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Benjamin VanHoose / People.com:
Leonardo DiCaprio and Camila Morrone Break Up After More Than 4 Years Together: Sources  —  The couple were photographed spending the Fourth of July together earlier this summer  —  Leonardo DiCaprio and Camila Morrone have ended their relationship, sources tell PEOPLE.
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Sarah Hearon / Us Weekly:
Tom Girardi Allegedly Gave Mistress Tricia A. Bigelow $300K for Beach House With Firm's Funds, Erika Jayne Reacts  —  The bombshell claims against Tom Girardi keep coming.  Erika Jayne's estranged husband has been accused of giving Tricia A. Bigelow $300,000 in misused funds for a beach condo amid their alleged affair.
Discussion: Page Six
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Los Angeles Times:
A judge's affair with Tom Girardi, a beachfront condo and a $300,000 wire from his firm  —  Tricia Bigelow, then a presiding justice of a state appeals court in downtown Los Angeles, wanted a weekend place at the beach.  —  She found an ocean-front condominium in a prime area of Santa Monica …
Discussion: Page Six
Trigger / Saving Country Music:
Country Artist, Cowboy, & Troubadour Luke Bell Has Died at 32  —  He was one of the most authentic and magnetizing artists to grace the country music art form in the modern era.  And those who knew Luke Bell, they know this assessment is in no way hyperbole or flattery.
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Michelle McGahan / Us Weekly:
Luke Bell Dead at 32: 5 Things to Know About the Country Star Who Disappeared  —  Country artist Luke Bell has been found dead at the age of 32, nine days after he went missing in Arizona.  The “Working Man's Dream” musician's friend Matt Kinman confirmed Bell's death.
Ben Cost / New York Post:
Country star Luke Bell dead at 32 after going missing for a week
Meg Donohue / Elle:
Khloé Kardashian Talks Motherhood, Style, and Why Pink is Red Hot for Fall  —  KoKo claims her own stake in #Barbiecore with Good American's new capsule collection.  —  The Kardashian-Jenner clan is always at the forefront of trends.  Whether it's Kylie's lip kits, Kim's live-in loungewear …
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Brianne Tracy / People.com:
Lisa Marie Presley Says She Was ‘Destroyed’ by Son Benjamin's Death but Keeps ‘Going for My Girls’  —  In honor of “National Grief Awareness Day,” Lisa Marie Presley penned an emotional essay about what she's learned in the time since her son Benjamin Keough's death by suicide in 2020
Ashley Judd / New York Times:
The Right to Keep Private Pain Private  —  April 30, 2022, was the most shattering day of my life.  My beloved mother, Naomi Judd, who had come to believe that her mental illness would only get worse, never better, took her own life that day.  The trauma of discovering and then holding her laboring body haunts my nights.
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Brett Malec / E! Online:
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City's Shocking Season 3 Trailer Is Here  —  E! News has the exclusive first look at The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City season three, including Jen Shah's guilty plea, a bombshell accusation about Lisa Barlow and some new faces.  Watch.  —  “I'm innocent!”
Anna Lazarus Caplan / People.com:
Richard Roat, Who Appeared in ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Friends’, Dead at 89  —  Richard Roat enjoyed more than 135 roles on TV and Broadway, appearing in shows such as The Golden Girls, Dallas, Hill Street Blues, Cheers, Murphy Brown, and Happy Days  —  Richard Roat, a prolific character actor …
Discussion: E! Online, Daily Mail and The Wrap
Janet Williams / Celebrity Insider:
Chris Rock Claims That He Passed Down The Opportunity To Host The Oscars The Following Year  —  It would be like going back to the scene of an incident for Chris Rock to attend the 2023 Oscars.  On Sunday, the 57-year-old comic revealed to a Phoenix comedy performance crowd that he had been approached …
Discussion: FemaleFirst and TMZ.com
Elyse Dupre / E! Online:
Bachelor Nation's Zac Clark Celebrates 11 Years of Sobriety  —  Zac Clark, who got engaged to Tayshia Adams on her season of The Bachelorette in 2020 before they split in 2021, is celebrating 11 years of sobriety.  Read his message.  —  Zac Clark just reached a major milestone.
Discussion: Us Weekly and People.com
Just Jared:
Sylvester Stallone Responds to Jennifer Flavin's Divorce Filing  —  Sylvester Stallone has been accused of committing unspecified financial misdeeds that had reduced his total wealth with Jennifer Flavin, who filed for divorce against him earlier this month.
Discussion: Celebrity Insider and FemaleFirst
Alex Cooper / Spotify:
Rachel Bilson: From People Pleasing to Knowing Your Worth (Summer Series) [VIDEO]  —  Listen to this episode from Call Her Daddy on Spotify.  (VIDEO PODCAST) This week, Father Cooper sits down with Rachel Bilson.  The pair reminisce on Rachel's days starring in the hit show, The OC …
Meredith Nardino / Us Weekly:
Kylie Responds After TikToker Claims She's Not Relatable  —  Nothing to hide.  Kylie Jenner was called out by social media users who thought she was trying too hard to be relatable — but she swiftly brushed off the criticism.  —  Kardashian-Jenner Family's Biggest Controversies and Scandals
Discussion: Page Six and Just Jared
Eve Crosbie / HELLO!:
Chicago PD star leaves fans in tears after moving tribute to co-star … Chicago PD fans were left saddened after Jay Halstead actor Jesse Lee Soffer announced that he has decided to bow out of the show - and it seems that his co-stars are just as devastated.
Rachel Avery / HELLO!:
The Queen to remain at Balmoral to meet new Prime Minister - details … Buckingham Palace has announced that the Queen will meet with the new Prime Minister next week at her Scottish home, Balmoral.  —  Her Majesty will not be travelling to London to greet the new Conservative Party leader …
Discussion: FemaleFirst
Francesca Bacardi / Page Six:
Madonna calls sex her ‘obsession,’ explains why she regrets ‘both’ marriages  —  Madonna candidly admitted she regrets both of her marriages but has found solace with a sex “obsession.”  —  When asked in a YouTube video posted Tuesday what decision in her life “wasn't the best idea,” the …
Discussion: TMZ.com
Mekado Murphy / New York Times:
Jordan Peele Says There May Be More ‘Nope’ Stories to Come  —  We asked the writer-director about that standing shoe, a character called Nobody and fan theories about his flying-saucer movie.  This is what he told us.  —  Jordan Peele has made only three feature films.
EW.com:
The Goldbergs season 10 picks up months after Murray's death, ‘feels like a huge reboot’  —  “We have tons of momentum rolling into this new season,” co-showrunner Chris Bishop says of the ABC comedy. … More  —  Show More  —  TYPE  — TV Show  —  If you thought Beverly Goldberg …
Rebecca Cope / Tatler:
Sweden's answer to The Crown has started filming  —  Under the working title Monarki, the new series will follow the life of King Carl XVI Gustaf, Sweden's current king  —  It was announced last year that Sweden was getting its own version of The Crown, Netflix's juggernaut series portraying the life of Queen Elizabeth II.
Discussion: Cosmopolitan and Just Jared
 
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Matt Wilkinson / The Sun:
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Kelly Gilmore / E! Online:
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Ernesto Macias / Interview Magazine:
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People.com:
Kandi Burruss Says Her Daughter Was Also Bullied by Bravo Fans: ‘They Take Things Too Far’
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Yana Grebenyuk / Us Weekly:
Alexis Bledel Finalizes Divorce From Vincent Kartheiser Weeks After Split News: Details
Discussion: Page Six and FemaleFirst
TMZ.com:
Ben Affleck Finds Buyer for $30 Million Palisades Home
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From Mediagazer:

Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appears in a Russian Court for the start of his closed-door trial on espionage charges, which he denies

Trevor Timm / The Guardian:
Assange's plea deal doesn't create an official precedent, but he still had to plead guilty to violating the Espionage Act for a “crime” outlets commit regularly

Andrew Chung / Reuters:
SCOTUS declines to impose limits on the way Biden administration may communicate with social media platforms in the First Amendment case of Murthy v. Missouri

 
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