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8:40 AM ET, September 18, 2015

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Michael K / Dlisted:
T.I. Cutting All Business Ties With Iggy Azalea Is News To Her  —  T.I. made it perfectly clear during a radio interview this morning that he and his one-time protégée Iggy Azalea are over in the professional sense.  T.I. should've maybe dropped a trick a “see ya” text or maybe sent her a quick “bye bitch” DM.
Discussion: Digital Spy and Vibe
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Blog Xilla / Global Grind:
Iggy Azalea Was Blindsided By T.I.'s Hot 97 Comments
Discussion: Bossip
TMZ.com:
T.I. — Iggy Azalea Ain't My Problem Now
TMZ.com:
Quincy Jones — Hospitalized For Chest Pains  —  HOSPITALIZED  —  For Chest Pains  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Legendary music producer Quincy Jones was rushed to an L.A. hospital Thursday for chest pains ... TMZ has learned.  —  Law enforcement tells TMZ, 82-year-old Jones was at his home …
NME:
Rihanna on Taylor Swift: 'She's a role model, I'm completely not'  —  Pop singer tells NME she does not think a live collaboration would be a good match  —  Rihanna says that she would not feel comfortable joining Taylor Swift for an onstage collaboration.
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Ree Hines / TODAY.com:
Emily Blunt gets serious about political citizenship joke: ‘I really apologize’  —  It was an off-the-cuff remark made during a conversational group interview, but Emily Blunt faced backlash over her a joke about the first GOP debate and her new status as an American citizen.
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Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
Emily Blunt Apologizes for Her “OffHand” American Citizen Joke Following the GOP Debate
Discussion: Just Jared
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Tom Hardy: Even Celebrities Have a Right to Privacy  —  The British actor discusses his long journey to embodying twin gangsters in ‘Legend,’ playing Elton John and Al Capone, and going to school with Michael Fassbender.  —  There doesn't seem to be much that Tom Hardy, whom Esquire proclaimed as …
Jesse Spero / Access Hollywood:
Kris Jenner: I Can't Call Her Caitlyn  —  Kris Jenner is still adjusting to Caitlyn Jenner's transition and the semantics of her name are proving to be difficult for the ex-spouses.  —  “Can you call Caitlyn, Caitlyn?”  Billy Bush asked Kris in his recent exclusive sit-down with the reality star.
Discussion: Us Weekly
Rachel Torgerson / Us Weekly:
Kendall Jenner Becomes Youngest Member of Highest-Paid Models List, Making $4 Million a Year  —  Bringing home the bacon!  Kendall Jenner made her debut on Forbes' 2015 list of the highest-paid models.  At just 19, she is the youngest member of the bunch and beat out well-known beauties including Kate Upton …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Refinery29
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Derrick Bryson Taylor / Page Six:   Street artist paints Kendall-and-Gigi mural in New York
Alexandra Hurtado / People.com:
Angelina Jolie Pitt Meets Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to Discuss Upcoming Movie She's Filming with Help from Son Maddox  —  Actress, director and noted humanitarian Angelina Jolie Pitt met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen Thursday as she prepares to film a feature about growing …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Kourtney Kardashian “Is Officially Done” With Scott Disick: Watch the Video for New Details!  —  Kourtney Kardashian means business.  Two months after dumping longtime boyfriend Scott Disick, the reality star, 36, has zero interest in reconciling.  “They're amicable for their kids,” …
Vogue:
Lupita Nyong'o's Second Vogue Cover!  The Star Wars Actress On Hollywood and High Fashion  —  Photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, Vogue, October 2015  —  The dazzling Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o samples the fall couture collections and talks to Plum Sykes about fame, family, and her four new acting projects.
Joyce Chen / Us Weekly:
Chrissy Teigen Opens Up About Fertility Troubles: “We Would've Had Kids Five, Six Years Ago”  —  As real as it gets.  Typically bubbly Chrissy Teigen got serious on an episode of FABLife set to air on Monday, Sept. 21, when talking about plans to start a family with her husband, R&B crooner John Legend.
Discussion: PerezHilton and TMZ.com
Ree Hines / TODAY.com:
Sarah Jessica Parker sets the record straight on ‘Sex and the City 3’  —  Fans of the much-loved series “Sex and the City” have been buzzing about a possible third film in the franchise ever since the second one hit theaters.  —  That buzz amped up to a roar in May, when star Sarah Jessica Parker posted …
Discussion: EW.com, Us Weekly and PerezHilton
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
David Letterman Will Explore Climate Change For National Geographic Docu-Series  —  David Letterman has a new hosting gig - of sorts.  —  The veteran late-night comedian will in 2016 journey to India to examine how that nation is trying to bring solar power to its entire population within the next decade.
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘Taken’ Prequel TV Series Ordered By NBC With Luc Besson Producing  —  EXCLUSIVE: Luc Besson's thriller Taken, starring Liam Neeson as a retired CIA operative on a one-man mission to save his kidnapped daughter, struck a cord w ith viewers, becoming a surprise boxoffice hit that spawned …
Discussion: Variety
Jonathan Ringen / Billboard:
Billboard Cover: Jimmy Fallon on His A-List Guests and Runaway ‘Tonight Show’ Success: ‘The Show Is Basically Everything I Like’  —  Jimmy Fallon photographed at New York's 21 Club on Sept. 10, 2015.  —  Jimmy Fallon is frustrated, to the degree the famously unflappable Tonight Show host ever gets frustrated.
Discussion: Daily Mail, PerezHilton and Crushable
Gus Donohoo / Flaunt Magazine:
Pamela Anderson  —  With a pewter flash of ocean, the road to Malibu ejects my car out of the curling concrete tunnel at the end of the I-10, straight onto the six-lane, ocean-hugging Pacific Coast Highway.  Ah, the first fleeting glance at the L.A. coastline, and the squat …
Laura Prudom / Variety:
‘Game of Thrones’ Adds Three New Cast Members for Season 6  —  “Game of Thrones” is filling out Samwell Tarly's (John Bradley) family for season six.  —  “Da Vinci's Demons” and “Downton Abbey” alum James Faulkner will play Samwell's stern and strong-willed father, Randyll Tarly; “From Hell” …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Simon Perry / People.com:
Prince Harry Is Unattached, Source Tells PEOPLE, as He Celebrates His Birthday with Ex Cressida Bonas - and Not Chelsy Davy  —  Prince Harry likes to keep his friends close - and his exes closer.  —  The royal celebrated his 31st birthday until the early-morning hours of Wednesday at a London pub …
 
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TMZ.com:
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Michele Corriston / People.com:
John Stamos Breaks His Silence About Rehab Stay: ‘It Was a Turning Point’
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Susan Wyatt / USA Today:
Dog stands guard for week until trapped friend found
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Lily Harrison / E! Online:
Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett Talks Suffering Emotional Abuse From Her Mother—Watch the Dramatic Clip
Discussion: PerezHilton
Rick / Hollywoodtuna:
Victoria Justice Is Stepping Up Her Game
Esther Lee / Us Weekly:
Jeopardy Contestant Trolls Alex Trebek, Tricks Him Into Saying “Turd Ferguson”: Video
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Michael Lewittes / Gossip Cop:
Michael Fassbender And Alicia Vikander Have NOT Split, Despite Reports
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Us Weekly:
Kate Middleton Goes Back to Work, Debuts Bangs in First Engagement Since Princess Charlotte's Birth
Michele Corriston / People.com:
Julianne Hough Teases Her Wedding Plans: ‘Derek and Brooks Might Have a First Dance!’
Discussion: Starpulse
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Georgina Bloomberg has found love again with ESPN anchor
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Michael Schneider / Variety:
Nielsen: the Biden-Trump debate drew an average audience of 51.3M viewers across 17 networks in the US, down from 2020's first debate, with nearly 73.1M

Tim Marchman / Wired:
Quora-owned AI chatbot platform Poe is providing users with downloadable HTML files of paywalled articles from outlets including NYT, Forbes, and The Atlantic

Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Spain's El País launched a digital edition to cover the US in Spanish in May with 11 bilingual correspondents; as of April, the outlet had ~366K subscribers

 
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