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5:50 PM ET, October 8, 2015

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Joe Lynch / Billboard:
Billboard Cover Sneak Peek: 5 Ways Selena Gomez Is Taking Charge  —  Selena Gomez is done sitting back while paparazzi vultures and Internet trolls tear into her.  On her upcoming album Revival, the pop star is taking charge of her life, career and image in a way she hasn't before — so watch out, world.
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Chris Martins / Billboard:
Billboard Cover: Selena Gomez on Her New Chapter — 'I've Deserved This.  I Earned it.  This Is All Me'  —  The Selena Gomez supervillain “Arsyn” may have been the most unlikely of all the over-the-top characters adopted by Taylor Swift's celebrity girl squad in her video for “Bad Blood.”
Discussion: The Wrap and Page Six
Naja Rayne / People.com:
Selena Gomez Reveals She Underwent Chemotherapy After Lupus Diagnosis: 'That's What My Break Was Really About'
Joyce Chen / Us Weekly:
Selena Gomez Reveals She Underwent Chemotherapy for Lupus: “I Could've Had a Stroke”
Discussion: PerezHilton
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Rachel McRady / Us Weekly:
Taylor Swift on What She Learned From the Nicki Minaj Feud: “I Text” Instead of Tweet
TMZ.com:
Khloe Kardashian's BFF Busted for DUI After Car Crash  —  Malika Haqq, Khloe Kardashian's best friend who also appears on “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” was arrested for DUI after crashing her car on an L.A. freeway ... TMZ has learned.  —  Law enforcement sources tell us, Malika crashed on the 101 at around 3 AM.
Jillian Frankel / Daily Bruin:
Sig Ep and Alpha Phi draw criticism after ‘Kanye Western’ themed raid  —  Several UCLA student groups are asking the university to respond after the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Alpha Phi sorority held a “Kanye Western” themed raid Tuesday night, for which guests dressed in baggy clothes …
Discussion: Gawker
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Los Angeles Times:
UCLA students protest after partygoers wear blackface at 'Kanye'-themed frat party  —  A “Kanye Western"-themed fraternity party at UCLA is causing an uproar for its racial overtones after some partygoers showed up wearing blackface.  —  Thrown by Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Alpha Phi sorority …
Discussion: PerezHilton
Lindsay Kimble / People.com:
Kim Zolciak Reveals She Has a Heart Condition: My Stroke Was a ‘Blessing in Disguise’  —  Kim Zolciak-Biermann's mini stroke may have kept her from continuing on the dance floor, but she's calling the health scare a “blessing in disguise.”  —  The Don't Be Tardy star told …
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Esther Lee / Us Weekly:   Kim Zolciak Discovered She Has a Heart Condition After Stroke: “It Was a Blessing in Disguise”
Derrick Bryson Taylor / Page Six:
Kim Zolciak has a hole in her heart
Discussion: X17 Online
Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Tom Cruise “Hates Living in L.A.”: Find Out Where He's Moving  —  Tom Cruise is on a mission to move.  —  “Tom hates living in L.A. and is relocating to Florida,” a source reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.  “He thinks all the people in Hollywood are fake.”  —  PHOTOS: Tom Cruise's ageless looks
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Lindsay Kimble / People.com:
And the Bride Wore a Minidress! All About Isabella Cruise's Intimate London Wedding
Discussion: Just Jared
TMZ.com:
Matt Barnes Punched Derek Fisher In the Mouth ... Witness Says  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  Matt Barnes punched Derek Fisher in the mouth with a closed fist during their melee in L.A. this past weekend — and only stopped fighting when one of Matt's kids begged them to stop ... a witness tells TMZ Sports.
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Sheila Weller / Vanity Fair:
Inside Kelly Rutherford's Brutal, Globe-Spanning Custody Battle  —  Sheila Weller penetrates the legal drama that shattered the Gossip Girl actress's world—and drove her into bankruptcy.  —  One morning almost exactly 10 years ago, Kelly Rutherford, a willowy blonde TV and movie actress …
Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:
Kate Hudson and Nick Jonas Romance Was ‘Just A Fling’ Says Source  —  Kate Hudson and Nick Jonas may be better as friends.  —  Hudson, 36, and Jonas, 23, sparked rumors of a new romance when they were spotted having a magical day at Disney World together in late September.
TMZ.com:
Farrah Abraham Threatens Suit You Ruined My Good Name  —  Farrah Abraham is threatening to sue a company she claims told TMZ no one wants her DNA.  —  The woman who made backdoors more famous than ever fired off a letter to ZTPR, a public relations firm that reps a company that worked …
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Dave Calhoun / Time Out London:
Daniel Craig interview: 'My advice to the next James Bond?  Don't be s**t!'  —  As Daniel Craig bursts back onto our screens as 007, he talks to Time Out about staying in shape, Sam Mendes and ‘Spectre’  —  © Photography by Paul Stuart.  Styling by Gareth Scourfield
Rachel McRady / Us Weekly:
Kimberly Caldwell Welcomes Baby Girl With Husband Jordan Harvey: First Photos of the American Idol Alum's Daughter Harlow!  —  Singing lullabies shouldn't be a problem!  On Wednesday, Oct. 7, American Idol alum Kimberly Caldwell welcomed her first child, a baby girl, with her husband, Jordan Harvey.
New York Times:
Cosby Loses His Bid to Prevent Another Lawsuit  —  Bill Cosby on Wednesday lost his bid to stop another civil lawsuit against him from going forward, but his deposition in the case will be sealed at least until December.  —  In a hearing in Los Angeles County Superior Court …
Discussion: Gawker and The Hollywood Gossip
Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon / Us Weekly:
Rihanna Unveils Artwork for New Album Anti, Invites Guests to Touch the Work  —  Rihanna's seeing red!  The “Bitch Better Have My Money” singer unveiled the artwork for her new album, Anti, during an intimate gathering at Los Angeles' MAMA gallery on Wednesday, Oct. 7 …
 
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NBC News:
Spencer Stone, French Train Attack Hero, Stabbed in Sacramento
Discussion: TMZ.com, Us Weekly and ABC10
Ericraymitchellhl / Hollywood Life:
Tyga's Desperately Trying To Prove To Kylie Jenner That He's ‘Not A Scrub’
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Donald Sterling calls girlfriend ‘filthy b—h’ during restaurant rant
Discussion: Daily Mail and Bossip
Jaclyn Hendricks / Page Six:
Cara Delevingne and St. Vincent sport matching diamond bands
Discussion: Gawker and Style News
Daily Mail:
‘I will grow without you’: Rosie O'Donnell shares a cryptic quote online about a child who runs away …
Matt Reed / WJAR-TV:
Only on 10: 800 pound Cranston man needs new home
Discussion: Gawker
 Earlier Picks: 
Patrick Strudwick / BuzzFeed:
This Trans Guy Took A Selfie Every Day For Three Years To Show How His Face Changed
Discussion: Towleroad and Gawker
Steve Granitz / People.com:
Nude Photos of Justin Bieber Hit the Internet
Alyssa Toomey / E! Online:
Adrienne Bailon Speaks Out on Rob Kardashian Reconciliation Rumors: “I Always Wish Him Well”
Discussion: Starpulse
Brittany King / Hollywood Life:
Kim Kardashian's Nearly $6k A Day 5-Star Maternity Suite Pics — See Where Baby Will Be Born
Us Weekly:
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo's Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell Pregnant With Baby Girl — Find Out Her Name!
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Frank Connelly / Bloomberg:
Vivendi says one of its small investors seeks to delay Vivendi's spinoff of Canal+, Havas, and Louis Hachette Group; shareholders were due to vote December 9

Daniel Kaplan / Awful Announcing:
The US DOJ and 17 state attorneys general file briefs for Fubo and against Venu Sports, which is trying to get an injunction lifted that blocked Venu's launch

Associated Press:
A US federal judge dismisses a defamation lawsuit against Fox News by Ray Epps, who said Fox aired conspiracy theories about his January 6 riot involvement

 
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