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While it’s typically actors and directors who get to enjoy the greatest amount of praise through any year in cinema, certainly one of the greatest aspects of the award season is the opportunity to take a deep look at the below-the-line work that’s done to make the great films as great as they are.

In this spectrum, editors play an incredibly vital role, as many filmmakers would tell you that it’s in the cutting room that a movie is truly uncovered for what it is. A result of this is that the distinction of being considered the Best-Edited Movie Of All Time is quite an impressive one – which makes this recently discovered Top 75 ranking list all the more interesting. 

Though it actually originates from 2012, HitFix has recently uncovered The Motion Picture Editors Guild's list of the 75 Best-Edited Films Of All Time, and, as you might imagine, it’s a rather impressive list. 

10. "The French Connection"

It’s pretty damn difficult to have a conversation about William Friedkin’s The French Connection without a discussion of its epic, incredible chase sequences, and while there are certainly many people responsible for the thrills – from the actors, to the cinematographers to the stunt drivers – but it was Gerald B. Greenberg (who you’ll see again on this list) who took all that work and stitched it together to make some of the most electrifying sequences ever to be put up on the silver screen. There are surprisingly few action movies that wound up making this Top 10 list, but The French Connection certainly belongs ranked among the greats. 

9. "JFK"

Controversial as the subject matter may be, Oliver Stone’s JFK is a shining example of excellent filmmaking in all of its parts. It has what can easily be considered one of the greatest casts of the 20th century, and weaves an utterly fascinating conspiracy tale and chronicles everything from history-changing, shady backroom dealings to courtroom drama.

It’s a hell of a lot of material and packed into a nearly 200 minute movie, but Joe Hutshing and Pietro Scalia’s editing work keeps it a seamless, tight narrative that enhances both the cinematography and the incredibly drama. Movie-goers can argue all they want about the veracity of Jim Garrison’s findings and beliefs, but one can’t argue just how well put-together JFK is. 

8. "Jaws"

For what really should be rather obvious reasons, editing is an immensely important part of filmmaking in the horror genre. It takes an expert hand to know exactly how long or short a particular shot should be in order to maximize the shock factor, and for that reason Verna Fields deserves an incredible deal of credit for making Steven Spielberg’s Jaws just as effective as it is.

The use of switching perspectives during the shark attack sequences is brilliant and terrifying, and the back and forth cuts in this sequence in particular is utterly mesmerizing. 

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Russia's wealth disparity is off the charts. Just over 100 billionaires hold a third of the country's wealth. 

That's largely down to Russia's chaotic 1990s. Enterprising and ruthless men (and they are practically all men) took hold of huge chunks of the former Soviet Union's rapidly privatised industries, or made millions bringing in highly sought-after exports from the west.

More recently, they haven't limited their interests to Russia. In the past 15 years, a handful of oligarchs have been snapping up companies in the West, too.

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Uber is the most valuable private tech company in the world right now.

In January, the company worked out a $1.6 billion convertible-debt round with Goldman Sachs, bringing the total amount of money Uber has raised since its 2010 launch to more than $4 billion and valuing the company at more than $41 billion.

But Uber isn't infallible. The company has competitors, it's working through regulatory battles, and it relies on independent contractors. So we decided to look at some of the nightmare scenarios Uber could potentially find itself facing in the future.

More public relations blunders could cause public opinion of Uber to shift.

In 2014, Uber put its foot in its mouth several times. In November at a dinner for "influencers," an Uber executive named Emil Michael suggested the company could theoretically dig up personal information on reporters who are critical of the company. BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith then reported on those comments.

BuzzFeed also reported that a New York City Uber executive had tracked one of BuzzFeed's tech reporters without her permission, a breach of Uber's privacy policy (the policy was later posted to Uber's website in light of these incidents). The executive in question, Josh Mohrer, was investigated for spying on the BuzzFeed reporter, and according to Uber has since been disciplined for his actions, but has kept his job. 

Lyft reported it had its best week ever during the same week that Uber's executives were caught up in all that drama. If that's any indication, future public relation blunders could cause public opinion of Uber to shift.

Uber needs its drivers for now — but drivers don't need Uber.

Uber relies heavily on a team of drivers, independent contractors who work for the company. 

Groups of these drivers across the country have protested the company since September. They're upset with Uber's competitive pricing, which affects drivers' incomes. Some say they're barely making minimum wage. They don't understand why Uber hasn't integrated a feature to let them accept tips from customers. They're terrified of Uber's five-star rating system, and say that even one bad rating could be enough to knock them out of Uber's driving system and prevent them from driving for the service in the future.

Uber's drivers are volatile. They aren't required to work for Uber; they can stop and start whenever they want. They know they have options — there are alternatives for them within the same space, like driving for Lyft, or Gett, or SideCar. Some could get out of the black-car driving game altogether. If Uber's drivers were to suddenly up and stop driving for the company, Uber might feel it.

Its drivers can also be a liability for the company.

Drivers are unpredictable, and can occasionally be a liability for Uber. 

An Uber driver in San Francisco has been charged with vehicular manslaughter after killing a six-year-old girl in San Francisco on New Year's Eve last year. In September, an Uber driver was accused of smashing a passenger in the head with a hammer and driving away. That same month, an Uber driver in Orlando was accused of groping a female passenger and then blaming it on the way the woman was dressed.

The list of stories about Uber drivers behaving badly goes on. It's not unique to Uber — taxi drivers don't always have a totally clean track record, either — but city taxis aren't in the public eye like Uber is. Additionally, city taxi services usually don't promote themselves with the same level of security screenings that Uber promises to hold its drivers to.

Some customers who say they've been assaulted by drivers are taking legal action. A woman who was allegedly raped and beaten by her Uber driver in Delhi, India, is suing the company in US court. While Uber has the money and time to deal with lawsuits, they could still take a toll on the company.

Amazon released its first e-reader way back in 2007 and the device has come a long way since. 

Although the Kindle concept is really simple — you just read a book on a screen — there are a few tips you might not be taking advantage of.

In the same way you can highlight a particularly important or impactful passage in a book, you can do it on your Kindle — and then see all your highlights from every book in one place.

To highlight a phrase, just press down at the start of the sentence, drag to select the whole phrase, hold down, and then tap "Highlight." To see everything you've saved, visit kindle.amazon.com/your_highlights. 

You can organize all the books on your Kindle by creating "Collections."

To create a collection:

1. Select "Create New Collection" from the Home screen menu.
2. Enter a name for the collection.
3. Select "Save" 

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It's probably not destiny.

According to the research, love and attraction happen thanks to your hormones, your interests, and what your parents look like.

We've scoured the studies and collected some of the weird psychological reasons someone might fall in love with you.

This is an updated version of an article originally written by Maggie Zhang.

If you're really, really alike

Decades of studies have shown that the cliché that "opposites attract" is totally off.

"Partners who are similar in broad dispositions, like personality, are more likely to feel the same way in their day-to-day lives,"said Gian Gonzaga, lead author of a study of couples who met on eHarmony. "This may make it easier for partners to understand each other."

If you look like their opposite-sex parent

University of St Andrews psychologist David Perrett and his colleagues found that people are attracted to folks with hair and eye color like their parents— and the age range they saw at birth.  

"We found that women born to 'old' parents (over 30) were less impressed by youth, and more attracted to age cues in male faces than women with 'young' parents (under 30),"the authors wrote. "For men, preferences for female faces were influenced by their mother's age and not their father's age, but only for long-term relationships."

If you smell right

According to a University of Southern California study, when women are ovulating, they prefer the smell of t-shirts worn by men with high levels of testosterone. 

This matched with other hormone-based instincts: Women also preferred men with a strong jaw line when they were ovulating. 

Sea-level rise is one of the most concerning consequences associated with global climate change, thanks to melting polar ice and thermal expansion caused by warming ocean waters — and we're already starting to see its effects on coastal communities around the world. 

The US Geological Survey estimates that if all the world's glaciers melted, sea level would rise by about 80 meters, or more than 260 feet. This scenario could be thousands of years in the future, but it would render many of the world's best-loved coastal cities unrecognizable.

Jeffrey Linn, a Seattle man with a background in geography and urban planning, has created a series of maps of major US cities based on this doomsday scenario. He used actual geographic data from the areas to make the maps as realistic as possible. 

Linn says his interest in the subject was sparked by the book "Always Coming Home," by Ursula Le Guin. 

"The novel is sort of a future anthropology of California's Napa Valley, and in it she looks into the future and sees the California Central Valley flooded by sea-level rise," Linn says. "Since then, I would often think about what would the world around us would look like once all the ice caps melted."

While this extreme amount of sea-level rise isn't expected to happen for millennia, Linn's cheeky names for the potential new landforms and bodies of water that emerge in his maps give often humorous insight into life in the cities of the future.

Linn has mapped eight US cities so far, and is currently working on mapping several locations in the UK. His maps, along with more information, can be viewed on his website. We've put together a slideshow of some of his work here.

Seattle was the first sea-level rise map Linn made, completed in December 2013. He was inspired to start the map by a blogger who writes under the name Burrito Justice. "He did a 200-foot sea-level rise map for San Francisco, and I was like, 'I have to do this for Seattle,'" Linn says.

The result is striking — after 240 feet of sea-level rise, Seattle is reduced to a collection of small islands, like these three, which emerged in the area near the place Seattle's iconic space needle stands today. (The needle, in this map, is sadly submerged.)

Linn uses open-source data to create most of the maps. He puts the data together using a mapping program called QGIS, and then assembles everything in Adobe Illustrator. He says the base cartography only takes him a few hours.

Most people know three things about Bill Gates:

He's the richest man in America (second-richest in the world right now), he co-founded one of the most successful tech companies of all time in Microsoft, and he's an extremely generous philanthropist through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

But there are a lot of things about Gates you probably didn't know.

As a young teenager at Lakeside Prep School, Gates wrote his first computer program on a General Electric computer — it was a version of tic-tac-toe, where you could play against the computer.

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Once his school realized Gates' proclivities for coding, they let him write the school's computer program for scheduling students in classes. He even slyly altered the code so he was placed in classes with a "disproportionate number of interesting girls."

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Like many other successful tech entrepreneurs, Gates was a college dropout. He left Harvard University in 1975 to fully devote himself to Microsoft.

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Valentine's Day is a chance to give our loved ones reassurance that we care — and perhaps a token or two of our affection.

Whether your Valentine is a friend, family member, new date, or treasured spouse, check out 25 gifts that will make them smile. Bonus: All of these gifts are under $50.

And remember: A heartfelt card is usually just as appreciated. 

Melissa Stanger and Emmie Martin contributed to this story.

Stay on top of pop culture with 'American Sniper.'

The Oscar-nominated film version of "American Sniper," the autobiography of record-making Navy Seal Chris Kyle, has captured hearts across the U.S. Now, read the book that started it all.

Price: $6

Get expressive with fill-in-the-blank love notes.

Whether you live down the block or across the country, surprise your Valentine with a sweet note. The words are pretty much covered, but it's up to you to provide the sentiment.

Price: $7

Preserve favorite memories with a photo snow globe.

Surprise loved ones of any age with this old-school way to showcase some of your favorite times together.

Price: $12

The 57th annual Grammy awards are this Sunday.

This year's nominees, presenters, and performers will all go home with a gift bag full of goodies worth an estimated $25,000.

Distinctive Assets has hosted the Grammy Gift Lounge and packaged the accompanying gift bag for 16 years now.

From lip balm and tooth paste to a $14,000 trip through the Rocky Mountains, see the strange and cool swag the celebrities will bring home even if they don't get an award.

A $3.99 bottle of Purell hand sanitizer

A $16.95 memoir, "...And I Breathed" from former CEO of Global Music at Live Nation, Jason Garner.

Garner reveals what his life was like as a concert promoter while juggling his personal life.

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An illustrated children's book called "Archibald's Next Big Thing" valued at $24.95.

The book is by Emmy-winning actor Tony Hale ("Veep").

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Photographer William Karl Valentine grew up visiting the Pasadena Police Department, where his father was a reserve police officer. When Valentine enrolled at Arizona State University to study photography, he decided that his first project would be a documentation of the police department.

Over the course of four years at ASU, Valentine logged over 1,000 hours shadowing officers in the department, photographing every major operation and event that he was there to witness. What has resulted is a fantastic time capsule of what it was like to be police officer in an LA suburb when the Drug War was on full blast.

Valentine shared a number of photos with us here, but you can check out the rest at his website.

At the time Valentine began his photo project in 1984, Pasadena was extremely dangerous. Valentine was given the chance to document officers like Officer Bill Walton, seen here, because he was well-known around the department due to his father.

Growing up, Valentine would visit the station while his father did paperwork. This is a view of the "report writing room," where much of that paperwork was done.

Valentine continued the project any time he went home for holiday breaks. During the summers, he worked as a reserve officer in the department’s photo lab. This helped him gain trust with the officers, who gave him “almost unlimited access” to the department, he says.

The 57th annual Grammy Awards are underway at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

While artists like Kanye West and Katy Perry will be performing, the real attraction is on the red carpet.

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Kanye West with Kim Kardashian, in Jean Paul Gaultier.

Beyoncé arrived in an all black Proenza Schouler dress.

Rihanna rocked a poofy pink Giambattista Valli gown on the red carpet.

The small businesses in the Windy City will blow you away.

From a nerdtastic bar in Wicker Park to an art gallery for carpentry lovers (or a carpentry store for art lovers) in Pilsen, these are the 25 coolest new businesses in Chicago.

We defined "new" as a business that opened in the past five years or so.

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5 Rabbit Cervecería

6398 West 74th St., Bedford Park

What it is:The first Latin microbrewery in the US.

Why it's cool: Located just outside Chicago, the first Latin microbrewery, or cervecería, in the US infuses its brews with ancho chili, piloncillo cane sugar, and other Latin flavors. Inspired by an Aztec myth, 5 Rabbit names all of its beers to coincide with the Aztec calendar.

Artizone

Online, based in Chicago and Dallas

What it is: An online specialty food shopping community.

Why it's cool: Artisanal foods ordered online and delivered to your door — that's Artizone. The clever, convenient service offers a curated collection of the very best artisans in your area. This unique portal provides aggregated access to authentic, handcrafted food items from the finest purveyors that have carefully curated high-quality products.

Artpentry

1932 South Halsted St., #102

What it is: A gallery and store that combines art and carpentry.

Why it's cool: Floyd Davis is a skilled carpenter who started Artpentry (the name combines the words "art" and "carpentry") as a place to showcase and sell his creative works, and the works of other independent, local artists. Also a space devoted to sound and music, Artpentry is best known for the Gentleman's Boombox, a collection of vintage trunks and suitcases converted into functional music players.

When you run one of the world's most successful hedge funds, you can probably afford some pretty amazing stuff. 

So it makes sense that Steve Cohen, with an estimated net worth of $10.3 billion, has a long list of incredible personal purchases.

Cohen started SAC Capital in 1992, and became a Wall Street legend after his firm saw returns of 70% for two consecutive years.

Cohen is known for his love of art, having spent lavish amounts on famous artwork by Pablo Picasso, Jasper Johns, Damien Hirst, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons and more. He also enjoys buying up real estate, and owns several properties, each worth millions of dollars.

Few places on the face of the earth can be as unforgiving or as deadly as the frozen Arctic. 

Because of the dangers of the Arctic environment, coupled with the growing strategic importance of this part of the world, the US Air Force runs the Arctic Survival School out of Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. 

Each year, this five-day intensive training program, also known as Cool School, teaches over 700 servicemembers the survival skills necessary to fight back against nature and survive in the Arctic. 

“Mother nature does not like you in this situation,” Survival Instructor Staff Sgt. Seth Reab, tells his students in the morning freeze. “She’s violent. She’s harsh. Your job is to survive until help comes; her job is to find a way to take your life.”

The Air Force's Cool School, which brings in more than 700 participants every year across all service branches, takes place outside Eielson Air Force Base, deep inside Alaska. Temperatures average about 30 degrees below zero.

At the start of the course, all participants are given the emergency equipment they would have depending upon what plane they would be flying.

The emergency equipment usually works. But everything else in the Arctic will try to kill the participants. This includes subzero temperatures ...

If you're hoping to stray from the typical flowers and perfume for Valentine's Day this year but don't know where to start, we've got you covered.

We asked coworkers and friends what they're truly hoping for this year, from the practical to the extravagant. Whether you're getting her a special keepsake or creating unforgettable memories, we've rounded up gifts your sweetheart will actually appreciate.

Get sentimental with a token from your first date.

For many couples, dinner and a movie is typical first date fodder. Relive the beginning of your relationship with a throwback to those early moments by buying her a poster from the first movie you saw together or a copy of the soundtrack.

These minimalist prints from Redbubble are playful without feeling like they belong in a college dorm room.

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Make her laugh with a memoir from her favorite actress.

Sure to keep her laughing for days, Amy Poehler's recent memoir, "Yes Please," is a must-read for every woman.

Been there, done that? Tina Fey, Lena Dunham, and Mindy Kaling all have autobiographies she's sure to love as well.

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Treat her to a relaxing spa day at home.

Few things are more satisfying than a warm bath after a long day. And with one of Lush's curated gift boxes, which contain everything from their signature bath bombs to massage bars to scented shower gel, your Valentine will find everything she needs to unwind.

Buy it: Valentine's Day collections from $15 to $100