in its theatrical run to be an undisputed success.)

The good news for "Squad," which was released on over 4,200 screens, came on Thursday when the movie broke the Thursday-preview-screening record for August with $20.5 million. That figured added to the film's $65 million take on Friday. But the projections of the movie taking in between $140 million and $150 million were squashed when Saturday figures showed a 40% drop in sales from Friday, putting the opening in the $130 million range.

We will see if this is a sign of things to come for "Squad" now that it looks like the fanboy hype has passed.

Rounding out the rest of the top box-office earners: "Jason Bourne" came in second with $22.7 million, and "Bad Moms" took in $14.2 million (according to the film's studio, STX Entertainment) to come in third. The other wide release of the weekend, "Nine Lives," in which Kevin Spacey is turned into a cat, is expected to take in a disappointing $6 million on over 2,200 screens.

SEE ALSO: Every character in "Suicide Squad," ranked

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You can go online and see increasing evidence of superstars hanging out with and performing for mere mortals.

Whether it's Jennifer Lopez at an Indian billionaire's wedding or Drake singing "Hotline Bling" for a bunch of 13-year-olds who are clearly losing it, it's become a booming cottage industry to impress your friends with a celebrity cameo.

But it's less known how these appearances happen, and, more importantly, how much you have to shell out for them.

Here's what people do to get A-listers to come to their events, the kind of money they pay, and one man who makes the behind-the-scenes deals happen.

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Ryan Schinman spends his days corralling talent. He's the founder of Platinum Rye Entertainment, which connects brands to celebrities and brokers deals for ads, including several at this year's Super Bowl. He also started RBS Celebrity Booking, which helps regular people book entertainers — rock stars, rappers, pro athletes, and the like.

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"The idea is that you can use me and the RBS team to get a cheaper rate," Schinman told Business Insider. RBS negotiates with talent agencies on the customers' behalf, with knowledge about previous booking rates.

At RBS's website (developed by Platinum Rye CTO Casey O'Connor) you can submit your request for a potential celebrity with a price range, and they'll help you out.

At RBS, Schinman usually books parties — weddings, birthdays, bar mitzvahs, sweet 16s — and clients most often want musicians. His company handles all the logistics of actually making sure the talent shows up and does what they've been hired to do.

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The cost of getting a celebrity to show up at your party is "a lot lower" than what advertisers pay for a commercial shoot, he says, because it's a private event and the celebrity isn't selling anything.

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Jai Courtney's rise to fame has gone the express route thanks to being thrust into big franchises opposite even bigger action stars ("Jack Reacher," "A Good Day to Die Hard," "Divergent," "Terminator Genisys").

The Australian actor is the first to admit that not all the movies have been successful, but he's learned the dog-eat-dog reality of the business, which has prepared him for the intense scrutiny surrounding his next film, "Suicide Squad" (in theaters Friday), in which he plays DC Comics' dysfunctional Captain Boomerang.

Business Insider talked to Courtney (who was in a foul-mouthed mood, so be prepared) in New York City about those highly publicized "Suicide Squad" reshoots, if there will ever be another "Terminator" movie, and whispers he's heard about stars of another franchise who can't stand each other. (Is he talking about Marvel?)

Jason Guerrasio: So let's get the whole news of you taking mushrooms while Skyping with director David Ayer out of the way.

Jai Courtney: I've heard so many versions of that story.

Guerrasio: So let's get the real one.

Courtney: It's not even worth getting into because it's f---ing — it's just a silly thing when s--- gets misconstrued.

Guerrasio: It was more you having fun with a reporter?

Courtney: 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.

Guerrasio: So we can we say you did not have to go to such lengths to get the role?

Courtney: No. I would never do that.

Guerrasio: All these stories about how David Ayer prepares his cast — having you box each other and get interrogated — at a certain point do you go, "Enough of this, David, let's just act"?

Courtney: That's the beauty of it. It's not like he's complicating anything with this stuff. 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. It's good that you never really know what that's going to mean, you know? That's a gift.

Guerrasio: Did doing all that actually help your performance?

Courtney: Yeah, for sure. It kind of feeds into it. You can do whatever work you think is necessary for a job but unless you have a system like this in place, you may not uncover certain things. There's not a right or wrong way to prepare. My approach changes on every job. But I think David having this long preproduction and the physical demands — I think it's all in the luxury of rehearsal. You're only going to go deeper and that's what he's interested in.

Guerrasio: You've done numerous franchises. Is this the most prep you've done out of any of those?

Courtney: Yeah, 100 percent. I mean, I have had to do prep that's heavy on the physical expectations, but never had a rehearsal period like this before.

Guerrasio: The "Justice League" character who shows up in a cameo is in a scene with Boomerang. Did you know that person would be in the scene with you?

Courtney: I didn't f---ing know that was happening when we were filming. That was a surprise for me when I saw the film.

Guerrasio: How was it written originally?

Courtney: It was written like we didn't really know. But it's part of the roundup of the squad, so my interpretation was that he had been taken out by [Rick] Flag's crew. But it's not specified [in the script]. When I saw it, I was like, of course!

Guerrasio: But that has to be fun because while filming, surrounded by green screens, you're thinking one thing and then when you see it on-screen, it's another.

Courtney: Totally. It was just a nice little thread. That's what's cool about all this. The potential for that to happen over the course of wherever all this goes is there. The relationships between these characters and different characters in other properties, too. The fact that we can all get into bed and mix it up, the future is bright in that sense.

Guerrasio: How much reshooting was there? Set the record straight.

Courtney: I was a little pissed off by all the reports. The rumors around us having to inject levity into it and all this shit. It was silly because the movie already had all that. All we did was shoot a big action sequence that was changing the shape of another one we had already shot.

Guerrasio: The ending?

Courtney: Yeah. We were just doing stuff with Enchantress. We did things that introduced stuff earlier that they wanted to get rid of basically. Changing her ability to engage with the squad, they enhanced that interaction. It was normal. It was strengthening the ending. The original [ending] we shot was dope, it was just adding to it, not doing an alternative.

Guerrasio: So when you see this movie, you like it? There's no feeling that they screwed it up in post?

Courtney: I f---ing love this movie. It's great to see it all come together. I love that about filmmaking and getting to see everyone else that you don't necessarily engage with on set every day and getting them to showcase their talents. Whether it's effects, music, the edit, the rhythm of a film is driven by that, so it's cool to see it come together. It's great to be standing in front of something you're genuinely proud of.

Guerrasio: Are you bummed that, as far as the immediate future, there are no more "Terminator" movies?

Courtney: Um, no. I mean, look, I would like to do more, but that's not a decision that's up to me and so for whatever reason they put it on the back burner for now.

Guerrasio: You have been thrown into a lot of franchises. Do you have to have a short memory and not anticipate the sequels too much?

Courtney: Yeah, I've certainly learned to become unattached to the idea of it having to come around again. And that has been a possibility since, f--- man, like ["A Good Day to] Die Hard." It was like, "Oh, we'll make another one."

Guerrasio: And that was early in your career, so back then were you pumped by the idea of more movies?

Courtney: Totally. I was still f---ing impressionable. [Laughs]

Guerrasio: You didn't have the scars yet.

Courtney: Yeah. I'm jaded as f--- now. But look, you learn to really not listen to it. And look, if it happens, it happens. If it seems like an obvious movie to make then cool. The thing is if they are going to make another one then hopefully it's for the right reasons, and if that's the case then I'm game to do it. But with "Terminator," who knows — it's probably time to leave it where it is. But if they can get back in there and dig around and decide if there is another film to make, well, I'll take the call.

Guerrasio: What franchise are you more happy to see in the rear-view mirror, the "Terminator" franchise or the "Divergent" franchise?

Courtney: Most in the rear-view? "Divergent." Look, "Divergent" did a lot for me and I liked that character, but I'm glad I was in and out of there in a couple of films. I don't think it hurts anyone, but some of those guys have been making that movie since 2013, and I'm glad I had the fun with it that I did and it's not my future.

Guerrasio: You had a little joke when talking to Stephen Colbert the other night, saying you were happy with "Suicide Squad" because at least you guys get along with each other. Was that a hint that on "Divergent" you all weren't friendly with one another?

Courtney: No, I didn't mean that. I think the thing was I was joking about the fact that it's not always the case on movies. I've heard stories from other sets, I won't name names, but another high-profile franchise that was shooting at the same time we were, and individuals don't speak to each other.

Guerrasio: A franchise that might shoot down in Georgia? [Marvel Studios shoots a lot of its films in the Atlanta region.]

Courtney: I don't know, couldn't tell you. But it's a wrestle every day when that happens because they aren't the only people shooting a movie. That energy affects everyone on set. So I was just remarking to the fact that it's cool that was something we didn't have to bull--- about in press. We love each other, you can tell.

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Amazon revealed more details on its upcoming Woody Allen comedy, his first foray into series television.

During Sunday's Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills, Amazon kicked off its day of panels with the announcement that the series will be titled, "Crisis in Six Scenes," and will premiere Amazon Prime on September 30.

And after much secrecy, the streaming video service released the six-episode show's synopsis, as well.

See it below:

"'Crisis in Six Scenes' is a comedy that takes place in the 1960s during turbulent times in the United States when a middle class suburban family is visited by a guest who turns their household in completely upside down."

Allen will star on the series, as will pop star Miley Cyrus, and Hollywood veteran Elaine May.

Previously, the director had voiced regret about taking the show deal. At last year's Cannes Film Festival, he called the decision "a catastrophic mistake" when he discovered TV to be harder than he thought to write, produce, and direct.

Allen also sold his next film to the streamer for a reported $15 to $20 million, a staggering amount compared to his previous film, "An Irrational Man," which sold for $5 million.

Watch a sneak peek below:

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Good news for fans of "Game of Thrones" and the author of the novels the HBO show is based on, George R.R. Martin.

A television series based on Martin's anthology series, "Wild Cards," is in development. Martin made the announcement on his official blog on Saturday.

"We have some exciting [news] for all the 'Wild Cards' fans out there," Martin wrote. "Universal Cable Productions (UCP) has acquired the rights to adapt our long-running 'Wild Cards' series of anthologies and mosaic novels for television. Development will begin immediately on what we hope will be the first of several interlocking series."

Variety also confirmed the project with UCP. The news outlet also confirmed that Martin’s exclusive development agreement with HBO will keep him from working on the project. Martin’s assistant editor Melinda Snodgrass (“Star Trek: The Next Generation") and Gregory Noveck, formerly of Syfy Films, are executive producing the project instead.

Here's a description of "Wild Cards" from Goodreads.com:

"'Wild Cards' is a science fiction and superhero anthology series set in a shared universe. The series was created by a group of New Mexico science fiction authors, and mostly edited by George R. R. Martin.

While most of the books are made up of individual short stories, they generally focus on a central theme or event. There were also several longer storylines which run through several of the books. Some volumes use the format of a mosaic novel. This involved several writers writing individual storylines which were then edited together into one novel length story. Finally, some volumes are a complete novel written by a single author."

The news arrives just a week after HBO announced that "Game of Thrones" will air just two more seasons, ending with season eight in 2018.

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Warning: "Suicide Squad" spoilers ahead.

The Joker is not just one of the best comic-book characters ever created. He also happens to be box-office gold.

Jack Nicholson's Joker helped pave the way for the success of "The Dark Knight." I will never forget seeing Tim Burton's "Batman" in theaters in 1989 and the audience clapping when Nicholson said his famous line: "Wait till they get a load of me." He was a villain you rooted for.

Heath Ledger turned the character into a horrific madman in "The Dark Knight" in 2008, which led to him winning an Oscar. His death put an even darker cloud over the whole film, but its legacy lasts.

Jared Leto is the latest, and though he's quite impressive as the Clown Prince of Crime, I wish the DC Comics bigwigs didn't unveil him in "Suicide Squad."

The much-anticipated movie — opening in theaters on Friday — about a group of bad guys who are brought together "Dirty Dozen"-style to save the world has gotten a few negative reviews, as you may have noticed. The biggest problem I have is that the filmmakers tried to jam too much into the movie, including a Joker subplot.

In fact, shoehorning The Joker into the movie feels so forced that I was upset every time he showed up on the screen. I didn't know that was possible.

It doesn't help that almost every Joker scene in the movie has already been shown in the trailers and TV spots.

A little background: The Joker is not actually part of the Suicide Squad. He is, though, the main squeeze of squad member Harley Quinn (played perfectly by Margot Robbie). Since Quinn has been caught by Batman (Ben Affleck) and taken to a maximum-security prison, The Joker has been trying to get her back. The formation of the Suicide Squad gives him his chance to nab her.

So while writer-director David Ayer has to juggle the storylines of seven characters that make up the squad, he also has to plug in the Joker-Quinn relationship and The Joker freeing her. It's completely out of place and not needed for a movie that's mostly about bad guys finding a common ground.

And this is nothing against Jared Leto's Joker. He's perfect for the role and I want to see more of him. But it would have been much better for the story if we never saw The Joker and he were mentioned only by name. If Quinn had mentioned The Joker once or twice, I would have gotten goose bumps.

Building on his already sky-high persona, and then revealing him in the next standalone Batman movie, would have been incredible.

Leto's Joker is a wasted opportunity, used in a movie where there's so much else happening.

Now I know much of the decision here is based on pure business motive. Would you be as excited about "Suicide Squad" if The Joker weren't in it?

The character is iconic and completely works on the screen. Jared Leto couldn't have been a better actor to carry the torch. But the worst thing in an ensemble movie is a character who seems utterly out of place, and that's what the Joker is in "Suicide Squad."

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Taylor Swift bought an 11,000-square-foot Rhode Island mansion for $17.75 million in 2013, and she reportedly paid for it in cash.

Since then, the musician has put her hard-earned, lavish home to good use by hosting numerous parties with famous friends, known as her squad.

Built in 1930, the mansion sits on the highest point in Watch Hill, Rhode Island, and features 700 feet of shoreline and views of Little Narragansett Bay, according to the real-estate site Zillow.

It includes eight bedrooms, eight fireplaces, and a pool in the back, which was the site of a notable Fourth of July party that Swift hosted this month.

Check out the inside of Swift's home and see her A-list parties in action:

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This is High Watch in Rhode Island, Taylor Swift's seaside mansion.

She reportedly paid for the mansion by wiring $17.75 million in cash to a realtor in 2013.

Source: TMZ

Inside, Swift's pad has over 11,000 square feet of space.

Warning: There are major spoilers ahead for "Stranger Things."

If you've seen Netflix's hit show "Stranger Things," then you know the entire series revolves around a mysterious government facility deep in the woods of a quiet Indiana town called Hawkins.

The Department of Energy (DOE), as the show's characters say over and over again, runs that facility: Hawkins National Laboratory (HNL).

And while the Energy Department is very much real, often secretive, and absolutely performing mind-bending science experiments, the show's creators, the Duffer Brothers, drew up a lot of fiction surrounding the $29.7 billion-a-year wing of the US government.

Paul Lester, a DOE spokesperson, watched every episode and had a lot to say about it in an official blog post.

"[W]hile I really enjoyed 'Stranger Things' as a mashup of Goonies and X-Files with some amazing 80s music mixed in, the show's portrayal of the Energy Department was a little less than accurate," Lester wrote at Energy.gov.

Here are five things about "Stranger Things" the DOE wants to clear up.

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"Hawkins National Laboratory doesn't exist."

Don't bother looking for HNL, "Stranger Things" superfans: Not even the town of Hawkins, Indiana, exists and neither does its evil laboratory.

Just about the only real thing is the HNL-branded T-shirts and stickers people are trying to sell you online.

"However, one of the National Laboratories has a forest connection! Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois is named after the surrounding Argonne Forest," the DOE's Lester wrote.

"Established in 1946, Argonne is America's first designated National Lab and was founded to continue Enrico Fermi's work on nuclear reactors. Argonne is now a multidisciplinary science and engineering research center that focuses on important energy, environment, technology, and national security issues."

"The Energy Department doesn't explore parallel universes."

Where else would a gate to a parallel universe be birthed? Of course it would be at a DOE-run lab, which has its fingers in some of the most powerful machines known to humankind.

Nope. You're better off looking for a dimensional gate near a black hole.

However, Lester points out the DOE does help explore the universe we do live in:

"[T]he Energy Department makes nuclear batteries called Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators for NASA. These batteries convert heat generated by the decay of plutonium-238 into electric power and were used in deep space missions like the Viking mission to Mars in the 1970s, the Voyager interplanetary space missions, Curiosity Mars Rover, and New Horizons — which flew by Pluto last year."

We'll also note that the DOE throws money behind scientists and their research at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which is the largest and most powerful device on Earth.

And in some ways, it is exploring an unknown universe — at energies close to the moment the cosmos popped into existence.

"The Energy Department doesn't mess with monsters."

The ultra-scary Demogorgon monster in "Stranger Things" is, fortunately, entirely fictitious.

"[B]ut the Energy Department is in the business of detecting invisible dangers," Lester wrote. "For example, Sandia National Laboratories developed a mobile scanner that can be used in shipping ports around the world to quickly detect radiological materials hidden inside massive cargo containers.

We'd debate the DOE's "no monsters" claim, though.

After all, the agency oversees about 4,800 nuclear weapons that it designed, built, and maintains through by the National Nuclear Security Administration (a division of the DOE).

All of them are frighteningly powerful, and some can unleash tens of megatons of energy in an instant — enough to completely eradicate a huge city like New York, let alone a small (fictional) town like Hawkins, Indiana.

Amazon and Netflix are battling over who can create the best original shows in the streaming universe.

Netflix will release 600 hours of original shows and movies in 2016, and while Amazon is nowhere near that, CFO Brian Olsavsky has said the company is poised to triple its originals count over the rest of the year.

On Monday, Amazon announced the upcoming schedule for its fall shows, which includes the return of fan favorites like "The Man in the High Castle" and "Transparent," as well as new shows like Woody Allen's "Crisis in Six Scenes."

Here are the shows we know Amazon will release by the end of the year, including Metacritic data about how their previous seasons fared with critics and the public, if they are returning shows.

"One Mississippi" Season 1 — September 9

Amazon Description: "'One Mississippi' is a traumedy inspired by comedian Tig Notaro's life. We find Tig as she leaves Los Angeles and returns to her hometown in Mississippi upon her mother’s untimely death.  What starts as Tig reconciling her mother’s affairs, becomes a poignant, hilarious, and surprising exploration of family, childhood, and life after grief."

Watch the pilot here.

"Fleabag" Season 1 — September 16

Amazon Description: "'Fleabag' is a hilarious and poignant window into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, grief-riddled woman, as she hurls herself at modern living in London. Award-winning playwright Phoebe Waller-Bridge writes and stars as Fleabag, an unfiltered woman trying to heal, while rejecting anyone who tries to help her and keeping up her bravado all along. Unfettered, unfiltered, and based on the play that won Fringe First Award at Edinburgh, 'Fleabag' is the thoroughly disarming confessional of a woman so totally detached, she’s utterly lost."

"Transparent" Season 3 — September 23

Average critic score: 92.5/100

Audience score: 7.35/10

Amazon description: "When the Pfefferman family patriarch makes a dramatic admission, the entire family's secrets start to spill out, and each of them spin in a different direction as they begin to figure out who they are going to become."

Watch here.

Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg sit down for a dinner party...

It's not the setup to a punchline. It's the synopsis for VH1's upcoming 10-episode series that is set to premiere in the fall.

"Martha & Snoop's Dinner Party" will see Martha and Snoop throwing a weekly dinner party in which they invite celebrity friends over for what VH1 described as a "half-baked evening of cocktails, cooking, conversation, and fun where nothing is off-limits," according to The Hollywood Reporter.

"My homegirl, Martha, and I have a special bond that goes back," Snoop Dogg said. "We’re gonna be cooking, drinking, and having a good time with our exclusive friends. Can’t wait for you to see how we roll together!"

Initially, the pairing seems entirely random, but Snoop and Stewart have a history.

The two memorably made brownies together on Stewart's "Martha Stewart Living," which Stewart said was one of the highest-rated episodes of the show. When the two came together for the Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber, Stewart also revealed that she still uses Snoop's recipe.

They also proved to be a pretty good duo on ABC's "$100,000 Pyramid."

If Snoop can dominate a nature documentary, he can certainly handle a cooking show with the lifestyle expert.

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When Frank Ocean's highly anticipated, oft-delayed album didn't come out on Friday as no less than the New York Times reported it would, the internet promptly reacted with a hilarious, meme-powered wave of disappointment. 

In the leadup to "Boys Don't Cry," Ocean's second studio album, the elusive singer has stoked the hype by broadcasting a looping video stream on his website. In the stream, Ocean has been deliberately constructing some sort of structure by table-sawing, spray-painting, and arranging slabs of wood since the start of last week. 

To the dismay of many, though, the looping video currently shows only a desolate warehouse, and there's still no sign of "Boys Don't Cry" on the immediate horizon. 

Now, as some outlets are pointing toward a possible November release for the album — which Ocean cryptically alluded to on his website with a "due date" library slip last month — the internet pandemonium (and fan despondency) continues. 

Read on to see some of the best reactions to Ocean's album delay.

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This critic thinks everyone was simply hallucinating about the album.

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Frank Ocean was a collective fever dream.

This writer came up with a similarly surreal reaction.

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Others vented their frustration with sitcom memes ...

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*immediately searches for Frank Ocean's new album*
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