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Ellise Shafer / Variety:
Joaquin Phoenix Says ‘Joker’ Weight Loss Was a ‘Bit More Difficult’ for Sequel Because of Dance Component: It Was ‘Safe’ but 'I Probably Shouldn't Do This Again' — Joaquin Phoenix spoke about revisiting his controversial “Joker” diet for the film's sequel during a Venice Film Festival press conference …
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Deadline, Queerty, The Mirror, Page Six, Us Weekly, ComingSoon.net and Rolling Stone
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Joaquin Phoenix Declines to Address Sudden Exit from Todd Haynes' Gay Romance: Speaking Out Wouldn't ‘Be Right’
Joaquin Phoenix Declines to Address Sudden Exit from Todd Haynes' Gay Romance: Speaking Out Wouldn't ‘Be Right’
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Daily Mail, Full Feed, The Wrap, ComingSoon.net and Just Jared
Peter Bradshaw / The Guardian:
Joker: Folie à Deux review - Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga musical spirals out of tune
Joker: Folie à Deux review - Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga musical spirals out of tune
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The Wrap, Telegraph, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, People, HELLO!, Billboard, IndieWire, HuffPost, Oh No They Didn't! and ComingSoon.net
Grrm / George R.R. Martin:
Beware the Butterflies — Back in July, I promised you some further thoughts about Blood and Cheese... and Maelor the Missing... after my commentary on the first two episodes of HotD season 2, “A Son for a Son” and “Rhaenyra the Cruel.” — Those were terrific episodes: well written, well directed, powerfully acted.
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The Wrap, ComingSoon.net and UPROXX
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Variety:
George R.R. Martin Calls Out ‘House of the Dragon’ Changes and Warns: ‘There Are More Toxic’ Tweaks to Come Based on What's ‘Being Contemplated for Seasons 3 and 4’ … Martin's biggest critique laid out in a since-deleted Wednesday blog post titled, “Beware the Butterflies,” …
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People, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, IndieWire, TVLine, Just Jared, ComingSoon.net and Oh No They Didn't!
People:
Bachelorette Jenn Tran Jokes ‘Right Now, I Hate Men’ amid ‘Healing Process’ Following Split from Devin Strader (Exclusive) — As she joins ‘Dancing with the Stars’ season 33 following her split from fiancé Devin Strader, Tran tells PEOPLE she's “so excited for this new opportunity”
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Good Morning America, Hollywood Life and Cosmopolitan
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Kaitlyn Huamani / Associated Press:
‘Fake heiress’ Anna Sorokin will compete on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ amid deportation battle
‘Fake heiress’ Anna Sorokin will compete on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ amid deportation battle
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The Hollywood Reporter, Mercury News, The Hollywood Gossip, Rolling Stone and New York Daily News
Andrew Eccles / Good Morning America:
Meet the celebrity cast of ‘Dancing with the Stars’ season 33
Meet the celebrity cast of ‘Dancing with the Stars’ season 33
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Us Weekly, HELLO!, Daily Mail, Queerty, Page Six, The Hollywood Reporter, People, Extra and New York Daily News
New York Post:
Barron Trump arrives at NYU for first day at college — Former President Donald Trump's youngest child, Barron Trump, was spotted arriving at New York University Wednesday to kick off his first day of college life. — The towering 18-year-old was flanked by Secret Service agents …
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Rob Crilly / Daily Mail:
Barron Trump will attend NYU's Stern School of Business, Donald reveals
Barron Trump will attend NYU's Stern School of Business, Donald reveals
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People, The Hill and New York Times
People:
Anna Delvey Had to ‘Request ICE for Permission’ to Compete on Dancing with the Stars (Exclusive) — In her conversation with PEOPLE, Delvey also commented on facing potential backlash for her controversial casting — Anna Delvey is sharing how her participation on Dancing with the Stars came to be.
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Borys Kit / The Hollywood Reporter:
‘Masters of the Universe’: Alison Brie Nabs Key Villain Role of Evil-Lyn in Amazon's He-Man Movie (Exclusive) — ‘The Idea of You’ star Nicholas Galitzine is playing He-Man in the adaptation of the popular toy brand first introduced in the 1980s. — Alison Brie has nabbed the key villain role …
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Daily Mail, ComingSoon.net, The Wrap, Variety, Deadline and Just Jared
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Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Camila Mendes Exits Sony's ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Reboot
Camila Mendes Exits Sony's ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Reboot
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ComingSoon.net and Just Jared
Alexandra Macon / Vogue:
Inside Ben Platt and Noah Galvin's “Dress to Dance” Summer Wedding in New York City — Even though fans like to think that actors Ben Platt and Noah Galvin's meet cute happened when the latter succeeded the former as the lead in the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen—which would make for the …
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People, FemaleFirst, Us Weekly, Page Six, Billboard, Just Jared and Extra
Page Six:
Travis Kelce's team denies fabricated Taylor Swift ‘breakup plan,’ source says it was student project — Viral documents claiming Travis Kelce's publicists created a “comprehensive media plan” for his breakup with Taylor Swift are fake, a rep for Full Scope Public Relations …
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Yahoo Entertainment, Suggest, People, Perez Hilton, The Mirror, Marin Independent Journal, RADAR, The Hollywood Gossip, Elle, Just Jared, ComingSoon.net and HuffPost
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Sean Neumann / People:
1,000 Lb. Sisters Star Tammy Slaton Picked Up Amy's Children Following Arrest on Drug, Child Endangerment Charges (Exclusive) — Amy Slaton was arrested Monday at the Tennessee Safari Park zoo after receiving medical attention for an alleged camel bite — Reality star Amy Slaton …
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Page Six, The Mirror US, Perez Hilton, RADAR, Daily Mail, Daily Star, The Hollywood Gossip, Hollywood Life, Us Weekly, Suggest, The Wrap, WLTX-TV, TMZ.com, New York Daily News, E! Online and Just Jared
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Eric Todisco / New York Post:
Ticked-off Anna Wintour slams Naomi Campbell for allegedly being tardy — and model claps back — A battle between icons. — Anna Wintour and Naomi Campbell kicked off a feud when the “Vogue” editor, 74, shaded the British supermodel, 54, for allegedly being late to Fashion Row's Fashion Show …
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Bossip, The Sun, Just Jared, Perez Hilton, E! Online, FemaleFirst, Page Six, ComingSoon.net, The Mirror, HuffPost and Vibe
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CNN:
Officials identify 14-year-old student as suspect in Georgia school shooting that left 4 dead — The 14-year-old suspect in the fatal mass shooting at a Winder, Georgia, high school has been identified as Colt Gray, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said at an afternoon news conference.
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Sandra Rose, The Mirror, RADAR, WXIA-TV, Metro.co.uk, New York Times, TMZ.com, WLTX-TV, KHOU-TV, 6abc, Rolling Stone, Bossip and Deadline
Virginia Chamlee / People:
Love Is Blind's Shaina Hurley Was Diagnosed with Cancer While 3 Months Pregnant: ‘Nothing Was Going to Stop Me’ (Exclusive) — In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, the ‘Love Is Blind’ star opens up publicly about how she confronted the news — Shaina Hurley was just a few months pregnant with her …
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TMZ.com, Perez Hilton, Daily Mail, The Sun, Page Six and Us Weekly
Eric Andersson / People:
Michael Keaton's Real Name Is Michael Douglas. Now, After Decades in Showbiz, He's Going to Start Using It (Exclusive) — Keaton tells PEOPLE he “can't remember” if he picked his stage name out of a phone book decades ago — As Hollywood legend has it, when Michael Keaton was pursuing …
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Just Jared, Variety and Deadline
People:
Princess Diana's Intimate Confessions to Dance Teacher Revealed for First Time in New Memoir (Exclusive Excerpt) — Anne Allan, who spent nine years teaching Princess Diana, looks back on their most revealing and occasionally heartbreaking moments — Just weeks after Princess Diana's royal wedding …
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The Mirror, Marie Claire, Vanity Fair and Us Weekly
Carl Lamarre / Billboard:
Megan Thee Stallion on Kamala Harris, Going Indie & Why Female Rappers Are ‘Harder Than the Boys’ — On her third album, she proves why she's still one of the hardest MCs in the game — but she insists she hasn't even reached her peak yet. … Although moments later she clarifies that it was a joke …
Ana Calderone / People:
Ina Garten Opens Up About Childhood Abuse By Her Father: ‘I Remember Thinking He Would Kill Me’ (Exclusive) — Ina Garten details her difficult childhood in her forthcoming memoir, ‘Be Ready When the Luck Happens’ — Ina Garten had a “very lonely childhood.”
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Perez Hilton, E! Online, Us Weekly, Daily Mail, Just Jared and Hollywood Life
Esther Kang / People:
Twilight Saga Novel Midnight Sun Lands an Animated Series Order at Netflix — ‘Midnight Sun’ tells the story of author Stephanie Meyer's first novel ‘Twilight’ from Edward Cullen's perspective — Twihards rejoice! — Fans of author Stephanie Meyer's Twilight saga can get ready …
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Variety, Hollywood Life, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, ComingSoon.net and Deadline