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12:40 PM ET, August 19, 2015

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Jamie Blynn / Us Weekly:
Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green Split: Couple Has Separated After 11 Years Together  —  Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green are going forward as solo acts.  After 11 years together, five of them as a married couple, “Megan has separated from Brian,” an insider reveals exclusively in the new issue of Us Weekly.
Amanda Rakes / Fox 59:
Former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle to plead guilty to child pornography charges  —  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Aug. 18, 2015)— FOX59 has confirmed Jared Fogle, the former Subway spokesman, is expected to plead guilty to possession of child pornography charges.  —  Sources say Fogle will accept a plea deal Wednesday.
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TMZ.com:
Jared Fogle — Charged with Soliciting Sex With Minors  —  CHARGED WITH SOLICITING SEX WITH MINORS  —  8:51 AM PT — The U.S. District Attorney's Office is about to start a press conference to discuss the case against Fogle.  —  It should be starting in a few minutes.  Stay tuned ...
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Jared Fogle, Ex-Subway Pitchman, to Plead Guilty to Child Sex and Pornography Charges  —  Jared Fogle, the once popular pitchman for Subway sandwich restaurants, intends on Wednesday to enter a guilty plea on charges related to child pornography, federal court documents show.
Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Sandra Bullock Is Dating a “Super Hot” Photographer: Details  —  Sandra Bullock made the guest list for Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux's exclusive wedding — with a plus-one!  —  PHOTOS: Sandra Bullock's best red-carpet looks  —  Sources reveal in the new issue of Us Weekly that the Oscar winner …
Yvonne Craig News:
YVONNE CRAIG'S OFFICIAL OBITUARY  —  Yvonne Craig passed away at her home in Pacific Palisades, surrounded by her immediate family and comforted by Hospice yesterday night.  She died from complications brought about from breast cancer that had metastasized to her liver.
Discussion: Towleroad
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Naja Rayne / People.com:
Yvonne Craig, TV's Batgirl, Dead at 78  —  Yvonne Craig, who played Batgirl on the Batman series in the sixties, has died at the age of 78, CNN reports.  —  After a two-year long battle with breast cancer during which the cancer metastasized to her liver, the actress died on Monday in her home …
Discussion: CNN and Starpulse
Perez Hilton:
Oh No!  Harry Connick Jr.'s Daughter Threw An Underage House Party & Got Arrested For It!  —  Oh no!  —  On Tuesday, it was reported that Harry Connick Jr.'s daughter Georgia Connick was reportedly arrested over the weekend after throwing a house party at her family home New Canaan, CT residence.
Discussion: News & Gossip
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Access Hollywood:
Heidi Klum On Trump Comment: ‘In My Book, Every Woman Is A 10’  —  Heidi Klum isn't clear about why Presidential candidate Donald Trump chose to mention her in a recent interview.  —  “Personally, I have no idea what I have to do with the election,” Heidi told Access Hollywood guest …
Kim Zetter / Wired:
Hackers Finally Post Stolen Ashley Madison Data  —  Hackers who stole sensitive customer information from the cheating site AshleyMadison.com appear to have made good on their threat to post the data online.  —  A data dump, 9.7 gigabytes in size, was posted on Tuesday to the dark web using …
Derrick Bryson Taylor / Page Six:
Kourtney Kardashian flaunts revenge body in St. Barts  —  Kourtney Kardashian's showing Scott Disick (and the world) what he's missing.  —  The 38-year-old mother of three, who is in St. Barts vacationing with the rest of the Kardashian brood, posted a steamy bikini shot on Tuesday.
Discussion: X17 Online and TMZ.com
Dee Barnes / Gawker:
Here's What's Missing From Straight Outta Compton: Me and the Other Women Dr. Dre Beat Up  —  On January 27, 1991, at a record-release party for the rap duo Bytches With Problems in Hollywood, producer/rapper/then-N.W.A. member Dr. Dre brutally attacked Dee Barnes, the host of a well-known Fox show about hip-hop called Pump It Up!
Rosie.com:
CHELSEA O'DONNELL MISSING  —  Rosie O'Donnell's 17 year old daughter, Chelsea O'Donnell was reported missing.  Nyack, New York police authorities have been looking for her in the Rockland County area since Sunday, August 16.  She was last seen Tuesday, August 11.
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Andrea Simpson / RADAR:
Rosie's Heartbreak: Biological Mom Of O'Donnell's Missing Daughter Chelsea Reveals They Had Secret Plan To Meet
X17 Online:
Kelly Clarkson Belts It Out On Jimmy Kimmel Live!  —  Kelly Clarkson made an appearance on last night's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and she had us in stitches when she belted out medleys inspired by actual Tinder profiles.  Yes, you read that right!  —  Kimmel joked that Tinder is an app for people …
Discussion: PerezHilton and Celeb Digs
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Rick / Hollywoodtuna:   Halle Berry's See Through For Jimmy Kimmel
KTLA:
LAUSD Students Head Back to School, Prompting Both Excitement and Tears … Summer vacation is officially over for hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles Unified School District students who headed back to the classroom for the first day of school Tuesday, and the occasion brought mixed emotions in some students.
Discussion: Daily Mail
Naja Rayne / People.com:
Taylor Swift Performs ‘Ronan’ for Woman Whose Son Died of Cancer, References Her Own Mom's Health Battle  —  Taylor Swift brought a Glendale, Arizona, audience to tears on Monday when she sang a song that she's only performed in public on one other occasion: “Ronan,” a 2012 track inspired …
Discussion: PerezHilton and Celeb Gossip …
Will Davidson / Harper's BAZAAR:
Introducing Emily Ratajkowski For harper by Harper's BAZAAR  —  Coat, Coach.  Turtleneck, CH Carolina Herrera.  Jeans, Kate Spade New York.  Bag, Hilfiger Collection.  Tommy Hilfiger stores.  Ring, Jennifer Fisher.  Barneys.  Shoes, Sam Edelman.  Nordstrom.  —  Editor Laura Brown on Emily Ratajkowski:
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Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Emily Ratajkowski's bedtime routine involves getting naked & watching ‘GoT’
 
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TMZ.com:
‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper — Cause of Death ... Heart Attack from Blood Clot
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Mike Fleming / Deadline:
'Mission: Impossible's Rebecca Ferguson Catches ‘The Girl On The Train’
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Esther Lee / Us Weekly:
Julianne Hough Is Engaged to Brooks Laich
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity
Ariana Bacle / EW.com:
LADY GAGA THREW A POOL PARTY FOR THE AHS: HOTEL CAST AND DYED THE WATER RED
Discussion: World of Wonder
Rachel McRady / Us Weekly:
When Demi Lovato strutted down the street in a binding …
TMZ.com:
Jennifer Aniston — Wedding Dress ... Revealed on Reality Show?
Discussion: Daily Mail
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Jaclyn Hendricks / New York Post:
Rousey's porn-star impersonator wants a date with the real thing
TMZ.com:
Madonna — Cops Called After Raging 57th B-Day Party (PHOTOS)
Chaédria LaBouvier / Matter:
I Watched 14 Police Officers Take Down a One-Legged Homeless Black Man Outside Twitter HQ
Discussion: Gawker and Daily Mail
Rachel McRady / Us Weekly:
Kim Richards' Ex-Husband Monty Brinson Defends Her: Everyone Goes Through a Rough Time
Discussion: Starpulse
Molly Knight / SELF:
The Secret to Kerry Washington's Balancing Act
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Perez Hilton:
Mila Kunis & Ashton Kutcher May Be Hollywood Royalty, But They Caught An Uber With THIS Actual Princess!
Discussion: Page Six
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Britney Spears Has Taylor Swift Squad Goals, Still Dreams of Being a “Movie Star”
 

 
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David Gilmour / Mediaite:
Elon Musk appears to confirm that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X, saying it is to stop “lazy linking”

Bill Donahue / Billboard:
Drake launches legal action against UMG and Spotify for allegedly using bots, payola, and more to inflate Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us, a track attacking Drake

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Trade body data: copyrighted music revenue was $45.5B in 2023, above cinema box office spending of $33.2B in 2023 and $41.9B in 2019; record labels made $28.5B

 
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