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2:40 AM ET, June 29, 2013

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Maxgouttebroze / GLAAD:
Alec Baldwin speaks out in support of the gay community  —  Yesterday, actor Alec Baldwin took to Twitter using anti-gay slurs in response to a Daily Mail piece regarding his wife.  —  Following outreach earlier today, Alec Baldwin wrote the following to GLAAD:
Discussion: PerezHilton, Queerty and TMZ.com
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Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
Alec Baldwin Says Twitter Rant Was “In No Way” a Result of Homophobia
Discussion: PerezHilton and POPSUGAR Celebrity
TMZ.com:
2) NO SELENA GOMEZ MUSIC!!!  —  Justin Bieber is a paranoid, self-absorbed megalomaniac ... is what you've gotta think after seeing the laughable rules he sets for photo shoots — including a ban on speaking to the Bieber, and NEVER playing his ex ... Selena Gomez's music.
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Joyce Chen / Us Weekly:
Justin Bieber Goes Shirtless, Wants to “Get Married and Start a Family” Young  —  Justin Bieber's maturity is showing!  The teen heartthrob looks all grown-up (and shirtless!) in Us Weekly's new bookazine, on stands now, and judging by the way the pop singer explains his take on relationships …
Carlos Greer / People.com:   Selena Gomez & Austin Mahone Spend the Day at Disneyland
Michael Ausiello / TVLine:
Glee Exclusive: 4 Original Cast Members Not Returning as Series Regulars for Season 5  —  Glee is thinning its ranks as it heads into Season 5.  —  Original castmembers Heather Morris (who plays Brittany), Mark Salling (Puck), Amber Riley (Mercedes) and Harry Shum, Jr. (Mike) …
TMZ.com:
Paula Deen — That White Woman Suing Me Is Also Smearing Me!  —  White Woman Suing Me  —  Is Also Smearing Me!  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Paula Deen has filed legal docs in the lawsuit that sent her career into a free fall — claiming the woman who's suing her is trumping up racial allegations and now Paula is out for blood.
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Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Paula Deen Dropped by Sears and Kmart, Takes a “Pause” With QVC
Discussion: The Blemish
QVC Community:
A Letter from QVC CEO Mike George and a Letter from Paula Deen
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Access Hollywood:
Kris Jenner Reveals Her Take On Kim Kardashian & Kanye West's Unique Baby Name  —  LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — Kris Jenner stopped by Access Hollywood Live on Thursday, where the reality TV star dished on everything from daughter Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's new baby, the future of …
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TMZ.com:
Kim Zolciak — Calls BS on Pregnant Smoking Pics, Threatens Legal Action  —  CALLS BS  —  on Pregnant Smoking Pics  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Kim Zolciak isn't trying to smoke out her fetus — and instead claims the shots of her puffing a cigarette while pregnant were NOT shot yesterday ... TMZ has learned.
Discussion: Gossip Cop
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Kim Zolciak / TMZ.com:   SMOKING WHILE PREGNANT  —  ... Again  —  Former “Real Housewives …
Nick Stahl / TMZ.com:
BREAKING BAD AGAIN  —  Busted for Meth  —  Nick Stahl is back in jail after getting busted for drugs early this morning ... TMZ has learned.  —  LAPD tells us the “Terminator 3” star was arrested around 5 AM when police found him in a Hollywood motel with three other people ... they were all allegedly using meth.
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Jocelyn / In Case You Didn't Know:
Nick Stahl arrested this morning for using meth, barely a week after being placed on a 5150 hold.  —  I'm worried Nick Stahl won't quit until he's dead.  I'm not sure what else it's going to take to get him clean.  —  The 33-year-old was arrested early this morning after he was caught using meth at a Hollywood motel.
Culture Desk:
Cover Story: Bert and Ernie's “Moment of Joy”  —  “It's amazing to witness how attitudes on gay rights have evolved in my lifetime,” said Jack Hunter, the artist behind next week's cover, “Moment of Joy.”  Hunter, who originally submitted his image, unsolicited, to a Tumblr, continued …
Andrea Billups / People.com:
Cher Puts Tom Cruise in Her Top 5 Lovers List  —  Who makes the Top 5 list of the greatest lovers ever for Cher?  —  Tom Cruise, she dished, name-checking her former flame, with whom she had an affair in the '80s, long before he was married to first wife Mimi Rogers and went on to become a global film star.
James Hibberd / Inside TV:
‘Game of Thrones’ casts major season 4 role: Oberyn the Red Viper — EXCLUSIVE  —  The most anticipated new role coming to the fourth season of Game of Thrones has been filled.  —  Prince Oberyn Martell will be played by Chilean actor Pedro Pascal, who has previously had arcs on CBS' The Good Wife, ABC's Red Widow and USA's Graceland.
Style News:
Ke$ha Has a Jewelry Line, and Yes, That's a Tooth Ring  —  David Becker/Getty; Courtesy Kesha Rose(3)  —  Ke$ha once made a headdress out of her fans' teeth, so it should come as no surprise that teeth factor heavily into her debut jewelry collection, Kesha Rose by Charles Albert.
Discussion: The Blemish
Bruna Nessif / E! Online:
NEWS/ Glee's Matthew Morrison Is Engaged to Renee Puente  —  Matthew Morrison has popped the question!  —  There's no word whether the proposal involved a grand song-and-dance from the Glee star, but E! News can confirm that Morrison is engaged to his girlfriend of two years, Renee Puente.
Discussion: New York Post and PerezHilton
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Andrea Billups / People.com:
Matthew Morrison and Renee Puente Are Engaged
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
NBC Eyes 10/90 Order For Roseanne Barr Comedy Co-Written By Linda Wallem  —  EXCLUSIVE: Roseanne Barr is nearing a return to primetime.  I've learned that NBC is finalizing a deal for a new comedy series the Roseanne alumna is co-writing with Nurse Jackie co-creator/former co-showrunner Linda Wallem.
Discussion: Variety
 
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Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Crystal Reed, Daniel Sharman Break Up: Teen Wolf Costars Split
Jeff Sneider / The Wrap:
O.J. Simpson Movie ‘An American Mystery’ to Star Charlotte Kirk as Nicole Brown Simpson (Exclusive)
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TMZ.com:
Doink the Clown Dead — Ex-WWE Star Dies at 55
Discussion: Digital Spy
Bedhead / Cele|bitchy:
Star: Miley Cyrus ‘snorted white powder off the back of the toilet’ at the Met Gala
Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Keeping Up With the Kardashians star Brody Jenner made out with …
Jane / X17 Online:
BRITNEY SPEARS GIVES A SNEAK PEEK OF NEW SMURFS MUSIC VIDEO
Discussion: PerezHilton
 Earlier Picks: 
Michael K / Dlisted:
Beyonce Wants You To Know Who The True Queen Of Celebrity Babies Is
Discussion: E! Online and Oh No They Didn't!
Colin Daniels / Digital Spy:
Janelle Monae announces release date for new album ‘The Electric Lady’
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From Mediagazer:

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NBC's new deal with Macy's to keep the Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC and Peacock has an average annual fee of $60M+, up from ~$20M in the current deal

Brian Stelter / CNN:
As Elon Musk posts memes about buying MSNBC, sources say one liberal billionaire expressed interest in buying the channel; Comcast is not looking to sell MSNBC

 
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