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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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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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Olivia Jakiel / Us Weekly:
Jennifer Lopez Files to Drop ‘Affleck’ Last Name, Cites Reason for Divorce
Discussion: Cosmopolitan
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 …
Tony Cabrera / ABC7:
Historic baseball field featured in ‘A League of Their Own’ burns down in Ontario  —  Jay Littleton Ball Park, a historic baseball field that has been used in several films, burned down in a fire in Ontario.  —  ONTARIO, Calif. (KABC) — A historic baseball field that has been used in several films burned down in Ontario overnight.
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.
Shaad D'Souza / The Guardian:
'I'm a tyrant!': pop superstar Sabrina Carpenter on freakish fame, fighting Disney and writing the song of the summer  —  After 14 years in obscurity, she has now been streamed by billions, censored by the BBC and toured with Taylor Swift - and she's still only 25.  But the Espresso singer says the public aren't making life easy
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.
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: E! Online and Daily Mail
Janine Henni / People:
Prince William's Return to Work Plans Revealed After Summer Break with Kate Middleton and Their Kids  —  The Prince of Wales will step out in early September to see an art display relating to his Homewards campaign  —  Prince William's return to public work following a private summer break …
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
Alison Foreman / IndieWire:
Jon Hamm and Jennifer Aniston Want Their Rom-Com: ‘God Bless Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney’  —  Speaking with IndieWire ahead of the 2024 Emmys, Hamm confirmed that he and his “The Morning Show” co-star are interested in leading a flirty film together.  — Post
Discussion: People and The Wrap
Fox News:
‘Reagan’ star Jon Voight calls on Brad Pitt to end ‘nonsense’ with Angelina Jolie  —  Jon Voight, Jolie's father, wants Brad Pitt to ‘step up’ in the ongoing legal battle with his daughter  —  For close to eight years, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have not only been locked in a contentious battle over their French winery.
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: FemaleFirst and HELLO!
Riley Cardoza / Page Six:
Bianca Censori beams as she bonds with Kanye West's kids in South Korea  —  Bianca Censori is all smiles on stepmom duty.  —  The 29-year-old beamed while holding Kanye West's daughter Chicago, 6, in South Korea on Wednesday.  —  The rapper's other daughter, North, 11, and son Psalm, 5 …
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
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
 
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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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Russ Weakland / Daily Mail:
John Miller's concerns about partner Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck REVEALED - amid rumors of a ‘divide’ after Jennifer Lopez divorce
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The Un-Trad Rise of Nara Aziza Smith
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Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: the NFL's two Christmas Day games that streamed on Netflix averaged 24.2M US viewers, peaking at 27M for Beyoncé's Ravens-Texans halftime show

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Richard Parsons, who had a long career as chairman, CEO, and as a board member of media companies including CBS and Time Warner, died at 76 of bone cancer

New York Times:
Sources: after Trump's election win, NPR is preparing for a variety of funding possibilities, including that government money will be clawed back immediately

 
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