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8:15 AM ET, August 3, 2016

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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 …
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Viola Davis / TMZ.com:
Keeping It 100 On ‘Suicide Squad’  —  Viola Davis isn't shying away from the headlines surrounding her new movie, “Suicide Squad” — in fact, she's facing 'em head on in this clip.  —  We asked Viola — who plays intelligence officer Amanda Waller — about director David Ayer getting f-bomb happy …
Discussion: Just Jared
Brittany King / People.com:
The Bachelorette Winner Jordan Rodgers Reveals His Biggest Regret About the Show  —  Even winners have regrets.  —  On Monday's season finale of The Bachelorette, fans were finally able to see that JoJo Fletcher had given her final rose to front-runner Jordan Rodgers.
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Jamie Blynn / Us Weekly:
The Bachelorette's Robby Hayes Is ‘Doing Really Well’ After His Split From JoJo Fletcher
Discussion: What's New
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
Ryan Gajewski / Us Weekly:
Bachelorette's JoJo and Her Fiance Are Moving in Together! …
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.
Tituss Burgess / Facebook:
My Ellie had her baby.  A son.  But why am I emotional.  He's not mine.  Also someone is gonna call her mom.  I cannot wrap my head around it.  Like she went into labor and pushed someone out.  I cant process it.  In fact, when she told me she was preggers -correction I told her cause …
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Jen Juneau / People.com:
Ellie Kemper Welcomes a Son
Discussion: Dlisted
Megan French / Us Weekly:
Ellie Kemper Gives Birth, Welcomes First Child (a Boy!) With Husband Michael Koman
Kendall Fisher / E! Online:
Margot Robbie Has Prince Harry's Phone Number  —  We're envious of Margot Robbie for so many reasons: her talent, her wit, her beauty...and now the fact that she has Prince Harry's phone number.  —  Yes, the 26-year-old actress sat down with to E! News' Marc Malkin at the premiere …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, What's New and Page Six
Evgenia Peretz / Vanity Fair:
How Alicia Vikander Unleashed Her Inner Superstar  —  During her banner year (Ex Machina, The Danish Girl, etc.) and Academy Award-winning leap to stardom, the Swedish actress also found love with Michael Fassbender, on the set of next month's The Light Between Oceans.  Think it was luck?  Think again.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Just Jared
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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TMZ.com:
DROPS SEX ASSAULT SUIT AGAINST DR. LUKE IN CA
Discussion: PerezHilton, X17 Online and WWTDD
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
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
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump refuses to endorse Paul Ryan in GOP primary: 'I'm just not quite there yet'  —  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump escalated his war with his own party's leadership on Tuesday by refusing to endorse House Speaker Paul D. Ryan or Sen. John McCain, two of the GOP's highest-ranking …
Sophie Schillaci / Entertainment Tonight:
EXCLUSIVE: Adam Levine Hilariously Can't Believe He's Going to Be a Dad: ‘They Let Me Make a Baby!’  —  Excited seems like an understatement here...  “I'm gonna be a f**king dad!”  Adam Levine gushed to ET, accepting early congratulations on the impending arrival of his first child.  “I'm so excited!”
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop and AOL
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
Danielle Anderson / People.com:
RaeLynn on Her Raw and Personal ‘Love Triangle’ Video: 'I'm Not Just a Girl Who Sings Fun, Sappy Songs'  —  RaeLynn's newest music video hits extremely close to home - her childhood home.  —  The singer's latest tune “Love Triangle” is a raw and emotional account of what it's like to be the child of divorced parents.
People.com:
Rob Kardashian Was ‘Super Emotional and Overwhelmed’ Before Brief Tiff with Blac Chyna  —  After Rob Kardashian unexpectedly deleted all traces of fiancée Blac Chyna on his Instagram account last week, breakup rumors began to circulate.  Though a source confirmed to PEOPLE that the couple …
Discussion: What's New
Kaitlyn Frey / People.com:
How Vanessa Hudgens Learned to Love Her Biggest Insecurity  —  Vanessa Hudgens is the first to share that celebrities aren't immune to the same body image issues the rest of us deal with.  —  Though the star often embraces a Coachella-friendly crop top, she admits to having insecurity about her midsection.
Discussion: Just Jared
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
 
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Ashley Graham / Lenny Letter:
Shamed If I Do, Shamed If I Don't  —  Model and body activist …
Discussion: PerezHilton and Oh No They Didn't!
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump boots baby from Virginia rally
TMZ.com:
Ain't MY Problem Now  —  Tyga is nothing but a deadbeat dad …
Discussion: PerezHilton
Evan Real / Us Weekly:
Chelsea Houska of ‘Teen Mom 2’ Gushes Over Seeing Her Baby's ‘Tiny Little Hand’: ‘My Heart!’
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Brian Porreca / Hollywood Reporter:
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Holly Ellyatt / CNBC:
Kanye West now ‘wants to work with IKEA’
Discussion: Stereogum and Cele|bitchy
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
Jim Dalrymple II / BuzzFeed:
Joe Biden Officiates Same-Sex Wedding For Two White House Staffers
Discussion: Us Weekly, Towleroad and AOL
 

 
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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

Bloomberg:
Sources: David Ellison plans sweeping changes at Paramount after merger, including consolidation of its TV networks; co-CEO Brian Robbins is expected to leave

 
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