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Donald Trump may not be an actual monster, but some people are saying he has similarities to the one featured in "Stranger Things."

The Netflix summer hit, set in a rural Indiana town in the 1980s, is centered on a reptilian creature that the Dungeons and Dragons-loving protagonists name the "demogorgon." The monster descends from a dark, twisted, shadow version of the world, called the Upside Down, into our own and preys on targets throughout the series.

Like the monster, Trump too descended from the Upside Down world of politics. He hails from the shadow world of the trade where money is used to purchase influence. He plays dirty, takes no prisoners, and is immune to traditional methods of attack.

Just as the Republican field threw everything it had at Trump, the targets in "Stranger Things" employ conventional methods of defense to protect themselves from the menacing beast. But it's all to no avail.

The first victim in "Stranger Things," 12-year-old Will Byers, does the obvious when the demogorgon hunts him — he runs home, locks his door, and, like Jeb Bush, calls out for help from his parents. It doesn't work. The monster draws upon its mysterious powers and effortlessly gains entry. Byers is taken by the bloodthirsty creature into the Upside Down.

As the monster wreaks more havoc upon the world, extreme measures are taken by the startled members of the town, who realize the situation must be taken seriously. Two of the main characters, Nancy Wheeler and Jonathan Byers, put aside former discord to team up and take on the demogorgon. (Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, anyone?)

The duo set up an ambush and, when the monster shows up, they use every trick in the book to destroy the creature. After luring it into a bear trap, Wheeler unloads a revolver in the monster. It does nothing. In an act of desperation, Jonathan sets fire to the hallway the creature is in — and while that chases the monster away, it still fails to cause crippling damage.

Somewhere along the line, it becomes obvious that the monster cannot be destroyed — at least not by occupants of the town.

In the season finale of "Stranger Things," it ultimately takes the show's female lead, a powerful test subject with supernatural powers named Eleven, to use her unworldly abilities to slay the beast.

In the face of Eleven, the same monster that casually brushed off a slew of attacks from previous opponents was suddenly left powerless and unable to compete. Staring the creature in the eye, Eleven confronted the monster and turned it into dust.

If the polls are any indicator, it appears we are about to see the same act play out with Hillary Clinton. Trump may have easily annihilated the contenders within his own party, but his primal powers don't seem to be effective against Clinton.

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Kendall Jenner is on the cover of the September edition of Vogue, a milestone for any model.

But as with most things Kardashian or Jenner, there's some backlash: Lots of people aren't pleased that Vogue — the beacon of all things high fashion — decided to put Jenner on the cover of its fashion bible.

People have taken to Vogue's Facebook page to write furious comments.

Here's what some angry Vogue fans said:

"Wait...I thought Vogue had taste."

"Anna [Wintour] famously did not even let swimsuit or lingerie models in her magazine for years, (heidi, tyra, adriana, alessandra, candice, miranda have not been on the cover one time) yet she accepts reality stars suddenly?"

"I can't stomach the Kardashian people, but this certainly reflects the times we live in. I look forward to the whole 'instagram model' thing just dying."

"Anna has always said that Vogue is supposed to reflect the times we live in. Hopefully this period ends- quickly. To her credit though, at least she isn't serving high priced catalogue, she's actually giving some attitude."

There's more.

"Is nothing sacred anymore?!?! I'm already considering cancelling my subscription to 'Allure' after they put Kylie Jenner on the cover, and now, perhaps, I need to re-think my 25-year subscription to 'Vogue.'"

"Guess I won't be buying it this year and I have loved the Sept. Issue since it had real models of the super caliber on its cover."

"Just makes me sick. Until Vogue stops orgasming over some Kendalls and Gigis, I'm off the subscription."

"Well - I won't be buying that issue.....really Vogue? why not just merge with US Weekly?"

"The day Vogue died!"

"Disgrace to the humanity. Anna has lost it. It’s time to go."

Some comments on Instagram and Twitter are even more furious, with some people using the hashtag #RipVogue.

Some people have been defending Jenner.

"What is up with all the hate?" one commenter wrote on Facebook. "Aren't women supposed to support one another?"

"Very happy for her for achieving a dream," another wrote. "Happy for anyone that does and she's a very beautiful girl."

When Jenner's half sister Kim covered Vogue with Kanye West in 2014, there was backlash, too.

This is not the first time Jenner has faced a backlash over her rise to prominence. In fact, top models Rebecca Romijn and Stephanie Seymour (who later apologized on Instagram) have blasted Jenner and her model pal Gigi Hadid.

Jenner fired back with a message to people on her website, telling haters: "If you're going to tell us not to be in 'your moment,' then don't be in mine! This moment is all about being supportive — NOT cyberbullying. But, if you choose to be a cyberbully, I'm going to stick up for myself."

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It's four months and counting until the new "Star Wars" standalone film "Rogue One" premieres, and the excitement and anxiety aren't waning — especially not after the new trailer that aired during the Olympics Thursday night.

"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" takes place in between the events of the third and fourth episodes, "Revenge of the Sith" and "A New Hope." It follows a Rebel Alliance mission to steal the plans to the Death Star before the Galactic Empire can use it for evil.

There's no "Inception"-like horn in the new trailer, but there is plenty of imagery of the Death Star, Jedha (which is like the Mecca for believers of the Force), the modern C-3PO comic-relief droid, battles with blasters, and more.

Oh, and we have the first look at Darth Vader.

"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" hits theaters December 16. In the meantime, theorize with us about what all of these new images from the trailer mean:

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A stripped-down, slower, and somehow more intimidating version of "The Imperial March" plays. Could this location be Jedha, the source of the power of lightsabers?

Read more about Jedha.

Our new look at Forest Whitaker's Saw Gerrera. Either they revamped his look in reshoots or Saw aged really quickly from the last trailer. Saw is a "battled veteran," according to the Star Wars Databank, and lives on Jedha to plan a mission against Imperial forces. But this trailer makes him seem a little battered so it's likely Jyn (Felicity Jones) is going to have to convince him to help out.

See Whitaker's look in the first trailer.

Source: Star Wars Databank

The Imperial force is growing, and this Star Destroyer is actually hovering over the city seen in the first image of the trailer — notice the pyramid structure. Considering the Rebel Alliance and Imperial Army are both going to end up fighting over the source for lightsabers, to which Jedha is home, this still is probably right before some major battle within this city on the planet.

Disney just released the latest trailer for the next Star Wars film "Rogue One." Taking place before the events of "A New Hope," these are things you might have missed when watching the trailer.

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Set during World War II in Casablanca, Morocco, and based on a true story, "Allied" stars Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard as two spy assassins who fall in love during a mission to kill a German official. 

Don't worry, this looks a little better than Pitt's last assassin love story, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," in which he starred alongside his future wife Angelina Jolie.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis ("Forrest Gump," "Cast Away"), it looks to have eye-popping special effects (he also did the World Trade Center high-wire walk movie "The Walk") and some thriller aspects.

Watch the teaser below. The movie opens in theaters November 23.

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Shortly after the news broke on Thursday that the Han Solo standalone movie is looking to cast a young Lando Calrissian, we now have our first report of an actor who could play the part.

"Community" star Donald Glover is the first choice for the role, according to Birth Movies Death.

The actor will star next in the FX series "Atlanta," and is set to star in "Spider-Man: Homecoming."

The Birth Movies Death story states that it's unknown if an offer has been sent out to Glover's camp yet, but from what he showed in "Magic Mike XXL," Glover certainly can pull off the suave hustler style that Billy Dee Williams gave the character in "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi."

For Glover fans out there, the good news is that after going through thousands of actors for the role of young Han Solo, directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller ultimately went with their first choice for the part, Alden Ehrenreich.

So if Glover is in fact their first choice for Lando, and Glover wants the role, this could all be settled soon.

The untitled young Han Solo movie will come out in theaters May 2018. 

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Jerry Seinfeld isn't interested in bringing back his hit 1990s comedy "Seinfeld" — even for just one episode.

The Hollywood Reporter asked the comedian in a new interview if he'd bring back the show, and he said no, but he did mention that he had been given the opportunity to do so.

"We did have an offer — I won't say who from — to do a new, live episode of 'Seinfeld' on TV," he said.

When the reporter asked if he considered the offer at all, Seinfeld emphatically answered, "No!"

When it comes to TV, Seinfeld is more interested in getting his Crackle web series, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," to a broader audience. He told THR that he's currently in talks with several companies spanning broadcast, cable, and streaming for a TV show using some of the material that didn't make it onto the Crackle series. His web series recently featured President Obama in an episode.

As for "Seinfeld," the comedian appears to have moved on. He admitted that he rarely even watches reruns of his popular NBC sitcom and that the idea makes him "uncomfortable."

"I really should," he said of re-watching the series. "I don't know why it makes me so uncomfortable. Whenever I see a clip of it, I think, 'This is a very funny show.'"

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It didn't take a lot of convincing to get the leader of the free world to appear on Jerry Seinfeld's Crackle web series, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee."

Seinfeld said that President Barack Obama was game even before the show reached out to him.

"My producer called someone on the White House staff, and they said they'd been wanting to get in touch with us because they were interested in him doing the show," Seinfeld said in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter. "I really didn't believe it was going to happen."

The comedian even found that Obama was game for one of his top ideas for the episode. Seinfeld recalled:

My favorite moment was when I said to him, "When I call you, you answer the phone, 'White House,' I'll say, 'I'd like to speak with the president, please,' and then you say, 'Speaking.'" He thought that was a great joke, so we started with that.

But Seinfeld doesn't think casting Donald Trump would work quite as well if he becomes president.

"I think it's funny that [Trump] likes to end sentences with, 'Believe me,' which is really asking a lot when you say something crazy," the comedian said. "But I only would have a guest on if they can make me feel funny, too, and I'm not sure if he makes me feel funny or just... weird."

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Thomas Gibson has been fired from CBS's procedural crime drama "Criminal Minds" after he kicked a writer on the show's set, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 

CBS initially planned to suspend the veteran actor for two episodes following the incident. Now the show's producers have announced that Gibson will be taken off the show and written out of its 12th season. 

"Thomas Gibson has been dismissed from 'Criminal Minds.' Creative details for how the character's exit will be addressed in the show will be announced at a later date," according to a statement from ABC Studios and CBS Studios. 

Gibson starred on the show for its first 11 seasons, which date back to 2005. His recent kicking of a writer was reportedly his second incident of undue physical contact with the show's staff. Previously, he pushed a producer and had to attend anger management classes. 

"I love 'Criminal Minds' and have put my heart and soul into it for the last 12 years," Gibson said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. "I had hoped to see it through to the end, but that won't be possible now. I would just like to say thank you to the writers, producers, actors, our amazing crew, and, most importantly, the best fans that a show could ever hope to have."

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Baz Luhrmann delivers a fantastical version of the origins of hip-hop on Netflix's "The Get Down," which serves up more theater than street.

That's not to say that "The Get Down" isn't an achievement of cinematic style. It clearly reflects the more than $120 million Netflix put into the new series. From the wardrobe and sets to the licensing of both rap and disco classics, plus archival footage, one can see where the extended months of production and cash went. It certainly fits into Luhrmann's body of work, which includes gilded epics like "Moulin Rouge," "The Great Gatsby," and "Romeo and Juliet."

"The Get Down" is a romanticized look at the Bronx of the 1970s, which led to a revolution of young teens who no longer felt that the playful swing of disco represented the harsh reality in which they lived. Instead, they were drawn to the more raw beat-driven moments in disco, the "get down." DJs like Grandmaster Flash (played by Mamoudie Athie) were isolating those gritty, driven moments on records and extending them.

Luhrmann's first TV series revolves around the relationship between Ezekiel (Justice Smith), the wordsmith, and Shaolin Fantastic (Shameik Moore), the DJ, as they discover the burgeoning hip-hop movement. Ezekiel is in love with childhood friend Mylene (Herizen F. Guardiola), the minister's daughter and an aspiring disco singer. Both the music and Mylene become the biggest (and most heartbreaking) obsessions of Ezekiel's young life.

There's no shortage of good casting on the series: Jimmy Smits, Giancarlo Esposito, Jaden Smith, Daveed Diggs, among many others.

Here's the bottom line on "The Get Down": The first 90-minute episode is directed by Luhrmann and it's a work of visual art. At times, the momentum sways toward a sort of Bollywood style. At other times, it feels like a superhero movie, the Bronx as Gotham. It isn't hard to get caught up in the drama of these lives, even if the writing isn't as masterful as the visuals. The series never gets better than this first extended episode by Luhrmann. After that, other directors helm the show and it loses a bit of the premiere's smooth touch. But the story does begin to feel more grounded.

In the end, "The Get Down" is probably not gritty enough for actual rap fans or those who lived to see the music come up. But for those of us with only a cursory knowledge of hip-hop history (especially in post-"Hamilton" times), it's a fun, novel way to experience that world.

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It has been a mixed year for Warner Bros. Though New Line Cinema, which the studio owns, has done strong with "How To Be Single," "Me Before You," and "Lights Out," the major Warner Bros. titles have suffered.

The DC Comics properties "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and "Suicide Squad" have been leveled with negative reviews and underperformed after having record-breaking opening weekends.

Now an alleged ex-employee of the studio has written a scathing and widely circulated open letter and posted it on the site Pajiba, laying the blame on studio head Kevin Tsujihara.

The anonymous writer, going by the name "Gracie Law" (Kim Cattrall's character in "Big Trouble in Little China"), explained that after seeing "Suicide Squad" she finally decided to finish the letter that she began a year ago after seeing "Man of Steel."

"You, your executive team, and the vision of your 'extraordinary storytellers' that resulted in the loss of around one thousand jobs seem intent on crashing the ship into as much s--- as you can find in the ocean by making inane decisions over and over again," wrote Law, who states she was at Warner Bros. in 2014 when 10 percent of the workforce was laid off.

And Law didn't have nice things to say about director Zack Snyder, who directed "Batman v Superman" and is handling the upcoming "Justice League." He's also a producer on all the DC Comics movie titles.

"Zack Snyder is not delivering. Is he being punished? Assistants who were doing fantastic work certainly were. People in finance and in marketing and in IT," Law wrote. "They had no say in a movie called 'Batman V Superman' only having 8 minutes of Batman fighting Superman in it, that ends because their moms have the same name."

Law also doesn't hear good things about the much-anticipated "Wonder Woman" movie, and she once more goes after Tsujihara:

"What are you even doing? I wish to God you were forced to live out of a car until you made a #1 movie of the year. Maybe 'Wonder Woman' wouldn't be such a mess. Don't try to hide behind the great trailer. People inside are already confirming it's another mess. It is almost impressive how you keep rewarding the same producers and executives for making the same mistakes, over and over. 

"If I worked at a donut stand, and I kept f---ing up donuts, I'd be fired. Even if I made a tiny decent one every now and then, it doesn't matter. I'm gonna get fired."

Read the entire open letter at Pajiba.

Business Insider reached out to Warner Bros. for comment but did not receive an immediate response.

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Brendan Dassey, the "Making a Murderer" subject who was just 17 years old when he was convicted of the murder of Teresa Halbach, has had his convictions overturned.

Dassey was convicted in 2007 to 41 years in prison on first-degree intentional homicide, second-degree sexual assault, and mutilation of a corpse.

John Diedrich of the Journal Sentinel is reporting that Dassey will go free in 90 days if state prosecutors do not refile charges.

According to TMZ, a federal judge in Milwaukee ruled that Dassey's constitutional rights were violated when authorities questioned him without an adult present.

Additionally, the judge said that Dassey's learning disabilities made him more susceptible to coercion by interrogators.

Further, the judge disapproved of the interrogators' use of bluffing during Dassey's questioning. They told the teen at least 21 times that they knew exactly what happened to Halbach. The judge felt that would have had larger than usual effect on Dassey.

Dassey is one of the primary subjects of Netflix's hit true-crime docuseries "Making a Murderer," which tracks the trials of both Dassey and his uncle Steven Avery, who were both convicted for the 2005 murder of Halbach on their family property in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

Many who watched "Making a Murderer" were particularly aghast at the treatment of Dassey, who is learning-disabled and whose interrogation with police may have been marred by "interview contamination"— in which police let details slip to potential witnesses or suspects, leading them to believe and repeat certain facts.

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Now that new music comes out every Friday — but not always on every streaming service — it can be hard to know where to find the next great song. To help you out, Business Insider compiles this rundown of the best new music you can stream right now.

This week, Green Day returned with a fiery new single, and a previously unreleased song from The White Stripes surfaced. 

Check out the best new songs below: 

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Green Day — "Bang Bang"

Green Day returned from a four-year hiatus with the politically charged single "Bang Bang" from their upcoming twelfth album, "Revolution Radio." The band says they wrote the fiery new track from the perspective of a mass shooter.

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Isaiah Rashad — "Free Lunch"

Kendrick Lamar's labelmate Isaiah Rashad floats over a jazzy beat with stellar verses on his new single "Free Lunch." The rapper's second album with Top Dawg Entertainment will drop on September 2. 

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Unknown Mortal Orchestra — "Shakedown Street"

Indie rock band Unknown Mortal Orchestra twists through a funky take on The Grateful Dead's 1978 song "Shakedown Street" in their trippy new music video for the track.

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A federal judge has overturned the homicide conviction of Brendan Dassey, one of the primary subjects of Netflix's hit true-crime docuseries "Making a Murderer," which tracks the death of 25-year-old photographer Teresa Halbach in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

Specifically, the judge referenced the "powerful effect" that leading interviews, conducted under "indefensible" circumstances without the presence of a parent, had on the learning-disabled teen, according to TMZ.  

It's a classic example of what law enforcement calls "interview contamination" — letting details (whether true or false) about an offense slip to witnesses or the suspect and leading them to believe and repeat these facts. Their statements are often later used as false confessions or testimony.

Of the US prisoners thus far exonerated by DNA evidence, 27% involved false confessions or admissions, according to the Innocence Project. Whether intentional or not, this type of police misconduct has led to sometimes-irreparable damage.

'Why didn't you tell us that?'

During "Making A Murderer," case investigators Tom Fassbender and Mark Wiegert question Dassey, a learning-disabled 16-year-old, about the violence he and his uncle, Steven Avery, allegedly inflicted upon Halbach.

The officers say they know Dassey and Avery did "something with the head" of Halbach and that they "have the evidence." After Dassey admits that Avery cut off her hair, punched her in the head, and made him cut her throat, the investigators still pressure him for more information. 

Finally, one of the investigators loses his cool. "All right, I'm just going to come out and ask you. Who shot her in the head?"

Brendan responds: "He did," referring to Avery.

Investigators: "Why didn't you tell us that?"

Brendan: "'Cause I couldn't think of it."

Regardless of whether viewers believe Dassey or think investigators violated any protocol, Dassey later tells his mother they "got into his head." 

Granted, officers did tape that interview, which appears (edited) in the documentary series. In the US, however, police aren't required to tape interviews. In fact, only about half of states have implemented some sort of recording statutes for police.

And as it turns out, the details officers use to shape witness statements could have an effect on the witness' memories themselves, according to research from Elizabeth Loftus, a psychology professor at the University of California-Irvine.

'The same thing'

Decades ago, the UK encountered a similar roadblock to fair policing. A national law, the Police and Criminal Evidence Act of 1984 [PACE], however, subsequently required officers to videotape their interviews, among other provisions. It nearly solved the problem.

"In the 70s, the same thing that the US is going through now, the UK was experiencing," Andy Griffiths, a 30-year-veteran of the Sussex Police, told Business Insider in an interview. He says the problem was easier to spot because most of the UK's cases came through a lone supreme court. 

"With PACE, that all changed," Griffiths added.

Aside from documenting interview contamination, videotaping interviews could also highlight other questionable tactics police use to gain confessions: minimization — saying a violent assault was a "bit of a fight," for example — and even more simply, lying. It's lawful for US police to lie to suspects to pry information out of them, which highlights another major difference between US and UK policing — officers across the pond cannot lie. 

"Videotaping interrogations is a fantastic idea,"Shawn Armburst, a professor at Georgetown Law and the director of the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project, said at the New Yorker Festival in October. "The interrogations are better, and when police officers testify, they've got the tape to back it up." 

PACE implemented other important provisions, as well. It gave psychologists access to police interview recordings, which "showed that police officers were unskilled interviewers, they were bullies, they coerced people, they just didn’t have any idea what they were doing," Griffiths said.

PACE also instituted a one-week training program, which specifically designated 140,000 police officers as "interview officers." Under this new program, UK officers who wanted to interview suspects had to apply, pass an assessment, and become accredited. 

"If you ask any officer in the UK now, 'What’s the purpose of an interview?' they’ll say 'to get information,'" Griffiths said. "They don’t even say, 'to prove the guilt or innocence.' We’ve changed the mindset." 

No national law requires such training in the US. 

"When [PACE] came down, UK police felt it would stop them from doing their jobs. I've heard the same thing from US officers. But now, no one would go back," Griffiths said.

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The discussion surrounding Netflix's "Making a Murderer" has come roaring back.

That's because Brendan Dassey, one of its subjects, has just had his murder conviction overturned.

But what if you don't know about his case or the show?

The true-crime series is primarily about Steven Avery, a man exonerated for a crime after spending 18 years in prison only to find himself charged of a heinous new crime. Dassey was convicted of the crime along with him.

Whether you believe Avery and Dassey are innocent of the murder or not, it's impossible to walk away from the documentary without having some doubt in the American justice system and its process.

Everyone from the White House to the victim of the 1985 crime that wrongfully imprisoned Avery has commented on the show. And there is little one can do to avoid all the coverage.

Here's a quick recap of all 10 episodes of "Making a Murderer":

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Episode 1: Steven Avery's freedom is fleeting.

Home at last: Steven Avery returned to his family in 2003 after being exonerated for the 1985 rape and assault of a woman, Penny Beerntsen, in his home county Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. He had already served 18 years in prison for the crime. New DNA evidence proved him innocent.

He's welcomed back with open arms and given the full attention of media and state politicians.

But this isn't the kind of treatment Avery is used to — and his luck is about to change.

Steven Avery had a spotty past: The Avery family weren't ones to mix with the community in Manitowoc. They stuck to themselves and lived close to each other or on their family property, where they also ran an auto-salvage yard. They've been known to get in trouble with the law.

Avery's record before the rape arrest wasn't what you'd call clean. It included a few burglaries and cruelty to an animal — he doused a cat with gasoline and placed it in a fire. Avery, who's revealed to have an IQ of 70, chalks it up to hanging with the wrong people.

But his family insists he would always admit to his wrongdoings if he actually did them.

And Avery seemed to be getting his life together. He got married and had kids.

Steven Avery crosses the police: Avery was accused by a local woman, and an Avery relative, of running her off the road and pulling a gun on her.

He admitted to doing so, though he claimed the gun wasn't loaded. His reason for doing so, he said, was that she had previously reported that he harassed her and made lewd gestures toward her.

She was married to a county deputy, which may have made matters worse for him, according to one theory of the case. Before he knew it, Avery was facing the charges of sexual assault and attempted murder. Beerntsen, who was brutally attacked while jogging, would later identify him as her attacker.

Even though Avery had an alibi and another police department identified a different possible suspect, Avery was convicted of the crimes and given 32 years without a chance for parole.

As we know, he would later be freed because of DNA evidence. In fact, the assailant was the police's other suspect, Gregory Allen, who attacked two other women while Avery was in prison.

Megan Ellison, the 30-year-old daughter of billionaire Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison, has cut a distinctive path in the film industry since she founded Annapurna Pictures, an independent production company, in 2011. 

By financing hit films like "Zero Dark Thirty" and works by lauded directors like David O. Russell, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Spike Jonze, Ellison has earned a reputation as a producer who takes on the potentially great films that major studios won't touch.

Seth Rogen's new animated comedy "Sausage Party" — which critics are loving — would not have been possible without Ellison's financing, and many other successful projects have emanated from Ellison's vision and pocketbook over the past few years. 

Read on to see how Megan Ellison became one of the most influential producers in Hollywood and a savior of great films:

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Megan Ellison was born in Santa Clara County, California in 1986. Her father, Larry Ellison, cofounded the Oracle software corporation in 1977. He is currently the fifth richest man in America.

Source: Forbes

Ellison attended the University of Southern California film school for one year before dropping out in 2005 to pursue low-budget film production for several years.

Source: Vanity Fair

In 2011, on her 25th birthday, Ellison received a check from her father Larry for "what a source says was $200 million, with similar sums soon to come," though some have speculated that it was closer to $2 billion.

Source: Vanity Fair

You probably associate the iconic "Tomb Raider" franchise with overblown action, but there's an amazing game called "Lara Croft Go" for smartphones that takes the series in a whole new direction.

Here's what it's like:

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"Lara Croft Go" has a simple, but beautiful art style.

So, what does "Lara Croft Go" play like? Slowly and methodically. You'll navigate Lara through treacherous worlds, one step at a time.

Instead of charging in guns blazing, the combat in "Lara Croft Go" is like a tactical game of chess.

Last week, President Obama released two playlists of music he'll be rocking out to in his last summer in office.

The lists encompassed a wide variety of music, from rap to jazz to Manu Chao, though one track conspicuously absent was Eminem's "Lose Yourself," which Obama used to hype himself up before his DNC speech this year.

Not to be outdone, Vice President Biden has released his own summer music playlist. How does it compare? You be the judge: 

The Bidens’ Summer Playlist

1. Stay With Me — Sam Smith
2. We Take Care of Our Own — Bruce Springsteen
3. Come Together — The Beatles
4. Hello — Adele
5. Til It Happens To You — Lady Gaga
6. I Wanna Hold Your Hand — Al Green
7. My Way — Frank Sinatra
8. Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You — Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
9. The Best — Tina Turner
10. Til Kingdom Come — Coldplay
11. If We Fall In Love Tonight — Rod Stewart
12. Hallelujah — KD Lang
13. Do You Hear the People Sing? — Les Misérables
14. You Don’t Know Me — Ray Charles
15. You Are So Beautiful — Joe Cocker

If you want to check out Obama's playlist, head here.

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Part of Tinder's runaway success rested on the fact that swiping "yes" or "no" over and over is inherently fun. Scrolling through potential dates no longer felt like a chore; it felt like a game.

MightyTV wants to bring some of that same magic to finding what to watch on video services like Netflix, Hulu, and HBO. The iPhone app has you swipe through a list of movies or shows, and from your choices it suggests what new ones you should watch, based on your taste.

The app is immediately useful if you're someone like me, who subscribes to more than three of these services and finds it annoying to browse each separately. But cofounder Brian Adams, who sold his last startup, Admeld, to Google for $400 million, has bigger plans for the app.

"There is a point in 'discovery' [of new shows and movies] where it changes from work to addictive," he told Business Insider.

That's what he's going after. Adams says that giving good recommendations is as much about making sure the interface is fun as it is about making sure the algorithm works well — which it seems to, at least in my subjective experience.

Here's one example: group discovery. MightyTV has a feature called "mashup" where you can connect with a friend and the app will tell you what your tastes have in common, from shows to specific actors. That's not work — it's fun. And for MightyTV to succeed, it's going to have to keep delivering those moments.

There are VCs that believe it will. MightyTV revealed Thursday it has raised an additional $2 million in seed capital from Canaan Partners and Spark Capital, bringing its total funding to $4.25 million. The company also announced that Michael Barrett, former CEO of Millennial Media and cofounder of Admeld, will join the board.

Mighty TV also released a new feature on Thursday, a weekly report called "The Mighty List." This serves as a rundown of "can't miss" shows and movies for the week, curated by the editorial team with help from user data.

The future

But Adams says the focus moving forward isn't just on features. He and his 10-person team are also working to improve the algorithm. It takes about 100 to 200 swipes for MightyTV to get a good sense of your taste, he says, but a new update would give the system as good a prediction at 50 swipes as it used to have at 200.

The big question for MightyTV is whether it can build up a loyal-enough user base by the time larger players put the finishing touches on their own smart recommendation systems.

Apple is reportedly building an "advanced TV guide" that aims to pull together a bunch of content providers, and Comcast is pushing toward universal integration of streaming services like Netflix with its X1 system. Both want to use artificial intelligence, voice commands, and dynamic design to become the one platform that rules all video services. You can bet Amazon, Google, and so on will make their plays as well.

MightyTV's advantage seems to be that it's fun, free, and available to everyone with an iPhone (Android coming soon). And Adams says it has the potential to move beyond premium video recommendations into recommendations more broadly, which is a potential lane if it gets squeezed by the tech giants.

MightyTV currently works with Amazon, Netflix, Showtime, Hulu, Cinemax, HBO Go, HBO Now, and Crackle. You can download it here.

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In Pokémon Go, certain creatures are much harder to catch than others.

Luckily, fans of the game have combed through its code to find out exactly which Pokémon have the lowest base-capture rate (or are the most likely to flee). 

It's important knowledge for any serious Pokémon Go player because it can mean the difference between catching an extremely rare Pokémon or walking away empty-handed.

You'll want to save your strongest balls and berries for catching these 15 Pokémon:

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Ivysaur: 8% base-capture rate

Charmeleon: 8% base-capture rate

Wartortle: 8% base-capture rate