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12:30 AM ET, October 20, 2022

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Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Meghan Markle Lets Her Guard Down: On Grieving Queen Elizabeth, Producing With Harry and Returning to Hollywood  —  The Duchess of Sussex is in mourning.  But we'll get back to that.  First, let's go to the day we met, this past summer, at the venerated San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito …
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Meghan Markle breaks her silence on Queen Elizabeth II's death
Julie Jordan / People.com:
Matthew Perry Opens Up About His Addiction Journey with a New Memoir: 'I'm Grateful to Be Alive'  —  The Friends star's new memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing hits bookshelves on Nov. 1  —  Matthew Perry is ready to share the truth about his life.
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Rebecca Keegan / The Hollywood Reporter:
Lupita Nyong'o on the Intense Shoot for ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ and the Weight of Global Stardom  —  The famously private actress opens up about the hard-but-healing process of making the year's most anticipated Marvel sequel — while still mourning Chadwick Boseman — and her ambivalence personifying Black beauty.
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Jen Juneau / People.com:
Lupita Nyong'o Admits She Knew She ‘Was Going to Be a Meme’ After Will Smith's Oscars Slap
Discussion: ET Canada
Dave Quinn / People.com:
Braunwyn Windham-Burke Files for Divorce from Husband Sean Burke After 23 Years of Marriage  —  “I will always have so much love for the family we created that will continue to flourish and thrive,” Real Housewives of Orange County alum Braunwyn Windham-Burke tells PEOPLE
Leah Bitsky / Page Six:
James Corden defended by NYC restaurant owners after Balthazar ban  —  The restaurant industry has jumped to James Corden's defense after he was momentarily banned from Balthazar for being a “nasty” patron.  —  Renowned restaurateur Stratis Morfogen told TMZ that the “Late Late Show” …
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Elizabeth Logan / Glamour:
Kylie Jenner Opened up About the ‘Baby Blues’ That Followed the Birth of Her Son  —  She read on Google...  Kylie Jenner may not be your typical mom—she runs a makeup empire, for starters—but that doesn't mean she's immune to the struggles parents go through with a newborn at home.
Discussion: Page Six
Jack Irvin / People.com:
Billie Eilish Spotted Kissing Rumored Love Interest Jesse Rutherford Outside Los Angeles Restaurant  —  The musicians were spotted kissing outside of the Indian restaurant Lal Mirch in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles on Tuesday night, further fueling romance rumors
Bernie Zilio / Page Six:
Lisa Rinna reveals she threw Garcelle's book in trash — not Erika Jayne  —  At least she's being honest!  —  Lisa Rinna revealed during the second part of the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” Season 12 reunion that she — not Erika Jayne — tossed co-star Garcelle Beauvais' memoir in the garbage back in April.
Discussion: E! Online and NECN
Joelle Goldstein / People.com:
Nick Lachey Would Have ‘Gravitated’ Toward Wife Vanessa on ‘Love Is Blind’ : ‘I Would Find You Anywhere’  —  “I really do think we would've found each other [in the pods],” Nick Lachey exclusively tells PEOPLE while celebrating the season 3 release of Netflix's Love Is Blind
Discussion: Bustle, ET Canada and E! Online
Daniel Trainor / E! Online:
The Masked Singer: Find Out Which Sex and the City Star and Disco Legend Got Sent Home  —  The Oct. 12 episode of The Masked Singer paid tribute to Broadway legend Andrew Lloyd Webber.  Find out which two celebrities were eliminated after performing two of his iconic songs.
Discussion: Just Jared and The Wrap
Justin Enriquez / Daily Mail:
Anna Faris claims late Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman ‘slapped my a**’ on set after previously not identifying him during #MeToo movement: ‘One of my hardest film experiences’  —  Anna Faris has finally revealed the identity of the director who sexually harassed her on set after previously choosing …
B.D. / Perez Hilton:
Body Cam Footage Shows OnlyFans Model Accused Of Killing BF Begging For Restraining Order Two Days Before His Death … Newly-released police body cam footage shows OnlyFans model and accused murderer Courtney Clenney begging with Miami cops to help her obtain a restraining order just two days before her boyfriend's death.
Selome Hailu / Variety:
‘The Morning Show’ Season 3 Casts Natalie Morales (EXCLUSIVE) … Natalie Morales has been cast in Season 3 of “The Morning Show,” Variety has learned exclusively.  —  She will recur as Kate Danton, Stella's (Greta Lee) best friend from Stanford where they were part of a start-up incubator run by Paul Marks (Jon Hamm).
Discussion: Just Jared and Collider
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
‘Rust’ Will Resume Production, But Not in New Mexico (EXCLUSIVE) … “Rust” will resume production in January, more than a year after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed on set.  But the production will not return to New Mexico, where a criminal investigation and state workplace safety proceedings remain unresolved.
Just Jared:
Charlize Theron & Kerry Washington Join Co-Stars for ‘School For Good & Evil’ Premiere!  —  The stars stepped out for Netflix's The School For Good And Evil premiere held at the Regency Village Theatre on Tuesday evening (October 18) in Los Angeles.  —  Charlize Theron and Kerry Washington posed …
Brett Malec / E! Online:
Southern Charm's Shep Rose Approves of Ex Taylor Ann Green Dating VPR's Tom Schwartz  —  Southern Charm's Shep Rose and Taylor Ann Green may have recently broken up, but he's already giving his blessing for his ex to move on with fellow Bravolebrity Tom Schwartz.  Hear Shep's take.
Discussion: People.com
N. S. / Perez Hilton:
Julia Fox Was Attacked With A Machete Holding The Birkin Kanye West Bought Her?! … Julia Fox: actress, artist... MACHETE attack survivor?!  —  In a shocking new TikTok, the 32-year-old model revealed an absolutely crazy run-in she and her Birkin had with someone wielding a machete!
Discussion: Page Six
 
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Tim Marchman / Wired:
Quora-owned AI chatbot platform Poe is providing users with downloadable HTML files of paywalled articles from outlets including NYT, Forbes, and The Atlantic

Michael Schneider / Variety:
Nielsen: the Biden-Trump debate drew an average audience of 51.3M viewers across 17 networks in the US, down from 2020's first debate, with nearly 73.1M

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Spain's El País launched a digital edition to cover the US in Spanish in May with 11 bilingual correspondents; as of April, the outlet had ~366K subscribers

 
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