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4:20 PM ET, July 28, 2017

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Zach Johnson / E! Online:
George Clooney Lashes Out Over Twins' Paparazzi Photos  —  George Clooney's children are off-limits.  —  The first photos of George and Amal Clooney's twins, Alexander and Ella, have been published without the couple's consent in the French magazine Voici.
Discussion: PerezHilton and What's New
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Amanda Woods / Page Six:
George and Amal Clooney's twins revealed  —  These are the first photos of George and Amal Clooney's bundles of joy  —  The duo was vacationing at the actor's Lake Como estate in Italy's Lombardy region when the French magazine Voici captured snaps of the duo cradling their one-and-a-half month old twins, Ella and Alexander.
Discussion: Dlisted, X17 Online, Jezebel and The Wrap
Elizabeth Leonard / People.com:
Inside George and Amal Clooney's ‘Very Happy’ Italian Summer with the Twins  —  George and Amal Clooney's summer vacation in Italy has all the familiar hallmarks of their go-to July getaways: sun-kissed downtime at their villa on Lake Como and laughter-filled pasta dinners with friends.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Hilary Lewis / Hollywood Reporter:
George Clooney Lashes Out at Paparazzi Photos of Twins  —  The comments come as pictures on the cover France's ‘Voici’ magazine made the rounds online.  —  George Clooney has fired back at paparazzi pictures of his twin babies with wife Amal.  The pictures were plastered on the cover …
TMZ.com:
George Clooney Going to War with French Mag Over Twins' Photos
Discussion: Jezebel
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 …
Zach Johnson / E! Online:
Chester Bennington's Widow Looks to the Future: “How Do I Move On?”  —  Eight days after Linkin Park musician Chester Bennington committed suicide, his widow, Talinda Bennington, is trying to make sense of the tragedy that has devastated their family.  —  “One week ago, I lost my soul mate and my children lost their hero—their Daddy.
Discussion: PerezHilton and AOL
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Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone:
Chester Bennington's Widow: ‘Now He Is Pain-Free’  —  “We had a fairytale life and now it has turned into some sick Shakespearean tragedy,” Talinda Bennington writes … Talinda Bennington, the widow of Chester Bennington, issued a poignant statement to Rolling Stone, one week after the Linkin Park singer died by suicide.
Discussion: POPSUGAR
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.
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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Alex Kazemi / Dazed:
Selena Gomez and Petra Collins: Secret World  —  We talk to the BFFs and creative duo about weird love, making art together and riding on exactly the same wavelength  —  In “Fetish”, the most hardcore pop video of the summer, Selena Gomez ties up her tongue, melts down in the kitchen …
Discussion: PerezHilton
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 …
 
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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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