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2:25 PM ET, August 6, 2016

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Renee Zellweger / The Huffington Post:
We Can Do Better  —  I am lucky.  Choosing a creative life and having the opportunity to do satisfying work that is sometimes meaningful is a blessed existence and worth the price paid in the subsequent challenges of public life.  —  Sometimes it means resigning to humiliation, and other times …
People.com:
Tom Brady Explains Why He Didn't Attend the Olympics with ‘Great Life Partner’ Gisele Bündchen  —  With the 2016 Rio Olympics in full swing, supermodel Gisele Bündchen is celebrating the Games in her home country of Brazil sans her NFL star husband, Tom Brady.
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Charlotte Triggs / People.com:
Supermodel Gisele Bündchen Reveals All on Her Starring Role in Rio Opening Ceremony  —  Supermodel Gisele Bündchen will make her return to the runway Friday as she takes part in the Opening Ceremony for the Summer Olympics, which are being held in her home country of Brazil - and she's a little nervous about it.
Discussion: Just Jared
TMZ.com:
40 Hurt in Rail Collapse at Concert  —  Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa fans went down hard Friday night after the front-row railing collapsed at their show ... sending some to the hospital.  —  The rappers were performing in Camden, New Jersey ... you can see from the video fans were packed like sardines into the venue.
Discussion: X17 Online and PerezHilton
Lindsay Kimble / People.com:
Your Olympic Hunk Has Arrived!  Shirtless Tonga Flag Bearer Steals the Show at Opening Ceremony  —  Pita Taufatofua must have left his Team Tonga uniform at home... and then fell into a vat of oil on his way into the Macaraña stadium.  —  Taufatofua, who represented the Polynesian county …
TMZ.com:
Family Ready to Fight It  —  Prince's famous Paisley Park mansion could soon hit the open market, but there's a legal beef brewing that might squash the whole thing ... TMZ has learned.  —  The bank managing Prince's estate filed docs asking the court to let it sell a bunch of Prince's properties …
Britney Spears / TMZ.com:
Too Sexy or Just Pointless?  —  Britney Spears rejected the music video commissioned for her new song, and there's a dispute over why it was 86'd.  —  Famed photographer/director David LaChapelle was at the helm of the video for “Make Me ...” Sources connected with LaChapelle tell TMZ Britney's team rejected …
Discussion: PerezHilton and Stereogum
New York Daily News:
Justin Bieber gets naked on island vacation with bikini model Sahara Ray, days after nude photos of Orlando Bloom surface  —  I'll show you, Orlando Bloom!  —  Nude photos of Justin Bieber surfaced just two days after his romantic rival's own naked pics, first published by the Daily News, became an internet sensation.
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Evan Real / Us Weekly:
Adele Reveals Her Credit Card Was Once Declined at an H&M Store: ‘I Was Mortified’  —  But isn't she rolling in the deep?  Adele revealed during a Sunday, July 31, show in San Jose, California, that her credit card was declined during a recent shopping trip at budget-friendly retail giant H&M.
Discussion: Bossip
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Trish Bendixon / AfterEllen:
Some airlines are showing edited versions of “Carol” with zero same-sex kissing  —  There are people in the world that have seen a version of the award-winning lesbian-themed film Carol and think Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara never kiss.  —  In-flight versions of Carol shown on Delta Airlines …
Discussion: Slate, EW.com, PerezHilton and Towleroad
Michael K / Dlisted:
Hot Slut Of The Day!  —  The grandma who won the title of Beer Pong Queen at her 100th birthday party!  —  Usually when I pay tribute to a centenarian on their birthday, it's because they have given us 100-proof drops of wisdom by saying that the key to living a long life is guzzling down the sweet nectar.
Justin Kor / ShanghaiDaily.com:
Large and in charge: WWE star wrestles triumph from adversity  —  MINUTES before my interview with World Wrestling Entertainment star Paul Randall Wight Jr, better known to many by his ring name Big Show, a member of his public relations team informed me that he needed a bit more time to gather himself.
Discussion: The Wrap and TMZ.com
 
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Jeff Nelson / People.com:
RuPaul's Drag Race Star Sharon Needles Examines the Dark Side of Fame in New 'Hollywoodn't' Music Video
Discussion: The WOW Report
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: 'Lauren doesn't want to share the limelight': Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag reveal …
Discussion: PerezHilton and Us Weekly
Jonah Bayer / Noisey:
RIP DEP: After Nearly Two Decades, Dillinger Escape Plan Is Bowing Out Gracefully
Discussion: Stereogum
Ale Russian / People.com:
The Incredibly Sweet Story of How Viola Davis Met Her Husband
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Ryan Gajewski / Us Weekly:
‘The Bachelorette’ Castoff Chase McNary Might Be the Next Bachelor, According to Mike Fleiss' Hint
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TMZ.com:
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Spotify releases a ranking of the top audiobooks on the platform for the first time, showing A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas was 2024's top book

Mike Pastore / MarTech:
Informa Tech, a B2B media and data company that owns brands like Industry Dive, merges with TechTarget to broaden reach to customers and scale for marketers

Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Disney unveils an ESPN tile on Disney+, making ~100 live games available for Disney+ subscribers without ESPN+; ESPN is creating two studio shows for Disney+

 
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