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8:50 PM ET, February 17, 2017

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Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Jennifer Garner to File for Divorce From Ben Affleck Nearly Two Years After Announcing Split  —  Nearly two years after they first announced their split, Jennifer Garner is gearing up to file for divorce from Ben Affleck, Us Weekly can confirm.  —  Garner and Affleck, both 44 …
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People.com:
Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna Split Again: ‘The Wedding Plans Are Off’  —  Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna's romance has come to an end — PEOPLE can confirm the fiancés have called it quits.  —  “They split a while ago.  The wedding plans are off,” a source close to Kardashian tells PEOPLE.
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Rob Kardashian, Blac Chyna Split Again: 'This Won't End Well'
Discussion: Daily Mail and PerezHilton
All Things Fam & Glam:
Sharing Our Little Gift  —  Click through the slideshow for some of my favorite shots of Shai.  —  When you're a celebrity, privacy is a luxury that eventually runs out.  As I've mentioned before, parenthood has brought out the “mama bear” instinct in Maks and I. From minute one we knew …
Discussion: People.com
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TMZ.com:
WWE Hall of Famer — George ‘The Animal’ Steele DEAD AT 79  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  WWE Hall of Famer George “The Animal” Steele died Thursday night in Florida from kidney failure ... George's wife, Patricia, tells TMZ Sports.  —  Patricia tells us George had been in and out of hospice care since April.
Discussion: wwe.com, Us Weekly, Full Feed and People.com
Michael K / Dlisted:
Roman Polanski Wants To Come Back To End His Rape Case For Good  —  Roman Polanski pleaded no contest to raping and drugging a 13-year-old girl in 1977, and the story goes that he struck a plea bargain with prosecutors that would require him to serve only 48 days in prison.  Yes, only 48 days for anally raping a child.
Discussion: TMZ.com, The Superficial and Page Six
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TMZ.com:
Robin Thicke, Paula Patton — Square Off with Cops Again In Custody War  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Robin Thicke and Paula Patton got into it again in their custody war, and cops rushed to the scene again.  —  We've learned the incident went down Thursday at a Malibu park, where Paula was supposed …
Discussion: Us Weekly and Bossip
Jennifer Drysdale / Entertainment Tonight:
EXCLUSIVE: *NSYNC Will Reunite This Year — Plus, They're Re-Releasing Music on Vinyl  —  Send your thanks to the boy band gods — *NSYNC is reuniting this year!  —  ET's Katie Krause caught up with Lance Bass at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday, where he opened up about the band's big …
Discussion: Page Six and People.com
People.com:
Kim Kardashian Could Return to Paris for Fashion Week 5 Months After Robbery, Source Says  —  Kim Kardashian West may be making plans to return to Paris Fashion Week five months after her traumatic robbery.  —  A source tells PEOPLE that Kardashian West's younger sister, Kendall Jenner …
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Fake Sisqò fools fashion world  —  Sisqó and his Fashion Week impersonator  —  MORE FROM:  —  An imposter apparently posing as R&B singer Sisqó has been hitting New York Fashion Week shows, sitting front row, posing for photographers and charming his way into fashion parties.
Discussion: AOL
Allison / Dlisted:
Things Are Weird Between Regis Philbin And Kelly Ripa (UPDATE)  —  Yes, more awkward than whatever Regis Phibin is doing with his hands in the pockets of that apron.  —  Regis started hosting Live! with Kelly Ripa in 2001, but he chose to retire in 2011 at the age of 79.
Discussion: The Wrap and People.com
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Natalie Musumeci / Page Six:
Regis Philbin exposes bad blood with Kelly Ripa
Discussion: PerezHilton
 
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Brianne Tracy / People.com:
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TMZ.com:
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Discussion: Us Weekly and The Wrap
Jaclyn Hendricks / Page Six:
Chrissy Metz defends ‘This Is Us’ co-star's fat suit
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Jamie Blynn / Us Weekly:
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From Mediagazer:

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NBC's new deal with Macy's to keep the Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC and Peacock has an average annual fee of $60M+, up from ~$20M in the current deal

Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Filing: Disney agrees to pay $43.25M to settle a 2019 lawsuit over pay equity for up to 14,000 female Disney employees; the trial was set to begin in May 2025

Carmen Reinicke / Bloomberg:
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