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Mickey Mouse is the secret force behind modern copyright law

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Walt Disney Company icon Mickey Mouse is one of the most recognizable characters in the world‚ and he has become the standard by which how long copyrights can last.

Mickey was supposed to enter the public domain in 1984. That never happened, and Disney continues to work extremely hard to make sure it never will.

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It takes a while to spot what’s sci-fi about Black Mirror’s best episode

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"Black Mirror" is known for dystopian visions of our tech-enhanced future. The episode everyone is talking about, though, is different.

"San Junipero" is the fourth episode of the Netflix-produced third season of the short film series.

Put it on and you may be struck, first, by the retro feel. Second, you may wonder what is sci-fi about it: the first act features no world-changing tech, only subtle hints in dialogue, music, and scenery that there's more than meets the eye. Finally, the ending is unlike any other in the series.

We've pulled highlights from the opening below. See if you can tell what's going on.

SEE ALSO: Futurist explains what "San Junipero" gets wrong about tech (warning: spoilers!)

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The episode opens in 1987, with a theater playing "The Lost Boys," a movie about two brothers who realize their California town is filled with vampires. Is that a clue?



A car radio is playing the contemporary hit, "Heaven is a Place on Earth."



Enter our protagonist, Yorkie, played by Mackenzie Davis from "Halt and Catch Fire."



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The secrets behind 6 famous 'SNL' sketches, from a man who's been there since the beginning

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Eugene Lee has been the "Saturday Night Live" production designer since the start of the show's first season in 1975.

At 77, he is one of the only original crew members still working, alongside "SNL" creator Lorne Michaels, who brought Lee in for the variety sketch program from a background in Broadway theater. 

Three Tony Awards, 12 Emmy nominations, and one Emmy win later, Lee continues to carry on his accomplished tradition in theater while also leading the "SNL" production-design team, week in and week out.

"In live television, we're a throwback to the past," Lee recently told Business Insider. "We still draw up sets by hand, the old-fashioned way: drafting sheets, pencils, tracing paper. But some things have changed over the years, of course."

Lee traced the evolution of the show over the course of its 42 seasons to us. In doing so, he revealed the inner workings of some of the best sketches in the history of the legendary series.

Here are the backstage secrets behind six famous "SNL" sketches:

SEE ALSO: 15 stars you didn't know used to be on 'Saturday Night Live'

1975: "The Wolverines"

"Well, I naturally love the first sketch, 'Wolverines,'" Lee said. 

The first cold open on the first-ever episode, "The Wolverines" featured Jim Belushi as an immigrant receiving absurd English lessons from a tutor (Michael O'Donoghue).

Lee outfitted the barebones set with nothing more than a rug, two arm chairs, an end table with a lamp, and a stairway — a no-nonsense setup for a theater designer who "didn't know anything about television."

"In retrospect, it's like 'The Honeymooners,'" he said. "It's so simple. In the early years, the scenery was much simpler, and as time goes on, people want the scenery to be more realistic, more like a movie."

 



1978: "The Olympia Restaurant" (the "cheeseburger, cheeseburger" sketch)

The famous Greek diner sketch starring Jim Belushi, Bill Murray, and Dan Aykroyd is reportedly based on the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago, which is still around, but Lee says the look of the greasy-spoon set instead drew mostly from the "gritty" appearance of New York City in the '70s. 

"It's just our gritty version of a diner," he said. "I love the gritty, you know. I liked 42nd street when it was porn theaters. When we started 'Saturday Night,' New York was not in very good shape: subway cars graffitied over, Radio City Music Hall was basically empty."

"And after all, these were the 'Not Ready for Prime Time Players,' and the original home base was a fantasy of mine of a club underground, and it was kind of junky," he continued. "We've always liked sort of industrial looks, but things have just gotten slicker."



1983: "James Brown's Celebrity Hot Tub Party"

The classic sketch that featured Eddie Murphy as a singing and disrobing James Brown stepping into a hot tub was decorated with elaborate curtains and a real, operating, miniature hot tub.

It was a relatively easy setup for Lee, thanks to his background in constructing Broadway stages.

"When I laid out the studio originally, there was the home base in the middle, which changed over the years, and there were little stages," he said. "And the little stages were like 18, 19 inches high, maybe 2 feet high, so things like hot tubs and other things that we needed to go down, since it played on a little stage just like Broadway, you could just cut a hole and set it in, really very simple."



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How 2 Chainz plans to make millions for a good cause with his 'ugly' Christmas sweaters

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Last year, in the wake of the "dab" dance craze, rapper 2 Chainz unveiled a line of "Dabbin' Santa" Christmas sweaters that went on to make nearly $2 million in revenue over the course of the holiday season. 

2 Chainz gave a large portion of the proceeds to various charitable causes, including homeless veterans, disabled children, and arts education programs. The success of the venture also inspired him to create his own clothing line, CEO Millionaires.

This year, 2 Chainz has brought his "ugly Christmas sweater" line back with a few new looks and a renewed focus on charity work through his T.R.U. Foundation. His online shop currently features a form that lets people submit stories for those in need of assistance this holiday season. 

2 Chainz talked to Business Insider about the inspiration behind the sweaters, his foundation, and his music, including what we can expect from his upcoming album.

John Lynch: The sweater campaign last year was really successful. What made you decide to bring it back this year?

juju santa2 Chainz: I think it's something we're gonna have to do annually because it had such a big impact last year, on me, on my stepping into the apparel business, and on me impacting other people's lives. So I had to bring it back another year. 

Lynch: You've helped veterans a lot in the past, and a number of other causes, but who are you looking to help through it this year?

2 Chainz: Anybody who really needs help, not that wants help — I'm talking about needs help. I have my website, 2chainzshop.com, where we'll be accepting people's stories, where you can actually view their stories. We will actually vet through the stories, so it ain't like you can make one up and we won't actually follow up and do the research on it. And then, it will most likely have something to do with kids because anything I do, I want it to trickle down to the kids, so they can have in their memory banks that somebody successful, someone they looked up to, someone they never imagined, a rapper or whatever, came and did something for them. So it's important for me to consider that. It's important for me to be innovative and creative when doing charitable work as well. 

Lynch: What does the cause of helping veterans specifically mean to you?

2 Chainz: My daddy was a veteran, and it's something dear to my heart. I helped him, he stayed with me until he passed away, and I'm not sure what kind of life he would have had if I wasn't there for him. So it's important for me to highlight my views for veterans who've fought for our country and at the same time don't have anything to show for it. It's kind of dear to me.

Lynch: So is this sweater campaign now a part of your CEO Millionaires clothing line?

2 Chainz: CEO is different from the ugly Santa sweaters. It's just another clothing line that I have. It's ceomillionaries.com, and that's meant to create every opportunity toward a clothing line with a substance. With that, I use my platform to try and encourage and spark the next entrepreneur, or spark the next female millionaire. That whole clothing line is about not only being fresh, but wanting to boss up at the same time.

Lynch: What can you tell me about this year's new designs for the sweaters? I saw you got a Juju dance Santa. That's the one I'm about to buy.

2 Chainz: Yeah, we got Juju on Santa, man. We got another Dabbin' Santa, obviously. My favorite one, though, is the Tour Santa shirt, where he actually goes on tour December 25, and he goes to Australia, Japan, Chicago, College Park, Russia, Florida. He has a really big schedule on the 25th.

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Lynch: That's the same as... that's your tour, right?

2 Chainz: No, it's Santa Clause tour on December 25. He'll be in Australia, Japan, Russia, Chicago, L.A., College Park. You get where I'm going? He'll be in Dubai. He'll also be in Abu Dhabi. He'll be in... You dig what I'm saying? He'll be everywhere on December 25.

Lynch: Ah, okay. Well, last year, you had a Dabbin' Santa app to accompany the sweaters. Are there any plans for apps or media like that for this campaign?

2 Chainz: You never know, man. We put that app together in a week. That's unheard of with Apple, you know what I'm saying? It's still an active working app, the Dabbin' Santa app. We may come up with something creative, dealing with this tour or something like that. You never know with me. You gotta stay tuned. Keep it locked. That's the fun part — you never know what you might wake up and read.

Lynch: If we could talk quickly about the music, you've released four projects this year. Which one of these albums and mixtapes are you most proud of?

2 Chainz Hibachi for Lunch mixtape cover art2 Chainz: I mean, all of them are getting good responses. It's always good to drop one and exceed the previous project, so it's not that I have a favorite one. Of course, I love the "Collegrove" project that I did with Lil Wayne because he's my favorite rapper. But, you know, as far as my projects that I have out here, "Daniel Son..." and "Hibachi for Lunch" and things like that, I just think it was creative, innovative in re-branding, and also keeping it fun at the same time. This stuff is supposed to be fun. I really like all the music that I'm putting out lately. Feels like I'm in some type of a zone or something. I'm recording three songs a night, and we're just having decisions on how we want to release these archives.

Lynch: Are you working on your next LP too? How's that coming along?

2 Chainz: Yes, I'm about to drop another album in the next couple months as well. So, "Hibachi" was more like a lunch break before my project drops — something to keep you full until dinner's ready.

Lynch: How are you feeling about that new project conceptually? Is it in line with your past two solo albums, or how are you thinking about it?

2 Chainz: Yeah, it's gonna be thematic. It's gonna be conceptual. It's gonna be fun. It's gonna be entertaining. It's gonna be smart. Yeah, it's gonna be creative.

Lynch: One last thing: For your T.R.U. Foundation going forward, what are your plans for it, in general, past the sweater campaign?

2 Chainz: T.R.U. Foundation has always been there to help the needy, to help people, and involved with communities, even domestic, inside and outside the household. We've just covered so many bases throughout the years, so it's important to continue growing, continue helping, and sharing the blessings that I get. The T.R.U. Foundation will be something that people will remember. It will be impactful in helping individuals' lives in the near future.

Lynch: That's beautiful, man. I can't wait to get that Juju Santa sweater. I'm about to order it.

2 Chainz: [laughs] Thank you, bruh. I appreciate you for real. 

Lynch: Thanks for your time.

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'Game of Thrones' star Ellie Kendrick reveals what it's like to find out about a character death on set

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Ellie Kendrick knows firsthand what it's like to maintain the intense level of secrecy on the "Game of Thrones" set.

Kendrick – who plays Meera Reed, Bran Stark's traveling partner and protector on the HBO hit – said that watching the show can be just as surprising for her as it is for the fans.

"It’s super-duper difficult, even as an actor, to get ahold of a script," Kendrick told Business Insider at the "Game of Thrones" experience on Friday in New York City, in honor of the newly released season-six Blu-ray/DVD set.

"You have to go through all of these security processes before they’ll let you have them," Kendrick continued. "As an actor, you don’t even see the stuff that you’re not in some of the time. They’re very careful about getting the scripts out there."

For example, Kendrick found out that Jon Snow would be returning to the series pretty much the same way the fans did.

"I’d seen Kit [Harington] in town, so I knew he was kind of back," Kendrick, who primarily shoots her scenes in Northern Ireland, said. "We all had to keep our mouths shut, but that’s part of the fun of being a part of this series."

That, of course, extends to character deaths, which the actors are typically in the dark about until it's pretty much upon them.

"There’s an atmosphere of fear at times on the set," Kendrick said. "You never know. You never get told you’re going to die. Any actor on ‘Game of Thrones’ is lying if they say they don’t do this. The first thing you do is skip through the script: ‘Do I die? Do I die?’ So, yeah, it’s all a surprise to us."

bran and meera game of thrones hboDeath is pretty final on the show — unless you're Jon Snow or Daenarys Targaryen, of course — and the executive producers have taken advantage of the situation for a few laughs.

"The producers can be very cheeky with it," Kendrick said. "They’ve even sometimes written in fake deaths. So the actors will sometimes read a death scene that they just get given. It happened to Alfie Allen. They gave him a fake scene that they’d written where he died. He was like, “Huh [gasps], I die?” They played a big trick on him, which was hilarious."

As for Meera's future on the show, you guessed it: Kendrick knows very little about her character's future.

"I’m genuinely not lying when I tell you I don’t know," she said. "So it’s as much as a surprise to me as it is for the people who are watching it. I’m yet to find out what’s going to happen to Meera. Fingers crossed, something good."

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Mike Pence went to see 'Hamilton' and got booed

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Vice President-elect Mike Pence went to see a performance of the musical, "Hamilton" Friday night and was promptly booed by the crowd after entering the theatre in New York, according to multiple reports on social media.

Video shows Pence walking through the crowd amid boos and some scattered applause:

The musical, written by actor, writer, and lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda, gets people thinking about race, history, and theater in ways they are probably not used to. It also educates audiences about an important a piece of American history through rap and hip-hop.

There are a number of reasons that might explain why Pence was booed — not the least of which is that the US is fresh off a bitter presidential election. But other potential reasons might be Pence's documented views on gay rights and abortion.

Here's some of the reaction from Twitter:

There was a bit of shady applause as well:

Not everyone piled on. Some observers suggested Pence was trying to engage with a different audience:

Pence has been tasked with leading president-elect Donald Trump's transition team as Trump prepares to move into the White House in January.

SEE ALSO: The cast of 'Hamilton' had a message for Mike Pence after the audience booed him

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The cast of 'Hamilton' had a message for Mike Pence after the audience booed him

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The cast of the Broadway musical "Hamilton" addressed Vice President-elect Mike Pence who was in attendance at the show Friday night.

At the end of the show, cast member Brandon Victor Dixon urged Pence and President-elect Donald Trump to embrace minorities and work to represent them in the White House.

Here's a readout of Dixon's statement:

“We have a guest in the audience this evening. Vice President-elect Pence I see you walking out, but I hope you will hear us just a few more moments. There’s nothing to boo here ladies and gentlemen. We have a message for you sir. We hope that you will hear us out. I encourage everyone to pull out your phones and tweet because this message needs to be spread far and wide.

Vice President-elect Pence we welcome you and we truly thank you for joining us here at Hamilton, an American Musical. We really do. We sir, we are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, out children, our parents or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights, sir. But we truly hope that this show has inspired you to uphold our American values and to work on behalf of all of us. All of us. We truly thank you for sharing in this show, this wonderful American story told by a diverse group of men, women of different colors, creeds and orientations and we truly hope that you heard our message sir, because you all represent all of us."

Dixon added: "We don't have to fight one another. The beautiful part of this country is ... we don't have to agree, but we gotta live here, baby, and share with one another."

Earlier in the night, Pence was met with resounding boos when he entered the theater flanked by Secret Service agents.

Watch the speech below:

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How an acclaimed children's book became an Oscar contender that has people sobbing

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Author Patrick Ness had already built up a loyal following in literature thanks to his young adult/sci-fi “Chaos Walking” trilogy, but it was a children's book he didn't even start, now an acclaimed movie, that has brought him worldwide attention.

A Monster Calls” follows 13-year-old Conor O’Malley who, while struggling to cope with his mother’s terminal cancer, meets a tree monster who tells him stories that help him confront his own fears.

Ness' powerful words matched with the vivid illustrations by Jim Kay led to the two winning the Carnegie Medal and Greenaway Medal, esteemed literary awards from British librarians, in 2012.

Ness has now adapted the book into a feature film that stars Felicity Jones ("Rogue One") as the sick mother, Liam Neeson lending his voice as the CGI tree monster, and newcomer Lewis MacDougall as Conor O’Malley. Having found ritical acclaim on the film-festival circuit, it's now in the talk for the award season.

But the way Ness got involved in “A Monster Calls” is a tearjerker itself.

The original idea for “A Monster Calls” came from British author Siobhan Dowd. An activist for most of her career, she embarked on a new career after being diagnosed with advanced breast cancer in 2004 as a children’s book author. After writing acclaimed works including “A Swift Pure Cry” and “The London Eye Mystery,” she had begun work on “A Monster Calls” at the time of her death in 2007.

Not wanting to see her final story fade away, Dowd’s publisher called on Ness in 2010 to complete the project.

“There were 1,000 words of prose for a few of the characters, not all of them, and the structural idea that the tree would tell stories. But not much else,” Ness recently told Business Insider. “My initial reaction was to say probably not because I'm a real purist. Every time I have tried to do anything other than wanting to tell the story, it has gone badly.”

1a monster callsBut Ness couldn’t get Dowd’s idea out of his head. And he began to think up dramatic moments the Conor character would have to release his internal anger.

“I said to my editors, ‘As long as I have freedom. As along as I have the same freedom Siobhan would have granted herself, I’ll do it,’” he said. “It can't be in memoriam because that's not a story. So I always viewed it as not trying to write the book that she would have written but to write a book that she would have loved.”

When “A Monster Calls” became a hit, Hollywood quickly came calling, which was a surprise to everyone involved, but Ness didn’t go into the meetings for a movie adaptation blinded by the accolades.

“I did a peculiar thing, it turns out, without even knowing it was peculiar. I didn't sell the rights,” Ness said. “I was having some conversations, some with quite big people in Hollywood, and there was talk of, ‘Well, we can change this, we can change that.’ And I was thinking, well, this doesn’t feel right.”

Refusing to hand over the book rights, Ness decided in 2012 to write a script on spec.

“I thought, let’s shoot for the moon,” Ness said. “I put these great big tales in the script and hoped I could get a filmmaker who understood what was needed and then bring 10 times the stuff I would have never thought of." 

The script got on the list of top unproduced screenplays, known as the Black List, in 2013, which got the attention of producer Belén Atienza, who brought the script and book to director Juan Antonio Bayona (who will be making the sequel to "Jurassic World"). The two quickly signed on to make it.

Now having an attractive packaged deal, Ness, Atienza, and Bayona went out to shop it. Participant Media and River Road Entertainment signed on that year to finance the movie on a $43 million budget with Focus Features following to take on distribution.

Ness was on hand for most of production. There was a moment during the making of the movie when the visual effects were created for the tree monster’s tales (inspired by Jim Kay’s book illustrations), when it sunk in that his story was coming to life.

Patrick Ness Alberto E Rodriguez Getty“I was just thinking, I came up with that, I made this stuff up,” Ness said. “Just the idea of other people talking about the stuff that I made up and making something bigger. Visuals that I could never dream up. It’s weird and wonderful because it's no longer in your brain. That’s an amazing day.”

“A Monster Calls” had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September to sobbing audiences and high praise (the movie currently has an 84% ranking on Rotten Tomatoes). It continues to play fests before its limited release in the heart of award season on December 23 (it will go wide on January 6, 2017), but Ness can’t get into the awards talk. For him, the prize is the finished work.

“For me, what matters is I’m proud of it,” he said. “You love your books for their strengths and their flaws. I didn’t think I would feel that way with the film, but I’m really proud with the decisions that were made.”

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The 30 best movie endings of all time, ranked

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Movie endings can leave you with a sense of satisfaction or make you want to throw your chair at the screen.

Every filmmaker strives for the former, and in some cases they manage to pull off something that will be remembered forever.

Whether it leaves you happy or sad, or has a visual or line of dialogue that just brings everything together, a movie ending can make or break how you feel about the story you just watched.

From "Gone with the Wind" to "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Chinatown," here are 30 of the best movie endings of all time, ranked (spoilers galore, obviously):

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30. "The Sixth Sense" (1999)

For better or worse, director M. Night Shyamalan became the king of the surprise ending with the reveal at the end of "The Sixth Sense." It turns out Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) was in fact one of the dead people Cole (Haley Joel Osment) sees.



29. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975)

In one of Jack Nicholson's greatest performances, the fate of R.P. McMurphy is sad but also inspiring. His rebel attitude, sapped from a lobotomy, transfers to the gentle giant Chief, who finally has the strength to escape the ward.



28. "Shane" (1953)

Gunfighter Shane (Alan Ladd) has beaten the bad guy and brought justice to the West, but as he gets on his horse, young Joey (Brandon De Wilde) sees blood dripping from Shane, his arm limp as he rides off. What follows is one of the most quoted closings in movie history, Joey shouting out, "Shane! Come back!"



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The 'Deadpool' sequel has found a new director

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Following the shocking departure of "Deadpool" director Tim Miller from its sequel in late October, the franchise has quickly rebounded with signing on one of the directors behind the popular Keanu Reeves action movie, "John Wick." 

According to numerous reports, the film's studio, Fox, has locked David Leitch, who along with co-directing "John Wick" is known for his decades-long work in stunts on numerous titles, including "Fight Club," "300," and two of the Jason Bourne movies.

Leitch's action background will pay off for "Deadpool 2," which has some high expectations thanks to the dazzling sequences Miller pulled off in the first movie. 

The search for a director for "Deadpool 3" is already in the works, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Miller exited "Deadpool 2" due to creative differences he had with the film's star Ryan Reynolds. Miller wanted to make a sequel larger in scope than the gritty original that would have been three-times the budget. Reynolds wanted to keep the sequel modest and concentrate on its clever writing.

"Deadpool" screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are currently working on the script for the sequel. There is no release date as of yet.

Leitch wrapped recently on his second film, "The Coldest City," starring Charlize Theron.

"Deadpool" opened in February with the biggest R-rated opening weekend of all time ($132.4 million). The movie went on to make over $780 million worldwide.

SEE ALSO: The 30 best movie endings of all time, ranked

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'Game of Thrones' star Emilia Clarke is joining the Han Solo movie

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Emilia Clarke, who plays the popular character Daenerys Targaryen in "Game of Thrones," has been cast in the upcoming Han Solo movie.

In an announcement that was posted on StarWars.com on Friday night, Clarke will be joining Alden Ehrenreich, who will star as a young Han Solo, and Donald Glover, playing a young Lando Calrissian, in the untitled movie that is currently in production.

There are no details yet in who Clarke will be playing.

Clarke will next be seen in season seven of "Game of Thrones." Recently she has been making strides into movies.

In 2015 she starred in the failed reboot of the "Terminator" franchise, playing Sarah Connor in "Terminator Genisys," and earlier this year she starred in the successful romantic drama "Me Before You."

The Han Solo movie will open in theaters in 2018.

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Trump tweets 'Hamilton' cast should 'apologize' for addressing Mike Pence

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President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday took to Twitter to demand an apology after the "Hamilton" cast addressed Vice President-elect Mike Pence at the end of their show Friday night.

Cast member Brandon Victor Dixon urged Pence and Trump to embrace minorities and work to represent them in the White House.

In two tweets Saturday morning, Trump said Pence was "harassed" and that the cast of "Hamilton" should "apologize" for what they did.

Dixon addressed Pence on Friday night with the following:

“We have a guest in the audience this evening. Vice President-elect Pence I see you walking out, but I hope you will hear us just a few more moments. There’s nothing to boo here ladies and gentlemen. We have a message for you sir. We hope that you will hear us out. I encourage everyone to pull out your phones and tweet because this message needs to be spread far and wide.

Vice President-elect Pence we welcome you and we truly thank you for joining us here at Hamilton, an American Musical. We really do. We sir, we are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, our children, our parents or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights, sir. But we truly hope that this show has inspired you to uphold our American values and to work on behalf of all of us. All of us. We truly thank you for sharing in this show, this wonderful American story told by a diverse group of men, women of different colors, creeds and orientations and we truly hope that you heard our message sir, because you all represent all of us."

"Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda tweeted praise to Dixon and the cast:

On Saturday, Dixon tweeted back Trump with this response:

Pence was met with boos when he entered the theater earlier in the evening.

According to The Associated Press, Pence walked out of the theater before Dixon finished his remarks but heard the rest from the lobby.

Watch Dixon's speech below:

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This PlayStation 4 game looks incredibly realistic — you have to see it for yourself

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Like so many things created in France, PlayStation 4 exclusive game "Detroit: Become Human" is unbelievably beautiful. See for yourself:

Not bad, right? That's the main character of a new game from French game-development studio Quantic Dream. And that's not computer graphics you see above — that's the game itself.

But maybe you don't go in for all-white robot people. How's this?

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"Detroit: Become Human" is an upcoming game for the PlayStation 4, with no release date (or even a window) in sight. What we've got right now is a gorgeous debut trailer for a project that's likely awhile out still — maybe in 2017? Maybe.

Join us below for even more.

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"Detroit" is a game about artificial intelligence and humanity's future. Guess where it's set?



The game is set in a near-future version of real-world city Detroit, Michigan. Things haven't improved much from current day, it looks like.



The debut trailer starts with a drive toward the city, passing dilapidated houses and infrastructure:



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22 famous people who served in the military

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While some famous names are well-known for their stint in the military, like Elvis and Chuck Norris, others on this list might surprise you.

Here are 22 famous people who served in the US military in some capacity:

SEE ALSO: 29 American presidents who served in the military

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Drew Carey

In 1981, Drew Carey entered the United States Marine Corps Reserve, a stint that lasted six years.

It was during his service that he first started performing stand-up comedy.

"While in the Marine Reserves, I was looking for a way to make some more money, and it was suggested that I try using my jokes," he later said.

Carey, who teamed up with the United Services Organization, has since visited military bases in Iraq to perform comedy for troops.



Hugh Hefner

Before Playboy existed, Hefner had a successful career in the military.

In 1944, after graduating high school, Hefner enlisted in the Army as an infantry clerk.

He frequently contributed cartoons for various military newspapers before he was discharged in 1946.



Bea Arthur

Before she landed a lead role in "Golden Girls," Bea Arthur served in the Marine Corps.

Though she once flat out denied it, The Smoking Gun dug up files proving the actress had served 30 months in the Marines as a typist and truck driver.

According a personal account detailing her reasons for joining, a then 21-year-old Arthur said she "heard last week that enlistments for women in the Marines were open, so decided the only thing to do was to join."

On an obtained personality appraisal sheet, Arthur was described as both argumentative and frank.

She was initially a typist in Washington D.C., and was then stationed at air stations in Virginia and North Carolina. Arthur was honorably discharged in 1945 with the title of staff sergeant.



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Here's what it's like keeping secrets on the set of 'Game of Thrones'

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A lot of people die on "Game of Thrones," and keeping these deaths a secret to viewers is no easy task. We stopped by HBO's Season 6 promotional event in New York and spoke with Ellie Kendrick, who plays Meera Reed on the show. She talked about what it's like keeping major events in the plot to herself for months at a time, and what it's like not knowing whether or not your character might soon meet her demise.

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Everything we know so far about the Han Solo 'Star Wars' movie

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The highly anticipated "Star Wars" Han Solo anthology film is beginning production and we can't wait to see our favorite space scoundrel as a youngster.

Though the movie (which doesn't even have a title yet) doesn't come out until 2018, there's a lot of news about it that we can delve into as we wait for the date to get closer.

There's the duo directing the movie, the raising star who will be filling Harrison Ford's boots, the popular stars in supporting roles, and more.

Below is everything we know so far about the movie.

SEE ALSO: Here's everything we know so far about "Star Wars: Episode VIII," the sequel to "Force Awakens"

The directors are Phil Lord and Christopher Miller of "The Lego Movie" fame.

Lord and Miller are the hottest commodities in Hollywood at the moment.

Since their successful debut, "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," they have done "21 Jump Street" and its sequel, "The Lego Movie," and are the executive producers of the hit TV show "The Last Man on Earth."



The movie has "Star Wars" longtime screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan.

Lord and Miller have by their side one of the main storytellers of the "Star Wars" saga, Lawrence Kasdan, along with his son, Jon.

Lawrence is responsible for penning "The Empire Strikes Back," "Return of the Jedi," and "The Force Awakens."

 



Alden Ehrenreich is playing young Han Solo.

Alden beat out a collection of established names and unknowns to win the role.

He's known at the moment for his breakthrough role in the Coen brother's "Hail, Caesar!" and currently in the Warren Beatty movie, "Rules Don't Apply."



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'It is a totally one-sided, biased show': Trump finds 'SNL' not 'funny at all'

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President-elect Donald Trump slammed NBC's "Saturday Night Live" on Sunday morning.

The episode featured Alec Baldwin's return to impersonating Trump for the first time since the presidential election. The show also featured a sketch in which people who opposed Trump's win created a new society "under a bubble."

"I watched parts of @nbcsnl Saturday Night Live last night," he wrote on Twitter Sunday morning. "It is a totally one-sided, biased show - nothing funny at all. Equal time for us?"

In the episode's opening sketch, Baldwin and "SNL" portrayed a waffling, panicking President-elect Trump who is in over his head, reflecting critiques in the media that Trump has been inconsistent when it comes to fulfilling his campaign promises. The sketch poked fun at his waffling on the Mexican wall, his lack of knowledge on ISIS, and portrays Trump as backing down on his plan to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants.

It also mocked his choices for cabinet positions, which have included controversial appointments like former Breitbart News chairman Steven Bannon as chief strategist.

For example, Baldwin's Trump asked his former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway (played by Kate McKinnon) if anyone was commenting on his cabinet appointments. In response, she read back a glowing tweet from Former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke.

In another instance, "SNL" alum Jason Sudeikis made a surprise appearance and reprised his impersonation of Mitt Romney. Trump had met with the former GOP presidential nominee and governor of Massachusetts over the weekend. Romney was fiercely opposed to Trump during the election, but is now reportedly being considered for secretary of state.

In the sketch, Sudeikis' Romney enters and shakes hands with Trump for an awkwardly long time without saying anything. Finally, "Romney" said, "This is not going to work, is it?

"I don't think so," "Trump" answered.

However, another sketch seemed to mock liberals who can't accept the reality of Trump's election, suggesting that they'd move to a self-contained and heavily censored bubble.

"In here, it's like the election never happened," said "SNL" cast member Sasheer Zamata in the sketch.

There was also some harsh criticism of Trump's first days as president-elect in the weekly "Weekend Update" segments.

This isn't the first time Trump has critiqued the show. In October, he called the show "boring and unfunny" and Baldwin's impersonation of him "stinks."

In light of Trump's newest comments on "SNL" being "biased," it should be noted that the sketch show had Trump on as a host for an entire episode during the presidential primaries in November 2015, a controversial move since NBC had previously said it was cutting ties with the controversial real-estate mogul.

Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton appeared on just one sketch the previous month.

Watch three Trump-related "SNL" sketches from this weekend below:

 

SEE ALSO: 'I'm going to give him a chance': Dave Chappelle weighs in on Trump's win in 'SNL' monologue

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'Fantastic Beasts' easily wins the weekend box office

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The "Harry Potter" spin-off movie "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" took in an estimated $75 million at the domestic box office in its opening weekend, according to pro.boxoffice.com

An impressive figure for the first of five movies that will explore Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) and his adventures while collecting fantastic beasts.

Though the movie had a smaller opening weekend than any of the "Harry Potter" movies — Warner Bros. was not expecting it to make that kind of money — it tied the ninth best domestic opening weekend of 2016, matching "Zootopia" ($75 million).

Though it can be argued that the movie being released in over 4,000 screens domestically (with a reported production budget north of $180 million and a marketing budget of $150 million) and only making $75 million isn't necessarily a win, Warner Bros. is looking at the global game with "Fantastic Beasts." Bringing in $143 million internationally is likely the figure that WB is reassured about the film's staying power.

As expected, "Fantastic Beasts" swallowed up the market, as new releases and holdovers all underperformed over the weekend. "Doctor Strange" came in second place with $17.6 million; "Trolls" came in third with $17.5 million.

SEE ALSO: 'Game of Thrones' star Emilia Clarke is joining the Han Solo movie

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28 weird jobs famous people had before making it big

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Everyone's got to get their start somewhere.

Sometimes that means taking a strange or terrible job before moving on to something bigger and better. 

Here are 28 of the weirdest jobs that famous people had before making it big.

SEE ALSO: The unglamorous summer jobs 21 successful people had before they made it big

President Obama scooped ice cream

That's right. The current president of the United States worked at Baskin-Robbins in high school, as Business Insider previously reported.

He wrote about the experience on LinkedIn: "Scooping ice cream is tougher than it looks. Rows and rows of rock-hard ice cream can be brutal on the wrists."

 

 



Mariah Carey was a hat checker

Like many other rising celebs, Carey worked many jobs. At one point, she worked as a hat checker. According to IMBD, Carey stated that she "got fired from all her jobs because of her attitude and was concentrating on becoming a [backup] singer and mixing demos."



The Pope was a bouncer

Can you imagine getting tossed out of a bar by the Pope?

Pope Francis — who was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio — worked several odd jobs before joining the Society of Jesus. These included testing chemicals at a lab and working as a bouncer at a bar, according to the Fiscal Times.



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