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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Warner Bros. Discovery in talks to merge with Paramount Global  —  Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav met with Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish on Tuesday in New York City to discuss a possible merger, Axios has learned from multiple sources.
Clayton Davis / Variety:
Rachel McAdams on Not Playing a ‘Sexy Mom’ in ‘Are You There God?’ and Why She Turned Down ‘Mean Girls’ Reunion Commercial  —  Get in, loser.  We're riding with Rachel McAdams because she's still Queen Bee.  —  Since she's become a mother, life has changed.  During the filming of Lionsgate's “Are You There God?
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Olivia Evans / E! Online:
Jonathan Bennett Reveals Why He Missed the Mean Girls Reunion  —  Mean Girls star Jonathan Bennett recently spoke to E! News about having to miss his cast's recent commercial reunion.  Plus, he and husband Jaymes Vaughan detailed their Kay Jewelers collab.  —  Don't worry, Jonathan Bennett still thinks Mean Girls is totally fetch.
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Marc Malkin / Variety:
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Have ‘PTSD’ From Their First Romance, but Her ‘This Is Me...Now’ Movie Will Still Spotlight Their Relationship  —  Jennifer Lopez admits not everyone in her camp initially supported the idea to document her romance with husband Ben Affleck in her upcoming “This Is Me...Now” album and companion film.
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Mara Siegler / Page Six:
Mariah Carey and Bryan Tanaka split after 7 years: ‘He wants to have a family’  —  Mariah Carey and her longtime boyfriend, Bryan Tanaka, have called it quits because he wanted kids, a source tells Page Six exclusively.  —  We are told that the age gap of 14 years played a role with Tanaka, 40, wanting different things than Carey, 54.
Just Jared:
Vin Diesel Sued by Former Assistant for Sexual Battery  —  Vin Diesel is being accused of sexual battery by a former assistant.  —  The incident allegedly happened in fall 2010 when Vin was working on the movie Fast Five.  —  Asta Jonasson says that she was hired by Vin's production company …
Terry Zeller / Daily Mail:
Whitney Port admits she kept her $35K credit card debt a ‘secret’ before marrying her husband: ‘He was shocked’  —  Whitney Port admitted she had a ‘secret’ she wanted to tell her now-husband at the time of their engagement.  —  The 38-year-old former reality star — who recently claimed …
Johnni Macke / Us Weekly:
‘Jackass’ Alum Bam Margera Is Engaged to Dannii Marie: 'We're Just a Really Good Team' (Exclusive)  —  Bam Margera is engaged to Dannii Marie after dating six months, Us Weekly can exclusively confirm.  —  “We're just a really good team,” Margera, 44, exclusively told Us of his fiancée on Wednesday …
Dana Rose Falcone / People:
Masked Singer Season 10 Winner NE-YO Shares Why He Decided to Perform as a ‘Busty’ Female Cow (Exclusive)  —  The R&B singer also tells PEOPLE where he'll be storing the Golden Mask trophy  —  He may be so sick of love songs, but NE-YO doesn't mind the ones that helped him win The Masked Singer season 10 as Cow.
TMZ.com:
Britney Spears' Mom Still Hopeful She'll Come Home to Louisiana for Christmas  —  Britney Spears hasn't yet scheduled a flight heading east for the holidays, but her mom still believes a last-minute Christmas miracle might happen in the 11th hour ... TMZ has learned.
Brahmjot Kaur / E! Online:
Tearful Michael Bublé Shares Promise He Made to Himself Amid Son's Cancer Battle  —  An emotional Michael Bublé shared just how life-altering his son Noah's cancer diagnosis was and the promise he made to himself amid his harrowing journey.  —  For Michael Bublé …
Discussion: People and TMZ.com
Emily Longeretta / Variety:
‘Shining Vale’ Canceled at Starz, Two Seasons to Be Removed From Streaming Service  —  The second season of “Shining Vale” will serve as the final season on Starz — though co-creator Jeff Astrof has begun writing a third season and is holding onto hope that the series will find another home.
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Just Jared:   ‘Shining Vale’ Canceled at Starz, Reason Why Revealed (& It Won't Be Available to Watch Much Longer!)
Jen Juneau / People:
Hailey Bieber Reveals ‘New Tiny Baby’ Tattoo in the Shape of a Bow  —  The model previously revealed that she has more than 20 tattoos total  —  Hailey Bieber is showing off some new ink!  —  On Wednesday, the model shared a close-up photo of a tattoo she recently got, located on the side of one of her hands.
Amanda Holpuch / New York Times:
Just How Rich Were the McCallisters in ‘Home Alone’?  —  Fans have been debating the McCallister family's wealth for years.  We asked the Federal Reserve for answers.  —  The battle in “Home Alone” between 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) and two burglars known as the Wet Bandits …
 
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