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Zach Baron / GQ:
George Clooney When We Need Him Most  —  The actor, director, and GQ Icon of the Year is the one thing we can all agree on—at a time when we can't agree on anything.  —  George Clooney had neck surgery this morning, and they gave him fentanyl.  “I'm out of it now,” he says, not seeming out of it at all.
Entertainment Tonight:
‘Dancing With the Stars’ Eliminates Two Couples: Johnny Weir Says He Feels ‘Horrific’ (Exclusive)  —  Semifinals Night of Dancing With the Stars has come to an end, and sadly, two more couples have gone home.  —  Monday's show ended with a brutal double elimination that sent Johnny Weir …
Discussion: Cosmopolitan and People.com
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Just Jared:
Two More Celebs Sent Home on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Season 29 Ahead of Finals  —  SPOILER ALERT - Do not continue reading if you don't want to know what happened on Dancing With the Stars!  —  We're one week away from the season finale of Dancing With the Stars season 29 and two celebs were just eliminated from the competition.
Discussion: FemaleFirst and People.com
Lauren Piester / E! Online:
Dancing With the Stars Season 29 Reveals Who Will Dance in the Finale
Discussion: People.com and justjared.com
Shirley Halperin / Variety:
Scooter Braun Sells Taylor Swift's Big Machine Masters for Big Pay Day … The buyer, an investment fund, is as yet unknown but the deal is believed to be north of $300 million and closed in the last two weeks.  —  Ithaca purchased the Nashville-based independent record label Big Machine …
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TMZ.com:
Scott Disick Hits the Beach with 19-Year-Old Amelia Hamlin  —  SCOTT DISICK I Got A Thing For Daughters Of Famous Folks ... HITS BEACH WITH 19-YR-OLD AMELIA HAMLIN … Scott Disick can't stay single for very long ... and his latest fling is with a 19-year-old with some very famous parents.
Amy Brookbanks / The Sun:
Katie Price reveals son Harvey steals frozen pizzas and eats them raw in desperate search for food  —  KATIE Price has revealed her son Harvey steals frozen pizzas and eats them raw in his desperate search for food.  —  The mother-of-five shared the distressing news as she detailed the extent …
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McKenna Aiello / E! Online:
Diplo Denies “Revenge Porn” Claim After Woman Files Restraining Order Against Him  —  Celebrity attorney Lisa Bloom is representing a woman who she says provided “credible” information regarding her alleged involvement with Diplo.  Read the response from the DJ's legal team.
Discussion: Mirror, The Daily Beast and Just Jared
People.com:
Rebel Wilson Used to Eat ‘3,000 Calories Most Days’ Before Beginning Her Weight Loss Journey  —  “I'm just trying to go for overall balance, overall healthy balance,” the actress tells PEOPLE  —  Rebel Wilson switched up her eating habits this year during her “year of health.”
Mehera Bonner / Cosmopolitan:
Khloé Kardashian Shows Off Flowers from Tristan Thompson Days After Unfollowing Him on Insta  —  Plot twist.  — Khloé Kardashian showed off flowers from Tristan Thompson days after  —  reportedly unfollowing him on Instagram.  — Khloé and Tristan are coparenting their daughter True,
Discussion: E! Online and Page Six
Bryan Brunati / The Sun:
CATWALK CATFIGHT Naomi Campbell SLAMS Tyra Banks by sharing article claiming DWTS host ‘is the real mean girl’  —  NAOMI Campbell slammed Tyra Banks by sharing an article claiming the Dancing With The Stars host “is the real mean girl.”  —  The two iconic models have had quite the rivalry over the years.
Discussion: TheThings, Mirror.co.uk and Page Six
Alyssa Morin / E! Online:
Britney Spears and Sam Asghari Escape to Hawaii After Being “Upset” By Conservatorship Battle  —  Britney Spears took “a little trip to paradise” with her boyfriend Sam Asghari.  A source exclusively told E! News she “wanted to get away” following the latest update about her conservatorship.
Morgan M. Evans / People.com:
Ciara and Russell Wilson Debut ‘Special’ Fragrance Duo R+C: 'It's Something Sweet for Everyone'  —  “We created this fragrance during one of the toughest times in life and it brought us such joy in the midst of it all,” Ciara says of her new fragrance duo with husband Russell Wilson
Discussion: Page Six
Julie Jordan / People.com:
Dan Levy Makes His Sexiest Man Alive Issue Debut, Jokes ‘This Form of Sexy Is a Niche Market’  —  The Schitt's Creek star talks cooking fails, mixing up cocktails and his favorite shows to binge during quarantine in this week's Sexiest Man Alive Issue 2020  —  Yay, David!
Discussion: Just Jared and PeopleTV
Piers Morgan / Daily Mail:
How can hypocrite Harry complain about how the press treated his mother but sell his soul for millions to Netflix sharks who've portrayed her as a shallow, vomiting lunatic and his father as a bullying, bed-hopping monster?  —  I've been looking forward to Season 4 of The Crown with almost …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Mirror.co.uk
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Emma Baty / Cosmopolitan:
The Crown's Princess Diana Season Is Actually, Sort of, Definitely About Meghan Markle
Discussion: E! Online
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
Quentin Tarantino Sets Two-Book HarperCollins Deal; ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ Novelization & '70s Movie Deep Dive ‘Cinema Speculation’ To Follow  —  Quentin Tarantino has signed a two book deal with Harper, the HarperCollins imprint.  First up is Tarantino's first work of fiction …
Discussion: The Wrap, ComingSoon.net and Variety
TMZ.com:
Playboy Wants To Shoot Dolly Parton for 75th Bday  —  DOLLY PARTON Playboy Wants Her To Pose Again ... 75-YEAR-OLD COVER GIRL!!!  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Dolly Parton's dream of being a 75-year-old woman gracing the cover of Playboy might soon become reality ... we've learned the ball's in her court.
Discussion: Daily Mail and The Sun
Alyssa Morin / E! Online:
Isaiah Washington Reignites Grey's Anatomy Drama By Calling Out Katherine Heigl on Twitter  —  2020 just took another turn: Grey's Anatomy alum Isaiah Washington slammed Katherine Heigl on Twitter, a decade after they first feuded.  —  Grey's Anatomy alum Isaiah Washington has ignited his drama with former co-star Katherine Heigl.
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘Wonder Girl’ TV Series With Latina Lead From Dailyn Rodriguez & Berlanti Productions In Works At the CW  —  EXCLUSIVE: Greg Berlanti and the CW are breaking more ground in superhero representation with their latest DC series project. … The network is developing Wonder Girl …
Meredith Nardino / Us Weekly:
Jack Black Takes on Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's ‘WAP’ Dance Challenge in a Speedo … Twerking up a storm!  Jack Black sent the internet into stitches after posting his stripped-down version of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's viral “WAP” dance challenge.  —  How Stars Are Self-Quarantining Amid the Pandemic
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Brendan Mcfadden / Daily Star:
Perrie Edwards makes Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain engagement confession as she'd say yes  —  Little Mix star Perrie Edwards revealed that if her boyfriend of four years Alex Oxlade Chamberlain asked her to marry him she would gladly accept his proposal  —  Little Mix star Perrie Edwards has announced …
Discussion: FemaleFirst
Madeleine Virginia Gannon / Michigan Daily:
Lana Del Rey wore a mesh mask.  What now?  —  It all started at a book signing in Los Angeles, Calif., where pop icon Lana Del Rey read passages of her new poetry book, “Violets Bent Backwards Over the Grass.”  —  Pictured on Twitter: Lana Del Rey in a mesh face mask.  Then all hell broke loose.
 
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TMZ.com:
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
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TLC.com:
Justin Duggar is Engaged to Claire Spivey!
Discussion: E! Online and People.com
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Phil Collins and ex Orianne Cevey could shockingly reunite, friends say
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Melissa Minton / Page Six:
North West, 7, stars in mom Kim Kardashian's new Skims campaign
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From Mediagazer:

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Apple offers Apple TV+ for free to anyone with an Apple ID this weekend, the first time it has offered such a promotion

Trishla Ostwal / Adweek:
Memo: Sameer Singh, TikTok's general manager for North America's ads team, is leaving the company at the end of February, as the company faces a ban in the US

Matt Pearce:
The Gannett-Reuters deal aims to supplant The Associated Press, which has resisted journalism's financialization through its longstanding cooperative model

 
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