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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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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 …
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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
Maks Chmerkovskiy Skipped DWTS Performance Due to a ‘Big Chemistry Issue’ With Partner Vanessa Lachey, Says Source
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Sophie Haigney / New York Times:
Roman Polanski Accused of Rape by Former German Actress — Renate Langer, a 61-year-old former German actress, has reported to the Swiss police that the film director Roman Polanski raped her at a house in Gstaad in February 1972, when she was 15. — Ms. Langer is the fourth woman …
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Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter:
Roman Polanski Comments on Rape Case: “It's Over” — The 84-year-old director spoke out about his decades-old sexual assault accusations in a rare press interview at the Zurich Film Festival, where he's promoting his latest film, ‘Based on a True Story.’ — In a rare press interview …
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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.”
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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.
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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 …
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle “Are as Good as Engaged”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle “Are as Good as Engaged”
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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.
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Anita Busch / Deadline:
Joachim Rønning In Talks To Direct Disney's ‘Maleficent 2’ — EXCLUSIVE: Joachim Rønning, who helmed Jerry Bruckheimer's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales for Disney, is in talks to direct another Disney tentpole franchise: the sequel to the studio's 2014 worldwide box office hit Maleficent.
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Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Kate Winslet Joins ‘Avatar’ Universe For ‘Titanic’ Reunion With James Cameron — EXCLUSIVE: Kate Winslet and James Cameron have a little history. Two decades ago she starred in his global juggernaut Titanic, which was the top-grossing film of all time until Cameron's Avatar came along in 2009.
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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 …
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The Blast:
Naya Rivera Pulls the Plug on Divorce — Naya Rivera is having second thoughts on splitting with her husband — she's called off the divorce. — According to court documents obtained by The Blast, Rivera filed to dismiss her divorce last week from actor Ryan Dorsey. — It is unclear if the couple is reconciling.
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