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10:25 AM ET, February 4, 2017

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EW.com:
‘Stranger Things’: Is Getting a Super Bowl Ad and We've Got Your First Look Right Here  —  Football shmootball.  Now there's an even bigger reason to tune into the Super Bowl this Sunday on Fox: EW can exclusively reveal that Netflix's pop culture phenom Stranger Things will a...
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Exclusive Pre-Super Bowl Interview with Lady Gaga!  —  Six time Grammy award winner and Super Bowl 51 halftime show performer Lady Gaga calls into the show to give some Exclusive Insight on her preparation for the upcoming Super bowl performance.  —  Find out how Lady Gaga learned she got …
Discussion: PerezHilton and Oh No They Didn't!
Anthony McCartney / Associated Press:
AP EXCLUSIVE: OSWALT SAYS HEART CONDITION, MEDS KILLED WIFE  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt said Friday that coroner's officials informed him that his wife died last year from a combination of prescription medications and an undiagnosed heart condition.
Discussion: Us Weekly, People.com and PerezHilton
Chavie Lieber / Racked:
Neiman Marcus Has Dropped Ivanka Trump Jewelry  —  The brand is no longer for sale on the retailer's website and at least some of its stores.  —  PIN  —  Following the news that Nordstrom is dropping the Ivanka Trump line amidst poor sales due to an aggressive boycott …
Discussion: Bossip, People.com, New York Times and AOL
Men's Journal:
Schwarzenegger Goes Full “Terminator” on Trump  —  Arnold Schwarzenegger appears on the cover of the upcoming issue of Men's Journal, due out March 3, discussing his environmental legacy as Governor of California — but also, offering his bluntest comments yet about President Donald Trump.
Discussion: People.com, The Wrap, Us Weekly and AOL
Justin Kroll / Variety:
John Lithgow Joins ‘Pitch Perfect 3’ Cast (EXCLUSIVE)  —  John Lithgow, hot off his SAG Awards win for his performance as Winston Churchill in Netflix's “The Crown,” will be rounding out the cast of Universal's “Pitch Perfect 3.”  —  Trish Sie is taking over the director's chair from Elizabeth Banks, who helmed “Pitch Perfect 2.”
Allison / Dlisted:
The CFDA Is Pissed That Kanye West Set His Own Fashion Show Schedule  —  Kanye West's last New York Fashion Week show was a huge mess.  It was held on an island, it started two hours late, half the models nearly met their maker after standing in the hot sun for so long.
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Jessica Iredale / WWD:
EXCLUSIVE: CFDA Not Cool With Kanye
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Lisa Respers France / CNN:
Faith Evans announces Notorious B.I.G. duets album  —  (CNN)Twenty years after the unsolved murder of rapper The Notorious B.I.G, his wife is releasing an album of duets with him.  —  R & B star Faith Evans announced on Friday that “The King & I” will be released on May 19 …
Discussion: The Blemish, Us Weekly and PerezHilton
Brittany Spanos / Rolling Stone:
Watch Ansel Elgort's 'American Psycho'-Inspired ‘Thief’ Video  —  Musician and actor cites Michael Jackson, David Bowie and ‘Drive’ soundtrack as influential on creepy song and video  —  Musician and ‘The Fault in our Stars’ actor Ansel Elgort channels Patrick Bateman for the icy, creepy new video for single “Thief.”
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Dana Rose Falcone / Us Weekly:
Pregnant Jessa Duggar Hangs Out With Her Sisters as Her Due Date Passes … Any minute now!  Pregnant Jessa Duggar Seewald's due date has come and gone, but she's not stressing.  Instead, the Counting On star, 24, is grabbing Starbucks with her sisters.  —  PHOTOS: Duggar Family Photo Album: 19 Kids and Counting
Michael Bublé:
For Immediate Release  —  Singer Michael Buble' and his wife actress Luisana Lopilato released a statement regarding their son Noah who has been in treatment for cancer since late last year:  —  “We are so grateful to report that our son Noah has been progressing well during his treatment …
Discussion: People.com
Emily Andrews / The Sun:
MEG HAND HARRY Prince Harry spotted holding hands with girlfriend Meghan Markle on date in London as pals claim TV star lover has ‘virtually moved in’ with him  —  The loved-up pair have been ‘inseparable’ for past five weeks and first snaps of the couple hand-in-hand add fuel to friend's claims that they will be ‘engaged by spring’
New York Times:
New Yorker and Vanity Fair Pull Out of Correspondents Dinner Parties  —  NEW YORK — The White House Correspondents Dinner has gone from a hoary ritual to the apex of Washington's social calendar, replete with Hollywood A-listers, tuxedoed television stars and live coverage on the major news networks.
Aprill Turner / nabj.org:
NABJ Statement on Tamron Hall's Departure From NBC  —  The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is saddened by Tamron Hall's departure from NBC.  She broke ground as the first black female “Today Show” cohost and was enjoying ratings success alongside Al Roker during the show's third hour of programming.
Discussion: Us Weekly, People.com, AOL and PerezHilton
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Page Six:
SEE ALL 173 STORIES  —  After the dramatic departure of Tamron Hall …
 
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