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8:10 AM ET, August 8, 2023

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Jason Sheeler / People:
Wayne Brady Comes Out as Pansexual: 'I'm Doing This for Me' (Exclusive)  —  The 'Let's Make a Deal' host opens up about his long road to self-discovery and how his daughter and ex-wife are showing him acceptance.  ‘I love all people equally, and now that includes myself’  —  Trending Videos
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Sandra Bullock's Longtime Partner Bryan Randall Dead at 57 After Private 3-Year Battle with ALS  —  Bryan Randall died on Saturday, his family announced in a statement  —  Sandra Bullock's longtime partner Bryan Randall died over the weekend, his family revealed in a statement to PEOPLE on Monday.
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Reanna Smith / Daily Star:
Inside Sandra Bullock's tragic life — partner's death, stalker hell and cheating husband
The Hollywood Reporter:
William Friedkin, Acclaimed Director of ‘The French Connection’ and ‘The Exorcist,’ Dies at 87  —  The Oscar winner “never played by the rules, often to my own detriment,” he said.  —  William Friedkin, the Oscar-winning director behind The French Connection and The Exorcist …
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Carmel Dagan / Variety:
William Friedkin, ‘The Exorcist’ Director, Dies at 87  —  Director William Friedkin, best known for his Oscar-winning “The French Connection” and blockbuster “The Exorcist,” died Monday in Los Angeles.  He was 87.  —  His death was confirmed by Chapman University dean Stephen Galloway, a friend of Friedkin's wife Sherry Lansing.
Heidi Parker / Daily Mail:
William Friedkin dead at 87: The Exorcist and The French Connection director passes away in Los Angeles, his wife Sherry Lansing confirms
Chris Lee / Vulture:
Overworked and Underpaid, VFX Workers Vote to Unionize at Marvel  —  Call it the Hollywood-labor-organizing version of Avengers Assemble!  On the heels of more than a year's worth of damning disclosures around Marvel Studios' systematic overworking and underpayment of visual-effects workers …
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Emerson Pearson / ET Canada:
Marvel's VFX Workers Vote To Unionize: Report
Discussion: Deadline and Oh No They Didn't!
Jacqueline Cutler / USA Today:
Chris Noth breaks silence on abuse allegations: 'I'm not going to lay down and just say it's over'  —  In his only interview since being accused of sexual assaults, Chris Noth maintains his sole transgression was cheating on his wife.  —  Though he'd like people to believe that and to resume his career …
Adam B. Vary / Variety:
Noah Schnapp's Coming Out Journey: The ‘Stranger Things’ Star ‘Would Still Be Closeted’ if Not for Will Byers Being Gay  —  Noah Schnapp was stuck in his drafts.  The 18-year-old actor, who'd become a household name on Netflix's “Stranger Things,” kept putting off posting a video he'd shot on his phone …
Eliza Thompson / Us Weekly:
Natalie Portman and Husband Benjamin Millepied Are Separated, ‘On the Outs’ After His Affair  —  In order to view the video, please allow  —  This Jennifer Aniston-Approved Brand's $21 Cream May Be Better Than La Mer  —  Natalie Portman and her husband, Benjamin Millepied …
TMZ.com:
WWE Superstar Sonya Deville Suffers Torn ACL, Out Indefinitely  —  WWE SUPERSTAR SONYA DEVILLE SUFFERS TORN ACL ... Out Indefinitely … Sonya DeVille's run as one half of the WWE's Women's Tag Team Champions has just been put on hold ... TMZ Sports has learned she's suffered a serious knee injury that will require surgery.
Discussion: The US Sun and Metro
Lindsay Weinberg / E! Online:
Kim Kardashian Shares She Broke Her Shoulder  —  Kim Kardashian recently broke her shoulder and tore a tendon, explaining that she had to put her workouts on pause for a few weeks.  Here's how she's making progress now.  —  Kim Kardashian has been recovering after breaking her shoulder.
Raven Symone / Perez Hilton:
Raven-Symoné Reveals She Got THREE Plastic Surgeries Before She Even Turned 18! … Raven-Symoné is getting real about cosmetic procedures she endured... before she even hit her 18th birthday!  —  The former Disney Channel icon spoke up about some two-decade-old surgical procedures …
Discussion: Page Six and E! Online
Eliza Thompson / Us Weekly:
Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes Want to Get Engaged and Are ‘Moving on From the Negative’ After Scandal  —  This Jennifer Aniston-Approved Brand's $21 Cream May Be Better Than La Mer  —  Amy Robach and T. J. Holmes are ready to put the scandalous days of their romance behind them — and they're thinking about the next steps.
Discussion: Page Six and Just Jared
 
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Mara Siegler / Page Six:
Corey Feldman and his wife, Courtney Anne, are separating amid her health battle
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Ilana Kaplan / People:
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From Mediagazer:

Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CNN confirms Kaitlan Collins as its chief White House correspondent; she will become CNN's first prime-time anchor to also serve as its top White House reporter

Sam Tobin / Reuters:
Prince Harry's phone-hacking lawsuit against News Group Newspaper will go to trial in January 2026, with the parties' legal costs set to exceed £38M

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
A group published a project on Hugging Face that seemingly granted brief access to OpenAI's Sora, protesting what it calls duplicity and “art washing” by OpenAI

 
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