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Karen Valby / Vanity Fair:
Chris Hemsworth on Fear, Love, Furiosa—And Naming a Son After a Brad Pitt Character  —  The actor best known as Thor moved back to Australia to be close to family and far from Hollywood: “The chatter in my head got so intense.”  —  Chris Hemsworth rides up on a horse, reins in one hand, face shining in the Australian sun.
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Escher Walcott / People:
Chris Hemsworth Reveals Why Headlines About Having Alzheimer's ‘Really Kind of Pissed Me Off’
Umberto Gonzalez / The Wrap:
‘Red One’ Down: How Dwayne Johnson's Tardiness Led to a $250 Million Runaway Production |  Exclusive  —  For more than two decades, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has nurtured a reputation as a hard-working, musclebound action-comedy movie star with considerable box-office drawing power.
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TMZ.com:
The Rock & Ryan Reynolds Butted Heads on ‘Red Notice,’ Issues Resolved  —  THE ROCK ON ‘RED NOTICE’ CLASHED WITH RYAN REYNOLDS ... Issues Now Resolved … 12:01 PM PT — A rep for Amazon MGM Studios tells TMZ ... “Dwayne Johnson and Seven Bucks have been incredible partners on ‘Red One’ …
Discussion: Suggest, Page Six and Perez Hilton
TMZ.com:
Melissa McCarthy Responds to Streisand's Ozempic Question, Babs Apologizes  —  MELISSA MCCARTHY NOT SWEATIN' STREISAND'S OZEMPIC Q ... Babs Says My Bad, Guys!!!  —  SHE'S A TREASURE!  —  Melissa McCarthy is making it clear there is no beef between herself and Barbra Streisand …
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Ellen Durney / BuzzFeed News:
Barbra Streisand Commented On Melissa McCarthy's Instagram Post Asking If She's Using Ozempic, And People Are Very Confused
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Amy Schumer Can't Escape Backlash... She's OK With That  —  Amy Schumer was in the zone.  This was in March, when she was filming on the street in Brooklyn for her upcoming movie “Kinda Pregnant,” a comedy about a woman who pretends to be knocked up for attention.
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Sameer Suri / Daily Mail:
Amy Schumer addresses her ‘puffy face’ caused by hormonal disorder Cushing's syndrome: ‘The people that like me are not going to care’
Discussion: Just Jared
Taste of Reality:
Meet Rachel Leviss's New Man/Single Dad Matthew Dunn!  —  Meet Rachel Leviss's new man, Matthew Dunn.  The former Vanderpump Rules star/Scandoval mistress is seemingly dating the entrepreneur according to his social media channels.  —  What We Know About The VPR Alum's Boyfriend:
Discussion: Page Six, People and Extra
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Maureen Lee Lenker / Entertainment Weekly:
Glee star Darren Criss says he is ‘culturally queer’ thanks to San Francisco upbringing  —  “There was an awareness of the gay experience that was not a foreign concept to me,” the actor said.  —  When Darren Criss broke out on Glee, he instantly became a “teenage dream” for viewers …
Discussion: Variety, Just Jared and Queerty
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TMZ.com:
GYPSY ROSE BLANCHARD LOCKS LIPS WITH EX-FIANCÉ KEN URKER ... Officially Back Together!!!  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Ken Urker are officially back together ... putting their rekindled love on display at a public event this past weekend ... and TMZ's got the first look!
Elaine Welteroth / Cosmopolitan:
Tyla Isn't Interested in Being “The Next Rihanna,” Actually  —  With a shiny new Grammy, a hear-it-everywhere-you-go hit in “Water,” and a sense of confidence she could basically bottle and sell, our latest cover star has been drawing comparisons to Ms. Fenty since her debut.
Discussion: Bossip, Daily Mail, Billboard and Just Jared
ABC News:
Michael Strahan x Jon Bon Jovi: Living on a Prayer  —  Jon Bon Jovi on his marriage, temptation and getting away with murder.  —  Examined  —  What's next for Russia?  —  What comes next after Texas school shooting?  —  What's next for abortion rights in America?  —  The new battle for voting rights
Nicki Gostin / Page Six:
Jeff Bridges shares health update 3 years after coming ‘pretty close to dying’  —  Jeff Bridges shared that his health is “great” three years after a scare put him at death's door.  —  The “Big Lebowski” star, 74, said Monday night that being so sick was a “learning experience,” one that he is grateful to have put behind him.
Discussion: Suggest, Daily Mail, UPI, People, Extra and Variety
Benjamin VanHoose / People:
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni Share Emotional First Look at It Ends with Us (Exclusive)  —  ‘It Ends with Us’ is the first Colleen Hoover book adaptation, in theaters Aug. 9  —  Blake Lively is at the center of an emotional new romantic drama based on one of author Colleen Hoover's popular novels.
Deadline:
Amazon's ‘Cross’ Gets Early Season 2 Renewal; Wes Chatham, Matthew Lillard & Jeanine Mason Cast  —  Ahead of the series premiere of Cross, Prime Video is already prepping a second season of the drama based on the best-selling Alex Cross book series by James Patterson.
The Athletic:
Inside a Lakers season gone wrong and what's next for LeBron James, Darvin Ham  —  Midway through the fourth quarter of a “road” game against the rival LA Clippers on Feb. 28, with the Los Angeles Lakers having cut a lead that was once as much as 21 points in the fourth quarter down to five …
Eileen Reslen / Page Six:
ABC News weatherman Rob Marciano fired over ‘anger’ issues, complaints about behavior  —  ABC News has fired weatherman Rob Marciano due to behavioral misconduct, multiple sources told The New York Post Tuesday.  —  The meteorologist had reportedly received a warning a year ago …
Stephanie Soteriou / BuzzFeed News:
People Are Divided Over Martin Freeman's Comments About His Controversial Movie “Miller's Girl”  —  The movie includes a graphic sex scene between Martin and Jenna, who were 50 and 19 years old at the time of filming.  —  This article contains spoilers for Miller's Girl.
Cydney Yeates / Daily Mail:
Jeff Bezos' fiancée Lauren Sanchez sent cease and desist from former yoga teacher for allegedly COPYING her children's book - just months after she pitched a potential partnership to the billionaire couple  — Alanna Zabel claims the premise of her own book was stolen by Lauren
Discussion: Page Six and RADAR
People:
Yellowstone's Cole Hauser Is ‘Excited’ to See Kelly Reilly and Get ‘Back to Work’ on Season 5 (Exclusive)  —  The actor acknowledges that the hit western drama “has touched so many” since its 2018 premiere  —  Cole Hauser is ready to return to the saddle and bring the second half of Yellowstone's fifth and final season 5 to life.
Discussion: Daily Mail and New York Post
Deirdre Durkan-simonds / Daily Mail:
The Bachelor's Arie Luyendyk Jr. says he REGRETS vasectomy and admits he may have ‘rushed’ decision to undergo the procedure  —  The Bachelor's Arie Luyendyk Jr. said he is beginning to regret getting a vasectomy, just months after his wife Lauren Burnham gave birth to their twins, now two.
Discussion: People and Page Six
Anthony Breznican / Vanity Fair:
Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis: An Exclusive First Look at the Director's Retro-Futurist Epic  —  Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel scan the horizon, and Coppola explains his sprawling influences for the utopian drama.  —  Megalopolis has been taking shape inside Francis Ford Coppola's mind …
Liza Esquibias / People:
Haley Pullos Surrenders to 90 Days in Jail After DUI Charge and Wrong-Way Crash  —  The 25-year-old ‘General Hospital’ actress, who was charged with a DUI in April 2023 after a wrong-way crash on a Los Angeles freeway, is set to be sentenced in July  —  Haley Pullos is serving time for her 2023 DUI.
 
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