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10:40 AM ET, February 17, 2015

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Us Weekly:
Lady Gaga Is Engaged to Taylor Kinney: See Her Huge Heart-Shaped Diamond Engagement Ring!  —  UPDATE: Gaga just confirmed the engagement herself via Instagram, sharing a picture of her huge, heart-shaped diamond ring via Instagram.  “He gave me his heart on Valentine's Day, and I said YES!” she captioned the photo.
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Times Herald-Record:
Our editor congratulated her: Lady Gaga is engaged  — Times Herald-Record Executive Editor Barry Lewis can tell you some stories, like the one about the global pop star he congratulated on her engagement.
Dirk Standen / style.com:
Exclusive: The Kanye West Interview … I might as well declare an interest at the start: I think Kanye West is onto something with the Adidas Originals collection he showed in New York last week.  Processing the lessons of the two poorly received ready-to-wear collections he showed in Paris in 2011/2012 …
TMZ.com:
Bruce Jenner To Family — I Knew I was a Woman Since Age 5  —  Bruce Jenner recently opened up to his family that he has known since the age of 5 that he was a female.  —  Family sources tell TMZ, Bruce told the klan he has kept his “true self” inside since he was a child …
TMZ.com:
Ray J — GF Princess Love Arrested in Big Easy ... She Hit Me Like a Hurricane  —  GF Princess Love Arrested in Big Easy  —  SHE HIT ME LIKE A HURRICANE  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Ray J's GF Princess Love was arrested in New Orleans for allegedly beating him to a bloody pulp.
Bill Hutchinson / NY Daily News:
Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin spend Valentine's Day together with their kids on the beach  —  The exes seemed more amiable than acrimonious with Paltrow tenderly resting her hand on the shoulder of the Coldplay frontman.  —  The most famous “consciously uncoupled” pair shared a moment of re-coupling on Valentine's Day.
Discussion: Gawker
Jacqueline Andriakos / People.com:
How Did George and Amal Clooney Spend Their First Valentine's Day as Newlyweds?  —  It looks like the honeymoon phase is far from over for Mr. and Mrs. Clooney!  —  The actor, 53, and his barrister wife Amal spent their first Valentine's Day as newlyweds at one of Clooney's favorite dinner …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Just Jared
Inside Edition:
Exclusive: The Bride of Charles Manson - Her First TV Interview  —  Afton Elaine Burton is engaged to America's most infamous mass murderer and now, the woman who calls herself “Star,” is giving her first interview about her strange relationship with the man most consider a monster.
Discussion: Gawker and Mediaite
Leah Sydney / Showbiz411:
Home Television “Game of Thrones” Author George R.R. Martin Warns: “People are going to...  Don't get too attached to your favorite “Game of Thrones” characters.  The biggest surprise at the Writers Guild West Awards last night was the appearance of George R.R. Martin, whose best selling …
Discussion: PerezHilton and The Wrap
Agency / Telegraph:
Three women arrested after man glassed during Valentine's Day screening of Fifty Shades  —  Witnesses claim drunk women were vomiting in the aisles of the Grosvenor cinema in Glasgow's west end on Saturday night  —  A Valentine's Day cinema screening of Fifty Shades of Grey ended in chaos …
Discussion: The Wrap
Mark Kennedy / ABC News:
'It's My Party' Singer-Songwriter Lesley Gore Dies at 68  —  Singer-songwriter Lesley Gore, who topped the charts in 1963 at age 16 with her epic song of teenage angst, “It's My Party,” and followed it up with the hits “Judy's Turn to Cry,” and the feminist anthem “You Don't Own Me,” died Monday.
Discussion: The Wrap, Us Weekly and Dlisted
Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon / Us Weekly:
Sarah Palin Raids Bristol Palin's Closet for SNL 40th Anniversary Show, “I'm Wearing All Bristol!”  —  Like mother, like daughter!  Sarah Palin took a short cut when it came to choosing an outfit for Sunday, Feb. 15's Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Show — by heading into daughter Bristol Palin's closet!
Discussion: Starpulse, Cele|bitchy and Dlisted
Third Man Records:
For God Sakes!  —  dear journalists and other people looking for drama or a diva,  —  even in the age of the short attention span internet article, it's still hard to believe you are STILL writing about this:  —  wow.  classy.  —  seems like there's a new rule number one for up and coming journalists …
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Ariel Zambelich / NPR:
For Musician Jack White, Any Old Guacamole Just Won't Do
Discussion: The Superficial and Variety
 
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Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon / Us Weekly:
Amber Rose Claims O.J. Simpson is Khloe Kardashian's Real Dad, Feud Continues
Mhairi Macfarlane / Mirror.co.uk:
VIDEO LOADING  —  Stunned passengers were outraged …
Discussion: Gawker
Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Kristen Bell: Dax Shepard and I Are Done Having Kids...Until I “Accidentally Get Pregnant”
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and PerezHilton
Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Betty White, Bradley Cooper Make Out in Star-Studded Californians SNL Sketch: Watch!
TMZ.com:
Sarah Palin — Get a Job, You Stupid Hecklers!
Discussion: The Wrap
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Lindsey Bahr / Associated Press:
‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ whips up stunning $81.7 million
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon / Us Weekly:
Jimmy Fallon, Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift, Prince, Ariana Grande Perform at SNL Afterparty
Discussion: Just Jared
E! Online:
NEWS/ Kourtney Kardashian's Baby Weight Is “Falling Off” Two Months After Giving Birth—Find Out How She's Doing It!
Discussion: Celeb Gossip … and PerezHilton
Huw Fullerton / RadioTimes:
Harry Potter star Matthew Lewis: I'd love to do a Neville Longbottom spin-off movie
Discussion: Digital Spy
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Kiyoshi Takenaka / Reuters:
Sony buys ~$320M of shares in Japanese media powerhouse Kadokawa, which owns FromSoftware, taking its stake to ~10% and becoming Kadokawa's top shareholder

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Semafor plans to launch an invite-only newsletter for CEOs, The CEO Signal, in January 2025, written by former FT US News Editor Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson

Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Neil Cavuto is leaving Fox News after 28 years at the network; source: Fox offered him a new deal that he declined to accept and ultimately decided to leave

 
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