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9:15 AM ET, March 13, 2015

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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!
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 …
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
NEWS/ Kathy Griffin Leaving E!'s Fashion Police After 7 Episodes  —  Ultimately, Kathy Griffin and Fashion Police were not the right fit.  —  The comedian is leaving the E! show after seven episodes as host, having replaced the late Joan Rivers in January.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Dlisted
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 …
Michael Thompson / ELLE:
SHAILENE WOODLEY FALLS DEEP IN LOVE  —  The actress covers ELLE's April issue. … By last count, she's lost her virginity five times on screen.  The triumvirate are at that age.  Each has her own allure: Lawrence is plush; Stewart, brooding; Woodley, vulnerable.
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Allison / Dlisted:   And Now For Shailene Woodley's Vaguely Stoner-Sounding Thoughts About Love
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
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 …
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)?
Discussion: Page Six and Just Jared
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.
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
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: 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
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 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.
Sarah Ball / GQ:
James Corden Is Cleaning Up  —  If you're grateful to Ricky Gervais and John Oliver for leaving their English fame for American anonymity (at first), then warmly welcome their heir: British comedian James Corden, the next host of CBSs Late Late Show  —  It is James Corden's very last night at home in London's sleepy Hampstead.
Discussion: Page Six, PerezHilton and Just Jared
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.
Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon / Us Weekly:
Madonna Talks Being Raped at 19, Tells Howard Stern Why She Never Reported the Crime  —  Madonna might not seem like a woman who could be easily silenced — but when she was raped at the age of 19, that's exactly what happened.  —  PHOTOS: Madonna's craziest controversies
Discussion: Dlisted
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Zach Johnson / E! Online:
NEWS/ Madonna Secretly Dated Tupac Shakur: 5 More Revelations From the Material Girl's Howard Stern Interview
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Alexa Chung & Alex Skarsgard allegedly took their love to Paris Fashion Week  —  A few weeks ago, we heard the rumor that Alexander Skarsgard and Alexa Chung might be happening.  They were spotted together in NYC, first at a concert (Father John Misty) and then the morning after, getting coffee.
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Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Chelsea Handler Gets Naked With Nick Offerman for the Esquire Cover You Never Knew You Wanted  —  Where does public nudity fit into Ron Swanson's Pyramid of Greatness?  Esquire magazine just released its sublime April 2015 cover, featuring a fully naked Chelsea Handler showing off her bare butt.
Discussion: Esquire
 
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Leo DiCaprio to Adrian Grenier: “Here Is $50,000 for You to Keep”
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TMZ.com:
‘I JUST SHOT 4 PEOPLE’  —  We just got a recording of the call …
Discussion: Page Six and Gawker
Billboard:
It's Official: Mariah Carey Signs with Epic Records
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Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars Notch 10th Week Atop Hot 100
Discussion: Starpulse, Digital Spy and Just Jared
Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Bruce Jenner Puts Docu-Series on Hold
 

 
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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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