Wrestling fans are not happy.

After the annual Royal Rumble event concluded this past Sunday night, fans railed against the WWE with a user-generated hashtag “#CancelWWENetwork," that was trending worldwide by the end of the evening.

@WWE is wasting a locker room full of great young talent. Fix it or it will only get worse #CancelWWENetwork

— Frank Wible (@FrankWibble215) January 26, 2015

Why the anger? Turns out that after Roman Reigns emerged as the victor of the Royal Rumble, fans felt that this was another way in which the company was forcing Reigns on them before he earned the respect of viewers and fans alike.

In short, Reigns, who's coming off of an injury, is being treated like the company's golden ticket, and people aren't happy.

Adding fuel to the fire was the unceremonious way in which fan favorites Daniel Bryan, Dolph Ziggler and Dean Ambrose were eliminated from the Royal Rumble match.

This isn't the first time fans have lashed out at the company's creative decision-making following a Royal Rumble event. The WWE Universe's displeasure at superstar Dave Bautista's victory at the Royal Rumble event last year resulted in a major creative overhaul. After winning the Rumble event, Bautista was supposed to headline Wrestlemania XXX, but fan backlash forced the WWE creative team to change the main event so that fan favorite Daniel Bryan could be involved. Bryan ended up winning the World Heavyweight Title at Wrestlemania.

Time reports, that "Sunday night’s fiasco was the latest in a long line of setbacks for the WWE since the company launched a subscription-based digital network last year that has largely failed to win over its own base."

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The rapper 2 Chainz is reportedly mulling a run for mayor of his hometown in Georgia.

"I am looking forward to running at the end of this year or next year. [I'm] waiting to see if I meet all of the qualifications!" he told the Atlanta Journal Constitution on Monday.

It was unclear how serious he was about the claim. In another interview on the topic, 2 Chainz, whose real name is Tauheed Epps, said, "I'm a musician, not a politician." 

"I'm supposed to be running for mayor in College Park. I got everybody wishing. I'm really gonna do this little mayor thing in College Park," he told XXL magazine in a separate interview published Monday.

The rapper is not a complete stranger to politics — or at least policy debates. Earlier this month, he had a high-profile television showdown with HLN talk-show host Nancy Grace on whether marijuana should be legalized. 2 Chainz was representing the pro-legalization point of view. 

If he runs, 2 Chainz would be challenging veteran incumbent Mayor Jack Longino, according to the Journal Constitution. College Park is a relatively small city near Atlanta, with less than 20,000 residents.

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Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of the commercial spaceflight company SpaceX and electric car company Tesla, made a guest appearance on The Simpsons on Jan. 26.

While the episode, titled "The Musk Who Fell To Earth," calls Musk "possibly the greatest living inventor" it didn't hold back on poking fun at many of the famous inventor's ideas.

At the beginning of the episode, Musk arrives in Springfield as a washed up inventor who uses Homer's bizarre ramblings for inspiration.

Some of his amazing suggestions: Violin-playing quadcopters, luggage that can pack itself, a yoga mat that rolls itself up, and baseball tickets that guide you to your seat.

Musk suggests building a high-speed transportation system called the Hyperloop for Springfield (we guess that'd be his hinted-at test track for the future one he's proposed connecting Los Angeles to San Francisco).

The Hyperloop is a system of sealed tubes designed to cut down on drag and transport people between Los Angeles and San Francisco in a record-breaking 35 minutes.

But a small mouse takes a ride on The Simpsons' version of the Hyperloop, and throws up.

This spectacular loss launches the city into a depression, and Musk ends up leaving in disgrace. At the end of the episode, Musk takes off in his company's Dragon spacecraft and Lisa Simpson comments that "for a man who likes electric cars he sure burns a lot of rocket fuel."

This final joke compelled him to take to Twitter for a good-old debunking:

He explains that since space is a vacuum, there's nothing to push against. That means something as heavy as a spacecraft needs a huge ejected force to propel it through space. Electric rockets would not produce enough force for the spacecraft to react against.

Musk also points out that ion thrusters aren't up to the task of propelling a spacecraft since they only generate a very small force. Anything being launched into space "must have more thrust than weight or you don't go up," Musk tweeted.

Musk also took the opportunity to point out his big problem with space elevators— essentially cables running from Earth's surface to a weight floating high above the atmosphere. Carbon nanotubes, a strand of carbon atoms that are 100 times stronger than steel, might be the right material to use for space elevators, but the research is no where near making them a reality.

I'm all about this self-packing luggage, though:

Watch the episode on Hulu here:

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Tuesday, January 13 marks the premiere of the seventh and final season of "Parks and Recreation."

In leading lady Amy Poehler's recently published memoir, "Yes Please," she describes the moment she fell in love with her character Leslie Knope.

Prepare to have your heart melted.

In early 2008, Poehler was readying to leave "Saturday Night Live."

Michael Schur, who cut his teeth in the writing room of 30 Rockefeller Center and went on to write and produce the American reboot of "The Office," called to ask if she was interested in working on a show that he and producer Greg Daniels were creating.

At the time, the series — still a nebulous idea — was rumored to be an "Office" spinoff. They talked vaguely of concepts, and agreed that it would be fun to work together.

By the time the series' premise came together, Poehler was pregnant. Schur decided to pitch her anyway. "Greg's and my general feeling was: Poehler or bust, pregnancy be damned," he writes in the footnotes of Poehler's book.

Schur called again, this time from the balcony of his house while chain-smoking. Poehler writes:

"He told me about a character he and Greg created called Leslie Knope. She was an extremely low-level Parks and Recreation Department employee who had big dreams. She was inspired by the 'Yes We Can' spirit of Obama's recent election. She believed that it only took one person to make a difference. She wanted to effect change, she wanted to someday be president, but most importantly, she wanted to turn an empty parking lot in her town into a park."

Soon after Poehler received the script, she said "it took five minutes to realize Leslie Knope was the best character ever written for me."

After a long discussion with then-husband Will Arnett, she moved her family out to Los Angeles and shot six episodes in a row. "Parks and Recreation" went on to become one of the most beloved female-lead comedies of the last decade, earning five Emmy nominations.

Looking back at Leslie's journey, Schur reflects, "It's so interesting to think about it this way, now, as we near the end — it was, at the beginning, really that simple: a woman who wanted to make something out of nothing."

The final season of "Parks and Recreation" premieres Tuesday, January 13 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.

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Not every "American Idol" winner walks away happily ever after.

Deadline reports Phillip Phillips, the 24-year-old Season 11 winner of the popular talent competition on Fox, filed a complaint with the California Labor Producers on Monday against one of the show's producers, 19 Entertainment.

In the complaint (which you can read in full here), Phillips claims 19 Entertainment violated California's Talent Agency Act by withholding information from him, failing to pay him for performances and appearances, and making artistic decisions without his approval.

For instance, Phillips says he didn't get to choose the title of his last album, "Behind the Light," he was forced to perform for an "Idol" sponsor for free, and 19 Entertainment gets up to a 40% cut of his endorsement deals.

The Hollywood Reporter notes he called the contract "oppressive."

19 Entertainment denied the allegations, but Phillips' lawyer told Deadline:

“Phillip appreciates the opportunity provided to him by American Idol and always expected the producers to share the rewards of his subsequent success. However, he never anticipated that the producers would favor their own interests above his career or commit egregious violations of the California’s Talent Agencies Act. Thankfully, California has a long history of protecting artists from being victimized by people illegally operating as de facto talent agencies.”

But ABC News reports Phillips is going ahead and suing, as he feels he has been manipulated. He told ABC in a statement:

"I am very grateful for the opportunities provided to me through appearing on American Idol ... The value that the fans and the show have given to my career is not lost on me. However, I have not felt that I have been free to conduct my career in a way that I am comfortable with. I look forward to being able to make my own choices about my career and to being able to make great music and play it for my fans."

At the end of his petition, Phillips asks a judge to rule that 19 Entertainment broke the Talent Agencies Act, declare his contract illegal and pay Phillips any earnings he could have made were his contract different, among other damages.

A spokesperson for 19 told THR that the Simon Fuller-founded production company would fight Phillips' petition.

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We almost, almost made it through to the Super Bowl this year without any advertisers sparking controversies.

That was until Tuesday night when GoDaddy announced, just hours after releasing its campaign on the "Today" show, that it was pulling the ad after animal lovers complained it made light and could endorse irresponsible dog breeding.

The domain name company's ad opened with a cute Golden Retriever puppy — "Buddy" — riding on the back of a truck. NASCAR star Danica Fitzpatrick is at the wheel. Buddy seems fairly content, hanging out with two other fluffy pals.

But the ad then takes a twist when Buddy falls out of the vehicle and desperately tries to follow it — over train tracks and rainy conditions. He eventually catches up with his owner only to find out that he was on his way to being sold online. It’s quite an abrupt ending — but fairly funny for those with a dark sense of humor.

The ad had aimed to parody Budweiser's much-adored "Puppy Love" Super Bowl commercial from last year's big game (Hence calling the pup Buddy,) but animal campaigners did not see the funny side.

Here's the ad (forgive the quality of this video. The original has been pulled from YouTube.)

A Change.org petition was quickly created calling for the brand to pull its “offensive” commercial. The petition claimed GoDaddy was “encouraging private breeding/puppy mills while shelter animals wait patiently for their forever homes, or worse — to be euthanized. They are also encouraging purchasing an animal online the animal could be sold to someone who runs a fighting ring, someone who abuses animals, or someone who cannot adequately care for an animal.”

The petition garnered more than 42,000 supporters. Meanwhile, animal protection charity The SPCA posted a series of tweets using the hashtag #GoDaddyPuppy, denouncing the ad and explaining why buying a puppy online is likely irresponsible.

GoDaddy responded swiftly via Twitter and also on a post on its website, saying it had pulled the ad from YouTube.

The post, authored by GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving, reads:

This morning we previewed GoDaddy’s Super Bowl spot on a popular talk show, and shortly after a controversy started to swirl about Buddy, our puppy, being sold online. The responses were emotional and direct. Many people urged us not to run the ad.

We’ve made a tremendous amount of progress over the past two years, advancing the GoDaddy brand as a company that cares a great deal about small business and is in their corner to help them succeed. People increasingly know who we are, what we do and who we do it for. At the end of the day, our purpose at GoDaddy is to help small businesses around the world build a successful online presence. We hoped our ad would increase awareness of that cause. However, we underestimated the emotional response. And we heard that loud and clear.

The net result? We are pulling the ad from the Super Bowl. You’ll still see us in the Big Game this year, and we hope it makes you laugh.

Finally, rest assured, Buddy came to us from a reputable and loving breeder in California. He’s now part of the GoDaddy family as ourChief Companion Officer and he lives permanently with one of our longtime employees.

The fact that GoDaddy already had a backup ad up its sleeve may cause more cynical viewers to question whether the company had perhaps planned for the controversy — and the extra PR it brings — all along. Although some others might argue that with a 30-second spot costing $4.5 million to air this year, it's always a good idea to have a reserve.

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"Breaking Bad" spinoff "Better Call Saul" is coming to TV in Feb. and it's probably one of the most-anticipated new series of the year. 

We've already seen it, and "Breaking Bad" fans should really enjoy it.

So it shouldn't be a big surprise the series has already been renewed for a second season.

If you can't wait for "Better Call Saul," but need to know a bit more before the show's premiere, here's everything you need to know about the spinoff.

Is this a prequel or a sequel?

The majority of the series is set in 2002, six years before Saul ever met Walter White. However, the show definitely has some elements of a sequel, too, as viewers will see in the premiere's first frew minutes. 

So, yes, you'll get to see what became of Saul Goodman after he left Walt and Jesse Pinkman.

When we spoke with Odenkirk a while back while he was doing press for his Oscar-nominated film "Nebraska," the star told us he wanted the show to be both a prequel and sequel. It looks like he got his wish.

Who will star in the spinoff?

Here's who's joining Odenkirk on the series:

Jonathan Banks will reprise his role as Mike Ehrmantraut.

Michael McKean will play Saul's older brother Chuck who is a partner at a law firm in Albuquerque.

Patrick Fabian plays Howard Hamlin while Rhea Seehorn ("Whitney") stars as Kim, two lawyers at Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill.

Michael Mando ("Orphan Black") plays a criminal named Nacho Varga. 

So, what will this be about?

The show will follow Saul Goodman before he's the cocky, confident lawyer, when he's just known as Jimmy McGill. 

McGill's strapped for cash and drives a rundown car. He's trying to make a living as an honest attorney. What should follow in the series is how McGill goes from a scrappy, hungry young lawyer to a well-known name in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Why did Saul get his own spinoff?

The show has been in the works for a while in the "Breaking Bad" writers room. Creator Vince Gilligan told Hitfix it kind of started off as a joke.

It started as a lark, which is another word for joke, in the writer's room. It started and it really came from the fact that I love working with Bob, just as we love working with really every actor on “Breaking Bad.” But we also loved the character. We love writing for the character. We love putting words in his mouth. And we had so much fun indeed doing that that it started as a lark; we'd come up with some great term or phrase and we'd laugh about it in the writer's room. And then we'd say, 'You know, when we're doing the Saul Goodman show we'll be able to blah, blah, blah, blah.' And we made that comment so many times that it started to dawn on us that it wasn't a lark; there was truth to it. It was not just a joke, but a potentially good idea.

If I like "Breaking Bad," will I enjoy it?

I think you will. From what I've seen in the first two episodes (I'm waiting out to watch the third at the moment), there are plenty of nods to the original series while not feeling forced. 

You'll see a few familiar faces including Jonathan Banks, and the visuals and montages will feel straight out of "Breaking Bad."

However, don't go into this show wanting another "Breaking Bad." You'll be disappointed. This will be its own show, focused on Goodman, er Jimmy McGill's, growth into a sleazy criminal lawyer. At this year's Television Critics Association press tour, co-creator Peter Gould has said they're not going do nods to the previous show and bring back former characters just because they can do it.

"We're trying to make something that stands on its own, that has an entertainment value that's not just seeing a series of old favorites, or 'Remember when?' It's not the series equivalent of a clip show," said Gould. "We try to balance these things out."

When will it air on AMC?

"Better Call Saul" will premiere Sun. Feb. 8 at 10 p.m. after the mid-season return of "The Walking Dead." 

After that, it will head to Monday nights at 10 p.m. starting Feb. 9.

SEE ALSO: Our review on "Better Call Saul"

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Budweiser has today released the third in its enjoyable Super Bowl ad series that tells the story of the friendship between a puppy and its Clydesdale horse friend.

The 60-second ad, created by ad agency Anomaly, debuted on “The Today Show” this morning. It’s the follow up to the “Puppy Love” commercial that was roundly decreed to have “won” last year’s Super Bowl commercial breaks. 

This year’s tale sees the rambunctious little pup jumping into the back of a horse trailer and getting lost, much to his owner’s despair, who stars pinning up “Lost” posters.

The silly puppy finds himself in a spot of bother when he’s confronted by a new character to enter the series: A scary looking wolf.

Fortunately his Clydesdale pals hear his pitiful cry for help and race to his rescue. And the little dog is returned to his owner once again.

It’s all set to a lilting cover version of The Proclaimers’ “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles).”

We’re not sure it tugs on the heart strings quite as much as Budweiser’s previous efforts, but we’ll let you be the judge. Here’s the video:

Budweiser owner Anheuser-Busch also has another two Super Bowl ads in the works: another Budweiser spot focusing on how the beer is brewed, and a Bud Light ad called “Coin” that tells the story of a drinker who plays a life-size Pac Man game.

Here’s the “Coin” spot:

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The highly anticipated "Wet Hot American Summer" miniseries is definitely happening. Further proof: the teaser trailer below.

The short teaser confirms that the original cast from the 2001 cult hit will be returning. Some of the big names include Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Amy Poehler, Christopher Meloni, Bradley Cooper, Molly Shannon, Janeane Garofalo, and David Hyde Pierce. David Wain returns as director.

The 2001 comedy followed counselors at a sleepaway camp in 1981.

The eight-episode miniseries will premiere this summer.

SEE ALSO: 'Wet Hot American Summer' Miniseries Coming To Netflix With Original Cast

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BMW has two new brand ambassadors for its Super Bowl ad this year: former “Today Show” anchors Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel. But the automaker may want to call Couric in to quickly brush up on the brand rulebook.

The brand's Super Bowl spot harks back to a now-infamous 1994 clip from the show when the presenters were perplexed by the internet and struggled to explain to viewers how to email the program. “What is ‘internet’ anyway,” Gumbel said, “Do you write to it like mail?”

The “Newfangled Idea” ad then fast-forwards to 2015 when the presenters struggle to grasp the concept of BMW’s electric i3 vehicle.

Couric — who is now Yahoo’s global news anchor — returned to the “Today Show” sofa on January 26 to be interviewed about the ad, in which she appeared to also struggle to remember which brand writes her paycheck. 

Presenter Matt Lauer called her out, revealing she has actually never driven a BMW before. Apparently she drove a Honda for years, before switching to a Minivan.

“I actually traded in my Minivan recently, I got an Audi, yeah…I stepped it up!” Couric said

She quickly recovered, adding: “[Couric’s husband] John actually has a BMW, but I’m scared to drive it because it’s so nice.”

Couric also reveals some interesting nuggets about the filming of the commercial, including the fact that the line at the end where Gumbel asks if she can “twerk” was ad-libbed on the day. As was her dancing.

Here’s the full “Today Show” interview with Couric.

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And here’s the Super Bowl ad, which was created by ad agency KBS:

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The Producers Guild of America held their annual award show Saturday, January 24, honoring the best producers in Hollywood. Those on the red carpet reflect on the oddest requests they have recieved on a project.

Produced by Jason Gaines. Video courtesy of Associated Press.

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All of the ad slots around the Super Bowl are now sold out, this year's broadcaster NBC announced Wednesday.

Speaking on a conference call with media and analysts, NBC's advertising sales EVP for news and sports Seth Winter, said the moment marked "a record day in media for the company and for any TV company in terms of the volume of dollars the Super Bowl will represent on air."

Advertisers this year were asked to pay between $4.4 million and $4.5 million for 30 seconds of air time during the game. The total number of advertisers has reached the "mid seventies," Winter said.

Online, where NBC will be livestreaming the game, the broadcaster has also sold out, with 18 Super Bowl TV advertisers also opting for slots within the digital stream. Ads there will display much the same as TV ads - within the commercial breaks - but have generated less revenue for NBC as the livestream is not expected to garner anywhere near the "115 million to 120 million" expected to tune into the game on their TV sets. Despite this, NBC says it has generated 3 times the digital revenue it racked up the last time it aired the big game (in 2012), reaching "eight figures."

Those advertisers still wanting a piece of the Super Bowl action do still have an opportunity to snap up some airtime: There are a couple of pre-game slots left early on in the afternoon. But later on in the build-up to the game, and post-match, all inventory is completely sold out.

Earlier this week The New York Post reported that consumer buzz towards this year's Super Bowl ads was lacking compared with previous years. Business Insider asked Winter what his reaction was to these claims.

"I'm not sure I've seen the same reports regarding less interest around the Super Bowl..if anything there's more and more interest, with advertisers releasing their creative in more ingenious and pervasive ways year after year," Winter said.

He added that advertisers (such as Budweiser and BMW) have also been utilizing some of NBC's other internal properties like "The Today Show" and "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" to get maximum value out of their Super Bowl ad releases. 

While the tone of NBC's call was celebratory, it has taken longer for the Super Bowl ads to sell out this year than last. FOX, which broadcast the 2014 Super Bowl, had sold out all its big game ad inventory by December 2013

Winter admitted the marketplace had been more "challenging" than in previous year, but said one of the most significant factors holding back deals from being cemented was advertisers finalizing - and sometimes opting to kill - their creative. He would not mention any names.

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Warner Bros. previewed its big-budget movie "Jupiter Ascending" at a secret Sundance screening Tuesday evening, and the response wasn't great.

According to Variety, the film didn't receive any applause after it screened and a number of viewers left in the middle of the showing.

Press reportedly weren't invited to the screening though a few critics managed to snag tickets. BadAssDigest's Devin Faraci and Time Out's David Ehrlich were in attendance.

According to Faraci, the secret screening wasn’t a popular event to head out to see. The theater was about half empty.

Variety rounded up a few reactions from people who saw the film. 

Responses were reportedly mixed with one anonymous viewer calling it “ridiculous,” and saying she “hated it.”

Others thought Sundance was an odd outlet to preview a big-budget release since the majority of movies are usually indies.

While reviews for the film are embargoed until Monday, a few days before the film’s release, Faraci had a less than favorable response after the screening.

The sci-fi flick, starring Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum, was originally supposed to be released last summer. About seven weeks before the movie was expected in theaters, the movie was pushed back until Feb. 2015 to reportedly complete work on the film's special effects.

The news alarmed many since the film was expected to be a big summer tentpole, and because the film has a reported $175 million budget. 

The movie is the latest from the Wachowski siblings who are best known for "The Matrix" trilogy. The duo's last effort, 2012's "Cloud Atlas" starring Tom Hanks and Halle Berry, was a big flop so the pressure's on for the pair to make a good followup to their original monster hit. 

Watch a trailer for the film below. "Jupiter Ascending" is in theaters Feb. 6.

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In honor of the Grateful Dead's 50th anniversary, the band is reuniting for three final farewell shows July 3-5 at Soldier Field in Chicago. 

The show will be titled "Fare Thee Well," and will mark nearly two decades after the band last performed together with the late Jerry Garcia at the same 55,000-capacity venue.

Tickets for the extravaganza were first open to mail order beginning January 20th, in keeping with the band's snail mail ticketing tradition.

Fans intricately decorated envelopes in hopes of helping their chances at getting tickets — and in many cases, it worked.

The Grateful Dead wrote on their Facebook page:

"We're truly humbled by the envelopes pouring in! Check out some of our favorites so far and share your crafty work in the comments below. Counting down to Chicago!"

Check out some of the group's favorite envelope art below:

Check out more of the band's top picks on Facebook here.

As the Grateful Dead encouraged, hundreds of fans have posted their own designs in the comments section:

Past "dead head" fan art is the subject of 2011 book "Dead Letters: The Very Best Grateful Dead Fan Mail," which showcases years of fan art on envelopes.

The book's description explains:

"Dead Heads went to extraordinary, often inspiring, lengths to get their hands on concert tickets by mailing the band and its staff. After all, the only way to get tickets for the Dead was to go directly to the source. Most often, this took the form of letters (and envelopes) with personalized Dead artwork the likes of which the U.S. Postal Service had ever seen."

For July's concerts, online tickets will first be made available to members of the Grateful Dead fan club before anyone else and range in price from $59.50-$199.50. Tickets can be purchased on a first-come-first-serve basis from Feb. 9-11.

After that, a local public presale will occur Feb. 12-13, with a general public sale to follow Feb. 14. Ticket information is available at Dead50.net.

SEE ALSO: Grateful Dead Fans Are Creating Awesome, Intricately Designed Envelopes In Hopes Of Getting Mail Order Tickets For The Band's Farewell Tour

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Taylor Swift had a huge 2014.

She released a new album, and basically dominated American pop culture across multiple forms of media.

She's also become quite a figure in the entertainment business. Earlier this year, she made the decision to rip all of her albums off Spotify, saying "I didn't see that happening, perception-wise, when I put my music on Spotify. Everybody's complaining about how music sales are shrinking, but nobody's changing the way they're doing things. They keep running towards streaming, which is, for the most part, what has been shrinking the numbers of paid album sales."

Now, in another business move, she's trademarking catchphrases from her latest album "1989," according to Rolling Stone.

She's trademarked five phrases in all with the US government, according to the legal database Justia.

Here they are:

"Party Like It's 1989"

"This Sick Beat"

"Cause We Never Go Out Of Style"

"Could Show You Incredible Things"

"Nice To Meet You, Where You Been"

These trademarks prohibit certain items from using the phrases on certain things.

All sorts of stuff like musical instruments, paper products, stickers, decals, handbags, guitar straps, shopping bags – and wind chimes.

Each phrase has a specific group of prohibited items assciated with it. You can check them out in their entirety at Justia.

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Three-time Oscar winner Steven Spielberg is known for being a directorial genius, and actors who work with him often learn a tremendous amount just from watching his process.

Take actor/writer/directorEdward Burns, for example.

In his new memoir, "Independent Ed," the actor recounts working with Spielberg on the 1998 Oscar-winning film, "Saving Private Ryan."

Burns discusses how he was incredibly nervous when he began filming — so nervous that he says he "botched" several takes. He even recalls Tom Hanks leaning in and whispering to him to calm down ("I've seen you act before, and this isn't acting!" he claims Hanks said). Yet despite several uncomfortable takes, Spielberg offered zero feedback, which terrified Burns.

He writes:

"Most directors would have stepped in after my first botched take, offered some notes, and inadvertently rattled my confidence. But this wasn't Steven's approach with us. He allowed us several takes to figure things out for ourselves. So much that he didn't provide any direction for almost two weeks. We did our scenes in two or three takes and then moved on. No feedback. No nothing. The cast figured he hated what we were doing and speculated which one of us would be fired first."

Spielberg started to give direction a few weeks later. But his early silence wasn't for naught. It was a strategy to help his actors find their respective ways on their own. According to Burns' account, Spielberg said:

"I like to give my actors three takes to figure it out. If I step in after the first take and give you a note, especially with young actors, you'll hear me rather than your own voice.

That might rattle you, too. Hurt your confidence. Or cause you to question your choices. And who ever gets it right on the first or second take?

So I'll give you time to find it [....] Especially in an ensemble piece where you have four or five guys acting together. It's going to take everyone a little time to find the beats and gel."

Burns says working with Spielberg taught him that being a director is "about knowing when to give direction."

According to Burns, Spielberg later said he steps in when he feels actors are going in the wrong direction "... And then, only with a little note, as little as possible. I'd rather you guys find it.Burns says the entire process of filming "Saving Private Ryan" was "a life changer," as it influenced the way he approached directing and filmmaking moving forward.

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Thanks to a new partnership between Samsung and Australian airline Qantas, passengers flying with Qantas will soon be able to relax in virtual reality.

Qantas will use Samsung's new Gear VR headsets to test how passengers like virtual reality as in-flight entertainment, which will allow passengers to watch movies, take virtual tours, and even "experience an A380 landing from the tarmac."

Qantas is also working with Jaunt, the virtual reality video team that recorded a Paul McCartney performance for VR, to create additional live-action content including "destination footage."

This marks the first time an airline has offered virtual reality during flights, but it makes sense: People like to tune out during flights, and the immersion of virtual reality is a perfect way to help people forget they're flying aboard a cramped plane. Of course, you're not going to look very cool with any kind of virtual reality headset strapped to your face, but then again, the same could be said about those traveling neck pillows, and people still wear those all the time.

And while virtual reality headsets like Oculus Rift require a gaming computer to run, the Gear VR is actually powered by a Galaxy Note 4 smartphone, which means passengers won't have to fiddle with any cords or attachments.

Qantas is only offering a limited number of Gear VR headsets to passengers, and you'll need to be flying first class on "select flights" between Australia and Los Angeles, with the rollout starting in March. For those looking to pass the time during their next layover, Qantas is also making the VR headsets available to those in the Sydney or Melbourne International First Lounges.

You can read our impressions of Samsung's Gear VR headset right here.

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By every objective measure, Ivanka Trump seems to have it all.

The 33-year-old heiress is the daughter of business mogul Donald Trump. She is the executive vice president of development and acquisitions for the The Trump Organization and the founder of the Ivanka Trump fashion brand. She's married to influential investor Jared Kushner and has two young children.

In a recent interview with Business Insider, Trump shared her definition of success: "happiness."

"I don't think you are truly successful unless you are a happy person and are happy with your life," she said. "I know many people who are professionally successful but miserable. I'm happy when I'm achieving my professional goals and when I'm with my husband and children."

When asked what it takes to achieve success today, Trump listed the following:

Identify what you love doing, and do it.

"It's very hard to be great at what you do if you aren't deeply passionate," she said. "I know plenty of brilliant people who never went the distance because others were more passionate, worked harder, and had a laser focus."

Choose the right partner.

"If you're in a relationship, it has to be the right person. If I had a husband who didn't approve of my decision to have a professional life, that would stymie me in a real way," said Trump.

Surround yourself with positive people.

"Pessimists are toxic," Trump said. "I love optimists — and by that I don't mean people who are unable to see challenges. Optimists are solution-oriented."

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A tragic accident on the Taiwan set of Martin Scorsese's upcoming film, "Silence," resulted in one death and two injuries, reports The Daily Mail.

After a scaffolding collapsed, three men were rushed to the hospital. Construction worker Chen Yu-lung was pronounced deceased, and the other two maintained head injuries and fractures. All three had been working on the set of the film, which is based on the Shusako Endo novel of the same name.

A spokesperson for the film released the following statement to Deadline:

“Today there was an unfortunate accident at CMPC Studios in Taiwan, where the Martin Scorsese film, Silence, is in pre-production. An existing structure on the CMPC backlot had been deemed unsafe by the production, and accordingly a 3rd-party contractor was hired to reinforce and make it safe prior to any production-related work commencing in this building. Sadly, during this process, the ceiling collapsed, resulting in the death of one of the contractor’s employees and injuries to two others. Everyone is in shock and sorrow and expresses their deepest concern and sympathy to the families of the individual who died and those who were injured.”

The movie is in pre-production and will star Liam Neeson, Adam Driver, and Andrew Garfield.

A video of the collapse is below.

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