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L. F. / Perez Hilton:
Erika Jayne Files For Divorce From Tom Girardi After Realizing ‘She Would Never Be A Priority’ Amid Long-Time ‘Cheating’
Discussion: E! Online
Ale Russian / People.com:
Tom Cruise Is Not Dating His Mission: Impossible Costar Hayley Atwell: Sources  —  Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell have been busy filming Mission: Impossible 7 over the last few months  —  Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell are not an item despite some reports saying otherwise, multiple sources tell PEOPLE.
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Alyssa Hardy / InStyle:
Barack Obama Said Malia's Boyfriend Quarantined With Them  —  “My grocery bill went up about 30%.”  —  More  —  Barack Obama, former United States President, and sometimes embarrassing dad, is giving more insight into his family life this year.  Obama, who has been doing interviews promoting …
Discussion: Marie Claire
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Kaitlin Reilly / E! Online:
Why Barack Obama Let Daughter Malia's Boyfriend Move In During Quarantine
Discussion: Just Jared
Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
'Grey's Anatomy' Showrunner Confirms Patrick Dempsey Will Be Back — Again! — and Teases Show's Future … “Grey's Anatomy” has been tackling coronavirus for the entirety of Season 17, and although the pandemic has inspired intense storytelling that mirrors the real state of the world …
Discussion: Us Weekly and Just Jared
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'Grey's Anatomy': Is Meredith Going to Die? Producers on Heartbreaking Season 17 Cliffhanger (Exclusive)
People.com:
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Trade Family Christmas Gifts with Kate Middleton and Prince William  —  Gifts have been sent back and forth between the families, PEOPLE has learned  —  Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, Kate Middleton and Prince William are celebrating the season with gift-giving.
Discussion: Just Jared
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Ellie Henman / The Sun:
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry ‘inundated with big money offers to tour new Spotify podcast at live events’
Discussion: Cosmopolitan
Justin Kroll / Deadline:
Universal Lands AGBO's Adaptation Of ‘The Electric State’ With Millie Bobby Brown Starring, The Russo Brothers Directing And Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely Writing  —  EXCLUSIVE: Following a heated bidding war, Universal Pictures has landed the rights to an adaptation of the graphic novel …
Discussion: The Wrap, Just Jared and Collider
Just Jared:
Katie Holmes & Boyfriend Emilio Vitolo Jr. Go Instagram Official, Publicly Profess Their Love  —  Katie Holmes and boyfriend Emilio Vitolo Jr. are now an Instagram official couple!  —  The actress is celebrating her 42nd birthday today (December 18) and Emilio took to his social media page to send well-wishes to his girlfriend.
Discussion: Daily Star, Mirror, E! Online and Page Six
Lindsay Weinberg / E! Online:
Zac Efron's New Mullet Haircut Has Us Feeling Some Type of Way  —  Zac Efron just debuted a shocking new hairstyle ahead of the holidays, as he spends time in Australia with his model girlfriend Vanessa Valladares.  See the 17 Again star's new mullet below.  —  Okay, hear us out: Zac Efron, but with a mullet.
Discussion: Just Jared
Natasha Rigler / The Sun:
Katie Price reveals 29 stone son Harvey is launching his own 7XL clothing range so he has a job  —  KATIE Price's 29 stone son Harvey is set to launch an 7XL clothing range so he has his own income, The Sun Online can exclusively reveal.  —  Harvey, 18, is partially blind and suffers …
Discussion: Mirror
Susannah Constantine / Daily Mail:
Hello, my name is Susannah... and I'm an alcoholic: With shattering honesty, TV style guru SUSANNAH CONSTANTINE lays bare her struggle with drink, in the hope others can learn from the lessons she says have saved her life  —  Hundreds of people in village halls and meeting rooms around …
Discussion: Mirror.co.uk and The Sun
TMZ.com:
‘Impeachment: American Crime Story’ Shut Down Due to COVID-19  —  ‘IMPEACHMENT’ CORONAVIRUS SHUTS DOWN PRODUCTION  —  Just over a month after “Impeachment: American Crime Story” started filming ... TMZ's learned it's been shut down due to COVID-19.  —  Production sources …
Discussion: Queerty and Page Six
Laura Snapes / The Guardian:
Fiona Apple on the album of the year, Grammys hypocrisy and how #MeToo helped her get sober  —  Over two interviews and more text messages, our artist of the year unpacks her album Fetch the Bolt Cutters - and explains how she finally found compassion for herself after trauma and bullying
Joe Kasper / The Sun:
This Morning's Eamonn Holmes told pals he's ‘sick of office politics’ after fiery live rant  —  EAMONN Holmes took a pop at This Morning bosses live on air during his final Friday show yesterday after being axed.  —  He also told friends he was tired of “office politics”.  —  refer to caption.
Discussion: Mirror.co.uk
Hannah Southwick / Page Six:
Christina Aguilera celebrates 40th birthday in sexy catsuit and heels … Christina Aguilera is no longer in her thirties, but she's still feeling “Dirrty.”  —  While celebrating her 40th birthday on Friday, the “Lady Marmalade” singer showed off her figure in a skintight black …
Fiona Nimoni / The Sun:
Glastonbury 2021 booking team told to ‘stand down’ in clearest sign yet next year's festival is cancelled  —  HOPES of Glastonbury taking place next year seem to be all but over.  —  I can reveal bosses have told their booking team to stand down in what is the clearest indication yet the festival will not go ahead.
Discussion: Mirror
Fiona Nimoni / The Sun:
Victoria Beckham warned she was ‘poisoning’ herself with strict fish & veg diet  —  MEDICS found something fishy when Victoria Beckham checked into a luxury health spa.  —  Tests showed she had “off the scale” levels of toxic mercury in her blood.  —  Getty Images - Getty
Discussion: Mirror
Jamie Downham / The Sun:
Kate Ferdinand gives birth to husband Rio's fourth child as happy couple welcome a baby boy a week before Christmas  —  KATE and Rio Ferdinand have welcomed their first baby together.  —  The 29-year-old former Towie star delivered an early present for the Ferdinand family as she gave birth to a baby son just a week before Christmas.
Discussion: Daily Star and Mirror.co.uk
Bill Bailey / Telegraph:
Bill Bailey's Strictly Diary: ‘The Show Must Go On is an anthem for our times’  —  In his exclusive weekly report, the comedian talks about making the final and the significance of his last dance as the live arts suffer  —  So this is it.  After nine weeks of dancing, training, and more training, I find myself in the grand final.
Discussion: The Sun
Megan Larratt / E! Online:
See Christina Aguilera's Most Iconic Looks On and Off Stage  —  Forty years of impeccable singing, style and wonderful looks!  Remember to scroll through and look back on all of the times Christina Aguilera rocked our fashion world.  —  She is beautiful, in every single way!
Discussion: Daily Star and POPSUGAR
B.D. / Perez Hilton:
Heather Morris Calls Out Glee Co-Star Over ‘Offensive’ Mark Salling Tweet — And Twitter Has THOUGHTS!  —  Heather Morris is calling out not just a fan, but her former co-star, for what she saw as an offensive tweet — but is she right on this one?!  —  It all started early last week …
 
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