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4:50 PM ET, October 3, 2017

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Hollywood Reporter:
Jared Leto to Star as Hugh Hefner in Biopic (Exclusive)  —  Leto will play the Playboy mogul in Brett Ratner's planned project.  —  Jared Leto, 45, will soon be donning the iconic silk pajamas and smoking jacket of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, who died Sept. 27 at age 91, for an upcoming biopic from Brett Ratner.
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The Blast:
Hugh Hefner Died of Cardiac Arrest, Recent Bout With E. Coli  —  Hugh Hefner died after going into cardiac arrest and then experiencing respiratory failure, this according to the Playboy legend's death certificate.  —  According to Hef's death certificate, obtained by The Blast …
Aili Nahas / People.com:
Hugh Hefner's Widow Crystal Breaks Her Silence: ‘He Was an American Hero’
Discussion: The Wrap and PerezHilton
Perez Hilton:
Miley Cyrus & Adam Sandler Honor Las Vegas Victims With Touching Performance On The Tonight Show  —  Music heals.  —  Last night on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Miley Cyrus recruited the help of Adam Sandler to perform a stunning rendition of Dido's 2013 song No Freedom in honor of the victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting.
Discussion: X17 Online
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Maria Mercedes Lara / People.com:
50 Killed, 400 Wounded at Jason Aldean's Las Vegas Concert - Deadliest Mass Shooting in U.S. History
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Jason Aldean Band ‘Hid Behind’ Equipment Amid Las Vegas Shooting, Bus Has Bullet Holes
Discussion: CNN
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Maks Chmerkovskiy and Vanessa Lachey Are ‘Miserable’ on ‘DWTS’ Together, ‘Playing Nice for the Cameras’  —  Trouble on set!  Maks Chmerkovskiy and Vanessa Lachey's partnership is “not going well” behind the ballroom curtain on Dancing With the Stars, a source reveals exclusively to Us Weekly.
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Dana Rose Falcone / People.com:
Maks Chmerkovskiy Skipped DWTS Performance Due to a ‘Big Chemistry Issue’ With Partner Vanessa Lachey, Says Source  —  It's only week 3, but the drama has already begun on Dancing with the Stars.  —  After Tom Bergeron opened guilty pleasures night by dedicating the show to those affected …
Discussion: AOL
Us Weekly:
Are Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Already Engaged?  —  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may already be planning their walk down the aisle.  Friends close to the couple suspect that the two, dating for about a year and a half, are engaged.  “I think it's already happened but they're holding …
Discussion: AOL
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Jess Cohen / E! Online:
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle “Are as Good as Engaged”  —  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are making their way towards an official engagement.  —  The couple, who E! News confirmed to be an item last fall, recently made their first official join appearance together at the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto last week.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Daily Mail:
Kim Cattrall slams Sarah Jessica Parker's new film claims  —  Kim Cattrall sat down with Piers Morgan for a taping of his iTV show Life Stories on Monday, and an audience member tells DailyMail.com that the actress denied having shut down production of a third ‘Sex and the City’ movie with her over-the-top demands.
TMZ.com:
Sam Smith Seen Kissing ‘13 Reasons Why’ Star Brandon Flynn in NYC  —  Sam Smith doesn't need 13 reasons to show PDA with his new dude, but the singer obviously has at least that many ... based on these pics of them kicking it in NYC.  —  Sam was spotted out with Brandon Flynn, one of the stars of “13 Reasons Why.”
Jon Pareles / New York Times:
Tom Petty, Staple of Rock Radio With the Heartbreakers, Dies at 66  —  Tom Petty, a songwriter who melded California rock with a deep, stubborn Southern heritage, died on Monday after suffering cardiac arrest.  He was 66 and had lived in Los Angeles.  —  Tony Dimitriades, Mr. Petty's longtime manager, confirmed the death.
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TMZ.com:
Tom Petty Found Unconscious in Full Cardiac Arrest (UPDATE)
Oli Coleman / Page Six:
Tyra Banks splits with baby-daddy Erik Asla … Tyra Banks and her photographer baby-daddy Erik Asla have split after five years, Page Six has exclusively learned.  —  We reported last July that the pair were struggling to keep their relationship on track following the birth of their son, York Banks Asla, in January 2016.
Harper's BAZAAR:
JULIA ROBERTS ON MARRIAGE, MOTHERHOOD AND TURNING 50  —  The actress stars in the November issue of Harper's bazaar  —  As she prepares to turn 50, Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts speaks to Bazaar about how meeting her husband changed her life, being selective when choosing new roles …
Discussion: Page Six and Oh No They Didn't!
ELLE Decor:
The Domestication Of Bruce Willis  —  They drive carpool.  They tend the  —  vegetable garden  —  . They play tea party.  One of the biggest movie stars in history and his wife live with their two young daughters in a Craftsman-style house in Bedford Hills, New York, the picture of quiet, domestic bliss.
Discussion: Page Six and People.com
 
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Jason Lynch / Adweek:
Sarah Paulson Has Taken FX, the Emmys and Movie Studios by Storm. Next up: Netflix
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Cele|bitchy
Us Weekly:
Tori Spelling Might Have a Sixth Child: I'm a ‘Brady Bunch’ Fan!
Char Adams / People.com:
Kaia Gerber Opens Chanel Paris Show with Mother Cindy Crawford Cheering Her on from the Front Row
Ale Russian / People.com:
Nicholas Hoult Falls in Love - and Into a Sexy Open Relationship - in First Newness Trailer
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