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2:50 PM ET, August 23, 2024

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Rachel McRady / E! Online:
Judge Mathis' Wife Linda Files for Divorce After 39 Years of Marriage  —  Judge Gregory Mathis and his wife Linda Mathis, who share four adult kids, split in July and are now in the process of officially divorcing.  —  Judge Mathis is facing a new ruling.  —  Linda Yvette Mathis …
Discussion: The US Sun
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TMZ.com:
BEYONCÉ NOT AT DNC AFTER ALL  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  UPDATE  —  9:30 PM PT — To quote the great Beyonce: We gotta lay our cards down, down, down ... we got this one wrong.  —  Beyoncé is in Chicago, and getting ready to pop out for Kamala Harris on the final night of the Democratic National Convention ... TMZ has learned.
Charmaine Patterson / People:
Jennifer Lopez Requests to Drop Ben Affleck's Last Name in Her Divorce Filing  —  The performer filed for divorce from Affleck on Tuesday, Aug. 20, after two years of marriage  —  Jennifer Lopez wants her maiden name back.  —  The multi-hyphenate, 55, filed for divorce from Ben Affleck …
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People:
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Were ‘in Love with Love’ and ‘Really’ Gave It a Try (Exclusive Source)
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The Sun:
BBC stars told 'DON'T contact Jermaine Jenas' as probe into pundit's ‘flirty texts’ is ‘shrouded in secrecy’
Discussion: The Mirror and Daily Star
Mesfin Fekadu / The Hollywood Reporter:
Rep: Beyoncé Is Not Performing at DNC; “Was Never Scheduled” to Attend (Exclusive)  —  A representative for Beyoncé says the singer will not attend the 2024 Democratic National Convention. … “Beyoncé was never scheduled to be there,” the Grammy-winning star's rep tells The Hollywood Reporter.
The Hollywood Reporter:
James Spader Returning as Ultron for Marvel's Vision Series  —  ‘Picard’ showrunner Terry Matalas is heading up the ‘WandaVision’ spin-off.  —  James Spader is returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  —  The Emmy-winning actor is set to reprise his role as the voice of robotic villain Ultron …
The Mirror US:
Matthew Perry was ‘terrified’ of needles and swore against them, stating ‘you only die when you inject’  —  Matthew Perry's ex-girlfriend and former assistant Kayti Edwards spoke with The Mirror US about the Friends star's fear of needles, claiming it was so strong he wouldn't get tattoos, as she encourages a wider probe into his death
Discussion: Page Six, The Mirror and Ok - home
TMZ.com:
Rapper Enchanting Cause of Death Revealed  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  REMEMBERING ENCHANTING  —  Rapper Enchanting, who died suddenly back in June, is yet another victim of the opioid crisis — an accidental overdose is the official cause of death ... TMZ has learned.
Discussion: Daily Mail
Gabrielle Chung / E! Online:
Why Selena Gomez's Wizards Costar David Henrie Approves of Benny Blanco  —  Selena Gomez's Wizards of Waverly Place costar David Henrie revealed how his first dinner with her boyfriend Benny Blanco went down in an exclusive interview with E! News.  —  Selena Gomez isn't the only one who loves Benny Blanco like a love song, baby.
TMZ.com:
Farrah Abraham Buys Daughter Tesla Cybertruck for First Car  —  ‘TEEN MOM’ FARRAH ABRAHAM TOP-SHELF CAR FOR DAUGHTER ... Buys Cybertruck For Kid In Driver's Ed!!! … Farrah Abraham's buying her daughter one hell of a first car ... springing for the Tesla Cybertruck ... even though her kiddo doesn't have a license yet.
Discussion: Page Six and Daily Mail
Nicholas Hautman / Page Six:
Infamous multimillionaire ‘Wife Swap’ couple Steven and Jodi Spolansky divorce  —  One of the couples who helped put “Wife Swap” on the map quietly divorced earlier this year, Page Six can exclusively reveal.  —  Steven Spolansky filed for a contested divorce from Jodi Spolansky in August 2023, court records show.
Discussion: Us Weekly
Francesca Shillcock / HELLO!:
Meghan Markle's Canada lovenest with Prince Harry goes up for sale - photo  —  The Duchess of Sussex previously lived in Toronto, Canada  —  Meghan Markle's former three-bedroom home in Toronto, Canada, has been put on the market for $1.9 million.  The property is where she lived …
Discussion: People, Daily Mail, Daily Express and Tatler
Bryony Gooch / HELLO!:
Gisele gives rare look at new family life with Tom Brady in tribute to towering stepson Jack  —  The supermodel is co-parenting with the former New England Patriots star  —  Gisele and Tom Brady may be divorced, but there's no doubt that they're putting the kids first — including the model's stepson Jack.
Julia Moore / People:
90 Day's Loren Is Accused of Being ‘Selfish’, Portraying ‘Perfect’ Life ‘Online’: ‘Are You Out of Your Mind?’  (Exclusive)  —  In PEOPLE's exclusive clip from the final part of the ‘90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After’ season 8 Tell-All, Sophie and Thaís gang up on Loren
Discussion: In Touch Weekly
Heidi Parker / Daily Mail:
Tom Cruise is 'PAYING for Suri's $65K a year college tuition' at Carnegie Mellon University even though they have not been seen together in 11 years and she dumped his last name  —  Suri Cruise is now a college freshman at Carnegie Mellon University, a private university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Discussion: HELLO!
Sameer Suri / Daily Mail:
Blake Lively reveals wild theme of son's birthday cake that will ‘haunt him for life’... amid It Ends With Us drama  —  Blake Lively has revealed the wild theme of her son Olin's first birthday cake, ‘which I feel like will haunt him for life,’ she joked.  —  The 36-year-old actress …
Discussion: Star, E! Online, Page Six, HELLO! and People
Kristin Contino / Page Six:
Angelina Jolie puts her famous pout on display in new Tom Ford lipstick campaign: ‘The original lip queen’  —  If lips could kill.  —  Angelina Jolie thrilled fans when she was announced as the face of Tom Ford's new lipstick campaign on Instagram Friday morning — and she brought …
Sam Huntley / Daily Star:
Nick Grimshaw and mum, 81, terrorised by ‘gang of thieves using sedative gas’  —  Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw has reportedly been left “shaken” after his luxury Ibiza apartment was ransacked by a gang of thieves who release sedative gas into properties
Discussion: The Sun, Ok - home and The Mirror
 
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Charna Flam / People:
Usher Kicks Off Tour in Washington D.C. After Delay Due to Neck Injury
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
New York Magazine says Olivia Nuzzi is on leave after admitting a personal relationship with a campaign figure; sources: the person is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
A US FTC report on the data practices of Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and six other companies finds “vast surveillance” of consumers to monetize their information

Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Amazon joins the Motion Picture Association, after a long courtship; the lobbying group's other members are Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal, and WBD

 
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