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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
NBC Scraps Bill Cosby Comedy in Wake of Rape Allegations — After decades-old rape allegations resurfaced — Bill Cosby will not be making his triumphant return to NBC after all. — NBC has decided to not move forward with its planned family comedy starring the former Cosby Show star, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
NBC Pulls Bill Cosby Comedy Project Amid Rape Allegations — NBC has dropped its Bill Cosby comedy project as the scandal of rape allegations leveled at the comedian by multiple women made it untenable for the network to keep it in development, according to multiple sources.
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: 'I thought Cosby could kill me.' Lawyer who is FIFTH assault victim to speak out reveals she was so drugged up by comic she couldn't control her body, couldn't walk and thought she was dying — Green claims the star gave her pills when she was sick with the flu and pretended to care for her
TMZ.com:
Bill Cosby — No Concert Cancellations ... The Shows Will Go On
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Bill Carter / New York Times:
NBC and Netflix Shelve Projects With Bill Cosby
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Tim Kenneally / The Wrap:
Bill Cosby's Lawyer Blasts Janice Dickinson's Sexual Assault Claims as ‘Outrageous,’ ‘Defamatory’
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Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon / Us Weekly:
Bill Cosby Thanksgiving Special Shelved by Netflix Amidst New Rape Accusations
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Us Weekly:
Natalie Morales, Willie Geist Fired From the Today Show in Massive Shake-Up: Get the Details — Natalie Morales, Willie Geist Fired From Today Show: Massive Shake-Up » — VIDEO: — Okay, Then! Camille Grammer Calls Kelsey a “Total Dick” » — OMG!
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Life with the Kardashians? I'd rather stay in poverty in Thailand! The 13-year-old ‘orphan girl’ Kim was desperate to adopt says NO — A teenager from a children's home in a poverty-stricken region of Thailand made an astonishing decision to turn down an offer …
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‘Orange Is the New Black’ Star Taryn Manning — ARRESTED For Criminal Threats — 9:47 AM PT Manning's lawyer says, “The District Attorney declined to prosecute Ms. Manning and the arrest was voided. The allegation was false. It is unfortunate that additional false allegations …
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Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt's Son Maddox, 13, Is a Production Assistant on Their Film: “It's So Weird” — For the Jolie-Pitts, making movies is a family affair. Angelina Jolie previously recruited daughter Vivienne to appear as a young Aurora in her summer blockbuster Maleficent …
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Julianne Mosoff / DuJour:
The Visionary: Angelina Jolie
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Matt Donnelly / The Wrap:
Ryan Gosling Turned Down People's ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ Multiple Times, Insider Says (Exclusive) — People magazine's annual “Sexiest Man Alive” issue has sparked backlash yet again, for passing over actor Ryan Gosling as cover star — but the “The Notebook” actor has repeatedly turned down the honor, an insider told TheWrap.
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Patrick Ryan / USA Today:
For breakout artist FKA Twigs, image isn't everything — NEW YORK — FKA Twigs floats about as far away from the mainstream as one can get, but not even she can avoid Meghan Trainor's inescapable All About That Bass. — “Who's that girl that sings that one song?
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TMZ.com:
Jimmy Ruffin — Motown Legend Dead At 78 — MOTOWN LEGEND DEAD AT 78 — Jimmy Ruffin, the crooner who was a staple in Motown for decades, has passed away at the age of 78. — Ruffin reached legendary Motown status in 1966 with his hit “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted” …
Devin Friedman / GQ Magazine Online:
Crush of the Year: Shailene Woodley — Yes, it's true she brushes her teeth with clay and makes her own deodorant. But if you've been thinking of the woman who has this year become arguably the most bankable phenom in Hollywood—The Fault in Our Stars, Divergent—as just some 23-year-old hippie …
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Madeline Boardman / Us Weekly:
Taylor Swift and Harry Styles Are Friends Again After Ugly 2013 Split — Never, ever getting back together... or are they? Taylor Swift and Harry Styles may have called it quits last year, but sources tell Us Weekly exclusively that the two stars are now friendly again.
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Marvel's ‘Jessica Jones’: Krysten Ritter, Alexandra Daddario, Teresa Palmer, Marin Ireland, Jessica De Gouw Testing For Lead — UPDATED, 9:10 PM: I hear another actress has been added to the list of those testing for the lead in Marvel/Netflix's Jessica Jones series, The Divide star Marin Ireland …
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Marc Malkin / E! Online:
NEWS/ Which of Jennifer Lawrence's Co-Stars Just Compared Her to...Jesus Christ?! — Jennifer Lawrence has an Oscar and two Golden Globes. — She's not only part of the X-Men family, but Guinness World Records recently named the 24-year-old actress the highest-grossing action heroine …
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Jason Collins / SI.com:
Parting shot: Jason Collins announces NBA retirement in his own words — Jason Collins: I'm officially announcing my retirement from the NBA … It has been 18 exhilarating months since I came out in Sports Illustrated as the first openly gay man in one of the four major professional team sports.
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Matthew Belloni / Hollywood Reporter:
Reese Witherspoon, Julianne Moore and Actress A-List on Nude Photo Hack, Renee Zellweger's “Cruel” Treatment, Hollywood's Female Problem — In THR's annual actress roundtable, this season's top seven awards contenders — including Amy Adams, Patricia Arquette, Laura Dern …
TMZ.com:
Tyga — Boycotts Club for Banning His Underage GF Kylie Jenner — BOYCOTTS CLUB FOR — Banning Underage GF Kylie — EXCLUSIVE — Tyga pulled a no-show for a club appearance when the place shot down his demands to get his underage GF Kylie Jenner into the West Hollywood hot spot.
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