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11:15 AM ET, December 22, 2015

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Us Weekly:
Farrah Abraham Is Adopting a Child: I'm ‘Very Excited’  —  Farrah Abraham is expanding her brood.  The Teen Mom OG star confirms to Us Weekly that she's in the process of adopting a child.  —  “I'm happy to confirm I'm moving forward in my adoption process.
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Ryan Gajewski / Us Weekly:
Farrah Abraham Tells Daughter Sophia in New ‘Teen Mom OG’ Teaser: 'Sometimes You're Selfish' — Watch
Discussion: What's New
Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:
Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton Wish You a Merry Christmas With Most Affectionate Video Yet  —  No need for mistletoe for Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton!  —  The blonde beauty shared the couple's most affectionate clip yet on Twitter Monday.  While the couple kept their PDA to a minimum on The Voice …
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Melody Chiu / People.com:
Gwen Stefani's Kids ‘Adore’ Her New Boyfriend Blake Shelton
Discussion: Starpulse and Yahoo Celebrity
Francesca Bacardi / E! Online:
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani Are “Steaming Up,” Act Like the “the Life of the Party”
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Carly Mallenbaum / USA Today:
Oh no!  Steve Harvey crowns wrong woman Miss Universe  —  96k Shares  —  Talk about awkward.  Miss Universe host Steve Harvey accidentally crowned the wrong winner during the Las Vegas pageant.  VPC  —  Just before the end of the year, Steve Harvey managed to have the worst television moment of 2015.
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Miss Universe / Fox News:
Miss Universe pageant host Steve Harvey makes huge gaffe, names wrong winner
Discussion: Getty Images and Cele|bitchy
Sarah / People.com:
It's a Girl for Hugh Grant  —  Hugh Grant is a dad for the fourth time.  —  The British actor, 55, welcomed his fourth child on Wednesday, Dec. 16, according to Swedish newspaper Sundsvalls Tidning.  —  Swedish television producer Anna Eberstein, 37, delivered a daughter, her second child with Grant, the Daily Mail reports.
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Daily Mail:
Hugh Grant ‘becomes a father for the fourth time’ as his Swedish girlfriend Anna Eberstein gives birth to a baby girl
Josef Adalian / Vulture:
James Franco Is Remaking Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? for Lifetime  —  Because of course he is.  —  3k  —  2.9k  —  Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?, arguably the best title ever for a TV-movie, turns 20 next year — and James Franco is not about to let the anniversary go unnoticed.
Discussion: I Watch Stuff
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Kate Stanhope / Hollywood Reporter:
James Franco Teams With Lifetime for ‘Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?’ Remake
Discussion: Dlisted
Michele Corriston / People.com:
Jennifer Lawrence Confesses to Kissing Liam Hemsworth Off Screen on WWHL Debut!  —  The Hunger Games arena's got nothing on the Bravo Clubhouse.  —  When celebrities - cocktail in hand - take the hot seat opposite Watch What Happens Live's Andy Cohen, they spill secrets like never before.
Discussion: Hollywood Life and Cele|bitchy
Mark Kennedy / Associated Press:
TONY-WINNING ACTRESS AND TV SOAP STAR PATRICIA ELLIOTT DIES  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Patricia Elliott, who won a Tony Award on her Broadway musical debut, went on to star opposite David Bowie in “The Elephant Man” and spent 23 years aboard the TV soap opera “One Life to Live,” has died.  She was 77.
Mara Reinstein / Us Weekly:
The Top 5 Most Disastrous Movies of 2015  —  Top 5 Worst Movies of 2015 Include ‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’ ‘By the Sea’: Find Out What Blunder Took the No. 1 Spot!  —  We've all been there.  You're sitting in your comfy movie theater seat and watch a trailer for an upcoming film that can only be described as a slice of awful.
Francesca Bacardi / E! Online:
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner Will Spend Christmas Together: “They Continue to Put the Kids First”  —  The holidays are great for bringing families together, including Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner.  —  Affleck and Garner, who announced their split over the summer …
The Huffington Post:
R. Kelly Walks Off HuffPost Live Set: ‘This Interview Is Over’  —  He refused to address questions about how his controversial past impacted album sales.  —  R. Kelly sat down with HuffPost Live for a bizarre 20-minute interview Monday, in which he asked host Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani if she drank …
TMZ.com:
Petra Ecclestone's Husband — My Butler's A Liar ... I'm No Gay Basher  —  PETRA ECCLESTONE'S HUSBAND  —  MY BUTLER'S A LIAR ...  I'm No Gay Basher … Formula One heiress Petra Ecclestone's husband James Stunt says the butler who sued him for mocking his sexual orientation is full of it …
Discussion: Daily Mail
Sam Lansky / TIME:
Adele on Motherhood, Social Media and Breaking Records  —  “How am I supposed to write a real record if I'm waiting for half a million likes on a f—ing photo?  That ain't real”  —  When her new album 25 was released on Nov. 18, Adele shattered countless sales records—most significantly …
Esther Lee / Us Weekly:
Chelsea Clinton is Pregnant Again, Expecting Second Baby With Husband Marc Mezvinsky  —  2016 is going to be one busy year for the Clinton fam.  Political scion Chelsea Clinton announced on Monday, December 21, that she's pregnant and expecting her second child with her husband, Marc Mezvinsky.
Lynette Rice / EW.com:
THIS WEEK'S COVER: OH BABY!  BRIDGET JONES IS BACK IN EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK  —  The last time we saw Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) at the end of The Edge of Reason in 2004, the wanton sex goddess was engaged to Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) and was well on her way to a happily ever after.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, People.com and Just Jared
Samantha Schnurr / E! Online:
Raven-Symoné Apologizes to NeNe Leakes After The View Drama: “I Don't Understand What Happened”  —  Raven-Symoné is trying to clear the air with one very upset reality star.  —  After appearing on The View on Nov. 17, NeNe Leakes told Andy Cohen the ladies of the daytime talk show …
Discussion: Starpulse, What's New and PerezHilton
 
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People.com:
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Reid Nakamura / The Wrap:
ABC Orders Gay Rights Miniseries From ‘Milk’ Writer, Director
Adam Carlson / People.com:
John Legend Gets Chrissy Teigen Her ‘Lifetime Dream’ for Christmas - a Giant Cheese Wheel
Discussion: What's New
TMZ.com:
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TMZ.com:
Bill Cosby — Sues Beverly Johnson ... She's a Liar with a Washed-Up Career
Discussion: PerezHilton
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Maksim Chmerkovskiy Reveals His Mom Put Him in ‘Time Out’ for a Month After He Dumped Peta Murgatroyd
Discussion: Celeb Gossip … and Starpulse
Elizabeth Durand Streisand / Us Weekly:
‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ Recap: Kenya Moore Confronts Tammy Browning McCall's Nephew
Discussion: Starpulse
Patrick Gomez / People.com:
How Eva Longoria Fell in Love with Fiancé José ‘Pepe’ …
Discussion: PerezHilton and Celeb Gossip …
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Discussion: People.com
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CNN confirms Kaitlan Collins as its chief White House correspondent; she will become CNN's first prime-time anchor to also serve as its top White House reporter

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
A group published a project on Hugging Face that seemingly granted brief access to OpenAI's Sora, protesting what it calls duplicity and “art washing” by OpenAI

Mia Sato / The Verge:
A lawsuit between two Amazon influencers over allegations of copyright infringement shows the challenges of defining originality and ownership in content

 
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