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4:25 PM ET, September 2, 2013

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Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline.com:
Dakota Johnson Lands ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ Role  —  EXCLUSIVE: The coveted role of Anastasia Steele has gone to Dakota Johnson in the Universal Pictures and Focus Features adaptation of Fifty Shades Of Grey.  —  Johnson, who is the daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith …
Discussion: Defamer and Just Jared
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Meg / X17 Online:
DAKOTA JOHNSON IS ANASTASIA STEEL, CHARLIE HUNNAM IS CHRISTIAN GREY IN FIFTY SHADES OF GREY  —  Finally!  Universal Pictures announced today what actors were cast as the lead roles in the highly anticipated film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey.  Dakota Johnson, the daughter of Melanie Griffith …
Discussion: PerezHilton and TMZ.com
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Dakota Johnson and Charlie Hunnam to Play Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey in Fifty Shades of Grey Film  —  After a long search, Dakota Johnson — Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson's daughter, 23, and Charlie Hunnam, 33, have been chosen for the roles of Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey …
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline.com:
Charlie Hunnam Gets Christian Grey Role In ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’  —  UPDATE: Universal just made this official.  The studio release is at the bottom of the original break.  —  BREAKING: Sons of Anarchy star Charlie Hunnam has officially been set to play Christian Grey in Fifty Shades of Grey …
Discussion: Dlisted
Sheila Cosgrove Baylis / People.com:
Dakota Johnson and Charlie Hunnam Cast as Leads in Fifty Shades of Grey
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity and PerezHilton
Mary Green / People.com:
Seth Meyers Marries Alexi Ashe  —  No laughs about it - Seth Meyers is a married man.  —  The Saturday Night Live star, 39, wed longtime gal pal, human rights lawyer Alexi Ashe, on Sunday in Martha's Vineyard in an intimate-sized ceremony, his rep confirms to PEOPLE.
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Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Seth Meyers Marries Longtime Girlfriend Alexi Ashe!  —  Former Saturday Night Live funnyman Seth Meyers married his longtime girlfriend Alexi Ashe on Sunday, Sept. 1 on Martha's Vineyard, multiple sources confirm to Us Weekly  —  Funnyman Seth Meyers is hitched!
People.com:
Lance Bass: Inside His Marriage Proposal  —  Getting fiancé Michael Turchin to say yes to his proposal was easy for Lance Bass, but finding a ring to make it happen was one tough task.  —  “He went to three stores and couldn't find anything,” a source tells PEOPLE.
Discussion: Crushable
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TMZ.com:
Lamar Odom Repped By OJ Simpson Lawyer Robert Shapiro  —  Repped By Robert Shapiro  —  If He's Good Enough for OJ ...  EXCLUSIVE  —  Lamar Odom needs some legal firepower after his DUI arrest, and its OJ Simpson's lawyer Robert Shapiro to the rescue ... TMZ has learned.
TMZ.com:
Dina Lohan — Parties Like a Drunken Sailor!  —  PARTIES LIKE A DRUNKEN SAILOR!  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Dina Lohan may not have encountered 15 men on a dead man's chest at a Labor Day party, but it sure looks like she found that bottle of rum.  —  Dina, who played Tennille to a very eccentric Captain …
Deni Kirkova / Daily Mail:
American supermodel, 24, wears stunning ivory sari as she marries the eldest son of the Aga Khan in fairytale wedding  —  American supermodel Kendra Spears became a princess yesterday after marrying the eldest son of billionaire racehorse owner, His Highness Aga Khan IV.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
TMZ.com:
Tommy Morrison Dead — ‘Rocky V’ Star Dies at 44  —  Tommy Morrison — a former heavyweight boxing champ and star of “Rocky V” — died in a Nebraska hospital Sunday night ... after a long battle with AIDS.  —  Morrison's longtime boxing promoter, Tony Holden, confirmed the death.
Discussion: Us Weekly and Kansas City Star
TMZ.com:
I'M A DAMN GOOD DAD  —  300-Person Party of the Century for My Kid Proves It  —  When Tyrese Gibson's daughter Shayla turned 5, he threw her a massive 300-PERSON birthday party ... complete with countless expensive gifts, TMZ has learned.  —  Tyrese revealed the insane party details in new court docs …
Discussion: Bossip
NY Daily News:
City cancels final day of Electric Zoo dance music festival after deaths of two concertgoers, possible sexual assault  —  Two drug overdose deaths and a possible sexual assault triggered the cancellation of the Randall's Island electronic music festival.  ‘Molly’ consumption is suspected.
Discussion: Bossip
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nyc.gov:
CANCELLATION OF ELECTRIC ZOO MUSIC FESTIVAL ON RANDALL'S ISLAND
 
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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

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

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

 
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