It's only September, but there have already been tons of memorable style moments this year.

Now that the biggest award shows and fashion shows have whizzed by, we took a moment to collect the most buzzworthy and breathtaking fashion looks we've seen so far. 

From Pharrell's hat seen round the world to Lupita Nyongo's fairytale Oscar gown, these are the looks that set the trends for the rest of us.

While murmurs of divorce have swirled around the couple as of late, Jay-Z and Beyonce continue to hold a special place in American hearts by dominating the red carpet, like at the Met Gala this year.

Cara Delevingne is one of the world's most in-demand models, and her personal style and silly persona is what makes her so likable. This Chanel look was a Cannes Film Festival favorite.

Dutch designer Iris Van Herpen was one of the first to use 3D printing techniques in fashion, and in January 2013, she debuted this intricate, lace-like dress that was created with a laser printing technique by Belgian company Materialise.

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This fall, two dozen new shows will compete for your attention on television. 

Get ready to see Laurence Fishburne go from FBI agent on NBC's "Hannibal" to a hip grandpa on ABC, while "Doctor Who" fans can see Karen Gillan transform into a social media Queen on "Selfie."

We'll also see the return of a few familiar faces to the small scree like Ben McKenzie and Debra Messing, along with silver screen stars Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis.

"Forever" (ABC)

Stars: Ioan Gruffudd ("Fantastic Four"), Alana De La Garza ("Law & Order")

Premiere date: Tuesday, September 23 at 10 p.m.

What it's about: The criminal drama follows New York City medical examiner, Doctor Henry Morgan (Gruffudd), who is trying to figure out why he can't die.

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"Black-ish" (ABC)

Stars: Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross ("CSI"), Laurence Fishburne ("Hannibal")

Premiere date: Wednesday, September 24 at 9:30 p.m.

What it's about: Anderson plays a wealthy black man who is afraid his four children have started assimilating so much at school that they've forgotten their black heritage.

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"How to Get Away With Murder" (ABC)

Stars: Viola Davis ("The Help"), Billy Brown ("Star Trek")

Premiere date: Thursday, September 25 at 10 p.m.

What it's about: Davis will star as law professor Annalise Keating in Shondra Rhimes' ("Grey's Anatomy,""Scandal") latest Thursday night drama. Keating will be teaching a class on, you guessed it, how to get away with murder which looks like it will come in handy for some of her students.

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Darden Restaurants, the parent company of Olive Garden, just issued a response to the 294-slide presentation filed last week by activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP. 

Darden's presentation totals 24 slides, a lot fewer than the behemoth filed by Starboard, with the company giving an update on its "Renaissance Plan," as well as responding to a number of the points raised by Starboard. 

Darden responds to Starboard's assertion that its endless salad and breadsticks promotion creates food waste, saying that the promotion "conveys Italian generosity and our salads have the highest loyalty rating of any menu item based on the menu satisfaction surveys we conduct" [emphasis Darden's].

Darden also says that the "dishwasher-safe" take-out packaging Starboard took issue with is not, in fact, dishwasher safe. "Our packaging is primarily designed to maintain food quality," Darden said. "It meets competitive standards, is a more sustainable alternative to Styrofoam, and complies with local waste regulations. It has been specified to be microwavable – but not dishwasher safe"[emphasis Darden's]

As for a number of the Olive Garden plans laid out by Starboard, Darden says it is already carrying them out, with the actions "delivering results," the company said. 

When a hedge fund files a 294-slide presentation on a company, that company is surely not going to go long without comment. Additionally, when a hedge fund files a 294-slide presentation on a company, it is unlikely that the story goes away quickly. 

In morning trading on Monday, Darden shares were up 2%. 

Entrepreneurship can be a minefield of new and hard-to-navigate experiences, from managing employees to defining a vision for the company.

And it doesn't come with a manual.

Luckily, there's a multitude of excellent books from founders, VCs, and CEOs who have been through it all.

Here's a collection of some of the best books on management, leadership, and entrepreneurship for anyone from seasoned entrepreneurs to those just starting out.

Aimee Groth and Max Nisen contributed to an earlier version of this article.

"Business Adventures" by John Brooks

This collection of stories — which originally appeared in "The New Yorker"— depicts the defining moments of several classic American companies, from Ford to Xerox. Named by Bill Gates as his all-time favorite business book, it provides entrepreneurs with timeless lessons on finance, ethics, and the corporate world. 

Read more about "Business Adventures."

"Business Model Generation" by Alexander Osterwalder

Entrepreneurs swear by this "handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers." As traditional business models are being disrupted, it's essential for today's entrepreneurs to create new models in order to gain a competitive advantage. 

Read more about "Business Model Generation."

"The Start-Up Of You" by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha

LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman put together an excellent roadmap for entrepreneurs, based on his own career and experience working with some of the most innovative minds in business. He explains that everyone should be in "permanent beta" mode if they want to adapt and survive in today's business world, which means:

1. To always be starting. 
2. To forever be a work in progress.  

Read more about "The Start-Up Of You."

Grace Choi is the founder of Mink, a 3D makeup printing company that wants to teach the world how to stop buying cosmetics and start printing their own in any color.

Choi created a how-to video and provided Business Insider with step-by-step instructions on how to 3D print lipsticks, eye shadows and nail polishes.

Here's what you'll need:

• A home printer (Choi recommends an HP 6100 which retails for $70)
• A tool like Photoshop, which can pull a hex color from an image online
• Refillable ink cartridges
• Ink (edible ink/vegetable based ink because they're FDA approved). Choi adds: "Make sure they're compatible with your government’s regulations! There is a bit of trial and error here with vendors. You can also custom formulate the inks by starting with the compatible raw pigments/dyes."
• Some blank/white cosmetics (think BIC White Out for a nail polish base, white powder, or a clear gloss for lipstick)
• Pliers and a screwdriver

Grace Choi, 30, is a Harvard graduate who figured out how to turn any home printer into a 3D makeup printer.

While Choi says most home printers can be hacked to 3D print makeup, she recommends an HP 6100 which costs about $70.

You also will need ink that meets your government's regulations, since you're printing things that will go on your skin, around your eyes and mouth.

While there's debate over whether there's a shortage of qualified tech workers, there's one thing no one argues about: Tech companies pay their employees well.

We've heard of senior engineers getting a base salary of $160,000, with stock options and other benefits on top. Some interns are earning 7,000 a month, which amounts to $84,000 a year.

So we sifted through job-hunting site Glassdoor to find the best-paying jobs listed on that site, at the best tech companies, according to Glassdoor's ranking of the best places to work.

We listed the highest-paying job on Glassdoor, plus salaries for two common tech jobs: a senior technical role and a software engineer, at each company, to give you a sense of what those jobs pay as well.

No. 20: Salesforce.com, $319,000

Salesforce.com's top-paying job listed on Glassdoor is for an executive vice president at $319,347.

A senior technical staffer gets, on average, $130,233.

A staff software engineer gets, on average, $112,942.

Employee rating: 3.8 out of 5 (Rank 20)

Headquarters: San Francisco, California

What it does: Salesforce.com offers a cloud computing service that helps companies find and support customers. 

No. 19: eBay, $320,679

eBay's top-paying job listed on Glassdoor is for a vice president at $320,679.

A senior technical staffer gets paid, on average, $178,080.

A staff software engineer gets, on average, $120,424.

Employee rating: 3.8 out of 5  (Rank 19)

Headquarters: San Jose, California

What it does: eBay is an ecommerce site best known for letting consumers sell stuff through online auctions.

No. 18: Texas Instruments, $156,530

Texas Instruments' top-paying job listed on Glassdoor is for an applications engineering manager at $156,530.

A senior technical staff get, on average, $125,778.

A software engineers gets, on average, $91,633.

Employee rating: 3.8 out of 5  (Rank 18)

Headquarters: Dallas, Texas

What it does: Texas Instruments is a semiconductor manufacturer.

There are a bunch of ways to get high-speed information about markets. Most of them — like getting a Bloomberg terminal, for instance — will cost you an arm and a leg.

Thankfully, there's Twitter. It's become a place where even the biggest names on Wall Street go to get a word (or 143 characters) out into the universe, and it can move markets.

Business Insider has compiled a list of the best of financial Tweeters for you to use. These are people we follow all day, and if you're going to get serious about using this awesome tool, you should follow them too.

Or even better, you join the conversation yourself.

But you'd better add some value.

Pawel Morski

Handle:@Pawelmorski

Occupation: Veteran fund manager 

Why: He dominates Twitter when it comes to emerging markets and currencies. 

David Powell

Handle:@davidjpowell24

Occupation: Euro-area economist at Bloomberg LP and author of: A Trader's Guide to the Euro Area: Economic Indicators, the ECB and the Euro Crisis.

Why: The Euro crisis isn't really over. 

The Skeptic

Handle: @TheSkeptic

Occupation: ---

Why: His tweets on Bill Ackman's infamous Herbalife short were so good that the media raced to uncover his identity.

New York City is constantly being rebuilt.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, dozens of beautiful old buildings were demolished to make way for new development. It wasn't until 1966, with the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act, that historic buildings could be protected by federal law.

Click through to see some of these vanished buildings, which include iconic hotels, businesses, and private homes. 

Max Rosenberg contributed to this post.

The Hippodrome stood on 6th Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets from 1905 to 1939. It was one of the largest theaters of its time, with a seating capacity of 5,200.

Source: NYC Architecture

The Old Metropolitan Opera House was built in 1883 near Times Square. It was the first home of the Metropolitan Opera Company, but was demolished in 1967 and performances were moved to Lincoln Center.

Source: Wikipedia

An early incarnation of Madison Square Garden was located between Fifth and Madison Avenues, and 26th and 27th Streets. The arena was demolished in 1926.

Source: NYC Architecture

Men tend to dominate the mobile advertising world. Last year, only one woman made our list of the most powerful people in mobile advertising.

So we asked readers and companies to nominate who they thought are the most influential women in the business. We also asked that they nominate at least one other competitor to ensure the list wasn't self-serving. We also consulted with Erin "Mack" McKelvey, CEO of SalientMG, whose knowledge of the mobile ad business far exceeds our own.

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The final rankings are based on the size of shops run by these women, as well as their revenue numbers. The rankings favor companies that disclose revenues or spending.

This is, by no means, a complete list of all the influential women in the mobile advertising business. It is, however, a representation of some of the most powerful women out there, who are running big businesses with large client bases and sizeable revenues to report. 

If you're interested in previous lists, here's a look at last year's list for comparison. 

32. Alexis Berger, VP of sales and marketing at Kargo

In one year, Berger opened Kargo's midwest branch, hiring a total of 10 people, and led her team to over $10 million in sales. Kargo works with over 150 clients, and according to LinkedIn, has an employee headcount between 51-200. We're told the company is approaching $50 million in revenue.  

Kargo is a mobile ad platform that serves advertisers and publishers, and labels itself the "leading mobile publisher platform." 

Before Kargo, Berger was the director of sales for video ad platform BrightRoll. She also worked as a sales director for Adconion Media Group. 

31. Monica Ho, SVP of marketing at xAd

Ho joined xAd, a location-based mobile ad company, in 2011. She was promoted in 2013 from VP of marketing to SVP. She also sits on the board for the Mobile Marketing Association. 

xAd just announced it brought in $50 million in funding and recently told us the company is profitable and on track to more than double its revenue from last year.   

30. Anna Bager, VP, general manager at the Interactive Advertising Bureau's Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence

One of the most-nominated women for this year's list, Bager heads up the IAB's Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence, an industry trade organization and lobby group. As a group that helps set the direction of the changing and developing mobile industry, big mobile and digital players turn to the IAB and Bager for guidance. 

Bager has led the creation of mobile advertising and marketing standards for a relatively young industry, including her most recent work on HTML5 standards, making HTML5 the industry's standard format. 

Every day, a dozen new travel websites start up in hopes of making your trip planning easier, help you meet locals, crowdsource your advice, or save money.

And with equal speed as many travel websites fail each day. A lot of travel start ups try to fill a void where none exists. There are just some things that people don't want, need, or desire. There many are with innovative ideas, but are poorly executed and end up floundering.

Then there are the ones that stick around, grow, and catch on because they are truly useful and not some fad. I want to share nine websites that can (or have the potential to) help make your planning easier and help you save money:

Busbud

Busbud is a unique website that makes bus travel, especially in developing countries where information is not always online, a lot easier. You can search routes, compare prices, and book tickets online.

According to their website, Busbud lists routes for 10,463 cities in 89 countries. I don't know of another website as comprehensive as this one.

They do a really good job. I highly recommend this site.

TripExpert

One of the downsides to TripAdvisor and other crowdsourced review sites is that everyone can leave reviews. We've all heard about people who threaten to leave bad reviews or complain their shower couldn't fit multiple people. Throw in businesses who buy favorable reviews and it's no wonder hardly anyone I know trusts TripAdvisor reviews.

One site that is aiming to change that is TripExpert. This site aggregates reviews from dozens of guidebooks, magazines, and other trusted travel media to give the hotel property a score based off the average. Of course, it works on the assumption that travel experts are better judges of quality, but I think this site has a lot of potential.

The site is relatively small right now, but if it grows and catches on, it would be a better alternative to TripAdvisor.

AirHelp

Few travelers have any idea about their airline rights (and there are actually a few). Airlines like it that way because it reduces the compensation they have to give.

Airhelp seeks to change that by helping passengers secure compensation from delayed, cancelled, or overbooked flights. Most people who try to get compensation simply get tired of the airlines dragging everything out and give up. 

AirHelp does everything for you. For a small percentage, they will work on your behalf to secure you the legal compensation you are owed. They do all the work.

For anyone with something better to do than argue with the airlines (i.e. all of us), this website is for you. Highly recommended.

I just wrote a 93,000 word book. It's called Marissa Mayer and The Fight To Save Yahoo.

I can't exactly explain why, but I wrote the entire thing in Evernote.

It was a weird choice by me because Evernote is not a word processor. It's a note-taking application. It wasn't built for book-writing.

One reason I used Evernote was because I kept all of my reporting notes and research in Evernote, and I wanted quick access to all that while I was writing. 

It felt less clunky switching between screens in the same app than switching between Evernote and a slow-loading memory hog like Microsoft Word or the surprisingly lethargic Google Docs.

Another few reasons:

• Evernote constantly saves what you're working on and backs it up to the cloud.
• I have Evernote on my phone and iPad, and it was nice to be able to pull up my draft and review it anytime anywhere.
• Evernote note windows are sparse, and I like that for writing.
• I've developed a "process" around turning reporting/research into writing in Evernote, and when you're doing work as open-ended as long form writing, it's nice to have some step-by-step tasks to do to ground you.

If you're writing a book soon, you should probably do it in Microsoft Word or even Apple Pages (I can't recommend Google Docs). But if you want to be weird like me, I've outlined my process in the following slides. Sorry that I had to blur out so much. There are sources and spoilers to protect.

Create a notebook called “Book Research,” and save research (transcripts, notes, articles) notes into it.

Read through the notes, labeling important sections.

Copy each label and paste it again at the top of each note in one of three sections: “dramatic, set-piece scenes,” “scenes,” and “themes, event, and facts to remember."

European planemaker Airbus is based in Toulouse, France, but produces planes in the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, and China.

To transport the wings and fuselages of half-built planes from one factory to another, it needed a plane bigger than any standard cargo jet.

So it built the Beluga.

Developed in the 1990s and based on the A300 (the wings, engines, landing gear, and lower portion of the fuselage are the same), the Beluga has one of the biggest cargo holds in the world.

It's the best way to get the body of a jumbo jet, a fleet of helicopters, or even a priceless painting across the planet. It's also one of the strangest looking planes in the skies today.

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Beluga's inaugural flight on September 13, 1994 (via Jalopnik), we're taking a closer look at this unique plane.

Alex Davies wrote the original version of this post.

Here's the Beluga. It's official name is the A300-600ST Super Transporter.

Seen from an airborne A380, it still looks huge.

From the ground, it seems almost like a normal jumbo jet — but not quite. Its wingspan measures more than 147 feet.

From spaceships to hot air balloons, billionaire entrepreneur and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson is always playing with some new toy. 

He's set world records with kite boards, planes, and even rockets through endeavors with Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Oceanic, and Virgin Galactic. He even has two islands in the Caribbean dedicated to parties and adventures.

We've rounded up some of his most outrageous toys here. 

Perhaps Branson's most famous toy, Necker Island is a 74-acre Caribbean resort that's played host to plenty of celebrity-packed parties since the 1970s. Thought it took him five years and $10 million to construct the island resort, he estimated that the island is worth at least $60 million, as of 2006.

Source: Virgin blog

Guests staying at Branson's resort can use this zip line to get down from the main house to the beach.

Source: Virgin blog

When his guests get tired of lounging by the pool or beach, they can hang out on his 105-yacht, the Necker Belle. He put the yacht up for sale in March, though he has yet to find a buyer.

Source: Yacht Charter Fleet

Alibaba, the enormous Chinese e-commerce company, is expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange this Friday.

But one of the most crucial time periods in the company's history came in the early 2000s, when the still-new Alibaba battled out with the behemoth eBay to gain e-commerce dominance in China. 

Porter Erisman, in his incredible documentary "Crocodile in the Yangtze," captures the thrilling rise of the company through real footage and photos. Erisman worked there throughout its critical years (though he had left the company by the time he started making the documentary).

The entire film is entertaining, suspenseful, and more than worth a watch, but Erisman gave us permission to use scenes from his film to tell the story of Alibaba's rise, as he saw it through his own eyes. 

This quote, from founder Jack Ma, has become emblematic of the half-decade battle between eBay and Alibaba.

Before you can understand Alibaba's rise to greatness, it's important to understand a few things about Ma.

Every morning for nine years, a young Jack would go to a local hotel in his home of Hangzhou, China to befriend foreign tourists and learn English.

More than 25% of Internet users download or listen to podcasts, Pew reports. Meanwhile, Apple reached its one billionth podcast subscription last year. 

Podcasts are gaining in popularity for a number of reasons: you can listen in the car or on the train to work, you can dig deep into a topic, and you don't have to burn your eyes out on a screen. 

To that end, here are nine podcasts that are sure to stimulate your brain. 

Startalk Radio will open your mind to the cosmos.

Neil deGrasse Tyson is the public face of astronomy right now — and his voice is just as magnetizing. 

Dig into his podcast to learn about space tourism, comets, and the basics of astrophysics, to name a few. 

Start listening here > 

WTF offers unexpected revelations about success.

Few things can be more instructive than a life story, and comedian-turned-broadcaster Marc Maron draws the ups and downs of life out of people with a certain raucous grace. 

Some especially intellectual episodes include his interviews with comedian Wanda Sykes, actor Vince Vaughn, and the late Robin Williams. 

Start listening here >

This American Life provides a deep look into American society.

This American Life has become a byword for verbal storytelling.

Beyond being a place for moving and hilarious stories, This American Life does staggering levels of reporting; few outlets made the financial crisis as human and understandable as Ira Glass and the gang. 

It lives up to the hype. 

Start listening here >

NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar listed his extravagant mansion, in Kauai, Hawaii for $5.9 million, according to Forbes. The 5,912 square-foot house is custom-built for Jabbar's 7'2" frame and sits on a three-acre property with private trail access to Secret Beach.

Jabbar's mansion features high doorways and ceilings, lava-rock fireplaces, exotic wood detailing, a mini waterfall on the pool, all with stunning views.

The custom house, built in 1986, is also close to the National Wildlife Refuge and Kilauea Lighthouse. 

The property is gated, and the main house is nicely tucked behind some lovely foliage.

There is also a carriage house and a pool pavilion situated next to the 50-foot custom pool.

A bird's eye view of Jabbar's backyard.

Now that it's September, it's time for fall favorites like "The Big Bang Theory" and "Modern Family" to return to TV along with a list of new shows.

Which casts are making the most money?

TV Guide recently released its annual salary report highlighting the paychecks of dozens of actors and TV personalities.

Salaries are estimated by looking at an actor's reported pay per episode and combining it with the number of episodes set for the upcoming season.

See what Kate Walsh and Debra Messing are making to return to TV, plus the major salary bump for the cast of "The Big Bang Theory."

28. Claire Danes: $3 million

Television Show: "Homeland"

Season:  4

Reported Salary: $250,000 / episode

Episodes this season: 12

Danes has won two Golden Globes and three Emmys for her role as Carrie Mathison on the Showtime series. Season four has a lot riding on it as the series tries to return to its glory days before the show began deviating from its original intention as a CIA show.

27. Amy Poehler: $3.25 million

Television Show: "Parks and Recreation"

Season: 7

Reported Salary: $250,000 / episode

Episodes this season: 13

For the show's final season, Poehler gets a reported $50,000-per episode raise, but that's probably because the show was only given a 13-episode order. Unfortunately, this fall show won't return until midseason.

26. Kerry Washington: $3 million

Television Show: "Scandal"

Season: 4

Reported Salary: $150,000 / episode

Episodes this season: 22

The third season of Shonda Rhimes' juicy drama received the show's highest ratings yet with 10.5 million tuning into the ABC show.

Women are still vastly underrepresented in tech.

This summer, major tech companies like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Apple released their own diversity reports. At many of these companies, the ratio was 70% male, 30% women. 

It's a shame because women are doing incredible work, and bring a different view point to the industry that can make products better.

To highlight the women doing great stuff, Business Insider accepted nominations for the most important women 30 years old or under in tech. We combined those nominations with our own research to give our readers a definitive list. 

We were blown away by the number of young, successful women in the tech industry. These women hold a variety of roles — they're founders, CEOs, engineers, venture capitalists, philanthropists, and more. 

Karen Comas: Strategic Partnerships, US Hispanic & LATAM, Facebook

Age: 29

About: With years of experience as the Director of Social Media for Telemundo, Karen Comas brought her expertise to Facebook and Instagram last fall. She works in strategic partnerships for Facebook's U.S. Hispanic and Latin American markets.

What people are saying about her:“Formerly at Telemundo and now Facebook, she’s shaping how Latinas (and the rest of us) will engage with technology in the next 10 years.”

Tiffany Pham: Founder & CEO, MOGUL

Age: 27

About: Tiffany Pham founded MOGUL, a worldwide platform connecting women to top trending content, including articles, videos, jobs, events, and products that are personalized to their interests. By curating content from third parties, producing original content, and enabling users to also contribute, the platform empowers women to share knowledge and discover new opportunities around the world they would otherwise not have access to.

As the lead developer at MOGUL, Tiffany built the first version of the platform herself using Ruby on Rails. Tiffany is also an award-winning film producer. Previously Director of Business Development at CBS, Tiffany Pham handled strategic initiatives and partnerships for 150 digital properties for CBS TV and radio stations. 

Vanessa Hurst: Founder/CEO, CodeMontage; founder, Developers for Good; co-founder, Girl Develop It

Age: 27

About: Vanessa Hurst cofounded "Girl Develop It" with the goal of giving women a safe place to learn about technology, with low cost classes, that were accessible and judgment-free. She founded Developers for Good to bring motivated technologists of all skill levels together with social entrepreneurs so they can improve the world together. And her most recent venture, CodeMontage, empowers people to learn code by pairing them with open social innovation technology projects. 

What people are saying about her:"Vanessa is an amazing advocate for Women in Technology, and has done an incredible job of making the world a better place by enabling technologists to connect with each other and help social causes with their skills. Vanessa has an incredible, positive energy and speaks at many technical and social good conferences. "