Princess Diana kept her royal figure trim by eating poached chicken and avoiding carbohydrates, according to a former royal chef.

Chef Darren O'Grady, who cooked for the British royal family for more than 15 years, told Daily Mail that the people's princess was a healthy eater.

She only indulged in red meat on special occasions, the chef said. For instance, Princess Diana had O'Grady prepare roast lamb when Clint Eastwood came to Kensington Palace for dinner one night.

O'Grady cooked for the Queen at Buckingham Palace for 11 years before becoming Princess Diana's chef after she separated from Prince Charles in 1993.

The princess largely stuck to a strict diet during the four years O'Grady cooked for her, the chef said.

"She'd tell me: 'You take care of the fats, I'll take care of the carbs at the gym," O'Grady told Daily Mail.

But for Princes William and Harry, who were just nine and 11 when O'Grady started working for their mother, the chef prepared more kid-friendly dishes — including pizza, potato skins and fish sticks.

However, Princess Diana would also conspire with the chef to get the boys to eat the healthier dishes.

"We used to trick the boys. We used to feed them potatoes and roast chicken but take the skin off," he said.

"For [Princess Diana's] potatoes, I'd parboil them and toss in egg whites and paprika. She'd cut off the fat so that it was always poached chicken, no skin, no fatty potatoes.'

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Costuming for musicals is never easy.

It creates some interesting design challenges, like "How do you create a suit that allows full movement?" and "How do you get fake blood out of 100% wool?"

Katrina Lindsay, costume designer for "American Psycho: The Musical", which features a cast full of Wall Streeters dressed to the nines, confronted those exact questions.

"Because it is live action that unfolds in front of an audience and has to be repeated night after night, we have to find clever ways of achieving effects in an easily repeatable way," Lindsay told Business Insider, adding that the clothes have to look "great and appropriate" but they also have to be constructed in a robust way to stand up to everyday use.

"We create a kind of massacre on stage and the clothes need to be able to sustain that every night," she said.

Oh, and as for the blood stains in the wool — two words: dry cleaning. For other pieces, like the infamous raincoat, there are two versions: one normal and one blood-splattered.

The suits worn in the show — which is set in the late '80s — are all vintage designer labels. They're mostly double-breasted, pinstriped "power suits" like those in the character's position might wear. Lindsay said that it was important to get the details right, like the men's ties, glasses, watches, and shoes.

"The juxtaposition of the luxury of the items [Bateman] loves and the gruesome acts he can perform on people is key to the narrative of the story," Lindsay told us.

To achieve that, they partnered with high-end menswear e-retailer Mr. Porter, sourcing modern and appropriate accessories for the suiting.

Bateman's suits — as worn by actor Benjamin Walker — are bespoke by a tailor that has been outfitting Wall Streeters since the 1980s, and modeled after styles that were popular in that time.

So what can a man dressing for today's Wall Street environment take away from the play?

"The importance of getting it right; that attention to detail that matters; the fact others notice more than you might imagine," Jeremy Langmead, the brand and content director for Mr. Porter, told us.

Though the play's '80s-inspired looks, like double-breasted jackets and billowing pants, have since gone out of style, Langmead says it's important to note the context and the differences in menswear through such a short period of time.

"You can also see how the subtle differences that menswear goes through can eventually make a huge difference in how you look and feel," he told us. "The difference between a double-breasted suit then and now — shorter coat, softer shoulders, slimmer fit — transforms ... [it] from the feel of aggressive armor to confident collaborator."

To celebrate the collaboration with Mr. Porter, select items seen in the show can be purchased on their website, like one of the suits Bateman wears in the show.

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Prince died on Thursday at age 57.

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MTV is revisiting its roots by bringing back "MTV Unplugged," along with a new slate of music-centered programming.

“We’re on a mission to reignite MTV with everything that makes it one of the world’s most iconic brands — its soul of music, its love of pop culture, and its unexpected, groundbreaking creative,” MTV President Sean Atkins said in a statement ahead of the network's upfront presentation to advertisers on Thursday.

"What we share today is just the beginning," he continued, "but it’s a strong first step in the journey and shows how aggressively we are moving to energize the extraordinary promise of this great brand."

The Viacom network is ripe for reinvention. As Business Insider previously reported, MTV, which built its reputation on reaching young people, has been failing to connect with its target audience.

"MTV Unplugged," which featured artists performing stripped-down acoustic versions of their hit songs, premiered in 1989 and last aired in 2014. A wide array of artists have appeared on the show, including Nirvana, Aerosmith, Paul McCartney, The Cure, R.E.M., Lauryn Hill, and Mary J. Blige.

In addition to bringing back its iconic accoustic performance series, MTV is moving forward with its first weekly music competition. The untitled series from "The Voice" producer Mark Burnett will pit unsigned hip-hop artists against each other in front of a panel of industry experts.

MTV also announced "Wonderland," a series that will bring a multimedia experience to live musical and comedy performances. Sister network Comedy Central will coproduce the series.

See below for the network's descriptions of its new musical shows:

“MTV Unplugged”
A response to the heavily produced music of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, “MTVUnplugged” triggered an acoustic music groundswell. The series presented artists in different yet complementary lights showcasing musicianship and songcraft.  Through its distinctive format, MTV Unplugged manages the miraculous feat of reaching beyond core fans to connect contemporary artists to heritage audiences and heritage artists to younger audiences in equal measures. The conditions are right in 2016 to do it again. The revitalized Unplugged will restore key elements that made the franchise so groundbreaking in the first place, while resetting the show in the multi-platform video world of today. 

“Untitled Mark Burnett Project”
Welcome to the recording studio, where talent is transformed and legends are discovered. At the intersection of music and business, this show gives hip hop's freshest talent a chance at every musician’s dream: getting signed. Mark Burnett, the Executive Producer of SHARK TANK and THE VOICE, brings us the best of both worlds, with undiscovered artists performing in front of music’s biggest moguls, each eager to sign the next breakout star. But forget the shiny floor stage — it's all happening in the recording studio in the first of its kind, organic music competition series that breaks all the rules.  Mark Burnett and MGM Television will Executive Produce.

“Wonderland”
MTV is launching a new weekly show that re-imagines live music programming and delivers a smart, comedic take on pop culture at large. Co-developed with Comedy Central, Wonderland will bring together the best new music, ground-breaking live performances and young comedic talent under one roof in a highly-curated and truly innovative multi-streamed viewing experience.

Located in the heart of Los Angeles, and set in a multi-roomed location, Wonderland does not take place in your typical TV studio but a real living, breathing space that has things happening in every room simultaneously. The weekly show will be a raw, fast-paced, unique hour of entertainment hosted by a group of opinionated tastemakers who live for music as musicians themselves and comedians. Live performances are the beating heart of every episode and this show will provide a platform for artists to experiment with the unexpected, express their creativity in new ways and deliver one-off performances that will become inked in the public consciousness. Executive Produced by Done & Dusted with MTV.

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Louis C.K. wants the public to know that he's not bankrupt after taking out loans to make his new sitcom, "Horace and Pete."

“I'm so not broke,” the comedian and TV star said Wednesday on "The Bill Simmons Podcast."

Earlier this month, C.K. said on "The Howard Stern Show" that he took out "millions of dollars" in loans in order to finish producing the first season of "Horace and Pete," in which he and Steve Buscemi play two owners of an Irish bar.

He then independently released the episodes for viewing on his website for a fee. In the end, C.K. announced that the show wouldn't continue beyond its first season.

C.K. told Simmons of the reporting surrounding his debt comments that it was "kinda crazy to see how wrong it gets and to see how far that wrongness spreads."

"I went on 'Howard Stern' and talked about where the show was at, and I told him that I’m in debt — I borrowed money to make the show, which is every single TV show ever made. They’re all in debt,” he explained. “I know this from getting my financial reports for my show on FX ["Louie"], because I’m a partner on my FX show. I mean I have participation in the profits, so they send me a thing that tells me, and I read those. And it says this show is in deficit. And they stay in deficit for a long time."

C.K. went on to say that the debt he took out on "Horace and Pete" was an expected risk and part of making a show. He also suggested there was more money to be made by selling distribution rights to networks, Netflix, iTunes, or other content distributors.

"The thing that was left out is that I own a television show," he said of the reports. "I own a complete series ... It's an enormous asset and it's mine forever."

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Univision has taken full ownership of the television channel and digital media property, Fusion.

In a deal expected to close soon, Univision Communication Inc. bought out ABC's shares in Fusion -- which they co-founded in October 2013.

In turn, Univision will create the Fusion Media Group, which will include Fusion, El Rey as well as The
Root, The Onion, A.V. Club, Clickhole, Starwipe, Flama, Univision Digital and Univision Music.

ABC and Univision released the following joint statement on Thursday:

"We have reached an agreement to end our joint ownership of Fusion with UCI becoming the sole owner. Effective immediately, UCI will take over ABC’s role in handling distribution and ad sales functions for Fusion's multi-platform network and have editorial control. The transition of ownership will happen once the transaction is completed, which is expected to be as soon as reasonably practical. Terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.

Our companies have gained valuable knowledge from each other over the past several years and we are proud of what we have built together in a short period of time. The mutual bonds created between our teams will remain."

The Fusion TV channel launched on Monday, October 28, 2013 after its digital platform launched a week earlier on October 21. The news, lifestyle and pop culture network’s programming included original reporting and “satire programming” aimed at young, English-speaking Latinos.

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Prince was found dead on Thursday at his estate in suburban Minneapolis, at the age of 57, and the world is mourning the loss of one of the great musicians of all time. 

His genre-breaking style pervaded not just music but other realms of entertainment, particularly fashion, and continues to inspire his followers today.

Here's a look back on his incredible career and the images that made him an icon.

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Prince was born Prince Rogers Nelson on June 7, 1958, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His deep funk sound with his explicit lyrics and falsetto voice were extremely unique to mainstream music when his debut solo album, "For You," came out in 1978.

He hit superstar status with his band The Revolution in 1982 with the hit album (and single) "1999."

Success continued in 1984 with the album "Purple Rain," which led to Grammy and American Music Award wins.

Drew and Jonathan Scott, twin stars of HGTV's hit show "Property Brothers," and co-authors of "Dream Home," know a thing or two when it comes to renovating and selling homes.

But how do the pros who knock down walls and gut kitchens fare with notoriously difficult-to-assemble IKEA furniture? Turns out not too well — at least for one of them.

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As of today, it has been one year since Demi Moore’s six-bedroom penthouse atop the San Remo building first hit the market with an astonishing $75 million asking price. If the 7,000-square-foot unit sells for anywhere near its asking price, it will smash the current $26.4 million sales record at the building.

Moore bought the penthouse in 1990 – the same year her movie "Ghost" grossed over $500 million at the box office – with her former beau Bruce Willis, along with a lobby-level, two-bedroom maisonette, which is included in the listing.

"We looked at everything on the park, Fifth Avenue, Central Park South and Central Park West, and there was just nothing like it," Moore told the New York Times last year. "The location, architecture and history of the San Remo were on a completely different level."

Moore certainly isn't the only celebrity to have graced the San Remo's oh-so-fancy terrazzo floors. Residents have included the likes of Tiger Woods, Steven Spielberg, Donna Karan, Dustin Hoffman, Diane Keaton and Rita Hayworth. Someone you definitely won’t see though is Madonna, who applied to buy an apartment in the building in 1985, but was rejected by the co-op board – despite its reputation for relatively lenient standards.

So to mark Moore’s listing anniversary, broker Adam Modlin of the Modlin Group gave LLNYC the grand tour of PH26C.

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Built in 1930, the San Remo at 145-146 Central Park West, nestled between 74th and 75th Streets, is arguably one of the most iconic buildings on the entire perimeter of Central Park. Designed by Emery Roth, the twin-peaked landmark is split between two separate entrances and two lobbies, in service of the individual towers.

But it's the south tower that holds the grandest residences, according to Modlin. That means that Moore's penthouse crowning the south tower, and stretching across the 26th, 27th and 28th floors, may just be the grandest of them all.

Enter the lobby at 145 Central Park West, waltz into one of the San Remo's gilded Art Deco elevators and exit on the 26th floor. This is "the public level" of Moore's triplex. The spacious living room enjoys three exposures, more than 20 feet of Central Park frontage and an impressive turquoise ceramic tile fireplace. The library sits on the southeast corner of the tower overlooking both Central Park and the city, and if you take a glance up to the ceiling you'll spot some of the San Remo’s original and elaborate plaster molding.

Off the library is the dining room with its huge and decadent crystal chandelier and an eat-in kitchen, which has views north to the George Washington Bridge.

One of the key benefits of living in a tower is not having to share any common walls. Modlin described it as, "living amongst the park and the sky."

On Thursday night, the Tribeca Film Festival had its biggest event this year: the 40th anniversary screening of “Taxi Driver,” with many of the main principals on hand to talk after the movie, including Robert De Niro, director Martin Scorsese, and screenwriter Paul Schrader.

In the talk after the movie, the three legends delved into the story behind one of the film’s landmark scenes: the “You talkin’ to me?” line De Niro’s character Travis Bickle gives to himself in the mirror.

"A key improvisation in the movie was Bob in the mirror," Scorsese told the crowd, referring to De Niro’s delivery of the line.

De Niro made up the entire sequence of Bickle talking to himself on the spot. 

As Schrader pointed out, he wrote a vague description of what would go on in the scene.

“The script said he looks in the mirror and plays like a cowboy, pulls out his gun, talks to himself,” Schrader said. “So Bob called me and said, ‘What does he say?’ and I said, ‘Well, act like you’re a kid and you got that little holster and cap gun and you’re standing there.’ He took it from there.”

At that point in the movie, Bickle has purchased a small arsenal of handguns and plays out what he’s going to do to clean up New York City.

Walking to the mirror, he mimics an altercation by saying, “You talkin’ to me? ... Well, I'm the only one here.” And then he pulls out the gun he has in his sleeve.

The moment has been repeated countless times since the movie opened in 1976.

The quote was recently ranked number eight in The Hollywood Reporter’s list of 100 favorite movie quotes of all time. 

Before Thursday night’s screening, De Niro had some fun with the line.

Introducing the film with his fellow founder of the festival, Jane Rosenthal, De Niro said, “Forty f---ing years, one of you have said it to me... so let’s get it out of our system now.”

He then had the crowd at New York City’s Beacon Theater repeat, “You talkin’ to me?” at once.

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Anticipation was very high when Tom Hiddleston took the stage at the premiere of “I Saw the Light” at the Toronto Film Festival last fall.

Media before its screening hyped the movie — in which Hiddleston plays country singer Hank Williams, who tragically died at the height of his stardom at 29 — as an Oscar contender, with the British star as a shoo-in for a best actor nomination.

But by the time the lights came up, reaction wasn't what Hiddleston or the filmmakers had hoped for. Oscar talk quickly vanished, and Sony pushed the release date to early 2016, skpping the awards fray.

The movie opened late March in limited release and has only earned $1.5 million in theaters to date. It's the worst-reviewed movie Hiddleston has starred in yet, with a 20% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. 

Business Insider recently sat down with Hiddleston during the Tribeca Film Festival to talk about his latest release “High-Rise” (available on demand April 28 and in theaters May 13). But it was obvious the poor response to “I Saw the Light” was still on his mind.

“The difference between me and you and whoever watches that film is that film took me six months to make,” Hiddleston said, referring to how long it took for him to talk, sing, and play the guitar like Williams. “I took six months of my life and I thought about nothing else every day for six months, and for anyone in the audience, it's two hours of screen time. As Mike Nichols used to say, ‘You can make the best film in the entire world and people will still say afterward, 'Is there anywhere that's open for a drink?' It's part of the rhythm of their day. So of course I put so much into it and it would be lovely to think more people have seen it than I believe they have. The people I've spoken to about the movie have at least caught the passion for which it was made and then of course there are other people who I don't know personally who have found fault or flaws in it, but I can't be the judge. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.”

Hiddleston certainly seems to have perspective on the flop. But he also doesn't really have time to dwell on it. He's currently starring in just about everything, from the AMC miniseries “The Night Manager” currently airing to returning as Loki for "Thor: Ragnarok," which starts production soon.

But he was still hanging on to “I Saw the Light” and its reaction as I left his hotel room after the interview was over.

“You know, it's a funny thing, I've been hearing that people are positive toward how I did in ‘The Night Manager,’ and I didn't do more or less with that than for ‘I Saw the Light,’" he said. "As an actor, you can never tell. It's really anyone's guess how people will react.”

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It's been 20 years since the blockbuster sensation "Independence Day" turned Will Smith into an international star. Now the trailer to the sequel is finally here.

Though "Independence Day: Resurgence" doesn't have Smith, Jeff Goldblum returns in his most Goldblumesque fashion as the scientist who must figure out a way to defeat the latest wave of aliens trying to destroy Earth. Liam Hemsworth has joined the cast this time around as the new hot-shot pilot. 

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Earlier this week, HBO and Discovery announced they had taken an equity stake in OTOY, a $300 million virtual-reality and 3-D company.

Jon Stewart, who is developing a new project with HBO and OTOY, gushed in a statement: “OTOY is unbelievable! It’s a limitless mind-blowing creative platform. My dream is to someday understand how they did it.”

So what does OTOY actually do?

OTOY makes a variety of tools that help companies like HBO produce and distribute immersive, virtual-reality content. It builds the software bones that will make the next generation of media possible.

That next generation is what OTOY CEO Jules Urbach describes as holographic content.

“The idea is that you essentially have an experience that is completely immersive,” he tells Business Insider. “People go to the movie theater to see an IMAX movie because it fills their field of vision, and when I think about a holographic movie, it's like I'm sitting in the chair, but no matter where my head is I feel like my seat is right there middle. Before you even add interactivity or any other pieces to that, that’s first step that's what we're aiming to deliver. And to make the creation of that kind of content really no different, or harder, or more expensive than creating a 1080p video stream that you watch on iTunes.”

Stop filming in black and white

HBO wants in on this vision, which has helped Urbach land a superstar roster of board members over the years, including Alphabet Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, Javascript creator Brendan Eich, and Hollywood power broker Ari Emanuel.

It’s easy to see why Urbach’s description of the future of media caused HBO to bubble with excitement, but wide adoption of consumer virtual-reality technology seems years away. So why is Jon Stewart working with OTOY’s technology right now?

One big reason is future-proofing content, Urbach says. “It’s kind of interesting [that when they were filming] “Superman” the TV series in the 50s, everyone had a black-and-white TV, but they were filming it in color. And 10 years later that show was syndicated in the 60s, and everyone had a color TV. It was crazy. You were seeing that very same show in color and it was a totally different experience. I know a big part of the [HBO and Discovery] investment in this is like 'Wow, we know that there's going to be the next equivalent of color TV, we should not be filming our shows in black and white.'”

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Which virtual-reality platform will emerge as the dominant one isn’t important to Urbach: he’s working with them all. And he says it’s not HBO’s focus either. “They don't care whether it's in Google or Facebook or Magic Leap or whoever, it's just important that they start in that process … we're trying to figure out how to, if one day you want to watch an HBO on the holodeck, because let's say that exists … that with the way we're scanning in the real world, with the way that we're synthetically rendering, we'll be ready.”

But one element beyond capturing and rendering that Urbach and HBO do care about is the social experience of virtual-reality, something Facebook recently emphasized at its F8 conference.

“I mean imagine,” he says. “If you think about a property like 'Game of Thrones,' and how there are 'Game of Thrones' nights where people come and watch 'Game of Thrones' together. Making that a shared experience [in virtual reality] is going to be really exciting and I think social has a big part to play.”

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The Chinese government has been making an attempt lately to clean up its country's public image.

Exhibit A: banning "silly" architecture. Exhibit B: reigning in the televised activities of its cultural ambassadors.

In this case, that means imposing certain restrictions on the "rich kids" of China — the sons and daughter of the mega-wealthy upper class, who tend to flaunt their wealth across social media.

The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) has announced a new ban, stating that no reality TV shows with famous kids can be produced or broadcast, reports Xinhua News, China's state news agency. The ban requires reality shows to be "strictly controlled."

According to Xinhua, some popular shows had to be canceled due to the new rules, including titles like "Dad! Where Are We Going?" and "Dad Came Back." 

This announcement comes on the heels of a series of minor scandals surrounding China's wealthy youth, all of which were broadcast via social media.

In one instance, photos posted online showed the "fuerdai"— or second-generation wealthy — burning 100-yuan notes (about $15).

In another, Wang Sicong, the son of China's richest man, released a picture of his dog wearing two gold Apple watches, which retail for $12,000 apiece. (You can follow the husky's luxe life on her own Weibo account.) Wang is notorious for his spending sprees: just last month, he reportedly spent $385,000 during one night out at a Beijing karaoke club, according to Shangaiist.

Also in March, the "Kim Kardashian of China," a 26-year-old celebrity named Angela Young, was the bride at a lavish Shanghai wedding that cost a reported $31 million.

Earlier in 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping himself directly addressed the issue, urging the fuerdai to "think about the source of their wealth and how to behave after becoming affluent." 

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Prince died Thursday at the age of 57 and tons of celebrities mourned the singer's death on social media.

But one celebrity had an especially interesting connection to Prince.

In 2014, multi-platinum selling singer Kesha revealed on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" that she had tried to break into Prince's home when she was just a struggling musician searching for her big break.

In hopes of getting her music into the right hands, Kesha made a bold move by sneaking into Prince's house to drop off her demo.

"It was so easy," she told Jimmy Fallon. "I cruised up in my dead grandpa's car, and I get out and there's a gardener in the front yard so I was like, 'Here's $5 and don't make a thing about it, I'm just going to slide right under this gate,' and he just laughed and thought it was funny and that I was charming."

What happened next is pretty crazy. As Kesha told Jimmy Fallon:

"So I snuck under the fence and then I just trolloped up the mountain and the door was open, it was unlocked — which was basically an invitation, so I walked in and everything was purple velvet, so I was very pleased that my fantasy had come true and that there was, in fact, purple velvet everywhere.

I walk into the elevator, and there is Prince music playing! And then I go up in the elevator and I come out, and I'm on the phone with my mom saying, 'I think I may get arrested,' and then I walk out, and there's Prince playing the guitar, with a beanie on, and I almost pooped my pants.

He just kind of looked at me funny. He gave me a look like, 'Who the hell are you?' and I waved around my CD, I put it on the table, and then I ran away."

Kesha never heard back from Prince, but she tweeted after the news of his death on Thursday:

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The new Nina Simone biopic out this week, "Nina," took 11 years to get made, and when it finally did get underway, reports of infighting and accusations of racist casting ultimately cast long shadows over the film even before it was out.

But now critics have actually seen the movie about the life of the legendary musician told through her latter years, and things have gotten even worse.

With a 6% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the movie has been written off as an unmitigated failure.

Here are the reasons why critics are saying you should stay far away from "Nina."

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Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone was a thoughtless choice.

Zoe Saldana ("Avatar") darkening her skin to play Simone did not go well with fans or the Simone estate who saw it as racially insensitive.

When Saldana tweeted Simone's inspirational words after being cast, Simone's estate shot back: "Cool story but please take Nina's name out your mouth. For the rest of your life."

"The fact of the matter is that, at this point in time, it's impossible to watch 'Nina" without hearing those words ringing in your ears," Indiewire wrote in its review of the film.

"It also felt more than a little contrary to what Simone stood for as a symbol of black female power whose music and personal aesthetic paid loud, proud homage to her African heritage," Uproxx said.

It doesn't help that there's an Oscar-nominated documentary on Simone currently on Netflix.

You can chalk this one up to bad timing, but many fans of Simone, or just curious cinephiles, were wowed last year with the release of the Liz Garbus documentary "What Happened, Miss Simone?" With her life fresh in their minds, critics can't help but compare the two.

"Her ups and downs were covered thoroughly in Liz Garbus’ 2015 documentary 'What Happened, Miss Simone?' 'Nina,' on the other hand, eschews its subject’s complexity in favor of a standard, sanitized biopic, and is much poorer for it," Entertainment Weekly wrote.

Putting the scandal aside, the movie just isn't good.

"Focusing on Simone’s late-life relationship with a younger nurse-turned-manager provides a perilously shaky foundation from which to consider her legacy, and that’s just the first of many major miscalculations," Variety wrote. 

While TheWrap simply calls the movie "a new low for the musical biopic genre."

Two hit Broadway shows spontaneously honored Prince the day he died. The cast of "Hamilton" danced to Prince's "Let's Go Crazy," while the cast of "The Color Purple" honored the singer with a moving rendition of the iconic "Purple Rain" after the show.

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President Barack Obama listened to Prince to get pumped up before his big meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday.

"I'm staying at Winfield House, the US ambassador's residence," he said during a Friday press conference alongside the prime minister in London.

"It so happens our ambassador has a turntable, and so this morning we played 'Purple Rain' and 'Delirious' just to get warmed up before we left the house for important bilateral meeting like this," he added.

Prince, a legendary pop icon, was found dead at his Minneapolis estate on Thursday. He was 57.

"He put out great music and he was a great performer," Obama said. "I didn't know him well, he came to perform at the White House last year and he was extraordinary, creative, and original, and full of energy."

Obama mourned Prince in a Thursday statement after his death, saying the world had "lost a creative icon."

Cameron added Friday that Prince produced "great music."

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