Say what you will about Kim Kardashian, but there's no denying the reality TV star is also a savvy businesswoman.

"Keeping Up with the Kardashians," currently in its tenth season, and the family recently signed a reportedly $100 million deal to stay with the E! network for the next four years.

Kim boasts an executive producer credit on the show, not to mention her hit video game app, product endorsement deals, a selfie book, and nearly 31 million Instagram followers tracking her every move.

According to Forbes, Kardashian earned $28 million in 2014 alone and earlier this month she was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2015.

But Kardashian, 34, has been working toward this her entire life.

As a teenager, Kardashian always had a job, despite her cushy upbringing in Calabasas, California.

In a new interview with Variety, Kardashian explains that it was her late father, powerhouse attorney Robert Kardashian, who taught her to be financially savvy by having her "sign contracts for everything." She explains:

I worked at a clothing store for four years. I loved it. When I turned 16, my dad made me sign a contract — he made us sign contracts for everything — that if I hit my car, I would be responsible for paying for it. I was in bumper-to-bumper traffic, and I tapped someone. It was so not a big deal, but I had to pay for it. It was during the O.J. trial. They saw my last name and said, “Kardashian, your dad’s that lawyer?!” They sued me for a lot of money. After I paid them back, I kept on working to buy myself some clothes.

When Kim was growing up, she would spend time working for her father at his law firm. It was there, she explains to Variety, that she found a passion that led to her first financial success — selling clothes on eBay.

When I was younger, I worked in my dad’s office. When I was there, I discovered eBay and I loved shopping. I had to be on a budget. I didn’t have credit cards. How do I figure out how to make this a business? I remember I bought these Manolo Blahnik shoes that were $700. He let me buy five pairs. I had to pay him back plus interest. I sold every pair on eBay for $2,500. I became so obsessed with seeing that return, I would sell off the things I wouldn’t be wearing.

Kardashian explains that she made such a profit off of the shoes because she had a good eye for trends and what people would want to buy.

"They were these Manolo Blahniks that Jennifer Lopez had worn in her first or second video," Kardashian explains. "Everyone had to have them. I called at the right time and the girl at the store had five pairs and I took them."

From there, Kardashian created a business of cleaning out her celebrity friends' closets and selling the goods on eBay, while taking a cut of the profit.

In 2006, a then unknown Kardashian was even featured on pal Paris Hilton's reality show "The Simple Life" as the heiress' closet organizer.

"My closet business came about when I was at my godparents' house, Sugar Ray Leonard and his wife Bernadette," Kardashian explained to Player Magazine in 2006. "Bernadette's closet was massive and had so much stuff in it. I said to her, 'You really need to clean out your closet.' Well, we spent the whole night doing that."

"Kim convinced Bernadette to sell the designer clothing on eBay rather than throw it away," explained Player magazine. "She was so successful at it that Bernadette started recommending Kim to her friends. Soon, celebrities like Kenny G, and Rob Lowe and his wife, started hiring her. Before long, Kim was organizing and cleaning out closets for everyone from Cindy Crawford to Serena Williams, as well as friends like Nicky Hilton and Nicole Richie. Her clients jokingly tagged her with the moniker, 'Queen of the Closet Scene.'"

Kardashian even spun that infamous 2007 sex tape into a reported $5 million deal that still swells her bank account to this day. After Kardashian's nude Paper magazine cover piqued interest in November, Vivid Entertainment president Steve Hirsch told TMZ the reality star would rake in $55,000 for that week alone.

Kardashian says she has always considered herself a businesswoman.

"When the opportunity for our TV show came about, I wanted to do it to bring attention to our stores [DASH, which she'd opened with her sisters]," Kardashian told Variety. "I was thinking this might not last very long, but we’ll grow a great business and expand online. I thought it would be great press. I didn’t think it would turn into what it turned into."

Read Variety's full interview with Kim Kardashian here. >

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One of the biggest obstacles the "Avengers" sequel had to overcome was introducing, and constantly referring to two new characters, the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.

In the comic world, fans know the super-powered brother and sister duo as X-Men. Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, aka Wanda and Pietro Maximoff, are the children of Magneto, who has been played on screen by Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender, and are one of many characters referred to as mutants for having a gene which allows them super abilities.

Naturally, you would expect to see the two in an "X-Men" film since Marvel licensed 20th Century Fox the rights to use those characters from Marvel in 1993. 

Last year, we sort of did. Evan Peters played a young, rambunctious version of Quicksilver, who quickly became a fan favorite. His sister, Wanda, was hinted at in a brief deleted scene. 

Since the two characters have been a part of the Avengers team throughout the years, however, the two are also allowed to pop up in Disney's Marvel movie "The Avengers: Age of Ultron." 

Disney and 20th Century Fox's shared rights over the Marvel brother and sister allows the characters to appear in both an X-Men and Avengers film played by two different sets of actors.

If that doesn't already sound slightly confusing, here's where things get trickier.

While Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch are allowed to appear on screen as "Avengers," they're not allowed to be referred to as mutants, a term which is exclusive to the X-Men. They're also not allowed to have any connection to their famous father, Magneto.

Disney, which owns Marvel publishing, has recently retconned the siblings' comic book origin story to cut their tie with Magneto and the mutants, presumably as a way to promote its own movies ahead of Fox's.

"Age of Ultron" also establishes its own mutant-free origin story.

One thought was that they may be referred to as Inhumans, a group of genetically-altered humans created to make an advanced race.

Marvel head Kevin Feige has said, however, there would be no connection between the twins and the Inhumans, who will be getting their own movie in November 2018. 

Instead, the "Avengers" sequel gives the twins a new origin story.

Some minor spoilers follow.

In "Ultron," Pietro and Wanda Maximoff are of Eastern European descent. To rid of any connection to the X-Men, it's revealed that at the age of 10, their parents were killed in a bombing.

The twins later join up with terrorist organization H.Y.D.R.A. to undergo some voluntary experiments and end up gaining super abilities. Pietro, aka Quicksilver, is lightning fast, while Wanda, the Scarlet Witch, has telekinetic abilities.

Instead of being called mutants, the duo, and anyone with special powers, is referred to as enhanced. 

You can see the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver in "The Avengers: Age of Ultron" out May 1 in the US.

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Since 2008, Paul Bettany has had one of the most important roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but you may not have realized it. 

He's appeared behind-the-scenes in five Marvel movies as the voice of Tony Stark's A.I. J.A.R.V.I.S.

When "Avengers: Age of Ultron" hits theaters May 1, fans will see him for the first time on screen in a very different role when he steps out as the superhero android Vision.

As a result, he'll be the first — and most likely only — actor to play two different Marvel characters on screen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.*

During an interview for "Age of Ultron" with Business Insider, Bettany said if it wasn't for director Joss Whedon, we very well may have seen another actor play Vision on the big screen. 

"They [Marvel] have a rule, that you’re not allowed to play more than one character in the Marvel universe," explains Bettany. "So, they broke the rules … they bent the rules slightly for me because Joss really wanted to bring the Vision into the film world, and he really wanted me to do it."

The 43-year-old actor described the transition from A.I. to a physical presence in the films as a bit of a double-edged sword. 

"Before I used to turn up for two hours and get paid a silly amount of money for … I used to feel like a pirate running off with a bag of cash at the end of the day," jokes Bettany. "Now, I actually have to show up and stuff." 

However, the experience of being on set with the other actors has been a refreshing change from what he was used to previously. 

"It’s really lovely to finally be working with these people that I’ve been working with for 10 years already," says Bettany. "It’s a bunch of really creative, talented, funny people who are all playing at the top of their game, and I don’t just mean the cast — who were incredibly welcoming — but I also mean Kevin Feige and [executive producer] Jeremy Latcham and Joss Whedon. They really know how to make these movies."

Bettany's take as the Android is one of the most enjoyable bits of the "Avengers" sequel. 

"Avengers: Age of Ultron" is in theaters May 1.

*Editor's note: Several readers have pointed out that Chris Evans has also played two Marvel characters in separate films. Before he was Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he played Johnny Storm (the Human Torch) on screen in Fox’s “Fantastic Four.” 

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Elizabeth Olsen is so much more than "the third Olsen sister."

Two years younger than her child-star twin sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley, Elizabeth — also known as Lizzie — shied away from the spotlight as a kid. But during the Sundance Film Festival in 2011, the indie darling burst onto the scene and clinched the hearts of critics.

Next month, Olsen joins the superstar cast of "Avengers: Age of Ultron," as the mysterious, reality-bending sorceress Scarlet Witch.

Growing up, Elizabeth Olsen thought her life was totally normal. Her family of five lived in the affluent LA suburb of Sherman Oaks, where she danced ballet, watched movies, and hung out on set of her twin sisters' TV show.

Source: The Guardian

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, two years older than little sister "Lizzie," shared the role of Michelle Tanner on the 90s family sitcom, "Full House." The show aired for eight seasons, and launched the girls into child-stardom.

Olsen's earliest IMDb credits are cameos in her sisters' direct-to-video movies. In this scene from "The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of Thorn Mansion," Mary-Kate and Ashley tell her she's too young to join in their detective work.

Today, Kim Kardashian runs an empire.

The 34-year-old is an executive producer on her family's hit, long-running reality show "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," which was recently renewed at E! for a reported $100 million for the next four years.

Kim also has a super successful video game app, product endorsement deals, a selfie book, and nearly 31 million Instagram followers tracking her every move.

According to Forbes, Kardashian earned $28 million in 2014 alone and was recently named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2015.

But Kardashian, 34, has been working toward this her entire life.

Despite her cushy upbringing in Calabasas, California, Kardashian says she always had a job throughout her teenage years.

Kardashian began her career in retail, telling Variety in a new interview: 

I worked at a clothing store for four years. I loved it. When I turned 16, my dad made me sign a contract — he made us sign contracts for everything — that if I hit my car, I would be responsible for paying for it. I was in bumper-to-bumper traffic, and I tapped someone. It was so not a big deal, but I had to pay for it. It was during the O.J. trial. They saw my last name and said, “Kardashian, your dad’s that lawyer?!” They sued me for a lot of money. After I paid them back, I kept on working to buy myself some clothes.

After working in stores, Kim soon discovered a whole new world of online shopping — and selling.

I discovered eBay and I loved shopping. I had to be on a budget. I didn’t have credit cards. How do I figure out how to make this a business? I remember I bought these Manolo Blahnik shoes that were $700. He [Kim's late father, Robert] let me buy five pairs. I had to pay him back plus interest. I sold every pair on eBay for $2,500. I became so obsessed with seeing that return, I would sell off the things I wouldn’t be wearing.

Kardashian explains that she made such a profit off of the shoes because she had a good eye for trends and what people would want to buy.

"They were these Manolo Blahniks that Jennifer Lopez had worn in her first or second video," Kardashian explains. "Everyone had to have them. I called at the right time and the girl at the store had five pairs and I took them."

From there, Kardashian created a business of cleaning out her celebrity friends' closets and selling the goods on eBay, while taking a cut of the profit. Kardashian went by the eBay username "kimsaprincess," an account she started all the way back in 2002.

Feedback provided on her second and third sales ever note she offered "exquisite Dior boots" and "authentic Louis Vuitton."

In 2006, a then unknown Kardashian was even featured on pal Paris Hilton's reality show "The Simple Life" as the heiress' closet organizer.

"My closet business came about when I was at my godparents' house, Sugar Ray Leonard and his wife Bernadette," Kardashian explained to Player Magazine in 2006. "Bernadette's closet was massive and had so much stuff in it. I said to her, 'You really need to clean out your closet.' Well, we spent the whole night doing that."

"Kim convinced Bernadette to sell the designer clothing on eBay rather than throw it away," explained Player magazine. "She was so successful at it that Bernadette started recommending Kim to her friends. Soon, celebrities like Kenny G, and Rob Lowe and his wife, started hiring her. Before long, Kim was organizing and cleaning out closets for everyone from Cindy Crawford to Serena Williams, as well as friends like Nicky Hilton and Nicole Richie. Her clients jokingly tagged her with the moniker, 'Queen of the Closet Scene.'"

Today, Kardashian still uses eBay to sell her castoffs and donates a portion of proceeds to various charities, mainly the Kardashian's family church in Agoura Hills. Many of Kim's family members have jumped on the bandwagon, too.

Between February 2013 and February 2014, the Kardashian clan sold just under 2,000 pieces successfully on eBay — raking in $277,469.60 from auction items, Cosmopolitan reported at the time.

The family uses an "auction management service" called Auction Cause, which basically does the dirty work of re-selling for them.

Below is a breakdown of the Kardashian's 2013 through 2014 eBay sales, from most profitable family member to the least:

Kim, by far the most profitable of the bunch, sold a lot of designer duds between 2013 and 2014.

At Cosmpolitan's count, most-often sold designers include: "Christian Louboutin (15 listings), Givenchy (9 listings), Balenciaga (7 listings), and Alexander McQueen (6 listings). She also sold 16 pairs of 7 for all Mankind jeans, maternity clothing, and a shit-ton of K Dash/Kardashian Kollection merchandise."

Cosmopolitan further broke down each family member's best and worst selling items below:

Despite her big eBay sales, Kim was criticized in December 2013 for holding a charitable auction for disaster relief in the Phillipines following Typhoon Haiyan — but only donating 10% of the profits.

Kardashian addressed the issue on her blog, saying "I don't publicize everything I do to help charities and people all over the world."

"My dad always taught me the importance of giving back. I don't publicize everything I do to help charities and people all over the world. I do it because I want to. I do it because my dad taught me to. I do it because it's the right thing to do. So for people to attack me for giving 10% of my eBay auction sales to the people of the Philippines, that hurts.

She also explained how eBay breaks down auction profits:

In regards to these eBay auctions, when the eBay numbers get broken down, the auction management agency that posts for me gets a percentage for all of their hard work, then eBay listing fees, end of auction fees, eBay Store fees, Paypal fees, etc., all add up to about half of the sale. Then I give 10% to a charity. Over the last 5+ years, I have listed thousands of items on eBay Giving Works for various causes. I will continue to do what is in my heart and am happy to know many others have enjoyed purchasing from me, as they too are giving with me.

When not selling their used goods online, the Kardashian sisters also have clothing store Dash, which sells trendy, new womenswear.

Founded in 2006 by Kim, Kourtney and Khloe, there are currently three Dash boutiques across the U.S. including Miami Beach, New York City, and Los Angeles.

Kim says that when she was first approached about a reality show, she looked at it as a way to promote the stores.

"When the opportunity for our TV show came about, I wanted to do it to bring attention to our stores," Kardashian told Variety. "I was thinking this might not last very long, but we’ll grow a great business and expand online. I thought it would be great press. I didn’t think it would turn into what it turned into."

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The popularity of graffiti has gradually grown in China after first arriving during the emergence of pop culture in the '90s. Now with the widespread use of internet, graffiti fans across China can connect and a number of official graffiti crews have emerged. 

Graffiti groups now hold graffiti exhibitions, do business with design companies, and even have their own graffiti shops. Some city administrators are even inviting graffiti fans to paint in some areas including university campuses and art villages.

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Actress Blake Lively is perhaps most well known for her starring role on "Gossip Girl" or her marriage to Ryan Reynolds, with whom she just had a baby, but the 27-year-old insists she is an entrepreneur and businesswoman at heart.

Last July, Lively launched Preserve, an e-commerce site devoted to "the stories and creations of artisans." The site sells things like $495 hand-painted boyfriend jeans, a $40 salt collection, and a $90 rainbow-colored, confetti lantern.

Lively says she is involved in everything from photography to raising capital for the site, while at the same time maintaining her day job as an actress. 

While press surrounding the launch of Lively's site wasn't exactly positive, she says the tech world has fully embraced her.

"Business is also about generosity. Entrepreneurs helping each other out," Lively says in a new interview with Stylist. "People starting their own companies, who could be competitors, are actually saying to me, 'This is a mistake I made and this is how you can do it better. Meet my technology officer who can teach you how to build your technology platform.' You realize there is room for everyone, as long as you work hard enough."

While Lively admits that business is "not something I went to college for," she does say it feels "more innate for me." 

"There are a lot of women in business, but they don’t get enough opportunities," Lively continued to the Stylist. "If you look at the facts, women spend the most on e-commerce sites, yet less than 30% of the companies that venture capitalists fund are female-driven, even though female-run companies are the most successful. Women connect with other women. So why are we are not looking at the numbers?"

Lively doesn't stop there, next discussing women in politics:

"Look at what is happening with Hillary Clinton, it's something to be very proud of. It's so uplifting. But the fact that we have to be proud of this advancement is a bit upsetting. I think whatever side you stand on, the fact that there's never been a woman leading this country where there are women leading households and leading companies, is a bit upsetting. What makes people think a man is more equipped to do that than a woman? Nothing."

While Lively is currently busy promoting her new movie "The Age Of Adaline," she has her sights set on another challenge outside of Hollywood.

"I have a dream to go to Harvard Business School," says Lively. "One of these days I will do that… in my spare time!"

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"Avengers: Age of Ultron" debuted to a huge $187.6 million at theaters opening weekend, giving it the second largest weekend ever at the box office.

Despite the huge number, that's far lower than analyst expectations, which projected the film to open at anywhere from $210 million - $230 million.

It's also less than the first film, "The Avengers," made back in 2012. That film surprised everyone when it debuted at a whopping $207.4 million to become the highest-grossing opening movie at the box office.

By no means is the early $187.6 million figure a disappointment. Sure, many thought it would easily cross the $200 million mark, but "Age of Ultron" now holds the highest-opening weekend in 2015 so far (and will likely only be beat out by "Star Wars," another Disney film). It's also one of the largest opening weekends at the box office ever.

All together, "Age of Ultron" has now made over $626 million worldwide.

Here are the largest opening weekends at the box office. Disney now dominates three of the top five spots. Superhero movies comprise four of the five spots.

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It was a star-studded affair Saturday night as tons of celebrities and sports stars turned up at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to watch as Floyd Mayweather beat Manny Pacquiao in the fight of the century.

With only 900 ringside seats, many were filled with A-list names.

It all started when Jimmy Kimmel made a hilarious appearance in Pacquiao's entourage as he walked to the ring.

Kimmel tweeted a photo of his outfit for the evening:

Mayweather, meanwhile, had Justin Bieber by his side before the fight.

Jamie Fox sang the national anthem to an unimpressed crowd.

Other than Mayweather and Pacquiao, the biggest stars of the night were Beyoncé and Jay Z, who watched the fight ringside next to Mary J.Blige.

Diddy and girlfriend Cassie also put on their finest for the fight.

Mike Tyson was there.

And Ben Affleck.

"Birdman" star Michael Keaton attended with Sugar Ray Leonard.

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal sat ringside with director Antoine Fuqua and Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos.

Hugh Dancy, Claire Danes, Bridgid Coulter, and Don Cheadle also had solid seats.

Robert De Niro was eager for the match to begin.

Nicki Minaj brought fiancé Meek Mill.

Rapper Lil Wayne arrived with girlfriend Christina Milian.

Denzel Washington and director Antoine Fuqua hugged it out.

Michael Jordan looked calm with wife Yvette Prieto.

Andre Agassi, with wife Steffi Graf, had more emotion. Check out that puka shell necklace.

Tom Brady, fresh from the Kentucky Derby earlier that day, took time to chat with reporters.

Michael Strahan let others do the talking this time.

Actor Liev Schreiber greeted fans.

Mark Wahlberg was also in a friendly mood.

Adrien Brody smiled for the cameras.

Clint Eastwood watched intently.

Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson attended the Showtime and HBO VIP Pre-Fight Party.

As did Michael J. Fox.

Paris Hilton is a clearly Pac fan.

Drew Barrymore made it a date night with husband Will Koppelman.

Others made it a star-studded night as they watched from home.

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NBC is taking a big leap and inviting fans to binge watch its upcoming Charles Manson drama, “Aquarius.”

On May 28, all 13 episodes of the new series will be available on streaming platforms, NBC.com, the NBC app, and On-Demand for four weeks. At the same time, the network will traditionally air one episode per week on Thursdays at 9 p.m.

This is a big deal, since it’s the first time a broadcast network will make an entire season of a new show available all at once — a strategy used successfully by streaming video companies like Netflix and Amazon.

“With ‘Aquarius’ we have the opportunity to push some new boundaries to give our audience something no broadcast network has done before,” NBC’s entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt said in a statement.

He continued, “We are fully aware how audiences want to consume multiple episodes of new television series faster and at their own discretion, and we’re excited to offer our viewers this same experience since all 13 episodes of this unique show have been produced and are ready to be seen.”

Here are five reasons you should binge watch “Aquarius”:

1.) David Duchovny returns to TV.

After finishing up on Showtime’s “Calfornication” and before “The X-Files” reboot on Fox in the fall, you can catch Duchovny in the role of homicide detective Sam Hodiak. While investigating a girl’s disappearance, he comes across a growing group of drifters led by a young Charles Manson. The series takes place in Los Angeles circa 1967.

“Bunheads” star Emma Dumont, “True Blood’s” Grey Damon and “Game of Thrones” actor Gethin Anthony also star.

2.) It’s probably pretty good.

NBC wouldn’t drop an entire season of a new show on us if it didn’t think it was good, especially since it will also air an episode of the show each week on TV. If it were bad, then the negative buzz would spread like wildfire on social media and kill the subsequent airings of the show.

3.) Less advertising.

NBC is limiting the amount of advertisers who can buy time on “Aquarius,” which means that there will be shorter commercial breaks — both in streaming and on TV.

4.) There will be different, more provocative footage for streaming customers.

Show producers took advantage of the less stringent content rules on the internet, so the streaming episodes of “Aquarius” will include scenes that couldn’t be aired due to broadcast standards.

5.) Other networks will follow suit.

NBC is making a large leap here and all the other networks are watching. If the show does well in streaming, please believe that ABC, CBS, The CW, and Fox will do a similar release — a good thing for those of you who like to binge watch or truly choose how and when you watch TV.

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Warning: If you haven't seen "Avengers: Age of Ultron" there are major spoilers ahead! 

If you're heading out to see the "Avengers" sequel this weekend, don't head out right after the movie is over. 

Although there won't be any added scenes after the entire credits roll, there is one brief mid-credits sequence that appears right after the initial credits.

If you left early or are confused by what you saw, here's what you should know.

What happens:

The scene opens over an object shrouded in darkness. When it comes into view, we see it's a golden glove — the Infinity Gauntlet. 

We then get another glimpse of Thanos (Josh Brolin), the somewhat mysterious, big bad villain who we've been seeing teases of since the end of 2012's "The Avengers." He reaches out toward the audience to grab the gauntlet. As he puts it on he says, "Fine, I'll do it myself."

That's it! (We told you it was short.)

In order to explain what this means, let's break this down into a few items.

What you need to know about Thanos

Thanos has a giant grudge against the universe for being born different. He's essentially the Hunchback of Notre Dame of the Marvel Universe, but with a spine. 

Thanos was born into a group of superhumans, the Eternals, who live on Saturn's moon, Titan. However, when he was born, he didn't look like any of the other Eternals. 

In comparison, here's how his brother, superhero Starfox, looks:

Also known as the Mad Titan, Thanos became power hungry and obsessed with death. (Not only is he obsessed with killing others, but in the comics he is actually in love with the embodiment of Death itself. More on this in a bit.)

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he's obsessed with gathering and gaining control of the Infinity gemstones and the Infinity Gauntlet to unleash their power. It's noted in "Guardians of the Galaxy" that Thanos is responsible for the death of Drax the Destroyer's (Dave Bautista) family. He's also the ruler of the Chitauri, the alien race that invaded Earth in the first "Avengers" film. 

What kind of powers does this guy have?

You name it, and Thanos essentially has it. 

Since Thanos comes from the Eternals, he has every ability endowed to them including super strength, endurance, and agility. Marvel describes his skin as being virtually impenetrable. It can withstand "heat, cold, electricity, radiation, toxins, aging, and disease." A psychic attack most likely won't affect him either. (Sorry, Scarlet Witch.)

Thanos can also blast "cosmic energy" from his eyes and hands. 

If all of that isn't enough, Thanos was also granted immortality by Death itself. 

So, yeah, The Avengers sound screwed.

So, what is this Infinity Gauntlet item Thanos is after?

This is what the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been building toward for some time!

Through all of the Marvel movies, there has been an entirely larger story arc told in the background, often through the end-credits scenes, where Thanos has attempted to secure several powerful stones for the Infinity Gauntlet, which he had crafted. When it's combined with six Infinity gemstones, the person in possession receives, in so many words, infinite power. 

And, what are the Infinity stones?

We've already been introduced to most of these throughout the Marvel movies. The stones on film appear to differ slightly from the ones introduced in the comics, which have varied over time.

Benicio del Toro's character, The Collector, describes the origin of the stones in 2014's "Guardians of the Galaxy":

"Before creation itself, there were six singularities. Then the universe exploded into existence, and the remnants of these systems were forged into concentrated ingots. Infinity Stones. These stones, it seems, can only be brandished by beings of extraordinary strength."

The Collector then showed footage of what looked like mercenaries who have used the stones before to destroy entire civilizations.

As Thor (Chris Hemsworth) notes at the end of "Age of Ultron," so far, we've only seen four of the six gemstones on screen. 

Blue (introduced in "Thor"): The space stone, also known as the Tesseract, is currently at Thor's home in Asgard being watched over by Heimdall (Idris Elba). 

Red (introduced in "Thor: The Dark World"): The Aether was desired by Malekith in order to make the universe black. The Collector is still believed to have it. It's not clear whether it was lost in the shuffle that happened in "Guardians of the Galaxy."

Yellow (introduced in "Avengers: Age of Ultron"): The mind stone was held in Loki's Chitauri scepter and is now in the Vision's head. (That's not a good sign for him moving forward.)

Purple (introduced in "Guardians of the Galaxy"): The power stone is currently being held onto by the Nova Corps on Xandar. The Guardians were able to wield its power together.

Why does Thanos want the Infinity Gauntlet?

Basically, Thanos wants to wipe the existence of most life from the universe. In the comics, this is done to impress and win the adoring affection of the aforementioned physical form of Death.

Yes, you read that right.

Not only is the Mad Titan obsessed with the idea of death, but he is also head over heels in love with Death.

It's not clear whether this is something the Marvel films plan to touch upon moving forward. 

What the end-credit scene means:

If you've been following all of the mid-credits and end-credits scenes from Marvel films closely, Thanos has been trying to acquire all of the Infinity gemstones. Having failed a number of times to acquire them (first in "The Avengers" after making a deal with Loki to acquire the Tesseract, and later in "Guardians of the Galaxy"), Thanos is finally taking matters into his own hands. 

So while many of the Avengers are taking a break from superhero life at the end of "Age of Ultron," and Thor is off trying to figure out why the gemstones have been popping up, little do they know that things are just starting to get interesting.

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Louis C.K. is so good at his job that it seems almost impossible to imagine a time where he struggled in comedy. However, his early days navigating stand-up comedy were rocky. 

During an interview on Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Louis C.K. about his painful first two comedy experiences. 

The first time he ever told jokes onstage was at an open mic in Boston (C.K. grew up in nearby Newton). 

"It was horrible." C.K. told Terry Gross. "My whole throat constricted and my...I heard this roaring in my ears. My eyes were watering. My heart was pounding, and I couldn't control myself."

After that nerve-wracking first experience, C.K. didn't go to another mic for two years until Kevin Meany, a fixture of the Boston comedy scene at the time, walked into the video store that C.K. worked at and offered him a spot on his show. 

While some comedians say their first experience doing stand-up was always the worst, the second time for C.K. was no better. 

"People's mouths were open. Shocked at how bad I was. Just shocked." C.K. recalled. "And I got onstage and Kevin wouldn't look me in the eye and nobody would. And it was just the most pulverizing humiliation."

The reason it was much worse the second time around is because C.K. was performing at a professional comedy show. Meanwhile, his first outing was an open mic where "the premise of the show is that most of us don't know what we're doing."

However, C.K. doesn't regret the experience at all.

"It was a formative experience. Sitting here now, I'm very glad I had it. It gave me a really realistic, shocking picture of what I was facing," he said.

C.K. has always had a dark side to his comedy, and he seems to embrace failure. In fact, he believes the comedians who start out the strongest are usually not the best ones.

"Actually, it's usually the comedians that start awkwardly and badly who end up being interesting." C.K. said "From my experience, when I've seen people show up and from the first day onstage they're just easy, like, really amiable comics who just know how to talk to people, they don't usually end up being that special. They get some quick success but they don't turn into something like really unusual and great."

 He might as well be referring to himself.

C.K. took a long time to hone his voice as a comedian. In the interview, he discussed how much he enjoyed telling "weird, offbeat jokes." That eventually earned him a lot of laughs. C.K. spent most of the '90s and early 2000s telling a lot of very surreal jokes. It wasn't until he started telling intensely personal stories about his family in his specials "Shameless" (2007) and "Chewed Up" (2008) that people started calling him the best comic alive. Today, he is one of the top-earning comedians in the world.

But the real reason for his success could probably be boiled down to this one quote from him about his first open mic:

"And I just felt like a pile of garbage. And then I kept doing it."

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It seems like everywhere you turn lately, there's a promo for Grace Helbig's E! talk show, which airs at 10:30 p.m. on Fridays.

But Helbig, touted as a massive YouTube star, might not be the Chelsea Handler-type E! fans expected.

Her millions of loyal YouTube followers don't seem to be following her to the television screen. The show's first episode on had 227,000 viewers tune in and the second episode brought in 262,000. While things might have been looking up, the third episode only garnered a low 182,000 viewers, according to Headline Planet.

These numbers put the show's rating at 0.09, which does not bode well for the future of the series, or the idea that YouTube stars can seamlessly transition from being laptop famous to flat-screen famous.

"The Royals," another E! show that's in its first few weeks of existence, brought in nearly 2 million viewers on its premiere night and is currently ranked as Sunday night's most popular scripted show among 18-to-34-year-old women, according to Zap2it. Of course, it benefits from airing right after "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," the No. 1 ad-supported cable show on Sunday TV right now; but even so, "Royals" is bringing in roughly 10 times more viewers than Helbig.

But the fight isn't over — YouTube is promoting her with a series of billboards, while E! is sprinkling TV promos on its network.

To someone who's paying attention, Helbig is everywhere — but if you're not the kind of person who spends a big chunk of time cruising through YouTube, you've probably never heard of her. 

Helbig got her start on YouTube, where her channel was picked up by "My Damn Channel," a network with a massive following that allows certain vloggers to publish on their platform. The deal lasted a few years, and Helbig amassed fans by posting videos that portrayed her as the Zooey Deschanel of YouTube.

She delivered quirky blips and ramblings about nothing such as, "Why don't they make a ham lipgloss?" It seemed her followers were loyal.

But would they be loyal enough to follow her to the big screen?

Based on the ads posted all over subway stations, Helbig comes off as relatable and wacky, a derivative of the "romcom girl," an actress whose beauty and style is offset by her acknowledgment of charming flaws.

In 2014, she published "Grace's Guide: The Art of Pretending You're a Grown Up." She says that despite her 2.2 million subscribers on YouTube, becoming internet famous was "a slow process."

"It's very rare to have what they call a viral sensation happen and to have overnight success," Helbig said on The Today Show. "It takes dedication and it takes brand building. For me, it wasn't one moment. It was kind of a gradual growth."

When the deal with "My Damn Channel" ended, she created a new channel on her own called "It'sGrace," and her fans met her there. Below, her first video on the new channel:

Her twee and self-deprecating persona permeates everything she does. At other times, she reveals a dark side to her comedy that's more Maria Bamford than Zooey Deschanel.

In a video about getting ready for prom, she gives "five different last-minute prom looks for five different personality types." When the "basic" prom-look model runs into a girl who's wearing the same thing she is, Helbig says:

"When you see someone else that thinks they're special like you're special, it ruins your special. You're special. The magazines and the television shows told you that you're special. You're not special. What happens when you're not special? You're nothing."

Helbig fans shouldn't lose hope yet, as some YouTubers have found success on TV.

Whitney Thore's show, "My Big Fat Fabulous Life," averaged 1.2 million viewers over its first season and was renewed for a second season on TLC, according to Zap2it. Tyler Oakley has also had crossover appeal, appearing on TV shows and nabbing an endorsement deal from Pepsi.

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A few weeks ago, we got our first look at Jared Leto's creepy looking new Joker for DC Comics' upcoming 'Suicide Squad' movie. It now seems director David Ayer is ready to unveil the rest of the cast. 

Today, Ayer posted a photo of the full 'Suicide Squad' cast (minus Leto) on Twitter. Check it out below.

In the photo are (starting from the left): Slipknot (Adam Beach), Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney), Enchantress (Cara Delevingne), Katana (Karen Fukuhara), Rick Flagg (Joel Kinnaman), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), Deadshot (Will Smith), Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), and El Diablo (Jay Hernandez). 

That's a lot of characters.

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In Sunday’s ‘Game of Thrones’ episode, season five continued with religious warfare, a first look at the Dornish Sand Snakes, and an epic concluding scene in Meeren.

But one of the best scenes came from a tender father-daughter moment between Stannis Baratheon and his daughter, Shireen, which didn't occur in the books.

Though her face is disfigured with greyscale, a normally deadly and highly contagious disease, Shireen manages to be one of the sweetest and most likeable characters on the show.

In a world where everyone seems to have enemies, Shireen stays in the sweet land of neutrality. She sees the Wildlings as just another group of people, and even teaches Gilly how to read.

Stannis is a hardened man, one who views his claim to the throne as the only just and fair outcome of this war. He rarely displays emotions other than annoyance and anger.

In this episode, we see Shireen wander into his chambers and, after some small talk, ask a heartbreaking question.

“Are you ashamed of me, father?”

Stannis pauses, and then tells her the story of how she came to have greyscale. A Dornish trader brought goods to the castle to sell, and among them was a small wooden doll dressed in Baratheon colors. Stannis, a new father, gave it to his only child — Shireen. But it was diseased, and by the time they realized what the doll carried, it was too late.

"I was told you would die, or worse, the Greyscale would go slow and you’d grow just enough to know the world before taking it away from you. Everyone advised me to send you to the ruins of Valyria to live out your short life with the stone men before the sickness spread through the castle. I told them all to go to hell."

You can hear the bitterness in his voice, the regret of ever handing that small doll to his daughter. Shireen listens with rapt attention, smiling gently at hearing how her father defended her.

"I called in every maester on this side of the world. Every healer, every apothecary. They stopped the disease and saved your life. Because you did not belong across the world with the bloody stonemen. You were the Princess Shireen of House Baratheon. And you are my daughter."

Shireen, her eyes brimming with tears, runs to Stannis, and hugs him fiercely. After hesitating, he wraps his arms around her in return.

This is one of the better scenes we’ve had so far this season, and it is also one that was not sourced from the books, which could be significant. Why did the show writers decide that an emotional scene between Stannis and Shireen was necessary character development?

It could mean bad news for Shireen. 

Fans of “Game of Thrones” should be well-accustomed to untimely deaths of their favorite characters by now. Generally speaking, emotionally uplifting moments are far and few between in the series.

Here’s the evidence that we have so far that Shireen may be in danger: 

Back in season four, when Stannis was preparing to leave Dragonstone and head for The Wall, there was contention between Stannis and his wife, Selyse, on whether or not Shireen should come with them. In episode seven, titled “Mockingbird,” there is a significant scene between Selyse and Lady Melisandre.

Selyse expresses her doubt to Melisandre about Shireen joining them, stating that her daughter doubts the existence of the Lord of the Light. Melisandre says that she must come, and elaborates when Selyse seems confused.

“You are strong enough to look into the Lords light and see his truth for yourself. However harsh it is, however hard it is for us to understand. You don’t need my help, but I will need yours soon. When we set sail, your daughter must be with us. The Lord needs her.”

Now, that can’t be good. What would the Lord of Light, and therefore Melisandre, need from Shireen?

Flash forward to Sunday’s episode, and there is a scene when Selyse is apologizing to Stannis for never birthing him a son, and only giving him a disfigured daughter. Melisandre overhears, and interjects by saying that the Lord of Light does not care about Shireen’s affliction.

“Her father is the lord’s chosen King, and her father’s blood runs through her veins,” Melisandre said to Selyse, and they exchange a loaded look.

The last time king’s blood was a hot topic with Melisandre was during season three, when she tracked down Gendry (Robert Baratheon’s bastard) and brought him to Stannis. Her plan was to sacrifice him, since he has Baratheon blood, in order to bring favor from the Lord of Light.

She tied him down, and used leeches to draw his blood. Stannis then threw the three leeches into a fire, stating the name of each of his enemies as he did - "The usurper Robb Stark, the usurper Balon Greyjoy, the usurper Joffrey Baratheon."

Two of those three “kings” are now dead - and Melisandre attributes this to her blood-magic leech spell. Stannis agreed to have Gendry sacrificed for the sake of a more powerful spell, but Davos helped him escape before their execution could be carried out.

So now we have Shireen, chalk full of her father’s blood, and Melisandre has emphasized to Selyse that the Lord of Light “needs” her daughter. Selyse is a fanatic of the religion, and seems to completely rely on Melisandre for guidance.

It’s very possible that the touching scene where Stannis emphasizes his love and defensive nature towards Shireen is hinting at a larger conflict to come.

We can only hope that if the time comes when Melisandre and Selyse believe it is necessary to sacrifice Shireen, or harm her in the name of their Lord, that Stannis will be able to protect her.

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Championship golfer Tiger Woods and Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn have ended their relationship after nearly three years of dating, the former couple announced separately Sunday night.

Vonn, 30, wrote on her Facebook page:

"After nearly three years together, Tiger and I have mutually decided to end our relationship. I will always cherish the memories that we've created together. Unfortunately, we both lead incredibly hectic lives that force us to spend a majority of our time apart. I will always admire and respect Tiger. He and his beautiful family will always hold a special place in my heart."

While Woods, 39, took to his personal website:

“Lindsey and I have mutually decided to stop dating. I have great admiration, respect and love for Lindsey and I’ll always cherish our time together. She has been amazing with Sam and Charlie and my entire family. Unfortunately, we lead very hectic lives and are both competing in demanding sports. It’s difficult to spend time together.”

The couple first announced they were dating via a Facebook post in 2012:

"This season has been great so far and I'm happy with my wins at Torrey and Doral. Something nice that's happened off the course was meeting Lindsey Vonn. Lindsey and I have been friends for some time, but over the last few months we have become very close and are now dating. We thank you for your support and for respecting our privacy. We want to continue our relationship, privately, as an ordinary couple and continue to compete as athletes."

Since then, the two were frequently spotted at each others' event.

As recently as last month, Vonn accompanied Woods to the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club, where she was seen doting on Woods' son, Charlie, and daughter, Sam.

In February, Woods supported Vonn after she crossed the finish of the Ladies' Giant Slalom in Red Tail Stadium at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Beaver Creek, Colorado.

He was also by her side at the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women's Downhill in December 2013 in Val d'Isere, France.

In July 2013, Vonn went with Woods to the 142nd Open Championship at Muirfield.

They first made their debut as a couple at the Met Ball in May 2013, exactly one year ago today.

The relationship was Woods' first since his many affairs were revealed in 2009.

Vonn filed for divorce in November 2011, according to TMZ, and it was finalized in January 2013.

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On Sunday night’s episode of “Mad Men,” we learn that although the series has made it to the 1970s, women’s rights in the workplace is still far off.

Last week, Sterling Cooper & Partners got the shocking news that they where being absorbed by their subsidiary, McCann Erickson.

Erickson’s head executive, Jim Hobart, pitched SC&P partners — Don Draper, Roger Sterling, Ted Chaough, Peter Campbell, and Joan Holloway — that they were “rolling out the red carpet” for them with major accounts, companies SC&P had been struggling to nab for years.

But when Hobart went around the table telling the partners which big accounts they would head, he left out Joan, and she noticed. After the group celebrated the news, Joan told Peter she didn’t know if a woman could get the same accounts as the men at McCann Erickson.

This premonition, unfortunately, turned out to be accurate Sunday night for Joan in a heartbreaking episode.

We find out very quickly that McCann Erickson is a boys club when Joan is on the phone with her Avon contact, along with her junior account man, Dennis. Suddenly, Dennis takes over the call and basically ruins it with his lack of knowledge of the client (like asking if he golfs, unaware the client is in a wheelchair).

This leads Joan to reach out for support from Hobart’s second in command, Ferg Donnelly. She asks for Dennis to be put off her team. Ferg says he’ll handle it.

Ferg gets back to Joan with a solution, but first tells her the logic behind why Dennis acted the way he did.

He tells Joan that Dennis acted in a more authoritative role because he has a wife and three children and “he’s not going to work for a girl… What is he going to say, ‘she’s my boss?’”

This obviously isn’t Joan’s first time hearing a chauvinistic remark. We’ve seen her endure it countless times on the show, and again she lets this one roll off her.

But things get even more uncomfortable for Joan when Ferg tells her his solution is that he would now work on the account for her, adding, “I know a good job when I see one.”

Ferg then pushes Joan to set up a trip to Atlanta to speak with the Avon client in person and apologize for Dennis' remarks. Joan deflects Ferg’s sly advance of proposing a trip together by saying that the client will be in town soon. Ferg replies by telling her he’s “not expecting anything more than a good time” by working with her.

Joan is completely deflated from the encounter. But to drive home the point that McCann Erickson has little need of Joan, Ferg leaves her office with this zing: “We can’t lose those accounts, what else would you do around here?”

With nowhere to turn (and now getting candy and love letters from Ferg), Joan goes right to the top and has a meeting with Hobart. She voices her displeasure with Ferg and suggests that she takes on the accounts on her own, suggesting she receive the same “certain amount of status” she had at SC&P.

But Hobart responds to Joan’s suggestion by saying, “Your status has changed.”

“I don’t care about your SC&P partnership,” he told her. “I don’t know if somebody left it to you in their will, but your little stake doesn’t mean anything here.”

This leads to a battle of words with Joan standing up for her rights and letting Hobart know that she’s happy to take her half million dollars McCann Erickson owes her and just leave the company. Hobart tells her to figure out a way to get along with Ferg, or expect a letter from their lawyer.

“I wonder how many women around here would like to speak to a lawyer?” Joan fires back. “I believe the equal employment opportunity commission has one.”

Joan continues that the second she made a complaint the ACLU would be in her office and in the lobby there would be “Betty Friedan and half the women who marched down 5th avenue.”

Hobart counters by saying he’ll give her 50-cents on the dollar to never see her again, essentially offering her half of what she’s owed to walk away.

Joan says she’s not negotiating, and Hobart tells her to leave the office.

Though any "Man Men" fan wouldn’t be shocked by this unethical exchange, recent seasons did show the evolution (albeit, minor) of women's rights in the workplace. Joan being a partner at SC&P and Peggy Olson named head copy chief, proved that. But by being gobbled up by the larger Erickson, it’s evident equality hasn’t spread throughout Madison Avenue.

Along with Joan’s troubles on Sunday’s episode, Peggy was still at the empty SC&P offices because Erickson thought she was coming to the company as a secretary, not one of the heads of the copy division. She demanded an office before setting foot there.

As Joan points out to Hobart with her mention of feminist activist Betty Friedan, the cry for equal equality for women was becoming louder at the time.

Friedan lead the Women’s Strike for Equality in August of 1970. Falling on the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave American women the right to vote, more than 20,000 women gathering for protests in New York City and throughout the country to protest the lack of equal equality in the workforce, political rights for women, and social equality.

Though that historic moment had recently happened, it didn’t help Joan.

The day following her heated meeting with Hobart, Roger Sterling told Joan to take Hubart’s deal of 50-cents on the dollar.

“Take the money and be done with them,” said Sterling.

Joan was finally beaten. She took the framed picture of her son and rolodex from her desk and told Sterling, “Tell him it's a deal.”

She then walked out of the office.

With only two episodes left of the show, we hope Joan will find redemption before the final curtain falls.

UPDATE: On Monday, the ACLU tweeted their support of Joan.

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The Met Ball is the most anticipated single event of the year in fashion and since the dawn of Instagram, fashion fans have been able to follow along by refreshing their social media apps and watching selfies from the likes of Cara Delevingne, Kim Kardashian and Solange Knowles (pre-elevator fight) pour in.

But this year, social media and selfies alike have reportedly been banned from the event.

This will make following the event online as it progresses difficult, and will pretty much do away with any behind-the-scenes shots to which fans have become accustomed. 

Some speculate that the ban is part of an effort to give "Vogue" more editorial control of the photos as they shoot a documentary about the event, according to Page Six, while one source told the "Post," "It has solely to do with guests' security and enjoyment of the event."

We can always reminisce about the selfie-heavy Met Galas of the past few years, though — and hope that Wintour changes her mind next year. She did end up lifting her rumored ban on Kim Kardashian a couple of years ago, after all.

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No one takes an Instagram-ready photo like Karlie Kloss and Taylor Swift. Here the besties are getting ready for last year's Met Gala.

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Selena Gomez, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend basked in mutual admiration at last year's gala.

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After the Met Ball last year, Beyoncé posted this photo with Rihanna. Many speculated it was a show of solidarity with the singer after rumors flew that Solange Knowles had attacked Jay Z in the elevator because he wanted to go to Rihanna's after-party.

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