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12:50 PM ET, September 23, 2015

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Khloe Kardashian ‘Trying For A Baby’ With Boyfriend James Harden  —  Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)  —  PICS OF  —  KHLOE  —  Is Khloe Kardashian about to become a mother?  RadarOnline.com has learned that she is actively trying for a baby with her bearded basketball boyfriend!
Discussion: Bossip and The Hollywood Gossip
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Kim Kardashian / X17 Online:
The Kardashian Clan Grabs Dinner In San Diego After Visiting Kris' Mother MJ  —  Day trippin' with (almost) the whole fam!  —  Kim and Khloe Kardashian joined Kris Jenner on an excursion to San Diego to visit her mother MJ today, and the ladies brought along Kourtney's kids Mason and Penelope …
Discussion: TMZ.com
Facebook:
Keeping Up With The Kardashians on E!  —  Kris Jenner struggling with the new change in her family, Kourtney Kardashian breaking down over Scott Disick, Khloe Kardashian talking to Lamar Odom and more.  —  Nothing is off limits.  See what's to come on #KUWTK! — with Kourtney Kardashian …
Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:   Kourtney Kardashian Cries Over Scott Disick Cheating Rumors in KUWTK Trailer, Plus Watch Kris …
Jen Heger / RADAR:
Kris Jenner Offers Slimmed Down Rob Kardashian Six Figures To Return To ‘KUWTK’ — His Shocking Reaction Revealed
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Jamie Blynn / Us Weekly:
Amy Poehler and Nick Kroll Split After Two Years: Details  —  The funny business is over for Amy Poehler and Nick Kroll.  The couple of two years have split, sources reveal exclusively in the new issue of Us Weekly.  —  “Unfortunately, they just couldn't make the relationship work with their schedules …
Michelle Ward Trainor / People Great Ideas:
Jessica Alba on Finding Success in Hollywood — and Business: ‘I Wanted to Be Treated Like A Guy’  —  Jessica Alba is much more than a pretty face, as evidenced by her successful film career and $1.7 billion eco-friendly lifestyle and home business, The Honest Company.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Sean Penn Is Suing Lee Daniels For Calling Him A Lady Beater  —  Sean Penn has proven time and time again that he has the temper of a hungover demon with a herpes flare-up and we've all heard that story about he allegedly tied Madonna to a chair and beat her in a drunken rage while they were married.
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Christine Mai-Duc / Los Angeles Times:
‘Happy Birthday’ song copyright is not valid, judge rules  —  In a stunning reversal of decades of copyright claims, a federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Warner/Chappell Music does not hold a valid copyright claim to the “Happy Birthday To You” song.
Perez Hilton:
Scream Queens Killed Off A MAJOR STAR — Read Our SPOILER Recap To Find Out Who Didn't Make It Out Alive!  —  Talk about a treat!  —  Last night Ryan Murphy's Scream Queens had its two-hour premiere on Fox — and what a premiere it was!  —  The series stars Emma Roberts as Chanel Oberlin …
Discussion: X17 Online
Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon / Us Weekly:
Rob Kardashian Shares Text Message, Picture From Karrueche Tran, Fans Go Crazy  —  What's this about?  Rob Kardashian caused an online uproar on Tuesday, Sept. 22, after he shared a text conversation he'd been having with Chris Brown's ex Karrueche Tran, including a photo she had sent of herself to the usually reclusive Kardashian.
Discussion: PerezHilton and What's New
Associated Press:
Cosby seeking defense lawyer for Pennsylvania criminal probe  —  Comedian Bill Cosby is seeking to hire a criminal defense lawyer as suburban prosecutors revisit a 2005 sexual-assault complaint against him.  —  Lawyer Edwin Jacobs said late Tuesday that Cosby's agents had contacted …
Courtney Lindstrand / DuJour:
Nicole Kidman on Family, Time and Technology  —  Sitting in a meeting room in Milan's Palazzo Parigi hotel, Nicole Kidman is taking a few days off from performing in the acclaimed new play Photograph 51 in London, her first return to the stage in 17 years.  With her porcelain skin …
TMZ.com:
Kate Gosselin's Ex-BF — She Only Wanted Me For Ratings  —  KATE GOSSELIN'S EX-BF  —  SHE ONLY WANTED ME FOR RATINGS  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Kate Gosselin's ex-bf Jeff Prescott says the mother of 8 only wants to date him to boost ratings for her show.  —  Sources close to the millionaire …
Naja Rayne / People.com:
Emmy Winning Producer Charged With Attempted Murder  —  Daytime Emmy winning producer, Andre Salamán Bautista has been charged with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon, PEOPLE can confirm.  —  The producer, who worked under the name Andre Bauth, pleaded not guilty on Monday.
Discussion: PerezHilton
Zack O'Malley Greenburg / Forbes:
Hip-Hop Cash Kings 2015: The World's Highest-Paid Rap Acts  —  “Don't worry if I write rhymes, I write checks,” Sean Combs once rapped.  That advisory still holds true: Diddy earned $60 million over the past year, more than any other hip-hop act in the world.
Josh Saul / New York Post:
Finance firm to powerful female stars full of racist horndogs: suit  —  A Manhattan financial-management firm that caters to powerful women like Rihanna and Kelly Ripa is a sexist and racist frat house where executives made lewd comments about female employees and once said the “Umbrella” …
Discussion: Gawker, Bossip and Oh No They Didn't!
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TMZ.com:   Rihanna Lawsuit — She's Hot, Because She's Not Too Dark
TMZ.com:
Azealia Banks Goes Ballistic On Delta — Calls Flight Attendant ‘F***ing F***ot’ (VIDEO)  —  9:50 AM PT — A rep for Delta tells TMZ, “We are aware of the situation and are looking into it.”  —  8:30 AM PT — The eyewitness disputes Azealia's claim that the French man hit her in the face …
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Kirthana Ramisetti / New York Daily News:
Azealia Banks' airline meltdown, homophobic slur caught on camera
Discussion: TMZ.com and Sandra Rose
 
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Discussion: Starpulse
Eric Charbonneau / People Great Ideas:
Drake Celebrates His New Restaurant Opening with Serena Williams
Discussion: PerezHilton
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Rose McGowan is bald, pale, nude and definitely NSFW in the weirdest music video of the year
Discussion: PerezHilton and Stereogum
TMZ.com:
‘Millionaire Matchmaker’ — Second Millionaire Charged with Brutalizing Woman
Discussion: PerezHilton
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Kate Walsh Splits From Longtime Boyfriend Chris Case: Details
Discussion: PerezHilton and Just Jared
Will Mendelson / Us Weekly:
Kermit, Miss Piggy Make Tense First Post-Split Late-Night Appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live (Plus, Miss Piggy Has Tinder!)
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Ta-Nehisi Coates to Write Black Panther Comic for Marvel
Patrick Gomez / People.com:
Alfonso Ribeiro Joins Dancing with the Stars as a Guest Judge
Discussion: PerezHilton
Char Adams / People.com:
Inside Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk's Sweet Night Out at the Scream Queens Premiere in L.A.
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity and Just Jared
Marc Snetiker / EW.com:
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Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon / Us Weekly:
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Paris Hilton's Birthday Message to Nicole Richie Will Make You Yearn for The Simple Life
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity
 

 
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