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5:30 PM ET, July 17, 2014

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New York Times:
Elaine Stritch, Tart-Tongued Broadway Actress and Singer, Is Dead at 89  —  Elaine Stritch, the brassy, tart-tongued Broadway actress and singer who became a living emblem of show business durability and perhaps the leading interpreter of Stephen Sondheim's wryly acrid musings on aging …
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Elaine Stritch, Broadway Legend and TV Star, Dies
Discussion: Variety
TMZ.com:
Scott Disick — Alcohol Poisoning Triggers Hospitalization  —  ALCOHOL POISONING  —  Triggers Hospitalization  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Scott Disick drank so much one night last month ... he made a beeline for the hospital because his system was poisoned with booze.
Gil Kaufman / MTV:
2014 MTV Video Music Awards Nominations: Get The Full List  —  Beyoncé leads the field with 8 noms, with Eminem and Iggy right behind at the Sunday, August 24 show.  —  Baby Blue Ivy might have a lot more shiny playthings once the dust settles after the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards.
Discussion: PopCrunch
TMZ.com:
Britney Spears — Big Stiffer, Big Tipper!  —  BIG STIFFER, BIG TIPPER!  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Britney Spears just brought a piece of Vegas to the Cheesecake factory she stiffed ... because her waitress just hit the jackpot.  —  TMZ broke the story, Britney chewed and screwed Sunday …
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TMZ.com:
‘Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta’ Brawl — Joseline Bit The Flesh Off a Guard ... Cast Wants her FIRED  —  ‘LOVE & HIP HOP: ATLANTA’ BRAWL  —  Joseline Bit the Flesh Off a Guard  —  CAST WANTS HER FIRED  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Smack talk about crack triggered the all-out brawl on the “Love & Hip Hop …
Discussion: Bossip and The Hollywood Gossip
Esther Lee / Us Weekly:
Liv Tyler Admits Justin Theroux's Bulge on The Leftovers Distracted, Shocked Her  —  L-O-Liv!  Actress Liv Tyler appeared on Andy Cohen's Watch What Happens Live! on Wednesday, July 16, where she hilariously confessed that costar Justin Theroux's bulge was distracting on The Leftovers.
Discussion: Defamer and tooFab.com
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
'Scandal's' Shonda Rhimes on Season 4: Harrison Is ‘Gone,’ and Focus Is Back on ‘Core People’  —  “We're in a very different spot and everybody has been wiped clean, and anything goes, in a weird way,” the showrunner tells THR.  —  ABC's red-hot Scandal returns for its fourth season with a bit …
Discussion: PerezHilton and thebacklot.com
Rachel McRady / Us Weekly:
Kim Kardashian, Kate Middleton Both Trying to Get Pregnant Again, Want Second Babies  —  Though they come from very different worlds, Kim Kardashian and Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton certainly seem to be connected when it comes to pregnancy.  The pair were both scheduled to give birth …
In Touch Weekly:
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi in Therapy After Rehab Stint and Cheating Scandal! … Sources tell the new issue of In Touch that Portia de Rossi believes wife Ellen DeGeneres cheated before her rehab stay and that the couple are now in therapy.  —  Portia thinks “she had an affair …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Emily Popp / E! Online:
NEWS/ Anna Paquin Dyes Hair Purple & Blue Because True Blood Is Over—See the Pic!  —  Now that True Blood has wrapped and Anna Paquin is no longer contractually obligated to have blond hair, the 31-year-old actress celebrated by going all out.  —  But instead of going for brunette or red …
Discussion: Dlisted and Cele|bitchy
Us Weekly:
Farrah Abraham Wants Sandra Bullock or Jessica Alba to Play Main Character in a Film Adaptation of Her Erotic Books  —  A-list dreams!  Following the release of her first Celebrity Sex Tape erotic novel, In the Making, former Teen Mom star Farrah Abraham tells Us Weekly that she has big plans …
Michele Corriston / People.com:
Michael Vartan & Lauren Skaar Divorcing After Three Years of Marriage  —  Michael Vartan and his wife have split after three years of marriage.  —  Lauren Skaar filed for divorce from the 45-year-old Bates Motel actor July, citing irreconcilable differences, according to legal documents obtained by PEOPLE.
Discussion: Celeb Gossip … and PerezHilton
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TMZ.com:
‘Alias’ Star Michael Vartan — Headed for Divorce Court
TMZ.com:
Not All Poor People Are Fat & Dark  —  The people behind the “Straight Outta Compton” movie say they're NOT just casting overweight, dark-skinned black girls to play “poor” people in the movie ... telling TMZ the casting ad was an “innocent mistake.”  —  The ad went viral …
Discussion: Sandra Rose
TMZ.com:
HIGH MARKS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE, ANGER MANAGEMENT  —  Kanye West just got glowing reviews from the judge in his battery case ... after completing a chunk of his community service at an L.A. fashion school.  —  Kanye's lawyer was in court ... telling the judge Kanye has completed 30 …
Discussion: Bossip
TMZ.com:
‘Friends’ Reunion — Now We Know Why Jennifer's Stuck in Second Gear  —  NOW WE KNOW WHY JENNIFER'S STUCK IN SECOND GEAR  —  Big night for the “Friends” chicks ... that didn't end well at all for Jennifer Aniston.  —  Jennifer joined Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow at Craig's restaurant …
Discussion: PerezHilton
Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
Vanessa Williams Talks About Being Molested at Age 10 by a Woman  —  Vanessa Williams revisited a painful childhood trauma on a recent episode of Oprah's Master Class on OWN: The actress, singer and former Miss America, now 51, was molested at age 10 by an 18-year-old woman.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Just Jared
Allison / Dlisted:
Lana Del Rey Doesn't Want Anyone To Listen To Her Music  —  “Can someone crush up a handful of speed into some Meow Mix?  I've already snorted 8 kitty-sized lines of coke, but I'm having a real hard time staying awake here, you guys” - that cat.  —  Heavily-sedated professional karaoke …
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TMZ.com:
Jason Biggs — Taking Heat for Malaysia Crash Joke
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
TMZ.com:
Pam Anderson, Rick Salomon — DIVORCE OFF ... We're Guessing
Discussion: PerezHilton
Us Weekly:
Jenny McCarthy Reveals How She Told Her Son About Sex: He Was “Horrified!”
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
ABC News:
Cory Monteith's Mom 'Couldn't Look at a Picture' of Late Son Until Recently
Discussion: Us Weekly
Chris Harnick / E! Online:
NEWS/ Viola Davis Gave the Best Answer About Why She's Starring in a TV Show
Discussion: Just Jared
Darren Franich / PopWatch:
Marvel's ‘Avengers NOW!’: Captain America is black, Thor is female, Iron Man has a new suit
Discussion: thebacklot.com and Digital Spy
 Earlier Picks: 
Tom Tracy / NY Daily News:
John McEnroe's son Kevin, 27, busted with cocaine, painkillers, morphine: source
Discussion: Us Weekly and kenneth in the
TMZ.com:
By Ponying Up $2 Mil  —  Apollo Nida just got his tab …
Discussion: Bossip
Charlotte Triggs / People.com:
Danica McKellar Engaged to Scott Sveslosky
Discussion: PerezHilton
TMZ.com:
Drake — ‘Playaz Club’ Beef Settled ... Pays $100K For Borrowed Rhymes
Discussion: Digital Spy and Bossip
Houston Mitchell / Los Angeles Times:
‘Disco Demolition 2’ will destroy Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus records
Discussion: Gawker
Maseena Ziegler / Forbes:
Why ‘Kim Kardashian: Hollywood’ Is A $200 Million Hit App
 

 
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

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
The Financial Times signs a deal with OpenAI to train AI models on its archived content, and to let ChatGPT respond with short summaries of FT articles

Sammy Gecsoyler / The Guardian:
BBC presenter Liz Bonnin's likeness was used in an ad after the company running the campaign was tricked by a fake, likely AI-generated, version of her voice

 
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