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Madeline Boardman / Us Weekly:
Justin Bieber Apologizes After Second Offensive N-Word Video Surfaces — Justin Bieber is apologizing yet again. The “Confident” singer, 20, found himself in hot water this week, when a video surfaced of a 14-year-old Biebs making racially insensitive comments.
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TMZ.com:
WE STILL RIDE WITH JUSTIN BIEBER — Lil Wayne, Birdman and the rest of the Young Money Entertainment crew are not abandoning Justin Bieber in the wake of the latest racist video to surface ... telling TMZ that Bieber is still family. — Young Money Prez Mack Maine tells TMZ …
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Perez Hilton:
Justin Bieber Apologizes For His Disgustingly Racist Song Gone Wrong: ‘I Need To Step Up And Own What I Did’ — Baby, baby baby ohhh...he's sorry X2! — Justin Bieber is apologizing for his second racially slurred video that surfaced this week, pairing an official “I'm sorry” …
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Esther Lee / Us Weekly:
Leonardo DiCaprio Refused to Be Filmed for Keeping Up With the Kardashians — Get those cameras out of his face! A source confirms to Us Weekly that Leonardo DiCaprio refused to be filmed for Keeping Up With the Kardashians at an event attended by Bruce and Brody Jenner on Sunday, June 1.
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Justin Kroll / Variety:
Bill Condon to Direct Live-Action ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Film for Disney (EXCLUSIVE) — With the recent release of “Maleficent,” which grossed more than $170 million worldwide in its opening weekend, Disney is working fast on its next live-action fairy-tale adaptation.
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Rebecca Ford / Hollywood Reporter:
'Twilight's' Bill Condon to Direct Live-Action ‘Beauty and the Beast’ — Condon most recently helmed “The Fifth Estate.” — Twilight helmer Bill Condon has signed on to direct Disney's live-action Beauty and the Beast film. — The news comes on the heels of Disney's latest live-action success …
Michele Corriston / People.com:
CMT Awards 2014: Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line Spoof Jay Z & Solange Elevator Fight — Jay Z and Solange have nothing on the CMT Awards. — Host Kristen Bell poked fun at the infamous post-Met Gala family fight during her opening monologue Wednesday night, waiting for an elevator ride …
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Aaronparsley / People.com:
Channing Tatum Loves Watching Everly ‘Experience the World’ — Channing Tatum is one doting dad. — PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive 2013 and his wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum celebrated their daughter Everly's first birthday over the weekend, and the Hollywood superstar is reveling in every moment with his little girl.
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Duncan Cooper / The FADER:
Cover Story: Lana Del Rey Is Anyone She Wants to Be — From the magazine: ISSUE 92, June/July 2014. This is the last of four covers from our annual Summer Music issue. — The camera zooms in on Lana Del Rey as she turns away from the crowd, hiding all but the slightest silhouette of her face.
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Sasha Goldstein / NY Daily News:
Rihanna's perfume ad banned in the United Kingdom for sultry, nearly nude pose — The Rogue by Rihanna ad shows the 26-year-old singer in a ‘provocative’ pose unsuitable for children, a British regulatory agency found Wednesday. The news comes two days after RiRi wore next to nothing …
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Sarah / People.com:
Kourtney Kardashian Expecting Third Child — Three's company! — Scott Disick and Kourtney Kardashian are expecting their third child, PEOPLE confirms. — “She's really excited but she's nervous too,” a source tells PEOPLE. “Three kids is a lot to handle! But she's happy — she's always wanted a big family with Scott.”
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TMZ.com:
I'm Getting Divorced!!! — First, his “True Blood” GF dropped him, and now Jim Parrack's real wife (non blood-sucking, we presume) is cutting him loose too ... TMZ has learned she just filed for divorce. — Ciera Parrack pulled the plug on their marriage after almost 6 years …
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
Darren Aronofsky Adapting Futuristic ‘MaddAddam’ Book Trilogy As HBO Series — EXCLUSIVE: HBO has put in development drama series MaddAddam, executive produced by Oscar-nominated Black Swan helmer Darren Aronofsky through his Protozoa Pictures banner. The project, based on Margaret Atwood's …
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Rachel McRady / Us Weekly:
Jason Aldean, Former Mistress Brittany Kerr Walk First Red Carpet Together at CMT Music Awards: Picture — No more hiding! More than a year after filing for divorce from wife Jessica Ussery, Jason Aldean made his first red carpet appearance holding hands with new girlfriend …
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Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Maksim Chmerkovskiy on Meryl Davis: “I Love Her”; Plus, Kate Upton Run-In Explained — Digging the dancing queen! From the moment Meryl Davis and Maksim Chmerkovksiy were paired together on season 18 of Dancing With the Stars, their chemistry was electric.
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Alexis Tereszcuk / RADAR:
North Must Be Protected! Kanye West Taking Drastic Measures & Extra Precautions To Keep Daughter With Kim K Safe — Stay away from my daughter! — Kanye West is one scared papa when it comes to his precious baby North West and RadarOnline has exclusively learned that he's taking drastic measures …
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Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Naomi Watts Joins ‘Insurgent,’ Two ‘Allegiant’ Films (Exclusive) — The actress will follow up the “Divergent” sequel with Gus Van Sant's “Sea of Trees” opposite Matthew McConaughey. — Naomi Watts — Naomi Watts has signed on to join the next three films in Lionsgate's Divergent franchise.
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Star:
EXCLUSIVE: Jessica Biel Tells Justin Timberlake “No Babies” — Jessica Biel isn't fully on board with the one thing many women wish they could do: have Justin Timberlake's babies! The singer's beloved grandmother, Sadie Bomar, tells Star exclusively that after nearly two years of marriage …
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