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2:20 PM ET, August 25, 2017

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Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do (Lyric Video)  —  Pre-order Taylor Swift's new album, reputation, including “Look What You Made Me Do,” here: http://smarturl.it/reputationTS http://vevo.ly/aCvJPS
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People.com:
Right Said Fred Loves Taylor Swift's ‘Marvelous’ New Track and 'I'm Too Sexy' Sample: ‘It Is Very Flattering’  —  Taylor Swift's got a whole new sound with her savage new single, “Look What You Made Me Do.”  But if the baseline on the track's chorus sounds familiar, that's probably because it's …
Perez Hilton:
Taylor Swift Reveals Reputation Magazine — See The Covers & Get All The Info HERE!  —  Taylor Swift is pulling out all the stops for her sixth studio album.  —  After releasing the first single off of Reputation, titled Look What You Made Me Do, the blonde pop star announced …
Discussion: TMZ.com and X17 Online
Allison / Dlisted:
RIP To The Old Taylor Swift  —  Ladies and gentlemen, friends, family, cats.  It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of the old Taylor Swift.  According to her new song, one she has been aggressively teasing online for exactly one week, the old Taylor has died.
Perez Hilton:
Breaking Down Taylor Swift's Look What You Made Me Do Lyrics …
Discussion: X17 Online and Complex
E! Online:
The Bachelor's Nick Viall and Vanessa Grimaldi End Their Engagement  —  Another couple from the Bachelor franchise has decided to call it quits.  —  E! News has exclusively learned that Nick Viall and Vanessa Grimaldi have broken up more than five months after viewers watched their proposal on The Bachelor finale.
Hadley Freeman / The Guardian:
James Cameron: 'The downside of being attracted to independent women is that they don't need you'  —  As the 3D version of Terminator 2 hits screens, he talks about how he will never reproduce the shock of the original film - and how he has learned to be nice on set
Brian Anthony Hernandez / Billboard:
Shania Twain Finally Reveals Why She Used Brad Pitt's Name In 'That Don't Impress Me Much'  —  YOUTUBE  —  For the first time since releasing the confidently twangy “That Don't Impress Me Much” two decades ago, Shania Twain has finally come clean about incorporating actor Brad Pitt's name in the lyrics.
Brian Niemietz / New York Daily News:
Comic actor Jay Thomas is dead at 69  —  “Ray Donovan” actor Jay Thomas has lost his battle with cancer.  He was 69.  —  The sad news comes from his agent and longtime friend Don Buchwald.  —  “Jay was one of a kind, never at a loss for words and filled with so much fun and wonderfully whacky thoughts …
Discussion: Variety, Dlisted, Us Weekly and People.com
Alex Morris / Rolling Stone:
Gal Gadot on Becoming Wonder Woman, the Biggest Action Hero of the Year  —  The former Israeli combat instructor and ex-pageant queen had given up on acting when she landed the role of a lifetime  —  Wonder Woman herself is about to bless my unborn child.  “Can I?” she asks, before spreading her long fingers around my pregnant belly.
CNN:
FIRST ON CNN: MTV trying to bring transgender military members to VMA's  —  Trump on transgender ban: Doing military a favor  —  (CNN)MTV has reached out to the military in an effort to bring active duty transgender military service members to Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards, a US defense official told CNN.
Tegna / KUSA-TV:
Videos show East High cheerleaders repeatedly forced into splits, police investigating … DENVER - Editor's note: the video included in this story is difficult to watch and may not be suitable for all viewers.  —  Denver Police are now investigating incidents involving multiple cheerleaders …
Gil Kaufman / Billboard:
Katy Perry is a Serious Ball Bumbler in All-Star ‘Swish Swish’ Video: Watch  —  YOUTUBE  —  The Swish Center has never seen a game as bad as the one in Katy Perry's video for “Swish Swish.”  After a week of teases, the meme-filled clip for the latest single from Perry's Witness album finally dropped …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, YouTube, Towleroad and Variety
 
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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

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