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Variety:
Ronan Farrow Book Alleges Matt Lauer Raped NBC News Colleague — Ronan Farrow's new book “Catch and Kill” recounts his investigation of Harvey Weinstein; the hurdles his then-employer NBC News put in his way that caused him to publish the story in the New Yorker instead; and how Weinstein hired Black Cube …
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Maane Khatchatourian / Variety:
Matt Lauer Denies ‘False and Salacious’ Rape Allegation, Says Affair Was ‘Consensual’ — Matt Lauer penned a letter on Wednesday morning staunchly denying former NBC News co-worker Brooke Nevils' allegations that he raped her in his hotel room at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
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Los Angeles Times, RADAR, The Wrap, In Touch Weekly and Us Weekly
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Ronan Farrow Strikes Again: A New Book Targets NBC News and How Harvey Weinstein May Have Leveraged Matt Lauer — In his first interview about the explosive ‘Catch and Kill,’ the journalist reveals fresh claims of secret payouts and how Lauer may have played a role in the network's decision …
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Erik Hayden / Hollywood Reporter:
Matt Lauer Pens Open Letter Over Ronan Farrow Book Claims: “My Silence Was a Mistake”
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Page Six
Ramin Setoodeh / Variety:
Jennifer Aniston on How Me Too (and Matt Lauer) Influenced ‘The Morning Show’
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USA Today, Vanity Fair, Us Weekly, Perez Hilton, Page Six, In Touch Weekly and RADAR
Abby Aguirre / Vogue:
Rihanna Talks Fenty, That Long-Awaited Album, and President Trump — RIHANNA is ready. First she moved our interview from Thursday to Wednesday. Then from evening to afternoon. When I get word of this latest change, on a slick and humid August day in Los Angeles, I have just enough time to shower and get to the Hotel Bel-Air.
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ELLE:
These Are ELLE's 2019 Women in Hollywood — If last year's Women in Hollywood came in the midst of a reckoning, then what happens now, in the aftermath of the seismic shift that was the #MeToo movement? This year's honorees are defined by a question: Where do we go from here?
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Véronique Hyland / ELLE:
Dolly Parton May Look Artificial, But She's Totally Real — This summer, a particularly buoyant meme began bouncing around Twitter. Created by comedian Rob Dubbin, it hinges on the punch line “ran into jolene....she mentioned you left kind of an intense voicemail.”
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Page Six and The WOW Report
Rebecca Nelson / ELLE:
Mindy Kaling Didn't Sign Up to Be a Role Model — But her fans won't have it any other way. — Once, while Mindy Kaling was filming season five of her television series — The Mindy Project — , she had to walk from the writers' room to the set. On the show, Kaling played a young doctor who reveled in high fashion.
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Variety, Deadline, The Wrap and Vanity Fair
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Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times:
Mindy Kaling says the TV academy tried to strip her of producer credit on ‘The Office’ — It's impossible to separate “The Office” from the work of Mindy Kaling. But according to the small-screen renaissance woman, the Television Academy once tried to do just that.
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Perez Hilton and Oh No They Didn't!
Mike Walters / The Blast:
Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Can't Settle Their Divorce — Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are still locked in negotiating the settlement of their multi-million dollar divorce. So, they have asked the court for more time to get all their financials worked out.
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Paulina Jayne Isaac / Us Weekly:
Brad Pitt Talked to Angelina Jolie About Visiting Estranged Son Maddox at School in South Korea
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In Touch Weekly
Chloe Best / HELLO!:
Prince Harry shares look inside Princess Eugenie's Kensington Palace cottage — Princess Eugenie lives in Ivy Cottage with Jack Brooksbank — Prince Harry has given fans an inside peek at Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's marital home in a new video for World Mental Health Week.
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POPSUGAR, X17 Online and Page Six
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Ainhoa Barcelona / HELLO!:
Prince William and Kate Middleton hold secret meeting at Kensington Palace
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Cele|bitchy
Justin Kroll / Variety:
‘Matrix 4’: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Lands Lead Role (EXCLUSIVE) — “Aquaman” star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has landed one of the lead roles in the latest installment in the “Matrix” franchise. — Sources tell Variety that director Lana Wachowski had been meeting with actors for the secret role …
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The Wrap
YouTube:
Tyler Perry's Atlanta studio to include a compound for displaced LGBTQ youth and trafficked women … “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King went behind the scenes at Tyler Perry's historic, 330-acre movie studio complex in Atlanta. The site features a dozen soundstages named after black icons in Hollywood.
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Queerty and The WOW Report
D.Ly / Perez Hilton:
Miley Cyrus Gets Serenaded By New ‘BF’ Cody Simpson In The Hospital! — Miley Cyrus has a new boyfriend following her breakup with Liam Hemsworth, which means Cody Simpson is one lucky guy! — As we previously reported, the Slide Away singer confirmed and defended the new fling …
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X17 Online
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Joelle Goldstein / People.com:
Cody Simpson Pens Sexy Love Poem in the Wake of His New Romance with Miley Cyrus
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Full Feed, POPSUGAR and In Touch Weekly
Riley Cardoza / Us Weekly:
Catelynn Lowell Denies She's Pregnant, Expecting Baby No. 4 With Tyler Baltierra — Catelynn Lowell wants to give daughters Novalee, 4, and Vaeda, 7 months, a sibling — but not just yet. — ‘Teen Mom OG’ Tots in Before and After Pics: How They've Grown!
