Marvel’s newest movie "Doctor Strange" has been accused of whitewashing the plot by changing the character of The Ancient One from Tibetan to Celtic. It’s true that this is another missed opportunity to have a major Asian character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it’s also true that the movie goes out of its way to avoid racism and to appeal to the giant Chinese box office.

About The Ancient One, played by Tilda Swinton, screenwriter C. Robert Cargill explained that the filmmakers were trying to avoid stereotypes and political controversy:

"The Ancient One was a racist stereotype who comes from a region of the world that is in a very weird political place. He originates from Tibet. So if you acknowledge that Tibet is a place and that he’s Tibetan, you risk alienating one billion people … and risk the Chinese government going, 'Hey, you know one of the biggest film-watching countries in the world? We’re not going to show your movie because you decided to get political."

Sure, some people won’t buy that argument. Marvel could have, say, modernized the Ancient One while keeping the character Asian. It could have made the character Nepalese, which is where she is based in the movie. Still, you have to give Marvel some credit for swapping a racist stereotype for a new female character, and it's slightly weird to think of it simply as whitewashing when it was done in part to appeal to China. 

Many other elements appear to be pro-China, too.

• Doctor Strange’s servant in the comics, Wong, is reimagined as a master of the mystics arts in his own right — and there’s a joke in the movie in which he makes clear that he doesn’t work for Strange. Wong is played by the ethnically Chinese actor Benedict Wong.

• "Doctor Strange" repeatedly emphasizes the idea that Eastern medicine can do things that go beyond Western medicine.
• The movie features a major, climactic set piece in Hong Kong.
• It uses a Chinese smartphone, from Huawei’s Honor subbrand.
• Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Doctor Strange, is hugely popular in China through his BBC show "Sherlock." We’re not saying Marvel cast Cumberbatch as a ploy to win over China, but we bet this fact came up, and certainly didn't hurt.
• "Doctor Strange" debuted in China — not an unusual thing for Marvel movies, which often open overseas first, but still worth noting.

"Doctor Strange" had a strong opening weekend, taking in $325 million globally. It was particularly strong in China at $44 million, the highest take for a new superhero franchise there and the third-highest Marvel opening after "Avengers: Age of Ultron" and "Captain America: Civil War."

China, which could have the world’s biggest box office by 2017, limits distribution of foreign films to as few as 34 annually. Beijing considers aspects like local filming and China-friendly themes when deciding which movies get distribution. As such, tentpole movies with built-in appeal to China is becoming commonplace in Hollywood.

In trailers shown before a New York showing of "Doctor Strange," this reporter noticed a lot of movies that might appeal to China. "XXX: The Return of Xander Cage" opens with a shot of Hong Kong and features Chinese star Donnie Yen. "Star Wars: Rogue One" also features Yen as well as China’s Jiang Wen. "Great Wall" is a Chinese historical action movie featuring Matt Damon.

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"Pokémon GO" has been a huge hit since its launch in July 2016, but there really haven't been many major updates to the game. We've only see Buddy Pokémon, daily updates and even a Halloween-themed event. The people behind the Pokémon GO community "The Silph Road" have now uncovered some clues in the code to the game's first big update with the release of Gen 2 characters. Here's everything we know so far.

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To create a blockbuster movie like the star-studded "Furious 7" or the Harry Potter spinoff "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," studios employ hundreds of people in many different capacities.

From the lucrative contract of a lead actor to the meager payout for an uncredited extra, the salaries on the set of a blockbuster film range drastically. 

Vanity Fair created a video credit roll for a hypothetical blockbuster movie with a $200 million budget to illustrate the wide variety of jobs and salaries that go into making such a film. 

Here are some of the jobs and salaries on a blockbuster movie:

Note: The salaries listed are based on average union wages, so high-profile actors like Jennifer Lawrence or Dwayne Johnson will often make much more than the "lead actor" salaries in this list.

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It looks like Pokémon Go is about to get a lot bigger, by about 100 Pokémon or so!

That's huge — like, Snorlax-huge— the game currently features the original 151 Pokémon, the so-called "Gen 1" Pokémon. But in reality, there are hundreds of Pokémon, and based on code hidden within the game's most recent update, it looks like the 100 "Gen 2" Pokémon are heading to Pokémon Go at some point in the not-so-distant future. 

So, what are these mysterious 100 Pokémon? Let's find out, care of the offical Pokédex (#152 to 251!):

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152. Chikorita

"It uses the leaf on its head to determine the temperature and humidity. It loves to sunbathe."

153. Bayleef

"Bayleef’s neck is ringed by curled-up leaves. Inside each tubular leaf is a small shoot of a tree. The fragrance of this shoot makes people peppy."

153. Meganium

"The fragrance of Meganium’s flower soothes and calms emotions. In battle, this Pokémon gives off more of its becalming scent to blunt the foe’s fighting spirit."

"Atlanta" star Brian Tyree Henry is serious about this year's presidential election.

"I’ve never been more excited about an election in my life," Henry told Business Insider on Monday. "The world will no longer stay complacent, where there is a blindfold on people’s eyes over who’s for you and who’s not."

For those who watched "Atlanta," the FX comedy created by and starring Donald Glover, Henry's excitement is very different from the easygoing rapper he plays on the show, Alfred Miles, aka Paper Boi. But Henry believes there's too much at stake to not act.

"No matter who gets elected, the world is going to change," the 34-year-old actor said. "I really need people to exercise their right to vote, because it seems like we’re in a place and time where we’re desensitized, feeling disenfranchised. All the deluge of news we’re getting, all the misinformation that we’re getting, all the 'he said, she said.' At the end of the day, everything you feel means nothing if you don’t get out and vote. You don’t get to complain, you don’t get to ‘rah, rah, rah,’ you don’t get to rally, you don’t get to march, you don’t get to do anything if you don’t exercise your right to vote, especially if you’re a person of color."

Henry said he feels the responsibility to honor those who fought for not just the right of black Americans to vote, but also against the barriers to voting often imposed on that group.

"Our tradition is being told ‘no,’ being told that we can’t, being told that we shouldn't, and being told we’re not enough," Henry said. "If you are conscious and really want change in this world and you don’t vote, then what was all the fighting for? All the things our parents and our parents’ parents fought for?"

The Yale School of Drama graduate wasn't shy about who he's casting his vote for in the 2016 presidential election.

"Clearly, I’m voting for Hillary," he said. "There’s no shame about that. There’s no nervousness about that. I’m conscious. I have a soul. I’m a black man in this world. This election has been crazy, but at the end of the day I’m with her."

And as for his laid-back "Atlanta" character, Henry said that his music took off during the first season because Earn (Glover) believed in him. 

"Sometimes, you need someone to believe in you when you don't believe in yourself," Henry said.

So when we asked if there could be an election-themed episode of "Atlanta" when it returns for its second season next year, the actor aimed for the sky.

"I hope Paper Boi runs for president," he answered with a laugh. "I hope he does. Governor, mayor, senator, I hope he does it all. You better believe it."

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Since announcing his bid for the presidency in June 2015, Donald Trump has steadily accrued (and lost) a number of endorsements from celebrities — some of whom are more notable than others. 

In the aftermath of his lewd comments from a 2005 "Access Hollywood" video that leaked in October, Trump lost the support of a few entertainers, including singer Aaron Carter, rapper Azealia Banks, and actress Kirstie Alley. 

With Election Day at hand, however, the Republican presidential nominee has managed to retain a variety of endorsements in the entertainment world — from former sports stars like Mike Tyson and Dennis Rodman to major musicians like Kid Rock and Ted Nugent, the latter of whom performed for Trump at one of his final campaign stops on Sunday.

Check out the 29 celebrities who still endorse Donald Trump for president:

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Jon Voight

In a statement to Breitbart, the actor said that he is supporting Donald Trump because "he's an answer to our problems." Voight also called Trump "funny, playful, and colorful, but most of all, he is honest."

He added, "There are many Republicans fighting to keep him from winning the Republican nomination. You know why? Because he has no bull to sell, and everyone will discover the bull most politicians spew out is for their own causes and benefits."

Voight doubled down on his support of the Republican nominee recently by calling for Trump supporters to express their outrage over Robert DeNiro's rebuke of Trump. 

Scott Baio

The "Happy Days" and "Joanie Loves Chachi" star has previously said he likes how Trump communicates. ("He speaks like I speak," he told FoxNews’ Judge Jeanine Pirro.)

In his speech at the RNC in July, Baio said, "We need Donald Trump to fix this. Is Donald Trump a messiah? No, he’s just a man, a man who wants to give back to his country, America, the country that has given him everything.

"Hillary Clinton wants to be president for Hillary Clinton. Donald Trump wants to be president for all of us,” he added. “So, of course, let’s make America great again, but let’s make America, America again."

Omarosa Manigault

One of the most famous "Apprentice" alums is not only a supporter of her former reality-show host, but she has also been named Trump's director of African-American outreach.

In an interview for a recent PBS documentary, Omarosa Manigault said that Trump's detractors will have to "bow down" to him when he becomes president.  

Omarosa has also been vocal in defending Trump's stance on women, telling CNN, "Donald Trump does not have a woman problem... Yes, he's said things off the cuff, but to take them and use them and try to apply them to all women, just because he doesn't like Rosie O'Donnell, doesn't mean he hates all women."

Several new faces are joining Netflix's hit "Stranger Things" for its second season.

A few of the actors you'll probably recognize — especially if you were a fan of the '90s sitcom "Mad About You" or the "Lord of the Rings" movies. Others you'll probably meet for the first time on the show's sophomore season.

But what we're most sure about is that the show's creators and writers, brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, will deliver another thrilling, blast-from-the-past, sci-fi adventure.

All the actors whose characters survived last season are expected to return. (And Millie Bobby Brown will reportedly reprise her role as Eleven.) The series is set to return in 2017.

So while you're waiting, why not get acquainted to the new kids on the block?

Here are the newest additions to "Stranger Things":

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Sean Astin (whose "Goonies" is a reference point in "Stranger Things") as Bob Newby, a former nerd who went to high school with Joyce (Winona Ryder) and Hopper (David Harbour). He now manages the local Hawkins RadioShack.

Best known for: "The Goonies" (1985), "Rudy" (1993), and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

Source:Entertainment Weekly

Paul Reiser as Dr. Owens, a high-ranking member within the Department of Energy. He's tasked with containing the events of last year.

Best known for: "My Two Dads" (1987-1990), "Mad About You" (1992-1999), and "Aliens" (1986).

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Linnea Berthelsen as Roman, a young woman who suffered a big loss as a kid. Though Roman doesn't live in Hawkins, she's somehow connected to the events that occurred at the Department of Energy lab during the first season.

Best known for: From Denmark, she is a newcomer with no major credits.

Source: Variety

A major character from "Harry Potter" is heading to the "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" franchise. 

"Fantastic Beasts" producer David Heyman (who also produced all of the "Harry Potter" movies) told Business Insider on Monday that Albus Dumbledore will be in the film's sequel.

Heyman admits that you don't have to know anything about the J.K. Rowling books to enjoy "Fantastic Beasts," but "as we move on the connective tissues will become more explicit," said Heyman. "Dumbledore is in the next movie, you will see the connections become more overt. I think it will be great stuff for Potter fans and non-Potter fans."

There are very little details about what will take place in "Fantastic Beasts 2" (of a planned five movies), but there are rumors that dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald will be featured. Seeing the ties Dumbledore has with Grindelwald in the past, that rumor looks to be gaining more credibility. 

According to ScreenRant, "Fantastic Beasts" director David Yates has begun casting for Dumbledore. The sequel is slated for release in 2018.

Two actors played Dumbledore in the "Harry Potter" movies, Richard Harris for the first two films followed by Michael Gambon for the rest of the franchise's run following the death of Harris in 2002.

"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" (the screenplay by Rowling) stars Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander, author of the book the film is named after, which is a text book Harry Potter and the other aspiring wizards study from while at Hogwarts. In the movie, Scamander is in New York City in the 1920s as he takes a break from his beast collecting. But when some of them get loose in the city he goes on a wild adventure to reclaim them.

The movie opens in theaters November 18.

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A former contestant on "The Apprentice" told Business Insider he has "potentially damaging" audio of Donald Trump from his time on the show. But he says he won't release it because he wants the Republican nominee to win on Election Day.

Brian McDowell, a candidate on the third season of the show in 2005, said he was approached by reporters from People Magazine and The New York Times to publish the audio. Business Insider also asked McDowell for the audio, but he declined to provide it. An independent source confirmed the existence of McDowell's audio and his assessment of it.

McDowell said he was also aware of the $5 million offer being pitched by David Brock, the founder of a pro-Clinton Super PAC, to help pay for legal fees stemming from potential non-disclosure agreements from the show that were still standing. McDowell said he no longer was under an NDA from the show.

McDowell said that despite still refusing to release the audio, he wanted to publicize its existence because he thought it was a good way to display the importance of electing Trump. He said he obtained it by recording his experience on the show and its set himself. He declined to provide a detailed description of the audio.

He said the election is "bigger than Trump and $5 million," saying he believed that Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's potential presidency would greatly harm the US. He listed the selection of Supreme Court justices as a reason for why he felt Trump's election was pivotal.

McDowell is also the Cape May County, New Jersey, coordinator for the campaign to elect Trump, and he operates Jersey Beach Realty in North Wildwood, New Jersey. 

The former "Apprentice" candidate has not shied away from publicly defending Trump. In late October, the Wildwood Leader reported that McDowell had removed the name of Republican Rep. Frank LoBiondo from campaign signs outside of his business.

LoBiondo had disavowed Trump after a leaked "Access Hollywood" tape showed Trump boasting to NBC's Billy Bush of being able to make unwanted sexual advances on women because he was famous. A series of women subsequently came forward to accuse the Manhattan billionaire of making unwanted sexual advances, which he vehemently denied.

“After the Billy Bush tapes came out [LoBiondo] said he was un-endorsing Trump," McDowell said. "He never endorsed him."

In April, the Daily Mail reported that the Trump campaign helped connect McDowell with the publication for a story on pro-Trump "Apprentice" candidates, and McDowell helped the publication find additional sourcing.  

"He's not perfect," McDowell told the publication of Trump. "I don't agree with everything Donald Trump does, and I don't agree with everything Donald Trump says, but he's the best candidate we have."

McDowell also once helped Donald Trump Jr. find a charter plane so that he could travel on short notice to give a campaign speech.

At the time, McDowell said he was supporting Trump for his kids and grandchildren.

"It's not about me or Trump or 15 minutes of fame, it's about the future generations," he said.

He added: "I don't like everything Donald Trump says and I don't like everything Donald Trump does. I surely didn't like getting fired on "The Apprentice". I support Donald Trump because I compare him to the great presidents who built this country's infrastructure, [Franklin D.] Roosevelt and [Dwight] Eisenhower. These presidents got things done, and so will Donald Trump."

McDowell was the second contestant to be fired on the third season, having told Trump himself that he should be fired from the program.

The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Representatives for The New York Times and People also did not respond to requests for comment.

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Music has gotten awfully partisan in the 2016 presidential election.

After Beyoncé and Jay Z recently performed at a Hillary Clinton campaign event, Donald Trump went on the attack against the music stars, drawing boos from his audience.

If what we listen to on one music app network is any indication, our music tastes do have something at least to do with the shared politics of where we live.

Smule, a music app network that includes Sing! Karaoke, analyzed what songs users chose across 100 million plays, and looked at the most popular choices in states that have reliably voted Democratic in recent presidential elections (blue states) and states that have reliably voted Republican in those elections (red states).

Smule, which shared its results with Business Insider, found that Democrats are more likely to sing along to Latin music, musicals, and '80s and early '90s hits, while Republicans are more likely to sing along to country and gospel.

Here are the most popular songs in red states and blue states on the Smule network:

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MOST POPULAR RED STATE SONGS: 1. Carrie Underwood - "Before He Cheats"

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2. Cam - "Burning House"

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3. Little Big Town - "Girl Crush"

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Samantha Bee on Monday night did one final push before Election Day for the presidential candidate she's supporting, Hillary Clinton. 

In a segment on her TBS show "Full Frontal" that was a Hillary history lesson of sorts, Bee laid out basically how "Hillary Clinton has spent the past 40 years learning to mask her authenticity." 

Bee traces the Democratic presidential candidate's history from her young adult life as "a voice of her generation," as one newspaper put it after she was the first student at Wellesley College to give a commencement speech in 1969, to changing her name to Rodham Clinton and sitting on the sidelines so her husband Bill Clinton could become president.

Here's Bee on Clinton's life:

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Jon Stewart isn't on "The Daily Show" anymore, but he still makes guest appearances on his friend Stephen Colbert's "Late Show," and election eve was one of those moments.

Stewart showed up on Monday night's show, and the two staged a mini-musical of sorts, featuring a street-urchin girl who's apathetic about voting. That's when Colbert and Stewart displayed their musical chops, and Colbert told the girl, "You don't need to be afraid to vote."

Stewart put on a Southern accent and feigned surprise when he learned that Donald Trump was the Republican presidential candidate.

"Are you serious? That angry tax- and draft-dodging little orange groundhog is running for president?" Stewart said.

They also got a little help from current "Hamilton" star Javier Muñoz to convince everyone to get out and vote. Democracy depends on it.

Watch the video below:

As part of Colbert's live coverage of the election, he also did a Facebook Live stunt for Trump's closing campaign argument:

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Netflix's US streaming catalog has shrunk by over 50% since 2012, but Netflix's argument is that it's filled with more TV shows and movies you'd actually want to watch — as opposed to filler.

But still, some movie fans have grumbled that Netflix doesn't seem as if it's built for them anymore.

Netflix's selection of IMDb's 200 highest-rated movies has gone down in the past two years by a substantial amount. And Netflix is simply not producing original films at the same rate it is TV shows (though it is reportedly dropping $90 million for a new Will Smith movie).

Research by Barclays earlier this year even showed that, at that time, Netflix had just one-fourth as many movie titles as Amazon Prime Video, one of its major competitors.

A narrative is floating around that as Netflix pivots toward original content, its selection of good movies is suffering.

But new research from Streaming Observer puts that into a bit of perspective, and shows that Netflix is still beating Amazon and HBO when it comes to good movies — at least as judged by Rotten Tomatoes scores.

Rotten Tomatoes, the review aggregator, has a section of movies designated "Certified Fresh," which means they have a steady rating of 75% or higher, after a certain review threshold. Streaming Observer looked at these movies and compared their availability on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and HBO, to see which service had the best movie selection.

Netflix came in with a commanding lead at 357 titles, whereas Amazon Prime had 236 and HBO had 52.

Here's the chart:

So while its stable of films may be declining, Netflix still has a few hundred movies that are probably worth your time. As an absolute number, however, Netflix had only 15% of the movies on Rotten Tomatoes' list.

Other options

If you are a die-hard movie fan and willing to pay a few dollars a month, it might be worth it to look elsewhere. A host of new streaming services have cropped up that are built just for you. A recent service that looks promising is FilmStruck, Turner's standalone streaming service that is targeting "film aficionados."

It certainly has some impressive titles, like "Seven Samurai," "A Room With A View," "Blood Simple," and "Breathless."

The catalog features "an eclectic mix of contemporary and classic art house, indie, foreign, and cult films," and it was built by the teams behind Turner Classic Movies and The Criterion Collection. The focus is on critically acclaimed and "hard to find" films, according to the company, so you won't find any TV shows. A standard FilmStruck subscription will cost $6.99 a month, while getting access to 1,200 movies from the iconic Criterion Collection will make it $10.99.

"It's tailor-made for the die-hard movie enthusiast who craves a deep, intimate experience with independent, foreign, and art-house films," John Martin, the chairman and CEO of Turner, said in a statement earlier this year.

If you're curious, you can try FilmStruck out free for 14 days.

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In one of his final pitches to voters, Donald Trump told a crowd on Monday that he had Tom Brady on his side. But Brady's wife, supermodel Gisele Bündchen, begs to differ.

"Tom Brady, great guy, great guy. Great guy, great friend of mine — great, great champion. Unbelievable winner," Trump said during a New Hampshire event, according to The Washington Post. "He called today and he said, 'Donald, I support you, you're my friend, and I voted for you.'"

Trump continued, "And I said, 'So, Tom. You voted for me, you support me, am I allowed to say it tonight at this massive crowd in New Hampshire?' He said, 'If you want to say it, you can say it.' Okay? Tom — that's what a champ is all about."

While it's evident Brady did vote based on a photo of the NFL star with officials in Brookline, Massachusetts, as he voted Monday, Bündchen had something very different to say about who the couple is supporting.

On an Instagram post Gisele shared over the weekend of her husband's picture dispayed in an Under Armour store, a fan commented asking, "Gisele I heard you and Tom were backing Trump! Is that true??"

Gisele wrote back in a comment, "NO!"

Trump, meanwhile, also shared supportive words about the candidate from New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick.

Brady himself has said he's a friend of Trump but has stayed vague about his endorsement in the 2016 presidential race. It looks like he might have to clear this one up himself.

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Election Day is here, and they're all "with her."

With the election finally coming to a close, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has boasted support from some of the biggest names in Hollywood, the music industry, and the world of sports. And that celebrity support has only seemed to increase.

LeBron James, Beyoncé, Jay Z, and Bruce Springsteen are among the stars who have hit the campaign trail for Clinton in recent days, and many others continue to voice their support for her through campaign ads and social media.

While this is by no means an exhaustive list, since Clinton has a lot of famous supporters, we've selected some of the most high-profile examples.

Here are some of Clinton's most notable celebrity endorsers:

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Bruce Springsteen

The Boss, long a vocal liberal, has stood in vehement opposition to Donald Trump's candidacy in recent months. He supported Hillary Clinton at her final rally Monday night, performing a few of his hits and offering a plea to voters.

"The choice tomorrow couldn’t be any clearer," he said. "Hillary’s candidacy is based on intelligence, experience, preparation, and of an actual vision of America where everyone counts."

LeBron James

The Cleveland Cavaliers star has been very outspoken in his support of Clinton.

James formally endorsed Clinton for president on Business Insider in October, and he appeared with Clinton at a Cleveland rally on Sunday, calling her "the brightest future for our world."

Katy Perry

After performing at several campaign stops and at the Democratic National Convention in support of the nominee, Perry dubbed herself Clinton's "#1 fan" on Twitter.

On Saturday, Perry joined Clinton by performing at her "Get Out the Vote" rally in Philadelphia, and her song "Roar" is the soundtrack to Clinton's final campaign ad. 

Seth Meyers sized up the final days of both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns in the latest "A Closer Look" segment on Monday's "Late Night," and found the absurd humor in it.

He began by looking at Clinton's celebrity guests, which have included Beyoncé, Jay Z, LeBron James, Bruce Springsteen, and Stevie Wonder.

"It's like she's gathering photos for a coffee-table book called, 'People I'm Not As Cool As,'" Meyers joked.

But while Meyers found Clinton's celebrity brigade humorous, he pointed out that Trump wasn't entertained.

"This massive show of celebrity seemed to wound the fragile ego of Donald Trump, who literally spent the entire weekend b---ing about it," said the host as clips from the Republican presidential candidate's recent campaign stops showed him complaining about Clinton's star-studded supporters.

At one point, the real-estate mogul said, "Just me, no guitar, no piano, no nothing."

To which Meyers responded, "That's right. Trump didn't bring a guitar or a piano, but that's okay. I brought an instrument for you, Donald: the world's smallest violin. Boo hoo!"

But despite Trump's claims that he didn't need the star power, he did have the very controversial rock star Ted Nugent at a rally on Sunday. Meyers said he couldn't repeat some of the things that Nugent said about Clinton, but he was able to show footage of the rocker grabbing his crotch and saying, "I got your blue state right here, baby. Black and blue."

"Wait, what? Why are your genitals black and blue?" Meyers asked. "Is it because you keep grabbing them like that, because you should go see a doctor, like, right away."

In the end, Meyers compared Nugent to one of Clinton's most rousing guests and popular enemy of Trump, Khizr Khan. His son was killed while serving the US in the military. He got into a war of words with Trump after challenging the candidate's proposed ban on Muslim immigrants.

"Meanwhile, Trump was in Michigan with a special guest of his own, who has this equally inspirational message," Meyers said as footage of Nugent grabbing his crotch replayed.

Watch Meyers' latest "A Closer Look" segment below:

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The FBI's last-minute re-opening of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails was closed over the weekend.

But its timing so close to the election became quite a hurdle for the Democratic presidential candidate. Now that the review is over (for now, anyway) and Clinton has not been charged, Samantha Bee decided to do her own review.

"You want to talk about emails instead of policy? Fine, let's do it," the host said on Monday's "Full Frontal."

She then reviewed what we've learned from Clinton's emails: "About a million of them are just Hillary and [Huma Abedin, Clinton's closest aide] emailing, 'You up?' to each other... We were a little scandalized to learn that Hillary can't use the printer and has her staff print everything..."

Basically, Bee found Clinton's emails to be pretty unremarkable: "Thanks to WikiLeaks, we discovered the real Hillary: a somewhat tech-averse workaholic, who wants people to have medicine, wants her staff to print out this television show for her, large font please."

To spice the emails up, Bee had "American Horror Story" and "People v. O.J. Simpson" star Sarah Paulson do a dramatic reading of them.

Watch Paulson read Clinton's boring emails below:

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A photo of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump voting in New York City with his wife, Melania, went viral on Tuesday.

In the photo, Trump appears to be looking over at Melania's ballot.

Many on Twitter wryly suspected Trump was checking to make sure his wife was voting for him:

Eric Trump, Trump's son, was also captured peering over the shoulder of his wife, Lara Yunaska, when the pair voted:

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Nintendo is a juggernaut in the video game world, having created iconic characters like Super Mario and Donkey Kong. 

Nintendo is, in many senses, the Disney of video games.

But for all of Nintendo's strengths, the Japanese company's game consoles have consistently sold worse across the past 30 years. And Nintendo's latest, the Wii U, is an outright flop — Nintendo's only managed to sell 13 million since launching in holiday 2012. 

That could all change with the Nintendo Switch, which is planned for a March 2017 launch:

Before the new console arrives, we're taking a tour of the company's past game consoles — successes and failures alike. This is the history of Nintendo as a video game console-maker, by the numbers:

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10. Wii U

Launch date: November 18, 2012

Lifetime sales to date: 13.36 million units

Launched in 2012 — an attempt to beat both Microsoft and Sony to the market — the Wii U took the name of the highly-successful Wii console and ran it into the ground. Through a mix of unclear messaging and underpowered hardware, Nintendo failed to sell console buyers on the new system. Consumers instead turned to the likes of Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox One for their gaming consoles. 

And that's a tremendous shame, because the Wii U is home to some of Nintendo's best games in recent years: "Splatoon," "Super Mario 3D World," "Bayonetta 2," and much more. Unfortunately, those games weren't enough to sell the system; the hook of the Wii U is its tablet-like controller, which feels like a toy and, compared with something like Apple's iPad, looks like a toy, too.

9. GameCube (GCN)

Launch date: September 14, 2001

Lifetime sales to date: 21.74 million units

Nintendo's GameCube helped launch the dawn of the modern era of video games.

As the video game industry transitioned from the battle between Nintendo, Sega, and Sony to a battle between Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft, Nintendo launched its last "traditional" game console. The GameCube was a straightforward living room console that connected to your TV, and used a relatively standard gamepad for control — a relatively "normal" system compared to what would come next. 

Unfortunately, against the likes of Sony's PlayStation 2, the GameCube stood little chance. Beyond the fact that the PS2 had breakthrough games like "Grand Theft Auto 3" and "God of War," it was the least expensive DVD player on the market by a wide margin. Microsoft also put up a formidable challenge with its first Xbox, showing a willingness not only to compete in the video game market but to dump billions in cash in the process. That investment paid off in the long run for Microsoft, and Nintendo's inability to compete with behemoths like Sony and Microsoft was just beginning to show.

8. Nintendo 64 (N64)

Launch date: June 23, 1996

Lifetime sales to date: 32.93 million units

For many of you reading this, the Nintendo 64 years were the last "golden years" of Nintendo's past. For better or worse, it's the console that most millennials grew up with — games like "Super Mario 64," "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time," and "GoldenEye 007" are new classics, still beloved by millions. 

It's also when Nintendo made a decisive choice to split from the competition. Instead of using digital media for games (compact discs), the N64 was the last Nintendo console to use cartridges. This severely limited the Nintendo 64 technologically against the likes of the PlayStation 1 — cartridges were unable to deliver many of the technological advantages bestowed on the PlayStation 1 (like video playback, for instance).

Trevor Noah is among several late-night hosts doing their part to persuade people to vote, but the "Daily Show" host has an especially impassioned argument on the matter.

It's no secret that Noah approves of Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, but he put away his jokes for a moment on Monday night's episode of "The Daily Show," aired on the eve of Election Day, to tell viewers what he thought about the importance of voting in this election.

"We spend a lot of time writing jokes on the show, thinking of the funniest way to share the news and talk to you," Noah said. "But honestly, for this segment, I just wanted to be straight up. I see people online, I see people on TV, I hear people in the streets talking about how they don't feel like they want to vote. And I understand that. It's not always exciting to vote. Some people go, 'Hey, there's no need to vote — Hillary's up in the polls.'

"Now if you are one of those people, I would urge you to reconsider. Because Hillary was up in Michigan during the primaries — they said she had a 99% chance of winning, 20 points up. Bernie Sanders went on to win that."

Noah added that while Clinton may be up in national polling, many polls were very close — in some, Clinton is up by only 2 points.

"You realize that's less than a field goal in American football," he said. "If you were up by three in a game, you wouldn't be like, 'Well, we got it folks. I think we can rest.' You can't rest. This is not one of the times to rest."

The host also mentioned the fervor of Trump supporters and said Trump "has the KKK voting for him."

"If ever there was a reason to vote, it's because on the other side, the KKK sees an opportunity to come back into the mainstream. That is the scariest s--- I have ever come across in my life," Noah said.

"The KKK — there is no 'K' in complacent, my friends," he added.

And for those who aren't feeling joyous about selecting Clinton, Noah had a different message.

"Even if Hillary's a bad president, America's had bad presidents. You can impeach a bad president, you can vote out a bad president," he said. "You've never had a Donald Trump. Nobody has had a Donald Trump. No one even knows what that thing is. People go, 'He's an outsider — he's not an establishment.' Yeah, he's not part of the human race establishment."

Watch the Trevor Noah video below:

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