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Miranda Siwak / Us Weekly:
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Attend Global Citizen Festival Together During Their New York Visit … Back to work!  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped out in New York City on Saturday, September 25, for a joint appearance at the Global Citizen Festival.  —  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Relationship Timeline
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Tim Chan / Rolling Stone:
Global Citizen Festival 2021 Live Stream: How to Watch Elton John, Coldplay, BTS Online  —  Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Billie Eilish and BTS are among the performers donating their time for the event, which seeks to demand accountability from world leaders on issues of poverty, climate change and the Covid-19 vaccine
Discussion: Cosmopolitan
New York Times:
The Surveillance Apparatus That Surrounded Britney Spears  —  An account by a former employee of the security team hired by Ms. Spears's father created the most detailed portrait yet of the singer's life under 13 years of conservatorship.  —  Britney Spears's father and the security firm …
Discussion: Reuters, The Sun and E! Online
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Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
Britney Spears Was Under Surveillance With Phone Bugged by Conservators, According to Documentary … When “Framing Britney Spears” was released earlier this year, the pop star's world was much different.  —  Before the New York Times-produced documentary launched on FX and Hulu this past February …
Discussion: Just Jared, Us Weekly, RADAR and Full Feed
TMZ.com:
Michael Jordan's Son, Jeffrey, Accused Of Assault In AZ  —  3:08 PM PT — Jordan was booked Saturday for one count of aggravated assault of a healthcare professional.  He has since been released.  —  Jeffrey Jordan, Michael Jordan's 32-year-old son, is accused of assaulting staff at a hospital …
Discussion: Page Six and The Sun
Thomas Tracy / New York Daily News:
Son of ‘The Walking Dead’ star, supermodel busted in San Gennaro festival assault  —  The son of “The Walking Dead” star Norman Reedus was arrested and accused of punching a woman at the San Gennaro festival in Little Italy, officials said on Saturday.  —  Cops said model Mingus Reedus …
Discussion: Just Jared, E! Online and The Sun
TMZ.com:
Gospel Singer Kelly Price Seems to Confirm Herself She's Not Missing  —  Price posted an update on her Instagram Story Saturday, which appears to directly speak to whether she's missing or not.  Based on what she has up there, it sounds like she's doing alright ... but still battling COVID.
Riley Cardoza / Us Weekly:
Sarah Michelle Gellar Shares Son's Hilarious Reaction to Her and Freddie Prinze Jr.'s PDA  —  ‘Secret Life of the American Teenager’ Cast: Where Are They Now?  —  Total Transformation: 15 Nerdy Nickelodeon Guys Who Are Major Hotties Now  —  Disney Channel Feuds: All the Network's Biggest Stars Who Didn't Get Along
Discussion: Page Six
Dory Jackson / Us Weekly:
Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones: A Timeline of Their Longtime Romance … A lasting love.  Celebrity couples like Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are the definition of “power couple.”  —  Douglas and Zeta-Jones were first introduced in 1998, and the Falling …
Discussion: Page Six
Jenny Johnston / Daily Mail:
'I always thought my son was brilliantly bright.  He is': TV brainbox Carol Vorderman reveals for the first time how her child battled severe learning disabilities and cruel school bullies to prove he could excel too - with a master's degree  — The former Countdown star lifts lid on her struggles to teach her son Cameron
Discussion: Daily Star, Mirror.co.uk and The Sun
People.com:
Jennifer Lopez Turns Heads in New York, Plus Mickey Guyton, Lourdes Leon and More  —  From Hollywood to New York and everywhere in between, see what your favorite stars are up to  —  Fur Real  —  Jennifer Lopez is ready for fall in a fur coat and black leggings in N.Y.C. on Sept. 24.  —  2 of 98
Discussion: Daily Star
Hadley Freeman / The Guardian:
Ray Liotta: 'Why haven't I worked with Scorsese since Goodfellas?  You'd have to ask him.  I'd love to'  —  After years of avoiding crime films, he's back as a mafioso in the Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark.  He talks about being adopted and getting into acting - and saves a surprise for the end
Discussion: Just Jared
Variety:
Michael K. Williams' Cause of Death Revealed as Fatal Overdose of Mixture of Drugs … Variety confirmed the news with a spokesperson for New York City's chief medical examiner's office.  —  Williams, who brought quiet intensity to series such as “The Wire” and “Boardwalk Empire,” …
Discussion: People.com, Mirror.co.uk and Us Weekly
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Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda Re-Team For Paul Weitz-Directed ‘Moving On;’ Limelight & Boies/Schiller Funding
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David Gilmour / Mediaite:
Elon Musk appears to confirm that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X, saying it is to stop “lazy linking”

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Trade body data: copyrighted music revenue was $45.5B in 2023, above cinema box office spending of $33.2B in 2023 and $41.9B in 2019; record labels made $28.5B

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

 
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