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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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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
Simon Perry / People:
Prince Harry Will Return to U.K. for Special Reason Next Month Ahead of Invictus Games — The Duke of Sussex, who lives in California, was last in his home country in June to give testimony against Mirror Group Newspapers for alleged unlawful information gathering
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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:
EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Swift WON'T do Super Bowl halftime show in Vegas because she's ‘too busy with her tour’ and doesn't think it would be a ‘career-defining moment’: Singer wants to wait until event takes place in a city closer to her heart like Nashville — Taylor has been asked ‘a handful of times’ to do the Super Bowl halftime show
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Metro, The Mirror and Elle
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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USA Today, Perez Hilton, ET Canada, Hollywood Life, Sandra Rose, The Mirror, Page Six, E! Online, VIBE.com, The Messenger, Us Weekly, StyleCaster, The Blast, RADAR, Daily Mail, Metro, Extra and Just Jared
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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TMZ.com:
Former NBA Coach Stan Van Gundy's Wife, Kimberly, Dies Suddenly At 61 — STAN VAN GUNDY NBA COACH'S WIFE DIES SUDDENLY AT 61 — Kimberly Van Gundy — the wife of former NBA coach and analyst Stan Van Gundy — tragically died last week, the family announced. — She was 61.
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New York Post
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:
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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FemaleFirst, Deadline, TVLine, New York Post and The Sun
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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RADAR, People, ET Canada, Just Jared, The Messenger, ABC and Oh No They Didn't!