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6:15 PM ET, August 2, 2016

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Jamie Blynn / Us Weekly:
The Bachelorette's Robby Hayes Is ‘Doing Really Well’ After His Split From JoJo Fletcher  —  No thorny feelings here!  Bachelorette runner-up Robby Hayes isn't bitter toward JoJo Fletcher, who dumped him on the show's season finale Monday, August 1, a source exclusively reveals to Us Weekly.
Discussion: What's New
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Ryan Gajewski / Us Weekly:
Bachelorette's JoJo and Her Fiance Are Moving in Together! …
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Inside JoJo Fletcher, Jordan Rodgers' Secret ‘Bachelorette’ Meetings
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity
Rachel Torgerson / Us Weekly:
All the Details on Bachelorette JoJo Fletcher's Giant Oval Engagement Ring
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Aili Nahas / People.com:
The Bachelorette's JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers Are Engaged: 'We're So Ready to Start Our Life Together!'
Aili Nahas / People.com:
The Bachelorette's Runner-Up Robby Hayes: ‘JoJo Will Always Have a Portion of My Heart’
Jen Juneau / People.com:
Ellie Kemper Welcomes First Child  —  It's a miracle — Ellie Kemper is a mom!  —  The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star and her husband Michael Koman have welcomed their first child, PEOPLE confirms.  —  No further details surrounding the baby's birth — including the sex of the couple's new addition — have been released.
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Jen Juneau / People.com:
Ellie Kemper Welcomes a Son  —  It's a miracle — Ellie Kemper is a mom!  —  The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star, 36, and her husband Michael Koman have welcomed their first child, PEOPLE confirms.  On Monday, Kemper's costar Tituss Burgess revealed on Facebook that the baby is a boy.
Discussion: Dlisted
Megan French / Us Weekly:
Ellie Kemper Gives Birth, Welcomes First Child (a Boy!)  With Husband Michael Koman  —  She's a mom!  Ellie Kemper and husband Michael Koman have welcomed their first child.  —  Kemper's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt costar Tituss Burgess was first to share the exciting news and the baby's sex.
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
Tituss Burgess / Facebook:   My Ellie had her baby.  A son.  But why am I emotional.  He's not mine.
Keith Harris / Rolling Stone:
Kesha Drops California Suit Against Dr. Luke, Proceeds in New York  —  Singer also provided 28 new songs to Kemosabe, hopes to “release her next album and single as soon as possible,” her counsel says  —  All Stories »  —  Hoping to get her career back on track …
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New York Daily News:
Kesha drops L.A. sexual assault lawsuit against Dr. Luke to focus on music — will continue legal battle in New York
Discussion: Bossip
Naja Rayne / People.com:
Kesha Drops California Lawsuit Against Dr. Luke: She's ‘Getting Back to Work’ and Has 28 New Songs, Says Lawyer
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
TMZ.com:
DROPS SEX ASSAULT SUIT AGAINST DR. LUKE IN CA
Discussion: WWTDD, PerezHilton and X17 Online
Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
Kesha Drops Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against Dr. Luke in California — Find Out Why
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity
Instagram Blog:
Introducing Instagram Stories  —  Today, we're introducing Instagram Stories, a new feature that lets you share all the moments of your day, not just the ones you want to keep on your profile.  As you share multiple photos and videos, they appear together in a slideshow format: your story.
Abby Haglage / Glamour:
BY  —  Bella Hadid is laughing—something the model, who's usually so serious in photos, actually does a lot.  “Don't watch,” the 19-year-old shouts to the ­Glamour crew packing up the remains of her photo shoot.  “It'll be better for everyone!”  Then, as ­Hadid's favorite song …
Discussion: PerezHilton, Page Six and Just Jared
Dave Quinn / People.com:
WATCH: Miss Teen USA Karlie Hay Says She Is ‘Sorry’ and ‘Ashamed’ of N-Word Tweets … Newly crowned Miss Teen USA Karlie Hay has apologized for her controversial use of the N-word.  —  In an interview with George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America, the 18-year-old Texan says she's …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!, WWTDD and The Wrap
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Kirsten Powers / USA Today:
Trump says he hopes Ivanka would quit if she got harrassed: Kirsten Powers  —  No, the short-skirted, ‘leggy’ women of Fox News aren't to blame for sexual harassment and they shouldn't have to quit their jobs.  —  Donald Trump thinks it's “very sad” that women at Fox News are “complaining” …
Discussion: PerezHilton, Cele|bitchy and Vogue
Stephanie Petit / People.com:
Anton Yelchin's Parents Sue Fiat Chrysler: ‘Anton Was Our Only Son - a Remarkable Human Being’  —  Anton Yelchin's parents announced they will sue Fiat Chrysler over their son's death in an emotional press conference.  —  Yelchin's father Victor told reporters on Tuesday, “With unbelievable grief …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and PerezHilton
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Anton Yelchin / TMZ.com:
Parents to Sue Over Car Death
Richard Lawson / Vanity Fair:
Suicide Squad Isn't Even the Good Kind of Bad  —  David Ayer's super-villain team-up is dull, uninspired, and perhaps worst of all, forgettable.  —  Somewhere about halfway through Suicide Squad, so far the nadir of Warner Bros. and D.C.'s increasingly bungled attempt to build …
TMZ.com:
‘You Gotta Watch the Monitors, Man’  —  Vanilla Ice had a meltdown at Delta in Atlanta Monday, after realizing his plane had left ... without him.  —  Ice tells us he arrived an hour early and sat near the ticket counter.  He says when he looked up the gateway door was closed …
Discussion: Page Six and The Hollywood Gossip
Eve Barlow / The Times & The Sunday Times:
Zac Efron: take me seriously  —  His new film may be a comedy, but real life hasn't always been a laugh.  The former teen star talks about depression, dating and why he says he's not funny
 
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Evan Real / Us Weekly:
Chelsea Houska of ‘Teen Mom 2’ Gushes Over Seeing Her Baby's ‘Tiny Little Hand’: ‘My Heart!’
Evgenia Peretz / Vanity Fair:
How Alicia Vikander Unleashed Her Inner Superstar
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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Brian Porreca / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Big Brother’ Moves to Fall on CBS All Access
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Will Smith Has Zero Interest In a Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reboot: “When Hell Freezes Over”
Discussion: PerezHilton and Bossip
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Jim Dalrymple II / BuzzFeed:
Joe Biden Officiates Same-Sex Wedding For Two White House Staffers
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Katie Berrington / Vogue UK:
Cara On Being “Completely In Love”
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
 

 
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Tech startup Channel 1, which debuted a newscast hosted by AI-generated anchors in 2023, unveils AI tools to improve the production and distribution processes

Kendall Tietz / Fox News:
Forbes editorial staffers walk off the job, saying that management has been stalling at the bargaining table for nearly three years

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sean Hannity will debut a new monthly longform interview program on Fox News Media's streaming service Fox Nation, with the first episode premiering today

 
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