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12:35 PM ET, January 25, 2017

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Dan Aykroyd / Empire:
Dan Aykroyd's Tribute To Carrie Fisher  —  The March 2017 issue of Empire, on sale Thursday, contains a 24-page farewell to cinematic icon Carrie Fisher.  As part of this special event, we asked a number of Fisher's close friends to recall what she meant to them in their own words.
Ian Mohr / Page Six:
Jane Fonda and Richard Perry call it quits after 8 years  —  Jane Fonda and Richard Perry are quietly parting ways after eight years together, Page Six has learned.  —  The couple just put their Beverly Hills home on the market for $13 million.  —  A source told us, “they are selling …
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Emily Kaplan / SI.com:
Erin Andrews' secret battle with cervical cancer  —  The MMQB staff writer Emily Kaplan discusses how Erin Andrews was able to keep working while fighting cervical cancer.  —  Her safety belt clicked shut.  As her highly public and emotionally draining civil trial entered a weekend break …
TMZ.com:
WorldStarHipHop Founder Lee ‘Q’ O'Denat Dead at 43  —  WorldStarHipHop Founder — Dead at 43  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  WorldStarHipHop founder Lee O'Denat — known as “Q” — has died ... TMZ has learned.  —  We're told Q, the CEO of WorldStar and its face, died in his sleep Monday night.
Catherine Kast / People.com:
Katherine Heigl Introduces Son Joshua Bishop  —  Katherine Heigl might have chickens, donkeys, horses, dogs and two little girls at home in Utah, but she's added one more to her bustling brood: Her first son, Joshua Bishop.  —  Heigl, 38, and her husband, musician Josh Kelley, 37, welcomed the 7 lbs. 15 oz.
Kelsey Hendrix / SI.com:
WIN A TRIP TO MEET NINA AGDAL AT VIBES BY SI SWIMSUIT!  —  It's official: Nina Agdal is BACK for SI Swimsuit 2017!  —  But that's only the beginning of our good news today.  If you're as obsessed as we are with our Danish beauty, then you've probably dreamed a time or two (or a thousand) …
Discussion: People.com
John Boone / Entertainment Tonight:
EXCLUSIVE: Dennis Quaid Shuts Down 'A Dog's Purpose' Abuse Allegations: ‘I Would Have Walked’  —  “I was there.  I never saw any abuse of any animal.  If there had been, I would have walked,” Dennis Quaid told ET on Monday, addressing allegations that one of his canine costars had been abused on the set of his film, A Dog's Purpose.
Eric Andersson / Us Weekly:
Flip or Flop's Christina El Moussa Thinks Ex Tarek ‘Is an Absolute Pig’  —  On HGTV's Flip or Flop, Christina and Tarek El Moussa bicker over everything from cabinet finishes to budgets.  But off camera, the estranged exes — in production on the home-reno series for several more months — hardly speak.
Discussion: AOL
Mike Vulpo / E! Online:
Inside Selena Gomez and The Weeknd's “Sexy and Flirty” Relationship  —  Maybe this isn't the same old love Selena Gomez is used to after all.  —  As the “Hands to Myself” singer continues her relationship with The Weeknd, E! News is learning more about this romance that became so public so soon.
Discussion: PerezHilton
Anita Busch / Deadline:
Justin Timberlake On First Oscar Nomination: “I'm Really Humbled”  —  EXCLUSIVE: Prior to today, Justin Timberlake had been nominated for every top award in music except for ... well, the two — Oscar and Tony.  Today, Oscar danced, danced, danced into his pocket with a Best Song nomination for …
Discussion: Us Weekly and POPSUGAR Celebrity
Niki McGloster / Billboard:
Chrisette Michele on ‘No Political Genius’ & Performing at Trump's Inaugural Ball: ‘It Was My Responsibility to Say Yes with Purpose’  —  Without question President Donald Trump's presence has ignited mass resistance across the world (see: the Women's March).
Matt Donnelly / The Wrap:
Malia Obama Turns Up at Sundance Film Festival (Exclusive)  —  Of all the boldfaced names at the Sundance Film Festival, none got people talking like Malia Obama.  —  The 18-year-old — who until Friday was the first daughter of the United States — turned up at Park City's Yarrow Theater …
Elizabethleonardtimeinc / People.com:
Mel Gibson Welcomes Son Lars Gerard  —  It's a boy for Mel Gibson!  —  The actor and Hacksaw Ridge director welcomed his first child with girlfriend of two years Rosalind Ross, his rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.  —  Son Lars Gerard Gibson was born Friday, Jan. 20, in Los Angeles, weighing in at 5 lbs. 5 oz.
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Caitlin O'Toole / Us Weekly:
Mel Gibson and Girlfriend Rosalind Ross Welcome Baby Son, Lars Gerard, His Ninth Child
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity
 
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Janko Roettgers / The Verge:
Redbox's owner, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, files for bankruptcy protection; Chicken Soup took on $325M in debt when it acquired Redbox in 2022

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The two California bills to help fund local journalism would penalize Google and Meta for news' decline and benefit hedge funds that are destroying newspapers

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