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Alex Cooper / Spotify:
Kelsea Ballerini: Divorced at 29 [VIDEO]  —  Listen to this episode from Call Her Daddy on Spotify.  (VIDEO PODCAST) Kelsea Ballerini joins Call Her Daddy, and for the first time ever, shares the full account of her relationship and divorce from country singer Morgan Evans.
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Meredith Nardino / Us Weekly:
Kelsea Ballerini Discusses Divorce, Chase Stokes Dating Rumors and More on ‘Call Her Daddy’: Biggest Takeaways  —  She's subject to change.  Kelsea Ballerini is continuing to peel back the curtain on her divorce from Morgan Evans — and she's finally setting the record straight on her current relationship status.
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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Jack Irvin / People.com:
Avril Lavigne and Mod Sun Break Up, Call Off Engagement After 10 Months: Sources  —  Avril Lavigne and Mod Sun have called it quits.  —  Less than a year after getting engaged, the pop-punk musicians have decided to end their relationship, sources close to the couple tell PEOPLE.
Daily Star:
Wendy Williams slips into tiny denim shorts and sheer tights after fears for her health  —  US talk show host Wendy Williams looked in good spirits in a Louis Vuitton ensemble and fluffy boots as she was spotted out and about in New York after ongoing fears for her health
Discussion: TMZ.com and Daily Mail
Kirsty Hatcher / People.com:
Kim Kardashian Honors Birthday of Late Dad Robert Sr. with Sweet Throwback Video  —  Robert Kardashian passed away in September 2003, two months after being diagnosed with esophageal cancer  —  Kim Kardashian is keeping the spirit of her late father alive.
Discussion: Mirror and ET Canada
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 …
Simone Marchetti / Vanity Fair Italia:
Kylie Jenner: the secret of K factor  —  At the age of 25 she has built a millionaire empire, she is the most followed on Instagram, and she has two children: Kylie Jenner reveals where her strength comes from  —  The American dream now has a last name: Kardashian.  Or rather: Kardashian-Jenner.
Discussion: BuzzFeed News and Elle
William Cohan / Town & Country:
Brian Cox Shows the Kids How It's Done  —  Has being an OG in real life helped Brian Cox play one on TV?  On the eve of Succession's new season, the Scottish actor describes the method to his madness.  —  It's a bright, cold afternoon and I'm about 15 minutes early for my visit with Brian Cox …
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.”
Hedy Phillips / People.com:
‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ Wardrobe Includes a Sweet Tribute to Elvis Presley, Riley Keough's Grandfather  —  Costume designer Denise Wingate tells PEOPLE the stories behind the show's most memorable looks, including how she incorporated leading star Riley Keough's iconic rock lineage
Discussion: Us Weekly, Page Six, ET Canada and Glamour
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
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
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 …
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.
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.
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
Michael Schneider / Variety:
Days After Cancellation, Judge Greg Mathis Announces Return to TV With ‘Mathis Court’ in Fall 2023 … Just days after Warner Bros. announced the cancellation of “Judge Mathis” after 24 seasons, Byron Allen's Allen Media Group has scooped up the services of Judge Greg Mathis to host a new first-run one-hour strip for fall 2023.
 
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L. D. / Perez Hilton:
Jessica Simpson's Estranged Parents Reunited For Dad Joe's Birthday! Look!
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