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1:50 PM ET, August 3, 2017

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BBC:
Robert Hardy: Harry Potter and All Creatures Great and Small star dies  —  The actor Robert Hardy, star of TV series All Creatures Great and Small, has died aged 91, his family has said.  —  Hardy, they said, had a “tremendous life” and “a giant career in theatre, television and film spanning more than 70 years”.
Discussion: Variety, People.com and AOL
TMZ.com:
Suge Knight Indicted for Making Death Threats Against ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Director F. Gary Gray … EXCLUSIVE  —  Suge Knight made a death threat against famed “Straight Outta Compton” director F. Gary Gray ... so claims the L.A. County Grand Jury which indicted Suge on felony criminal threats ... TMZ has learned.
Discussion: Dlisted, Variety, Stereogum and PerezHilton
TMZ.com:
‘Dukes of Hazzard’ Star Tom Wopat Arrested for Indecent Assault  —  Tom Wopat, who played Luke Duke on the “Dukes of Hazzard,” has been arrested for indecent assault and battery in Massachusetts ... TMZ has learned.  —  Wopat was in Waltham, Mass starring in a play — a production of “42nd Street.”
Discussion: People.com, The Wrap and The WOW Report
TMZ.com:
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Rapper, The Kidd Creole, Arrested for Murder of Homeless Man  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  The Kidd Creole — a rap pioneer from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five — has been arrested and charged for the stabbing death of a homeless man.
TMZ.com:
Justin Bieber Won't Be Criminally Charged for Striking Photog with Truck  —  Justin Bieber can breathe a sigh of relief — we're told cops are not recommending any criminal charges against him for accidentally running his truck into a paparazzo.  —  Law enforcement sources tell TMZ …
Discussion: PerezHilton
Patrick Gomez / People.com:
Siesta Key Cast Speaks Out on ‘Horrific’ Death Threats After Being Accused in Shark-Dragging Controversy  —  Siesta Key star Alex Kompothecras was at the Key West, Florida, airport about to board a flight when a friend sent him a link to a video that left him disgusted.  —  “I was, like, ‘Are you kidding me?’ ”
Discussion: PerezHilton and thecut
Nicholas Hautman / Us Weekly:
Casey Affleck Joins Ben Affleck and Lindsay Shookus at Hollywood Comedy Club: Details!  —  Talk about a family outing!  Ben Affleck and his girlfriend, Lindsay Shookus, were joined by the actor's brother, Casey Affleck, during a night out in Hollywood on Tuesday, August 1.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and PerezHilton
Taffy Brodesser-Akner / New York Times:
Losing It in the Anti-Dieting Age  —  The agonies of being overweight — or running a diet company — in a culture that likes to pretend it only cares about health, not size.  —  James Chambers was watching membership sign-ups on Jan. 4, 2015, like a stock ticker — it was that first Sunday of the year …
Edward Barsamian / Vogue:
How Justin Bieber and Karla Welch Created a Collection of Perfect White Tees  —  Stylist Karla Welch remembers exactly why she first got into reworking classic men's Hanes white tees: Her client Justin Bieber “wanted them tomorrow.”  And what Justin Bieber wants, Justin Bieber gets.  “He was so fearless.
Brian McGee / Egotastic:
Martina “Tini” Stoessel Bootylicious Black Bikini  —  If you think I'm one of those guys to get hung up on the fact that Martina “Tini” Stoessel was born three months before I graduated high school, you'd be wrong.  I'm more depressed by that fact than hung up on it.
Jocelyn Vena / Bravo TV Official Site:
Kelly Dodd Spills All About Her Vaginal Rejuvenation Surgery: “It Changed My Life”  —  Kelly Dodd certainly wasn't shy to let cameras in as she headed to the doctor's office to undergo a little cosmetic procedure on one of the more private areas of her body.
Discussion: Page Six, Daily Mail and People.com
Seth Abramovitch / Hollywood Reporter:
How ‘Sharknado’ Casts Its C-Listers and Nearly Landed Trump as President  —  Months before he declared himself a candidate, Trump was set to play commander-in-chief in the schlocky Syfy film franchise that has lured everyone from Ann Coulter to Charo for cameos while regular Tara Reid makes a quarter of one male co-star's pay.
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Aurelie Corinthios / People.com:
Tara Reid Gets Paid a Quarter of What Her Sharknado Costar Ian Ziering Earns on Each Installment: Report
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Gary Baum / Hollywood Reporter:
The Mystery of L.A. Billboard Diva Angelyne's Real Identity Is Finally Solved  —  Way before Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian, the enigmatic blonde bombshell was famous for being famous, perpetually driving the streets of Hollywood in that pink Corvette.  But her true identity has remained secret all these years ... until now.
 
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People.com:
Brooklyn Beckham Talks Moving to N.Y.C. for Photography, Dating and How ‘Mum and Dad’ Have Kept Him ‘Humble’
Discussion: PerezHilton
GQ:
Aziz Ansari on Quitting the Internet, Loneliness, and Season 3 of Master of None
Discussion: Page Six and People.com
TMZ.com:
Joanna Krupa and Brandi Glanville Settle Smelly Vagina Lawsuit (UPDATE)
Discussion: Dlisted and WWTDD
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Us Weekly:
Miranda Lambert, Anderson East ‘Could Go the Distance,’ Get Engaged Soon
Gary Levin / USA Today:
‘Kevin Can Wait’ to kill off TV wife to make room for Leah Remini
Meg Swertlow / E! Online:
Jennifer Lawrence and Darren Aronofsky's Private Relationship Is “Getting Serious”
Discussion: Dlisted and Cele|bitchy
Elizabeth Leonard / People.com:
Timeless Star Matt Lanter and Wife Angela Expecting First Child
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Tim Marchman / Wired:
Quora-owned AI chatbot platform Poe is providing users with downloadable HTML files of paywalled articles from outlets including NYT, Forbes, and The Atlantic

Michael Schneider / Variety:
Nielsen: the Biden-Trump debate drew an average audience of 51.3M viewers across 17 networks in the US, down from 2020's first debate, with nearly 73.1M

Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Spain's El País launched a digital edition to cover the US in Spanish in May with 11 bilingual correspondents; as of April, the outlet had ~366K subscribers

 
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