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Netflix is making two more seasons of 'Narcos' — here's the season 3 trailer

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Warning: Spoilers below if you haven't watched the second season of "Narcos."

Netflix has renewed "Narcos" for two more seasons.

According to a Netflix press release, the series will continue on after wrapping the story of the rise and fall of Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.

There's very little information about how "Narcos" will continue beyond Escobar's death, but clearly the war on drugs isn't short on stories and continues to the present day. A season-three teaser shows Escobar (Wagner Moura) fading into the background and another man moving forward.

The series has been told so far primarily from the points of view of Escobar and DEA Agent Steve Murphy (Boyd Holbrook).

From the limited information Netflix provided about the following seasons, we know José Padilha ("RoboCop") and Eric Newman ("Children of Men") will stay on as executive producers of the series, along with production company Gaumont International Television.

Presumably, season three will debut in fall 2017, but Netflix didn't give any dates. Seasons one and two of "Narcos" are currently available on Netflix.

Watch the teaser for season three below:

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RANKED: The highest-paying jobs at Netflix (NFLX)

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Netflix is so popular that it uses over a third of internet bandwidth in the US. And keeping Netflix moving takes an army of designers, engineers, managers, and customer service reps. 

Netflix is famous for its unique company culture, which doesn't tolerate either failing employees or brilliant jerks. But for those that fit in, the company is willing to pay well.

Using data from Glassdoor, we compiled a list of the highest salaries you can earn while working at Netflix, ranked from lowest to highest. 

(Note: Some positions listed on Glassdoor were excluded because there weren't enough shared salaries. Each average salary included in this roundup has at least 5 reviews.)  

15. Customer Service Supervisor III

Salary: $70,791

A customer service supervisor oversees the work of customer service representatives, who at Netflix surely deal with at least a few angry people who just want to watch a movie. Glassdoor reviewers describe the customer service department as flexible and not built on a script. But one reviewer says that sometimes customer service is also the last department to know about changes in the company.



14. Operations Manager

Salary: $76,388

Operations managers deal with the day-to-day operations of a company, monitoring and managing operational costs, according to Payscale. Netflix is a company where the operations of the company has shifted significantly with the move away from DVD and toward streaming. As one Glassdoor reviewer wrote in about the DVD side in 2009, “Relax. You will all be out of work in 5-7 years when everything goes online streaming.”



13. Software Engineer

Salary: $131,673

Software engineers design and build software. At Netflix, this can span all the various different departments needed for such a complex product. One Glassdoor reviewer says, “If you are a passionate engineer who likes to solve hard problems, you will love Netflix.”



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14 movies coming out soon that are surefire Oscar contenders

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Believe it or not, it's already award-season time again in Hollywood.

The Toronto International Film Festival (September 8-18) is one of the major kickoffs to the season. As usual, this year it's full of movies that have the potential to be winners at next year's Academy Awards.

In fact, the 2016 best picture winner, "Spotlight," played at TIFF 2015.

This year's crop includes numerous hopefuls, including the Amy Adams sci-fi thriller "Arrival" and the Ryan Gosling/Emma Stone musical "La La Land."

Here are 14 movies playing at Toronto this year that will be contenders come Oscar time:

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'American Honey' (Release date: September 30)

"American Honey" stars Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough ("The Girlfriend Experience" TV show), and newcomer Sasha Lane, who gives an incredible performance as a young girl who gets caught up with a hard-partying group of magazine salespeople.

Lane should get serious consideration for best actress. Her performance is one of the best of the year (so far) and the faux-documentary, improvised feel of the story could also give director Andrea Arnold award notice as well.



'Arrival' (Release date: November 11)

An alien craft has landed on Earth, and a linguist (played by Amy Adams) has been called upon to translate the alien communications. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, who wowed audiences in the past with "Prisoners" and "Sicario," it's already generating a lot of excitement.

Adams is looking to be an early best actress Oscar favorite.



'The Birth of a Nation' (Release date: October 7)

Nate Parker's movie about the slave rebellion led by Nat Turner swept the major awards at this year's Sundance Film Festival, but recently Parker has been under fire because of news of his 1999 rape accusation resurfacing. (He was eventually acquitted.) Now the question lingers if audiences (and Oscar voters) will look at the movie the same way.

If Parker can weather the storm, he could be looking at nominations for acting and directing. The movie could also find itself in the best picture category.



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One of the best shooters ever is back for its 20th anniversary

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It's 1996. You're probably doing the Macarena while making jokes about how Bob Dole refers to himself in the third person. You saw "Independence Day" multiple times in theaters. Life is good.

If you had a computer and liked video games, you probably also came across "Duke Nukem 3D." The classic first-person shooter had a crude, referential sense of humor to go along with its many technological innovations.

If you want to relive your glory days or revisit a piece of gaming history you missed at the time, you're in luck: "Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour" is coming to Xbox One and PS4 in October.

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This new edition of the game will have all of the original levels from the 1996 classic, as well as eight all-new levels designed by two of the game's original designers. It will even have new music from original composer Lee Jackson and new one-liners from Jon St. John, the long-time voice of Duke.

Players will be able to swap between new, updated visuals and the game's original look on-the-fly. Commentary from the original developers will also give new insights into its creation. 

"Duke Nukem 3D" was known for its innuendo-filled sense of humor, which contributed to the moral panic over video games in the 1990s. Duke Nukem himself is a pastiche of action movie heroes of the era, with most of his dialogue being mis-quoted lines from movies like "The Evil Dead."

It also had sprawling, non-linear levels, the ability to fly around with a jetpack and some truly classic weapons. DukeMatch was one of the more popular ways to blast your friends in the faces back in the early days of online multiplayer, but it's not yet known if this new version of the game includes multiplayer.

"Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour" launches on PS4, Xbox One and PC on October 11. Check out the trailer below: 

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Vice CEO Shane Smith says he bought this $23 million estate without setting foot inside — here's what it's like

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Last year, Vice Media CEO Shane Smith shelled out $23 million for a massive property in Santa Monica, California — without ever setting foot in it, he told The Wall Street Journal.

His wife had scoped out what she called their perfect house.

Built in 1932, the 3.3-acre estate has a total of 12 bedrooms and 14,000 square feet of space. It also has a 72-foot-long pool.

The home, known as the Villa Ruchello, had belonged to noted director Henry Jaglom. It has appeared in "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Entourage."

But when Smith bought it, it needed a bit of work.

"No one had really been taking care of the house for 15 years or so," Smith's wife, Tamyka, told The Journal. "The owners had gotten a divorce and were renting it out. We had to replace all the plumbing, all the electrical, the roof and do the whole thing."

Tamyka was in charge of restoration work that The Journal says featured "handblown glass chandeliers from Venice, a geometric orb bar custom made by MJ Atelier, antique Persian rugs and various vintage French and Italian furnishings."

The house is worth only a small fraction of Smith's fortune, which The Journal says could be around $1 billion. Smith also owns a $3.8 million home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Here's a look at how the Villa Ruchello was when Smith bought it:

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The Villa Ruchello sits behind a set of wrought-iron gates.



The lot totals 3.3 acres of land covered in lush gardens.



The house was built in a Mediterranean style in the 1930s. Several ponds are on the property, and there's even a wishing well on the way up to the house.



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A noted celebrity event planner says this is the key to throwing a good party

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Bronson van Wyck is the master of helping people have a good time. 

Since 1999, he and his mother, Mary Lynn, and sister, Mimi, have been putting their hosting skills to good use, planning events for the most high-end of clients — think superstars like Beyonce, Madonna, and Presidents Obama, Bush, and Clinton — through their event production firm, Van Wyck & Van Wyck

Earlier this year, the Van Wyck team launched a new company out of their production firm. Called Workshop, the new company focuses on producing similarly high-octane events for brands like Coach, Mercedes-Benz, Hermes, and Range Rover.

But when it comes to the secret ingredient that makes a party fun, van Wyck points to one thing: good, old-fashioned southern hospitality that makes people feel at home.

"I have a sincere appreciation for how generosity and graciousness can make people feel warm," he said. "We wanted to take the essence of southern culture and make the most fun events for the absolute best clients in the world."

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Van Wyck grew up on a farm in a remote part of northeastern Arkansas, where he learned how to entertain mostly out of necessity. Since then, he's grown an understanding that engaging, interactive aesthetics can be the key to connecting to people's positive emotions. People have more fun if they're given the chance to participate in activities and share experiences together. 

That could mean offering custom flower crowns for every guest, or erecting multiple photo booths where attendees can ham it up with their friends, like at a recent van Wyck-produced event Business Insider attended. 

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This insight into the connection between aesthetics and positive emotion applies to both the weddings and celebrations he puts on for private clients and the branded events he helps companies throw. 

"If we can make someone love something, they will not only buy it, they will also go and tell everyone they know," van Wyck said. "We're reaching the next level of emotional engagement, and you get there by having moments where people have fun." 

SEE ALSO: The rules of partying like a celebrity, from one of the best planners in the business

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How Vice convinces the world it's worth billions — even if its cable ratings are horrible

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shane smithRatings on $4-plus billion Vice’s new cable channel, Viceland US, are bad.

In fact, they are 51% worse than the channel’s previous incarnation, History’s H2, according to the Wall Street Journal. Late last month, the Journal looked at Nielsen data that showed Vice's network was averaging about 45,000 viewers, adults aged 18 to 49, in its primetime broadcast.

So the ratings are dismal.

But that doesn’t matter because Vice, and its CEO Shane Smith, play a different game than other media companies. Vice's plays in the smoke-and-mirrors kingdom of selling "cool" to brands, and it's winning. 

Several anecdotes from a Wall Street Journal profile of Smith, out Tuesday, make this abundantly clear.

Here’s how Gawker founder Nick Denton describes Smith’s pitch to brands: “He’s got a lot of bravado and confidence that he uses with people who really don’t understand where things are going with the media. Shane tells them, ‘Yes, you’re right, you don’t understand this generation, but I do.’ It’s been the most successful salesmanship of advertising since the web arose. I can’t think of anyone who’s come close.”

Smith has found a way to sell companies something that is hard to quantify, and therefore hard for others to compete with. Vice's advertisers and partners aren’t judging success by pageviews, or ratings, but on how much Vice is boosting their brands.

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For Smith, the eureka moment for Vice's business model came with the “Creators Project,” in which Intel shelled out millions for Vice to make a barely branded video series about contemporary artists.

“That program built the company,” Smith told the Journal. “You learn, holy sh**, we could do a $40 million deal with Intel where we actually create content that we like, and they don’t give notes! Why were we doing banner ads? Those $40 million deals have turned into $100 million deals.”

Vice could make more money, per viewer, on sponsored content than on banner ads, but that wasn’t the only benefit. The relationship Vice developed with brands also shifted the conversation away from hard metrics and toward how the association with Vice's cool factor could help companies like Intel.

Vice cofounder Gavin McInnes, who left the company in 2008, told the Journal this about Smith:  “Shane always used to say, ‘It’s all about perception versus reality.’”

Smith is a master salesman, and if Vice is perceived to be helping a brand, that's what matters.

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Which brings us back to ratings. An average episode Vice’s highly touted HBO show snags about 2.4 million cross-platform views, according to the Journal. John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” gets 4 million, while “Game of Throne” gets 25 million.

But to HBO CEO Richard Plepler, those numbers don’t matter.

“Remember, we’re not in the ratings business; we’re in the brand business,” Plepler told the Journal. “We try to make decisions about things that elevate our brand, and Vice is a quintessential example of something that elevates HBO’s brand.”

This quote encapsulates what has made Vice so successful. While other media companies are in the ratings business, Vice, like HBO, is in the brand business.

And even if no one tunes into its new cable channel, business is booming.

SEE ALSO: Vice CEO Shane Smith says he bought this $23 million mansion without stepping foot inside — here's what it's like

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This photo of the traffic jam leaving Burning Man looks like a scene straight out of 'Mad Max'

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Burning Man has come and gone for another year.

The annual pop-up community and art festival in Black Rock Desert, Nevada, from August 28 to September 5 drew an estimated 70,000 people. Nowhere is that clearer than in one photo of the masses caught in quite the traffic jam leaving the playa.

Reddit user Andaroodleshared an image of dozens upon dozens of vehicles leaving the Nevada desert. 

It looks like an image straight out of George Miller's "Mad Max: Fury Road" (just with a lot more cars and minus the Doof Warrior, of course).

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The 2015 film set in a future apocalyptic wasteland features a scene with dozens of makeshift vehicles racing across the desert sands in an epic car chase. The film is full of over-the-top vehicles and costumes that would fit right at home in the playa. In fact, many people make comparisons between franchise and the event, which is now 30 years old.

Of course, real Mad Max fans know there's already a festival dedicated to them and it's not Burning Man.

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Sia has a powerful new music video honoring Orlando shooting victims

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Sia and Kendrick Lamar have teamed up for a new single called "The Greatest," and the music video for it presents a subtle but powerful message about the Orlando shooting earlier this year.

The song's music video features young dancer Maddie Ziegler — who has previously appeared in a number of Sia's videos, including "Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart" — and its imagery has prompted critics to label it as a tribute to the mass shooting that occurred at an Orlando gay nightclub in June. 

In the dystopian video, Ziegler leads a crew of 48 children in wild choreography before a closing scene pictures the entire crowd lying on the floor, motionless.

As People notes, the fact that 49 children were involved in the video seems to reflect the deadly results of the Orlando shooting, which claimed 49 lives this summer. 

Kendrick Lamar's verse, which appears in the official single, is not featured in the video.

Watch the video and listen to the single below:

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The one free thing everyone should do when visiting Disneyland for a special occasion

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If you're heading to a Disney park for any type of celebration — birthday, anniversary, honeymoon — the first stop you make should be City Hall to pick up a free button. Many parkgoers don't know that visitors celebrating a special occasion can get free buttons to wear all day — and it makes the day way more magical.

Disney parks are already designed to give visitors an elevated entertainment experience, but cast members (park staff) will go out of their way to do extra special things for anyone wearing a celebration button.

When my now-husband and I were planning our honeymoon, we immediately knew we wanted to stop by Disneyland for a day. Not only were we itching to wear those cute bride and groom Mickey ears, but I knew we could get special honeymoon buttons. 

Kim and Mike at Disneyland with buttons celebratingThroughout the day, cast members would congratulate us and sometimes even give us preferential treatment. We got our own log on Splash Mountain, and skipped about 20 people in line for Pirates of the Caribbean when the staff there let us through a separate door and right into the back row of a boat. 

Other parkgoers tend to pay attention to the buttons as well — we had plenty of strangers congratulating us in line, even before we donned our bride and groom hats.

The buttons can be picked up at varying locations depending on the parks. At Disneyland, folks have to go to City Hall — right on the left side of Main Street when you enter the park.

Disneyland Park Map City Hall There are usually buttons for just about every occasion — birthday, engagement, first time visiting the park, anniversary, family reunion. In case they run out of your specific one, Disney has a "I'm celebrating _____" button so you can fill in the blank.

My mom came to Disneyland for her birthday a few years ago, and her button earned even more perks than my honeymoon one. The Main Street barbershop quartet stopped to sing her a special (and hilarious) birthday song, and a restaurant we stopped in for dinner brought out free birthday donuts complete with a candle. 

So — next time you're planning a special trip to a Disney park, make sure your first stop is City Hall (or another park's equivalent) to pick up a celebration button. You won't regret it.

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Mel Gibson calls 'Batman v Superman' a 'piece of sh-t'

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Mel Gibson has joined the onslaught of negative opinions toward "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," the DC Comics/Warner Bros. movie that critics universally panned earlier this year. 

"It's a piece of sh-t," Gibson told Deadline at the Venice Film Festival. "I'm not interested in the stuff. Do you know what the difference between real superheroes and comic-book superheroes is? Real superheroes didn't wear spandex. So I don't know. Spandex must cost a lot."

The 60-year-old director brought up the film when asked whether summer blockbusters need budgets upward of $200 million.

Whereas the budget for "Batman v Superman" was reportedly around $250 million, Gibson revealed that his new World War II film, "Hacksaw Ridge," had a relatively meager $40 million budget.

"I look at them and scratch my head. I'm really baffled by it," Gibson said of the superhero-movie trend. "I think there's a lot of waste, but maybe if I did one of those things with the green screens I'd find out different.

"It seems to me that you could do it for less," Gibson continued. "You're spending outrageous amounts of money, $180 million or more. I don't know how you make it back after the tax man gets you, and after you give half to the exhibitors."

Gibson's film "Hacksaw Ridge" reportedly premiered at the Venice Film Festival to a 10-minute standing ovation this weekend. It will open in theaters nationwide on November 4. 

Watch the trailer for "Hacksaw Ridge" below:

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'Making a Murderer' lawyer says 'crucial' new witnesses in the case are talking

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Kathleen Zellner, Steven Avery's attorney, says new witnesses are approaching her regarding the case depicted on Netflix's "Making a Murderer."

The lawyer, whose work has helped to exonerate 17 people of wrongful convictions, made the announcement after filing a motion for new testing of evidence in the case that sent Avery to prison for the 2005 murder of photographer Teresa Halbach on his property in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

"Crucial witnesses coming forward now-as they always do when new scientific testing sought," the lawyer said on Twitter over the weekend. "Science not spin will rule."

An avid user of social media to discuss the case, Zellner's use of the tweet could be viewed as a statement of fact that witnesses are coming forward. But it can also be read as a warning to those who may know something that if they don't come forward with their information, the test results may provide the info for them.

With a deadline approaching, Zellner filed a motion for additional testing of evidence in the case against Avery. While her request covers multiple types of testing, one in particular is becoming the focus.

According to Newsweek, which obtained Zellner's filing, she aims to test the blood found on the victim's car, which investigators' tests identified as belonging to Avery. Zellner would like to investigate whether the blood was taken from Avery's earlier arrest.

She explained to ABC's "Good Morning America" that carbon tests will be able to show the age of the blood.

"We're going to take the mystery out of this case," Zellner said"This new test has the ability to tell us how old the blood is. If the blood is from 1996, it was planted."

Avery's nephew Brendan Dassey had his own conviction overturned in Halbach's murder last month.

SEE ALSO: 'Making a Murderer' convict Steven Avery's lawyer says she has a new murder suspect

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2 of the most popular 'Batman' games are getting an overhaul for next-gen consoles and they look way better

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Back in May, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced it will be re-releasing HD remastered versions of two of the "Batman: Arkham" games, "Arkham Asylum" and "Arkham City" for the PS4 and Xbox One.

If you sold your Xbox 360 or PS3 to get a next-gen console then maybe you haven’t been able to play the older “Batman: Arkham” games. Tuesday, WBIE released a first look at how the graphics for the re-mastered versions of the two games will look on the PS4. In a nutshell, they're a vast improvement.

Keep reading to see how "Batman: Return to Arkham" will look on the PS4 versus the PS3.

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The differences in the PS3 and PS4 versions of "Batman: Arkham Asylum" are noticeable right away.



It’s much easier to tell it’s raining in this scene. Just look at the two Batman costumes.



You couldn’t even tell it was raining in the PS3 version of the game here.



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How to add a 'random movie' button to Netflix

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Netflix spends a ton of money perfecting its recommendation system, which it says is worth $1 billion per year to the company.

But sometimes you just want Netflix to pick you a random movie or TV show. The team at AllFlicks, a site which tracks Netflix data, noticed a bunch of people on Reddit asking for an "I'm feeling lucky" button for Netflix. So they decided to build one.

The "Random Button for Netflix" is a simple Chrome extension that adds a button to the top of your Netflix browser. Here's what it looks like:

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When you press that button, it gives you a new random movie or TV show. You can also customize it to return only a certain type of content (movies, TV shows, or documentaries).

Here's what that looks like:

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While Netflix's recommendations are powerful, there is something weirdly satisfying about rolling the virtual dice over and over and getting a random movie each time.

Check out the Chrome extension here. 

SEE ALSO: Why Netflix thinks its personalized recommendation engine is worth $1 billion per year

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How Donald Glover went from unknown comedy writer to triple-threat Hollywood star

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With the premiere of his new show "Atlanta" on FX Tuesday, Donald Glover can now add the words "series creator" to his varied and accomplished list of career titles.

Since securing a job as a writer for "30 Rock" in 2006, Glover has used his diverse talents and signature humor to find success in a staggering number of industries, including television, stand-up comedy, music, and film. 

The former "Community" star's career trajectory is unlike any other. From his Grammy-nominated rap persona, Childish Gambino, to an impressive array of acting roles, Glover has defied expectations at every turn.

Check out Donald Glover's unique road to becoming an A-list star in the entertainment industry:

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Donald Glover grew up in a strict Jehovah's Witness household in Stone Mountain, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. In high school, he was voted "Most Likely to Write for 'The Simpsons'" — a show that his mother wouldn't allow him to watch.

Source: Rolling Stone



Glover attended New York University and graduated in 2006 with a degree in dramatic writing. During his time at NYU, he joined several sketch-comedy groups, including Derrick Comedy, which produced a number of viral YouTube hits.

Source: Vulture



In his senior year of college, Glover caught his big break when his viral videos and performances in New York attracted the attention of the producers from NBC's "30 Rock." He was hired as a writer for the new sitcom in 2006 and would go on to make several cameos on the show.

Source: NYU



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Tom Hanks gives an Oscar-worthy performance in 'Sully'

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The "Miracle on the Hudson," in which airline captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger landed his plane on New York City's Hudson River after it was struck by birds, was one of those moments that was ripe to be made into a movie.

Seven years after the US Airways plane landed into the icy river in January 2009, that movie is here. Directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks as Sullenberger, it is a moving account that shows the event in dramatic detail and explores the frustrating investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board that Sullenberger had to endure following the landing.

Eastwood's directing talent has always been minimizing the stylistic bells and whistles that directors like to use as calling cards in their films and just telling a good story. He's an anti-auteur in an era when every director (both established and up-and-coming) feels he or she has to be flashy.

Though "Sully" is thrilling on an IMAX screen, Eastwood doesn't try to show off the technology with an overindulgence of CGI. He turns to the script by Todd Komarnicki, which is based on Sullenberger's book "Highest Duty," and the talents of Hanks.

Hanks proves once more that he's the Jimmy Stewart of our generation. It's hard to think of anyone else working today other than Hanks who could bring to the screen the professionalism, humility, and class that a veteran pilot who has built a career cheating death like Sullenberger exudes.

But as most of the movie explores, Sullenberger was crippled in the hours and days following the landing with second-guessing.

Sully 3 Warner BrosIt mainly comes from the NTSB investigators who question his actions, as computer simulations show that he could have gotten the plane back to LaGuardia Airport (later in the movie that theory is debunked).

This leads to Sullenberger having flashbacks to the landing and two horrific moments when he imagines the plane crashing into a Manhattan high-rise. It will be a cringe-inducing moment for those who still get flashbacks to the attacks on New York City on 9/11.

But the movie doesn't primarily find its emotion from sadness. Instead, it's uplifting and inspiring as Hanks, Aaron Eckhart (as Sullenberger's copilot), and the rest of the cast playing the flight crew are portrayed as the heroes they are. 

At a brisk 95 minutes, there's a lot packed into the movie with few dull moments (if any). Hanks is the film's glue, and should be considered for the award season. But Eastwood's storytelling with little use of music is a testament to how powerful the drama in the movie is on its own.

With over 30 feature-film directing credits, Eastwood hasn't always made the right choices, but "Sully" and his previous directing effort, "American Sniper," show that the 86-year-old is in a good directing groove at the moment.  

"Sully" opens in theaters on Friday.

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Trevor Noah slams Donald Trump's visit to a black church

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Trevor Noah isn't impressed by Donald Trump's attempts to win over black voters, especially his recent visit to a black church in Ohio.

The Republican presidential candidate has a reason to court black voters. In July, a poll showed that his support among black voters in Ohio and Pennsylvania was 0%.

“There are more black people excited for the new Kevin James sitcom," Noah joked of the polling numbers on Tuesday's episode of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show."

After weeks of appealing to black voters, Trump visited an African-American church with Ben Carson, a former contender for the GOP presidential nomination.

"He basically has three choices. He either goes to barbershops, Tyler Perry movies, or black churches," Noah explained. "But he’s not going to go to Tyler Perry movies, because, I mean, Madea’s a two. He’s not going to go to a barbershop, because they’d hook him up. So his only remaining option is church."

Noah flashed a number of amusing graphics, and pointed out Trump's apparent lack of rhythm in one news clip in which music is playing in the church.

"No. No! No! I'm sorry, I've got to call out the media on this one," Noah said. "Donald Trump was not swaying to the music. He was swaying, and there happened to be music playing at the same time."

Noah also picked apart Trump's speech, which the real-estate mogul claimed was written "from the heart." Then he joked about the church giving Trump a prayer shawl.

"You guys put it on the shoulders? My other friends put the white sheet over their heads,” Noah said, referring to Trump's reported ties to the KKK and white supremacists.

Noah then brought on senior campaign correspondent Roy Wood Jr. to bring it on home.

"I feel bad for every member of that congregation," Wood said. "Think about it: You go to church every Sunday praying to God to keep Trump out of your life, only to show up one morning to see him in the pulpit. Trump is turning good church folk into atheists. I can tell you people were not happy about this, man."

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Shia LaBeouf was almost in 'Suicide Squad,' but the studio rejected him

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Shia LaBeouf sat down with Variety for a revealing new profile that explores the 30-year-old actor's bizarre behavior over the past few years and the comeback he's having with an Oscar-worthy performance in the upcoming movie "American Honey.

Though he says in the story that he's no longer on the wish list for the big Hollywood titles like he was as a kid starring in "Transformers," he did admit that he was almost in "Suicide Squad."

LaBeouf had worked with "Squad" director David Ayer on his previous movie, "Fury." The actor told Variety that Ayer asked him to play the role of Lieutenant GQ Edwards, which eventually went to Scott Eastwood.

But the studio apparently vetoed the casting.

“I don’t think Warner Bros. wanted me. I went in to meet, and they were like, ‘Nah, you’re crazy. You’re a good actor, but not this one.’ It was a big investment for them.”

LaBeouf also said that when he was vying for the role, the parts of Edwards and Rick Flag (at one time to be played by Tom Hardy and later played by Joel Kinnaman) were more substantial.

“Then Will [Smith] came in, and the script changed a bit," LaBeouf said. "That character and Tom [Hardy’s] character got written down to build Will up.”  

LaBeouf is currently having something of a return to form after a period of heavy drinking that led to strange behavior that ranged from him causing a drunken disturbance at a Broadway performance of "Cabaret" to plagiarizing the work of cartoonist Daniel Clowes for a short film he directed in 2013. LaBeouf says he hasn't had a drink in a year.

Read the entire profile here.

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A prominent leader of Gamergate was just arrested on charges of assaulting a police officer

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One of Gamergate's most prominent voices, Ethan Ralph, was arrested recently on two counts of assault on law enforcement and count of obstruction of justice.

He allegedly "assaulted a deputy," according to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office report.

Ralph is well-known within the online Gamergate community for a website he runs, The Ralph Retort. It's a Rush Limbaugh-esque take on the world of video games.

Gamergate, a group known by many for both its online harassment campaigns and its vehement denial that it's involved in online harassment campaigns, has mostly fizzled since its inception in the summer of 2014. But websites like The Ralph Retort have kept it alive; Ralph is most well-known for encouraging his followers, ex-Gamergaters, to target people and institutions.

As game developer Brianna Wu writes on The Daily Dot, "Like many women in the game industry, I’ve been doxed by [Ralph] multiple times. In December of 2014, after receiving death threats so extreme they were the basis of a 'Law & Order' episode, I had pictures of my house, my car and even my pets’ names published by Gamergate on Medium. The post was so extreme that it caused Medium to re-evaluate its policies on publishing private information. After the post was taken down, Ralph was eager to republish it."

The reported altercation started when police "responded to this location for a report of an intoxicated male sleeping in the lobby." When sheriff's deputies tried waking up the person, he reportedly "assaulted a deputy." Ralph is being charged with obstruction of justice and two separate felony counts of assault of law enforcement.

Ralph's Twitter account remains active, as does The Ralph Retort website — he wrote in a post on his website (reportedly dictated from jail) that, "Effective immediately, I’m taking my leave of absence from my position as Editor-in-Chief." 

If convicted, Ralph faces a maximum sentence of five years per felony count, and a maximum of one year for obstruction of justice — a maximum total sentence of 11 years in prison. He's currently being help without bond at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center in Virginia.

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