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12:20 PM ET, February 17, 2022

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Eric Sullivan / Esquire:
Jake Gyllenhaal Reconsiders  —  He's 41 now.  Been working for decades.  Appeared in dozens of movies.  Served as the Internet's punching bag.  Now he's rethinking his priorities.  —  I pick up Jake Gyllenhaal in Lower Manhattan, not out  —  side his building, a redbrick factory converted …
Spotify:
Nick Cannon Opens Up About His Love Life  —  Listen to this episode from The Language of Love with Dr. Laura Berman on Spotify.  On this episode of “The Language of Love,” Dr. Laura Berman sits down with television personality Nick Cannon.  As you may know, Dr. Berman has appeared on …
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Olivia Jakiel / People.com:
Nick Cannon Says Monogamy Isn't ‘Healthy’ as He Reveals Whether His Children Were All Planned  —  “Any woman that I know that I have unprotected sex with, there's the potential to have a child,” Cannon said on The Language of Love podcast on Wednesday  —  Nick Cannon is laying it all on the table …
Discussion: Cosmopolitan and YouTube
People.com:
Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley Break Up, Call Off Engagement  —  Aaron Rodgers announced his surprise engagement to Shailene Woodley in his acceptance speech when he was named NFL's MVP in February 2021  —  Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley are done.  —  A source close to Rodgers confirms …
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Just Jared:
Ioan Gruffudd Files Restraining Order Agaisnt Ex Alice Evans  —  Ioan Gruffudd is making Alice Evans keep her distance away from him, after filing a restraining order against her.  —  According to reports, the 48-year-old actor has filed paperwork for a domestic violence restraining order …
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Alexia Fernández / People.com:
Ioan Gruffudd Files for Domestic Violence Restraining Order Against Estranged Wife Alice Evans
Discussion: RADAR
FemaleFirst:
Britney Spears invited to Congress to discuss her conservatorship victory  —  Britney Spears has been invited to the White House to speak with Congress about her conservatorship victory. … Britney Spears has been invited to Congress to share how she “achieved justice” with the end of her conservatorship.
Discussion: TMZ.com, Page Six, HELLO!, The Sun and Suggest
Marc Malkin / Variety:
Matthew McConaughey Is Open to Appearing in ‘Magic Mike 3’: ‘Channing Tatum, Call Me, Bro!’ … Welcome to this week's “Just for Variety.”  —  Matthew McConaughey hasn't exactly shut the door on appearing in the third installment of Channing Tatum's stripper franchise “Magic Mike.”
Discussion: People.com, Mirror.co.uk and Just Jared
Alexandra Del Rosario / Deadline:
‘Teen Mom: Family Reunion’ Renewed For Season 2 By MTV; ‘Teen Mom 2’ Season 11 Gets Premiere Date  —  Video  —  EXCLUSIVE: Teen Mom: Family Reunion will return for more drama at MTV, which has renewed the spinoff series for Season 2.  —  In the MTV series, which premiered earlier in January …
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FemaleFirst:
Ed Sheeran granted permission to build burial chamber  —  Singer Ed Sheeran has been given the green light to build a burial chamber on his estate in Suffolk. … Ed Sheeran has been granted permission to build a burial chamber on his estate.  —  Ed Sheeran's burial chamber was approved by the local council
Discussion: Daily Star
Mehera Bonner / Cosmopolitan:
Jonah Hill Responded to Engagement Rumors in the Best Possible Way  —  Turns out he's engaged to your mom.  —  Last night rumors started ~swirling~ that  —  Jonah Hill  —  had gotten engaged while on vacation, and he hopped online to set the record straight.  Turns out he is engaged!
Discussion: Page Six
Jason Sheeler / People.com:
Why Linda Evangelista Waited to Tell Son About Fat-Freezing Trauma: 'He Shouldn't Have to Support Me'  —  In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, the supermodel explains how her 15-year-old son Augie gave her the strength to share her private pain publicly for the first time
Discussion: The Sun and POPSUGAR
Dory Jackson / People.com:
Rachel Brosnahan, Tony Shalhoub ‘Felt Very Rusty’ Filming Marvelous Mrs. Maisel After COVID Delay  —  “There was nothing like getting the band back together again,” Rachel Brosnahan says on PEOPLE (the TV Show!) about the new Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season  —  Season 4 of The Marvelous …
Discussion: Just Jared
Jia Tolentino / New Yorker:
Candace Bushnell Is Back in the City  —  The “Sex and the City” writer on being ambitious, getting older, and making it in New York.  —  In the nineteen-nineties, Candace Bushnell, the Connecticut-born daughter of a research engineer who worked on the Apollo spacecraft and a travel agent …
Discussion: E! Online and Variety
Chancellor Agard / EW.com:
Knight Moves: Robert Pattinson and Zoë Kravitz take flight in The Batman  —  The Batman stars and director Matt Reeves take us inside this dark new chapter in the Caped Crusader's history.  —  Just like Batman and Catwoman, Robert Pattinson and Zoë Kravitz have a bit of a history …
Erik Pedersen / Deadline:
Frank Pesce Dies: Actor In ‘Beverly Hills Cop’, ‘Top Gun’, ‘Midnight Run’ & Dozens More Was 75  —  Frank Pesce, a colorful character actor whose dozens of credits range from Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun and Midnight Run to Miami Vice, Matlock and Kojak, has died.  He was 75.
Tressie McMillan Cottom / Harper's BAZAAR:
Venus and Serena Williams on Their Own Terms  —  The tale of Venus and Serena Williams has been told many times.  Now they get to be the ones to tell it.  —  STORY BY  —  Venus Williams made her professional tennis debut in 1994.  Her sister Serena followed her in 1995.
Discussion: The Sun, HELLO! and E! Online
TMZ.com:
‘Tiger King’ Star Jeff Lowe & Wife Close Out Drunk Driving Cases With Plea Deal  —  ‘TIGER KING’ JEFF LOWE & WIFE COP PLEA DEALS Close Out Drunk Driving Cases  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  ‘Tiger King’ star Jeff Lowe and his wife just copped plea deals in their drunk driving case ... and they will NOT serve any time behind bars.
Discussion: RADAR
 
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Discussion: NewsNation Now
Kelly Gilmore / E! Online:
Ariana Grande Shares Rare Photo Kissing Husband Dalton Gomez and It's Just Like Magic
Discussion: Cosmopolitan, Bustle and POPSUGAR
Vanessa Etienne / People.com:
Romeo Miller Welcomes First Baby with Girlfriend Drew Sangster: ‘Daddy Is All Smiles’
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 Earlier Picks: 
Marc Malkin / Variety:
Ryan Reynolds Compares ‘The Adam Project’ to ‘E.T.,’ Insists Deadpool Is Not in ‘Doctor Strange 2’
Discussion: Just Jared
TMZ.com:
DaBaby Sued by DaniLeigh's Brother for Bowling Alley Beatdown
Discussion: Bossip, The Wrap and RADAR
Shivon Watson / Daily Star:
Love Thy Neighbour actor Jack Smethurst dies aged 89 peacefully at home with family
Peter White / Deadline:
‘And Just Like That...’: Casey Bloys Says “I Think There Will Be” A Season 2, Addresses Chris Noth & Kim Cattrall Issues
Discussion: Elle and Just Jared
 

 
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Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:
OpenAI suspends early access to Sora after ~20 artists leaked access to the tool in protest of the company's treatment of creative professionals as “PR puppets”

Voice of America:
A Russian court sentences journalist Nika Novak, who has been a freelance reporter at RFE/RL, to four years in prison for her work with foreign media outlets

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Spotify will no longer allow developers building new third-party apps with its Web API to access several features, such as song and artist recommendations

 
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