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4:25 PM ET, July 20, 2017

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TMZ.com:
Linkin Park Singer Chester Bennington Dead, Commits Suicide by Hanging (UPDATE)  —  12:32 PM PT — Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Bennington was home alone at the time of the suicide.  We're told his family was out of town and he was found upstairs by an employee.
Vogue:
Céline Dion  —  The front row at Couture Week in Paris this month was crammed with some of the world's most impeccably dressed women—Rihanna, Jennifer Lawrence, Kristen Stewart, and the like—but Céline Dion's obsession with exquisite made-to-measure fashion stands head and shoulders above them all.
Discussion: Dlisted, People.com, The WOW Report and AOL
TMZ.com:
O.J. Simpson Granted Parole  —  O.J. Simpson was just granted parole and he'll be released from prison as early as October.  —  The NFL Hall of Famer learned his fate Thursday after Nevada's Board of Parole Commissioners deliberated for a half hour and made the determination.
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Elizabeth Paton / New York Times:
What the 2018 Pirelli Calendar Says About Race  —  LONDON — On a muggy afternoon in May, in a heavily guarded studio hidden along a nondescript industrial North London back road, RuPaul, the actor, drag queen and TV personality, was holding court inside a padded box, wearing …
Discussion: People.com
People.com:
Stevie Wonder and Tomeeka Robyn Bracy Are Married — and Babyface Performed at the Lavish Wedding: Report  —  Stevie Wonder is married!  —  The singer, 67, reportedly tied the knot over the weekend with fiancée Tomeeka Robyn Bracy, 42, at the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles.
Discussion: The Sun, Page Six, POPSUGAR and Bossip
Emily Marcus / Us Weekly:
‘New Girl’ Star Hannah Simone Shows Off Her Growing Baby Bump  —  Baby on board!  Hannah Simone flaunted her blossoming baby bump while enjoying an outing with husband Jesse Giddings on Tuesday, July 18, in Beverly Hills.  —  The New Girl star, 36, who is pregnant with the couple's first child together …
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Ted Danson: I'm ‘Madly in Love’ With My Wife Mary Steenburgen  —  They're doing something right!  Ted Danson appears to still be in the honeymoon stage — after nearly 22 years of marriage.  —  “I'm madly in love with Mary Steenburgen.  She's a remarkable human being so I'm just incredibly blessed …
Michael K / Dlisted:
Hot Slut Of The Day!  —  Ricky Carter, the silver mime who broke character and went off on a trick live on BBC News!  —  Ricky Carter may look like the sweet Mardi Gras baby of a young Leif Garrett and the Tin Man, but don't let that smile fool you.  That silver bitch will let a trick have it if they come for him.
Discussion: leicestermercury
Monica Lewinsky / Vanity Fair:
Jay-Z, Prince Harry, Brad Pitt, and the New Frontiers of Male Vulnerability  —  In the last few months, a number of famous men have been wrestling with masculine stereotypes, giving way to something altogether different.  —  Prince Harry, Jay-Z, and Brad Pitt walk into a bar . . .  O.K., I'm kidding.
Discussion: Us Weekly, PerezHilton, AOL, Bossip and V-103
Desiree Murphy / Entertainment Tonight:
EXCLUSIVE: Aaron Carter Tearfully Opens Up About His Eating Disorder: ‘I Am Sorry For the Way I Look’  —  Aaron Carter is sharing a tremendously personal story about his health.  —  During an exclusive sit-down interview with ET on Tuesday, the 29-year-old singer shut down recent drug rumors …
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New York Times:
Citing Recusal, Trump Says He Wouldn't Have Hired Sessions  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Wednesday that he never would have appointed Attorney General Jeff Sessions had he known Mr. Sessions would recuse himself from overseeing the Russia investigation that has dogged his presidency …
James Hibberd / EW.com:
Game of Thrones showrunners reveal their next epic HBO series  —  HBO orders alternate universe Civil War drama from David Benioff and Dan Weiss  —  The Game of Thrones showrunners have revealed their next series, leaving Westeros to create another fantastical and ambitious world-building war drama.
Discussion: The Wrap, People.com and Obsev
 
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Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
Charlize Theron Opens Up About ‘Incredible’ Recent First Date: 'He's Just a Really Cool Dude'
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Variety:
‘It’ Director on Tackling the Two R-Rated Movies and Why He Picked Bill Skarsgard for Pennywise
Melody Chiu / People.com:
Lea Michele Is Dating Longtime Friend and Clothing Company President Zandy Reich
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Tierney Bricker / E! Online:
Sorry, But Dean Unglert Is Probably Not Going to Be the Next Bachelor
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Us Weekly:
Brooks Ayers: I 'Don't Really Care' What Ex-Girlfriend Vicki Gunvalson Thinks
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip and Page Six
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NBC's new deal with Macy's to keep the Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC and Peacock has an average annual fee of $60M+, up from ~$20M in the current deal

Brian Stelter / CNN:
As Elon Musk posts memes about buying MSNBC, sources say one liberal billionaire expressed interest in buying the channel; Comcast is not looking to sell MSNBC

David Gilmour / Mediaite:
Elon Musk appears to confirm that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X, saying it is to stop “lazy linking”

 
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