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8:40 AM ET, April 18, 2014

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Rebecca Ford / Hollywood Reporter:
Bryan Singer's Accuser Says He Was ‘Like a Piece of Meat to These People’  —  “I was raped numerous times in that house, by numerous individuals,” said Michael F. Egan, who told the press his mother had reported the alleged crimes to the LAPD.  —  The man accusing director Bryan Singer …
Discussion: Just Jared
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Oskar Garcia / Associated Press:
“X-MEN” DIRECTOR ACCUSED OF SEX ABUSE IN LAWSUIT
TMZ.com:
SUED FOR ALLEGEDLY SEXUALLY MOLESTING TEEN ... SINGER CALLS BS
Jonathan Handel / Hollywood Reporter:
Director Bryan Singer Accused of Sexually Abusing 17-Year-Old Boy in 1999
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay and The Wrap
Variety:
‘X-Men’ Director Bryan Singer Accused of Sexually Abusing Teenage Boy
Discussion: Queerty and The Blemish
Ben Brantley / New York Times:
James Franco and Chris O'Dowd in ‘Of Mice and Men’  —  See those two guys sitting up there on the stage — the big, slow feller and his smaller, quicker pal?  Don't you somehow get the feeling they've been crouched at that campfire forever?  And that you've been watching them for just about as long?
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Gordon Cox / Variety:
Broadway Review: ‘Of Mice and Men’ Starring James Franco, Chris O'Dowd
Discussion: Gawker
Daily Mail:
Tom Cruise denies he's ever MET fellow Scientologist Laura Prepon following talk the two have dated for five months  —  Tom Cruise and Laura Prepon seem like they would be a perfect match.  —  So when New York Post's Richard Johnson reported on Thursday the the 51-year-old mega star …
Discussion: PerezHilton and Gossip Cop
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Sofia Coppola / W Magazine:
Kirsten Forever Kirsten Dunst, my first leading lady and favorite California blonde.  —  Sofia Coppola: I remember first meeting you in Toronto, when you were 16 and I was casting The Virgin Suicides.  What were you shooting there?  —  Kirsten Dunst: It was a movie called Dick.
TMZ.com:
YOU CAN KISS YOUR PENIS GOODBYE ... FOR GOOD  —  Wu-Tang affiliated rapper Andre Johnson is just plain Andre now ... because doctors weren't able to reattach his penis.  —  TMZ broke the story Johnson — aka Christ Bearer — cut his penis off Wednesday morning and then jumped off his 2nd floor North Hollywood apartment balcony.
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Joe Kemp / NY Daily News:
Doctors unable to reattach severed penis of Wu-Tang Clan-affiliated rapper: report
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
TMZ.com:
‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Sequel — Matthew Lawrence Would Be ‘On Board’  —  I'M ALL IN  —  For ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Sequel  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  At least one of Robin Williams' goddamn “Mrs. Doubtfire” kids wants in on the sequel ... Matthew Lawrence tells TMZ he would love to be a part of it!
Discussion: tooFab.com and Hollywood Reporter
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Jeff Sneider / The Wrap:
‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Sequel in the Works With Robin Williams, Chris Columbus Returning
Discussion: Digital Spy
Alexis Tereszcuk / RADAR:
Beyonce ‘Did Not Want To Talk To Kim’: Inside Her AWKWARD Run-In With Wannabe BFF Kardashian At The Dermatologist  —  When Kim Kardashian and Beyoncé Knowles were both spotted leaving the same L.A. dermatologist on April 11, fans wondered if they'd finally bonded during a girls' day out.
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Madeline Boardman / Us Weekly:   North West Wears Angel Wings in Kendall Jenner's Adorable Instagram Photo
TMZ.com:
Naya Rivera — Raged to ‘Glee’ Producers ... Lea Michele's Out of Control  —  Naya Rivera and Lea Michele were at the center of a near mutiny on the set of “Glee” that ended with one of them storming out in anger — but who left ... depends on who you ask.  —  Sources close to Naya tell TMZ …
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Victoria Beckham Spends 40th Birthday With Shirtless Husband David Beckham: Picture  —  Turning 40 never looked so good!  Victoria Beckham celebrated her big 4-0 milestone by spending time with her husband David Beckham and their four children.  Better yet?  The former soccer pro went shirtless for the special occasion.
Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Miley Cyrus Will “Remain Hospitalized,” Had “Extreme Allergic Reaction” to Antibiotic  —  Miley Cyrus isn't quite back to “just being Miley” yet.  The “Wrecking Ball” singer, 21, is still recovering from her severe allergic reaction earlier this week, and will “remain hospitalized” …
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Michelle Tan / People.com:   Miley Cyrus Says She 'Can't Quit Crying' over Canceled Shows
Tierney Bricker / E! Online:
NEWS/ I Wanna Marry Harry First Look: Fox Dupes 12 Women Into Competing for a Fake Prince Harry's Heart and It's Hilarious  —  Watch out, Cressida Bonas!  —  Fact: I Wanna Marry Harry is going to be the summer TV season's most-talked about new show.  How do we know this?
Discussion: Dlisted
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE - ‘As I ran, I felt bits of teeth in the back of my throat’: Revealed, how Justin Bieber's father once ‘kung fu kicked teenage girl, broke her jaw and forcing her to eat pureed food for two months’  — Alicia Wadden, then 18, had her jaw allegedly broken by Jeremy Bieber after a drunken row in Ontario in 2002
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Madeline Boardman / Us Weekly:
Rosie O'Donnell Loses 50 Pounds, Shares Before-and-After Photo on Twitter  —  Fifty pounds down!  Actress and television personality Rosie O'Donnell showed off a major weight loss on Thursday, April 17.  —  The View alum, 52, took to Twitter to post a before-and-after photo of herself, writing “Almost 50 lbs off - I can see it now.”
 
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 More News: 
Allison / Dlisted:
Will Arnett Has Filed For Divorce From Amy Poehler
Discussion: Celeb Gossip … and People.com
Dareh Gregorian / NY Daily News:
‘X-Men’ director Bryan Singer accused of sexually abusing 15-year-old boy at California mansion
Perez Hilton / CocoPerez:
Kim Kardashian Wears White & Balmain To The Airport!  Could Be Another BIG Hint In The Wedding Dress Mystery!
Dana Oliver / The Huffington Post:
Miranda Kerr Talks Feeding Her Hair From The Inside Out, Her Love For Coconut Oil & More
Discussion: Just Jared
 Earlier Picks: 
TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — Dodges Sex Questions from Andy Cohen
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and PerezHilton
Esther Lee / Us Weekly:
Porsha Williams Arrested and Released: See the Real Housewives of Atlanta Star's Glam Mugshot!
Star:
Keith Urban & Nicole Kidman Falling Apart!
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
 

 
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic is profitable, has 1M subscribers, and revenue grew 10% in 2023 thanks to a 50% price hike, a harder paywall, and a shift to in-depth reporting

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How MowPod, which sells podcast advertising tools, uses mobile game ads to incentivize gamers to follow shows on Apple Podcasts in order to earn in-game tokens

New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

 
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