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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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Dalton Ross / EW.com:
Survivor: Jeff Varner says ‘I am absolutely devastated’ over outing Zeke as transgender — Tribal Council on Survivor is a setting that has been home to some of the craziest twists imaginable, but the most shocking thing to ever happen there may have taken place on this week's episode, and it had nothing to do with strategy.
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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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Alex Schmider / GLAAD:
GLAAD responds to outing of CBS ‘Survivor’ contestant Zeke Smith — Tonight's episode of CBS' Survivor was a gut-wrenching look at the consequences of outing a transgender person against his will. At Tribal Council, contestant Jeff Varner told his tribemates that fellow contestant Zeke Smith is a transgender man.
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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
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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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Tegna / WXIA-TV:
Teen accidentally kills himself as friends watch on Instagram Live … “I heard a big boom. I couldn't tell if it was a gun shot or what.” — Shaniqua Stephens had just watched her 13-year-old son take out the trash Monday evening when she heard a noise. — “I just knew that it was something that was wrong,” she said.
Jodi Guglielmi / People.com:
Billie Lourd Pays Moving Tribute to Mom Carrie Fisher at Star Wars Celebration Day: ‘Her Imperfections and Willingness to Speak About Them Made Her More Than Perfect’ — The Force is stronger than ever in Carrie Fisher's young Padawan. — Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd …
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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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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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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