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7:50 AM ET, October 16, 2020

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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Top Actors & Showrunners Ask NBC To Move Donald Trump Town Hall From Slot Opposite ABC's Joe Biden Special  —  In an open letter to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell and NBCU News Group chairman Cesar Conde, the Hollywood heavyweights are asking for the Trump town hall to be shifted from the time slot.
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Jordan Moreau / Variety:
More Than 100 Hollywood Stars Demand NBC Moves Trump Town Hall … NBC News is not backing down amid calls to move President Trump's town hall on Thursday night.  —  NBCUniversal News Group chairman Cesar Conde said in a statement that the decision to air Trump's town hall at the same …
Discussion: Deadline, The Wrap and New York Times
TMZ.com:
Cardi B Says She's Back with Offset Because She's Crazy and Wanted D***  —  Cardi B is confirming what our own eyes have been telling us — she and Offset are back together, and to hell with that pending divorce.  —  During the rapper's birthday celebration last weekend and another outing …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, Page Six and Stereogum
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Allison / Dlisted:
Cardi B Took Offset Back Because She Missed Having Sex  —  It was just yesterday that I wrote that Cardi B had teased a collaboration that, in her words, would make people mad, and that the internet took that as a sign she recorded a song with her enemy Nicki Minaj.
Discussion: Complex and HipHopDX News
Daniel Riley / GQ:
The Making (and Re-Making) of Timothée Chalamet  —  He found superstardom and artistic acclaim instantaneously.  Now, with unique candor, the actor of a generation reveals what it's like to come of age in our very upside-down era.  —  The day after the Oscars in 2018, everything that had changed, changed back again.
TMZ.com:
Demi Lovato's ‘Vote’ Message Muzzled By NBC During Billboard Awards  —  Demi Lovato performed her new song with a message for viewers to “VOTE” ... but when it aired on NBC ... the network muzzled her message.  —  Lovato took the stage Wednesday for a moving rendition of her song …
Joe Otterson / Variety:
Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira's ‘Americanah’ Series Not Moving Forward at HBO Max (EXCLUSIVE) … Lupita Nyong'o and Danai Gurira's series adaptation of the Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie novel “Americanah” is no longer moving ahead as planned at HBO Max, Variety has learned exclusively.
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Elizabeth Leonard / People.com:
Matthew McConaughey Opens Up About Raising Creative Kids (They Even Took People's Cover Photo!)  —  “Being a dad was always my only dream. ...  I can't think of anything being more important,” Matthew McConaughey tells PEOPLE  —  FB  —  More  —  Matthew McConaughey is no stranger to deftly juggling whatever life throws his way.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Jenny Stevens / The Guardian:
Stevie Nicks on art, ageing and attraction: 'Botox makes it look like you're in a satanic cult!' … Stevie Nicks has been taking the pandemic even more seriously than most.  She has barely left her home in Los Angeles this year.  “My assistant, God bless her, she puts on her hazmat suit …
Carlos Greer / Page Six:
‘DWTS:’ We turned down Taryn Manning, not the other way around  —  “Dancing With the Stars” is stomping all over Taryn Manning's claims that she's been asked “many times” to appear on the show but shot down the offers because it's for “has-beens.”  The ABC competition instead alleges …
Leila Cobo / Billboard:
Jennifer Lopez and Maluma on Heating Up Hollywood and Opening Doors for Latin Artists  —  With their upcoming film ‘Marry Me,’ Jennifer Lopez and Maluma are bringing Latin music to the big screen at a time when the appetite for songs in Spanish has never been higher — and Hollywood is ready to cash in.
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Erin Hill / People.com:
Prince Harry Wants to Give Archie the ‘Childhood He Always Wanted,’ Source Says  —  “They are both extremely attentive parents,” the source says of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry  —  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been able to spend more time together as a family over the past few months since moving …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
 
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Emily Longeretta / Us Weekly:
Jacob Elordi Shares the Challenge of Playing a Real Person in ‘2 Hearts’
Robyn Merrett / People.com:
Luke Parker Ordered to Pay $100K for Breaching Bachelorette Contract
Discussion: Dlisted
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Kathleen Turner Joins ‘The Kominsky Method’ Full-Time For Third & Final Season
Chloe Melas / CNN:
Demi Lovato has a few words for President Trump
Discussion: Genius, MTV and Variety
TMZ.com:
Kottonmouth Kings Rapper Saint Dog Dead at 44
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
Britney Spears Wins Right to Expand Legal Team in Conservatorship Case
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From Mediagazer:

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

 
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