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1:45 PM ET, June 5, 2014

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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 …
Discussion: Bossip
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” …
Discussion: Christian News … and TMZ.com
TMZ.com:
Justin Bieber Singing ‘One Less Lonely N-Word’ — Racist Parody With KKK Jokes [VIDEO]
TMZ.com:   Justin Bieber — Response to N-Word Video is Biblical
Perez Hilton:
Justin Bieber's NEW Racist Video LEAKED & He Drops So Many N-Bombs, It'll Make You Cry!
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity
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Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:   Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line Spoof Solange, Jay Z Elevator Fight at 2014 CMT Music Awards
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.
Discussion: Just Jared
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 …
Discussion: Sandra Rose and Cele|bitchy
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.
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 …
Discussion: Just Jared
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.”
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 …
Discussion: I Watch Stuff
Margaret Eby / NY Daily News:
Gwyneth Paltrow believes water has feelings: ‘Negativity changes the structure of water’  —  The actress expressed some bizarre views on the elements in a post on Goop.  —  Gwyneth Paltrow is causing controversy again with a statement on her lifestyle website Goop about her belief that water might have feelings.
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Madeline Boardman / Us Weekly:   Gwyneth Paltrow Says Negativity “Changes the Structure of Water”
Allison / Dlisted:
Gwyneth Paltrow Claims Her Water Is More Enlightened Than Your Water
Discussion: Fishwrapper
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 …
Discussion: Just Jared
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.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
 
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Brandi Glanville's Latest Low Blow: She Plays A Cheating Song Indirectly Dedicated To Ex Eddie Cibrian …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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Paramount Looking To Re-Team Mark Wahlberg And Will Ferrell In 'Daddy's Home'
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