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5:15 PM ET, July 4, 2012

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TMZ.com:
Katie Holmes — I Don't Want Scientology Interrogating Suri  —  I Don't Want Scientology  —  Interrogating Suri  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Katie Holmes desperately wanted to save Suri from a form of interrogation practiced by the Church of Scientology that she was steadfastly against ... TMZ has learned.
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Michelle Tauber / People.com:
Katie Holmes: How She Planned Her Split from Tom Cruise  —  Katie Holmes's decision to leave Tom Cruise may have seemed sudden, but it involved meticulous planning.  —  And no one was more shocked than Cruise himself.  —  “She was talking to Tom on the phone up until last week saying …
Aaron Parsley / People.com:
Katie Holmes Takes Suri Out for Ice Cream in New York City  —  There's something about ice cream on a hot summer night that makes life a little sweeter.  —  That certainly seems to be the case for mother-daughter duo Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise, who stepped out together Tuesday night …
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
Us Weekly:
Cover Story: Tom Cruise “Begged” Katie Holmes to Come to Iceland for Birthday  —  It's safe to assume that Tom Cruise is having a very un-merry 50th birthday on Tuesday.  —  Although the star hasn't yet been spotted, a source confirmed to Us Weekly that the Rock of Ages star traveled from Iceland …
Dorothy Pomerantz / Show Me The Money:
Tom Cruise Tops Our List Of Hollywood's Highest-Paid Actors
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TMZ.com:
Singer Frank Ocean — My First Love Was a Man  —  SINGER FRANK OCEAN  —  My First Love Was a Man  —  BREAKING NEWS  —  Kanye West collaborator Frank Ocean — from the rap group Odd Future — has just declared he is gay ... or bisexual.  —  The revelation makes him the first hip hop star …
Simon Perry / People.com:
Prince William and Kate Turn Heads at Wimbledon  —  It's a love match for Prince William and Kate, who looked happy and relaxed sitting together courtside Wednesday at Wimbledon.  —  Kate - donning the Alexander McQueen sailor-style outfit she wore one year ago during their visit to Charlottetown …
Discussion: PopSugar
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Keith Murphy / Vibe:
WILL.I.AM BACKS NICKI MINAJ; SAYS ‘F*** HIP-HOP’  —  Nicki Minaj continues to make headlines.  YMCMB's seemingly unstoppable female spitter, who is coming off a win for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist at Sunday's BET Awards, has become a headlining favorite for music fans.
Marina Galperina / ANIMAL:
JAMES DEEN INTERVIEW: THE CANYONS, CHOKING, AND OFFICIALLY NOT SLEEPING WITH LINDSAY LOHAN  —  “I didn't realize how famous ‘famous’ was.  Whoever took those pictures was in a car two blocks away hiding up a tree.  We had no idea that they were there.”  —  James Deen may not be the “legit” …
Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Box Office Report: ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ Sets Tuesday Record With $35 Million  —  Sony's reboot — starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone — beats the $27.9 million debut of the first “Transformers” in 2007.  —  Marc Webb's 3D superhero tentpole The Amazing Spider-Man set off early July 4th fireworks at the domestic box office.
Discussion: PerezHilton and Oh No They Didn't!
In Touch Weekly Magazine:
Exclusive: Eva Longoria and Mark Sanchez Spotted on Three Top-Secret Dates!  —  In Touch can exclusively reveal that newly single Eva Longoria has been going incognito on dates with hunky New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez.  —  “It looks like they're testing the waters,” …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
omg!:
PIC: See Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra  —  Lindsay Lohan is the Queen of Denial — er, The Nile!  —  The 26-year-old-star was hard at work on the set of her Lifetime biopic, Liz & Dick, on Monday.  Lohan transformed herself into Elizabeth Taylor's iconic role as Cleopatra …
 
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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

Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
Over 50 journalism professors call on the NYT to address questions on its report that described a “pattern of gender-based violence” in Hamas' October 7 attack

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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