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5:35 PM ET, May 25, 2017

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Brittany King / People.com:
Amber Portwood's Fiancé Confesses Pain Pill Relapse Led to Vegas Eruption & 2-Day Blackout  —  Amber Portwood's fiancé Matt Baier is coming clean and wants to explain the reasoning behind his infamous meltdown in Las Vegas.  —  The Teen Mom OG star is exclusively revealing …
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Us Weekly:
Matt Baier: Amber Portwood and I Were ‘Flattered’ by Vivid's Sex Tape Offer  —  Exploring their X-rated options.  Teen Mom OG stars Matt Baier and Amber Portwood were “flattered” by Vivid Entertainment's sex tape offer, the 46-year-old exclusively tells Us Weekly.
Discussion: WWTDD
Fox News:
Greg Gianforte: Fox News team witnesses GOP House candidate ‘body slam’ reporter  —  The race to fill Montana's sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives took a violent turn Wednesday, and a crew from the Fox News Channel, including myself, witnessed it firsthand.
Aurelie Corinthios / People.com:
Kourtney Kardashian Continues Public Romance with Younes Bendjima amid Scott Disick PDA with Bella Thorne  —  Kourtney Kardashian isn't letting her ex Scott Disick's recent PDA with Bella Thorne stop her from enjoying her vacation — she's got her own budding romance to focus on.
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Meg Swertlow / E! Online:
Scott Disick Stirs Up Drama With Kourtney Kardashian by Taking Bella Thorne to Cannes
Discussion: X17 Online
Chris Martins / Billboard:
Niall Horan Braces for Stardom Outside One Direction, With Advice From Justin Bieber & The Eagles  —  When Niall Horan decided to move from London to Los Angeles in early 2016, it's no surprise that he chose a house in Laurel Canyon, the epicenter of '60s folk-rock culture.
Discussion: PerezHilton
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Sophia Bush Departing ‘Chicago P.D.’ After Four Seasons  —  EXCLUSIVE: Chicago P.D. female lead Sophia Bush is leaving the NBC cop drama series after four seasons.  She is the second key Chicago P.D. player to depart, along with co-creator/showrunner Matt Olmstead, who left in March.
Discussion: Variety
E! Online:
Jenelle Evans Reaches Custody Battle Agreement Over Son Jace: “I'm Happy But Devastated”  —  Jenelle Evans is one step closer to having all of her children under one roof.  —  The Teen Mom 2 star faced estranged mother Barbara Evans in court Wednesday, where she revealed to E! …
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Baz Luhrmann's ‘The Get Down’ Canceled By Netflix After One Season  —  EXCLUSIVE: I've learned that Netflix has opted not to proceed with a second season of Baz Luhrmann's ambitious musical drama The Get Down.  The decision comes after the second six-episode part of Season 1 was released last month.
Discussion: Stereogum, Sandra Rose and Bossip
Danny Boyle / Telegraph:
Queen meets young Manchester bomb victims on visit to children's hospital and calls attack ‘very wicked’  —  The Queen meets victims in Manchester Royal Infirmary  —  The Queen has met child victims of the Manchester Arena suicide bomb on a visit to a hospital where medics battled to save their lives.
Chris Cornell / TMZ.com:
Fresh Track Marks on Arm  —  Chris Cornell had apparently taken more than Ativan before hanging himself, because we've learned he had fresh track marks on his arm when his body was discovered in a Detroit hotel room.  —  Sources connected to the investigation tell us ... the track marks were “obvious.”
Jaclyn Hendricks / Page Six:
Sarah Hyland hits back at body-shamers over weight criticism  —  On Wednesday, Sarah Hyland penned a lengthy message regarding ongoing commentary about her weight.  —  “I'd like to address something that has not only been brought up on Twitter but has been HEAVILY discussed by all of you in my Instagram comments.
Discussion: X17 Online, The Wrap and AOL
Jackie Fields / People.com:
Teyonah Parris Opens Up About Her 4-Year Journey to Love Her Natural Hair  —  Often when a celebrity is tapped to front a beauty campaign, it feels disingenuous at best.  But for actress Teyonah Parris, partnering with hair care brand Dark and Lovely is deeply personal.
Discussion: Bossip
 
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Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
Kelly Bensimon Feels ‘Sexiest at 49’: All Her Hot Body Secrets
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Kassy Cho / BuzzFeed:
A School Included This Teen's Service Dog In The Yearbook And It's The Purest Thing
Discussion: AOL and PerezHilton
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Life & Style:
EXCLUSIVE: Bethenny Frankel's Mom Not Impressed With Her New ‘Shark Tank’ Gig — “She's a Moron!”
Discussion: PerezHilton and Daily Mail
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Comedy Actor Roundtable: Kevin Bacon, Kumail Nanjiani and More on Typecasting and Not Being “F—able”
Discussion: Yahoo Celebrity and Page Six
Mike Miller / People.com:
Clerks Actress Lisa Spoonauer Died a ‘Natural Death’ at 44 After Battling Degenerative Disease
Discussion: Deadline
TMZ.com:
Offers Refunds for England Concerts
Discussion: Stereogum and PerezHilton
 

 
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Amy Hawkins / The Guardian:
China sentences journalist Dong Yuyu, an ex-Nieman Fellow whose work has appeared in Chinese editions of the NYT and FT, to seven years in prison for espionage

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Publishers at The Guardian, The Boston Globe, and other outlets report more referral traffic from Bluesky than from X despite fewer followers on the former

New York Times:
Russia ordered the expulsion of two German journalists on Wednesday after Berlin's local government denied residency permits to two Russian journalists

 
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