Chemistry can be important when it comes to making a movie, but in some cases when it comes to the end result it doesn't matter.

That seems to be the case with "Mad Max: Fury Road."

In a profile in WSJ Magazine, Charlize Theron revealed that she and costar Tom Hardy weren't the best of friends during the nine-month shoot making "Fury Road."

“From what I hear, he’s not like that on every movie—I hear he’s had good experiences,” said Theron. “Maybe the movie is what it is because we struggled so much with each other, and those characters had to struggle so much with each other. If we were chum-chum, maybe the movie would have been 10 times worse."

In the movie, Theron plays Imperator Furiosa, a strong-willed woman trying to escape from her ruler. Hardy plays Max, the outsider who first clashes with Furiosa and then teams with her against the tyrant chasing them.

“I’m not saying that they were seething right through, but the trajectory of the characters can’t help but seep into the work,” said "Fury Road" director George Miller in the WSJ story. “When they first meet each other, they’re trying to kill each other. As the two characters come together out of necessity and rather reluctantly, they have to find a degree of trust. And to some extent that was the trajectory of their relationship as well.”

The movie would go on to be one of the biggest hits of 2015, grossing over $370 million worldwide and winning six Oscars.

As Hardy is the face of the franchise it's likely he would return if rumors of a "Mad Max" sequel are true. But with this revelation, you have to wonder if Theron would as well.

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Playing blackjack helps in business, according to Allego CEO Yuchun Lee. 

He would know because he was part of the infamous MIT blackjack team that inspired the 2008 Kevin Spacey movie "21."

"Blackjack has really strengthened me over the years, to go through the ups and downs of business," Lee told Business Insider.

Lee has the track record to back it up. He took his first startup, a marketing software maker Unica, public in 2005, before selling it to IBM for about $500 million in 2010.

After spending a few years as an IBM executive, Lee has launched another startup called Allego in 2013, which provides a sales learning platform service for companies.

"You may not win all the time, but you increase your odds a lot if you find something you love to do," Lee said. "And over the long run, you’re going to win."

Blackjack prodigy

Lee wasn't part of the blackjack team while he was a student at MIT in the 90s. It was only after he graduated and started running Unica that he joined it. 

Regardless, Lee has fond memories of the team, in which he spent nearly 6 years flying to Vegas almost every weekend. He says the team doubled its money every year, racking up "millions of millions" in cash. It was a well-organized group that paid taxes every year, too.

But he points out it was important to keep the blackjack separate from his business. "Even though there were 5 employees at Unica that were on the team, and we did practice after office hours together — we never mixed the two bank accounts," he said.

"Emotional fortitude"

Despite the firewall between his blackjack life and CEO life, Lee says he did apply a lot of the basic principles he's learned from playing the game to business.

One of them is building the "stomach" to survive the swings in a business cycle. Lee says he went through 4 recessions and 3 wars during his 18 years running Unica, and part of the success has to do with having that "emotional fortitude."

"If you ever want to experience volatility, many ups and downs emotionally, there’s nothing better than joining a professional blackjack team where you can win or lose so much money just by the sheer randomness of the game," Lee said. "It's taught me to have conviction in what you do."

Another takeaway is to enjoy the "David versus Goliath sort of feeling" as a startup. Just as his small blackjack team went up against the house at the casino, you have to learn how to succeed when the odds are against you as a startup, he says.

It's one reason why he bootstrapped both of his startups, and didn't take any VC money early on. He believes you become "less discriminatory" when it comes to spending money and allocating resources if you have too much money in the early stages.

"Not having money is a strong incentive to help you make the best decision possible," he said.

Fixing a broken system

Lee hopes to apply the same principles in his latest startup, Allego.

Launched in 2013, Allego offers a hosting platform for corporate training videos. It doesn't produce the actual videos, but makes it easy for companies to create and share videos that help train sales people. It also makes it easy for managers to give quizzes, and feedback, while collecting real-time data on each sales rep. Lee describes it as a "corporate YouTube," only with more interaction and business content.

"The old form of training the sales team is pretty broken," Lee said, pointing out how most sales rep training is done by going on three-day trip to some resort and cramming in tons of content in a short period of time. "The market in general could use a system to help professionals do better jobs by making sure they’re seeing the right content."

Lee's background in video caching and compression, in which he holds 6 patents, also helps. His cofounder, Mark Magnacca, has background in financial sales, part of the reason why Allego's already been able to sign up big companies like John Hancock and Medtronic.

In fact, Allego already has over 20,000 users across 50 different organizations, Lee said. It's breaking even in terms of cash flow, while managing to grow its users by 50% every quarter, he said.

Video training in general is a pretty competitive space. Companies like Lynda.com and Pluralsight may have more resources, and they're all going after this growing segment.

But Lee believes Allego has a good chance, as long as he keeps sticking to the principles he's learned so far.

"You don’t have to be smart or have as much resources as your competition, but whenever you see that you're doing something wrong, if you can correct it quicker, you can still beat the competition," Lee said. "That’s in my experience one of the things that we treasure the most as a business."

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"Game of Thrones" star Peter Dinklage exposed some secrets behind the HBO hit series during his first stint as host of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" this weekend.

First, though, the Golden Globe-winning actor, who plays Tyrion Lannister on the show, addressed the biggest question of the upcoming sixth season of "Game of Thrones."

"I have no idea if Jon Snow is really dead," he started the monologue. "I even have the new scripts, but if I'm not in the scene, Petey no read-ee."

With that out the way, he announced that writer George R.R. Martin was in the audience, played by "SNL's" Bobby Moynihan. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" novels are the basis of "Game of Thrones." But for the first time during the show's run, "Game of Thrones" has outpaced Martin's books.

"George was nice enough to write this monologue for me, even though he's still busy trying to finish his next 'Thrones' book," Dinklage explained.

"Yeah, it's taken a while, but fans have been very cool about it," Moynihan's Martin answered, which "SNL's" Kenan Thompson interrupted with a coughed "Lazy!"

What followed was a look at the show's storytelling tricks.

Watch Dinklage's monologue below:

Speaking of tricks, Dinklage then offered a behind-the-scenes look at the show's popular dragons.

"Season six finds Tyrion in the service of Daenerys Targaryen," Dinklage explained. "And that means I finally get some screen time with those scene stealers, the Dragons."

It appeared that through the magic of TV, the actors interacted with a person in a dragon costume (played by Moynihan) on-set. One would think that would be way better than acting with an inanimate object or possibly nothing at all, but this dragon stand-in is pretty high maintenance.

Watch the dragon sketch below:

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Jesse Eisenberg looks as if he doesn't want anyone to see him. He's tucked away in a posh hotel in downtown Manhattan, where people do all they can to stand out, tucked in a corner, leaning against a wall with his hands in his windbreaker, awaiting yet another round of press.

If it seems as if he's not looking forward to it, well, he has a reason: For weeks he has been on an intense global press tour for the biggest movie on the planet at the moment, "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" (he plays madman Lex Luthor).

But he is actually doing press for another movie, the indie film "Louder Than Bombs" (opening April 8), in which he plays Jonah, a new father who must return to his childhood home to prepare an exhibition for his war photographer mother, who recently died.

Known for jumping back and forth from Hollywood movies like "The Social Network" and "Now You See Me" to smaller-scale fare like "Night Moves" and "The End of the Tour," Eisenberg sees it all as the same work. He doesn't get carried away by any hype.

In fact, he says he's never seen a single movie he's starred in.

Business Insider talked to Eisenberg about why he was so quick to move on to the next thing (he's also a playwright and a contributor for The New Yorker), why interviews make him uncomfortable, and why playing Lex Luthor is an actor's dream.

Business Insider: How did you get out of doing press for "Batman v Superman"?

Jesse Eisenberg: I was told that the Mexican premiere would be "heroes only," which is a euphemism for, "There's not enough room on the plane to have the bad guy." Which is fine with me because the schedule was unbelievable.

BI: And it's not like you're taking a break. You're right here doing press for another movie.

Eisenberg: Exactly. [Laughs] My hope is to never act again and just do press.

BI: It's hard to peg you to one type of role or movie. Has that been intentional?

Eisenberg: No. It's a total accident. I view myself in the narrowest possible terms, but I don't watch anything I've been in, and I don't read reviews or analysis of movies I've been in, or my plays. So I'm kind of shocked any time somebody hires me and even more shocked any time somebody hires me to play a character like Lex Luthor, which I only knew from the public consciousness of him being a bald, brooding villain who is older than me.

BI: So you didn't even use Gene Hackman's Luthor as a reference point?

Eisenberg: I actually did see some of that.

BI: This is going to sound weird, but in some ways you are the comic relief in both "Batman v Superman" and "Louder Than Bombs."

Eisenberg: Yeah. I feel things can always be funny, but that's probably because I have some kind of leftover childhood need to make people laugh. For somebody like me, that's the thing you excel at. I played basketball all the time, but I was nowhere near the best on the team, so you make fun of the guy who is the best on the team in a way that also seems to invite him in, and suddenly you have friends.

BI: With all of your insight into your characters, you still don't want to see the finished product on-screen.

Eisenberg: Yeah.

BI: So if the director called you and asked if you wanted to see some rough assembly of the movie, you'd say no?

Eisenberg: Yeah, anything. Because I have a very specific feeling about what I do. I really like thinking that you're working in this bubble and I can experience these personal emotions without thinking that it's going to be scrutinized by, in some cases, a lot of people, in some cases, a small group of people. To take that burden off yourself of thinking about how it's going to be perceived by other people or myself has kind of made me feel that much more comfortable.

BI: So, zero interest in catching a glimpse of yourself as Lex Luthor?

Eisenberg: I would say the parallel allegory is when you go away for the weekend with your family and you get all of the pictures back. You've taken a hundred pictures and you only like two of the pictures and you send them to all of your friends and the rest you're totally mortified by how you look. The side of your face, that Speedo you decided to wear — that's the experience for me. Two percent of a project I feel so comfortable with and proud of, and the rest of it I feel very self-critical of. I'm doing this willingly, of course, but if you can project that kind of feeling about those 98 pictures of yourself on to a massive scale of a movie that a lot of people are not just going to see but scrutinize, you can understand.

BI: There are actors who love seeing themselves on that big screen, so what's the joy you get out of this business? What's the payoff?

Eisenberg: The payoff for me is the experience itself. I really do love it. I think there are probably a lot of actors like me who I think probably struggle to feel comfortable in their own lives, and acting in some ways provides a safe context for them to live out emotions that they possibly repress or live out experiences that they are not afforded by virtue of circumstance. So all that stuff for me is the real joy.

BI: The joy of living in someone else's skin.

Eisenberg: Exactly. I mean, I loved doing "Louder Than Bombs" and "Batman v Superman" partly because those characters wear wigs. I know it sounds petty, but what that actually does is allow me to further invest in the artifice of what I'm doing and forget myself in a way that I cherish.

BI: But can you find any satisfaction from doing the press side of the business?

Eisenberg: Ten percent of it is a real joy in being able to be the kind of, let's say, public face of a thing you feel proud of. Ninety percent of it is concern that I'm going to misspeak, because I have in the past, and that seems to be the overriding narrative regardless of the intention or relevance. So that's a lot of what this is. [As an actor] you're looking to crawl into an anonymous fictional person's skin, but then you have the ironic obligation to promoting the movie in such a public way that it almost undermines the initial intention of going under the radar.

BI: At a certain point, can you play hardball with a studio and say, "I'll do a couple of talk shows and that's it"?

Eisenberg: It's always a negotiation, and I think I'm in the majority when I say all that stuff is nerve-wracking, as nerve-wracking as the movie is. That in some ways can be more nerve-wracking, going on the talk shows. That said, I understand the economics of the system, and I feel so honored to be a part of this system. It's an industry that has given me so much. And I'm not talking about some kind of financial compensation, although it's good to have a job.

BI: You have to pay the bills.

Eisenberg: Yeah. But it also has given me this wonderful feeling of not only doing something I love, but being integrated into a community that I really respect of people who are in the arts and hopefully progress cultural discussions through fiction. I think there's nothing more wonderful than using fiction to reflect real-world cultural ideas.

BI: What's the creative release you get from writing? Whether it's a play or book or doing the New Yorker pieces?

Eisenberg: It's quite similar, except it's done in solitary confinement. But it's a similar feeling of self-expression, of thinking what I have to say is not necessarily important but worthy of enough of a discussion for me to feel comfortable putting it on. Let's say at minimum funny and at maximum contemplative and insightful in some way, which is an aspiration. So I guess I can only say I'm compelled to do it in the morning rather than compelled to do other things in the morning. And then the weird struggle to get the play on, and you have to deal with all this weird other stuff that I'm not good at — ticket sales and promotional. But the other stuff is why you wake up.

BI: Is there any motivation to rattle the cage? I specifically mean the fictitious film review you did in The New Yorker, which critics didn't find funny.

Eisenberg: Not only is there zero motivation to do that, but it's actually something I make a concerted effort to avoid doing because of my public exposure that, in my opinion, was a mortifying experience that I hope to never repeat again. Where I feel something that I had written was misinterpreted in a way that made people feel bad, that is absolutely horrifying to me. I feel so embarrassed and I feel ashamed that I should make people feel bad. People who have actually been really great to me, because my career has benefited greatly from critics because I do movies like "Louder Than Bombs," which doesn't have a marketing campaign in the billions and relies on positive notice from smart journalists. That was not only a mortifying experience, but one I absolutely hope to never repeat again.

BI: It was funny, though.

Eisenberg: It's not worth it to me. No one should be offended — that's not my style.

BI: Has it dawned on you that you're in the biggest film in the world? I'm sure every press person has reminded you of this.

Eisenberg: That's the only time I ever hear about it because I stay away from it. I live in New York City, where, if you're in a movie at a popular independent theater, you think you're king of the world, because you're in a bubble. So there's no way for me to properly conceive of the attention that the movie gets in a way that doesn't make me confused. I feel so honored to be part of a movie where I got to play, in my opinion, such an interesting character on a grand scale. As an actor, the part I played in that movie is the part you look for in 100-seat theater plays. A character that's eccentric and funny but also dangerous and also increasingly disturbed. All that stuff is the stuff you look for when you're working Off-Broadway, so I feel really honored and proud people get to see it.

BI: But it must not have been fun to be in that water all the time.

Eisenberg: [Puzzled look]

BI: The scene where you're in the water in General Zod's ship.

Eisenberg: Oh yeah, that's funny, that's right. Yes. Far be it from me to complain to work on an awesome movie set, but I've been on unusually uncomfortable movie sets. That wasn't one of them. I did this movie "The End of The Tour" in the coldest winter on record in the coldest state, and we didn't sleep for two weeks because we were traveling while we were shooting. But to me, all that stuff is wonderful because it actually brings an emotional momentum to a fictional story in a way that's totally impossible to replicate. Like on a play, if I get no sleep the night before a show, I feel that performance is the best one. Your emotions are unhinged in the proper way, you're not self-conscious or second-guessing yourself because you don't have the mental fortitude to do it. I actually don't mind doing that stuff.

BI: Well, I hope you get to see some of your films at some point in your life.

Eisenberg: Yeah, we'll do a retrospective.

BI: You can do it like Shia LaBeouf. We’ll give you a theater, and you'll watch them all in reverse chronological order.

Eisenberg: Oh, that's how he did it?

BI: And we live-stream your face reacting to it all.

Eisenberg: Oh, interesting. That's a fun idea.

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As spring brings nicer days ahead, television providers are actually preparing to shut down.

This is the time for finales. It's also the time for networks to make their decisions about which shows have to go and which shows get another round. That will determine whether a show's last episode of the season is also a series finale.

With today's shrinking live viewership, it takes more than just ratings for a TV show to survive to see another season.

Networks are now looking at online, on-demand, and streaming viewership; awards appeal; social-media audiences; and international sales, among many other factors.

That said, here are Business Insider's predictions for the shows that will probably get the ax over the next few weeks.

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"Galavant" (ABC)

A fun musical idea in its first season, "Galavant" was supposed to be an event series, but it was renewed for a second season. Whenever networks see success and dollar signs, they just can't help squeezing all the magic out of something.

No longer novel in its second season, the series generated less conversations, and the ratings dropped 52%. This knight's tale isn't going to end happily.

"Marvel's Agent Carter" (ABC)

This was one of the TV show returns we were most looking forward to. Apparently, we were in the minority, as the "Agent Carter" ratings fell 47% from its first season.

On the other hand, it may get a stay on its execution for being a Marvel series and part of the Disney family — synergy and all. Certainly, ABC isn't proving itself to be the best home for the Marvel-branded series. "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." ratings fell 16% this season, and Netflix doesn't share its ratings.

"The Muppets" (ABC)

ABC was so excited about bringing back the "Muppets" franchise that it gave the series the green light on just a short pitch video. The company thought that by combining the iconic variety show with mockumentary elements of "Modern Family" and "The Office," it had found a new way to package the Muppets for young audience members but keep their nostalgic parents watching.

Instead, the show steadily fell in the ratings. ABC hoped a new showrunner and creative tinkering would make the difference, but few people stuck around to see the results. 

It's probably time to pull the curtain on this production.

Movies focusing on politics take many forms. They can have a serious stance on a major issue or moment in history, or make fun of the whole system with a satirical plot. Regardless, the genre has over the years produced some of the most gripping, entertaining movies.

One of the best political movies ever made, “All the President’s Men,” just celebrated its 40th anniversary. In honor of the occasion, and with the backdrop of the election, we thought it was a good time to rank the greatest the genre has produced.

Here are the top 22.

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22. “The Distinguished Gentleman” (1992)

Eddie Murphy plays a Florida con man who realizes he has been missing out on the biggest con of all: being a politician. Winning a seat in Congress because he has the same name as a longtime Congressman in his district who suddenly passed away before the election, he proceeds to turn DC upside down. Honestly, this is one of Eddie Murphy's last great comedies while at his height in Hollywood.  

21. “Nixon” (1995)

Anthony Hopkins playing Richard Nixon in Oliver Stone's epic look at the 37th president is hit-and-miss at moments, but as with any great actor, in the moments when he's right, the movie thrives. But Stone also examines the shrewdness of Nixon, as one moment he's in the bugged Oval Office tearing apart his legacy and another he's confronted by Vietnam protesters at the Lincoln Memorial and he actively tries to understand what they are against. 

20. “Milk” (2008)

Sean Penn earned an Oscar win for his performance as Harvey Milk, California's first openly gay politician to be elected to public office. The movie chronicles Milk's struggle as a gay activist in San Francisco in the late 1970s and ends with his shocking assassination. As with almost everything he's in, Penn gives a moving performance.

It's been nearly two months since Kesha was denied her injunction request to work outside of her contract, but she's not giving up the fight.

In an Instagram post, the singer revealed that she was allegedly offered her "freedom" if she were to publicly recant her sexual assault allegations against producer Dr. Luke (real name Lukasz Gottwald). 

"I got offered my freedom if I were to lie," she wrote in the photo caption on Sunday. "I would have to apologize publicly and say that I never got raped. This is what happens behind closed doors. I will not take back the truth. I would rather let the truth ruin my career than lie for a monster ever again."

Kesha and Dr. Luke have been locked in a legal battle since 2014 after she accused him of sexual assault. Dr. Luke filed a countersuit for defamation and claimed the singer was trying to get out of her contract, which requires her to release six albums under Kemosabe Records, Dr. Luke's label owned by Sony. 

Kesha's injunction request, which was denied in February, would have allowed her to work outside of her contract while the case is ongoing. The singer hasn't released music since 2013. 

Fans and celebrities, including Lady Gaga, Adele, Lena Dunham, Taylor Swift, and Demi Lovato, have lent their support to the artist during her legal battle. 

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John Oliver took some time on Sunday's episode of "Last Week Tonight" to examine Donald Trump's recent comments on nuclear weapons policy.

Last week, Trump (or "America's potential next president" as Oliver referred to him) said at a CNN Town Hall that he believes that countries under American protection should have their own nuclear weapons to relieve the burden of defending them, including Japan, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia.

Oliver joked that “He says that with the confidence of a man who could easily find Saudi Arabia on a map if he was given three tries and the map only included countries ending with ‘Arabia.’”

This week, a nuclear summit is underway in Washington, D.C. and President Barack Obama was asked to address Trump's statements.

"The person who made the statements doesn't know much about foreign policy, or nuclear policy, or the Korean Peninsula, or the world generally," Obama responded, without naming the real estate mogul-turned presidential candidate.

“President Obama is basically implying there that you could fill a book with the things Donald Trump doesn’t know,” Oliver translated. “That book being the encyclopedia.”

Watch the segment below:

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Brands are using live streaming more and more in order to reach the masses.

Live streaming has become a focal point as heavyweights such as Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and YouTube invest significant sums of money into building and enhancing their own live stream platforms, according to the Financial Times.

Some recent campaigns have shown the power of live streaming. Singer Gwen Stefani was the first artist to release a live music video through Periscope, which she did during a commercial break at the Grammys in March. Target sponsored the music video, and 25 million people watched the four-minute long video, which was done in one take.

BMW also debuted a campaign for its M2 model through Periscope, and users got to see the car in action on a BMW race track. More than 5,000 people were reached in the first 10 minutes, and the campaign in total amassed 48,000 social engagements, 16.6 million impressions, and 3,000 new Periscope followers.

Despite this success, there are some potential pitfalls to live streaming. Timing is an issue because users are becoming accustomed to watching content when they want, not when a brand or content creator dictates. The increase in subscription video-on-demand services is proof of that.

To meet this need, Periscope leaves streams up for 24 hours after they first air, and Facebook Live keeps them up indefinitely unless the user removes it.

Analytics and tracking could also be an issue because in many cases, likes and views are the only ways to determine the success or failure of a particular stream.

Live streaming is on the rise, which has contributed to the growth of mobile video as a whole. Consumers are more frequently watching content on their smartphones and tablets, which has forced companies to change their approaches.

Margaret Boland, research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service, has compiled a detailed report on mobile video that takes a look at how short-form mobile video has exploded. The report examines how YouTube, the historically dominant force in short-form video, was slow to implement a mobile video strategy, opening the door for new players —namely Facebook and Snapchat — to emerge.

It also takes a look at how winners will begin to emerge in distinct video content categories. YouTube, for instance, will rely heavily on its homegrown YouTube stars to distinguish its video library and drive loyalty. Facebook will become the go-to place for brands and media companies to engage with the largest audience. And Snapchat will utilize its live-events coverage and exclusive content to promote video communication among younger mobile audiences.

Here are some key takeaways from the report:

• The rise in mobile video viewing can be attributed to several factors: an increase in overall time spent on mobile, the convenience of on-demand viewing, a preference for digital video viewing, and the increased availability of mobile video content.
• As video becomes mobile-first, YouTube's hold on the short-form video industry is waning. The number of videos that are uploaded to the platform per month has remained stagnant over the past year, according to Socialbakers data shared with BI Intelligence.
• Facebook is in the best position to upset YouTube as the go-to place for brand and media companies to upload videos and for users to watch these videos. Although Snapchat may not be competing with Facebook and YouTube on video volume, the app is changing how consumers, brands, and publishers are using mobile video for communication, news and entertainment, and live-event coverage.

In full, the report:

• Maps out the rise of mobile video viewing and lays out the main drivers of this trend.
• Examines why YouTube's hold on the short-form video industry is waning as viewers migrate to mobile viewing.
• Illustrates the dramatic increase in the number of videos that brands and media companies are publishing to Facebook over the past year.
• Forecasts the number of videos that US brands and media companies will publish to both Facebook and YouTube in 2016.
• Explains how Snapchat is able to compete with larger video platforms and is changing how brands, media companies, and consumers are using mobile video.

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MiiTomo, Nintendo's first smartphone game, has become an overnight hit.

The app has generated over 3 million downloads worldwide, and it's already unseated Snapchat as the top free app in Apple's App Store.

Part game, part social-media platform, MiiTomo's hook revolves around creating a "Mii" avatar using your smartphone's front-facing camera, and then answering questions that can be seen and favorited by your friends.

But the game's breakout feature seems to be its photo mode, called "MiiFoto," which lets players customize the position and expression of their Mii avatar and place them on top of any background. 

This also includes any image from your camera roll, leading to real-life-meets-video-game mashups. Here are some examples of how people are using MiiTomo creatively.

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In his work as a professional adventurer and overall sampler of both food and life, Anthony Bourdain has had the chance to work with a dream list of collaborators.

“The toy box keeps getting bigger,” he laughs. But despite working with basically every musician, writer, or cinematographer he wants, there's still one collaborator Bourdain wants to nail down for a big project: the Rolling Stones’ guitarist Keith Richards.

“I’d like to make bangers and mash, and maybe have a meat pie with him,” Bourdain told Business Insider after speaking at a Capital One Spark Business event.

But his plans are bigger than that.

“I’d like to revisit the locations from ‘Exile on Main St.’ and re-experience that wild year from a slightly more comfortable and less toxic point of view," he said. “Exile on Main St.,” the iconic 1972 album from the Rolling Stones, is famous not just for its quality, but for being partially recorded in France while the band was on the run from British taxes.

Bourdain has some more esoteric collaboration ideas for a potential collaboration with Richards as well.

“I know he’s very interested in British naval history," Bourdain says. "I’d love to do a show about that with Keith.”

Whatever the topic, a collaboration between these two legendary raconteurs would surely have no problem generating buzz.

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"Game of Thrones" star Kit Harington bravely took on electric shocks in order to protect the secrets of his character, Jon Snow.

Harington appeared on British talk show "The Jonathan Ross Show," during which the host asked him to answer some questions about Jon Snow and his fate in season 6.

But, there was a catch...

"We are going to add an element of fun to this interrogation. We have the Stone of Truth here," Ross said while pulling out a prop that appeared like a big piece of rock with a face carved into it.

The host further explained that Harington had to put a hand in the Stone of Truth's mouth. Ross then said that Harington would be asked a series of questions and whether he receives an electric shock to his hand is dependent on the "quality of his answers." What Ross didn't disclose was that he had a remote control for the Stone of Truth and would be administering the shocks.

Ross's first question: "Are you dead?"

"Yes," Harington answered, as a buzzing sound occurred and he said disbelievingly, "That actually gives me a shock."

After Harington told him that the shock felt like a five on a scale of 10, Ross increased it to a level that caused Harington to jump from his seat.

The next couple questions include Harington showing his "dead face," nudity on the show, and whether Snow returns as one of the show's undead, The White Walkers.

Watch the (literally) shocking interview below: 

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Brittney Kleyn, a reporter for Network Nine in Australia, learned the perils of on-site reporting when a runaway parrot landed on her shoulder and refused to move.

Story by Tony Manfred and editing by Jeremy Dreyfuss

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At Sunday night’s Academy of Country Music Awards, pop superstar Katy Perry and country music legend Dolly Parton united on stage for a much-anticipated performance.

Perry, who called Parton one of her "personal heroes," introduced Parton and presented her with the Tex Ritter award for her television movie "Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors."

Before Parton took the stage to receive her award, Perry joked that she and Parton had a lot in common including being "known for the biggest...songs in their fields." The country singer winked at the suggestive quip.

For the performance, Parton and Perry sang renditions of her hits, Coat of Many Colors, Jolene, and 9 to 5. While the MGM audience roared with applause over the performance, some of other performers throughout the night arguably outshone the duo. The two seemed less polished than that of Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, or Miranda Lambert and ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons.  No one can deny that Dolly Parton and Katy Perry may have "been cut from the same lamé," but the performance lacked the stage presence that Perry is known for, the type of stage presence some of the soul songs like ‘Jolene’ demand.

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Victoria's Secret has figured out how to turn lingerie into a $6 billion business.

A huge reason for the company's success is its very successful marketing strategy. It's known for being the beacon of all things sexy.

But sexiness was depicted differently when Victoria's Secret was born in 1977 when it was founded by Roy Raymond.

Here's how the brand has changed — in photos.

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Then: Victoria's Secret actually resembled a boudoir.

"Raymond imagined a Victorian boudoir, replete with dark wood, oriental rugs, and silk drapery. He chose the name 'Victoria' to evoke the propriety and respectability associated with the Victorian era; outwardly refined, Victoria's 'secrets' were hidden beneath. In 1977, with $80,000 of savings and loans from family, Raymond and his wife leased a space in a small shopping mall in Palo Alto, Calif., and Victoria's Secret was born," Naomi Barr wrote on Slate.

Now: Hints of its past are occasionally present in its Facebook photos.

Then: You would have been able to find this sort of image in a Victoria's Secret ad.

The overtly provocative nature of Raymond's Victoria's Secret was slightly altered when Les Wexner took the helm of the brand — but make no mistake, lingerie still abounded.

Disney's chief operating officer, Thomas Staggs, will leave the position on May 6, according to a statement on Monday.

He will stay on through the current fiscal year as a special adviser to CEO Bob Iger, the company said.

Staggs was considered the favorite to take over as CEO from Iger when his contract expires in 2018.

Staggs "made important contributions to this company, earning wide respect across the organization for his achievements and personal integrity," Iger said.

The New York Times first reported on Staggs' departure.

By leaving Disney, Staggs is shaking up the company right ahead of the unveiling of Shanghai Disneyland, and adding to a history of disruptive transitions at the company, The Times reported.

Staggs was appointed COO last February.

Disney shares fell 1.3% in after-hours trading.

Here's the full press release:

Thomas O. Staggs will leave his current position as Chief Operating Officer of The Walt Disney Company, effective May 6, 2016. He will remain employed by the company in the role of special advisor to the Chief Executive Officer, Robert A. Iger, through this fiscal year.

"Tom has been a great friend and trusted colleague for more than 20 years," said Mr. Iger. "He's made important contributions to this company, earning wide respect across the organization for his achievements and personal integrity. I'm proud of what we've accomplished together, immensely grateful for the privilege of working with him, and confident that he will be enormously successful in whatever opportunity he chooses.

Mr. Staggs' planned departure caps a distinguished 26-year career that began in Strategic Planning. He rose through the ranks to be named Chief Financial Officer, earning praise from Wall Street for his financial and communications skills. Mr. Staggs also led Disney's Parks & Resorts through an era of historic growth.

Mr. Staggs said, "Disney truly stands alone, not only because of the company's phenomenal creativity, but also because of the thousands of remarkable people who make it such an extraordinary place. It's been a privilege to work with them and be inspired by their creativity and commitment. It's also been a great experience to work with Bob during this dynamic era of unprecedented growth and transformation. I remain grateful for that opportunity, and I'm confident that Disney's future will be just as exciting as its legendary past."

With approximately two years left before Mr. Iger steps down as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Disney's Board of Directors will broaden the scope of its succession planning process to identify and evaluate a robust slate of candidates for consideration.

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Business Insider is looking for someone who thinks obsessively about social media to join the INSIDER team as Social Media Editor.

INSIDER is a new publication that delivers stories to readers across digital platforms. Our motto is "life is an adventure," and we tell stories for, about, and by people who seize life. That means they love to travel, try new foods, and listen to new music, and they care about people who do the same. 

The Social Media Editor will develop a long-term strategy to manage and grow existing accounts and expand to new platforms. He or she will oversee day-to-day management of our Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube accounts, and pursue opportunities to build INSIDER's presence on up-and-coming social media platforms.

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Warning: There are some minor spoilers for "The Walking Dead" season six finale ahead.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan finally made his big debut as the show's next villain on "The Walking Dead" finale Sunday night.

While Morgan made for a convincing Negan, fans of the comic series may have been left wanting slightly more. One of Negan's main trademarks is his overtly foul mouth. He likes to drop the f-bomb quite frequently (every other word or so) in the comics.

If you were slightly bummed by Negan's toned-down vernacular for cable television, don't worry.

Episode director Greg Nicotero tells Tech Insider you'll be able to enjoy Negan in all his cursing glory. The crew made it a point to film two versions of the finale.

"Yes, we shot both," Nicotero says. "That was one thing — you read the comic book and you're just like, 'Oh my God. How are we ever going to film this? Part of who he [Negan] is is he just throws his words out for extreme, dramatic punctuation. So we shot both versions. It added a little bit more time."

Negan is introduced during the final minutes of the season six finale. His group of survivors, called the Saviors, line up Rick and his crew. As Negan delivers a grisly monologue, he decides to brutally kill one of Rick's comrades with his beloved barbed wire-covered bat, Lucille.

Nicotero says shooting two versions of the finale made things a little more difficult for Morgan.

"He [Morgan] had to learn two versions," says Nicotero. "You start getting momentum going and you start doing the R-rated version ... those words certainly have a lot more visceral impact. I think Jeffrey and I both agreed that we liked those takes and that version of the scene. We just felt that they had more power."

You'll have to wait a little while to see the uncensored version of "The Walking Dead" finale.

"When the DVD comes out we're going to have that version of the scene available with all the f-bombs," says Nicotero.

There's no release date yet for the season six Blu-ray and DVD.

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