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3:15 AM ET, January 10, 2016

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Sean Penn / Rolling Stone:
El Chapo Speaks  —  A secret visit with the most wanted man in the world … It's September 28th, 2015.  My head is swimming, labeling TracPhones (burners), one per contact, one per day, destroy, burn, buy, balancing levels of encryption, mirroring through Blackphones, anonymous e-mail addresses …
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CNN:
Chase through sewer tunnels  —  Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman in custody 00:54  —  The home where he was captured Friday had been under surveillance for a month, Attorney General Arely Gomez said.  —  Guzman arrived at the house Thursday, and authorities raided it in the wee hours of Friday.
Discussion: New York Daily News and Gawker
Natalie Abrams / EW.com:
J.J. ABRAMS ADDRESSES ‘PREPOSTEROUS’ LACK OF REY TOYS FOR STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS  —  Good news, Star Wars fans: Director J.J. Abrams is just as upset about the lack of Rey toys as fans are.  —  In recent weeks, Star Wars fans have been vocal about the apparent underrepresentation …
Discussion: Starpulse and Just Jared
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James Hibberd / EW.com:   STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS DVD WILL HAVE DELETED SCENES, BUT NO EXTENDED CUT
Jodi Guglielmi / People.com:
Lamar Odom Spotted Outside the Hospital for the First Time Since Health Scare  —  Lamar Odom was spotted outside of the hospital for the first time in nearly three months.  —  In photos obtained by E! News, the NBA player was seen being driven around in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon.
Discussion: PerezHilton, Daily Mail and E! Online
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Brett Malec / E! Online:
Khloe Kardashian Recalls Emotional Rob Kardashian “Intervention,” …
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Will Mendelson / Us Weekly:
Mark Ballas Is Engaged to Singer BC Jean  —  Ringing in the new year with a ring!  Dancing With the Stars pro Mark Ballas proposed to longtime girlfriend BC Jean (aka Brittany Jean Carlson) in November, multiple sources confirm to Us Weekly.  —  PHOTOS: DWTS' Hottest Hookups
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity
TMZ.com:
Playboy Mansion — FOR SALE ... But Hef Gets to Stay  —  FOR SALE  —  But Hef Gets to Stay … The Playboy Mansion — the backdrop of some of the wildest parties ever thrown in L.A. — is for sale ... TMZ has learned.  —  The 6 acre Holmby Hills estate, built in 1927, will be listed sometime within the next month.
Discussion: Page Six, PerezHilton and Starpulse
Jeff Nelson / People.com:
Madonna and Guy Ritchie's Custody Battle Stems from a ‘Power Struggle’ Between Them, ‘Not Between Her and Rocco’: Source  —  Madonna and Guy Ritchie's less-than-amicable relationship after their 2008 divorce appears to be what's “Causing a Commotion” in their international custody battle.
Discussion: PerezHilton
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Jeff Nelson / People.com:   Madonna ‘Is Going to Fight to the End’ for Son Rocco in Custody Battle with Guy Ritchie: Source
Corinne Heller / E! Online:
Khloe Kardashian Reveals If Kourtney Kardashian Is Ready to Date Again After Scott Disick Split, Talks Justin Bieber Rumors  —  Kourtney Kardashian is not ready to date again following her split from longtime partner Scott Disick, father of her three children, sister Khloe Kardashian says.
Discussion: Daily Mail
Lexington Herald-Leader:
Kentucky self-reports another minor violation involving Drake  —  Ulis posted picture with rapper after concert in Chicago  —  NCAA considers such violations ‘isolated or limited in nature’  —  UK reported similar violation at 2014 Madness … For a second time, the rapper Drake …
Discussion: Starpulse
Lily Harrison / E! Online:
John Legend Dishes on Whether He and Chrissy Teigen Have Picked a Baby Name  —  John Legend and Chrissy Teigen can't wait to meet their little one in the coming months and the singer is opening up to E! News about everything from his wife's pregnancy cravings to what names the two have decided on.
Eileen Finan Updated / People.com:
Colton Dixon Marries Annie Coggeshall: American Idol Alum Weds in Nashville  —  Colton Dixon tied the knot with fiancée Annie Coggeshall in Nashville Friday evening - and yes, there were tears!  —  “I'm overwhelmed,” Dixon told PEOPLE just after the ceremony.  “There's so much joy!”
Discussion: Just Jared
Disco Naïveté:
Blood Orange & Nelly Furtado fall from heaven on duet Hadron Collider  —  Solange, Sky Ferreira, Mutya Keisha Siobhan, Jessie Ware, Carly Rae Jepsen and so on - now you can add Nelly Furtado to that ever growing list of (future) pop stars Dev Hynes (Blood Orange) worked with as a producer/songwriter.
Discussion: Stereogum
 
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