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4:10 PM ET, March 8, 2016

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Kurt Badenhausen / Forbes:
$30 Million A Year On The Line For Maria Sharapova After Failed Drug Test  —  Maria Sharapova shocked the tennis world Monday when she announced she had failed a drug test at the Australian Open.  The media and fans were expecting a retirement announcement at a press conference …
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USA Today:
Nike, TAG Heuer, Porsche suspend ties with Sharapova  —  Nike, TAG Heuer and Porsche have suspended their relationships with Maria Sharapova after the tennis star failed a drug test.  —  Sharapova admitted she failed the test in an announcement at a news conference Monday.
Liz McNeil / People.com:
Padma Lakshmi Opens Up About Childhood Sexual Abuse: 'If Women Like Me Don't Talk About It, Who Will?'  —  In her new memoir Love, Loss And What We Ate, Padma Lakshmi reveals that she was molested as a young girl by a friend of her then-stepfather.  —  “I wanted to talk about it because if women like me don't talk about it, who will?”
Discussion: PerezHilton, Page Six and What's New
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Liz McNeil / People.com:
Padma Lakshmi Reveals She Initially Didn't Know Who Fathered Her Daughter  —  As a woman with severe endometriosis, Padma Lakshmi was pretty much told by her doctor she would never conceive “the old fashioned way.”  So when she discovered she was pregnant in 2009, the news, she says, “sent a shock through my body.”
Discussion: Dlisted
Erin Andrews / TMZ.com:
HOW $55 MILLION GETS WHITTLED DOWN TO $6 MIL  —  Erin Andrews won a spectacular victory in her peephole lawsuit, but her $55 million verdict is almost certainly going to get slashed many times over.  —  Of the $55 million, she will never see a penny from pervert Michael Barrett, who is on the hook for $28 million.
Discussion: PerezHilton and The Superficial
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Page Six:
Erin Andrews awarded $55 million in peephole video trial
Discussion: X17 Online and PerezHilton
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Erin Andrews Awarded $55 Million in Lawsuit
Discussion: The Wrap, Full Feed and Just Jared
Daily Mail:
You've still got a great body Kim, but if you're really so successful, so secure and so rich why do you still feel the need to pose nude at 35?  —  ‘My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star,’ observed Mae West, 'is once you're boned, what's left to create the illusion?
Discussion: PerezHilton and POPSUGAR Celebrity
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TMZ.com:
Kim Kardashian — Naked Hatred for Fellow Celebs
Discussion: X17 Online
Laurie Sandell / SELF:
Chrissy Teigen's Next Adventure  —  With her hilarious Instagram and crazy cooking skills, supermodel Chrissy Teigen is blazing her own trail to success.  Up next for the megastar: balancing all that—and a new baby, too.  —  On a chilly Los Angeles evening, Chrissy Teigen, 30 …
Steve Helling / People.com:
Nick Gordon 'Tried to Save Bobbi Kristina's Life,' His Attorneys Say  —  Since Bobbi Kristina Brown died last year after being found unresponsive in her bathtub, questions have swirled about the involvement of her boyfriend, Nick Gordon.  —  Earlier this month, prosecutors said that the death was still under investigation.
Discussion: PerezHilton, Starpulse and Just Jared
TMZ.com:
Mariah Carey — I Still Don't Know J Lo (VIDEO)  —  I STILL DON'T  —  KNOW J LO … Mariah Carey was in a bad mood Monday night, and she took it out on mortal enemy Jennifer Lopez.  —  We got Mariah leaving The Beverly Hilton hotel when she reaffirmed her dislike for J Lo, in the most high school of ways.
Discussion: Crushable and Bossip
Danielle Furfaro / Page Six:
Farrah Abraham admits she wasn't ‘almost raped’ by Uber driver  —  More On:  —  “Teen Mom OG” star Farrah Abraham, who last week claimed that an Uber driver “almost raped” her, now acknowledges that he never tried to lay a hand on her, but instead was just “looking at her lecherously” …
Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
Amber Rose Is Dating Toronto Raptors Basketball Player Terrence Ross — All the Details!  —  LOVE LIVES  —  Amber Rose Is Dating Toronto Raptors Basketball Player Terrence Ross — All the Details!  —  Medium Tyler Henry was right after all!  Amber Rose is dating Toronto Raptors basketball …
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
‘New Girl’ Star Jake Johnson Joins Tom Cruise in ‘The Mummy’ (Exclusive)  —  Sofia Boutella is already on board to play the title character.  —  New Girl star Jake Johnson has joined The Mummy, the Universal Studios tentpole that is serving as the gateway into the studio's cinematic monster universe.
Discussion: I Watch Stuff
Andrew R. Chow / New York Times:
Radiohead Tribute Coming to Café Carlyle From Lena Hall and Michael C. Hall  —  A “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” reunion of sorts will arrive at Café Carlyle this month, set to the music of ... Radiohead.  —  Lena Hall and Michael C. Hall, who appeared opposite each other in …
Discussion: Stereogum
Johnny Manziel / TMZ.com:
During Another L.A. Party Night  —  Johnny Manziel hit the Hollywood club scene again — this time, rolling into TWO hot spots on a Monday night ... and sang Scott Disick's praises on the way out.  —  TMZ Sports has footage of Manziel rolling out of The Nice Guy — where his voice seemed shot …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
J.K. Rowling / Pottermore:
Pottermore reveals ‘History of Magic in North America’  —  Four new pieces of writing by J.K. Rowling are coming to Pottermore this week.  —  Pottermore always loves to be the bearer of amazing news, so here goes: prepare to learn much more about the wizarding world this year …
Discussion: The Wrap and Just Jared
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Kevin P. Sullivan / EW.com:
New J.K. Rowling stories will explore American wizarding history
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and NYLON
Evan Real / Us Weekly:
Gwen Stefani, Gavin Rossdale's Ex Nanny Mindy Mann Is Pregnant!  —  A baby for the babysitter!  Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale's former nanny Mindy Mann, who had a relationship with the Bush rocker while he was still married, is pregnant with her first child, Us Weekly can confirm.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, RADAR and Starpulse
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Carson Daly / New Music, Music News, Concerts, Gossip:
On Kesha...  Carson Daly: What should music fans know about …
Discussion: Just Jared and PerezHilton
X17 Online:
Gigi Hadid Walks It Out At Sonia Rykiel Show During Paris Fashion Week
Joanna Robinson / Vanity Fair:
Watch Beyoncé Destroy “I Will Always Love You” at a School Fundraiser
Discussion: What's New
People.com:
O.J. Simpson's Former Manager Says He 'Isn't Losing Any Sleep' Over Recent Knife Reports
Discussion: The Wrap and Just Jared
Philip Boucher / People.com:
Day Out with Dad! Brad Pitt Takes Twins Knox and Vivienne Pottery Painting in London
Discussion: Just Jared
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Evan Real / Us Weekly:
David Foster and Selma Blair Spotted on a Dinner Date in L.A. — and Caitlyn Jenner Showed Up!
Discussion: Starpulse
Michael R. Bloomberg / BloombergView.com:
The Risk I Will Not Take  —  Americans today face a profound challenge …
Melody Chiu / People.com:
How Miley Cyrus Is Changing for Liam Hemsworth: ‘She Is Doing Everything to Make Him Happy’
Discussion: Starpulse and PerezHilton
TMZ.com:
Meek Mill — Appeals House Arrest ... Let Me Rap, Judge!!!
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Victoria Gomelsky / New York Times:
Watches of Switzerland Group, one of the world's largest watch retailers, acquires the watch enthusiast website Hodinkee, says coverage will remain independent

Wall Street Journal:
eMarketer: Google's share of the US search ad market is expected to drop below 50% in 2025 for the first time in 10+ years, as Amazon, TikTok, and others rise

Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
An interview with ex-NBCUniversal executive Evan Shapiro on why streaming is a “shitty” business, Netflix ads, and why Hollywood must band together to thrive

 
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