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Steve Helling / People.com:
NBC Cancels Megyn Kelly Today After Blackface Controversy, Sources Say — Megyn Kelly's 9 a.m. Today show hour has been canceled, multiple sources confirm to PEOPLE. — The news comes just 48 hours after she received immense backlash for her controversial remarks about blackface earlier this week.
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Carlos Greer / Page Six:
Megyn Kelly out at NBC after defending blackface … Megyn Kelly is without a job following controversial comments she made about blackface this week. — It took just 48 hours for NBC to ax Kelly, a source told Page Six. — During a panel discussion on “Megyn Kelly Today” …
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Chris Spargo / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Megyn Kelly is OUT at NBC just 48 hours after defending blackface as she and the network fight over whether she will be paid out her $69M contract in full — Her show aired a repeat on Thursday and will also be a repeat on Friday after she defended blackface on Tuesday's show and apologized Wednesday on air
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TMZ.com:
Megyn Kelly Demands $50 Million Settlement from NBC — Megyn Kelly — Demands $50 Mil Settlement from NBC — EXCLUSIVE — Megyn Kelly is a day away from settling with NBC, and we've just learned something shocking — NBC was paying her $25 million a year and the network may end up settling for close to $50 MILLION.
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TMZ.com:
Megyn Kelly Out at NBC After ‘Blackface’ Scandal — Megyn Kelly will NOT be back on the air at NBC after her blackface remark, barring a major miracle ... TMZ has confirmed. — “Megyn Kelly Today” aired a repeat on Thursday morning, 2 days after she uncorked the absurd comment that it's okay to wear blackface at Halloween.
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Hollywood Reporter:
Megyn Kelly No Longer at CAA (Exclusive) — The move comes a day after the ‘Today’ host's on-air defense of blackface. — CAA is no longer working with Megyn Kelly, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. UTA co-president Jay Sures initally agreed to represent her but later backed out on Wednesday amid the controversy.
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Carlos Greer / Page Six:
Megyn Kelly's lawyer wants Ronan Farrow on hand to meet with NBC execs … Megyn Kelly wants Ronan Farrow in the room when her legal team meets with NBC execs. — “Megyn Kelly's litigator Brian Freedman is meeting with NBC execs [Friday] and has requested that Ronan Farrow attend, so he can be a witness,” a source told Page Six.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Megyn Kelly's show in doubt after blackface comments
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Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:
Cardi B Reveals She Turned Down a ‘Seven Figure’ Offer to Share First Photos of Baby Kulture — No amount of “Money” will make Cardi B share the identity of her baby girl. — The Invasion of Privacy hitmaker, 26, revealed she will be debuting photos of her daughter Kulture Kiari on her own terms …
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People.com:
Jamie Lee Curtis Dishes on Original Halloween: ‘I Made $8,000’ and Bought Wardrobe at JC Penney — Forty years after the original Halloween movie, Jamie Lee Curtis can't believe how much has changed since she starred in the classic horror film. — Curtis, now 59, was just 19 when the first Halloween made her a movie star.
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Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
‘Clueless’ Remake In Early Development At Paramount With 'Girls Trip's Tracy Oliver Producing — EXCLUSIVE: A Clueless feature remake is in the works at Paramount with Girls Trip writer Tracy Oliver producing and Glow writer Marquita Robinson penning the script.
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Nicholas Hautman / Us Weekly:
‘Queer Eye’ Star Antoni Porowski and Boyfriend Joey Krietemeyer Split After 7 Years … Antoni Porowski and his boyfriend, Joey Krietemeyer, have called it quits after more than seven years together, a source close to the Queer Eye star confirms to Us Weekly exclusively. — Celebrity Splits of 2018
Natalie Robehmed / Forbes:
Highest-Paid TV Actresses 2018: Sofia Vergara Tops Ranking Again With $42.5 Million — For the seventh year in a row, Sofia Vergara is the highest-paid actress on television. Her giant haul, which clocks in at 73% more than second-ranked Kaley Cuoco's $24.5 million, leads this year's ranking of the small screen's top earners.
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Natalie Robehmed / Forbes:
Highest-Paid TV Actors 2018: Jim Parsons Leads With $26.5 Million
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Aurelie Corinthios / People.com:
Kim Kardashian! Mindy Kaling! John Stamos! See Busy Philipps' Busy Tonight Late-Night Lineup — Busy Philipps' new show is around the corner — and she's got an exciting lineup of guests for her very first week. — Executive produced by Tina Fey, Busy Tonight premieres this Sunday …
