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Clover Hope / Elle:
Zendaya Holds Court — Armed with a new creative director and a resolve to protect her private life, the multi-hyphenate actress and singer is showing a whole new side of herself. — Dress, Dundas, $1,490. Earrings, bracelet, rings, from $5,200, Bulgari.
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Michael Lee Simpson / People:
Zendaya Says ‘Challengers’ Gives Her a ‘Grown-Up Role’: 'Can't Play a Teenager for the Rest of My Life'
Zendaya Says ‘Challengers’ Gives Her a ‘Grown-Up Role’: 'Can't Play a Teenager for the Rest of My Life'
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Hollywood Life and Vanity Fair
Rebecca Keegan / The Hollywood Reporter:
Priscilla Presley Entrusts Sofia Coppola to Tell Her Story: “I Felt She Could Get Me” — In a year marked by personal tragedy and estate drama, Elvis' famously private ex-wife debuts ‘Priscilla,’ a portrait of her tumultuous marriage directed by a fellow showbiz royal: “Growing up, people are looking at you in a different way.”
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Dana Rose Falcone / People:
‘Another World’ Star Nancy Frangione Dead at 70 — Soap star Nancy Frangione, best known for her starring role on Another World, has died. She was 70. — Frangione died on Aug. 18 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, according to her obituary. — The cause of her of death remains unknown.
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Rachel DeSantis / People:
Morgan Wade Shuts Down Kyle Richards Relationship Rumors: 'The Internet's a Dumb Place' (Exclusive) — The country singer, whose new album ‘Psychopath’ is out Friday, opens up about her friendship with Kyle Richards in this week's issue of PEOPLE — Country singer Morgan Wade had never heard …
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TMZ.com:
Lizzo Plans to Sue Backup Dancers, Photos Show Accusers Backstage At Topless Show — Lizzo's got plans to sue the same backup dancers who are taking her to court ... and new photos appear to show her accusers having a great time backstage following some nude entertainment in Paris …
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Extra:
Howie Mandel Defends Sofía Vergara ‘Single’ Joke (Exclusive) — Howie Mandel is here for his “AGT” co-star Sofía Vergara's new single life! — On Tuesday's live episode of “America's Got Talent,” Howie joked about how Sofía is now single and looking for new bachelors after her split with husband Joe Manganiello.
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Us Weekly, Daily Mail, People, Entertainment Tonight and FemaleFirst
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Riley Cardoza / Page Six:
Howie Mandel pokes fun at Sofía Vergara's divorce on ‘AGT’: She is ‘in the market’
Howie Mandel pokes fun at Sofía Vergara's divorce on ‘AGT’: She is ‘in the market’
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Us Weekly, Cosmopolitan, E! Online, ET Canada, Entertainment Tonight, People, Just Jared and BuzzFeed News
TMZ.com:
Polo G's House Raided by Cops, Rapper Put in Handcuffs — POLO G Cops Raid L.A. Mansion ... RAPPER PUT IN HANDCUFFS … Polo G's house is currently swarmed by law enforcement, and the rapper's in handcuffs. — Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department hit Polo's L.A.-area home early Wednesday with a search warrant.
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People, Just Jared, UPROXX, Daily Mail and The Messenger
TMZ.com:
Blueface Stabbed in Boxing Gym, Video Shows Violent Confrontation — BLUEFACE SOME DUDE STABBED ME!!! Gym Confrontation Captured on Camera … Blueface is nursing fresh wounds suffered in the boxing gym when a guy whipped out a knife and stabbed him during an altercation that started on video.
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Deadline, New York Post, The Messenger, RADAR and Daily Mail
TMZ.com:
Halle Berry Finalizes Divorce to Olivier Martinez, Will Pay Major Child Support — Halle Berry's long road to finalizing her divorce to Olivier Martinez is officially over ... after the ex-couple hammered out a formal custody and child support arrangement that has the actress paying big bucks.
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Jessica Gelt / Los Angeles Times:
Six months before the Lizzo lawsuit, 14 dancers who appeared in HBO doc settled a dispute over payments — In a five-minute sequence in the documentary “Love Lizzo,” a group of dancers rehearsing with the star for her 2019 Video Music Awards performance talk candidly about what it means to be a female, plus-size Black dance artist.
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TMZ.com:
Britney Spears Talking About Reconciling with Dad Jamie Spears — Under the category, NEVER SAY NEVER — Britney Spears is seriously talking about reconciling with the man she wanted put in jail over her conservatorship ... her dad, Jamie Spears. — Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ …
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TIME:
The Staggering Economic Impact of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour — You don't have to be a Swiftie to have been touched in some way by Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, a stadium arena experience that kicked off in March. The tour, which pays homage to every era of the artist's illustrious 17-year career …
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Daily Mail, Billboard, Just Jared and Entertainment Tonight
Rachel Brodsky / Stereogum:
We've Got A File On You: Alice Cooper — We've Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc. — Rebel. Vaudevillian. Surrealist.
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TMZ.com:
TikToker VonViddy Dead By Suicide, Final Video Talked Struggles and Achievements — TIKTOKER VONVIDDY DEAD BY SUICIDE ... Final Video Talked Achievements & Struggles — EXCLUSIVE — 846 … TikToker VonViddy has taken his own life ... and his final video to fans is haunting …
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David Canfield / Vanity Fair:
Inside ‘All of Us Strangers,’ Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal's Metaphysical Love Story — Andrew Haigh's new film All of Us Strangers parallels a steamy romance between Scott and Mescal with an aching reunion of the dead and the living. Together, they make for an emotional epic.
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Queerty, Variety, ComingSoon.net, Just Jared and IndieWire
JP Mangalindan / People:
‘Selling Sunset’ Star Amanza Smith Says She Was ‘Two Days From Dying’ From the Spine Infection That Hospitalized Her for a Month (Exclusive) — The reality TV star opens up to PEOPLE about the life-threatening illness that has changed her life forever — After undergoing two invasive spinal surgeries …
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Just Jared, Daily Mail, E! Online, ET Canada and FemaleFirst
Rod McGuirk / Associated Press:
Australian prosecutors drop case against actor Amber Heard over pet Yorkshire terriers — Australian prosecutors dropped a potential criminal case against American actor Amber Heard over allegations that she lied to a court about how her Yorkshire terriers Pistol and Boo came to be smuggled …
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ET Canada, People, RADAR, Just Jared, The Messenger, ABC and Oh No They Didn't!
TMZ.com:
Kevin Hart Says He's In Wheelchair After Tearing Muscles Racing Former NFL Player — KEVIN HART I'M IN WHEELCHAIR AFTER MUSCLE TEARS ... Injured Racing Ex-NFL RB — THIS IS 40 — Kevin Hart says he needs to sit his butt down in a wheelchair because he can't walk anymore …
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People, Page Six and Hollywood Life
Angela Andaloro / People:
Busy Philipps Admits She's ‘Still Processing’ Birdie Going to Boarding School: ‘Confident in Her’ (Exclusive) — The 'Dawson's Creek' alum shares Cricket, 10, and Birdie, 15, with ex Marc Silverstein — Busy Philipps is getting ready to a shift in her household this back-to-school season.
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Daily Mail and POPSUGAR
Page Six:
Sam Asghari won't get a penny from estranged wife Britney Spears' $15M memoir — Britney Spears has made an estimated $15 million from her book deal — but her soon-to-be ex-husband, Sam Asghari, won't be able to touch a penny of it, sources tell Page Six. — The pop princess …
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TMZ.com:
Wrestling Legend Terry Funk Dead At 79 — Wrestling legend Terry Funk — a WWE Hall of Famer — has died ... Ric Flair announced Wednesday. — “In My Entire Life,” Flair said in revealing the passing of his good pal, “I've Never Met A Guy Who Worked Harder.
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Stephen Rodrick / Variety:
Michael Mann Fulfills a 30-Year Journey Directing the Operatic, Thrilling ‘Ferrari’ — And Teases ‘Heat 2’: 'I Don't Think About Mortality. I'm Busy' — Michael Mann is running out of time. — I am in the 80-year-old director's West Los Angeles office, talking to him about his new film …