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4:40 PM ET, July 2, 2012

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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Anderson Cooper: “The Fact Is, I'm Gay.”  —  Last week, Entertainment Weekly ran a story on an emerging trend: gay people in public life who come out in a much more restrained and matter-of-fact way than in the past.  In many ways, it's a great development: we're evolved enough not to be gob-smacked when we find out someone's gay.
TMZ.com:
Katie Holmes — Afraid of Losing Suri to Hardcore Scientology Group Sea Org  —  Afraid Tom Would Ship Suri To Radical Scientology Org  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  The final straw in Katie Holmes' decision to file for divorce was that she was convinced Tom Cruise was going to send 6-year-old Suri away …
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People.com:
Inside Katie Holmes's Shocking Decision to Leave Tom Cruise  —  As one of Hollywood's most powerful stars, Tom Cruise is accustomed to being in control.  —  But when his wife of five years, actress Katie Holmes, filed for divorce in New York on June 29, the actor, who has been filming …
TMZ.com:
Katie Holmes Fires Security Team — They Were Too Close to Tom Cruise  —  Fires Security Team They're Too Close to Tom  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Katie Holmes has fired her old security team because they were way too close to Tom Cruise ... TMZ has learned.  —  The team — made up of a bodyguard …
Jane / X17 Online:
RUPERT MURDOCH WEIGHS IN ON TOMKAT DIVORCE, TWEETS SCIENTOLOGY IS ‘EVIL’  —  News of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise's divorce spread around the world the minute it was announced, and it seems everyone has an opinion on the circumstances surrounding the split!  Rupert Murdoch, News Corp.'s chief executive …
TMZ.com:   Katie Holmes: My Marriage To Tom Cruise was Kaput in 2011
TMZ.com:
Church of Scientology — We're NOT Tailing Katie Holmes
New York Post:
Katie's Cruise kidnap fear as ‘Scientology’ goons eye building
Discussion: PerezHilton
Paul Revoir / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Naomi Watts is the double of doe-eyed Princess Diana in first look at actress in character as tragic Royal  —  With immaculately coiffured blonde hair and a stylish colour coordinated outfit, she bears an uncanny likeness to the woman she is portraying.
Discussion: Hollyscoop
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Kevin Jagernauth / Indiewire Blogs …:
Uncanny First Pic Of Naomi Watts As Princess Diana In Oliver Hirschbiegel's ‘Caught In Flight’  —  Although the role was originally tipped for Jessica Chastain — who we love — it would seem that her subsequent replacement, Naomi Watts, is proving to be the perfect fit for “Caught In Flight.”
Discussion: Gawker
Daily Mail:   From suited to sexy: Naomi Watts sparkles as the People's Princess in a long silver gown …
Noelle Talmon / Starpulse:   Spotted On Set: Naomi Watts As Princess Diana
Vanity Fair:
Glenn Beck Plans Conservative Rival to Glee Blissed-Out Newlywed Alec Baldwin Wants TMZ's Harvey Levin “to Die Breathing His Last Breath Looking into My Eyes”  —  Alec Baldwin on Vanity Fair's August cover.  —  “I thought, I'm probably never going to meet somebody like this again …
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New York Post:
Baldwin and new bride's first day of marriage
Discussion: Hollyscoop
TMZ.com:
Charlie Sheen's Ex-Assistant Rick Calamaro Dead — Drugs Found  —  Ex-Assistant Dead  —  Drugs Found  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  Charlie Sheen's former assistant — the man many claim was behind Charlie's drug binge last year — was found dead, and TMZ has learned cops found a pharmacy full of drugs.
TMZ.com:
Beyonce — PISSED Over Lauryn Hill Diss at BET Awards  —  PISSED Over Lauryn Hill Diss at BET Awards  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  1:00 PM PT — Mindless Behavior just apologized for the diss, tweeting, “We meant no disrespect to our girl Lauryn Hill last night, it was a bad joke.  We're big fans and hope you're not mad!”
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Dory Larrabee / omg!:
Kim Kardashian Supports Kanye West After He Sings Love Song At BET Awards
Discussion: X17 Online and PerezHilton
Ariana Finlayson / Us Weekly:
Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher “Open with Their Affection” During Lunch Date  —  Seems like things are continuing to heat up between longtime friends Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis.  —  While grabbing lunch at L.A.'s exclusive Soho House on Saturday, the That 70s Show costars shared an intimate meal together while packing on the PDA.
TMZ.com:
Mel Gibson's Step-Mom Files For Restraining Order — Mel is TERRORIZING Me!  —  Mel Gibson THREATENED his own 78-year-old step-mom ... SPIT IN HER FACE ... and sabotaged her marriage ... this according to legal docs filed by the woman and obtained by TMZ.  —  Teddy Joye Hicks Gibson …
 
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From Mediagazer:

Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount is planning for what happens if no big deal happens, mulling cutting $2B in costs, selling BET and TV stations, starting a streaming JV, more

Ben Smith / Semafor:
Sources: Nicholas Carlson, who has been the global editor-in-chief of Business Insider since 2017, is expected to leave the publication later this summer

 
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