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Wall Street Journal:
Disney Severs Ties With YouTube Star PewDiePie After Anti-Semitic Posts — Move came after the Journal asked about videos in which he included anti-Semitic jokes or Nazi imagery — Felix Kjellberg, who has 53 million subscribers to his “PewDiePie” YouTube channel, reacts as two men hold up a sign saying …
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The Wrap, Us Weekly, PerezHilton, Variety, Oh No They Didn't!, People.com and PewDiePie, more at Mediagazer »
Jackie Strause / Hollywood Reporter:
ABC Finally Casts First Black ‘Bachelorette’ — The barrier-breaking news will be announced on Monday night's ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!.’ — After 33 combined seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, ABC has cast its first black lead, a source close to the situation tells The Hollywood Reporter.
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TMZ.com, Washington Post, AOL, Variety, reality blurred and People.com
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Christina Dugan / People.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Lindsay on Being the Next Bachelorette: 'My Journey of Love Isn't Any Different Just Because My Skin Color Is' — It's official! — Rachel Lindsay, the 31-year-old attorney, has been chosen as Bachelor Nation's next leading lady, making her the first black woman to be cast as the Bachelorette.
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ABC News, PerezHilton, Cele|bitchy, The Hollywood Gossip and Bossip
Patrick Gomez / People.com:
It's Over! Watch Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake's Break Up in Upcoming Lifetime Movie Clip — Pop princess Britney Spears is getting the Lifetime biopic treatment, and PEOPLE has the first look at a pivotal scene from the TV movie. — The clip showcases the moment that …
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Billboard and PerezHilton
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Allison / Dlisted:
Britney Spears Has Sort Of Struck Back At Katy Perry — While walking the Grammys red carpet on Sunday night, Katy Perry made two thinly veiled head-shaving joke and Britney Spears fans on Twitter weren't here for it. They dragged her like a Wahl hair clipper across a scalp.
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Us Weekly, The Wrap, PerezHilton and Towleroad
NBC News:
Harrison Ford in Near Miss With Passenger Plane at LA Airport — Actor Harrison Ford was involved in a potentially serious incident on Monday as he was piloting his private plane, a single engine Husky, NBC News has learned. — Ford, an experienced pilot who collects vintage planes …
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The Wrap, Variety, TMZ.com, People.com and Page Six
TMZ.com:
Nick Cannon Says He's Quitting ‘AGT’ — Nick Cannon doesn't see himself shooting the next season of “America's Got Talent” ... after NBC execs considered firing him over a racial joke he told in his comedy special. — TMZ broke the story ... NBC and ‘AGT’ honchos felt Nick had disparaged …
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Page Six, Bossip, Dlisted, Nick Cannon, Daily Mail, PerezHilton, The Wrap and AOL
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Teen Vogue:
Bella Hadid Opens Up About Her Biggest Breakup on Our New Cover — And, no, it's not who you're thinking. — by — Photographs by — Makeup by — Fashion by — Hair by — “We're basically dating now.” A glistening, bathing suit-clad Bella Hadid is towering over the luckiest 12-year-old boy on the planet.
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Page Six, Yahoo Celebrity, Us Weekly, People.com and PerezHilton
Brian Gallagher / MovieWeb News:
Ben Affleck Doesn't Want to Be The Batman Anymore? — It's been an interesting couple of weeks for Warner Bros.' Batman stand-alone movie, with Ben Affleck leaving the project as a director, followed by the studio quickly bringing in Matt Reeves (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) to take over at the helm.
Discussion:
PerezHilton and I Don't Like You In That Way
Bill Swift / Egotastic:
Alexis Ren takes my breath away. And that shut down process doesn't begin with my respiratory organs. It's more of an all over feeling of feint seeing the young model turned self-made social media and bikini star baring her sweet body for the love of oglers and pimping swimwear companies.
J.D. Heyman / People.com:
Tom Cruise's Mother, Mary Lee South, Dies — Mary Lee South, the mother of Tom Cruise, has died, PEOPLE has learned exclusively. — South, 80, died peacefully in her sleep last week. South, who coped with health issues in recent years, was given a memorial service at her local Church of Scientology this weekend.
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Yahoo Celebrity, PerezHilton, Us Weekly, POPSUGAR Celebrity, Page Six, The Hollywood Gossip and TMZ.com
Emily Kirkpatrick / People.com:
Chrissy Teigen Poses in Pasties to Wish John Legend a Happy Valentine's Day — Just when you thought you were safe from the non-stop barrage of sexy that is Love magazine's 31 day-plus advent calendar filled with scantily clad models and celebs, the publication just keeps finding all new ways to keep the skin-baring parade going.
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The Wrap
Brittany Talarico / People.com:
Kanye West Preps for Fashion Week Show as Kim Kardashian Worries It Might Be ‘Too Much Stress’ for Him, Source Says — New York Fashion Week would not be complete without the latest Yeezy drop from Kanye West. And as the rapper and designer prepares to show his latest collection with Adidas on Wednesday …
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X17 Online and Bossip
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Lindsay Miller / POPSUGAR Celebrity:
Kanye West's Producer: “Kanye's Memory Is Coming Back”
Kanye West's Producer: “Kanye's Memory Is Coming Back”
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The Superficial and The Huffington Post