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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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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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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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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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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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Hannah Jeter / The Players' Tribune:
The Derek I Know — This is the first of a new editorial series in which family members, friends, and those closest to them, share special insights into the athletes they love. — I thought he was a pitcher. — I know it sounds strange that I didn't know he was a shortstop.
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People.com, Extra, AOL, Yahoo Celebrity, Bossip, Page Six, Us Weekly, Celebrity Baby Scoop, PerezHilton and TMZ.com
Jennifer Abidor / Seventeen:
Camila Cabello Opens Up About Life After Fifth Harmony — Plus, more revelations from her Seventeen cover interview. — To say the past few months have been totally cray for our March/April cover star, Camila Cabello, would be the understatement of the year.
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Us Weekly, Cele|bitchy, PerezHilton and Oh No They Didn't!
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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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.
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Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Ryan Murphy Breaks Silence on Naya Rivera and Lea Michele Rumors: The Guys Feuded, Too — Mark your calendars: Season 10 of FX's Feud may center on Glee stars Lea Michele and Naya Rivera. — At least, that's what co-creator Ryan Murphy joked to E! News while sitting down for an exclusive interview …
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PerezHilton and Oh No They Didn't!
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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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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