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12:25 PM ET, May 27, 2016

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Lily Harrison / E! Online:
Johnny Depp Breaks Silence After Amber Heard Files for Divorce  —  Less than one day after E! News confirmed that Amber Heard filed for divorce, Johnny Depp is breaking his silence.  —  The actor's rep released the following statement this afternoon, saying, “Given the brevity of this marriage …
Discussion: PerezHilton, Starpulse, AOL and CNN
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Page Six:
Australian minister: Depp dog apology video no award winner  —  Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's May-December marriage was on the rocks after just three months, sources exclusively tell Page Six — but the starry couple agreed to give their shaky union a year before calling it quits.
Lindsay Kimble / People.com:
Amber Heard Ditched Her Engagement Ring from Johnny Depp Last Month, but was Still Wearing Wedding Band  —  Amber Heard parted ways with her impressive round diamond engagement ring from Johnny Depp weeks before filing divorce paperwork to end their marriage, but she appeared to be wearing her wedding band as recently as last week.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Anna Chan / Us Weekly:
Johnny Depp Hopes 'Dissolution of This Short Marriage Will Be Resolved Quickly': Read His Statement on Amber Heard Divorce  —  Johnny Depp is ready to put his marriage behind him.  His rep tells Us Weekly in a statement that the actor is looking for a quick resolution to his divorce from Amber Heard …
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Aili Nahas / People.com:
Khloé Kardashian Files for Divorce from Lamar Odom for Second Time: She ‘Was Waiting for the Timing to Be Right,’ Says Source  —  Khloé Kardashian has filed for divorce from estranged husband Lamar Odom for the second time.  —  The Keeping up with the Kardashians star filed on Thursday …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Page Six
New York Daily News:
SEE IT: Rapper Troy Ave arrested after deadly shooting at T.I. concert at Irving Plaza  —  An up and coming rapper from Brooklyn with a beef was charged Thursday with opening fire backstage at Irving Plaza during a T.I. concert, killing one and wounding two others, police sources said.
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abc7ny.com:
Video shows gunman at Irving Plaza rap concert; rapper Troy Ave arrested  —  Rapper Troy Ave has been arrested after four people — including himself — were shot in a third-floor green room at the venue Irving Plaza Wednesday night, before a T.I. performance.
Discussion: Us Weekly, AOL and The Wrap
Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:
One Killed, Three Injured in Shooting at Rapper T.I.'s Concert in N.Y.C.: Report
Discussion: Yahoo Celebrity
Derrick Bryson Taylor / Page Six:
Los Angeles' latest attraction: The great bump of Chyna  —  Blac Chyna can't stop showing off her bun in the oven.  —  The model-turned-entrepreneur revealed her bare bump on Instagram Thursday.  —  Standing in front of a mirror, Chyna, 28, poked out her tummy for all to see.
Discussion: X17 Online and E! Online
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Evan Real / Us Weekly:   Rob Kardashian Reveals Weight Loss: 'Glad I'm Getting Better'
Melody Chiu / People.com:
Blake Shelton Wished He ‘Could Go Into a Coma and Wake Up a Year from Now’ After His Divorce  —  Blake Shelton's happily in love with Gwen Stefani and sitting at the top of the charts with his new album If I'm Honest, but getting back to a positive place wasn't easy for the country singer.
Discussion: PerezHilton
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Nick Denton / Gawker:
An Open Letter to Peter Thiel  —  Nearly a decade ago, after you had opened up to friends and colleagues, a gay writer for Gawker shared an item with the readers of Valleywag, a section for news and gossip about the rich and powerful of Silicon Valley.  “Peter Thiel, the smartest VC in the world, is gay,” wrote Owen Thomas.
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TMZ.com:
Fresh Outta Jail  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  Gucci Mane is finally free ... getting sprung from behind bars 4 months early.  —  The rapper's lawyer, Drew Findling, tells TMZ Gucci was released Thursday morning from an Atlanta prison.  We're told he already has a home just outside the city.
Associated Press:
‘Groundhog Day’ Actress Angela Paton Dies at Age 86  —  Angela Paton (PAY-ton), an actress best known for appearing with Bill Murray in “Groundhog Day,” has died at age 86.  —  Her nephew George Woolf says Paton died Thursday in Oakland, California, where she had been in hospice care after a recent heart attack.
Discussion: Variety and AOL
Sarah Grossbart / Us Weekly:
PartyNextDoor Has Been Courting Kylie Jenner for Two Months  —  PartyNextDoor has been trying to get the fun started with Kylie Jenner since early spring.  A Jenner source tells the new issue of Us Weekly that the 22-year-old Canadian rapper (real name: Jahron Anthony Brathwaite) “actually began courting Kylie two months ago.”
Discussion: PerezHilton
Jason McIntyre / The Big Lead:
Chris Berman's Contract Won't Be Renewed at ESPN, Who Replaces Him?  —  Chris Berman, the longtime ESPN sportscaster who has been with the company since 1979, is leaving the network after next football season, multiple sources tell The Big Lead.  Berman is in the final year of his contract …
Aaron Couch / People.com:
Wonder Years Star Jason Hervey Spends Weekend in Jail Following Arrest for Alleged DUI  —  The Wonder Years star Jason Hervey spent two days behind bars over the weekend in Tennessee, PEOPLE has confirmed.  —  The jail time comes after he was arrested in January 2015 for an alleged DUI …
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TMZ.com:
BUSTED FOR DUA ... AMBIEN
Discussion: PerezHilton and Page Six
Jada Gomez / Latinas Lifestyle, Entertainment …:
Nia Guzman, Mom of Chris Brown's Daughter, Breaks Silence For the First Time  —  Co-parenting is complicated.  Add in a celebrity never shy of media attention, and the situation becomes nearly impossible.  —  Nia Guzman, the mother of Chris Brown's adorable two-year old daughter, Royalty …
Discussion: Bossip
 
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Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
‘Nashville’ Revival in Talks at 4 to 5 Platforms, Original Cast Still Under Long-Term Deals
Discussion: Just Jared
Natalie Abrams / EW.com:
ARROW: HERE'S WHAT STEPHEN AMELL WANTS TO SEE IN SEASON 5
Discussion: Just Jared
CBS News:
Michael Jace trail: “Shield” actor wanted to wound wife, not kill her
Discussion: Us Weekly and The Wrap
Johnny Manziel / TMZ.com:
‘My Friends and Fam Are With Me’  —  After a rough weekend in Vegas …
Alexis Tereszcuk / RADAR:
Teen Mom Jenelle's Custody Battle With Nathan Explodes!
Elias Leight / Rolling Stone:
James Blake: How Rick Rubin, Frank Ocean Helped Singer Overcome Obsession
Discussion: DIY, Oh No They Didn't! and Towleroad
Zach Johnson / E! Online:
The Weeknd and Belly Cancel Jimmy Kimmel Live! Performance Over Donald Trump Appearance
Discussion: Dlisted, Rolling Stone and Gawker
Dave McNary / Variety:
Lionsgate Could Make Up to Seven More ‘Power Rangers’ Movies
 Earlier Picks: 
Associated Press:
Singer Leona Lewis to star in ‘Cats’ on Broadway
Tierney McAfee / People.com:
Derek Jeter and Hannah Davis Are Getting Married This Summer: Report
Discussion: Starpulse and New York Daily News
TMZ.com:
Allegedly Bashed Clubgoer In Head
Lindsay Kimble / People.com:
Jamie Lynn Spears Will Open Up About Her Journey from Zoey 101 to Motherhood and Music in New Special …
Discussion: PerezHilton
Michele Corriston / SiriusXM Blog:
Why Kevin Jonas hopes baby #2 is a girl after growing up with brothers
Discussion: PerezHilton and People.com
Justin Bieber / TMZ.com:
Gets a Steak in Nicola Peltz
Discussion: Just Jared
Jonathan Ringen / Billboard:
Billboard Cover: The Lonely Island and Andy Samberg Make ‘Spinal Tap’ for the Viral Era With ‘Popstar’
Discussion: Page Six and Just Jared
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Richard Deitsch / New York Times:
Netflix's first livestream of NFL games avoided major buffering and freezing issues that plagued the Tyson-Paul fight for the most part, after early glitches

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Richard Parsons, who had a long career as chairman, CEO, and as a board member of media companies including CBS and Time Warner, died at 76 of bone cancer

Reuters:
Palestinian sources say an Israeli airstrike killed five journalists from Al-Quds Today; the Israeli military called the five “operatives posing as journalists”

 
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