<div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right"><div class="image on-image"><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/52a5392d69bedde46e8631a2-431-323/susan-boyle.jpg?maxX=480" border="0" alt="susan boyle" width="480" /><keyword id="63283" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="susan-boyle">Susan Boyle</keyword> performing on "Britain's Got Talent" in 2009 before she was diagnosed with Aspberger's last year.</div></div>Susan Boyle charmed the world when she appeared on "Britain's Got Talent" in 2009. 
The 52-year-old has since <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/dec/08/susan-boyle-i-have-aspergers" target="_blank">gone on to sell</a> 14 million albums in 14 months and become the first British female artist to have a number one album in the UK and the US simultaneously. Fox Searchlight is even in pre-production on a film about the singer's life.
But in the midst of her skyrocketing career, Boyle found out something one year ago that changed her life: she has Asberger's.
"Some articles have said I have brain damage," she acknowledged in an <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/dec/08/susan-boyle-i-have-aspergers" target="_blank">interview with The Guardian</a>, before adding: "It's been something else." 
After Boyle went to see a Scottish specialist, the doctor discovered her IQ was above average. The diagnosis? "I have Asperger's," Boyle calmly explained about the disorder that mainly affects people's social interaction and communication skills.
"I have always known that I have had an unfair label put upon me," Boyle continued. "Asperger's doesn't define me. It's a condition that I have to live with and work through, but I feel more relaxed about myself. People will have a greater understanding of who I am and why I do the things I do."
But after her beloved mother died right before she became famous, Boyle admits "I am not strong on my own. When I have the support of people around me, I am fine."
"I made a promise to my mum that I would do something with my life," continued Boyle. "Spiritually, she's with me all the time. She has had a word with someone upstairs, because I wouldn't have had this otherwise. There has been some sort of intervention in some way. I do feel that."
But connecting with other people has proved a bit more challenging for the singer.
"I never know if people are genuine," says Boyle. "I would say I have relationship difficulties, communicative difficulties, which lead to a lot of frustration. If people were a bit more patient, that would help."
But after her professional success and recent diagnosis, Boyle says "That made me more determined to be where I want to be."

Susan Boyle Diagnosed With Aspberger's

Pennsylvania is holding congressional and state legislative <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pennsylvania-nc-primaries-live-updates-2022-5">primaries on Tuesday</a>. Polls closed at 8 p.m. ET. <h2>The races and the stakes:</h2>Pennsylvania lost a congressional seat after the 2020 Census due to slow population growth, leaving it with 17 seats in the House of Representatives. Most of the Keystone State's congressional leaders are running unopposed in Tuesday's primaries. That list includes Democratic Reps. Brendan Boyle, Madeleine Dean, Mary Gay Scanlon, Chrissy Houlahan, Susan Wild, and Matt Cartwright, as well as Republican Reps. Dan Meuser, Scott Perry, Lloyd Smucker, John Joyce, Guy Reschenthaler, Glenn Thompson, and Mike Kelly. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, in Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district, was the only sitting GOP lawmaker who didn't challenge the 2020 presidential election results. His colleagues Reps. Meuser, Perry, Smucker, Joyce, Reschenthaler, Thompson, Kelly, and Fred Keller all voted to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html">overturn the 2020 results</a> at the behest of President Donald Trump. Trump endorsed Reps. <a href="https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/news-r7edayqjxa0">Perry</a>, <a href="https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/news-phkc4mxbsp0">Smucker</a>, <a href="https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/news-hgxdvkwhyk0">Reschenthaler</a>, and <a href="https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/news-mczg6et9df0">Kelly</a> in rapid succession on May 10, 2022. Trump also endorsed Rep. <a href="https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/news-vwywrqwttv1749">Joyce</a> on March 18, 2022. In Tuesday's primary, three-term lawmaker Fitzpatrick is being challenged by first-time candidate Alex Entin. Fitzpatrick got 57% of the vote in his 2020 reelection bid. Four-term lawmaker Dwight Evans, who got 91% of the vote in his 2020 reelection bid, is facing primary challengers <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandra-hunt-onlyfans-running-for-congress-2022-5">Alexandra Hunt</a> and Michael Cogbill <a href="https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2022/05/12/pennsylvania-primary-dwight-evans-seeks-reelection-in-3rd-district-representative-race-garnering-national-attention/">in Pennsylvania's 3rd District.</a>Keller, a two-term lawmaker, <a href="https://twitter.com/VoteFredKeller/status/1498425651073798144">announced his retirement</a> on February 28, 2022, listing a desire to avoid a redistricting-based, GOP-on-GOP primary fight as his main motivation for stepping down. First-time candidates Christopher Deluzio and Sean Meloy are running for his open seat in Pennsylvania's 17th District.Current Rep. Conor Lamb is running for Senate; he is currently trailing Pennsylvania Lieutenant Gov. John Fetterman. Pennsylvania state representative and self-proclaimed socialist Summer Lee and lawyer Steve Irwin <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/12/trailer-empire-strikes-back-wave-pac-money-buries-left-wing-democrats/">are two of five candidates</a> running to replace retiring Democratic Rep. Mike Doyle in the redrawn 12th District. The 14-term dean of the Pennsylvania delegation <a href="https://doyle.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-doyle-announces-he-will-retire-end-his-current-term-us-house">called it quits</a> in October 2021.<h2>Pennsylvania state Senate and state House primaries:</h2><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pennsylvania-nc-primaries-live-updates-2022-5">Follow Insider's live coverage of all of Tuesday night's primaries</a></h3>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>British music mogul Simon Cowell has been rushed to hospital with a broken back after falling off an electric bike in California.</li><li>Cowell had to undergo surgery but was "doing fine," according to a spokesperson.</li><li>He was due to return to the first live show of "America's Got Talent" on Tuesday.</li></ul>Simon Cowell has been hospitalized with a broken back after he fell off his e-bike in Malibu, California. A spokesperson for the TV personality said Cowell had to have surgery but that he is "doing fine.""Simon had a fall from his bike testing his new electric bike in the courtyard at his house in Malibu with his family. He hurt his back and was taken to hospital," the spokesperson said on Saturday, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8608745/Simon-Cowell-hospitalized-surgery-broken-falling-electric-bike-Malibu.html">according to the Daily Mail.</a>"He's doing fine, he's under observation and is in the best possible hands," she added.Cowell's surgery comes roughly a week before he was due to return to his show "America's Got Talent". The music mogul was also hospitalized in October 2017, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/simon-cowell-hospitalized-after-bad-fall-2017-10">after he fell down the stairs</a> of his London home. At the time, he blamed low blood pressure and a "vampire" lifestyle, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/aug/09/simon-cowell-breaks-back-falling-off-electric-bike-in-us">the Guardian reported.</a>In the last few months, the 60-year-old been pictured going on bike rides with his family, in what is thought to be an effort to embrace a healthier lifestyle. Cowell has also become a global <keyword id="6355064" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Celebrity">celebrity</keyword> as the judge and producer on "Britain's Got Talent," "The X Factor" and "American Idol." He has amassed a fortune of $600 million.<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/susan-boyle-americas-got-talent-simon-cowell-2019-1">'America's Got Talent' champion Susan Boyle says Simon Cowell is 'the best boss in the world'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/simon-cowell-hospitalized-after-bad-fall-2017-10">Simon Cowell has reportedly been hospitalized after a bad fall at his home</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/one-direction-solo-albums-ranked-harry-niall-zayn-louis-liam">All of One Direction's solo albums, ranked</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/everything-one-direction-has-said-about-each-other-since-breakup-2019-5">From throwing insults to talking about a reunion, here's everything One Direction members have said since their hiatus</a></li></ul>

Simon Cowell has been hospitalized with a broken back after he fell off an e-bike

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="267123" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Sharon-Osbourne">Sharon Osbourne</keyword> is caught in the media storm surrounding <keyword id="107844" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Piers-Morgan">Piers Morgan</keyword> after she defended him.</li><li>Like Morgan, she's been disguising bullying as "straight talking" for years.</li><li>Anyone who's watched her on "The X Factor" knows that bullying is part of her DNA on-screen.</li></ul>"She's unpredictable ... You never know what she's going to say."That's what Sharon Osbourne's former fellow "X Factor" judge Louis Walsh said about her in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeHSZT3RGMM&amp;t=17s=17s">one of the numerous compilations</a> available on YouTube of Osbourne's "hilarious" interactions with some of the British talent show's more hapless contestants.That kind of language has long been used to describe Osbourne and her friend Piers Morgan, with whom she judged on "America's Got Talent," the American edition of Simon Cowell's "Got Talent" franchise. They're not afraid to speak their minds. They won't apologize for having opinions. And if you have a problem with that, f--- you, snowflake!But their tactics don't work both ways.When Morgan was finally called out for his repeated attacks on <keyword id="2959098" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Meghan-Markle">Meghan Markle</keyword>, he <a href="https://www.insider.com/piers-morgan-storms-off-good-morning-britain-over-meghan-markle-2021-3">walked off the set of his morning show</a> and promptly quit. Osbourne defended Morgan, and when her "<keyword id="795574" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Talk">The Talk</keyword>" cohost Sheryl Underwood radically suggested that Morgan's criticisms might be rooted in racism, Osbourne <a href="https://www.insider.com/sharon-osbourne-broke-down-defending-piers-morgan-the-talk-2021-3">broke down in tears</a>. "How can I be racist about anybody?" she said.<h2>British people have long known that Osbourne is a bully</h2><div type="image" title="OCTOBER 31: Members of the &quot;The X Factor&quot; Louis Walshe, Sharon Osbourne and Simon Cowell pose with the award for Most Popular Talent Show at the National Television Awards 2007 held at the Royal Albert Hall on October 31, 2007 in London, England. (Photo by Jon Furniss/WireImage)" height="982" width="1310" msid="81589479" hostid="261"></div>What people in the US might not know is that Osbourne, like Morgan, has made a career out of being a bully. There are many examples - more of which have <a href="https://www.insider.com/new-report-sharon-osbourne-racism-homophobic-language-with-cohosts-2021-3">come out in the wake of the reckoning</a> on "The Talk" - of Osbourne's "brutal honesty" straying into malignant cruelty.This knowledge is etched into the collective subconscious of Great Britain who watched Osbourne on "The X Factor" during most of the early 2000s.One need only watch her and Walsh <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWmeRRXV0O8">falling apart laughing</a> at a contestant while teasing her for being overweight. Or look back to a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/dec/09/broadcasting.frontpagenews">2006 interview</a> in which she said she sent Tiffany boxes filled with her own excrement to people she disliked and had been doing so "for an awfully long time." Or hear her say with a laugh in a 2010 interview that Susan Boyle looks like <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sharon-osbourne-susan-boy_n_347439">a "hairy a--hole."</a><iframe width="800" height="450" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OeHSZT3RGMM" frameborder="0"></iframe>More recently, Osbourne <a href="https://www.insider.com/sharon-osbourne-assistant-fire-fired-2019-12">described firing an assistant</a> for not having a sense of humor after she forced him to go back into a burning building to save her artwork. She also said she took his oxygen mask off and put it on her dog.In the late '90s and early '00s, reality-TV shows were the Wild West. That was especially true in the UK. The more outrageous you could be, the better, and Osbourne quickly cemented herself as one of the UK's biggest - and meanest - stars.When Osbourne was announced as a host on "The Talk," <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2011/03/sharon-osbourne-the-nsfw-interview">Eric Spitznagel wrote for Vanity Fair</a> that he would watch the show "solely because Sharon Osbourne is a co-host, and any time Sharon Osbourne is on live TV, there's a chance somebody is going to get slapped, covered in a hot beverage, or called a whore."Sadly for Spitznagel, the world of TV has moved on.<h2>Mainstream TV no longer has a place for these 2</h2>As I write this, Osbourne's brutal-honesty gig on "The Talk" is <a href="https://www.insider.com/cbs-the-talk-on-hiatus-after-piers-morgan-controversy-2021-3">on hiatus pending an internal investigation</a> triggered by her outburst at Underwood.That's what happens now when people in the spotlight make inappropriate jokes, reveal prejudice, or behave unprofessionally - they're taken off the air, and repercussions are swift. Just look at what happened with <a href="https://www.insider.com/disney-ceo-bob-chapek-defends-gina-carano-firing-2021-3">Gina Carano and Disney's "The Mandalorian."</a>It's not about <keyword id="9289051" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cancel-culture">cancel culture</keyword>, as Morgan and Osbourne would have you think. It's about being held accountable.<div type="image" title="&quot;The Talk,&quot; Friday, February 19th, 2021 on the CBS Television Network. Sharon Osbourne, shown. Guests: Storm Reid and Ross Butler. (Photo by Monty Brinton/CBS via Getty Images)" height="1066" width="1422" msid="81589480" hostid="261"></div>"People forget that you're paid for your <keyword id="6356002" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="opinion">opinion</keyword> and that you're just speaking your truth," Osbourne tweeted at Morgan after his exit from "<keyword id="2529388" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Good-Morning-Britain">Good Morning Britain</keyword>."Osbourne's idea of her and Morgan's "truth" is not what viewers deem true anymore. The UK's communications regulator, Ofcom, <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/piers-morgans-meghan-outbursts-on-good-morning-britain-become-ofcoms-most-complained-about-tv-moments-12247921">received 57,000 complaints about Morgan's rants against Markle</a>, setting a record.Morgan and Osbourne are much like the royal family they defend: relics of the past refusing to change with the times.Both are likely to bounce back in some capacity. Rupert Murdoch's upcoming "<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/dec/01/rupert-murdochs-news-uk-tv-channel-given-approval-to-launch">opinionated</a>" News UK venture and Andrew Neil's GB News, where right-wing voices will be given a more sympathetic platform, are rumored to be in a <a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/piers-morgan-centre-10-million-23711094">£10 million bidding war</a> over Morgan.But the past few weeks have shown one thing: Mainstream TV as we know it no longer has a place for these two.Unfortunately, somewhere else will.

Sharon Osbourne, like Piers Morgan, has been disguising cruelty as 'straight talk' for years

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/562135fcbd86eff45b8b7663-520-390/screen shot 2013-12-08 at 10.41.06 pm.png" alt="Susan Boyle" data-mce-source="Tim Whitby/Getty" />Tim Whitby/GettySinger Susan Boyle</div></div></div>Whenever Google brings up its Apple Music and Spotify competitor, there's one feature that it always brags about:The <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/google-play-music-offers-free-tier-2015-6">incredibly specific, human-curated playlists</a>.Streaming service Google Play Music offers thousands of free compilations like "<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/google-play-music-offers-free-tier-2015-6">What would Beyonce do</a>?" or "<a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/situations/Nx4irkig4433fxk2lznnjy2s2rq/Napjoc5c5iyv7jiphef7v5xua7e">Hillbilly bodybuilding</a>" that promise to capture a specific mood.The company has an editorial calender for keeping up with pop culture events (for theme ideas) and updates its selection regularly. Peter Asbill, who has spearheaded Google's music efforts since it <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/google-buys-songza-2014-7">acquired his company Songza</a> last year, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/oct/16/google-play-music-streaming-playlist-creators-susan-boyle-test?CMP=share_btn_tw">gave The Guardian the inside scoop</a> about how it selects who to hire for playlist-creation duty."We make curators take the Susan Boyle test," Asbill says. "We ask these people - and remember, these are music geeks, they're really seriously into music - to please put together a playlist that features Susan Boyle, that you think a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/susan-boyle" class=" u-underline" data-link-name="auto-linked-tag" data-component="auto-linked-tag">Susan Boyle</a> fan would love. If they can't do that …"The idea is that curators can't be music snobs. Instead, they have to be able to understand all different tastes in music."If they can't understand Susan Boyle, why she appeals to people and what they're interested in, they're not going to be a successful curator for us," he says.Read the rest of <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/oct/16/google-play-music-streaming-playlist-creators-susan-boyle-test?CMP=share_btn_tw">The Gaurdian piece here</a>. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/animated-map-global-fiber-optic-internet-cables-2015-9">Animated map reveals the 550,000 miles of cable hidden under the ocean that power the internet</a></h3> <div> <div> <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="1iNHI3dzr1l7P_ZGDpqWJC3kUle6Dsan" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> <script> if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; } RunFunctions.push(function() { var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', '1iNHI3dzr1l7P_ZGDpqWJC3kUle6Dsan',{ autoplay: 'false' }); }); </script> <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div> </div> <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script> </div>

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<img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5e1cde35f4423115195275d4-1500/thomas%20lennon%20slaven%20vlasic%20getty.jpg" alt="Thomas Lennon Slaven Vlasic Getty" />Slaven Vlasic/GettyThomas Lennon.<ul class="summary-list"><li>Thomas Lennon chatted with Business Insider about starring in the future cult classic, "VHYes."</li><li>He also gave details about the return of "Reno 911!" on Quibi.</li><li>Lennon opened up about his unpopular stint as Emmys announcer last year, which he said was worth all the haters because Paul Rudd texted him the following day and said he thought it was hilarious. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>You just never know where funnyman Thomas Lennon will show up these days.Recently he was on the penultimate episode of "Veep," he released the first in a series of young adult novels with "Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles," and he was the announcer at the Emmys (much more on that later).And he isn't slowing down.Lennon will be playing not one but three characters in the upcoming Russo brothers movie, "Cherry," starring Tom Holland; and he's bringing back the beloved "Reno 911!," which he cocreated, for Quibi.But before all that, you can see him in the bizarre new movie from Jack Henry Robbins (son of Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon), "VHYes."Shot on VHS cameras, the just-over-one-hour movie (<a href="https://vhyes.oscilloscope.net/">opening in select theaters Friday</a>) follows a 12-year-old as he accidentally copies over his parents' wedding tape with the strange shows he finds on late-night cable (a few starring Lennon), and recording a spooky trip with his friend to a nearby house thought to be haunted. Think of the late 1970s classic comedy "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kentucky_Fried_Movie">Kentucky Fried Movie,</a>" blended with "Paranormal Activity," then spiked with acid, and you have "VHYes."Lennon chatted with Business Insider about starring in this strange movie. He also gave details about what's in store for the "Reno 911!" gang on Quibi and explained why it didn't sound like he enjoyed being the Emmys announcer at last year's show.Jason Guerrasio: So, "VHYes" - this is one of those wacky movies. Thomas Lennon: When Jack first reached out and said, "I'm going to make a movie on VHS," I really thought it was a bad gimmick. I just couldn't see any way that this turns out great. [Laughs.] But I liked him and he seemed like a smart guy, maybe there was something here. So we shot it, on the crappiest equipment that 1983 had to offer, and I have to say the first time I saw the movie I was kind of blown away. Guerrasio: Snuck in the middle of it is this great horror sequence that connects everything. Lennon: I think what's really going to surprise people, it actually does add up to something at the end. Parts of it are incredibly random and weird.Guerrasio: A lot of that includes you.Lennon: Yes. But the movie surprised me in that it has genuine emotional moments in it and some legitimate scary stuff. Guerrasio: Yes. And as a kid of the 1980s, I have to say the movie captures what it was like to stay up past midnight. Lennon: It got really, really weird. Guerrasio: It was B-movies, soft core porn, or really wacky stuff. That's what was on cable TV after midnight. Lennon: I can tell you this, because we actually talked about it while we were filming the movie, I specifically remember when Cablevision first came to Chicago and there were scrambled channels, the real high channels. Those were the porno channels. Guerrasio: I grew up in Connecticut, and we also had Cablevision, so I know what you're taking about.Lennon: But if you looked at the scrambled channels long enough once an hour you would get two seconds of a flash of a naked person. So sometimes me and my friends we would go to my grandmother's basement and do that, waiting hours watching scrambled channel 145 to see one naked breast for a second. It was amazing what we did before the internet.Guerrasio: Kids have it too easy now. The character you play in the movie, was that planned out on page or did you have a lot of freedom?Lennon: The freedom was amazing. The first scene was somewhat on the page. The scene with me and Courtney Pauroso, where we are the Home Shopping Network people, that was kind of scripted. And then, honestly, we riffed a lot. The entire Antiques Roadshow sequence, that was entirely improved. We didn't even really discuss it at all. And one of the weirdest things about that was Jack's dad, Tim [Robbins, who stars in the movie], was there doing off-camera lines for us in the morning. And then at lunch, Susan Sarandon [who also stars in the movie] came and she's one of my all-time favorite actresses, and she just sat and watched the Antiques Roadshow thing. So there she is, one of my favorite actresses, who I've never met, and I had to improvise that scene in front of her. It was very intimidating. Guerrasio: And I know folks in the business want feature-length movies to run at least 90 minutes, but this running time, hour and twelve minutes, is perfect.Lennon: The only thing that made me like the movie more is even before I saw it I knew that it was an hour-twelve, and as a grown adult man with major attention deficit it's custom made for the way I want to watch things. It's exactly how I consume the world, for real. Guerrasio: This is hardly the only thing you're working on. You will be in "Cherry," the next Russo brothers movie.Lennon: "Cherry" is really cool and there's a weird detail about this. I actually play three parts. The way that happened was I got a call and they were like, "Do you want to audition for two sentences in the new Tom Holland/Russo brothers movie?" And I really have no ego about anything, so I was like, "Of course I want to audition for that!" So I went in and read and then the Russo brothers, God bless them, they had a really neat idea. They thought wouldn't it be cool if instead of me playing the one authority figure of the movie, I play three different sh---y authority figures in the movie. So I get to do a minor Peter Sellers in "Dr. Strangelove"-type thing. Guerrasio: And will we recognize you as all three characters?Lennon: You will recognize me in two of them, at least. But I'm not really sure. It will be a surprise even to me. But it looks like a very cool movie and I got really lucky to do it. Guerrasio: And "Reno 911!" is going to Quibi. Lennon: I actually have the highlights in my hair and have the mustache, so obviously we've very close to shooting. <img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/581ca14f46e27a20008b4a14-1200/reno%20911%20comedy%20central.jpg" alt="reno 911 comedy central" />Comedy Central"Reno 911!"Guerrasio: So what can you divulge about what your guys' plans are? Lennon: We start shooting at the end of the month. We have every single member of the cast back with us, so that's super fun. One thing that's going to be pretty fun is with Quibi you can watch it in two different ways. So if you hold your phone vertically when you're watching Quibi, you can see one feed, and if you flip it horizontal, you can see something else. So we're going to try to take advantage of that as much as possible. I think there will be times where you're seeing Lt. Dangle and what he's doing and if you flip your phone sideways, you'll get to see what his body cam is filming. Stuff like that. Guerrasio: I love that! Lennon: We're going to do some fun stuff with the technology. The reason I think we're very uniquely qualified for Quibi is episodes are going to run less than 10 minutes. Guerrasio: So not every episode is going to go the full 10 minutes that Quibi allows for its shows?Lennon: Oh, God no. I think some episodes will go five minutes long, which would be one scene. And others will be seven minutes long that are 20 scenes in that time. We're going to keep it fast and light and punchy. Guerrasio: Because one episode could literally be you guys going on a 911 call.Lennon: Exactly. But there are a couple we're working on that's kind of like "1917." We just want beginning to end to feel like a single shot. There will be a couple of those. But, as always with "Reno," it's highly improvisational so we'll see how it plays out. But along with all the original cast there are a lot of favorites coming back. It's going to be pretty fun. Guerrasio: So I have to bring up your experience as the Emmys announcer back in September. What was that all about? Lennon: I had a tremendous amount of fun at the Emmys. There were some really great jokes, but yeah, there were a lot of haters. But I got fan letters from some really amazing people who seemed to love it. Those things tend to be a thankless job. I think most people who host those things, you'll never get them to do it twice. Though, I wouldn't mind doing it again. Guerrasio: Even in that format again?Lennon: Would I do that again? Probably. I have to say, one of the nicest things I got was a three-part text from Paul Rudd the next day telling me how hilarious he thought it was. And I have to say, that made all the bull---- totally worth it. One of my favorite funny people thought it was great. <img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5e1ce1a324fe120e3f4cbbc7-1280/thomas%20lennon%20emmys%20fox.jpg" alt="Thomas Lennon Emmys Fox" />FoxThomas Lennon as the 2019 Emmys announcer.Guerrasio: But when you did that woke joke and then stopped and said, "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZlyReze-dg">This is why people don't do this, because it sucks,</a>" was that a bit or were you serious?Lennon: That was really me. Because they came in and told me to be more upbeat and say facts. At one point, they were like, "Why don't you just start saying facts," and I was like, "Oh, no, no, no, that ship has sailed. I'm not that guy." So me saying, "That's why nobody does this, because it sucks," that was definitely after I had been given notes. But I still enjoyed it.Guerrasio: I'll be honest, when you said "this sucks," I just thought, "I hope he's getting paid a ton to do this." Lennon: Oh, God no! The answer is no. 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Thanks to Miracle Whip, we know what cause Lance Bass, Susan Boyle, The Village People, and Wynonna Judd would sing about if they got together to record a benefit song.
The "We are the World"-esque song teaches you that you need to <a href="http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/miracle-whip-creates-celebrity-benefit-song-about-not-hating-miracle-whip-147464">"open your mouth" to the mayo alternative.</a>
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"In this world there's lots of turkey, but also a lot of fear," Bass sings.
The ad, by McGarryBowen, is ridiculous in the best possible way.
Watch the spot below:
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At the height of D.C.'s shutdown insanity, Chinese state news organization Xinhua published an editorial that shocked many <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-editorial-calling-for-a-de-americanized-world-2013-10">Westerners by calling for a "de-Americanized" world</a>.
However, that may not have been the only bit of soft power on show from <keyword id="1334" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="China">China</keyword>. A mysterious video called "How to Make Leaders" that compares China's political system to that of the U.S. and the U.K. has appeared - and it may be linked to the Chinese government.
Since it was published <a href="http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjIxNTg1NzI0.html">on Weibo on October 14</a>, the video has been viewed over 2 million times. Here's an English-language version <a href="http://shanghaiist.com/2013/10/18/chinese_cartoon_explains_how_to_become_president.php">uploaded to YouTube by Shanghaiist</a>.
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The video tells the glorious tale of how President Xi Jinping had to climb through the Communist Party's 85 million membership to become top leader.
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By contrast, Barack Obama needed a "glib tongue" and "unending flow of greenbacks," the video says, comparing the presidential competition to "American Idol."
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The U.K. doesn't get too much better, with David Cameron's rise to 10 Downing Street compared with Susan Boyle's Britain's Got Talent appearance.
The cartoon doesn't directly criticize U.S. or U.K. <keyword id="6354914" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Democracy">democracy</keyword> but seems more focused on defending Chinese democracy.
Here's how the cartoon ends:
"Many roads lead to national leadership whether by a single ballot that gets the whole nation out to vote or by a meritocratic screening that requires years of hard work like the making of a kung fu master. As long as the people are satisfied and the country develops and progresses as a result, it's working."
So, who made the video?
James T. Areddy of the Wall Street Journal points out that a <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/10/17/viral-chinese-cartoon-explains-how-to-become-president/?mod=e2tw">number of commenters on the Weibo video cartoon is state propaganda</a>. "Obviously this is made by some official (source). There is no sarcasm at all," one comment quoted by Areddy says.
Writing <a href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/asia/article3898019.ece">in the Times of London</a>, Leo Lewis says that the production company behind the cartoon ( On the Road to Revival) is unheard of, but unnamed propaganda experts believe the video was produced by the government to "change the old-fashioned, stiff methods of propaganda and reach a wider international audience."
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You may have noticed that my hockey posts are much shorter than my political columns. This is true for three reasons. Firstly, this is hard. I will never again rip a sportswriter for being trite. Jesus, what the hell is left, but trite? Especially with this internet getting in the way. The real clever stuff gets written on Twitter before the shift is even over, let alone the game. Secondly, the tightwads at Business Insider won't fly me to LA for the game and the Rangers need to save the good seats for Susan Lucci and don't have a ticket for me either. (Not for nothing Dolan, but I did vote for your fuckin' tax break. How about it?). Finally, the crack analytics guys here at Business Insider tell me that after the 200th word, readers zone out completely.
For all of these reasons, I have put my game five preview into that ultimate internet format - the listicle. Here are my top five thoughts heading into the game.
1) Dan Girardi Has the Yips
Girardi is a very good defenseman, but he has been an accident waiting to happen this series. Trouble seems to be following him. There was his game ending giveaway in game one and the inexplicable play last GAME that led to LA's only goal where his stick broke in a place I have never seen a stick break. Amid all this bad luck, Girardi has just been throwing himself around the ice, sometimes to great effect. He has blocked shots, but too often he's been whiffing.
2) Jonathan Quick Gives Up A Lot Of Rebounds
Many of Quick's most miraculous saves have come off of pucks other goalies would have left in a more harmless place. Everyone has seen the amazing save on Zuccarello in game three. But Hank and most NHL goalies would have eaten up the chest high shot that Quick dropped. He reminds me of Tim Thomas in that way. Part of his problem with rebound control comes back to his beloved full splits. This leaves his blocking area square to the front rather than angled to a side a la Lundqvist. Quick also isn't a great puck handler. Given these weaknesses, it seems like lobbing pucks on net and dump and chasing more might be in order for the Rangers.
3) The Kings Have More Staying Power
Call it experience or fitness or whatever, but the Kings have played some great third periods in this playoffs. They played a near perfect one in game three. On the other hand, the Rangers have a tendency they also showed in the regular seasons of playing a nice 40 minutes and then pulling up seats to watch Lundqvist bring it home.
4) Hank was Great but the Rangers Stole Game Three.
Not one, but two pucks beat Lundqvist through the five hole and were pulled off the goal line. The one that Stepan saved could have easily been called a penalty shot for the Kings. Even without those acts of god, the inaction of the Ranger offense produced only one shot in the third period. You aren't going to win like that very often.
5) Still, The Rangers Will Win Game Five
The other thing the numbers guys at Business Insider tell me and the real sports reporters must know, everybody loves a prediction. Here's mine: 3-1 on an empty netter by Boyle.

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