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7:30 AM ET, December 22, 2020

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Emily Smith / Page Six:
John Mulaney in rehab for cocaine and alcohol abuse  —  Comedian John Mulaney has checked into rehab for 60 days for alcohol and cocaine addiction.  —  A source exclusively confirmed to Page Six that the 38-year-old golden boy of comedy checked into a Pennsylvania rehab facility this past weekend.
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Jodi Guglielmi / People.com:
John Mulaney Has Checked Into Rehab  —  The comedian has long been open about his struggles with sobriety  —  John Mulaney has checked into rehab, PEOPLE has confirmed.  —  The former Saturday Night Live writer, 38, is seeking treatment after relapsing following a decades-long battle with addiction.
Page Six:
John Mulaney's wife deleted Instagram days before he entered rehab
Discussion: The Sun
Mackenzie Schmidt / People.com:
Scott Disick and Amelia Hamlin Go House Hunting: See the $65 Million+ Mansions They Toured  —  The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star, 37, and model, 19, were first spotted out together in October  —  Scott Disick and Amelia Hamlin recently toured several spectacular homes currently listed for sale in Los Angeles, PEOPLE confirms.
Discussion: Mirror.co.uk and Just Jared
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Rachel Avery / hellomagazine.com:
Kourtney Kardashian's Christmas display is straight out of the North Pole
Discussion: FemaleFirst, Daily Star and E! Online
Just Jared:
Jennifer Lopez Dishes On If She & Alex Rodriguez Might Follow In The Footsteps Of Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell With Their Wedding  —  Jennifer Lopez is opening up about her relationship with fiance Alex Rodriguez in a brand new interview.  —  The 51-year-old actress and signer appeared …
Discussion: FemaleFirst, Daily Mail and E! Online
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Ashley Mitchell / Celebrity Insider:
Jennifer Lopez Reveals She And Alex Rodriguez Debated Never Getting Married Like Goldie Hawn And Kurt Russell!  —  While these two are very happily engaged at this point, they would have been just as happy if there was no ring involved as well!  In fact, the actress revealed …
Discussion: Just Jared
FemaleFirst:
Miles Teller's strong marriage  —  Miles Teller's marriage to Keleigh Sperry feels stronger than ever after spending so much time together this year. … Miles Teller and his wife are doing “really great” together.  —  The ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ actor tied the knot with Keleigh Sperry …
Discussion: Celebrity Insider
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Brandon Katz / Observer:
Exclusive: David Gordon Green in Talks to Direct ‘Exorcist’ Sequel for Blumhouse  —  Blumhouse Productions and Morgan Creek are developing a sequel to  —  2018) to direct, Observer has exclusively learned.  —  It is not yet clear if the project will be his first directorial effort following his delayed sequel
Discussion: The Wrap and Variety
Lane Florsheim / Wall Street Journal:
Adam Brody on Surfing His “Brains Out” With Leighton Meester  —  “Other new hobbies?  Honestly, we're just beach bums.”  —  Although Adam Brody acknowledges that parts of the pandemic have been horrible, he also says the time off has had its perks.  The actor, 41, starts every morning at 7 a.m. with his daughter, Arlo, 5.
Sara Nathan / Page Six:
Rachel Zoe's son recovering after 40-foot fall from ski lift  —  Celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe's young son Skyler is recovering after plummeting 40 feet from a ski chair lift in Colorado.  —  Zoe, husband Rodger Berman and sons Sykler, 9, and Kaius, 7, were on the first day of their winter vacation when the accident happened.
Just Jared:
‘The Bachelorette’ Spoilers: Tayshia's Final 2 Revealed After One Guy Eliminates Himself  —  SPOILER ALERT!  Do not continue reading if you don't want to know what happened on part one of The Bachelorette season finale!  —  We've already reached the end of Tayshia Adams' season of The Bachelorette …
Discussion: POPSUGAR and E! Online
FemaleFirst:
Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid reunite after nine months apart  —  Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid have finally been reunited after a long nine months apart amid the Covid-19 pandemic. … Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid have reunited for the first time in nine months.
Discussion: Daily Star
Armchair Expert / Episodes:
Holiday Spectacular 2020  —  Join us for our annual holiday party featuring remote guests Josh Gad, Leslie Odom Jr., Emmy Raver-Lampman, Bob Mervak and Kristen Bell.  —  Powered and distributed by Simplecast.  —  McDonalds: McDonald's.  Serving here.  —  HelloFresh: Go to HelloFresh.com/dax10 …
Nerisha Penrose / Elle:
Fans Believe Ariana Grande's Engagement Ring Is A Tribute To Her Late Grandfather  —  It's official: Ariana Grande has switched from “7 Rings” to just one dazzler.  Over the weekend, Grande received her Christmas gift from beau Dalton Gomez quite early—a sparkly engagement ring.
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People.com:
Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez's Parents Are ‘Thrilled’ About Couple's Engagement: Source
FemaleFirst:
Duke and Duchess of Sussex announce first project for Archewell  —  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are teaming up with World Food Kitchen to build four community relief centres in the first philanthropic project for their Archewell foundation. … The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are teaming …
Discussion: POPSUGAR
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Amanda N'Duka / Deadline:
Paul Feig Taps Sofia Wylie & Sophia Anne Caruso To Lead ‘The School For Good and Evil’ Adaptation
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Wall Street Journal:
MGM Holdings, Studio Behind ‘James Bond,’ Explores a Sale
Stephanie Soteriou / The Sun:
WEIGH TO GO Love Island's Curtis Pritchard reveals he's lost two-and-a-half stone on new diet after piling on the pounds on show
Discussion: Daily Star and Mirror.co.uk
Just Jared:
Dwayne Johnson Plays Santa To Deserving Dad During John Krasinski's ‘Some Good News’ Holiday Special
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Jen Juneau / People.com:
Arie Luyendyk Jr. and Lauren Burnham Reveal They're Actually Expecting Twins: ‘Two?! No Way’
Discussion: E! Online, Bustle and Us Weekly
Francesca Shillcock / hellomagazine.com:
Fans are saying the same thing about Netflix's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Discussion: POPSUGAR
 Earlier Picks: 
Kara Warner / People.com:
Inside Tom Cruise's On-Set Outburst: 'He's a Perfectionist and Expects Others to Follow Suit,' Source
Discussion: Just Jared
Sharnaz Shahid / hellomagazine.com:
Madonna displays impressive figure as she shows off her ‘beautiful scar’
Discussion: Daily Star, Just Jared and Page Six
Rachael Ellenbogen / The Sun:
‘JUST US THREE NOW!’ Wilmer Valderrama and fiancee Amanda Pacheco expecting their first child together
Jessica Wedemeyer / Celebs:
The 20 biggest celeb love news stories of 2020
Discussion: Cosmopolitan
Charlotte Triggs / People.com:
Richie Sambora Opens Up About Controversial Decision to Leave Bon Jovi: ‘My Daughter Needed Me Around’
Discussion: Just Jared and Daily Mail
Mary Gallagher / The Sun:
Strictly's Ranvir Singh admits ‘connection’ with Giovanni Pernice as she calls him a ‘beautiful, passionate dancer’
Discussion: Mirror.co.uk and Daily Star
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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

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

 
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