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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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HELLO!, Deadline, Queerty, The Mirror, Page Six, Us Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter, 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, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, 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, The Hollywood Reporter, Page Six, 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:
Why Meghan McCain Says She's Turned Down Dancing with the Stars 3 Times: 'I Don't Want to Publicly Humiliate Myself' — “I'm a terrible dancer and I don't do reality TV. The amount of reality TV I've been asked to do would blow your mind,” she mused, before revealing that she “wouldn't have to work for a year” with a single gig
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Just Jared, Decider, Deadline and Variety
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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
TMZ.com:
Naomi Campbell, Anna Wintour Blast Each Other Onstage at Fashion Event — NAOMI CAMPBELL & ANNA WINTOUR TAKE DIGS AT EACH OTHER ... At NYC Fashion Awards Show — Naomi Campbell and Anna Wintour got into a catfight of sorts during an NYC fashion show ... with the two legends dissing each other onstage in front of a packed audience.
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Eric Todisco / New York Post:
Ticked-off Anna Wintour slams Naomi Campbell for allegedly being tardy — and model claps back
Ticked-off Anna Wintour slams Naomi Campbell for allegedly being tardy — and model claps back
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Bossip, The Sun, Just Jared, Perez Hilton, FemaleFirst, E! Online, Page Six, ComingSoon.net, The Mirror, HuffPost and Vibe
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, The Mirror, Perez Hilton, 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, RADAR, Perez Hilton, Daily Mail, The Hollywood Gossip, Daily Star, Hollywood Life, Us Weekly, Suggest, WLTX-TV, The Wrap, TMZ.com, New York Daily News and E! Online
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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, HELLO!, 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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Perez Hilton, TMZ.com, 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
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
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, Vanity Fair, Us Weekly and Marie Claire
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
Andreas Wiseman / Deadline:
Will Smith Exits Role In Big-Budget Action Movie ‘Sugar Bandits’ … We understand Smith and his production company Westbrook will remain producers on the big-budget project, which was due to begin filming in coming months but had stalled due to uncertainty over Smith's on-screen commitment.
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Just Jared and ComingSoon.net
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