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People.com:
Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom Are Taking a ‘Respectful, Loving Space’ from Their Relationship  —  Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are taking a break.  —  “Before rumors or falsifications get out of hand, we can confirm that Orlando and Katy are taking respectful, loving space at this time,” …
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Evan Real / Us Weekly:
Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom Are Taking a Break From Their Relationship  —  Cooling off.  Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are taking a break from their relationship, Us Weekly can confirm.  —  “Before rumors or falsifications get out of hand we can confirm that Orlando and Katy are taking respectful …
Discussion: Daily Mail
abc7chicago.com:
Exclusive interview: Chicago couple steals show at Oscars … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc7chicago.com/video/ embed/?pid=1776752" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>  —  An ABC7 Eyewitness News Exclusive  —  A Chicago couple part of a tour group …
Derek Blasberg / Vanity Fair:
Cover Story: Emma Watson, Rebel Belle … Photographs by -  —  Styled by -  —  Emma Watson and I are standing on the 23rd Street platform of an uptown-bound E train in New York City and we're littering.  Literally.  And literature-ly.  The 26-year-old actress is scattering hardcover copies …
Michael Schulman / New Yorker:
Scenes from the Oscar-Night Implosion  —  Not long after “La La Land” was announced Best Picture at the eighty-ninth annual Academy Awards—after which “Moonlight” was announced Best Picture at the eighty-ninth annual Academy Awards, and all hell broke loose—I was at the raw bar at the Governors Ball …
Discussion: The Academy, Page Six and People.com
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Kate Sheehy / Page Six:
Oscars accountant busy tweeting Emma Stone pic before epic flub
Wall Street Journal:
PwC Partner Tweeted Backstage Minutes Before Oscar Best Picture Mix-Up
Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
Jimmy Kimmel's Final Matt Damon Oscar Joke Got Scrapped After the Best Picture Mix-Up — Find Out What It Was
Discussion: PerezHilton
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — President Trump: Oscars ‘Were Focused so Hard on Politics’ They Could Not Get the Basics …
Dave Brooks / Billboard:
Lady Gaga to Replace Beyonce at Coachella  —  Officials are finalizing plans to bring the singer's huge stage production to the Empire Polo Grounds.  —  Lady Gaga will headline both weekends of Coachella, Billboard has learned, replacing Beyoncé, who postponed her performance after announcing she was pregnant with twins.
Jennifer Drysdale / Entertainment Tonight:
EXCLUSIVE: Corinne Olympios Says She Was Slut-Shamed on ‘The Bachelor,’ But Has ‘No Regrets’  —  Corinne Olympios made headlines for her “sex charm” this season on The Bachelor — but she's not apologizing.  —  ET's Lauren Zima caught up with the Miami native at the dating series' …
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Nick Viall / People.com:
Bachelor Nick Viall: Even as I Prepare to Propose to Another Woman, I Miss Corinne to This Day  —  He was devastated twice on The Bachelorette and had a summer fling on Bachelor in Paradise, and now Nick Viall is looking to find a love that lasts as The Bachelor's latest leading man.
Colleen Kratofil / People.com:
Real Housewives of New Jersey's Jacqueline Laurita Just Got Her Fourth Boob Job (and the Results Will Shock You!)  —  In the Real Housewives franchise there are two sets of women: Those who adamantly deny getting plastic surgery (even if photos suggest otherwise) and those that wholeheartedly embrace it.
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Jaclyn Hendricks / Page Six:
‘RHONJ’ star Jacqueline Laurita gets fourth boob job for free  —  Jacqueline Laurita in 2009 (L) and 2016.  —  Getty Images  —  Being a Bravo-lebrity has its perks.  —  “Real Housewives of New Jersey” personality Jacqueline Laurita underwent her fourth breast augmentation in December and it didn't cost a dime.
Discussion: Daily Mail
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
‘Feud’ Season 2 on FX to Tackle Charles and Diana Saga … Ryan Murphy has set his sights on the unhappy union of Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana as the next installment of “Feud,” which has grabbed a 10-episode order from FX.  —  The deal comes as a big vote of confidence in Murphy and his team from FX.
Mark Shanahan / BostonGlobe.com:
Oscar in hand, Casey Affleck now in the spotlight in his own right  —  It was improbable enough when Ben Affleck won a second Academy Award in 2012, following a career slide that included a string of mediocre movies.  But few in Hollywood — or in his hometown of Cambridge, for that matter …
Discussion: Us Weekly and POPSUGAR Celebrity
Alexia Fernandez / People.com:
Amanda Seyfried Remembers Her ‘Father Figure’ Bill Paxton as More Stars Honor the Late Big Love Star  —  Amanda Seyfried is grieving the sudden loss of her on-screen dad, Bill Paxton.  —  “He was an amazing and supportive father-figure to me in my early career,” she tells PEOPLE.
 
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Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity and People.com
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