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Zeke Smith / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Survivor’ Contestant Opens Up About Being Outed as Transgender (Guest Column) — “I'm not wild about you knowing that I'm trans,” two-time show player Zeke Smith writes for THR about this week's episode. … I'm not wild about you knowing that I'm trans.
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Dalton Ross / EW.com:
Survivor: Jeff Probst reacts strongly to Jeff Varner outing Zeke as transgender — Each week host Jeff Probst will answer a few questions about the most recent episode of Survivor: Game Changers. This week, he gives his on-the-scene and behind-the-scenes insight and reaction to Jeff Varner outing Zeke Smith as transgender.
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Perez Hilton:
Survivor's Jeff Varner Formally Apologizes To Zeke Smith For Outing Him As Transgender — But Has His Apology Been Accepted? — Jeff Varner couldn't feel worse about outing fellow Survivor contestant Zeke Smith as a transgender man. — As we previously reported, Mr. Smith came …
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Patrick Gomez / People.com:
Outed as Transgender on Reality TV: Survivor's Zeke Smith Says ‘I Just Wanted to Be Known for My Game’ — When Zeke Smith was cast on Survivor in 2016, the Brooklyn-based asset manager didn't necessarily plan on sharing that he was transgender. — “I didn't want to be the 'first transgender …
Hamish Bowles / Vogue:
Katy Perry Is Leaving Her Cutesy Style Behind and Going Androgynous, Architectural, and Political — In an echoing studio in Brooklyn's hipster Red Hook neighborhood, Grace Coddington and a team of earnest Comme des Garçons minions are fastening Katy Perry into something that resembles …
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Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Brad Pitt's exes are knocking down his door — Kate Hudson, Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis — MORE FROM: … Brad Pitt — the biggest catch in Hollywood these days — is fending off advances from multiple wannabe replacements for Angelina Jolie, sources say.
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Mara Siegler / Page Six:
Sienna Miller shuts down Brad Pitt flirting rumors … Sienna Miller dismissed rumors that she's been flirting with divorcing Brad Pitt — whose production company Plan B is behind her latest film, “The Lost City of Z” — as “silly” on Tuesday night to Page Six. — “I'm not going to even dignify it with a response.
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Talia Ergas / Us Weekly:
Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx Are Finally Making Their Relationship Public — Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx are done keeping quiet. Discreetly dating since 2013, the stars are finally ready to “go public” with their romance, a source close to the duo reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.
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Charlie Murphy / TMZ.com:
After Leukemia Battle — Charlie Murphy, Eddie's older brother, and a very successful and popular stand-up comedian in his own right ... TMZ has learned. — According to Charlie's manager, he died from leukemia Wednesday morning in a NYC hospital. He'd been going undergoing chemotherapy.
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Charlie Murphy / TMZ.com:
Charlie Murphy Kept Illness Secret from ‘Power’ Cast and Crew
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Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
Comedian Charlie Murphy Dies at 57
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Megan French / Us Weekly:
Aaron Rodgers Seems to Be Making ‘Drastic Changes’ Amid Olivia Munn Split — Aaron Rodgers has been a fixture in the Hollywood scene amid his split from girlfriend of three years, actress Olivia Munn. — A insider tells Us Weekly that friends have seen “drastic changes” …
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Sarah Grossbart / Us Weekly:
Why Olivia Munn and Aaron Rodgers Called It Quits
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Christian Holub / EW.com:
Tig Notaro slams Louis C.K. SNL clown sketch: ‘Extremely disappointing’ — Tig Notaro is speaking out about Louis C.K.'s Saturday Night Live short “Birthday Clown,” which has been criticized for bearing a strong resemblance to Notaro's short film Clown Service.
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Dave Quinn / People.com:
Hoda Kotb Is Returning to the Today Show - as Her Family Visits Daughter Haley Joy — Two months after adopting her newborn daughter Haley Joy, Hoda Kotb is going back to work. — The 52-year-old Today show anchor will return to the NBC morning show on Monday, co-hosts Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie announced Thursday morning.
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Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Josh Brolin to Play Cable in ‘Deadpool 2’ (Exclusive) — Here comes the Cable guy. — Josh Brolin has nabbed the hotly contested role of Cable opposite Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool 2, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. — The production has been on the warpath to find the right actor …
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Mike Vulpo / E! Online:
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Kim Richards Confirms She Once Dated President Donald Trump — Step aside panty-gate, because the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills just got another major storyline to explore. — In a sneak peek at Tuesday's reunion show, Kim Richards joins the couch …
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