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The 10 most expensive celebrity divorces

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Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from husband Brad Pitt after two years of marriage.

The two have earned $555 million since they have been together, according to Forbes, as well as $117.5 million (before taxes and fees) since their 2014 marriage.

Pitt previously divorced ex-wife Jennifer Aniston in 2004 and the two reportedly settled for $60 million while Jolie was formerly married to both Billy Bob Thornton and Jonny Lee Miller.

It's not clear how Pitt and Jolie will split their assets yet. Jolie is seeking physical custody of their six children while Pitt reportedly wants to share joint custody. The two also have a lot of property at stake

Keep reading to see the most expensive celebrity divorce settlements.

10. Kevin Costner and Cindy Silva

Settlement:reported $80 million

Costner and Silva met at California State University in 1975 and married two and a half years later. They announced their divorce after 16 years of marriage in 1994.

"We have amicably resolved all issues regarding our children and financial affairs and a full marital settlement has been reached," Costner and Silva said in a statement, according to People.

During that time, Costner starred in hits "Dances with Wolves" and "The Bodyguard."



9. Madonna and Guy Ritchie

Settlement:at least $76 million

The director and singer were divorced after eight years together. Madonna's publicist told the Associated Press the divorce settlement would be between $76 million and $92 million



8. Harrison Ford and Melissa Mathison

Settlement:between $85 million and $118 million

Harrison Ford and screenwriter Melissa Mathison were together for 17 years. They first met on the set of "Apocalypse Now" in 1979. 

The two didn't have a prenup and it reportedly took three years for them to reach a settlement. Mathison passed away in 2015.



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Here's everything coming to Netflix in October that you need to watch

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A number of great titles are leaving Netflix in October, but that void will be filled by a fresh crop of classics.

"Ferris Bueller's Day Off," a cult '80s hit and director John Hughes' "love letter" to Chicago, will arrive on the streaming service at the start of the month. 

Other notable additions include "Dazed and Confused," "Titanic," and quite a few new Netflix originals.

Here's the full list of everything coming to Netflix in October, and we've highlighted some of the titles you should check out. 

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

Available October 1

"A Cinderella Story" (2004)

"Barbershop 2: Back in Business" (2004)

"Blue Streak" (1999)

"Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961)

"Dazed and Confused" (1993)

"Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief" (2008)

"Fairy Tale: A True Story" (1997)

"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986)

"Gentleman's Agreement" (1947)

"Ghost Town" (2008)

"Grizzly Man" (2005)

"How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" (2003)

"Millennium" (1989)

"Murder Maps: Season 2" (2015)

"My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Legend of Everfree" (2016)

"Once Upon a Time in the West" (1968)

"Oriented" (2015)

"Patton" (1970)

"Picture This!" (2008)

"Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin" (1997)

"The Queen of the Damned" (2002)

"Quiz Show" (1994)

"Robotech" (1985)

"RV" (2006)

"Saving Mr. Wu" (2015)

"Snake Eyes" (1998)

"Snow Day" (2000)

"Sphere" (1998)

"Three Kings" (1999)

"Titanic" (1997)

"Unforgiven" (1992)

"The Uninvited" (2009)

"Unsealed: Alien Files" (Season 4)

"Without a Paddle" (2004)



Available October 3

"Dheepan" (2015)



Available October 4

"American Horror Story: Hotel" (Season 5)

"Chevalier" (2015)

"Dartmoor Killing" (2015)

"The Flash" (Season 2)

"The Grinder" (Season 1)



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15 behind-the-scenes secrets you didn't know about 'Shark Tank'

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"Shark Tank," the show that took venture capital pitches mainstream, returns Friday for its eighth season.

Over the past seven years, the series has not only picked up Emmys for being an entertaining reality show, but has created ubiquitous brands like Scrub Daddy cleaning supplies and Bantam Bagels, which recently made it into Starbucks nationwide.

The show is an entertainment product and a launchpad for hundreds of American startups, requiring a careful combination of high-level production and management.

Through several interviews with the Sharks, we've learned some interesting behind-the-scenes details hidden from viewers. We've collected them below.

SEE ALSO: 'Shark Tank' investor Robert Herjavec reveals how deals are affected by what happens behind the scenes

A typical pitch lasts about an hour.

A televised segment lasts about 10 minutes, but it uses footage from a pitch that, on average, lasts an hour. In Season 4, Plate Topper founder Michael Tseng was in the Tank for 2 1/2 hours, the longest of any entrepreneur.

Unlike a typical pitch, the investors know nothing about the entrepreneurs or their products before they enter the room. It's a technique that allows viewers to learn about the people and their companies along with the Sharks.

The footage editors take out contains the "unsexy" material, where the Sharks and entrepreneurs get into financial minutiae that the typical viewer would either not understand or care much about.



An entire season is shot in 17 days, split across two marathon sessions.

The production process is efficient and demanding.

The past few seasons have had 29 episodes each, and shooting was split over a week and a half in early summer and another stretch in early fall in a Los Angeles studio. The investors see six to eight pitches per day, and days can last up to 12 hours.

Robert Herjavec said that when he and the Sharks are in their chairs, "We're cold, we're hungry, we're miserable." It's why, he explained, it's necessary that entrepreneurs grab their attention and excite them as quickly as possible.



Shooting is done in three-day spurts, and each day results in different deals.

The marathon shooting sessions work in three-day splits with an off day in between. Each day has a distinct feel for the investors, Herjavec explains in his book "You Don't Have to be a Shark."

On Day 1, the Sharks feel refreshed, and also make a point of playing up their television personas, which can result in an exaggerated positive or negative response to a pitch.

Day 2 is easily the best, Herjavec writes. Everyone has fully committed to the show and is looking to make a great deal that will make them money.

A scene where the investors are fighting with each other? It probably happened on Day 3, when the Sharks are most tired, thinking about getting back to their companies, and are often a bit sick of being on set with each other.



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A 'Shark Tank' investor reveals how 12-hour days of shooting affect the deals that get made

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When "Shark Tank" returns on September 23 for its season-eight premiere, millions of Americans will tune in to watch a reality show with real stakes, where entrepreneurs pitch their companies to a panel of investors who can potentially change their lives.

A great product and charisma are necessary for a deal, but a bit of luck is involved as well, since the Sharks' moods are closely tied to their shooting schedule, cast member Robert Herjavec reveals in his latest book, "You Don't Have to be a Shark."

The series has been huge for the personal brands of each of the six investors and has yielded investments that have made them millions of dollars, but they need to spend as little time as possible in the Los Angeles studio because their businesses are still their primary responsibilities.

To compromise, the show's producers have worked out a schedule that allows an entire season of about 30 episodes to be shot over 17 days. The seventh season, for example, was split into a session early last summer and then early last fall. Each day on set lasts 12 hours, beginning at 6 a.m. or 7 a.m., and shooting is done in three-day splits separated by an off-day.

In his book, Herjavec says that each of these three days has a distinct atmosphere, and the day an entrepreneur pitches to them on affects their chances of getting a deal — as well as how the Sharks interact with each other.

SEE ALSO: 9 successful entrepreneurs share the worst advice they ever received

Day 1

"The first day is generally a good one," Herjavec writes. "We reacquaint ourselves with each other and get a buzz from routine preparations, trading gossip, catching up on each other's careers, and talking with crew members in the studio."

Herjavec notes that the nature of the show requires their full attention, and that at the start of each three-day cycle they are rewiring their brains to forget about whatever is happening back at their companies or even their personal lives.

To help get into this mindset, the Sharks deliberately play up their personas, Herjavec explains. "For the first few hours of day one Kevin [O'Leary] snarls a little more, Mark [Cuban] is pushier, Lori [Greiner] sharpens her TV smarts, Barbara [Corcoran] plays her strict den mother role with greater relish, and Daymond [John] seems to rise even farther above it all," he writes. "I tend to smile more easily, finding it all entertaining and refreshing."

So depending on which of the Sharks connects to an entrepreneur's pitch, either with enthusiasm or distaste, landing a Day 1 spot can result in a slightly exaggerated reception.



Day 2

"Day two is inevitably the best," Herjavec says. The Sharks aren't distracted by what's happening back at their office and they're not concerned about hamming it up. They're acutely focused on making good deals.

"Those twelve-hour studio sessions have become our reality, and nothing intrudes on our assessment of the pitches (and the people making them)," he writes.



Day 3

Day 3 presents the biggest challenge to entrepreneurs because it's the least enjoyable for the Sharks.

As the day progresses, Herjavec says, "it becomes difficult to keep our minds off whatever we hope or fear is happening back at the office. It also becomes trickier to overlook little annoyances that were easy to shrug off a day or two earlier, when they might have earned a smile or a joke tossed between us for a laugh."

The investors start to itch to get back to their companies, and they're more likely to think about how cold, hungry, and miserable they are in the studio, Herjavec says. The producers enjoy the third day, he argues, because the ways the Sharks either attack an entrepreneur giving a weak pitch or attack each other over a deal when they're in this mood makes for great television.

That's what happened in season six, for example, when Herjavec yelled at Greiner and John for giving a "handout" to an entrepreneur he determined they felt sorry for, before storming off the set, with similarly disgusted Cuban and O'Leary not far behind him.

"Three days don't represent just the maximum number of days we can stay away from our businesses; it's the maximum number of days we can do our jobs as Sharks and still remain functional," Herjavec writes. "Not to mention amiable and courteous with each other."



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This broken-down van is a dream come true for Nintendo 64 fans

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The 1990s were quite a time.

Somewhere between "Space Jam," the Backstreet Boys and Rock the Vote!, Nintendo released its Nintendo 64 game console.

Despite its many, many shortcomings, the Nintendo 64 is home to some of Nintendo's most beloved games: "Super Mario 64," "GoldenEye 007," "The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time," and many more.

Having spent many of my formative years with the Nintendo 64, I have a lifelong affinity for the console.

The owner of this highly-customized Chevy 1500 van, however, is clearly a much bigger fan. This isn't your parents' old Dodge Grand Caravan with a flip-down TV screen — take a tour of the custom Nintendo 64 van, straight from our mid-'90s dreams:

SEE ALSO: One man created an incredible update to the original Nintendo Game Boy

The van's not a looker from the outside.



It's even got a sun-beaten roof.



But inside, it's a whole other world. The world of September 1996, almost.

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'Million Dollar Listing' star shares his 10 best tips to seal any deal

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Fredrik Eklund, the star of Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing" and a leading broker in New York City, is great at sealing deals.

In his 10 years in business, Eklund has closed on more than $3.5 billion in real estate.

He was also named the No.1 real estate agent in New York City by The Real Deal in 2014. 

"For any deal to happen — especially a business transaction — the two sides need to get in a balance," Eklund advises in his book, "The Sell: The Secrets of Selling Anything to Anyone."

"My firsthand experience negotiating billions of dollars in deals has taught me what works and what doesn't," he writes.

Here are 10 tips Eklund outlines in "The Sell" on how to negotiate and seal any deal:

SEE ALSO: A financial planner outlines the 3 mindsets that dictate how you approach your money

1. Figure out the bottom line and use it to your advantage

According to Eklund, the bottom line is the "absolute worst deal you'd be willing to make" and should be an indicator of when to walk away before you invest your time and energy.

He writes:

The suggestion of walking away brings the negotiation to a screeching halt... My hope is that they will call me back or suggest another idea. If they do, my dance has paid off. If they don't, I walk from the room, leave the meeting, and consider another strategy to keep the negotiation from actually hitting the floor.

"I call it dancing close to the edge," he writes.



2. Don't give people what they want right away

"When I'm on a listing pitch, I never give my clients the price right there and then," Eklund writes. 

According to Eklund, making clients wait a few hours to get the price of a property gets them a little frustrated, making them want what he's selling even more, and puts him in control. It also accomplishes three other things. 

He writes: 

1. It has made them want it, and therefore me, my services, more.

2. It is in writing, which makes it more solid, and in our world more true, like there is nothing else really to discuss. Putting it in writing basically says, This is the price, and I'm not asking for your thoughts on it. 

And 3. Since it took so long, the impression is that there must be a lot of thought, knowledge, and research behind.

"As long as the waiting is whetting the appetite and not starving them to death, it strengthens your position," Eklund writes.



3. Negotiate in person 

People are more connected to their phones and computers than ever, making it hard to even get them to meet in person. But it will be more effective when you do. 

"A great negotiator, when needed, uses his emotions, family, heritage, spirituality, body language, fashion, sexuality, humor, and everything else in between to win, to make a deal happen," Eklund writes.

However, if the phone is your only option, Eklund highlights the importance of having an agenda, knowing what you want out of the call before making it, and using few words.  



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Nintendo's programmers reportedly booed this one part of the best Mario game

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It's been 20 years since the iconic red plumber Super Mario, bushy mustache and all, burst into 3D on the Nintendo 64.

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Video games like Nintendo classic "Super Mario 64" are so deeply ingrained in the culture that it's easy to forget how recently they were created. 

Even crazier: All Mario games released before "Super Mario 64" were in two dimensions. Its predecessors are all on the Super Nintendo — games like "Super Mario World" and "Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island." And that change meant more to the Mario series than you might imagine.

Sure, the art style would have to change, but Mario's signature jump? 

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"The essence of what makes a 2D game 'fun' is entirely different," Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto said in a 1996 interview, according to a translation on gaming blog Shmuplations. And the "essence" of what makes Mario games fun is its perfect-feeling jumping. It may sound simple, or silly, but it's the core of the gameplay in the vast majority of Super Mario games.

It's the je ne sais quoi of Mario, that you only notice when it's broken. And it all had to be thrown out and re-made for 3D.

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"In earlier Mario games, we were able to measure the number of pixels Mario could jump and know exactly what was possible," Miyamoto says. "But this time, we had to design the levels so that as long as your jump was 'close enough,' you’d make it; it was too hard for the player to judge." 

That seemingly small difference meant the world to the programmers working on the game under Miyamoto. "There was a lot of booing from the staff," he says in the 20-year-old interview. Part of that came from the timing of the change, no doubt: "This was a design change we made in the middle of the development, when the game was far already."

Given how game development works, it's not easy to make major changes when you've already completed much of a project. It could cause any number of problems, from game-breaking technical bugs to harder-to-quantify stuff (like breaking the "flow" of a game, for instance). In short, it can be an expensive proposition.

Yet, if Miyamoto hadn't insisted, perhaps "Super Mario 64" wouldn't be considered the classic we think of it as today. Be sure to check out the full translation of the interview at Shmuplations.

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'Superstore' star Ben Feldman isn't surprised his show has become NBC's big hope

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It has been a long while since NBC's "Must See TV" days. After years of stumbling with its comedies, the network has dedicated itself to rebuilding its comedy lineup. It has even chosen the show that will be the cornerstone of that rebuild, "Superstore."

In the year since the comedy debuted, NBC found that "Superstore" viewers were loyal and growing. While the premiere episode did well in its first week of ratings, NBC found that it performed exceptionally well in later months. It did so well that it caught up with the network's biggest hit, "The Voice," in viewership within four months.

As a result, NBC has decided to give comedies more time to find an audience before canceling them. It has also decided that "Superstore"'s edgy jokes, diverse cast, and broad appeal is the DNA all of its comedies should share.

This fall, NBC is bringing comedy back to its Thursday night home starting with "Superstore" at 8 p.m., followed by "The Good Place," the Ted Danson-Kristen Bell afterlife comedy, at 8:30 p.m.

"Isn’t that crazy?" Feldman told Business Insider of NBC's love for "Superstore." "And by the way, just two years ago I was a part of everything that was wrong with NBC comedy, because I was on that ‘A to Z’ show. It’s bizarre."

It's true, Feldman was a lead on NBC's "A to Z." Part of TV's romantic comedy trend in 2014, "A to Z" promised to follow a couple from their chance meeting to their expected parting of ways. But NBC broke up with the show after just five episodes.

superstore season 2 cast nbc.JPGOn "Superstore," Feldman plays Jonah, a college-educated guy who finds himself working at the store while trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life.

"NBC is, I think, finding itself again, like Jonah," Feldman said. "And it’s crazy and wild, but I can’t say I’m tremendously surprised that we’re the show that kind of helped them get back on track, at least in comedy. It feels very NBC. When I think back and it’s like, ‘Cheers,’ and ‘Seinfeld,’ and ‘Friends,’ and all these different shows, and then the sort of more recent ‘Office’ and ‘Parks and Rec’ and those kind of shows, we in a way, in my mind at least, fit into that recent version of the brand."

Watch a preview for the second season premiere of "Superstore" below:

SEE ALSO: What happens behind the scenes of a hit NBC show as it airs live

DON'T MISS: The 20 best new TV shows this fall you need to watch

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Inmates at an Indiana jail came up with an ingenious way to work out

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60 days in workoutStaying at Indiana's Clark County Jail can do a number on your health.

Between paltry meals and a virtual lack of recreation time, inmates can easily watch their health deteriorate over the course of a jail stint.

But one group of inmates has devised an ingenious way to stay in shape, according to two participants on the A&E documentary series "60 Days In." The show follows eight undercover inmates who volunteer to spend two months in jail in order to expose problems with the system. 

As the participants learned, inmates have devised workouts using common jail-cell materials.

The highlight of the routine involves a makeshift weight used for lifting and squatting. According to Dion, one of the undercover inmates, here's how you make it:

  • First, take off your orange jumpsuit
  • Then, fill a trash bag with water and tie it up
  • Place the trash bag in the jumpsuit and tie up the jumpsuit
  • Slip the handle of a broom through the jumpsuit knot
  • Lift and squat away

Inmates continue their workout by doing pull-ups on shower curtain rods, climbing up and down their pod staircase, and running around the common room dozens of times.

"These people had nothing but time on their hands," Ryan, another participant, told Business Insider.

Ryan said he noticed that different cliques would exercise together, and sharing the experience with them helped him gain acceptance in his pod. 

"You bond with people over working out. It's something that's a part of the culture," he said.

60 days in dionDion said working out was necessary to compensate for the brutal conditions. He consumed only about 1,500 calories a day, he told Business Insider, and despite exercising frequently, he said he lost a troubling amount of weight over his two-month stay.

"They had to put me on a food regimen just to get it back together, build my protein back up," he told Business Insider. "I was getting really sick when I got out because I lost so much."

Clark County Jail only spends $1 on each inmate's meal, A&E confirmed to Business Insider in March.

Meanwhile, Ryan said he bypassed jail food completely, and subsided exclusively on items from the jail's commissary, an in-house store where inmates can buy food, toiletries and other items. His diet included peanut butter, protein shakes, powdered milk, and vitamins, he said.

"You can't get your protein unless you got a lot of money, or are owed a lot of money," he said.

"60 Days In" airs Thursday on A&E at 9 p.m. ET.

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The FBI is looking into child-abuse allegations against Brad Pitt

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The FBI is now handling allegations that Brad Pitt committed child abuse on a private jet last week.

"The FBI is continuing to gather facts and will evaluate whether an investigation at the federal level will be pursued," FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said in a statement late on Thursday night.

Because the incident being investigated took place on a flight from France to the US, the charges fall under the special aircraft jurisdiction of the US.

Earlier on Thursday, representatives for the Los Angeles Police Department and the LA County Department of Children and Family Services denied there was any investigation underway on Pitt.

Following their denials, TMZ was the first to report that because the investigation centers on activity during a flight, the accusations were out of the departments' jurisdiction and referred to the FBI.

Citing anonymous sources, TMZ had reported on 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. The actor was supposedly intoxicated. The news site said the incident prompted Angelina Jolie to file for divorce the following Tuesday.

Both TMZ and People magazine's anonymous sources said an anonymous tip from a witness on the airport tarmac prompted the investigation.

TMZ's sources said Jolie and the couple's children were on the jet with Pitt and that he attempted to exit the scene in an airport fuel truck.

According to the divorce filing, Jolie cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the filing, and she is reportedly seeking sole custody of the couple's six children, 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.

Business Insider has reached out to the attorneys for both Jolie and Pitt for comment.

Steven Tweedie contributed to this report.

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The Rock checks in from 'deep in the jungle' on the set of 'Jumanji'

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If the day of the week ends in "y" it's a pretty good bet Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is on the set of a movie, and his latest job is the new "Jumanji," which he's starring alongside Kevin Hart and Jack Black.

In a video that he posted on his social media on Thursday, The Rock tries to give his fans a sense of how "deep in the jungle" they are to shoot this movie.

"I believe I'm discovering new land, new territories, you can see this is as real as it gets," said the superstar. "I have had no water, no food, I'm catching fish with my bare hands and I do not even recognize, they have three heads."

Watch the video to see how it ends:

And not to be outdone on the social media game, The Rock's co-star Kevin Hart posted this video from the "Jumanji" set when production was taking a break (note: this one is a little NSFW):

"Jumanji" is a sequel to the 1995 hit of the same name that starred Robin Williams, and is slated to open in theaters July 2017.

SEE ALSO: Here's everything coming to Netflix in October that you need to watch

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Inside the real-life 'Harry Potter'-inspired wizard school that takes place in an actual castle

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For those of us who didn't get a Hogwarts letter, there's some good news.

There's a real-life castle in Poland where you can learn the magical arts. 

At the College of Wizardry located in Leśna, "long-flowing robes and dragontooth wands meet jeans and leather jackets." Enrolled students can cast spells, learn about Ancient Runes, and be the star of their own "Harry Potter"-esque experience.

Scroll down to see what it's like to be a student at the College of Wizardry. 

The College of Wizardry is a "live action role play" (LARP) event. Each person involved plays the character of a witch or wizard for the weekend.



It's kind of like pretending you're in a fantasy movie.



Tickets for a 3-night stay at the Hogwarts-esque castle (called Czocha) starts at 390 Euros, or about $436.



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A celebrity divorce lawyer explains what could happen to Brad and Angelina's 6 children

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Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, and the breakup is already a mess.

The biggest question: what will happen to the couple's six children?

Jolie filed for sole physical custody of the children: Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Knox, Vivienne, and Shiloh. She also asked the judge to allow Pitt to have joint legal custody and visitation rights, according to TMZ.

This means that she wants the children to live with her, but Pitt and her would make major decisions about the kids' future together, and Pitt would be allowed to see them.

Pitt can accept those terms, or her may file his own claim on the children, resulting in a different arrangement.

To decide how the children will be split up, the court will likely consider the distinctly different backgrounds of each of the Jolie-Pitt children, according to Raoul Feldera top divorce attorney who's been involved in cases that have involved celebrities like Rudy Giuliani, Martin Scorsese, Mike Tyson, and Tom Clancy. The judge may also consider allegations that Pitt was abusive toward his children and Jolie's past health issues.

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According to TMZ and People, the Los Angeles Police Department and the LA County Department of Children and Family Services is investigating Pitt for being "verbally abusive and physical with his children." The Los Angeles Police Department, however, denied that they're investigating Pitt.

"If there's any evidence at all about it, this is obviously pertinent about someone's capability to be with children," Felder said.

As for Jolie, her surgeries could work against her. She had a double-mastectomy and surgery that removed her ovaries and fallopian tubes as preventative measures against breast cancer and ovarian cancer. Pitt's lawyers might argue that Jolie doesn't have the physical stamina to take care of six children.

"It's unpleasant to have to talk about it, but that's a question that could come up," Felder said.

As for the children themselves, the court will have to decide on a form of custody and visitation that's in "the best interest" for each child.

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Each child has a different background. Three are adopted from other countries, and three are biologically theirs, two of which are twins. Because their histories are so divergent, the court might find Jolie better than Pitt at handling a particular child's issues, or vice versa.

The twins will likely be considered together because their backgrounds are similar, Felder said. With the other four children, that makes five different "interests" to protect in total.

"It's bad enough if you have two children, born of a marriage," Felder said. "But let's say you have two children who were adopted at different times, it gets worse. Here, you have six children!"

The court is going to have a psychiatric evaluation of everyone involved. With six children from various backgrounds, it's going to take a long time, Felder said. The court might have to get special psychiatric evaluators that have expertise in the countries where each child was raised. That way, the court can figure out each child's individual needs, and use that information to decide which parent is best at handling them.

Will Jolie’sinternational humanitarian workhelp her case? Felder doesn’t think so.

"I think judges take people as they find them," he said. "I don't think they'd be impressed with that at all. I think she'll bring it up, though." 

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The 50 best-selling albums of all time

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The King of Pop reigns atop the all-time list of best-selling albums.

Released in 1982, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" currently boasts a sales mark that no album is likely to touch anytime in the near or distant future. 

We compiled the RIAA's data for the best-selling albums in history — measured in "certified units" sold — and it's fascinating to see some of the other names that appear in the top 50.

Check out the best-selling albums of all time:

 

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50. Shania Twain — "The Woman In Me"

Certified units: 12 million

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49. Phil Collins — "No Jacket Required"

Certified units: 12 million

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48. Matchbox Twenty — "Yourself or Someone Like You"

Certified units: 12 million

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Stephen Colbert slams Donald Trump's proposed solution to black-on-black violence

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After recent shootings in Oklahoma and Charlotte, Stephen Colbert took a look at Donald Trump's visits to black churches for an indication of how he'd handle the rising racial tension in the country.

"In the face of continued, heartbreaking racial strife, all eyes turn to civil rights icon, the Reverend Doctor Donald Trump," the host said sarcastically.

With Trump's poll numbers showing that his bid for US president has almost no support from black voters, he has been campaigning a lot in black communities. Earlier this week, Trump held campaign events at black churches in Ohio. 

"Well, one was technically a black church, but it was filled with white people," Colbert joked. "I haven't seen so many white people replacing black people since Brooklyn."

At one event, a man asked Trump how he would reduce black-on-black violence. The real estate mogul said he would advocate for "stop-and-frisk."

"That's a bad idea, OK," Colbert said. "Stop-and-Frisk is a bad idea. Not only has it been found unconstitutional, but it would take him hours with those tiny little hands of his."

Watch the video below:

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RBC: Why Netflix stock could double in the next 3 years (NFLX)

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Netflix stock could double to $200 over the next three years, according to Mark Mahaney, the lead internet analyst at RBC Capital Markets.

"Amongst the FANG names, this is the one that's most underperformed," he told CNBC on Thursday, referring to Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google.

Why is Mahaney so bullish on Netflix?

The increase in stock price would roughly correlate to subscriber growth, Mahaney said. "We think it's going to double to be 150 to 160 million [global] subscribers in a couple of years."

Wall Street has been split on Netflix. Much of the controversy revolves around subscriber growth, both in the US and internationally. Netflix missed badly on Wall Street expectations for the second quarter, but boosters like RBC argue that this is a hiccup and that Netflix's potential is still intact.

The future of TV is Netflix

Mahaney says TV will evolve dramatically over the next decade. He told CNBC he thought the big bundle of channels, a staple of cable and satellite, will move toward a series of "mini-bundles" that people will buy for lower prices. Think a handful of Netflix-like $9.99 services instead of a $100-plus cable package.

"I think one of those five mini-bundles in the future will be Netflix," he said. That's a recipe for big subscriber growth.

And beyond subscriber numbers, RBC also thinks Netflix's international profitability is coming along nicely. Earlier this month, RBC analysts pointed out something they thought many investors were missing about Netflix: Its international ramp-up was, in profitability, looking similar to Netflix's rise in the US in 2012 and 2013.

Not everyone agrees

Other analysts are less sure about Netflix’s international future. Macquarie hit Netflix with a "Sell" rating earlier this month.

"We believe success will require partnering with local content providers and/or investing in more local content, or in content that will travel," the analysts wrote. "This will be expensive — indeed, Netflix's total content obligations have ballooned to $16-18 billion including 'unknown' off-balance sheet commitments, and could well rise further."

Macquarie thinks Netflix will still be a success but might be even more expensive than anticipated.

Still, Mahaney thinks Netflix can "generate $10 in earnings [per share], GAAP earnings, by 2020." In 2015, Netflix's earnings per share totaled $0.28.

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The 11 greatest Westerns of all time, ranked

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It’s a genre filled with some of the greatest movies ever made, and though Westerns aren’t as common coming out of Hollywood these days as they were in decades past, a good one can still find its way to audiences from time to time.

This weekend, the reboot of “The Magnificent Seven” (in theaters starting Friday) is worth your time if you’re nostalgic for epic gun battles and men on horseback.

And while we have you thinking about the ol’ West, we’ve put together a list of the 11 best Westerns of all time.

Take a look below:

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11. “Unforgiven” (1992)

Two years after "Dances with Wolves" took home seven Oscars, including best picture, the Western was pretty much DOA. But thanks to Clint Eastwood, the genre got a shot in the arm as he starred and directed this somber look at an over-the-hill gunslinger (Eastwood) who takes one last job. The movie also includes great performances from Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackman, who would win an Oscar for the role. Eastwood would also win the best director Oscar and the movie would take home best picture.



10. “The Magnificent Seven” (1960)

The original "Magnificent Seven," directed by John Sturges and based on the Akira Kurosawa classic "Seven Samurai," was a huge hit thanks to its big-name stars like Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen as guns-for-hire who are tasked with saving peasants from a gang. Then there's the iconic score created by Elmer Bernstein that is perhaps the greatest music ever placed in a Western.



9. “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” (1962)

Legends Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, and Lee Marvin star in director John Ford's classic Western. Senator Ransom Stoddard (Stewart) returns home for the funeral of friend Tom Doniphon (Wayne), and while there, reveals to a reporter the truth about him killing outlaw Liberty Valance (Marvin) that made him famous. The movie included the famous line, "This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."



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There's a secret season of 'American Horror Story' in the works

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If you thought "American Horror Story: Roanoke" was shrouded in secrecy, then you haven't heard about cocreator Ryan Murphy's super-secret season.

“It’s my secret season,” Murphy told Entertainment Weekly recently. “I’ve been working with a writer on a season that only he and I know. It’s like a two-year project that we’ll continue to work on the sly and not tell anybody.” 

That's certainly a strange way to work on a show, especially since FX hasn't yet renewed the show for a seventh season. Even if FX did renew the show, Murphy says he already has a totally different theme for that one. For now, Murphy doesn't know when this secret season will air and he's perfectly at peace with the "experiment."

“It’s a different way of doing it," he said. "It’s one person writing all episodes. I don’t know if it’s going to work but it’s like, 'Well, let’s try that.' We might get them done and shoot them on the sly and drop it.”

The secrecy is strange, but it isn't unheard of to have one person write a full season. For example, Sam Esmail has written or co-written every episode of USA Network's "Mr. Robot." And both seasons of HBO's "True Detective" was written or co-written by Nic Pizzolatto. 

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Here's our first look at Shia LaBeouf as tennis legend John McEnroe for the movie, 'Borg/McEnroe'

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Shia LaBeouf is currently working on his latest film, "Borg/McEnroe," which is a look at the legendary 1980 Wimbledon final between the two all-time tennis greats, Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe.

LeBeouf plays McEnroe in the film and now we have our first look at LeBeouf as the cantankerous McEnroe, and it looks great.

Here is a close-up from GQ magazine:

 

And here is a full look at LaBeouf as McEnroe from Splash News:

 

Borg won the famous final in five sets, with the fifth set going to 8-6. It was the fifth straight Wimbledon championship for Borg and McEnroe's first final. McEnroe would win the rematch a year later.

When McEnroe was asked by John Clarke of Vanity Fair about LaBeouf's casting in the movie, McEnroe confirmed that he had no say in who played him, but noted there were some similarities in their personalities.

"Supposedly he’s crazy," McEnroe said. "So maybe that works. I’ve never talked to him, so I don’t know how he could play me."

The movie is scheduled to be released in 2017.

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This is a big sign Apple Music is thinking like a record label (AAPL)

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Apple just hired a former Epic Records executive who could help Apple Music double down on streaming exclusives. 

Scott Seviour, a former senior vice president at Epic Records, is joining Apple in Los Angeles to work on original content. At Epic, which he left in 2014, he worked with LA Reid, the CEO of Epic and a veteran music executive most famous for appearing on "The X Factor." 

Apple confirmed the hire but declined to comment on Seviour's specific role beyond that he will be working on Apple Music. Seviour did not respond to a request for comment.

Seviour has a big background in A&R, like Larry Jackson, Apple Music's head of original content. A&R is the part of the music business that looks to sign and develop new artists. Seviour also handled video production at Epic. 

The hire signals a continued emphasis in securing streaming exclusives — the primary way Apple Music has distinguished its service so far. 

Scott SeviourIn the past year, albums from Frank Ocean, Future, Travis Scott, Chance the Rapper, Britney Spears, Drake, and others have appeared on Apple Music before becoming available on rival streaming services like Spotify and Tidal. 

In many ways, Apple Music is functioning like a record label — and a radio station, and an investor or producer too.

Apple is coaxing big-name stars to release their music on Apple Music, and promoting those records while also funding their music videos. Apple also gives artists a platform to make announcements through its internet radio station, Beats 1. 

"We'd like to be a home where artists can do their thing," Jimmy Iovine, head of Apple Music, told Rolling Stone in June. Jackson says the goal for Apple Music is to put the service "at the intersection of all things relevant in pop culture."

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