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8:55 AM ET, February 22, 2023

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TMZ.com:
Avril Lavigne and Mod Sun Split, Call Off Engagement  —  Avril Lavigne and Mod Sun are no longer together, she's made the tough decision to call off their engagement almost a year after he proposed ... TMZ has learned.  —  Sources close to the now-former couple tell us the two had tried …
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Janine Rubenstein / People.com:
Da Brat Reveals Pregnancy at 48: 'I Thought It Wasn't in the Cards for Me'  —  The beloved rapper opens up to PEOPLE about expecting with wife Jesseca “Judy” Harris-Dupart  —  Da Brat is ready to reveal Da Bump!  —  The hit “Funkdafied” rapper and wife Jesseca “Judy” Harris-Dupart are expecting a baby …
Georgia Slater / People.com:
Adam Driver and Wife Joanne Tucker Expecting Baby No. 2  —  The couple is already parents to a young son, whose name has not been shared  —  Adam Driver is going to be a dad of two!  —  The Marriage Story actor and wife Joanne Tucker are expecting their second baby together.
Matthew Belloni / Puck:
Casualties of the Costner-Yellowstone Crossfire  —  Taylor Sheridan and the cast, crew, and executives behind TV's No. 1 show have been frustrated by its star's ego and unavailability for years.  Now, as new details emerge in a standoff over Costner's shooting days, Paramount's Redstone …
Rachel DeSantis / People.com:
Kelsea Ballerini Recalls Sleeping on the Couch ‘Many a Night’ amid Marriage Issues with Morgan Evans  —  “I slept on the couch the night before the CMAs and I remember I went to rehearsal ... and being like, 'I'll just see you at the carpet,'” Ballerini revealed on an upcoming episode of Call Her Daddy
Discussion: ET Canada and Just Jared
Rachel DeSantis / People.com:
Alan Jackson Says He'll Likely Have ‘More Music to Come’ in the Future: ‘I Would Hope So’  —  Any new release would be the country superstar's first since he announced in September 2021 that he's been dealing with the degenerative nerve condition Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease for the past decade
Discussion: Us Weekly
Nicki Cox / Page Six:
Kristin Cavallari: ‘A lot of married men’ have tried to ask me out  —  Kristin Cavallari's DMs have been full — just of the wrong people.  —  The “Laguna Beach” star revealed on a recent episode of Rachel Bilson's “Broad Ideas” podcast that “a lot of married men” have asked her out since her split from Jay Cutler.
Marc Malkin / Variety:
Bette Midler on Wanting to Star in ‘The White Lotus,’ Why She Turned Down ‘Sister Act’ and Being Honored at the CDGAs … Welcome to this week's “Just for Variety.”  —  Bette Midler had her first professional wardrobe fitting when she made her Broadway debut in 1967 playing Tzeitel in “Fiddler on the Roof.”
Discussion: Just Jared, People.com and IndieWire
TMZ.com:
Friends of Hayden Panettiere's Brother Jansen Got Worried After He Missed Meeting  —  JANSEN PANETTIERE Friends Got Worried When He No-Showed Meeting ... FOUND HIM DEAD AT HOME … Friends of Hayden Panettiere's brother, Jansen, became alarmed something was wrong with the actor after he no-showed …
Savannah Walsh / Elle:
Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse's Complete Relationship Timeline  —  Despite Robert Pattinson's big screen career and Suki Waterhouse's supermodel status, we don't know much about their relationship.  Both of these Brits prefer to keep their private life out of the public sphere.
Discussion: Glamour, E! Online and Just Jared
People.com:
No, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Are Not Suing Over ‘South Park’ Episode: 'It's All Nonsense'  —  A spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex sets the record straight  —  A spokesperson for Meghan Markle and Prince Harry is shooting down reports that the couple is suing over a recent South Park episode.
Kelly-Anne Taylor / Radio Times:
Emma Thompson on the difficulties of fame and new romcom What's Love Got to Do with It?  —  On The Radio Times Podcast, Dame Emma Thompson talks to Kelly-Anne Taylor about meeting contemporaries Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie and how she never sought out the limelight.
Discussion: Marie Claire, Deadline and Vanity Fair
Mary Mrad / Daily Mail:
Australian porn star Liam Ellis suffers life-changing penis injury while filming ‘intense’ sex scene: ‘After a few hours it went black’  —  Australian porn star Liam Ellis has gone into excruciating detail about how he broke his penis while filming an intense sex scene.
Discussion: The Sun, Perez Hilton and New York Post
Variety:
Rolling Stones Recording With Paul McCartney — and Ringo?  —  Almost 60 years since first meeting, it looks like the Rolling Stones and the two surviving Beatles may come together on a new Stones album.  Variety hears from multiple sources that Paul McCartney has recorded bass parts …
Daniela Avila / People.com:
Eminem Files Opposition Against Gizelle Bryant and Robyn Dixon for Using ‘Shady’ in Podcast Title  —  The rapper is opposing a trademark application by the Real Housewives of Potomac stars  —  May Eminem have your attention, please?  —  Last week, the Grammy-winning superstar filed …
Deirdre Simonds / Daily Mail:
Shirtless Shawn Mendes, 24, goes on a hike with his rumored girlfriend Dr. Jocelyne Miranda, 51, through Runyon Canyon Park in Los Angeles  —  Shawn Mendes and his rumored girlfriend Dr. Jocelyne Miranda continued to fuel romance rumors as they put on an affectionate display at Runyon Canyon Park …
Joe Otterson / Variety:
Margo Martindale, Chris Diamantopoulos to Lead Canadian Maple Syrup Heist Amazon Series From Producer Jamie Lee Curtis (EXCLUSIVE) … Margo Martindale and Chris Diamantopoulos have been cast in the lead roles of the upcoming Amazon series “The Sticky,” Variety has learned exclusively.
Discussion: Just Jared
Meghan Mccain / Daily Mail:
I just gave birth and I'm being urged to take a ‘miracle shot’ of Ozempic as a quick fix to melt away the baby weight... It's horrifying, unfair and disturbing - and I refuse  —  I just had a baby four weeks ago, and you wouldn't believe what I'm hearing.  —  Yes, I'm fielding all the usual questions: Is she sleeping?
 
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Jessica Simpson's Estranged Parents Reunited For Dad Joe's Birthday! Look!
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

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Meta clashes with Canada's CRTC over the Online News Act by declining to publicly release information about its measures to block news content on its platforms

 
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