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GQ:
Tom Hiddleston on Taylor Swift, Heartbreak, and Great Bolognese  —  Perhaps you learned his name only because of his recent three-month romance with Taylor Swift.  But by then, Tom Hiddleston was already a beloved Marvel villain, James Bond short-lister, Night Manager leading man …
Evan Real / Us Weekly:
Chris Evans and Jenny Slate Split After Less Than a Year of Dating  —  It's over.  Chris Evans and Jenny Slate have called it quits on their relationship after less than a year of dating, Us Weekly can exclusively confirm.  —  An insider tells Us that the pair broke up recently, within the last two or three weeks.
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity
Benjamin Svetkey / Hollywood Reporter:
Justin Timberlake on Fatherhood, His Uncertain Future and Being Best Friends with Jimmy Fallon  —  With his first No. 1 single in a decade — that inescapable ‘Trolls’ tune, up for a Grammy and an Oscar — the former boy band phenom is a dad starring in a Woody Allen movie and grappling with …
Maya Singer / Vogue:
How Models Like Ashley Graham and Gigi Hadid Are Democratizing Fashion  —  In a climate of immigration bans and building walls, the biggest names in 2017 make the case that there isn't just one type of American girl—nor has there ever been.  —  What is a woman supposed to look like?
Discussion: People.com
TMZ.com:
Grammys — Featuring Slow Bey  —  Beyonce is “very pregnant” — according to a source with eyes on her as she prepares for her Grammys performance — and the pace onstage will slow dramatically as a result.  —  Sources connected with the show tell TMZ, Beyonce is in rehearsals for Sunday's show …
Discussion: PerezHilton, Bossip and The Blemish
TMZ.com:
Madonna — Cops to Adopting Malawi Twins ... Why the Lie?  —  Madonna now admits she adopted 4-year-old twin girls from Malawi — something she flatly denied 2 weeks ago when she was in the African nation.  —  Madonna posted a pic with the girls, Esther and Stella, to announce she'd officially “completed the process” of adopting them.
Discussion: X17 Online and WWTDD
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E! Online:
Chrissy Teigen Unhurt After Being Involved in Hit and Run Car Accident Near Hollywood  —  Not even celebrities can escape an unfortunate car accident.  —  E! News has learned that Chrissy Teigen was involved in a hit and run accident around 7:30 p.m. local time in Hollywood this Tuesday evening.
People.com:
Party of Four!  See Ben and Jessa (Duggar) Seewald's First Family Photo with Newborn Son  —  And baby makes four.  —  Jessa (Duggar) Seewald and her husband Ben welcomed their second child — a boy — on Monday, and PEOPLE can reveal the adorable first family photo of the couple …
BBC:
Former ‘It girl’ Tara Palmer-Tomkinson found dead  —  The star, who rose to fame in the 1990s as a hard-partying “It girl”, received treatment in 2016 for a non-malignant brain tumour.  —  The Met Police confirmed a woman in her 40s was found dead at Palmer-Tomkinson's flat in Bramham Gardens, South Kensington, at 13:40 GMT.
Discussion: Us Weekly and People.com
Lanford Beard / People.com:
This Is Us' Chrissy Metz Shuts Down Surgery Rumors but Does Want to Lose Weight: ‘I Want to Be Healthy for Myself’  —  After years of struggling with diets and depression, This Is Us star Chrissy Metz looks back on her journey to self-acceptance, fame, and becoming a role model for body positivity.
Discussion: Page Six
Michael Miller / People.com:
Teenage Judy Garland Was Repeatedly Molested by Munchkins on Set of Wizard of Oz, Says Her Ex-Husband  —  In The Wizard of Oz, the lovable Munchkins help Dorothy follow the yellow brick road to find her way home.  But just like Oz himself, it turns out some of the Munchkins may not have been all they seemed.
Discussion: Us Weekly, AOL, The Wrap and PerezHilton
Jamie Blynn / Us Weekly:
Kourtney Kardashian Rejected Scott Disick's Marriage Proposal While on Family Vacation in Costa Rica  —  Scott Disick vowed that his four-day trip to Costa Rica with Kourtney Kardashian and their kids, Mason, 7, Penelope, 4, and Reign 2, would be unforgettable.
Discussion: AOL
Patrick Gomez / People.com:
Transgender Star Gigi Gorgeous on Realizing She's a Lesbian: 'I Never Thought I'd Fall For a Girl'  —  After coming out as gay male in her teens and later as a transgender female, Gigi Lazzarato thought she was done coming out.  —  But that all changed when the YouTube sensation known as Gigi Gorgeous …
Discussion: PerezHilton
 
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TMZ.com:
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TMZ.com:
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
X files an objection to including X accounts belonging or related to Infowars in the outlet's bankruptcy auction, arguing it has ownership of all X accounts

Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CNN confirms Kaitlan Collins as its chief White House correspondent; she will become CNN's first prime-time anchor to also serve as its top White House reporter

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
A group published a project on Hugging Face that seemingly granted brief access to OpenAI's Sora, protesting what it calls duplicity and “art washing” by OpenAI

 
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