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6:05 PM ET, December 21, 2023

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Joy Press / Vanity Fair:
Vin Diesel Accused of Sexual Battery in Lawsuit by Former Assistant  —  The suit, made possible by post-#MeToo legislation, describes an alleged assault in a St. Regis hotel suite in 2010.  —  A former assistant to actor Vin Diesel filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles today alleging …
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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.
Leanne Aciz Stanton / Us Weekly:
Bam Margera 'Didn't Want to Wake Up' Amid Personal Struggles, Prayed the Day Before He Met Fiancee (Exclusive)  —  Bam Margera is sharing more insight into how his relationship with fiancée Dannii Marie came at the right time.  —  As Us Weekly exclusively revealed, the Viva La Bam alum …
Discussion: Suggest and Metro
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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.
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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People:
Donna Kelce Shares Christmas Memories of Young Jason and Travis: ‘I Remember the Joy in Their Eyes’ (Exclusive)  —  The beloved NFL mom tells PEOPLE she recalls “screams, laughter, and a flurry of ripped wrapping paper,” during Kelce family Christmases  —  This holiday season …
Discussion: Us Weekly, Page Six and The US Sun
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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Dalton Ross / EW.com:
Dee Valladares reveals unaired Survivor 45 Tribal Council breakdown  —  The newest winner also gives an update on her relationship status with Austin.  —  What seemed like a pretty open game just a few weeks ago on Survivor 45 was slammed shut on Wednesday's three-hour finale.
Brianne Tracy / People:
All the Bombshells in Willie Nelson's New Docuseries, from Affairs and the Death of His Son to His IRS Struggles  —  In the new Paramount+ docuseries ‘Willie Nelson & Family,’ the icon reflects on his ups and downs over the past 90 years  —  Wille Nelson knows firsthand that it's funny, how time slips away.
Discussion: Daily Mail and Hollywood Life
Mike Florio / NBCSports.com:
Patrick Mahomes has mixed feelings about playing at 1:00 ET on Christmas Day  —  A second straight three-pack of Christmas Day games starts with the Chiefs hosting the Raiders at 1:00 p.m. ET on Monday.  After Kansas City's Sunday win at New England, I asked quarterback Patrick Mahomes for his thoughts about playing on December 25.
Discussion: Us Weekly, Page Six and The US Sun
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.
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.
Jess Cohen / E! Online:
Did Travis Kelce Really Give Taylor Swift a Ring for Her Birthday?  Here's the Truth  —  Amid speculation that Travis Kelce gifted girlfriend Taylor Swift a bejeweled ring for her recent birthday, the singer's pal Keleigh Teller is setting the record straight.
Julia Moore / People:
Jake Gyllenhaal Celebrates 43rd Birthday Wearing Patrick Swayze Shirt Ahead of His Road House Remake  —  The actor is set to star as John Dalton, the role Swayze originated, in an upcoming ‘Road House’ remake  —  Jake Gyllenhaal turned 43 on Tuesday, and he celebrated with a nod to his upcoming film.
Discussion: Just Jared, Odometer and UPROXX
TMZ.com:
Coastal Carolina Deletes Pic of Shirtless Head Coach With Bikini-Clad Dance Team  —  COASTAL CAROLINA DELETES PIC OF SHIRTLESS COACH ... With School's Bikini-Clad Dance Team  —  The Coastal Carolina football team had second thoughts after sharing a pic of its head coach posing shirtless …
Discussion: New York Post and The Messenger
 
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
Nielsen: the Biden-Trump debate drew an average audience of 51.3M viewers across 17 networks in the US, down from 2020's first debate, with nearly 73.1M

Tim Marchman / Wired:
Quora-owned AI chatbot platform Poe is providing users with downloadable HTML files of paywalled articles from outlets including NYT, Forbes, and The Atlantic

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Spain's El País launched a digital edition to cover the US in Spanish in May with 11 bilingual correspondents; as of April, the outlet had ~366K subscribers

 
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