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12:30 PM ET, April 6, 2018

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TMZ.com:
Conor McGregor Surrenders to Police in New York After Bus Attack  —  8:15 PM PT — Sources tell us Conor is expected to be charged with 2 counts of misdemeanor assault and one count of felony criminal mischief.  —  Conor McGregor just surrendered to authorities in connection with the bus attack …
Discussion: Maxim and The Blemish
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Conor McGregor Injures UFC Fighter In Bus Attack, Warrant Out for His Arrest  —  12:18 PM PT — TMZ Sports now has video showing Conor picking up a dolly and smashing the side window of the bus.  —  We spoke with Dana White ... who tells us Michael Chiesa was “cut to pieces” …
Anita Gates / New York Times:
Susan Anspach, 75, Dies; Daring Actress in Maverick Films  —  Susan Anspach, the radiant and rebellious actress who personified the 1960s-into-the-'70s counterculture in films like “Five Easy Pieces” and “Blume in Love,” as well as in the stage musical “Hair,” died on Monday at her home in Los Angeles.
Discussion: Page Six, AOL and The Wrap
Alexia Fernandez / People.com:
Lorde Apologizes After Fans Accused Her of Joking About Whitney Houston's Death with a Bathtub Post  —  Lorde has been heavily criticised after she shared a photo of a bathtub alongside a Whitney Houston quote.  —  Several people took to Lorde's Instagram account to comment their disbelief and rage at the …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
TMZ.com:
Beyonce Ups Her Backup Dancer Game a Week Before Coachella  —  A Beyhive of dancers is about to descend upon Coachella next week — the number has swelled from about a dozen to 100 ... TMZ has learned.  —  Sources tell us Beyonce has upped her game for her Coachella performance next weekend.
Discussion: Bossip
TMZ.com:
Migos Tour Bus Pulled Over, Entourage Members Arrested for Drugs  —  Close, but no marijuana cigar — cops pulled over Migos' tour bus in North Carolina, but the group members were NOT arrested ... instead 3 entourage members were nailed.  —  Police pulled over the bus Thursday night …
Discussion: Page Six
Joseph Otterson / Variety:
‘Hidden Figures’ Series in Development at Nat Geo (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Nat Geo is developing a series inspired by the film “Hidden Figures,” Variety has learned exclusively.  —  The film was itself based on the book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly, which told the true story …
Discussion: Page Six, The Wrap and TV Tattle
TMZ.com:
JWoww Says Sex Doll Will Make Sammi Wish She'd Been at ‘Jersey Shore’ Reunion  —  JWoww says Sammi Sweetheart's sex doll stand-in offered some good times for the ‘Jersey Shore’ cast ... but it sounds like she misses the real McCoy.  —  We spoke to Jenni ‘JWoww’ Farley Thursday ahead …
Discussion: Jezebel, Page Six and PerezHilton
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Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Jersey Shore's Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi Addresses Divorce Rumors: ‘Leave Him Alone’
Discussion: PerezHilton
Aurelie Corinthios / People.com:
Snooki Says If The Situation Survived Jersey Shore Shenanigans Sober, ‘Jail Should Be a Breeze’
Discussion: Page Six
Alexa Tietjen / WWD:
Eyes On: Manuel A. Mendez, Blue Ivy's Stylist  —  Style knows no age.  Just ask Mendez, who styles the six-year-old daughter of Beyoncé and Jay-Z.  —  Blue Ivy Carter with her mother, Beyoncé, and grandmother, Tina Knowles.  —  Name: Manuel A. Mendez  —  Age: Unknown
Discussion: People.com
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Brad Pitt spending time with rockstar MIT professor  —  Brad Pitt is spending time with an acclaimed architect, award-winning artist and rockstar MIT professor Neri Oxman.  —  A source exclusively confirms that architecture and design aficionado Pitt recently met accomplished Oxman through …
Mannie Holmes / Variety:
Kenneth Lonergan: Casey Affleck Has ‘Been Treated Abominably’ in Wake of Time's Up  —  With Time's Up and #MeToo continuing to dominate the public conversation and headlines, Oscar-winning screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan is defending “Manchester by the Sea” star Casey Affleck …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
TMZ.com:
MTV ‘Road Rules’ Star — Brian Lancaster Dead at 43  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  Ex-MTV “Road Rules” star Brian Lancaster has died at just 43 years old ... TMZ has learned.  —  Brian appeared on season 7 of “Road Rules” back in 1999.  His family tells us he was found dead in his Pennsylvania home last Thursday.
Discussion: Philly.com, Page Six and AOL
Jim Farber / New York Times:
Bob Dylan Sings About Gay Love  —  Shortly after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2015, Justice Antonin Scalia attended a party where he signaled his displeasure by singing Bob Dylan's “The Times They Are a-Changin'.”  —  “He sang with great verve,” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told The Washington Post at the time.
Discussion: Variety, Queerty, Stereogum and Towleroad
 
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