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3:50 PM ET, August 24, 2017

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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.
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Joker and Harley Quinn Movie Coming from ‘Crazy Stupid Love’ Filmmakers (Exclusive)  —  Jared Leto and Margot Robbie are due to reprise their roles as DC's most popular villains.  —  Who's laughing now?  —  Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, directors and executive producers of the hit NBC drama …
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Hollywood Reporter:
Joker Movie in the Works With ‘Hangover’ Filmmaker
Discussion: POPSUGAR
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
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.
Marc Lupo / Us Weekly:
Laura Prepon Welcomes First Child With Fiance Ben Foster  —  Orange Is the New Black star Laura Prepon has welcomed her first child — a girl — with fiancé Ben Foster, a source tells Us Weekly.  —  Us Weekly reported that Prepon, 36, was pregnant in January after the That '70s Show alum showed off …
Dana Rose Falcone / People.com:
Katharine McPhee Responds to Nude Photo Leak: ‘No One Deserves This Kind of Intrusion’  —  Katharine McPhee is fighting back.  —  The actress and singer, 33, filed suit in Los Angeles County Tuesday in response to intimate photos of her being published on pornographic websites after her phone got hacked.
Tina / Truth In Advertising:
TINA.org Takes Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop-y Health Claims to Regulators  —  Gwyneth Paltrow's wellness empire, Goop, approaches health ... differently.  —  From the brand's famous yoni eggs to its Shaman-inspired medicine bags and crystal therapy readings, to quirky supplement names like …
Patrick Gomez / People.com:
Mark Ballas: Why He Decided to Return to the Dancing with the Stars Ballroom After 2 Seasons Away  —  PEOPLE is celebrating the Sept. 18 premiere of Dancing with the Stars' 25th season with 25 days of exclusive interviews, fun retrospectives, and new details about what fans can expect from the milestone season.
Discussion: AOL
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Tig Notaro: Louis C.K. Needs to ‘Handle’ His Sexual-Misconduct Rumors … His name appears onscreen during the opening credits in every episode of Tig Notaro's One Mississippi: “Executive Producer Louis C.K.” it reads.  —  But as Notaro—creator and star of the Amazon series …
Discussion: PerezHilton, AOL and kenneth in the
TMZ.com:
‘Cash Me Outside’ Girl Danielle Bregoli Drops Rap Single, Calls Out ‘These Heaux’  —  14-year-old “Cash Me Outside” girl Danielle Bregoli is a rapper now — and she's calling out broke bitches, fake bitches and jealous bitches.  —  Basically, she hates all the bitches.
Padma Lakshmi / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Top Chef’ Host Padma Lakshmi's Dilemma: From 8,000 Calories a Day to “Red Carpet Ready” (Guest Column)  —  After a six-week season of heavy eating, squeezing into couture for the Emmys takes a few sacrifices for the host, but she's determined her daughter's self-image won't be one of them.
Discussion: PerezHilton and People.com
 
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Dave McNary / Variety:
‘Insecure’ Star Issa Rae Joins Drama ‘The Hate U Give’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Jack Henkels / People.com:
Chanel Iman Makes a Model Out of Football Player Boyfriend Sterling Shepard
Discussion: Bossip
Emily Strohm / People.com:
From Bankruptcy and Divorce to Fame and Prepping for Fatherhood, the Property Brothers Tell All …
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Amazon.com
Emily Strohm / People.com:
Yolanda Hadid: The Moment I Wanted to Kill Myself at the Height of My Lyme Disease Battle
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and What's New
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Us Weekly:
Teresa and Joe Giudice's ‘Marriage May Be Over’
Discussion: Dlisted
Phil Boucher / People.com:
Are Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield Back Together?  ‘They Never Stopped Caring About Each Other,’ Says Source
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Francesca Bacardi / Page Six:
Amber Rose permanently swaps Wiz Khalifa for Slash
Discussion: PerezHilton
Perez Hilton:
Mel B Walks Off America's Got Talent Set After Simon Cowell's Shady Joke About Her Wedding Night
Discussion: Dlisted, Us Weekly and TMZ.com
 

 
From Mediagazer:

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

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

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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