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11:40 AM ET, March 13, 2015

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Lynette Rice / People.com:
Kathy Griffin Quits Fashion Police  —  In an unexpected turn of events, Kathy Griffin announced via Twitter on Thursday that she is quitting Fashion Police.  —  “I thought that I could bring my brand of humor to Fashion Police so beautiful people in beautiful dresses could be teased when appropriate,” she said via Twitter.
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Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon / Us Weekly:
Lena Dunham Praises Kathy Griffin For Quitting Fashion Police, Says “Enough is Enough” to Intolerance  —  Lena Dunham wants the world to know that she thinks Kathy Griffin's decision to quit Fashion Police is totally awesome.  —  PHOTOS: Funniest female stars in Hollywood
Discussion: Celeb Gossip …
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
NEWS/ Kathy Griffin Leaving E!'s Fashion Police After 7 Episodes
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Dlisted
Billboard:
Britney Spears: I'm ‘Slowly But Surely’ Working On a New Album (Exclusive)  —  Britney Spears has performed nearly 100 shows at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas since the release of her eighth studio album, 2013's Britney Jean.  And though the singer has been back in the studio as far back as September …
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Rachel McGrath For / Daily Mail:
Britney Spears tipped to perform at Super Bowl half-time next year... fresh off the success of her Las Vegas shows  —  Britney Spears is being lined up to perform during the half-time show at the 50th Super Bowl next year.  —  It's reported Thursday that the 33-year-old pop star is in talks …
Discussion: PerezHilton and Oh No They Didn't!
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Kerry Washington to Star as Anita Hill in HBO Movie ‘Confirmation’ (Exclusive)  —  Oscar nominee Susannah Grant will pen the script for the TV movie.  —  Anita Hill, left, and Kerry Washington  —  Kerry Washington is headed for HBO.  —  The Scandal star has signed on to play Anita Hill …
Marie Claire:
EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK: MARIE CLAIRE APRIL COVER STAR KERRY WASHINGTON  —  What if you could hang with Kerry Washington, the star of hit show Scandal, and ask her to hook you up with advice from killing it on the red carpet to dealing with public backlash (hint: Twitter's block button is your friend)?
TMZ.com:
Miley Cyrus, Patrick Schwarzenegger ... In Love and Dropping the M-Word  —  Miley Cyrus and Patrick Schwarzenegger are full-on in love, and have even casually said in front of friends they will get married some day.  —  Multiple sources connected with Miley and Patrick tell us their relationship is intense.
Discussion: Starpulse and Extra
TMZ.com:
FLIES INTO RAGE AT CONCERT  —  Lil Wayne is not in love with the coco — at least when O.T. Genasis is rapping — because Wayne went nuclear at a college concert Thursday night, threw the mic and stormed off stage.  —  The gig was at Nova Southeastern University.
Lanford Beard / People.com:
Sean Penn Is Team Kaitlyn for the Next Bachelorette  —  It's an age-old question: Team Britt or Team Kaitlyn?  —  Sean Penn has an answer: “It's gonna have to be Kaitlyn.”  —  The Oscar winner, 54, revealed on Thursday's Jimmy Kimmel Live that he is an unashamed Bachelor fan.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Los Altos Town Crier / losaltosonline.com:
Tom Hanks surprises Girl Scouts … Girl Scouts selling cookies on State Street in downtown Los Altos received an unexpected surprise Feb. 28 when a bona fide movie star not only bought cookies, but also tried to help the girls sell more boxes to other passersby.
Discussion: Page Six
Alex Young / Consequence of Sound:
Prince debuts surprise new single “What If?”  — listen  —  This weekend, Prince kicks off the US leg of his Hit & Run tour with four sold-out shows in Louisville, Kentucky.  To mark the occasion, today he debuted a brand new song called “What If? on Louisville radio station WFPK.
Eric Anderson / Access Hollywood:
NICK GORDON'S ‘STEPDAD’ REACTS TO GORDON'S EMOTIONAL DR. PHIL INTERVIEW (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Nick Gordon's emotional interview with Dr. Phil quickly turned into an intervention - and Gordon's “stepfather” watched the whole thing unfold.  —  Sitting down exclusively with Access Hollywood's Shaun Robinson …
Discussion: PerezHilton and The Wrap
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Esther Lee / Us Weekly:
Dr. Phil Defends Nick Gordon Intervention, Says Bobbi Kristina Brown's Boyfriend Was “Not Capable” of Interview
TMZ.com:
Univision Host — Michelle Obama Got Me Fired  —  The Univision talk show host canned for racist remarks about Michelle Obama says the pink slip was generated from the First Lady's Office.  —  Rodner Figueroa's team tells TMZ ... no one from the station or social media uttered a peep …
Ashley Burns / UPROXX:
‘Final Jeopardy’ Was Very Lonely For This Contestant  —  Tonight's episode of Jeopardy! was very bad.  “How bad was it?”  It was so bad that even host Alex Trebek admitted, “This was not one of our greatest days.”  In fact, only Kristin in the banner image has anything to smile about after this episode …
Discussion: Dlisted
Allison / Dlisted:
And Now For Shailene Woodley's Vaguely Stoner-Sounding Thoughts About Love  —  Seen above looking like the mistake baby of Little Edie and one of the Grey Gardens attic racoons, Shailene Woodley recently talked to ELLE and she gave them Shailene Woodley's thoughts on love.
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Michael Thompson / ELLE:
SHAILENE WOODLEY FALLS DEEP IN LOVE
Marc Graser / Variety:
Disney Announces 'Frozen 2′  —  Disney officially announced plans to produce a sequel to “Frozen.”  —  The company revealed plans during the Walt Disney Company's annual shareholders meeting on Thursday from San Francisco.  —  John Lasseter, chief creative officer at Pixar …
Discussion: /Film
CBS News:
After “Blurred Lines” victory, Gaye family takes another listen to “Happy”  —  Shares -  —  After winning a major victory in court over the song “Blurred Lines,” Marvin Gaye's family sat down with ET's Nischelle Turner to talk about what the court decision means to them.
Discussion: Dlisted, Stereogum and PerezHilton
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Chris Richards / Washington Post:
It's okay if you hate Robin Thicke. But the ‘Blurred Lines’ verdict is bad for pop music.
Discussion: Vanity Fair and kenneth in the
Plain Dealer:
Why Cavaliers' Iman Shumpert contends the FOX series ‘Empire’ stole his character - and girlfriend Teyana Taylor's, too  —  Chris Haynes, Northeast Ohio Media Group By Chris Haynes, Northeast Ohio Media Group  —  They're using my girl's character, her style, her look and she's not getting anything for it.
TMZ.com:
‘Revenge of the Nerds’ Star Robert Carradine — Badly Hurt in Gruesome Car Crash  —  ‘REVENGE OF THE NERDS’ STAR  —  BADLY HURT IN GRUESOME CAR CRASH  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Robert Carradine — the star of “Revenge of the Nerds” — was involved in a horrifying car accident with a semi-truck ... TMZ has learned.
StarWars.com:
Rogue One Is the First Star Wars Stand-Alone Film, Rian Johnson to Write and Direct Star Wars: Episode VIII  —  The title for director Gareth Edwards' stand-alone movie, featuring actress Felicity Jones, is revealed, and Rian Johnson is confirmed for Star Wars: Episode VIII — coming to theaters May 26, 2017.
 
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Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Chelsea Handler Gets Naked With Nick Offerman for the Esquire Cover You Never Knew You Wanted
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Kelly Conaboy / Gawker:
Leo DiCaprio to Adrian Grenier: “Here Is $50,000 for You to Keep”
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Sarah Ball / GQ:
James Corden Is Cleaning Up
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TMZ.com:
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Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Alexa Chung & Alex Skarsgard allegedly took their love to Paris Fashion Week
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Billboard:
It's Official: Mariah Carey Signs with Epic Records
Discussion: Digital Spy and PerezHilton
Ben Beaumont-Thomas / Guardian:
Taken out: Liam Neeson to quit action movies in two years
Maggie Coughlan / Page Six:
Kelly Clarkson sings pregnancy announcement
Us Weekly:
Kate Middleton Is the Duchess of Downton Abbey, Visits Set of Hit TV Show
TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — Baby Got Back ... Courtesy of Photoshop (PHOTO)
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From Mediagazer:

Todd Spangler / Variety:
ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos deactivated his account on X, where he had 2.3M+ followers, over the weekend after ABC News settled Trump's lawsuit

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
DeepMind unveils Veo 2, a next-gen video-generating AI model that can create 2+ minute long clips in resolutions up to 4K, behind a waitlist as part of VideoFX

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YouTube is testing the ability for some US creators to reply to comments on their videos using voice notes in its iOS app

 
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