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1:40 PM ET, August 22, 2017

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TMZ.com:
Tiger Woods, Katharine McPhee — Declare Legal War Over Nude Photo Hacks  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Tiger Woods and Katharine McPhee have been hacked — private nude photos have surfaced — and their lawyers are vowing to destroy anyone who posts them.  —  The website Celeb Jihad posted graphic selfies …
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Elizabeth Leonard / People.com:
Lindsey Vonn Calls Leaked Nude Photos of Her & Ex Tiger Woods a ‘Despicable Invasion of Privacy’ After Personal Phone Is Hacked  —  Lindsey Vonn is the latest victim of female celebrity phone hacking, PEOPLE has learned.  —  While the hack of Vonn's personal cell phone …
Perez Hilton:
Tiger Woods, Lindsey Vonn, & Other Celebs Gear Up For Legal Fight Following Nude Photo Hack!
Discussion: TMZ.com and AOL
Helin Jung / Cosmopolitan:
Chrissy Teigen Opens Up About Struggling With Alcohol: “I Have to Fix Myself”  —  “I was, point blank, just drinking too much.”  —  The rosé was everywhere at Rose Café in Venice but Chrissy Teigen was sipping from a can of Red Bull.  It was a little before noon.
TMZ.com:
Mystikal Turns Himself in on Rape Charge After Arrest Warrant Issued  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  Mystikal has been arrested and charged with raping a woman in Louisiana.  —  Law enforcement sources tell TMZ the rapper turned himself in Monday to the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Department …
Discussion: PerezHilton, KSLA-TV, Stereogum and Bossip
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Francesca Bacardi / Page Six:
Mystikal turns himself in for alleged rape
Discussion: PerezHilton
TMZ.com:
Mystikal Rape Accuser Said It Never Happened, Alleged Accomplice Claims
Discussion: Bossip
Natalie Stone / People.com:
Property Brothers' Drew Scott & Total Divas' Nikki Bella Join Dancing with the Stars  —  An HGTV star and a female pro wrestler are joining season 25 of Dancing with the Stars!  —  A source tells PEOPLE that Property Brothers' Drew Scott and WWE wrestler Nikki Bella are both signed on to compete …
interview Mickey Boardman / PAPERMAG:
Mariah Carey Gets Revealing  —  interview by Mickey Boardman / photos by James White  —  Mariah Carey is famous for loving “moments.”  It could be a “butterfly moment.”  Or a “hot tub moment.”  But right now, it's a “Las Vegas moment.”  The sexy superstar just wrapped up Mariah …
Discussion: Dlisted, WWTDD, People.com and Us Weekly
Jim DeRogatis / BuzzFeed:
A Woman Who Says She Had Underage Sex With R. Kelly Is Finally Telling Her Story  —  Jerhonda Pace was just 15 when she met her musical idol, R. Kelly, outside his child pornography trial.  The alleged underage sexual relationship with him that followed and subsequent payouts mirror decades of allegations against the star.
Discussion: PerezHilton, Page Six, AOL, Bossip and Stereogum
Nicholas Hautman / Us Weekly:
Taylor Swift Is Releasing New Music This Week: Details!  —  The wait is (almost) over!  Taylor Swift is releasing the first single from her upcoming sixth album on Friday, August 25, multiple sources exclusively tell Us Weekly.  —  “The song is poppy,” one insider tells Us …
Aurelie Corinthios / People.com:
Rob & Chyna in Court!  Custody Battle over Baby Dream ‘Could Get Very Ugly,’ Source Warns  —  Almost two months after Rob Kardashian targeted Blac Chyna in an explosive social media rampage, things between the ex-fiancés aren't looking good.  —  A source tells PEOPLE that Kardashian …
Discussion: Page Six
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Natalie Robehmed / Forbes:
The World's Highest-Paid Actors 2017: Mark Wahlberg Leads With $68 Million  —  Markie Mark is officially Richie Rich: The former rapper-turned-actor is Hollywood's highest-paid leading man, earning $68 million pretax in our 12 month scoring period.  —  The Boston native recorded …
Discussion: The Wrap
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
George & Amal Clooney Donate $1 Million To Fight Hate Groups  —  Responding to the deadly violence at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the initial reluctance of President Donald Trump to condemn the actions of white supremacists, the Southern Poverty Law Center …
Discussion: Page Six
Adam Sternbergh / Vulture:
Turned Upside Down … Let me tell you the story of a pair of twin brothers who, not long out of college, wrote a screenplay for a horror film that prompted such a bidding war that they were able to persuade its eventual buyer, Warner Bros., to allow them to direct it — a film you probably haven't heard of …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, CBS News and The Wrap
Hollywood Reporter:
Jerry Lewis, Nonpareil Genius of Comedy, Dies at 91  —  He dominated show business with Dean Martin in the 1950s, starred in ‘The Bellboy’ and ‘The Nutty Professor,’ hosted the Labor Day telethon for decades and received the Hersholt award.  —  Jerry Lewis, whose irrepressible zaniness …
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Jerry Lewis Dead / TMZ.com:
7:15 PM PT — The White House has issued a statement on the death …
Discussion: PerezHilton
 
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Michael S. Rosenwald / New York Times:
Mike Shatzkin, a publishing consultant who was among the first in the industry to shake publishers into confronting the digital disruption, died on Nov. 7 at 77

Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

 
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