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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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Billboard, Gawker, POPSUGAR Celebrity, I Don't Like You In That Way, Digital Spy, The Hollywood Gossip and PerezHilton
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K.C. Blumm / People.com:
Usher on Justin Bieber's Problems: I Hate Some of the Things I Hear — With all the trouble that Justin Bieber has been in recently, you might have been wondering what his mentor, Usher, thinks about it all. — The R&B star, who signed the troubled teen idol when he was just 13 …
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PerezHilton
Christian Lavery / NYLON Guys:
usher on the cover of nylon guys — USHER ON THE COVER — We're super stoked here at NYLON Guys. Not only does our June/July issue officially hit stands today, but the one and only Usher is gracing our cover! The man's a super star in every sense of the word. (And it's been that way since he was 16, might we add.)
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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PerezHilton and Bossip
Michael K / Dlisted:
TMZ Has Been Using Those Racist Videos To Blackmail Justin Bieber For Years — Yesterday, the used enema that was brought to life with the spirit of King Joffrey apologized for his latest racist video by Instagramming scripture from the Bible. I don't know exactly how many pages there are in the Bible …
Allison / Dlisted:
Whoopi Goldberg Says Justin Bieber's Use Of The N-Word Is Ok Because It's Not A Slur In Canada
Whoopi Goldberg Says Justin Bieber's Use Of The N-Word Is Ok Because It's Not A Slur In Canada
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National Post and TMZ.com
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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PerezHilton, In Case You Didn't Know, Cele|bitchy and VH1 Celebrity
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 …
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Justin Kroll / Variety:
Bill Condon to Direct Live-Action ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Film for Disney (EXCLUSIVE)
Bill Condon to Direct Live-Action ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Film for Disney (EXCLUSIVE)
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E! Online, PerezHilton, The Moviefone Blog, Us Weekly and Just Jared
Rachel Maresca / NY Daily News:
Pharrell Williams apologizes for wearing headdress on Elle UK cover: ‘I am genuinely sorry’ — The 41-year-old has issued out a statement in response to fan backlash about his American Indian headwear on Elle's magazine cover. — Not all Pharrell Williams fans are happy right now.
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E! Online, Bossip, Crushable, PerezHilton and Indian Country Today …
Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line Spoof Solange, Jay Z Elevator Fight at 2014 CMT Music Awards — Don't mess with country! — Kristen Bell hosted the 2014 CMT Music Awards on Wednesday, June 4, and made light of Jay Z and Solange's infamous post-Met Gala elevator fight in the opening credits …
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Michele Corriston / People.com:
CMT Awards 2014: Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line Spoof Jay Z & Solange Elevator Fight
CMT Awards 2014: Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line Spoof Jay Z & Solange Elevator Fight
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POPSUGAR Celebrity
TMZ.com:
Sean Kingston — Fights with Promoter Over Pay, Promoter Gets Jacked — FIGHTS WITH PROMOTER OVER PAYDAY ... Promoter Gets Jacked — 6/5/2014 8:49 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF — EXCLUSIVE — Sean Kingston allegedly orchestrated the beating of a Hollywood club promoter in a dispute over his appearance fee ... TMZ has learned.
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Bossip and Gossip Cop
Esther Lee / Us Weekly:
Adam Richman Poses Naked, Man v. Food Host Reveals 70-Pound Weight Loss: Before and After Pictures — Man v. Nudity! Travel Channel host Adam Richman revealed his massive 70 pound weight loss for the July 2014 issue of Cosmopolitan UK, (how else?) by posing nude for the mag.
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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Just Jared
Juliet Paylor / Daily Mail:
Chris Brown visited by pals Usher and Tyga following release from jail... but freedom could be fleeting as prosecutor pushes for early trial date in DC assault case — Chris Brown received his first visitors on Tuesday - just one day after being released from jail having served 108 days of his 131-day sentence.
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PerezHilton, TMZ.com and Bossip
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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PerezHilton and Just Jared
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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I Watch Stuff
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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Reality TV Magazine and Bossip
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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Cele|bitchy and Sandra Rose