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8:00 AM ET, January 31, 2017

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Justin Kroll / Variety:
Ben Affleck Will Not Direct ‘The Batman’ (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Ben Affleck has decided to step down as director of “The Batman” and remain on as a producer and star of the project.  —  Affleck is still on board to play the superhero, but sources close to the talent said Affleck and Warner Bros. discussed …
Discussion: The Blemish, Daily Mail and People.com
Mickey Rapkin / ELLE:
Kit Harington Really, Really Wants to Be on Sesame Street  —  As much as we love Kit Harington with a man bun, we've got only two more seasons to lust after the romance novel-long mane and the character to whom it belongs: brooding bastard Jon Snow of Game of Thrones—currently filming its seventh season …
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Samantha Bee to Roast Trump on Same Night as Correspondents' Dinner  —  The annual custom of the White House Correspondents' Association dinner suddenly seems uncomfortable if not untenable: Journalists mingling with Trump administration aides who loathe them, celebrities decrying Trump White House policies …
TMZ.com:
Mary Tyler Moore — Death Certificate Reveals Multiple Causes of Death  —  Mary Tyler Moore died from cardiopulmonary arrest ... brought on by 3 other serious medical conditions ... this according to the death certificate.  —  According to the death certificate, obtained by TMZ …
TMZ.com:
‘Stranger Things’ Star — Winona Wasn't Strange She Just Couldn't Hear  —  “Stranger Things” star Gaten Matarazzo has an explanation for Winona Ryder's bizarre facial reactions when the show won the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series award ... the question, does it ring true?
Discussion: Us Weekly and PerezHilton
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People.com:
Could Stranger Things Season 2 Get Political?  Producer Teases Some Real-World Parallels  —  Given the fiery speech given by actor David Harbour when Stranger Things nabbed the SAG Award Sunday night for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, it's no surprise …
Discussion: The Blemish
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Dolores is getting hitched!  Evan Rachel Wood is engaged to her bandmate Zach Villa, her rep confirms exclusively to Us Weekly.  —  The Westworld actress, 29, and Villa both wore silver bands on their left ring fingers while attending the 2017 SAG Awards in L.A. together on Sunday, January 29.
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Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:
Is Evan Rachel Wood Engaged?
Discussion: SELF
TMZ.com:
Bieber, Drake, Kanye — No-Shows At Grammys Ceremony is Irrelevant  —  Kanye West, Justin Bieber and other big stars are going to be MIA from the Grammys, and we know why.  —  It started with Frank Ocean, who many think had the best album of the year, but didn't even bother submitting it for Grammy consideration.
Discussion: Daily Mail, Bossip and Stereogum
People.com:
Antonio Banderas Hospitalized in U.K. After Suffering Chest Pains While Working Out  —  Antonio Banderas was hospitalized in the U.K. earlier this month after suffering chest pains, PEOPLE can confirm.  —  The 56-year-old actor was rushed to St. Peter's Hospital in Surrey, outside of London …
Discussion: AOL
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The Sun:
ZORRO'S 999 DASH Antonio Banderas rushed to Surrey hospital after suffering ‘agonising chest pains’ during workout
Discussion: PerezHilton and Us Weekly
People.com:
Robin Thicke Has Only Seen Son Once Since Judge Granted Paula Patton Temporary Sole Custody: Source  —  After losing temporary sole custody to ex Paula Patton, Robin Thicke spent time with his son Julian on Friday, two sources tell PEOPLE.  But the singer did not see his son the following day …
Discussion: Daily Mail and X17 Online
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
'Marvel's Cloak & Dagger': Olivia Holt & Aubrey Joseph Land Title Roles In Series For Freeform  —  EXCLUSIVE: Marvel and Freeform have found their Cloak and Dagger for the new straight-to-series coming-of-age live-action drama based on the Marvel characters.
Discussion: Variety
People.com:
Jill (Duggar) Dillard Announces Gender of Second Baby: It's a Boy!  —  Jill (Duggar) Dillard is getting outnumbered in her house!  —  PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that the Counting On star and her husband Derick, who married in June 2014, are having another baby boy.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip and Page Six
Michael Ausiello / TVLine:
Empire Enlists Eva Longoria as Villainous Foil for [Spoiler]  —  Eva Longoria is looking to have Cookie's ex for lunch.  —  The Desperate Housewives vet is joining Empire's current third season for a multi-episode arc, TVLine has learned exclusively.  —  She'll play Charlotte Frost …
Discussion: Variety
Perez Hilton:
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Wins Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Comedy Series At The 2017 SAG Awards — And BLASTS Trump's Immigration Ban!!  —  SAG Awards 2017 - Female Actor In a Comedy Series by Videosuploaded123  —  Julia Louis-Dreyfus doesn't care if the Russians hacked the SAG Awards …
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Alexia Fernandez / People.com:
SAG Awards 2017: The Night Of Star Riz Ahmed on Starting a Fundraiser for Syrian Children …
Discussion: Page Six
 
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From Mediagazer:

Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:
OpenAI suspends early access to Sora after ~20 artists leaked access to the tool in protest of the company's treatment of creative professionals as “PR puppets”

Marty Swant / Digiday:
US filing: Google sent subpoenas in October 2024 to OpenAI, Perplexity AI, and Microsoft for the remedies part of the US v. Google search antitrust trial

Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Charlie Rose settles with three former CBS employees who sued him in 2018 for sexual harassment; CBS fired Rose in November 2017 after a Washington Post report

 
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