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8:40 PM ET, May 29, 2023

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TMZ.com:
Tom Sandoval On Phone with Raquel Leviss During Flight to Pittsburgh  —  Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss may still be a thing — despite the buzz they've broken up — and the evidence is literally up in the air!  —  Tom was on a flight to Pittsburgh Sunday night for a gig, when a fellow passenger snapped a pic of his phone.
Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
Martin Scorsese Meets Pope Francis, Announces Film About Jesus - Report  —  Martin Scorsese is on a post-Cannes tour of Italy where over the weekend the director, known for having a religious bent, met with Pope Francis and announced that he will make a film about Jesus.
George Odling / Daily Mail:
Benedict Cumberbatch's knife raid terror: Ranting armed man kicked his way into £3.5m London home leaving his family fearing for their lives as he screamed 'I know you've moved here'  — Jack Bissell kicked his way through iron gate at the actor's £3.5m London house
TMZ.com:
Paloma Faith Bashes New ‘Little Mermaid’ Film For Boy-Chasing Tropes  —  SINGER PALOMA FAITH PISSED AT NEW ‘LITTLE MERMAID’ Over Ariel Giving Up Voice For Eric, ‘WTF Is This S***?’  —  Something about the new live-action version of “The Little Mermaid” isn't sitting right with singer Paloma Faith …
Discussion: Page Six and Metro.co.uk
Jia Tolentino / New Yorker:
Who Is Matty Healy?  —  For the front man of the 1975, fame is its own kind of performance.  —  In January, the thirty-four-year-old British rock star Matty Healy woke up on a couch in his house, except it was not his house, it was a stage set at the O2 Arena, in London, and twenty thousand people were there with him, screaming.
Miranda Siwak / Us Weekly:
Kendra Wilkinson Says Her Dating Life is ‘Nonexistent,’ Calls Ex Hank Baskett ‘The Greatest Father’ to Kids  —  In order to view the video, please allow  —  A special bond!  Nearly five years after Kendra Wilkinson and Hank Baskett's divorce, the former model i s proud of their coparenting relationship.
Discussion: OK Magazine and Just Jared
Ryan LaBee / CINEMABLEND:
Arnold Schwarzenegger Weighs In On Bruce Willis' Retirement, Gives Us The Best Response  —  The Governator has some wise words about his fellow action star's retirement.  —  It's great to see legends shout out legends, and that was the case Hollywood icon Arnold Schwarzenegger opened …
TMZ.com:
MILT LARSEN MAGIC CASTLE FOUNDER DEAD AT 92  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  — 728 … Milt Larsen, founder of the legendary Magic Castle, has died.  —  Family sources tell TMZ Milt passed away in his sleep Sunday night at his home in Hollywood with his close friends and family by his side.
Aidin Vaziri / San Francisco Chronicle:
Keanu Reeves shakes off nerves at BottleRock for Dogstar's first concert in more than 20 years  —  Keanu Reeves may be one of the most famous people on the planet, but that didn't stop him from getting nervous before his band Dogstar took the stage on the second day of BottleRock Napa Valley …
Sheila Cosgrove Baylis / Peoplemag:
Johnny Depp Fractures His Ankle and Cancels Performances: ‘What a Drag!’  —  Johnny Depp says a hairline break in his ankle has developed into a more serious fracture, causing him to reschedule performances with the Hollywood Vampires  —  Johnny Depp has an injury that will keep him from touring with his band for awhile.
Nicki Gostin / Page Six:
Kim Kardashian gives the same free gift to her 4 children every birthday  —  Kim Kardashian gifts each of her children a four or five-page letter on their birthdays every year.  —  “It's so fun to see from the first year now,” she revealed on the latest episode of the “On Purpose with Jay Shetty” podcast.
The Mirror:
Battle to save This Morning amid ‘toxic culture’ claims as Holly Willoughby vows to stay  —  A source told us that ITV bosses are ‘determined to prove that the brand is stronger than any single presenter’ following the Philip Schofield scandal and claims of a ‘toxic’ culture on This Morning
Discussion: Daily Mail, dailystar, The Sun and Metro
Brenton Blanchet / Peoplemag:
Billie Eilish Slams ‘Women Hating’ Critics Who Call Her a ‘Sellout’ for Embracing a More Feminine Style  —  “I spent the first 5 years of my career getting absolutely OBLITERATED by you fools for being boy ish,” the singer wrote on Instagram  —  Billie Eilish isn't happy with the way social media critics …
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Miguel A. Melendez / Entertainment Tonight:
Billie Eilish Claps Back at ‘Bozos’ Calling Her a ‘Sellout’ for Expressing Her Femininity: ‘Let Women Exist!’
Sarah Curran / ET Canada:
Ellen Pompeo And Katherine Heigl Set To Reunite 13 Years After 'Grey's Anatomy'  —  Putting the past in the past.  Katherine Heigl and Ellen Pompeo are coming together again for a new season of Variety's “Actors on Actors” interview series.  —  The reunion comes 13 years after Heigl left …
Discussion: Us Weekly and TMZ.com
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William Earl / Variety:   Variety's ‘Actors on Actors’ Season 18 Returns With Jenna Ortega, Jennifer Coolidge, Pedro Pascal, Katherine Heigl and More
 
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Tierney Bricker / E! Online:
Ashlee Simpson Shares the Secret to Her and Evan Ross' Decade-Long Romance
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Morgan Wallen's ‘One Thing’ Has Most Weeks at No. 1 for a Country Album in Over 30 Years
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

 
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