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8:25 AM ET, June 15, 2017

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Tierney Bricker / E! Online:
DeMario Jackson Issues Statement on Bachelor in Paradise: My Character Has Been Assassinated  —  DeMario Jackson is speaking out about Bachelor in Paradise's scandal.  —  Following production being shut down on the ABC reality spinoff's fourth season due to “allegations of misconduct,” …
Discussion: Variety
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Corinne Olympios / TMZ.com:
Corinne Olympios Lawyers Up In ‘Bachelor In Paradise’ Investigation, 'I'm A Victim'  —  Corinne Olympios has hired a team to “seek justice” for the “Bachelor in Paradise” swimming pool incident ... TMZ has learned.  —  Corinne tells TMZ ... “I am a victim and have spent the last week trying to make sense of what happened on June 4.
Perez Hilton:
Bachelor In Paradise Eyewitness Claims Corinne Olympios Was ‘The Aggressor’ — And That She Hooked Up With 3 Other Contestants That Night!  —  By now you've surely heard about this Bachelor In Paradise scandal.  —  Contestants DeMario Jackson and Corinne Olympios had a poolside hookup.
Melody Chiu / People.com:
Bachelor in Paradise's DeMario Jackson Is Being Portrayed Unfairly, Say Sources: ‘People Feel Really Bad’
Discussion: PerezHilton
Kevin Iole / Yahoo Sports:
Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight finalized for Aug. 26  —  Unbeaten boxer Floyd Mayweather will fight UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor in a much-discussed boxing match on Aug. 26 in Las Vegas, a well-placed source told Yahoo Sports on Wednesday.  —  Mayweather and
Discussion: Variety, The Wrap and PerezHilton
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TMZ.com:
... 12 Rounds, Boxing  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  2:46 PM PT — TMZ Sports spoke with Dana White who says the fight will be a 12 round boxing match.  Both guys will use 10 ounce gloves.  They will fight at 154 pounds.  —  The fight will take place at the T-Mobile Arena.  Ticket prices have not been set yet.
Jennifer Goldstein / Marie Claire:
The (Truly) Unfiltered Chrissy Teigen  —  She's built a following, reputation, and career on being real and relatable.  But even in an era of TMI, she's still discovering herself.  —  It was Chrissy Teigen's idea to meet at a Los Angles DIY cake-decorating studio, so she could practice making …
Caryn Ganz / New York Times:
Katy Perry Woke Up.  She Wants to Tell You All About It.  —  Ms. Perry, who has a new album, “Witness,” says she no longer wants to be the frothy pop star she once was.  And she intends to reveal her true self.  —  A dizzying array of police lights flashed up and down the West Side Highway on a damp Thursday in May.
Discussion: Variety, Page Six and People.com
Michael K / Dlisted:
Scott Disick Was Too Much Of A Drunk Partier For Bella Thorne  —  Last month, every greeting card store in the world gathered up their supply of cards about love and began shredding them all.  Because after hearing that the true love union between 19-year-old Bella Thorne and 34-year-old Scott Disick …
Discussion: The Superficial
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Derrick Bryson Taylor / Page Six:
Scott Disick drinks too much for Bella Thorne
Discussion: TMZ.com and The Superficial
Liz Calvario / Entertainment Tonight:
EXCLUSIVE: Bella Thorne Says She's Still ‘Chilling’ With Scott Disick Following Cannes Drama: 'We're Cool'
Discussion: X17 Online and Us Weekly
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Ryan Seacrest Rebooted: ‘Live,’ a New York Move and the Bumpy Road Back to ‘Idol’  —  “Who am I if not the ‘American Idol’ guy?'” asks the busiest man in showbiz as THR goes inside his fraught negotiation (a lowball offer, ABC's last-minute scramble toward an eight-figure deal) …
Discussion: Us Weekly, People.com and AOL
Heidi Parker / Daily Mail:
New romance?  Charlize Theron is ‘dating’ Halle Berry's ex Gabriel Aubry as the two are spotted laughing near LA beach  —  Charlize Theron seems to have a new man in her life and he's very easy on the eyes.  —  According to US OK! magazine, the 44-year-old Mad Max: Fury Road actress …
Elizabeth Leonard / People.com:
For George Clooney, Fatherhood ‘Is More Profound Than Any Change in His Life,’ Says Dad Nick  —  Not so long ago, the prospect of George Clooney being a besotted husband — much less a dad to newborn twins — seemed fairly unlikely.  —  But one person who always knew the one-time world's most eligible bachelor, 56, had it in him?
Discussion: Daily Mail
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Elizabeth Leonard / People.com:
The Romantic Untold Story of the Day George and Amal Clooney First Met
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity and AOL
Paige Mastrandrea / Haute Living:
Jada Pinkett Smith Talks New Movie, Girls Trip, and Women's Empowerment  —  • Styling by: Law Roach for TheOnly.Agency  —  Makeup by: Steven Aturo for TheOnly.Agency  • Hair by: Gracie Odoms for TheOnly.Agency Shot on location at AKA Beverly Hills  —  Jada Pinkett Smith is the ultimate alpha female.
Discussion: Us Weekly and People.com
TMZ.com:
YOUR TREATMENT KILLED HER  —  Playboy model Katie May literally died at the hands of a chiropractor who had no idea what the hell he was doing and suspiciously tried to hide it ... so claims her estate in a wrongful death lawsuit.  —  Alex Maimon — the executor of Katie's estate and father …
Discussion: Page Six and PerezHilton
Simon Hattenstone / The Guardian:
Steve Earle: ‘My wife left me for a younger, skinnier, less talented singer’  —  He talks about death threats, blowing $1,000 a day on drugs - and being an incorrigible romantic … Steve Earle has never been so busy.  The 62-year-old is a singer-songwriter, actor, playwright, novelist …
Discussion: Stereogum and People.com
 
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McKenna Aiello / E! Online:
Nicole Kidman Reveals 50th Birthday Celebration Plans With Her “Divine” Husband Keith Urban and Kids
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Bill Spencer / Click2Houston.com:
Video shows Houston passenger pushed by United employee
Discussion: Washington Post and People.com
Paulina Gretzky / TMZ.com:
Planned C-Section Before U.S. Open
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