“It’s a Fyre Fest kind of feeling,” one crew member who worked in Toronto and left the production early said to Rolling Stone. “There’s a reason why this level of production hasn’t been attempted before, and it certainly should never have been attempted without people that know what they are doing.”

So much of the internet nowadays feels like that scene from Matilda when she’s forced to watch Million Dollar Sticky, the inane game show where contestants are painted with glue and locked inside a chamber full of money,

Amazon’s big bet on one of YouTube’s most popular — and increasingly contentious — personalities is here. Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson’s reality series, “Beast Games,” debuts Thursday on Amazon Prime, months after several contestants alleged they faced poor working conditions on set.

MrBeast responded to some of the Beast Games filming controversy during a documentary showing his meetings with players.

Mr. Beast’s platform garnered both fame and the attention of major networks. That led to one of his most ambitious projects to date, the MrBeast Games. This is an action-packed, high-stakes competition series that showcases his signature mix of entertainment,