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This is the most beautiful game on Xbox One by a mile

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Last weekend, I drove a Lamborghini Centenario through the Australian rainforest. It was even better than it sounds.

Forza Horizon 3

Sadly, I didn't personally pilot the Lambo. I was sitting on my couch in Brooklyn, holding an Xbox One controller, grinning uncontrollably. I'm talking, of course, about "Forza Horizon 3" — a new racing game on the Xbox One and PC.

Not only is "Horizon 3" a blast to play, but it's by far the most gorgeous game on the Xbox One.

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When you hear "Forza," you might think "simulation." In the case of the "Forza Horizon" series, that isn't accurate.



"Forza Horizon" is the "Fast & Furious" of racing games. It's reverent of cars, sure, but its focus is on FUN.



The "plot" of the game is based around the Horizon Festival, a sort of commercial-friendly Sturgis for car culture.



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The Weeknd just announced a new album, 'STARBOY,' with awesome cover art

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R&B star The Weeknd has announced a new album.

The singer's follow-up to last year's massively successful "Beauty Behind the Madness" will be titled "STARBOY."

The Weeknd has yet to announce a release date for the project.

He took to Twitter on Wednesday to share the album artwork, which was composed by the famous music photographer Nabil. 

The stark, comic-book-like image makes for an awesome cover. 

The singer's 2015 album "Beauty Behind the Madness" produced two No. 1 singles on the Billboard 100 chart and has sold over 3 million copies to date. 

Pitchfork recently reported that The Weeknd had collaborated with Daft Punk on new music, but it is not clear if that material will end up on "STARBOY."

The album title was previously hidden in plain sight in the bio section of The Weeknd's Instagram page, prior to Wednesday's announcement. 

Watch the video for The Weeknd's Grammy-nominated 2015 single, "Can't Feel My Face," below:

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6 things Hollywood gets wrong about doctors — and 4 things it gets right

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The American viewing public can't seem to get enough of doctors. Medical dramas have been a television staple since "City Hospital" aired in 1951. Since then, we've had films and television programs about physicians that have spanned genres — from historical pieces like "Mercy Street" and "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman," to soap operas like "General Hospital" to comedies like "Scrubs" to hugely popular dramas like "House," "E.R." and "Grey's Anatomy."

As a result, there are a ton of tropes and clichés out there about medicine and those who practice it. But what's reality and what's just creative license? And how do fictional depictions of doctors change how we view both physicians and medicine in real life?

Business Insider recently spoke with Jenna Reece and Faiz Jiwani, two fourth-year medical students at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons who have also participated in Columbia's narrative medicine graduate program. They both described some of the popular tropes they frequently see in medical fiction.

Here are six myths about doctors and medicine that Hollywood frequently puts out there, along with four surprising tropes it often gets right:

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Myth: Doctors fit into easy stereotypes

There are tons of stereotypes about doctors out there. Reece listed a few for Business Insider.

"There are a lot of existing tropes about doctors that provide a lot of archetypes to work from," she says. "You have the old mentor, the idealistic young rebel, the womanizer, and the stern one with a heart of gold. You have a lot of characters that exist for your basic cast and then you can have the more extreme characters come in as patients and people will believe it."

In regards to why physicians are frequently featured as protagonists, Jiwani notes that doctors have a certain mystique, due to their years of extra schooling, their high incomes, and the fact that medicine is often not widely understood by the general public. In his own experience, he has had to work past certain initial expectations and stereotypes formed by media depictions of doctors.

"When the physician and patient meet, they meet each other with a history of experiences," he says. "The patient already has some expectation of what the physician will be like."

However, he adds that the fact that there are so many medical dramas out there actually lessens the overall effect of medical archetypes.



Myth: Being a doctor is all about diagnosing and treating patients

You'd never see the snarky Dr. House or the ensemble of "Grey's Anatomy" getting put on hold by an insurance company for hours. 

That doesn't mean that real doctors don't have to deal with a massive volume of bureaucracy, Reece notes. 

However, she adds that such scenes would definitely make any story less compelling.

"I understand why they don't depict it," she says. "It would be terrible. It would be a bad story."



Myth: Medical culture is the same across the board

Reece says that few medical shows are able to accurately capture medical culture. She cited the 2015 film "Trainwreck" as an example of what Hollywood gets wrong about subtle differences between medical occupations. In the romantic comedy, Bill Hader's sweet, soft-spoken character works as a cardiothoracic surgeon.

Reece says that, while she has met plenty of perfectly nice cardiothoracic surgeons, gentleness and quietness would be a detriment in that particular field.

"You couldn't be soft spoken," she says. "You'd be eaten alive. You wouldn't get into a residency program for cardiothoracic surgery if you didn't culturally fit in."



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Disney doesn't expect its 'Star Wars' spinoff to rake in as much money as 'The Force Awakens'

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It seems even the Disney brass have a feeling "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," the first-ever standalone movie in the "Star Wars" saga, will not be the juggernaut that "The Force Awakens" was. 

"We never felt it would do the level that 'Force Awakens' did," Disney chief Bob Iger told investors at a Goldman Sachs conference, according to Variety, following a meeting with Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy to talk about the "Star Wars" titles from 2021 and beyond.

Iger said that he has seen a recent rough cut of "Rogue One" (which opens in theaters December 16) and that "we love what we've seen."

But that might not have always been the case. In late May, news broke that Disney executives were not happy with the "Rogue One" footage they saw and demanded reshoots. Since then, the studio has attempted to downplay the reshoot narrative, and even the film's director Gareth Edwards spoke out that they were always planned.

Though Iger says that "interest in ['Rogue One'] is as high as it was for 'Force Awakens,'" his hint that it might not have the four-quadrant box office power that "The Force Awakens" had (it's the highest-grossing domestic release of all-time and holds a slew of other records) gives you the feeling that "Rogue One" will be a little darker and more dramatic than what we've seen from the saga previously.

And I for one am very excited by that possibility.    

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Business Insider is hiring a paid editorial syndication intern

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Business Insider is looking for a paid intern to join Business Insider’s syndication team immediately. This team manages BI’s network of 500+ syndication partnerships, and also takes the lead on exciting special projects that help the site grow.

This internship will teach you the ins and outs of how a digital news site operates, from selecting stories to forming strategic editorial partnerships. You will also build your editing, communication, and management skills—all valuable tools that will serve you well no matter where you work.

The ideal candidate is a highly organized person who gets details right the first time. They also must be able to juggle a variety of tasks on a daily basis and have a good instinct for what readers will find interesting.

Among other things, this intern’s responsibilities would be to:

  • Assist the syndication editor with managing special projects and top syndication partnerships
  • Review and select stories from our partners and rewrite headlines to fit Business Insider style (piques your curiosity without overselling)
  • Become familiar with a variety of verticals and search for potential syndication partners across all topic areas

A background in journalism or experience with managing a blog is a huge plus. Copy-editing skills and light HTML will come in handy, too. We’re looking for a voracious news reader who is eager to learn more about the digital media world.

APPLY HERE with your resume and a cover letter about why this position appeals to you.

Please note that this internship requires that you work in our Manhattan office. The internship term runs for approximately six months, with some flexibility on start and end dates.

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This movie doesn't open until January but its studio is already expecting a $115 million loss

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It hasn't been a strong year at the movies for Paramount.

Though they found a sleeper hit with "10 Cloverfield Lane," they only have one title that has earned more than $100 million at the domestic box office ("Star Trek Beyond" with over $157 million) and now its parent company, Viacom, has lowered its hopes for the current fiscal fourth-quarter earnings. 

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Viacom has cited a $115 million writedown "related to the expected performance of an unreleased film" on Paramount's slate.

Sources tell THR that the title in question is the 3D family movie "Monster Trucks," which, after numerous release date changes, will finally open in theaters on January 13, 2017.

Starring Lucas Till (TV's new "MacGyver"), Amy Ryan, Rob Lowe, and Danny Glover, the movie follows high school senior Tripp (Till) as he attempts to build a monster truck and soon befriends a subterranean creature who may be the final part he needs for his ride.

With a production budget of $100, according to THR, Paramount is projected to earn only $25 million when it opens next year. 

After seeing the trailer below you'll have an idea why Viacom/Paramount are bracing for a big loss:

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JonBenét Ramsey's brother plans to sue CBS for 'false and heinous' TV series, lawyer says

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The Case of Jonbenet Ramsey CBSWarning: Spoilers if you didn't watch CBS's two-part series, "The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey."

Burke Ramsey's attorney says he's going to sue CBS over the findings from its recently aired true crime series, "The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey."

In a statement shared with Business Insider on Wednesday, Ramsey's lawyer, L. Lin Wood, accused CBS of alleged "lies, misrepresentations, distortions, and omissions" in the series, which tasked investigators across different fields to re-examine the 20-year-old case's evidence and deliver their theory on who killed the six-year-old beauty pageant girl at her family's Boulder, Colorado home.

"In its desire to match or surpass the ratings and profits achieved by other networks in recent true crime series, CBS juxtaposed lies, misrepresentations, distortions and omissions with very few grains of truth to falsely accuse Burke Ramsey of killing his sister, JonBenét, in its docuseries 'The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey," Ramsey's lawyer alleged.

According to CBS, the special's investigators used new technology and forensics techniques that weren't available during the first investigation, recreated the crime scene by building full-scale replicas of key rooms from the Ramsey house, and conducted extensive interviews.

In the end, the investigators landed on the theory that nine-year-old Burke Ramsey allegedly killed his younger sister by accident in a fit of anger. According to their theory, his parents, John and Patsy Ramsey, then allegedly created the scenario of an intruder who killed their daughter in order to protect their son.

"No fair-minded person can condone this false and heinous television attack by CBS on a young man for ratings and profits," Lee said. "Burke Ramsey shall seek redress against CBS for its outrageous accusations in a court of law..."

In response, a network representative told Business Insider, "CBS stands by the broadcast and will do so in court." 

Read Wood's full statement below:

"In its desire to match or surpass the ratings and profits achieved by other networks in recent true crime series, CBS juxtaposed lies, misrepresentations, distortions and omissions with very few grains of truth to falsely accuse Burke Ramsey of killing his sister, JonBenét, in its docuseries The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey. In doing so, CBS perpetrated a fraud on its viewers – there was no new investigation by the phony TV “experts.” CBS intentionally avoided and ignored the truth of the mass of evidence that (1) led the Boulder District Attorney and Boulder Police Department to publicly and officially confirm in May of 1999 that Burke Ramsey was not a suspect or even a possible suspect; (2) supported the 2003 finding by Georgia Federal Judge Julie Carnes that "abundant evidence" supported assertions by JonBenét's parents, "that an intruder entered their home at some point during the night of Dec. 25, 1996, and killed their daughter”; and (3) led the Boulder District Attorney to publicly exonerate the Ramsey Family in 2008 based on conclusive DNA evidence. 

The accusations of the CBS so-called “experts” lack substantial evidentiary support and contradict the factual conclusions reached by legitimate law enforcement authorities and experts familiar with the actual evidence developed in the case. CBS’ false and unprofessional attacks on this young man are disgusting and revolting.

No fair-minded person can condone this false and heinous television attack by CBS on a young man for ratings and profits. Burke Ramsey shall seek redress against CBS for its outrageous accusations in a court of law where he successfully acquitted himself over 15 years ago in libel actions filed against the tabloid Star Magazine, the New York Post and Court TV for publishing similar false accusations. CBS shall be held accountable for the damage it has unlawfully inflicted on this young man’s reputation."

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'Lethal Weapon' star Damon Wayans on taking on the iconic role: 'I was intimidated'

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Damon Wayans wasn't looking to star on a television remake of "Lethal Weapon" when he took a meeting with Peter Roth, the head of television at Warner Bros.

"No, I went in to pitch a sitcom to Peter Roth, and he said, ‘Before you pitch your show, I’m going to say two words: Lethal Weapon,’" Wayans told Business Insider recently.

Wayans – whose TV credits include iconic 1990s sketch show, "In Living Color," and ABC's "My Wife and Kids" – took a night to think on the job offer.

"I said, ‘Send me the script.’ And I got the script, I met with [executive producer Matt Miller]," Wayans recalled. "And I’m like, ‘I’m in. This is great.’ On the page, it was amazing. I felt like if we could be half as good as the script, we were in good shape, because it really hit on so many different levels."

Before accepting the role, Wayans needed to know that he could make the role his own.

"It’s like when you step into the role of something so iconic, it’s intimidating," Wayans told us. "And if I didn’t feel that I could do something different, I wouldn’t have done it. I would have went ahead and did the sitcom."

lethal weapon foxFox's "Lethal Weapon" remake, which premieres Wednesday at 8 p.m., finds Wayans in the Danny Glover role of veteran cop, Roger Murtaugh. Murtaugh is married, has a young child, and just survived a heart attack, so he's looking to stay alive for a while.

Enter Martin Riggs, played by "Rectify" alum Clayne Crawford, the new transfer with a death wish, and Murtaugh's new partner.

For TV, the producers grounded the show by making it a police procedural with a case of the week, cool stunts, with a few big story arcs.

"Look, here’s the deal: It’s obviously a light, funny primetime show that families can sit down with their kids at dinner and watch," Crawford summed up for us. "It’s fun, and it’s fast, but I don’t think people were expecting it to be grounded and for there to be real moments. And I think nowadays, you have to do that on television. Your audience is more sophisticated than they were 30 years ago."

Watch the trailer for Fox's new "Lethal Weapon" below:

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Meet the 15-year-old model who is taking over the fashion world

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Thylane Blondeau has been modeling for most of her life.

The 15-year-old model began her career as a toddler when she walked in a Jean Paul Gaultier runway show at the age of four.

Since then, she's appeared in numerous campaigns and was officially signed to IMG, but she's also been embroiled in some controversy.

She might be young, but she's well on her way to a superstar career.

Get to know the teen model below:

Thylane Blondeau is a 15-year-old French model who has been modeling for more than a decade.

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"My favorite part of the job is meeting new photographers and makeup artists," she said in an interview.

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How Netflix will someday know exactly what you want to watch as soon as you turn your TV on (NFLX)

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Netflix's data wizard says we're close to a future where algorithms know almost everything we want.

"A very realistic vision is we should get to the point where you just turn on your Netflix app and automatically a video starts to play that you’re very happy with," says Vice President of Innovation Carlos Gomez-Uribe. "If you’re not, you may have to flip once or twice and end up with something that you’re very, very happy with. Only in, say, 10-to-20 percent of sessions [will you] escape into ... browse mode."

Netflix has been creeping toward that goal for more than a decade.

There was the Netflix Prize, launched in October 2006, which aimed at predicting how much users would like videos. As the company shifted into streaming video, it turned to engagement data to predict what users really wanted to watch. Last year saw the introduction of a major new algorithm that chooses between other algorithms to find the best recommendation. And many more improvements big and small.

"It's just a matter of time," says Gomez-Uribe.

You can judge for yourself how close Netflix is to this goal anytime you open the app. The video in the first slot of the top row tends to be the one Netflix thinks you're most likely to watch right now.

Gomez-Uribe talked through the evolution of Netflix recommendations in a recent call with Business Insider.

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Beyond the stars

Back when Netflix was just a DVD-delivery company, it relied on star ratings filled out by members to analyze and predict what people would like.

The problem was that people don’t always want to watch five-star videos: a member might give "The Godfather" five stars and "Friends" three stars but still be more interested in watching "Friends."

"One of the challenges with stars is some people interpret it as the following: if you were a movie critic, how would you rate this movie?" says Gomez-Uribe. "Are they telling you how much they like the video or are they telling you how much they think a movie critic would like the video? That makes it not very useful, frankly."

Thankfully, Netflix has a lot more data these days.

"[S]ince we started with internet television, since we know exactly what you're watching and how much of it you're watching on what device and so on, the engagement data … turns out to be a much more important and useful predictor of what you like and what you will watch than the stars," says Gomez-Uribe.

Netflix’s engagement data includes every play, pause, search, and click from 83 million current members and past ones too. Machine learning does wonders to spot patterns in this data, using similarities between one user and groups of users to make predictions.

friendsNetflix’s most important metric now is what you’re most likely to watch and stick with for a while.

"The more you watch, up to a point, the better the outcome," says Gomez-Uribe. "If we show you something that leads you to watch six minutes and then abandon it, that’s a failure from our point of view. It’s even worse than you not watching it, because we just made you waste your time on something you didn’t enjoy."

The algorithms are smart enough to account for changing habits during the week.

"We know most people are complex and diverse and that they are happier with a product that gives them a wider array of stories and types of stories," says Gomez-Uribe. "Maybe on the weekends, you're more open to discovering a video, and you're fine spending more time choosing what to watch ... whereas during the week maybe you had a long day at work and you literally have only 45 minutes to relax, you can't be spending a lot of time choosing what to watch and then discovering something that doesn't work for you, so instead you may be more likely to just continue watching whatever it is you like to watch, whether it is 'Family Guy' or 'Archer' or 'Gilmore Girls.'"

As for the stars, they’re still there for now. You might even find them useful, helping you distinguish between trashy and classy suggestions. Still, the data wizard confirmed that Netflix was thinking about getting rid of them entirely.

Personalized everything

Predicting what people want to watch is one thing: getting them to watch it is another. That’s where Netflix relies on a vast degree of personalization and optimization through the app. For instance:

Personalized rows. Netflix settled long ago on rows of similar videos as the best way to present content on the home page. Different rows are powered by different algorithms, combining what Netflix knows about you with other criteria that might be helpful in finding shows.

"We don't know how to come up with a mathematical formula that optimizes everything at the same time," says Gomez-Uribe. "What we do is instead develop recipes to satisfy each use case."

For instance:

  • Continue Watching rows predict how likely you are to return to videos, looking at factors like time elapsed since viewing, point of abandonment, and watching patterns since.
  • Popular on Netflix and Trending Now rows consider your interests and what is popular in general or recently.
  • Top Picks rows are based almost entirely on your interests.
  • Genre rows consider your interests in a certain category.
  • Because You Watched/Liked/Added rows consider similarity to something you’ve interacted with in the past and what you like in general.

netflix rowsPersonalized home page. Starting in 2015, Netflix unleashed something called the page generation algorithm to construct the optimal mix an order or rows for each user.

The page-maker grabs the highest-scoring of thousands of possible rows, making sure to include a diversity of options on the page, and puts the highest scoring row on top.

Video scores generally decline as they move down and to the right on the home page.

It’s not hard to imagine in the future that Gomez-Uribe described that that top-scoring video might one day be all you see when you open the app.

seeability netflixOptimized evidence. Netflix uses data to figure out the visuals and information to provide to get you to choose a video.

Some of this is personalized. For instance, the system uses what it knows about you to decide whether to show to a movie won on Oscar or say that it is similar to something else. Netflix also famously made ten cuts of the first "House of Cards" trailer to appeal to different audiences.

Some of it is more generally optimized. For instance, the image that shows up for a video may change if A/B testing shows that another image is better in your region. Or a different image will show up depending on what row it shows up in, looking to emphasize a particular aspect of a video.

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Billion dollar algorithms

Netflix has said the combined effects of personalization and recommendation are worth more than a billion dollars every year.

What’s so valuable about them?

For one thing, they let Netflix get more value out of every item in its library. The company tracks this with something called the effective catalog size, which shows how viewing is spread across the catalog. Here’s a chart showing the effective catalog size when making personalized recommendations and when basing recommendations solely on popularity.

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This means Netflix doesn’t have to license as much content to keep people happy. Not surprisingly, the company also uses data insights to determine what content is really worth adding to the catalog.

"You can imagine that we could have a million low-quality videos that almost no one wants to watch and then say, hey, we have the largest catalog in the world and advertise that and so on, and obviously that would be pretty egregious. What matters is how many videos are people actually watching," Gomez-Uribe says.

Despite reports that Netflix’s total amount of licensed content has declined, Gomez-Uribe suggests that the effective catalog size is increasing.

"I’m pleased with how that number has evolved, but I can’t give any comments on that," he said.

Netflix’s recommender system also leads to better recommendations. One metric that tracks this is the take-rate, which measures the fraction of recommendations offered resulting in a play. Here’s a chart showing the take-rate starting with the best recommendations with personalization turned on and off (with the highest score normalized to equal 1).

Netflix take-rateA high take-rate is key to keeping users happy. Netflix says the typical subscribers will give up after 60-to-90 seconds if they haven’t found a good video. If that happens often, then subscribers will quit the service.

How happy are users these days?

Netflix subscriber growth hasn’t wowed Wall Street, but it is steady, rising to 83 million in Q2 2016 from 66 million in Q2 2015.

Even more important for Gomez-Uribe is hours watched per subscription per day. This figure grew 13% in 2015 from 1.6 to 1.8.

screen shot 2016 01 11 at 3.19.23 pmSpeaking for one user, I can say that I would choose Netflix over any other video service. 

I watch about two hours a day, and the more I learn about the algorithms, the more I trust them. Does Netflix really think I’ll like "Scrubs"? Fine, I’ll give it a try.

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The 37 most famous guest stars who have ever been on 'Law & Order: SVU'

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Your favorite New York City detectives are back in full force for their eighteenth and final season of "Law & Order SVU", which premieres Wednesday night at 9 pm.

Part of what makes this show so great (besides the undeniably incredible cast) are the familiar faces that enter the lives of Detective Olivia Benson and the Special Victims Unit. 

After 18 seasons we've seen everyone from Academy Award winners to teen heartthrobs. In New York City, the dedicated actors who (sometimes) commit these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the guest stars of SVU. These are their stories.

Jennifer Esposito

“Remorse” (Season 1, Episode 20)

SVU Role: Jennifer Esposito plays television reporter Sarah Logan who discusses her rape during her segments which leads to the arrest of a suspect.

Known for: Esposito has had roles in “Spin City”, “Samantha Who?”, “Blue Bloods” and “NCIS”.



Hayden Panettiere

“Abuse” (Season 2, Episode 11) and “Hooked” (Season 6, Episode

SVU Roles: In season 2, Panettiere plays Ashley Austin Black who intentionally injures herself in order to get attention from her parents. In season 6, she plays Angela Agnelli, a high school prostitute who kills her doctor.

Known for: Most recently, Hayden Panettiere plays country superstar Juliette Barnes on “Nashville.” She also played cheerleader/superhuman Claire Bennet on “Heroes.”



Sarah Hyland

“Hothouse” (Season 10, Episode 12)

SVU Roles: In “Hothouse”, Sarah Hyland plays the highly intelligent Jennifer Banks, who suffers from a psychotic breakdown and admits to the murder of her roommate.

Known for: Sarah Hyland currently plays the vapid Hayley Dunphy on sitcom “Modern Family.”



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America and Britain have pretty different tastes on Netflix

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There are some interesting trends in Netflix watching by country. Among them: Americans have more low-brow tastes than Brits.

The five popular shows in the US in June: "Orange Is the New Black," "Family Guy," "The Office," "American Dad!" and "Friends."

The top shows in the UK: "Orange Is the New Black," "How I Met Your Mother," "Archer," "Pretty Little Liars," and "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia."

These estimates come from a new report from 7Park Data. "Orange" led the list everywhere as a popular Netflix original that just released a new season.

Here are the rest:

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LAPD denies any knowledge of a criminal investigation into Brad Pitt's alleged abuse incident

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The Los Angeles Police Department is denying any ongoing criminal investigation of Brad Pitt after both TMZ and People on Thursday reported that the LAPD and the LA County Department of Children and Family Services were investigating the actor on suspicion of child abuse aboard a private jet last week.

"We have no criminal investigation against Mr. Pitt," Sgt. Barry Montgomery, an LAPD spokesman, told Business Insider on the phone Thursday morning. "As of right now, we're getting a lot of calls, and the story is the same. We know of no investigation involving Mr. Pitt. We are not actively investigating Mr. Pitt."

A representative for the LA County Department of Children and Family Services denied that the department was investigating Pitt. When asked whether the department had been alerted to any incident involving the actor, the person responded, "Do you think even if we had we would share it with you?"

"To my knowledge, [Pitt talking to police] never happened," Montgomery told The Hollywood Reporter. "And right now, that is where our office is. We are not investigating any case, nor do we have any allegations against Mr. Pitt. We understand how rumors get spun up and hopefully we can put a few of them to rest."

TMZ, citing anonymous sources, reported early Thursday morning that Pitt was suspected of being "verbally abusive and physical with his children" during a trip last Wednesday on the family private jet and that Pitt was supposedly intoxicated. TMZ said that was what prompted Angelina Jolie to file for divorce the following Tuesday.

People magazine originally said its source had confirmed investigations by both the LAPD and the LA County Department of Children and Family Services, but an updated version of the article on People's website removed any mention that its source had confirmed an LAPD investigation.

TMZ and People, citing anonymous sources, reported that an anonymous tip from a witness on the airport tarmac prompted the investigation. TMZ's sources said that Jolie and the couple's children were on the jet with Pitt and that Pitt attempted to exit the scene in an airport fuel truck.

Jolie is seeking sole custody of the couple's six children. The actress filed for divorce on Tuesday, citing "irreconcilable differences," and she is reportedly requesting that a judge grant Pitt visitation rights as opposed to joint custody. Robert Offer, an attorney for the family, said Jolie's decision was made "for the health of the family," according to an Associated Press report.

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Watch Hillary Clinton sit down with Zach Galifianakis in his hilarious 'Between Two Ferns' interview

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Hillary Clinton has become the latest politician to go on Zach Galifianakis' fake Funny or Die interview show "Between Two Ferns."

The Democratic presidential nominee sat down with the comic to dish out the jokes as well as take them.

The interview opens with Galifianakis, dressed in a Halloween mask, attempting to scare Clinton. He is quickly detained by the secret service.

Clinton, whose name comes up on screen as "Hilary Clinton, Had Pneumonia," is then hit with a barrage of silly questions from Galifianakis like "Are you excited to be the first girl president?" "As secretary [of state] how many words-per-minute could you type? And how does President Obama like his coffee, like himself, weak?" "What happens if you become pregnant?"

Clinton also takes some jabs at her opponent, Republican nominee Donald Trump. When Galifianakis asks if Clinton would move to Canada if Trump won, she says she would stay in the US and "try to prevent him for destroying the United States."

Later in the interview Galifianakis interrupts Clinton to play a Trump ad. When Clinton asks why he would play the ad, he says Trump paid him in steaks.

"I'd be afraid to eat them if I were you," Clinton replies.

In March 2014, President Obama went on "Two Ferns" to urge people to sign up for health insurance. The video instantly went viral.

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Pokémon Go just got knocked out of the top spot on the charts after 74 days at No. 1

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With the changing of the seasons, so comes the end of an era: Pokémon Go's titanic reign at the top of the charts has ended, ousted by the popular-as-ever "Clash Royale" in the top grossing category on iPhone.

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Don't worry, Pikachu: The game is still holding strong at number one in the Android charts, and it's only dropped to the third position on iOS. 

Moreover, there are still around 30 million people playing the game every month — and that's just in the US. But since the game exploded in popularity after launching in early July, the decrease in players is seen by some as an apocalyptic sign. 

The recent reports of its imminent decline miss several key points, Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad told Business Insider in August.

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"Pokémon Go" exploded in popularity, and rapidly launched in many countries. It's the fastest downloaded anything on both iPhone and Android. That puts the game into a rare category of mega-hit. Simply put: the kind of user numbers that "Pokémon Go" initially enjoyed are unsustainable. Remember when it had more users than Twitter? That was never going to last.

The tapering off of those record-setting, astronomic numbers is entirely expected. Ahmad described the effect as, "what one would expect when looking at [daily active user] numbers, that the number will decrease over time and begin to level out at a much lower number."

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We're beginning to see exactly that. Pokémon Go reached 50 million monthly users this summer, at peak mania, in late July/early August. 

With a new $35 accessory out now, the folks behind Pokémon Go are clearly looking for revenue from other places. Whether Pokémon Go can retake the title of top grossing iPhone game from the likes of mobile powerhouse "Clash Royale" isn't clear, but with tens of millions of users, the opportunity is certainly there.

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Atlanta is honoring one of its most famous rappers with an $11.6 million machine

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Atlanta has a new tunnel borer, and thankfully it doesn't have a long, technical name.

Instead, it's called "Driller Mike," after Killer Mike, the popular rapper and proud Atlanta resident who makes up one half of hip-hop duo Run the Jewels.

On Wednesday, the City of Atlanta unveiled the 400-foot-long tunnel-boring machine, which will eventually drill out a 5 mile underground reservoir that's expected to hold 2.4 billion gallons of water — enough to sustain 1.2 million people for a month, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The city christened the $11.6 million machine "Driller Mike" at a ceremony at the Bellwood Quarry in northwest Atlanta. Killer Mike, who made news earlier this year for his strong support of Bernie Sanders, joined officials at the unveiling.

"It was the funniest thing in the world to me. I didn't take it seriously, because I'm a rapper. Cities don't associate themselves with rappers," Killer Mike told the Associated Press. "But I'm a business owner, a dad, an active member of politics in Atlanta, so I was honestly honored that people in Atlanta saw fit to name something after me."

At the ceremony, the city also demonstrated the drill's 12-foot diamond head:

The $300 million drilling project will connect the Bellwood Quarry to the nearby Chattahoochee River and Hemphill Water Treatment Plant. The machine will create the deepest tunnel in the state, which is expected to be finished by the end of 2018.

The naming of the drill had been in the works for a while — earlier this year, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the city held an open submission for names, which drew over 700 suggestions. The city narrowed it down to three options: "Peach Beast," "Scarlett," and "Driller Mike," which won the public vote.

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Seth Meyers takes a closer look at Donald Trump's allegedly shady use of charity funds

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Donald Trump's alleged sketchy use of his charity foundation's money is once again under scrutiny. So, Seth Meyers took another dive into his charitable record.

Earlier this week, The Washington Post reported that the Republican presidential candidate had used about $250,000 of his foundation's money to settle personal lawsuits. For example, in once instance he reportedly used $120,000 to settle fines with the city of Palm Beach, Florida for erecting a flag pole at his Mar-a-Lago club that was twice the height of city limits.

"He put up a flagpole twice the legal height and refused to take it down," the host said. "Sounds like he's compensating for something."

Trump's questionable use of his foundation's money, which he reportedly hasn't donated any of his own money to since 2008, has been reported before. For example, it was reported that he purchased a six-foot-tall painting of himself for $20,000, again with foundation funds.

So why hasn't Trump's personal use of his foundation's funds become more of a scandal for the presidential candidate?

"So, Trump used charity money to settle lawsuits and buy things for himself," the host said. "This should be one of the more major scandals of the campaign. But the reason why it won't stick is the same reason none of Trump's scandals never seem to stick. He has no shame. In fact, when he's confronted, he just doubles-down. He's like a dog who pees in the house and when you rub his nose in it, he says, 'Mmm, I love the smell of my own urine.'"

Watch the segment below:

 

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Here's everything leaving Netflix in October that you need to watch before it disappears

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It's always sad to see classic titles leave Netflix, and in October some really great ones will be removed from the streaming service's library.

"Back to the Future," the movie that made you fall in love with Michael J. Fox and Huey Lewis and the News, will no longer be on Netflix beginning October 1st. The movie's sequels will also be going away.

Other greats out the door: "Beverly Hills Cop II," "Erin Brockovich," "The Running Man," and "The Warriors."

Here's the full list of everything leaving Netflix in October. We've highlighted some of the titles you should check out one more time before they disappear.

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Leaving October 1

"10.0 Earthquake"

"Back to the Future"

"Back to the Future Part II"

"Back to the Future Part III"

"Beverly Hills Cop II"

"Congo"

"Deep Impact"

"Erin Brockovich"

"The Exorcist"

"Heroes" (Season 1­4)

"Honey" 

"Honey 2"

"Insomnia"

"Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius"

"Mr. Deeds"

"My Girl"

"Nick of Time"

"The Phantom"

"Psych" (Seasons 1­8)

"The Running Man"

"Saturday Night Live: The 2010s: Season 38 Timeline"
"Uncommon Valor"
"The Warriors"



Leaving October 2

"The Big Green"



Leaving October 15

"Ivan the Incredible"



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How the sudden, tragic death of a famous composer inspired the music in the new 'Magnificent Seven'

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Simon Franglen's work on the reboot of "The Magnificent Seven" was supposed to be similar to the numerous jobs he'd worked on with Oscar-winning composer James Horner.

Horner — the 38-year veteran responsible for the original scores of "Titanic" (for which he won an Oscar), "Aliens, "Field of Dreams," "Braveheart," "Apollo 13," "Avatar," and countless others — would create the original sound and Franglen would be his second-in-command, responsible for overseeing production.

The two had been teaming up together since "Titanic" in 1997, and for over a decade Franglen had become an integral part of how Horner works.

"We were a great team," Franglen recently told Business Insider. "It became evident that we loved working together."

Simon Franglen headshot website 1But that all suddenly ended on June 22, 2015, when Horner, while flying a single-turboprop plane by himself, was killed when the plane crashed in the Los Padres National Forest in Southern California. He was 61 years old.

"I have this text from him the night before he died and I had spoken to him earlier and he was in a great place," Franglen said. "Then the next morning there was this stream of texts and the phone calls started coming in — I would trade anything not to have this discussion."

At the time of Horner's death, he and Franglen had a full plate of projects.

Horner had signed on to do the scores for the Matt Damon thriller "The Great Wall" and the Mel Gibson-directed "Hacksaw Ridge," as well as for "Avatar" parts two, three, and four.

Then there was the project that needed their immediate attention, a remake of the 1960 classic Western "The Magnificent Seven" with Antoine Faqua directing and starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt.

Not only did Horner and Franglen have to fit the movie into a tight schedule, but they also had to go up against history. The original movie has what some might call an irreplaceable score written by Elmer Bernstein, a legend in his own right.

"Like anyone else in this business, I have Elmer in my DNA, and [James and I] talked at length about how could we reference it, how do we make sure that the audience knows we understand the heritage of the Bernstein score," Franglen said.

He and Horner thought they had cracked the code when Horner died.

When news hit of Horner's passing producers for projects like "The Great Wall" and "Hacksaw Ridge" began a search for new composers, but Franglen didn't want to let go of "The Magnificent Seven."

Franglen flew to Los Angeles and gathered Horner's team of music editors and lead orchestra conductors to create Horner's final score.

"I said to them, 'I don't want these things to just disappear, I want to at least play them for Antoine,'" Franglen said.

Franglen and company hired an orchestra and recorded Horner's ideas for the "Magnificent Seven" score. Franglen then flew to the set of the movie in Louisiana to play the music personally to Faqua.

James Horner Gareth Cattermole Getty"I said, 'Look, I have a gift from James, this is how I think he would like the score to have sounded and I just wanted to give it to you,'" Franglen said. "And it was emotional for us all. He sat down and played it and he listened and at the end he said, 'Let's do this. I want you guys to finish this score.'"

Franglen led the completion of the score, which took nine months and included the creation of some new pieces outside of Horner's work to have enough music for the entire movie.

The finished product is very distant from the Bernstein music in the original (which plays over the end credits in the new movie). Though at times it has the big orchestra sound like the original, there's a darker tone that mirrors Faqua's film.

And though everyone knew this would be the final score of a legendary composer, Franglen didn't want it to sound that way.

"The last thing we wanted to do was make this a mausoleum," he said. "It was meant to be a film score for a very specific film. Antoine needed music that reflected his film and that's the first job of a film composer, to serve the film and be the emotional heart. James would have been adamant that the score has to serve the film."

Franglen has recently completed the score for Terrence Malick's documentary "Voyage of Time: Life's Journey," and he hopes to continue in the footsteps of his mentor. Looking back, the experience he got from working alongside Horner for years is priceless. But the great loss remains: He is no longer alongside his friend.

"He was one of my closest friends," Franglen said. "It was a point where if he called the house and my son picked up the phone they would just chat away. We considered him part of the family. It was a horrendous loss."

"The Magnificent Seven" opens in theaters Friday.

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Here are the top music artists that dominate each season: spring, summer, fall, and winter

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The BeatlesAs the seasons change so do people's musical tastes, according to streaming leader Spotify.

The most obvious change is the flourishing of Christmas music every year during winter, but there are a bunch of other changes in what people listen to. To learn more about these trends, Spotify's data scientists looked at 100,000 of the most popular artists on its platform over a two-year period.

Here are a few of the insights Spotify gleaned about the different seasons:

  • Fall: "People really like traditional, orchestral, acoustic music."
  • Winter: Spoken word recordings, "mellower" subgenres, and music associated with particular countries.
  • Spring: "Sunny, upbeat genres like Melbourne bounce, happy hardcore, and Eurovision."
  • Summer: Audiobooks and "beach-oriented genres like deep tropical house and ragga jungle."

Spotify also took a look at which particular artists dominate each season. No surprise that old-school crooner Bing Crosby shows up in winter.

Here are the top 4 artists that dominate each season, according to Spotify:

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FALL: No. 1 — R. City

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No. 2 — Pentatonix

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