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5:50 PM ET, November 3, 2014

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Mike Vulpo / E! Online:
NEWS/ Pregnant Hayden Panettiere Reveals Her Current Weight, Says She's “So Ready to Hold My Baby Girl”  —  Hayden Panettiere is about to become a mom!  —  The Nashville star, who is expecting her first child with fiancé Wladimir Klitschko, has been keeping a low profile as she prepares for her newest family member.
Discussion: Celeb Gossip … and Page Six
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Rachel McRady / Us Weekly:
Hayden Panettiere Reveals She's Gained 40 Pounds During Her Pregnancy: My Feet Are “About to Snap Underneath Me”  —  Pregnant celebs, they're just like us!  Nashville star Hayden Panettiere has had her share of pregnancy weight gain, and she's not ashamed.  The 25-year-old opened up in Britain's Hello! …
Daily Mail:
'What's going on with all this weight?'  Hayden Panettiere talks about struggling with her 40 pound pregnancy gain
Discussion: Just Jared
Skip Ad / Elle:
‘F**k Bitches, Get Money’: Rihanna As You've Never Seen (or Heard) Her Before  —  Is personal style an art?  In the case of Rihanna, she who has redefined what modern pop Icon-dom looks like, the answer is a resounding yes.  And as her candid shoot in the December issue of ELLE reveals …
Discussion: PerezHilton
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Robbie Myers / Elle:
Rihanna: “Raw and Vulnerable and Regal, All at Once”  —  Next June I'll celebrate my fifteenth year as editor-in-chief of ELLE.  A lot has happened in those 15 years, not least of which were 9/11, the birth of my two children, and the sale of ELLE by a French company, Lagardère, to an American one, Hearst.
Discussion: Just Jared and Celebrity Scandals
Derrick Bryson Taylor / Page Six:   Rihanna shocks with raunchy Christmas wish
Hollywood Reporter:
Christian Bale Exits Steve Jobs Movie (Exclusive)  —  Sources say the actor came to the conclusion he was not right for the part and decided to withdraw  —  Christian Bale will not be Steve Jobs after all.  —  Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the actor has fallen off the Jobs biopic that is being directed by Danny Boyle.
TMZ.com:
STOP SENDING ME GIFTS  —  OR ELSE!  —  Ariana Grande has been receiving strange gifts from a Massachusetts fan ... but despite threats from cops ... he vows to keep sending them.  —  Police in Lowell, MA paid a visit to the home of 29-year-old Tim Normandin, after Ariana's record label complained …
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Pathetic Privilege  —  Lena Dunham is fond of lists.  Here is a list of things in Lena Dunham's life that do not strike Lena Dunham as being unusual: growing up in a $6.25 million Tribeca apartment; attending a selection of elite private schools; renting a home in Hollywood Hills …
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K.C. Blumm / People.com:
Angie Harmon and Jason Sehorn Split  —  Angie Harmon and Jason Sehorn are amicably separating after 13 years of marriage, her rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.  —  “For the sake of their children, they ask for respect and privacy as they navigate this time in their lives,” her rep says.
Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
Lisa Rinna Throws Wine Glass, Lisa Vanderpump Gets Slapped in Shocking Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 5 Trailer — Watch Here First!  —  Kyle Richards wasn't kidding when she told Us Weekly that the upcoming season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is the show's “most intense” ever.
Chris E. Hayner / Zap2it:
‘Gotham’ to introduce another iconic Batman villain  —  With so many of Batman's future foes appearing on “Gotham,” you can't help but wonder who else will be introduced on the show.  Harvey Dent's first episode has been announced, while producers have talked about The Joker and Mr. Freeze showing up down the line.
Observer:
Jamie Dornan: ‘I hated it when people called me cute’  —  Jamie Dornan is a happily married, Guardian-reading feminist with a daughter.  So how come he's so persuasive as a serial killer in The Fall?  And what about all this bondage sex in Fifty Shades of Grey?  By Nigel Farndale  —  'I'm quite hyper.
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Madeline Boardman / Us Weekly:   Jamie Dornan Didn't Go Full-Frontal for Fifty Shades of Grey
TMZ.com:
Uncle Poodle — I'll Fight June For Custody of Honey Boo Boo, Unless ....  I'LL FIGHT JUNE FOR BOO BOO CUSTODY, UNLESS ...  LESS THAN A MINUTE AGO BY TMZ STAFF  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Honey Boo Boo will have a safe, stable home free of all convicted child molesters ... so vows Uncle Poodle …
Nicole Weisensee Egan / People.com:
Terminally Ill Woman Brittany Maynard Has Ended Her Own Life  —  Brittany Maynard, who became the public face of the controversial right-to-die movement over the last few weeks, ended her own life Saturday at her home in Portland, Oregon.  She was 29.  —  “Goodbye to all my dear friends and family that I love.
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Rachel McRady / Us Weekly:   Brittany Maynard Ends Her Life After Battle With Stage 4 Cancer
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Syfy Plots ‘3001: The Final Odyssey’ Miniseries From Ridley Scott  —  It's the cabler's second limited series based on an Arthur C. Clarke book  —  Syfy is pushing further into the miniseries space.  —  The NBCUniversal-owned cable network announced Monday that it is adapting Arthur C. Clarke's novel 3001 …
 
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Lynn Neary / Remembrances:
Tom Magliozzi, Popular Co-Host Of NPR's ‘Car Talk,’ Dies At 77
TMZ.com:
Suge Knight HOSPITALIZED ... After Jail Fall
Discussion: PerezHilton
Gdrosenblum / CBS San Francisco:
Santa Cruz Man Who ‘Hates Fox News’ Arrested In Alleged Attack On Halloween Reveler Dressed As Fox Reporter
Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
Donald Faison: I Have Major “Respect” For My Pregnant Wife CaCee Cobb, Morning Sickness is “Bulls—t”
Keith Caulfield / Billboard:
Taylor Swift's ‘1989’ Set for Biggest Sales Week Since 2002: 1.3 Million-Plus
Anya / People.com:
Marisa Miller Expecting Second Child
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Zach Dionne / Billboard:
Is Beyonce About to Release a Second Surprise Album?
Discussion: Stereogum and Just Jared
 Earlier Picks: 
Associated Press:
Ben Roethlisberger sets NFL record in rout with another 6 TDs
Stacy Brown / Page Six:
Stevie Wonder expecting triplets, brings offspring-count to 11
Discussion: Us Weekly
Static-X - Facebook:
Static-X Founder Wayne Static  —  Passed Away At Age 48
Discussion: Variety and The Wrap
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: the NFL's two Christmas Day games that streamed on Netflix averaged 24.2M US viewers, peaking at 27M for Beyoncé's Ravens-Texans halftime show

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Richard Parsons, who had a long career as chairman, CEO, and as a board member of media companies including CBS and Time Warner, died at 76 of bone cancer

Associated Press:
Survey of 1,251 US adults: 65% feel the need to limit news consumption about politics and government due to fatigue and information overload

 
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