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6:30 PM ET, May 2, 2017

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Perez Hilton:
Kim Kardashian & Kylie Jenner Break The Met Gala Social Media Ban In Order To Out Kendall Jenner & A$AP Rocky As A Couple!  —  It is so ON!  —  On Monday evening, Kendall Jenner and A$AP Rocky essentially confirmed their relationship as they couldn't keep their hands off each other at the Met Gala.
Discussion: X17 Online, Page Six and TMZ.com
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McKenna Aiello / E! Online:
Selena Gomez Whispers “I Love You” to The Weeknd While Trailing Behind Yolanda Foster and Anwar Hadid at 2017 Met Gala  —  Be still our beating hearts!  But also, how's this for the Met Gala's first awkward encounter of the night?  —  Selena Gomezand The Weeknd just walked the blue …
Discussion: Yahoo Celebrity and PerezHilton
Colleen Kratofil / People.com:
Sarah Jessica Parker Skips the Met Gala for the First Time Since 2010
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity
Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:   Met Gala 2017: Chrissy Teigen ‘Wanted to Make a Statement’ in Her Marchesa Gown
Andrew Nodell / WWD:
Exclusive: Céline Dion on the Met Gala and Her 10,000 Pairs of Shoes
Discussion: People.com
Vanessa Friedman / New York Times:
Everything You Need to Know About the Met Gala 2017
Discussion: The Wrap and AOL
Justin Bieber / TMZ.com:
Dating Hailee Steinfeld  —  Justin Bieber's moved on to a new Hailey — different spelling though because he's now dating singer and actress Hailee Steinfeld ... TMZ has learned.  —  It's all still fresh.  Our sources tell us they've only been seeing each other for a little over a month — though that's a lot in Bieber's world.
YouTube:
Jimmy Kimmel Reveals Details of His Son's Birth & Heart Disease … Jimmy and his wife Molly welcomed their second child together, William “Billy” Kimmel.  At three days old, Billy had successful open heart surgery at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and is now home with his family.
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Perez Hilton:
Jimmy Kimmel Fights Back Tears As He Reveals Newborn Son Billy Underwent Open Heart Surgery  —  No jokes here.  —  On Monday evening, Jimmy Kimmel emotionally revealed that his son with wife Molly McNearney had to have open heart surgery at only three days old.  Oh no!
Discussion: Page Six, X17 Online and TMZ.com
TMZ.com:
ABC Network Makes Offer to Get ‘American Idol’  —  “American Idol” has only been off the air a year, but seems it's still the hottest property out there, because we've learned ABC has now made an offer to buy the show.  —  Sources at ABC and Fremantle — the company that produces the show …
Discussion: CNNMoney
Nick Bilton / Vanity Fair:
Exclusive: The Leaked Fyre Festival Pitch Deck Is Beyond Parody  —  But it's also the latest chapter in the battle between consumers and advertisers in the digital age.  —  For many voracious observers of social media, and some depressed news consumers agonizing through Donald Trump's first 100 days …
Discussion: Page Six and Stereogum
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Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Fyre Festival Organizers Hit With $100 Million Lawsuit: Details
Discussion: WWTDD
Chris Soules / TMZ.com:
Chris Soules Prosecutors Say He Purchased Alcohol Before Fatal Accident, Dodged DUI Check by Fleeing  —  Chris Soules bought booze before his fatal accident with a tractor, and was possibly drinking it at the time of the crash ... according to prosecutors in Iowa.
Discussion: PerezHilton
Daily Mail:
Sizemore co-starred with Tom Hanks in Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning Saving Private Ryan  —  He recalls seeing his successful acting career - starring alongside the likes of Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, Woody Harrelson and Al Pacino - crumble around him, his bank balance and the trappings …
Discussion: Page Six and Yahoo Celebrity
Elisa Osegueda / Entertainment Tonight:
EXCLUSIVE: Blake Shelton Gives Health Update on Gwen Stefani After Singer Suffers a Ruptured Eardrum  —  Gwen Stefani is on the road to recovery.  —  The 47-year-old singer ruptured her eardrum last week while on a flight from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.  At the time, she was forced to cancel …
Discussion: Us Weekly and People.com
Sam Gillette / People.com:
Kirk and Anne Douglas' Unconventional Love Affair: It's ‘Unrealistic to Expect Total Fidelity in a Marriage’  —  Legendary actor Kirk Douglas has been candid about his extramarital affairs in the past, and his wife of more than 60 years says she accepted his infidelity — and willfully turned a blind eye to his lovers.
Discussion: Daily Mail
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Orioles' Adam Jones berated by racist taunts at Fenway Park  —  BOSTON — Baltimore Orioles All-Star center fielder Adam Jones was berated by racist taunts at Fenway Park while a bag of peanuts was thrown at him Monday night, calling it one of the worst cases of fan abuse he has heard in his career.
Discussion: Bossip, PerezHilton, People.com and SI.com
Delta Airlines / TMZ.com:
Brawl Triggered by Passenger with Blood Clots  —  The Delta brawl that ended with a pilot smacking a passenger started over a blood clot.  —  TMZ has obtained the police report which includes statements from the 3 women who were fighting in and out of the jetliner.
 
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Matthew Schneier / New York Times:
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Out Magazine:
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Discussion: Queerty
TMZ.com:
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Discussion: WWTDD and Stereogum
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John Hendel / Politico:
Trump says FCC commissioner Brendan Carr will chair the agency; Carr can immediately assume control once Trump is inaugurated as he is already on the commission

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: WBD and the NBA settle a lawsuit, giving WBD access to NBA content and rights in parts of N. Europe and LatAm; TNT will license Inside the NBA to ESPN

Colin Kellaher / Wall Street Journal:
Florida billionaire David Hoffmann, who holds an 8.7% stake in Lee Enterprises and 5% in DallasNews, says he aims to make the second-largest US newspaper group

 
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