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Emma Hernandez / In Touch Weekly:
Amanda Bynes' Fiance Paul Michael Confirms Split 3 Weeks After Engagement: ‘I Love Her Though’  —  Dunzo.  Amanda Bynes and her fiancé, Paul Michael, split and ended their engagement, In Touch has exclusively learned.  “We did,” Paul tells In Touch exclusively, confirming their breakup.
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TMZ.com:
Amanda Bynes Breaks Off Engagement with Fiance of Three Weeks  —  Amanda Bynes won't be walking down the aisle after all — she and her fiance of just 3 weeks have called off their engagement.  —  AB's groom-to-be, Paul Michael, confirmed the news Sunday ... telling In Touch they had, in fact, broken up.
Discussion: Us Weekly and Oh No They Didn't!
Erin Hill / People.com:
Queen Invites Meghan Markle and Prince Harry to Church: ‘It Was a Sweet Gesture,’ Source Says  —  “As a family, they all love each other,” a source tells PEOPLE  —  Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are getting in some quality time with Queen Elizabeth while they're back in the U.K. this week.
Tom Grater / Deadline:
Max Von Sydow Dies: Revered Star Of ‘The Exorcist’ & ‘The Seventh Seal’ Was 90  —  Max von Sydow, the Sweden-born French actor whose credits included Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, William Friedkin's The Exorcist, and the role of Emperor Ming in Flash Gordon, has died at the age of 90, his reps confirmed to Deadline.
Discussion: Variety
Carol Robinson / al.com:
Lil Baby rap concert shut down in Birmingham after shots fired; 1 taken to hospital  —  One person was shot at a rap concert inside a west Birmingham arena Saturday night.  The Lil Baby concert was shut down after shots were fired.  —  The gunfire erupted inside the Bill Harris Arena …
Discussion: Variety, Stereogum and The Wrap
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Chris Rock splits from girlfriend Megalyn Echikunwoke after 4 years of dating  —  Chris Rock has split from his girlfriend of four years, actress Megalyn Echikunwoke.  —  Multiple sources confirmed to Page Six that Rock, 55, and Echikunwoke, 36, quietly broke up a few months ago …
Ale Russian / People.com:
Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas Spotted in Her Native Cuba After Wrapping Thriller Together  —  Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas wrapped filming the thriller Deep Water in New Orleans last month  —  Weeks after Ben Affleck and Knives Out actress Ana de Armas wrapped their next movie together …
Nick Ferris / The Sun:
Sick zombie actor from hit show The Walking Dead in jail after biting Brit mum  —  A TV zombie in hit series The Walking Dead is in jail after battering and biting a British mum.  —  US actor Michael Mundy, 52, started dating fan Beverly Jackson, 41, after he flew here for a meet-and-greet.
Discussion: New York Post
Entertainment Tonight:
Tessa Thompson Reacts to Christian Bale Playing the Villain in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ (Exclusive)  —  Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson already saved the Marvel cinematic universe from one Oscar winner (that'd be Thor: Ragnarok's Cate Blanchett), and in Thor: Love and Thunder …
David Mack / BuzzFeed News:
“Drag Race” Star Sherry Pie Apologized After Five Actors Said She Catfished Them  —  At least five aspiring young actors told BuzzFeed News a contestant on this season of RuPaul's Drag Race catfished them over several years via email, posing as a casting director who led them to submit …
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Beauty and the Beast’ Prequel Series in the Works at Disney+ (Exclusive)  —  Stars Josh Gad and Luke Evans will reprise their roles from the 2017 feature for a limited series from ‘Once Upon a Time’ creators Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, with Gad also down as co-creator, writer and showrunner.
New York Post:
NYPD has 5 suspects — and motive — in beating of 15-year-old Brooklyn girl  —  Police were questioning five suspects and have a motive in the vicious mob beating of a 15-year-old girl on a Brooklyn street, law enforcement sources said Friday.  —  Cops were grilling the teenage boys …
Discussion: Sandra Rose
Andreas Wiseman / Deadline:
Disney/Pixar's ‘Onward’ Banned In Multiple Middle East Countries Due To Lesbian Reference  —  EXCLUSIVE: Disney/Pixar's family film Onward has been banned in multiple Middle East markets due to the film's minor reference to a lesbian relationship.  —  In the movie, about two teenage elf brothers …
 
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