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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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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, Billboard, HELLO!, 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, ComingSoon.net, Just Jared and Oh No They Didn't!
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 is Donald Trump's youngest son and graduated high school in May — Barron Trump was spotted arriving at New York University for the start of classes on Wednesday after his father told DailyMail.com …
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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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Daily Mail, 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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Daily Mail, Bossip, The Sun, Just Jared, FemaleFirst, Perez Hilton, E! Online, Page Six, ComingSoon.net, The Mirror, HuffPost and Vibe
Page Six:
Katy Perry reflects on brief Orlando Bloom split: It was a ‘really tough year’ — Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom briefly split in 2017 because he wasn't interested in “playing games” and she needed to “work” on herself. — The couple first met at a Golden Globes afterparty in 2016 but split …
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HELLO!, Just Jared, Perez Hilton, TMZ.com, E! Online, Hollywood Life, KNSD-TV, Daily Mail and People
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Spotify:
Katy Perry: Narcissists, Blow Jobs & Red Flags [VIDEO]
Katy Perry: Narcissists, Blow Jobs & Red Flags [VIDEO]
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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, Daily Mail, RADAR, The Hollywood Gossip, Daily Star, Hollywood Life, Us Weekly, TMZ.com, WLTX-TV, Suggest, The Wrap, 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
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
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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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, Variety, The Wrap, ComingSoon.net, 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, Us Weekly, Vanity Fair and Marie Claire
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
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 …
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
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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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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E! Online, Perez Hilton, Us Weekly, Daily Mail, Just Jared and Hollywood Life
Zoey Lyttle / People:
Lily Collins Celebrates 3-Year Wedding Anniversary with Husband Charlie McDowell: ‘The Greatest Gift’ — The actress and filmmaker tied the knot in 2021 with a dreamy ceremony in Colorado — Lily Collins is celebrating the three years of laughter and love since she married her husband, Charlie McDowell on Sept. 4, 2021.
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Daily Mail and Elle
Joe Coscarelli / New York Times:
Mk.gee, an Unlikely Guitar God, Chases the Promise of Pop — At 27, he has a desire to rethink how music is made, and the confidence to do it. Stars including Eric Clapton, Frank Ocean and Justin Bieber are buying in. — FALL PREVIEW — At 27, he has a desire to rethink how music is made, and the confidence to do it.
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