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9:55 AM ET, January 20, 2016

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Jordan Sargent / Gawker:
Track Palin Was Arrested Last Night for Domestic Violence  —  Today is a big day for Sarah Palin.  She is in Iowa to endorse Donald Trump, which will shore up Trump's standing with Real Americans and once again give the Palin family a moment in the national spotlight.
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Bristol Palin:
Is THIS Why People Don't like Cruz?  —  Is my Mom going to endorse Donald Trump for President of the United States?  —  That's the rumor, and I've been too busy with diapers to delve too much into politics these days.  But the rumors were enough to cause staffers from Ted Cruz's office to slam my mom.
Ramin Setoodeh / Variety:
George Clooney on White Oscars: 'We're Moving in the Wrong Direction' (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Last week, for the second consecutive year, the Oscars nominated 20 white actors as the best performances of the year, a decision that generated widespread controversy.  Twitter erupted in a “Oscars so White” …
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Perez Hilton:
Al Sharpton Reveals His Oscars Boycott Plan As Lupita Nyong'o Becomes The Latest A-Lister To Weigh In On The Award Show Controversy!  —  The Oscars are certainly going to be inneresting this year.  —  On Tuesday, it was revealed that Al Sharpton is the latest celebrity to throw their hat …
Discussion: Yahoo, TMZ.com and Hollywood Reporter
Lindsay Kimble / People.com:
Whoopi Goldberg on Oscar Diversity Controversy: ‘We Have This Conversation Every Year and It Pisses Me Off’
Discussion: Starpulse
People.com:
Candace Cameron-Bure Walks Off The View During Commercial Break While Battling the Flu
Discussion: Starpulse
Julie Jordan / People.com:
Newlywed Jamie Lynn Sigler Reveals She Has Been Battling MS for 15 Years: 'It's Still Hard to Accept'  —  Jamie-Lynn Sigler says she's ready to live her truth.  —  The actress, who just married her fiancé of almost three years, pro baseball player Cutter Dykstra …
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Associated Press:
Former ‘Sopranos’ star Jamie-Lynn Sigler battling multiple sclerosis  —  Jamie-Lynn Sigler has been battling multiple sclerosis for the past 15 years.  —  “The Sopranos” actress tells People magazine she was diagnosed with the degenerative disease when she was 19 years old, ahead of the show's fourth season.
Discussion: TMZ.com
Confidential / New York Daily News:
Alexis Arquette calls out Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith as ‘gay’ hypocrites in epic Facebook rant  —  Take note Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith: Getting political has its risks.  —  After the actress declared Monday that she will be boycotting the Oscars after her husband was snubbed …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
The Original Aunt Viv And Will Smith's Forever-Long Feud Isn't Ending Anytime Soon
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and The Wrap
Esther Lee / Us Weekly:   Janet Hubert of ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ …
TMZ.com:
Jamie Foxx — Pulls Driver from Flaming Wreck (PHOTOS)  —  PULLS DRIVER FROM FLAMING WRECK  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Stuntman?  Jamie Foxx don't need no stinking stuntman — he sprung into action and saved a driver from an overturned, burning car ... TMZ has learned.
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Shari Weiss / Gossip Cop:
Jamie Foxx Pulls Man From Burning Car
Hollywood Reporter:
Jennifer Lawrence to Play Fidel Castro's Lover for Sony (Exclusive)  —  The Golden Globe winner is set to play Marita Lorenz in ‘Marita,’ a pitch by ‘American Hustle’ scribe Eric Warren Singer.  —  After starring in a film inspired by the life of Miracle Mop creator Joy Mangano …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Just Jared
TMZ.com:
Tori Spelling Sued — Please Leave Home Without Your Amex ... You Owe Us $38k!!  —  TORI SPELLING SUED  —  PLEASE LEAVE YOUR AMEX AT HOME  —  ... You Owe Us $38k!! … Tori Spelling's deep in the hole with American Express, so much so ... it's filed a lawsuit to get back the dough.
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Lindsay Kimble Updated / People.com:
The Fosters Star Jake T. Austin Is Dating One of His Longtime Fans: 'We're Young and We're Having Fun'  —  Fandom fairytales do come true!  —  Actor Jake T. Austin - former star of Freeform's The Fosters and onscreen little brother to Selena Gomez on Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place - is dating one of his biggest fans.
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Daily Mail:
Danielle Caesar starts DATING Jake T Austin who she's been tweeting for 5 years
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Michael K / Dlisted:
Bette Midler Will Star In “Hello, Dolly!”  On Broadway  —  Theater queens are trying to control their puckering b-holes with one hand while throwing money at Telecharge with the other, because Bette Midler announced today that she's going back to Broadway in a revival of Hello, Dolly!
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Playbill:   Bette Midler to Star in Broadway's Hello, Dolly!
Kara Warner / People.com:
Miley Cyrus ‘Never Wanted to Split’ from Liam Hemsworth, Says Source: ‘They Are Back Together and Very Happy’  —  Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth have officially rekindled their romance.  And wedding bells might be in their future.  —  Cyrus sparked the engagement rumors herself Monday …
TMZ.com:
‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ — Squidward Tentacles Busted for DUI  —  SQUIDWARD TENTACLES BUSTED FOR DUI  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Rodger Bumpass — the actor who plays Squidward Tentacles on “SpongeBob SquarePants” — was arrested Friday night for DUI.  —  Law enforcement sources tell us cops noticed …
Discussion: Just Jared
Anya / People.com:
Jack Huston and Shannan Click Welcome Son Cypress Night  —  And baby makes four!  —  Former Boardwalk Empire star Jack Huston and longtime love Shannan Click welcomed their second child, a baby boy, over the weekend, his rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.  —  Son Cypress Night Huston joins big sister Sage Lavinia, 2½.
Discussion: PerezHilton
Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:
Zac Efron Retracts MLK Day Tweet, Apologizes for ‘Completely Insensitive’ Post After Heavy Fan Criticism  —  Zac Efron angered many fans with a tweet on Monday, which happened to be Martin Luther King Day.  —  The Dirty Grandpa actor was slammed on Twitter after he wrote …
Discussion: Yahoo Celebrity and Just Jared
 
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Hollywood Reporter:
Tyra Banks' ‘FABLife’ Canceled After One Season
Discussion: Page Six
Brooke Hauser / Allure:
Demi Lovato Has Been Planning Her Wedding Since She Was 10
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Oh No They Didn't!
Dave McNary / Variety:
Tyler Perry Shooting ‘Boo! A Madea Halloween’ Movie
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Nicole Sands / People.com:
Whitney Port Loves That So Many of Her Friends Are Married: 'They've Just Found That Right Person'
Discussion: PerezHilton
Larry Bartleet / NME.COM:
Coldplay On The Time David Bowie Shot Down Their Collaboration Request, Saying 'It's Not A Very Good Song, Is It?'
Jordana Ossad / MTV:
Maci Bookout And Taylor McKinney Are Engaged
Discussion: What's New and Full Feed
Daily Mail:
‘I tried a different burger every week for a year’: Supermodel Gigi Hadid wins MasterChef …
Discussion: PerezHilton
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Ray Rice / TMZ.com:
Gunning For 2016 NFL Comeback
Discussion: Starpulse
Detroit Free Press:
Last Slide  —  Glenn Frey took a talent he nurtured in Detroit …
 

 
From Mediagazer:

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

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

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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