<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">David Madison/Getty ImagesStanford University was one of the elite universities involved.</div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>The <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/felicity-huffman-lori-loughlin-charged-college-admissions-scandal-2019-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI and US attorney's office in Boston indicted dozens of people</a> in an alleged college admissions bribery scandal.</li><li>The scam allegedly involved parents having their children pose as athletes to get accepted into Division-1 universities and parents having stand-ins take SAT and ACT exams for their children.</li><li>Hollywood actors, college athletic coaches, CEOs, and business leaders were <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admissions-and-testing-bribery-scheme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">among those charged</a>.</li></ul>CEOs and executives in finance, real estate, and other industries are among <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/arrests-made-nationwide-college-admissions-scam-alleged-exam-cheating-athletic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the dozens indicted by the FBI </a>in an alleged scheme to get students into elite colleges.Some of those charged are <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/felicity-huffman-lori-loughlin-charged-college-admissions-scandal-2019-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused of paying bribes of up to $6 million</a> to get their children into elite universities including Georgetown, Stanford, and Yale, as Business Insider's Kelly McLaughlin reported. Some parents are accused of having their children recruited as Division 1 athletes, regardless of athletic abilities, while others are accused of having stand-ins take SAT and ACT exams for their children.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/felicity-huffman-lori-loughlin-charged-college-admissions-scandal-2019-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin among dozens charged by FBI with participating in a scheme to get students into elite colleges</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/college-admissions-cheating-scandal-full-list-people-charged-2019-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The full list of those indicted</a> includes CEOs, Hollywood actors, college athletic coaches, doctors, and attorneys.Here are the 22 business leaders <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/arrests-made-nationwide-college-admissions-scam-alleged-exam-cheating-athletic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged in the massive bribery scheme</a>:1. Gregory Abbott: founder and chairman of <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=1160999&amp;privcapId=528380" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a food and beverage packaging company</a>.2. Gamal Abdelaziz: former president and executive director of Wynn Macau Ltd, a developer and operator of high-end hotels and casinos. <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2024280/casino-giant-wynn-suffers-top-level-jolt-boss-just-opened-us4-billion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">He resigned from his role</a> in October 2016.3. Diane Blake: an executive at a retail merchandising firm in California.4. Todd Blake: an entrepreneur and investor based in California.5. Jane Buckingham: founder and CEO of <a href="http://www.trendera.com/about-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trendera</a>, a marketing company with offices in New York and Los Angeles that specializes in trend forecasting, brand strategy, and generational research.6. I-Hin "Joey" Chen: operator of a provider of warehousing and related services for the shipping industry.7. Robert A. Flaxman: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=42224984&amp;privcapId=39599504" target="_blank" rel="noopener">co-founder, CEO, and president</a> of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/crown-realty-&amp;-development/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Crown Realty &amp; Development Inc</a>., which is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California. 8. Manuel A. Henriquez: founder, chairman, and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahenriquez/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CEO of Hercules Capital</a>, a publicly traded specialty finance company.9. Douglas Hodge: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-09/former-pimco-ceo-doug-hodge-is-retiring-after-28-years-at-firm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">former CEO of Pacific Investment Management Co</a>. He retired from the position in 2017.10. Agustin Huneeus: <a href="https://www.huneeuswines.com/our-family/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">co-founder of the Quintessa vineyard estate</a> in Napa Valley and involved in a variety of other winery projects.11. Bruce Isackson: <a href="http://www.wpinvestments.com/principals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">president of WP Investments</a>, a California-based commercial real estate investment, development, and property management company.12. Michelle Janavs: former executive of a large food manufacturer.13. Elisabeth Kimmel: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=315884013&amp;privcapId=372741" target="_blank" rel="noopener">director of First Busey Corporation</a> and owner and president of Midwest Television.14. Marjorie Klapper: co-owner of a jewelry business in California.15. Toby MacFarlane: a former senior executive at a title insurance company.16. Bill McGlashan: <a href="https://endeavor.org/global-board/william-mcglashan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">founder and managing partner of TPG Growth</a> and co-founder and CEO of The Rise Fund.17. Marci Palatella: <a href="https://www.lanereport.com/91514/2018/04/preservation-distillery-in-bardstown-newest-member-of-kda/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">founder of Preservation Distillery</a> and CEO of international spirits and wine distributor.18. Peter Jan Sartorio: president and <a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2008/06/09/smallb4.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">co-founder of Elena's Food Specialties</a>, which manufactures and markets natural and organic frozen food.19. Stephen Semprevivo: general manager and growth/strategy <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephensemprevivo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">executive at Cydcor</a>, a major provider of outsourced sales services.20. 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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78224393@N00/8499030135/">Flickr/Niels Linneberg</a>Hercules (embodying stock market skepticism) must slay more than one head of the hydra (tech) to end the eight-year bull market.It's going to take a heck of a lot more than some tech stock selling to derail the eight-year bull market.So says Morgan Stanley, which is currently the most bullish firm on Wall Street, with a year-end price target of 2,700.Prior to some recent selling in tech, stock skeptics were decrying narrow leadership as mega-cap companies like Amazon and Apple dragged the broader market higher. But Morgan Stanley said the rotation out of tech into more cyclical and attractively-priced sectors like financials and healthcare is a "positive sign of broadening participation." "Just as Hercules had to cut multiple heads off the hydra to defeat the creature, we think that it will take more than the recent unsteadiness in tech to bring the equity markets down," a group of Morgan Stanley equity strategists led by Michael J. Wilson wrote in a client note.Morgan Stanley is also quick to point out that while weakness in tech can have swift and ugly repercussions for investment portfolios - since owning the sector is such an overcrowded position - the effect on the rest of the market is way more muted.Consider the 4.9% decline in the tech-heavy <a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/index/Nasdaq_100">Nasdaq 100</a> index over the month ended July 6. The <a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/index/S&amp;P_500">S&amp;P 500</a> fell just 1% over the same period.So while Morgan Stanley recognizes that the Nasdaq may lose as much as 4% more, it's not worried about the rest of the market. In fact, the firm calculates that a whopping 10% correction for tech stocks would translate to a loss of just 2.2% for the S&amp;P 500.Morgan StanleyTech weakness has a limited effect on returns for the rest of the stock market.Morgan Stanley's pessimism around the tech sector is so measured and short-term that it's actually overweight the group for the second half of 2017, although it does note that the dynamics present in the sector are indicative of "classic late cycle behavior."With Morgan Stanley's view laid out, it's important to note that Wilson sits at the most bullish extreme of Wall Street strategists. The average year-end price target for 20 strategists surveyed by Bloomberg is 2,439, less than half a percent above Monday's closing price. <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/super-charge-apple-iphone-faster-tip-tricks-video-2017-6">How to supercharge your iPhone in 5 minutes</a></h3> Please enable Javascript to watch this video

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Prosecutors have charged dozens of people with participating in the <keyword id="11956255" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="college-admissions-scandal" source="Orion">college admissions scandal</keyword>.</li><li>The parents charged include the actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman.</li><li>Coaches and test administrators were also among the people charged. Here's the full list.</li></ul>More than 50 people have been charged with participating in the <keyword id="11956253" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="College" source="Orion">college</keyword> admissions scandal, a scheme involving bribery, money laundering, and document fabrication to unfairly get students admitted to elite colleges.<a href="https://www.insider.com/felicity-huffman-lori-loughlin-charged-college-admissions-scandal-2019-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Court documents reviewed by Insider</a> said the scheme included bribing college athletic coaches to recruit students regardless of their athletic ability, as well as cheating on entrance exams.Prosecutors said the scheme was led by William Singer, a college-prep professional. He has pleaded guilty."Parents paid Singer approximately $25 million to bribe coaches and university administrators to designate their children as purported athletic recruits, thereby facilitating the children's' admission to those universities," <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/arrests-made-nationwide-college-admissions-scam-alleged-exam-cheating-athletic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Department of Justice said in a March 2019 press release</a>.Dozens of wealthy people, including celebrities and CEOs of public and private companies, were charged.Here's <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admissions-and-testing-bribery-scheme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the full list of people charged</a> and how they were described in charging documents - as well as who has pleaded guilty in the scheme:<h2>College athletics</h2><ul><li>Gordon Ernst: the head men's and women's tennis coach at Georgetown University. He agreed to plead guilty in September 2021.</li><li>Donna Heinel: a senior associate athletic director at the University of Southern California.</li><li>Ali Khosroshahin: the head women's soccer coach at USC. He pleaded guilty in June 2019.</li><li>Laura Janke: an assistant women's soccer coach at USC. She pleaded guilty in May 2019.</li><li>Jovan Vavic: a water-polo coach at USC.</li><li>Jorge Salcedo: the head men's soccer coach at UCLA. He pleaded guilty in July 2020.</li><li>William Ferguson: the women's volleyball coach at Wake Forest University.</li><li>Michael Center: the head men's tennis coach at the University of Texas at Austin. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-education-cheating/ex-university-of-texas-tennis-coach-in-college-admissions-scandal-pleads-guilty-idUSKCN1S015P" target="_blank" rel="noopener">He pleaded guilty in April 2019 and plans to cooperate with prosecutors</a>.</li><li>Rudy Meredith: the head women's soccer coach at Yale. Meredith was the first to plead guilty, <a href="http://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/26382291/ex-yale-coach-pleads-guilty-admissions-scandal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shortly after the charges were first filed in March 2019</a>.</li><li>John Vandemoer: the sailing coach at Stanford. He pleaded guilty in March 2019.</li></ul><h2>College admissions and school administration</h2><ul><li>William Rick Singer: the owner of the Edge College &amp; Career Network and CEO of the Key Worldwide Foundation. He pleaded guilty in March 2019.</li><li>Lisa "Niki" Williams: an assistant teacher at a high school in Houston who administered College Board and ACT tests. She agreed to plead guilty in August 2020.</li><li>Martin Fox: the president of a private tennis academy in Houston. He pleaded guilty in October 2019.</li><li>Igor Dvorskiy: the director of a private school in Los Angeles who administered College Board and ACT tests. He pleaded guilty in November 2019.</li><li>Steven Masera: an employee of the Edge College &amp; Career Network and the KWF. He pleaded guilty in May 2019.</li><li>Mikaela Sanford: an employee of the Edge College &amp; Career Network and the KWF. She agreed to plead guilty in August 2020.</li><li>Mark Riddell: a counselor at a private school in Florida. He was accused of taking college entrance exams in place of students and correcting students' answers after they had taken the exam. He pleaded guilty in April 2019.</li></ul><h2>Parents</h2><ul><li>Gregory Abbott: the founder and chairman of the International Dispensing Corporation, a food-packaging and research company. Abbott pleaded guilty in April 2019.</li><li>Marcia Abbott: Abbott's wife. Abbott pleaded guilty along with her husband.</li><li>Gamal Abdelaziz: a hotel and casino executive who has worked for Wynn Resorts.</li><li>Todd Blake: an entrepreneur and investor. He agreed to plead guilty in July 2020.</li><li>Diane Blake: a co-founder and executive of Winston Retail Solutions, a retail marketing firm. She agreed to plead guilty in July 2020.</li><li>Jeffrey Bizzack: A California resident who paid $250,000 to get his son into USC. He pleaded guilty in July 2019. </li><li>Jane Buckingham: the founder and CEO of Trendera, a boutique marketing firm. Buckingham pleaded guilty in May 2019.</li><li>Gordon Caplan: a co-chairman of the international law firm Willkie Farr &amp; Gallagher. <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-co-chair-of-top-law-firm-to-plead-guilty-in-college-admissions-scandal-11554475435" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Caplan agreed to plead guilty in April 2019</a>. He formally did so in court in May 2019.</li><li>I-Hin "Joey" Chen: a shipping-industry service provider in California. </li><li>Gregory Colburn: a physician in California.</li><li>Amy Colburn: Colburn's wife.</li><li>Peter Dameris: the former CEO of ASGN Incorporated. He agreed to plead guilty in May 2020.</li><li>Robert Flaxman: the president and CEO of Crown Realty &amp; Development, a real-estate firm in California. Flaxman pleaded guilty in May 2019.</li><li>Lori Loughlin: a "Full House" actress. Loughlin pleaded not guilty in April 2019 but <a href="https://www.insider.com/lori-loughlin-mossimo-giannulli-to-plead-guilty-college-admissions-scandal-2020-5">switched her plea to guilty in May 2020</a>.</li><li>Mossimo Giannulli: Loughlin's husband and the owner and fashion designer of the Mossimo clothing brand. Giannulli pleaded not guilty in April 2019 but <a href="https://www.insider.com/lori-loughlin-mossimo-giannulli-to-plead-guilty-college-admissions-scandal-2020-5">switched her plea to guilty in May 2020</a>.</li><li>Mark Hauser: An insurance and private equity executive in California. He agreed to plead guilty in August 2020.</li><li>Manuel Henriquez: the founder, chairman, and CEO of Hercules Capital, an investment firm. He pleaded guilty in October 2019.</li><li>Elizabeth Henriquez: Henriquez's wife. She pleaded guilty in October 2019.</li><li>Douglas Hodge: an investor with positions at multiple major California investment firms who was formerly the CEO of Pimco. He pleaded guilty in October 2019.</li><li>Felicity Huffman: the "Desperate Housewives" and "American <keyword id="39494" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Crime" source="Orion">Crime</keyword>" actress. <a href="https://www.insider.com/felicity-huffman-guilty-plea-college-admissions-scandal-2019-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Huffman pleaded guilty in April 2019</a>. She did so formally in court in May 2019. </li><li>Agustin Huneeus: a California vineyard owner. Huneeus pleaded guilty in May 2019.</li><li>Bruce Isackson: the president of WP Investments, a California real-estate firm. Isackson pleaded guilty and is cooperating with the government's investigation, the Justice Department announced in April 2019.</li><li>Davina Isackson: Isackson's wife. Isackson pleaded guilty and is also cooperating with the Justice Department, the department announced.</li><li>Michelle Janavs: a former executive at a food manufacturer. She pleaded guilty in October 2019.</li><li>Elisabeth Kimmel: the president of Midwest Televisions, a media company. She pleaded<a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/parent-college-admissions-case-agrees-plead-guilty"></a> in August 2021.</li><li>Marjorie Klapper: a jewelry-business owner in California. Klapper pleaded guilty in May 2019.</li><li>Amin Khoury: A businessman who splits his time between Massachusetts and Florida.</li><li>Karen Littlefair: an interior designer from Newport Beach, California. She pleaded guilty in January 2020.</li><li>Toby MacFarlane: a former executive at a California insurance company. He pleaded guilty in June 2019.</li><li>William McGlashan: an executive at TPG Growth, a private-equity firm. He pleaded guilty in February 2021.</li><li>Marci Palatella: the CEO of a liquor-distribution company. She agreed to plead guilty in August 2021.</li><li>Robert Repella: a parent from Pennsylvania, pleaded <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/parent-charged-and-agrees-plead-guilty-college-admissions-case">guilty in May 2020</a>.</li><li>Peter Jan Sartorio: the leader of a packaged-foods company. Sartorio <a href="https://www.insider.com/peter-sartorio-college-admissions-scandal-will-plead-guilty-2019-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pleaded guilty in May 2019.</a></li><li>Stephen Semprevivo: an executive at Cydcor, an outsourced-sales company. Semprevivo pleaded guilty in May 2019.</li><li>Devin Sloane: an executive at Aquatecture, a water-technology company. Sloane pleaded guilty in May 2019.</li><li>John Wilson: the founder and CEO of a private-equity and real-estate firm.</li><li>Homayoun Zadeh: a dentistry professor at USC. He agreed to <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/california-parent-agrees-plead-guilty-college-admissions-case">plead guilty in June 2021.</a></li><li>Robert Zangrillo: the founder and CEO of Dragon Global, a venture-capital and real-estate-investment firm. He was pardoned by former President Donald Trump in January 2021.</li><li>David Sidoo: a <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/david-sidoo-charged-bribery-us-1.5053194">philanthropist</a>. Sidoo pleaded guilty in March 2020.</li><li>Xiaoning Sui: a <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/02/21/ucla-mom-pleads-guilty-college-admissions-case-after-5-months-spanish-prison/4806040002/">Chinese citizen</a> and resident of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. 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US Air Force/Staff Sgt. Devin BoyerUS Air Force airmen watch a C-130J Super Hercules taxi at Nigerien Air Base 201 in Agadez, Niger, August 3, 2019.<ul class="summary-list"><li>The US military is reassessing its operations as part of a shift toward competition with so-called great powers, like Russia and China.</li><li>The Pentagon has been focusing on Africa, where US officials want to pull back, including shuttering a drone base that just opened.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>As part of a worldwide shift toward potential confrontation with Russia and China, the Pentagon is weighing a drawdown in Africa - including "abandoning" a $110 million base in Niger that only began operating in November, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/24/world/africa/esper-troops-africa-china.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times reported Tuesday</a>.The decision is part of an effort to reorient toward so-called great-power competition, outlined in the <a href="https://dod.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/2018-National-Defense-Strategy-Summary.pdf">2018 National Defense Strategy</a>. A determination on US forces in Africa is expected in January, according to The Times.The effort could eventually affect most US military operations around the world, including expected drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan and an "overhaul" of US deployments to Latin America.U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Devin BoyerUS Air Force Tech. Sgt. Daniel Peterson marshals the first C-130 to take off at Air Base 201 in Agadez, Niger, August 3, 2019.Nigerien Air Base 201, located near Agadez on the southern edge of the Sahara desert, was supposed to open in 2018, but bad weather and harsh conditions <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-drones-new-base-in-niger-africa-mq9-2019-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushed that to November</a>.The air base is only one part of US counter-terror operations in Africa, but it is also one of the newest and, <a href="https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2018/11/19/completion-of-us-drone-base-in-niger-to-be-delayed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to US officials, was the largest Air Force-led construction project in history.The facility was built "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-drones-new-base-in-niger-africa-mq9-2019-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">from scratch</a>" for Nigerien and US aircraft to use, both armed and unarmed. Nigeriens were also employed for day-to-day jobs at the base."The US military is at Nigerien Air Base 201 at the request of the Government of Niger," US Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, head US Africa Command, <a href="https://www.africom.mil/media-room/Article/32353/isr-ops-begin-at-nigerien-air-base-201-in-agadez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a release. "We are working with our African and international partners to counter security threats in West Africa. The construction of this base demonstrates our investment in our African partners and mutual security interests in the region."Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-militarys-expanding-counter-terrorism-war-across-africa-2018-11">operations to counter extremist groups in the region</a> began in early November, US Africa Command said.<h2>'Closely held' planning that US lawmakers and military officials will likely push back on</h2>AP Photo/Carley PeteschUS and Nigerien flags side by side at the base camp for air forces and other personnel supporting the construction of Niger Air Base 201 in Agadez, Niger, April 16, 2018.US forces have been in West Africa to train partner forces to fight local groups like Boko Haram and offshoots of Al Qaeda and ISIS for some time. Four US Army <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/green-beret-blamed-for-deadly-niger-ambush-recommended-for-silver-star-2018-8">Green Berets were killed in an ambush</a> during a mission against an ISIS group leader in Niger in 2017.Discussions about shifting away from nearly two decades of counter-terrorism operations there and in other regions are not new, either.An Africa Command official <a href="https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2018/11/19/completion-of-us-drone-base-in-niger-to-be-delayed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Air Force Times</a> late last year that such a shift would likely not affect operations at Air Base 201, as the plan in West Africa was to "decrease emphasis [on] tactical level advice and assistance and move to a more strategic approach" that focused "more heavily on advising, assisting, liaising and sharing intelligence at key nodes throughout the region."But current planning to pull back from West Africa has been "closely held" by the Pentagon, according to The Times, which said Congress has not been consulted.The team led by Defense Secretary Mark Esper has questioned the value of those West African operations and believes the US should reduce its efforts against groups that haven't shown the capacity or desire to attack the US, which describes groups in West Africa, according to The Times.Sergei Chirikov/Pool via ReutersRussian President Vladimir Putin waves during a photo with heads of state at the 2019 Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, October 24, 2019.US lawmakers and military officials and allies are expected to push back against reductions, arguing they could undermine stability in Africa, leading to more migration toward Europe, and open a window for China and Russia to expand their influence.<h2>Russia and China have been active in Africa, too</h2>Russia President Vladimir Putin <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-expands-game-plan-in-africa-with-security-energy-cooperation-2019-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has nurtured longstanding ties</a> with the continent. He hosted his country's first-ever pan-African summit in October, inviting more than 40 African leaders, many of them from countries Russia has never been close with.Russia is limited in the financial support it can offer to African countries, focusing instead on energy, resource extraction, and security. The Wagner Group, a Russian private military contractor, has <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-wagner-group-mercenaries-where-operate-2018-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">been active across Africa</a>.China, by contrast, has spent lavishly on aid, loans, and investment in development projects in the region. As <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/southcom-4-ways-china-is-growing-influence-in-latin-america-2019-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">it has elsewhere</a>, that activity has raised concerns about Chinese influence, its effect on governance, and local governments' indebtedness to Beijing.Africa has also been the site of China's growing military ambitions. Beijing <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/china-troops-to-overseas-base-operational-security-concerns-for-us-2017-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opened its first overseas military outpost</a> in Djibouti in August 2017. That base is located near the US's largest base in Africa, Camp Lemonnier, and US military officials and lawmakers <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/r-us-senators-alarmed-if-china-gets-control-of-djibouti-port-2018-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have warned</a> about Chinese activity in the area.Concern about what Russia and China may do in Africa is unlikely to persuade those who have argued for more restrained use of US power and resources abroad."As if it could be bad for us to keep bases in West Africa but bountiful for China," Ben Friedman, policy director at advocacy group Defense Priorities, <a href="https://twitter.com/BH_Friedman/status/1209541170096947201" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said on Twitter</a> in regard to the Pentagon deliberations outlined by The Times. <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/lockheed-martin-athena-laser-system-shoots-down-drones-us-military-weapon-arny-navy-military-defense-2017-9">Watch Lockheed Martin's laser beam system burn drones out of the sky</a></h3>

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image">Reuters/Chief Petty Officer Brandon KellyA U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane receives a wash down to protect it from salt at Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii.</div></div></div>Here is what you need to know.<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-budget-changes-snap-food-stamps-2018-2">Trump's budget proposes making part of the food-stamp program a meal-delivery service with boxed grocery deliveries</a>. President Donald Trump's budget proposes Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients would begin to receive some of their benefits in the form of a package with groceries inside including "items such as shelf-stable milk, ready to eat cereals, pasta, peanut butter, beans and canned fruit, vegetables, and meat, poultry or fish."<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/theresa-may-is-prepared-to-end-the-brexit-transition-in-december-2020-2018-2?r=UK&amp;IR=T">Theresa May is prepared to bring forward Brexit day to December 2020</a>. UK Prime Minister Theresa May is reportedly prepared to accept EU demands that any Brexit transition must end by December 31, 2020. Previously, the UK government had sought a transition phase of at least 2 years.<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/brexit-uk-inflation-in-january-2018-2?r=UK&amp;IR=T">UK inflation holds at 3%</a>. "The cost of entry to attractions such as zoos and gardens" was a key driver in the higher than expected reading, according to the Office for National Statistics.<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/looks-like-few-us-citizens-are-telling-the-irs-about-crypto-trading-2018-2">It looks like very few US citizens are telling the IRS about their crypto trading</a>. Less than 100 people out of the 250,000 individuals who have already filed federal taxes this year through company Credit Karma reported a cryptocurrency transaction to the IRS despite a recent Quavltric survey showing 57% of the 2,000 Americans surveyed saying they had realized some gains from digital currencies.<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/walgreens-in-takeover-talks-with-distributor-amerisourcebergen-report-2018-2">Walgreens has reportedly approached AmerisourceBergen about a takeover</a>. Walgreens, which already owns 26% of the drug distributor, reached out a couple of weeks ago to discuss a deal, the Wall Street Journal reports. Shares of AmerisourceBergen are up more than 17% ahead of the opening bell. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-gm-will-shut-a-south-korean-plant-more-cuts-could-follow-2018-2">General Motors has begun the process of exiting South Korea</a>. The automaker announced it is closing one of four assembly plants in the country, and will decide the fate of the other three within weeks, Reuters says.<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/carl-icahn-and-darwin-deason-are-trying-to-stop-the-xerox-fujifilm-deal-2018-2">Carl Icahn is trying to stop the Xerox-Fujifilm deal</a>. Icahn and fellow activist investor Darwin Deason are urging shareholders to oppose the $6.1 billion deal, saying Xerox can create "enormous value for shareholders, and it does not involve selling control to Fuji without a premium," according to a Reuters report.<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/point72-lawsuit-alleges-hostile-work-environment-toward-women-2018-2">A female executive at Steve Cohen's investment firm says it created a hostile work environment toward women</a>. Associate director Lauren Bonner filed a lawsuit against Point 72, accusing it of being a "testosterone-fueled 'boys' club,'" and outlining a number of alleged incidents in which women were targeted by male colleagues who disparaged their abilities and talked negatively about their bodies, The New York Times reports.<a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/indices">Stock markets around the world trade mixed</a>. Hong Kong's Hang Seng (+1.29%) led the gains in Asia and Germany's DAX (-0.22%) lags in Europe. The S&amp;P 500 is set to open down 0.6% near 2,640.<a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/earnings-calendar">Earnings reporting picks back up</a>. Blue Apron, Pepsi, and Under Armour report ahead of the opening bell.

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<a href="http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/inVision-John-Salangsang-Invision-AP-a-ENT-CPAE-/c394f7953d734d07975d82a6b48e3880/5/0">John Salangsang/Invision/AP</a>Bill McGlashan<ul class="summary-list"><li>New court filings show how Hollywood private-equity mogul Bill McGlashan is fighting charges against him in the college admissions scandal, seeking documents from prosecutors and saying they have been uncooperative with his attorneys. </li><li>On Wednesday, McGlashan's lawyers asked a Massachusetts judge to order prosecutors to hand over any evidence they may have in their possession that supports his defense.</li><li>"For months, McGlashan unsuccessfully tried to persuade the Government of its duty to produce [evidence] supporting his defenses," said the filing co-written by McGlashan's lawyers at the law firms of Hueston Hennigan and Sidley Austin.</li><li>"The Government stonewalled, produced nothing - not even admitting whether or not such material existed - before finally admitting at a meet and confer in October 2019 that it had still not reviewed the full set of materials in its possession," the filing said. </li><li>McGlashan, a onetime top executive of TPG Capital and co-founder of production company STX Entertainment, was among 33 wealthy parents charged by federal prosecutors this March in a sweeping indictment that accused them of bribing college coaches and entrance exam officials to get their children admitted to high-status universities. </li></ul>Hollywood private-equity mogul Bill McGlashan is not going down without a fight.McGlashan, a onetime top executive of TPG Capital and co-founder of production company STX Entertainment, was among 33 wealthy parents charged by federal prosecutors this March in a sweeping indictment that accused them of bribing college coaches and entrance exam officials to get their children admitted to high-status universities. In the court papers filed Wednesday morning, McGlashan's lawyers asked a Massachussetts federal judge to order prosecutors to hand over additional evidence they may have in their possession, including full reports of interviews conducted in their case.The 32-page "motion to compel" filing claimed prosecutors were uncooperative with multiple requests for documents related to the case this fall, including anything that might show McGlashan's ignorance in the scandal."For months, McGlashan unsuccessfully tried to persuade the Government of its duty to produce [evidence] supporting his defenses," said the filing cowritten by McGlashan's lawyers at the law firms of Hueston Hennigan and Sidley Austin. "The Government stonewalled, produced nothing - not even admitting whether or not such material existed - before finally admitting at a meet and confer in October 2019 that it had still not reviewed the full set of materials in its possession." Almost immediately after the charges were filed in March, TPG Capital, the private equity firm where McGlashan was an executive, said it fired him and would let investors pull money from the fund that he ran, which focused on companies trying to tackle social and environmental issues. At the time, in an email to board members, McGlashan said he resigned.The position McGlashan occupied, as CEO of the Rise Fund within TPG, was high-powered, and his work around the time of his exit had entailed <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-mcglashan-is-fired-from-tpg-2019-3">trying to raise as much as $3 billion for the fund</a>. He initially cofounded the fund with Bono and Jeffrey Skoll. <h2>The admissions scandal has engulfed sevaral prominent names in finance</h2>The federal charges have produced guilty pleas from the nation's wealthy, including Manuel Henriquez, founder and chief executive officer of venture capital firm Hercules Capital; Michelle Janavs, a former executive of the company that makes Hot Pockets; and Douglas Hodge, the former CEO of investment management firm Pimco.Hodges, for instance, agreed to plead guilty in October for paying more than $500,000 in bribes <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/10/18/second-parent-switches-guilty-plea-college-admissions-scandal/4020743002/">to get two of his kids into the University of Southern California as fake athletic recruits</a>.McGlashan, on the other hand, has been a holdout, fighting the government's case against him, saying he never paid for his son to be granted college admission via a so-called "side door" as prosecutors allege.Instead, he says that he only paid for legal college coaching services by consultant William "Rick" Singer - the man who is now considered the mastermind behind the scandal.McGlashan's lawyers are building a case that exactly how much their client knew about what Singer was up to should factor into any charges against him.That's why they are seeking any documents that could show McGlashan did not understand the scheme, and that he was instead a victim of "entrapment" by Singer, who, in cooperating with the FBI, recorded a phone conversation with McGlashan discussing a way for his son to get admitted to USC through a side door."McGlashan is entitled to information regarding when Singer might have first had motive to ensare as many parents as possible into his scheme and develop evidence for the Government," said McGlashan's lawyers in the Wednesday filings. In bringing their charges against McGlashan, prosecutors alleged that he donated $50,000 to a nonprofit with the understanding that Singer would arrange for someone to administer and then correct his son's ACT at West Hollywood, California, testing center that Singer "controlled," according to the initial indictment. His 18-year-old son, who, according to the indictment, did not know about the scheme, submitted his ACT score of 34 to Northeastern University in October. His son subsequently withdrew his application.The prosecutors also alleged, pointing to a wiretapped phone call between Singer and McGlashan, that the pair discussed creating a fake football profile for his son, with Singer telling McGlashan he would need pictures of his son "playing multiple sports, or something where you can kind of see his face a little bit in action." In the recent filing, McGlashan said that the profile was never sent to McGlashan for his review or approval, nor was the profile ever used as part of any application or submission on behalf of his son. "This is because McGlashan - before reaching any final agreement - decided not to proceed with Singer's side door scheme and instead to pursue another path." <h2>Power lawyers </h2>In defending himself, McGlashan has enlisted some of the most expensive power lawyers in the country.One lawyer who is referred to in the filing as sending requests to prosecutors for documents is Los Angeles trial attorney John Hueston. Hueston is a former federal prosecutor who brought fraud charges against Enron and recently represented Elon Musk in a legal tussle with the SEC over his tweeting. McGlashan's other lawyer on the docket is Jack Pirozzolo, another former federal prosecutor who successfully brought charges against the girlfriend of organized crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger for helping him skirt law enforcement. The prosecutors involved in the McGlashan's case are Eric Rosen and Kristen Kearney, according to the filing. They did not immediately respond to a request for comment. <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-warren-buffett-billionaires-donate-money-2017-10">On Giving Tuesday, see how Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are changing the world like no other humans in history</a></h3>

Bill McGlashan, the former TPG exec accused in the college admissions scam, isn't going down without a fight. New filings reveal his lawyers are locked in a battle with the government to turn up new evidence.

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="46161" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Disney">Disney</keyword> continues to remake some of its most beloved classics.</li><li>More than a dozen are reported to be in the works, including retellings of "The Little Mermaid" and "Hercules."</li><li>Why is Disney remaking so many of them?</li><li>They're easy four-quadrant wins. Four have grossed $1 billion at the box office.</li><li>Their dependability allows the studio to take a chance on riskier original ideas.</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Since 2010, <a href="http://insider.com/category/disney">Disney</a> has remade a <a href="https://www.insider.com/every-disney-live-action-remake">number of its animated classics</a> ranging from "The Jungle Book" to "The Lion King," and they're only going to keep coming. At least <a href="https://www.insider.com/every-disney-live-action-remake">a dozen more are reported to be in the works</a>.Why does Disney keep remaking so many of its animated classics?The majority of them are lucrative cash cows.Similar to the studio's well-oiled Marvel Cinematic Universe, the live-action and CGI remakes provide Disney with a cushion to offset any potential box-office upsets in any given fiscal quarter. Four of them have crossed $1 billion at theaters, while another two crossed $700 million.<div type="image" title="how much disney live action remakes have made at the box office chart" height="3145" width="1667" msid="75748417" hostid="261"></div>We also have Johnny Depp and 2016's "The Jungle Book" to thank for the influx of remakes. But before we get to that, it's important to remember we could have had a resurgence of Disney remakes years ago.<h2>An influx of Disney remakes could have taken over theaters 20 years ago</h2>Before Disney's animated reimaginings became commonplace, the studio remade three <keyword id="406" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Movies">movies</keyword> in the '90s: "The Jungle Book," "101 Dalmatians," and "102 Dalmatians."They just weren't much to brag about.<div type="image" title="jungle book 102 dalmatians" height="600" width="1200" msid="75748419" hostid="261"></div>1994's "Jungle Book" grossed $43.2 million worldwide. Though "101 Dalmatians" brought in $320.7 million worldwide, its sequel, released four years later, didn't break $200 million at the box office. These weren't exactly sure-fire hits, and, <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1057637_jungle_book" target="_blank" rel="noopener">aside from "The Jungle Book,"</a> critical reviews of the films were negative. (The two "Dalmatians" sit at <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1074108_101_dalmatians" target="_blank" rel="noopener">42%</a> and <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/102_dalmatians" target="_blank" rel="noopener">31%</a> on Rotten Tomatoes, respectively.)Disney didn't attempt another live-action adaptation of a classic until 2010 with Johnny Depp in "Alice in Wonderland."<h2>Why the Disney remake train finally took off: Big stars, good reviews, and box-office wins</h2>The difference this time around? Depp was already a part of Disney's very popular "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, which at that point had released a trilogy of films. Depp's presence as the Mad Hatter helped the film <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1014759/?ref_=bo_se_r_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cross $1 billion worldwide</a>. Again, <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1221547_alice_in_wonderland" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the reviews weren't great</a>, but the film achieved what the three previous remakes hadn't by being a runaway success.<div type="image" title="alice in wonderland" height="869" width="1521" msid="75748420" hostid="261"></div>It was the most money a Disney live-action adaptation had made at that point. The success of the next remakes was critical to making sure "Alice's" box-office intake wasn't a fluke because of Depp's stardom at the time and to prove there was an audience who wanted these films.Disney's next three releases were "Maleficent" (2014), "Cinderella" (2015), and "The Jungle Book" (2016). While the latter two, more or less, delivered pretty straight-forward adaptations of the originals, "Maleficent" offered something different by telling 1959's "Sleeping Beauty" from the perspective of the villainess.That original spin on the fairy-tale, along with a convincing performance from Angelina Jolie, helped "Maleficent" <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1587310/?ref_=bo_se_r_1">take in $758 million</a>. "Cinderella" made a bit less with <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1661199/?ref_=bo_se_r_1">$542 million worldwide</a>, but it was the <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cinderella_2013">best-reviewed live-action adaptation at that point by both critics and audiences</a>. Then came "The Jungle Book."<div type="image" title="maleficent cinderella jungle book" height="600" width="1200" msid="75748422" hostid="261"></div>After the '94 release didn't perform as well, the new adaptation demolished box-office expectations. <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-jungle-book-climbs-883622">Great reviews</a> and word of mouth helped the film <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/arts/jungle-book-tops-box-office.html">overperform by roughly 40% opening weekend</a>. Some even c<a href="https://whatculture.com/film/8-reasons-the-jungle-book-remake-is-better-than-the-animation">called it</a><a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_jungle_book_2016"> better than the original</a> 1967 movie. By the end of its theatrical run, "The Jungle Book" <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt3040964/?ref_=bo_se_r_3">took in over $966 million</a>.The film's success was important to Disney for a few reasons.It cemented the studio could continue rolling out more re-imaginings of its classics and aim to re-do some of its more popular titles. Up until this point, Disney was arguably remaking B-level classics at best.Yes, "Cinderella," "Sleeping Beauty," and "The Jungle Book" were all recognizable intellectual property, but they weren't the studio's A-list material <a href="https://www.imdb.com/list/ls003384750/">from the Disney Renaissance</a>. Those are the string of movies released between 1989 and 1999 that are considered some of Disney's top-tier titles. It includes the likes of "The Lion King," "Beauty and the Beast," "Aladdin," "Mulan," and "The Little Mermaid." All five of these movies have either been released since 2017 or are set for a theatrical release.<div type="image" title="disney live action remakes" height="600" width="1200" msid="75748423" hostid="261"></div>The "Jungle Book's" success was especially important because it suggested Disney could move forward with a "Lion King" remake. The 2016 film used an <a href="https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2483113/what-disney-learned-from-jungle-book-that-really-helped-on-the-lion-king" target="_blank" rel="noopener">early version of the technology that would be used to create Favreau's 2019 "Lion King" film</a>.If "The Jungle Book" didn't perform well, we probably wouldn't have a new "Lion King," or at least not in the way it was delivered to us. Favreau was named as director of "The Lion King" <a href="https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/disney-jon-favreau-the-lion-king/">remake in September 2016</a>.<h2>Why these remakes are important to the company: They're sure-fire wins that allow the company to take risks on new potential franchises.</h2>Remaking Disney classics is an easy way for the company to print money at the box office. They're <a href="https://screencraft.org/2013/11/22/four-quadrant-film-10-essential-elements/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">four-quadrant films</a>, meaning they're films that appeal to men and women below and above 25. Disney was able to deliver something nostalgic for fans of the originals while offering something new for young children, many of whom may be children of fans who grew up with the originals.<div type="image" title="nala simba lion king 2019 1994 " height="1272" width="1190" msid="75748425" hostid="261"></div>Before its streaming service, Disney Plus, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-plus-has-10-million-sign-ups-since-launch-subscribers-2019-11">launched in November 2019</a>, Disney limited how often some of the original animated films were in circulation. Unless you have some of the classics on VHS or on DVD/Blu-ray — if it was even released in that format — then you may not have had access to it.The outpouring of successful Disney remakes and Marvel movies have also allowed the studio to try out more original — and perhaps, risky — properties. If Disney wants to make "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/a-wrinkle-in-time-review-strong-message-for-kids-but-doesnt-deliver-2018-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Wrinkle in Time</a>" and it <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/a-wrinkle-time-why-it-has-underperformed-at-box-office-1094032" target="_blank" rel="noopener">doesn't perform as well as hoped</a>, you can bet that it will be flanked by the likes of at least one big Disney win so any loss is less visible. In this case, "Black Panther" debuted right before it (<a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1825683/?ref_=bo_se_r_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$1.3 billion worldwide</a>) and "Avengers: Infinity War" (<a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt4154756/?ref_=bo_se_r_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$2 billion worldwide</a>) came out a month after it. "A Wrinkle in Time" grossed <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3229582849/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$132.7 million worldwide</a>. It was the studio's <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lone-loser-disneys-big-quarter-wrinkle-time-220638977.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">only miss in its Q2 2018 earnings report</a>.Another example is 2015's "<a href="http://insider.com/category/tomorrowland">Tomorrowland</a>," starring George Clooney, which was wedged between "Avengers: Age of Ultron" (<a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2395427/?ref_=bo_se_r_1">$1.4 billion worldwide</a>) and Pixar's "Inside Out" (<a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2096673/?ref_=bo_se_r_1">$857.6 million worldwide</a>). The Clooney vehicle, directed by Brad Bird ("The Incredibles"), was supposed to kick off a franchise, but wound up making <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1964418/?ref_=bo_se_r_1">$209 million worldwide</a>. The film's budget was estimated at $190 million.<div type="image" title="tomorrowland5jpg" height="2160" width="4096" msid="75748426" hostid="261"></div>Bird addressed Hollywood's penchant for leaning towards sequels and safe franchises directly after "Tomorrowland" flopped."Every studio should, like an allowance, allow themselves a certain number of franchise things, and then as an investment in the future, try these risky things that are unproven. At one time, Star Wars was a risky venture," Bird <a href="https://ew.com/article/2015/09/30/brad-bird-tomorrowland-and-franchise-hollywood-nothing-new-getting-introduced/">told Entertainment Weekly in 2015</a>.<h2>What's next?</h2><div type="image" title="cruella disney live action emma stone" height="1688" width="3000" msid="75748428" hostid="261"></div><a href="https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/the-walt-disney-studios-announces-updated-release-schedule/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">As of April 2020</a>, five releases through 2022 are labeled as "Untitled Disney Live Action."A "101 Dalmatians" spinoff, "Cruella," <a href="https://www.insider.com/emma-stone-cruella-de-vil-photo-2019-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">starring Emma Stone</a>, is expected to be released May 28, 2021. "The Little Mermaid" is also in the works with Lin Manuel Miranda on board to write some new music for the film. You can view a full interactive graphic of all of the <a href="https://www.insider.com/every-disney-live-action-remake" target="_blank" rel="noopener">planned and reported Disney remakes on the way here</a>. <ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/how-similar-disney-remakes-are-to-original-animated-movies-2020-5">Disney has remade many of its animated classics into live-action movies. Here are the most (and least) original.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/how-disney-animators-feel-about-live-action-movie-remakes-2020-3">Disney keeps remaking its animated movies into live-action films. Former animators tell us how hard it is to see their work re-envisioned 20 years later.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/disney-live-action-remakes-2017-2">Disney has 21 live-action movies of its animated classics planned — here they all are</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/why-to-watch-star-wars-clone-wars-2020-5">All 'Star Wars' fans need to watch the last 4 episodes of Disney's animated 'Clone Wars' show even if you've never seen it before</a></li></ul>Read the original article on <a href="https://www.insider.com/why-disney-keeps-remaking-animated-movies-2020-5">Insider</a>

Why Disney keeps remaking so many of its animated movies

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Universal"Trainwreck."</div></div></div>As we turn the calendar to another month it's time to give you the new titles coming to your favorite streaming services.Highlights include hits like "Inside Out," Trainwreck," and the latest season of shows like "Fargo" and "Nathan For You." But view movies like "Pixels" and "Vacation" <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/adam-sandlers-pixels-receives-bad-reviews-2015-7">at your own risk</a>.Check out all new titles below:iTunes<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Melinda Sue Gordon/Paramount Pictures"Terminator Genisys."</div></div></div>Available October 6"Pixels"Available October 13"Inside Out" "Vacation" "Mississippi Grind" "The Wolfpack"Available October 20"Trainwreck" "Terminator Genisys" "The Gift"Amazon Prime<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Comedy Central/"Nathan For You."</div></div></div>Available October 1"American Horror Story: Freak Show" "Astro Boy" "Chicago P.D." (Season 3) "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" "The Fly" (1958) "The Impostors" "John Carpenter's Vampires" "Jurassic World" "Light It Up" "March of the Penguins" "Max Dugan Returns" "Nell" "The Other Son" "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" "The Secret Garden" "Someone Like You"Available October 2"Blacklist" (Season 3) "Dr. Ken" "Sleepy Hollow" "Bones"Available October 5"Family Takeover" "Bar Rescue" (Season 6)Available October 6"Ador" "Cartel Land" "Pixels" "Testament of Youth" "Tremors 5: Bloodline"Available October 7"The Flash" (Season 2) "iZombie: (Season 2)Available October 8"American Horror Story: Hotel" "Couples Therapy" (Season 6) "Arrow" (Season 4) "Supernatural" (Season 11)Available October 9""Ridiculousness" (Season 11) "Colony" "The Vampire Diaries" (Season 7)Available October 12"The Walking Dead" (Season 6)Available October 13"Fargo" (Season 2)Available October 14"Chicago Fire" (Season 4)Available October 16"Nathan for You" (Season 3)Available October 20"Terminator Genisys" "The Vatican Tapes"Available October 23"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Pt1"Available October 23"While We're Young"Available October 30"Danny Collins"Available October 31"Grimm" (Season 6)HULU<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Paramount via YouTube screengrab"Pain &amp; Gain."</div></div></div>Available October 1 "Chicago P.D." (Season 3 Premiere) "MythBusters" (Complete Season 16) "All Is Lost" ( "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" "The Blair Witch Project" "Blood Simple" "Blue Chips" "Carrie" (2013) "Dear White People" "The Expendables 3" "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" "Hannah And Her Sisters" "Hercules" (2014) "Hugo" "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" "In A World…" "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" "Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa" "Joe" "Labor Day" "A Most Wanted Man" "Much Ado About Nothing" "Nebraska" "Noah" "Pain &amp; Gain" "Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones" "Primal Fear" "Private Parts" "Pulp Fiction" "Rabbit Hole" "Robocop" (2014) "Serendipity" "The Skeleton Twins" "Star Trek: Into Darkness" "Tales from the Hood" "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (2014) "The Innkeepers" "The Program" "Transformers: Age of Extinction" "The Wolf of Wall Street" "World War Z" "You're Next"Available October 2 "Bones" (Season 11 Premiere) "Sleepy Hollow" (Season 3 Premiere) "Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For"HBO NOW<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Frank Masi/Warner Bros."Focus."</div></div></div>Available October 1"28 Days" "Alvin and the Chipmunks" (2007) "Bee Movie" "Blazing Saddles" "Blood Diamond" "Brick" "Burn After Reading" "Ella Enchanted" "Happy Feet" "House on Haunted Hill" (1999) "The Kid" "License to Drive" "Little Miss Sunshine" "Lost in Translation" "Magnolia" "Mrs. Doubtfire" "Return to House on Haunted Hill" "Revenge of the Nerds" "Rugrats in Paris: The Movie" "Rumor Has It" "Shrek" "The Rock" "Trick 'R Treat" Available October 3"American Sniper"Available October 4"The Leftovers" (Season 2 Premiere)Available October 9"Magnífica 70" (Season 1 Premiere)Available October 10"Focus"Available October 17"Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo" "Taken 3"Available October 18"Doll &amp; Em" (Season 2 Finale)Available October 24"Bad Words"Available October 31"The Purge: Anarchy"Redbox<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Disney/</div></div></div>Available October 2"Avengers: Age of Ultron"Available October 6"Insidious Chapter 3" "Dark Places" "Air" "Justice League Bizarro League"Available October 13"Furious 7" "Tomorrowland" "The Ouija Exorcisms"Available October 20"Pitch Perfect 2" "The Vatican Tapes" "Z For Zachariah"Available October 27"Spy" "Pixels" "Poltergeist" "Entourage" "Southpaw" "Trace"Disclosure: Jeff Bezos is an investor in Business Insider through hispersonal investment company Bezos Expeditions. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesla-factory-2015-9">This is what it's like inside Elon Musk's futuristic Tesla factory</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="9rMWZ0dzp2gxU0kwoYIGnQP_AM8hcUkM" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

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