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10:40 AM ET, July 28, 2017

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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Anthony Scaramucci Called Me to Unload About White House Leakers, Reince Priebus, and Steve Bannon  —  He started by threatening to fire the entire White House communications staff.  It escalated from there.  —  On Wednesday night, I received a phone call from Anthony Scaramucci, the new White House communications director.
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon to Star in Series About TV Morning Shows (Exclusive)  —  The project, from HBO alum Michael Ellenberg, is poised to hit the marketplace in the coming weeks and be shopped to premium cable networks and streaming services.  —  More than a decade …
Discussion: People.com, What's New and Jezebel
TMZ.com:
Justin Bieber Accidentally Drives Into, Injures Photographer  —  Justin Bieber — Accidentally Slams Truck Into Photog Cops, Ambulance On Scene  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  Justin Bieber accidentally ran over a photographer as he left a church service in Beverly Hills ... and the loud impact was captured on camera.
Matt Hendrickson / Billboard:
Miranda Lambert on Why She Won't ‘Take Pain for Granted’ & Refusing to Write Political Songs  —  The listening room at Sony's new Nashville headquarters has, unsurprisingly, somewhat of a corporate feel.  But despite the conference room-like surroundings, Miranda Lambert …
Discussion: PerezHilton, AOL, People.com and Page Six
Lamar Odom / The Players' Tribune:
Done in the Dark  —  When I woke up in the hospital room in Nevada, I couldn't move.  I couldn't talk.  I was trapped inside my own body.  My throat hurt like hell.  I looked down and I had all these tubes coming out of my mouth.  —  So I panicked.  —  I started trying to pull them out …
Dana Oliver / Yahoo:
Keke Palmer on Kylie Jenner's Inauthenticity: ‘You Can Be Profitable for Not Being Who You Truly Are’  —  Keke Palmer's Instagram account is filled with  —  the gag is," she's more grounded than what you'll probably glean from only watching one of those 60-second clips.
Melody Chiu / People.com:
Willa Ford Clarifies Comments About 9/11 Attacks Stalling Her Music Career: ‘This Could Not Be Further from the Truth’  —  Willa Ford is setting the record straight.  —  In a recent interview with Billboard, the singer-turned-interior designer, 36, opened up about how the 9/11 terrorist attacks changed her professional life.
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Kesha / HuffPost:
Learn To Let Go  —  “It's about embracing your past, but not letting it define you.”  —  “Learn to Let Go” is more than a song title... it's become one of my mantras over the last few years.  As much as our past creates who we are, we can't let it define us or hold us back.
Discussion: Variety, POPSUGAR, PAPERMAG and Jezebel
Zach Johnson / E! Online:
Rick Ross Doesn't Sign Female Rappers Because He Wants to “F—k Them”  —  UPDATE: Rick Ross is backtracking.  The rapper issued the following statement on Facebook apologizing for comments made a day prior.  “I want to address an insensitive comment I made on a very sensitive issue …
KC Baker / People.com:
Jill Zarin's Husband Bobby Hospitalized with Cancer Complications: 'He's Not Going Down Without a Fight'  —  Jill Zarin should be busily preparing for her 5th Annual Luxury Luncheon to raise money for thyroid cancer this weekend, but her mind is elsewhere as her husband, Bobby, fights for his life against the very same disease.
Discussion: Page Six
Derek Lawrence / EW.com:
True Detective update: Mahershala Ali confirmed for season 3  —  The anthology series is moving closer to returning and the scripts are ‘terrific’  —  #TrueDetectiveSeason3 will star Mahershala Ali.  —  During Wednesday's Television Critics Association's press tour in Pasadena, California …
Discussion: Dlisted and POPSUGAR
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘True Detective’ Close To Season 3 Greenlight; Mahershala Ali Confirmed To Star
Discussion: The Blemish and Page Six
Ramin Setoodeh / Variety:
‘Wonder Woman’: Warner Bros. Plans Groundbreaking Oscar Campaign for Director, Best Picture (EXCLUSIVE)  —  With $781 million in global box office receipts, “Wonder Woman” has already broken records as the highest-grossing movie directed by a woman ever.  —  Now Warner Bros. …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Oh No They Didn't!
Emily Marcus / Us Weekly:
Taylor Swift and Rumored BF Joe Alywn Enjoy Romantic Getaway, Double Date With Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds  —  We wish we could have fifth-wheeled!  Taylor Swift and her rumored new beau, Joe Alywn, hung out with Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds in Rhode Island this week amid a romantic getaway.
Discussion: PerezHilton and Yahoo Celebrity
 
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Gordon Cox / Variety:
Meet the ‘Mean Girls’: Broadway-Bound Musical Sets Cast
Discussion: Deadline and Jezebel
Joseph Hooper / ELLE:
Born to Rule  —  In Game of Thrones's Daenerys Targaryen …
Discussion: People.com and The Wrap
Perez Hilton:
The KarJenner Exes Reunite! Blac Chyna Parties With Tyga & Lamar Odom In Los Angeles!
Discussion: TMZ.com, Page Six and X17 Online
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Us Weekly:
Jenelle Evans: I Was ‘So Close to Dying’
Discussion: PerezHilton
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
‘American Idol’: Lionel Richie, Luke Bryan, Charlie Puth in the Mix for Judges' Panel
Julianna Ress / E! Online:
Tia Mowry Clears Up SoulCycle Drama With Charlize Theron Once and for All
TMZ.com:
Rapper Z-RO Arrested for Allegedly Beating Ex-GF for Hours
Discussion: Stereogum
 

 
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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”

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Trade body data: copyrighted music revenue was $45.5B in 2023, above cinema box office spending of $33.2B in 2023 and $41.9B in 2019; record labels made $28.5B

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

 
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