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6:15 PM ET, October 1, 2014

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Lauren Milligan / Fashion Magazine:
Taylor's Vogue Cover Debut  —  TAYLOR SWIFT makes her Vogue cover debut for November, brightening up the rapidly greying weather in her pale pink Miu Miu.  Inside, the singing star talks to Jo Ellison about her new album, her style evolution, and turning her back on dating - and Nashville - as she comes of age.
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Zach Johnson / E! Online:
NEWS/ Taylor Swift Covers British Vogue: “Dating or Finding Someone Is the Last Thing on My Mind”
Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Bethenny Frankel Returning to Real Housewives of New York City for Season 7  —  Back to life, back to reality — TV, that is.  Four years after she quit The Real Housewives of New York City, Bethenny Frankel is returning to her roots and rejoining the Bravo series, sources reveal exclusively in the new issue of Us Weekly.
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Madeline Boardman / Us Weekly:
Brad Pitt: My Kids With Angelina Jolie Make Me Feel Like “The Richest Man Alive”  —  Brad Pitt may be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, but he says it's not his financial wealth that makes him “feel like the richest man alive.”  —  The Counselor actor, 50, recently spoke to Psychologies magazine …
Discussion: Celeb Gossip …
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Zach Johnson / E! Online:
NEWS/ Brad Pitt Feels Like “the Richest Man Alive,” Calls Fatherhood “the Most Beautiful Thing” Ever  —  It's an especially good time to be Brad Pitt.  —  The newlywed, 50, opens up about his children with wife Angelina Jolie in the November issue of the U.K.'s Psychologies magazine.
Sophia Rosenbaum / Page Six:
Tracy Morgan may never perform again  —  Tracy Morgan has relied upon a wheelchair and walker since his accident in June.  —  Tracy Morgan suffered a debilitating brain injury in the deadly June limo crash he survived — and his career could be in jeopardy, his lawyer revealed Tuesday night.
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Corky Siemaszko / NY Daily News:
Tracy Morgan pictured still recovering from crash as he slowly makes his way around home  —  EXCLUSIVE: The comedian, who was badly hurt in a deadly crash that killed a close pal, could be seen pausing between steps before soldiering on in exclusive photos at his New Jersey home obtained by The Daily News.
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Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Isla Fisher Pregnant, Expecting Third Child With Sacha Baron Cohen: See Her Baby Bump  —  Another on the way!  Isla Fisher is pregnant and expecting her third child with husband Sacha Baron Cohen, Us Weekly can exclusively confirm.  —  PHOTOS: Pregnancy confessions
Access Hollywood:
DIDDY ON EX JENNIFER LOPEZ'S ‘BOOTY’: 'IT'S A WORK OF ART!'  —  Diddy and Jennifer Lopez dated for two years back in 1999, and he's still impressed with his ex's legendary backside.  —  The music mogul stopped by Access Hollywood Live on Tuesday to promote Revolt TV's upcoming music conference …
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Jesse Spero / Access Hollywood:
JENNIFER LOPEZ RESPONDS TO DIDDY'S BOOTY PRAISE
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TMZ.com:
Amanda Bynes — Kicked Out of Fashion School for Weed, Bizarre Conduct  —  KICKED OUT OF FASHION SCHOOL  —  For Weed, Bizarre Conduct  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Amanda Bynes was out of control at her fashion school ... showing up high and offering fellow students money to do her homework ... and we're told it got so bad she was kicked out.
Justin Bieber / TMZ.com:
PUNCHING PAPS IN PARIS  —  Justin Bieber mixed it up Tuesday with the paparazzi in Paris and appeared to throw a punch during the fracas.  —  We're told Bieber and his crew tried to clear the photogs out of the way as they entered their hotel after dinner.
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Lauren Bans / GQ Magazine Online:
Watch Tyler Perry (!) Steal a Movie Without a Fat Suit  —  Maybe you've already heard that Gone Girl has a surfeit of mind-rupturing twists.  The best one?  Tyler Perry.  Yes, the Tyler Perry—director, writer, and cross-dressing star of the Madea franchise—was handpicked by director David Fincher …
Discussion: The Wrap
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MTV:
Yes, ‘Gone Girl’ Will Include A Full Frontal Ben Affleck
Adam B. Vary / BuzzFeed:
Yes, “Gone Girl” Has Penis
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Steve Helling / People.com:
Big Brother Winner Dick Donato: ‘I Am HIV Positive’  —  When Big Brother 8 winner Dick Donato signed up to appear on VH1's Couples Therapy, he decided to use the show go public with a very personal struggle: He has been living with HIV since 2011.  —  The reality-TV villain …
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
‘Twilight’ Will Be Revived via Short Films on Facebook  —  LOS ANGELES — Two years after Lions Gate released the fifth and supposedly final installment of its “Twilight” movie series, the studio has devised an unusual franchise-rekindling effort — and it may hold clues about Facebook's future in Hollywood.
Allison / Dlisted:
The WizRose Split Gets Even Messier: Amber Caught Wiz Having A Threesome With Twin Sisters  —  When it was announced a week ago that Amber Rose was quitting her marriage to Coolio Jr. Wiz Khalifa, I knew it was only a matter of time before this s**t got more dramatic than a prime time French Canadian soap opera during sweeps week.
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Elizabeth Leonard / People.com:
Amal Alamuddin ‘Was Looking for Mr. Perfect’ When She Met George Clooney, Bride's Friend Shares at Wedding  —  One night last summer, Amal Alamuddin and Jae Kim, her dear friend since law school, had a heart-to-heart about love.  —  “[We] stayed up talking late into the night about relationships …
Wade Rouse / People.com:
Princess Kate ‘Continues to Be Unwell,’ Cancels First Appearance Back  —  Only days after it was suggested that Princess Kate would be returning to her royal duties in October, the Duchess “continues to be unwell” and was forced to cancel her first appearance Wednesday.
Discussion: Celeb Gossip … and Just Jared
Rachel McRady / Us Weekly:
Ariana Grande Talks the Mariah Carey Comparisons: “It's Honestly a Great Honor”  —  Being compared to Mariah Carey?  One less problem!  Since she broke out as a recording artist with the 2013 song “The Way,” former Nickelodeon star Ariana Grande has gotten endless musical comparisons to similarly multi-octaved vocalist Mariah Carey.
Discussion: Dlisted and Oh No They Didn't!
Alyssa Toomey / E! Online:
NEWS/ Anne Hathaway Covers Elle U.K., Admits Fame “F—ked Me Up”  —  It's never an easy rise to the top in Tinseltown, and sometimes when you reach the peak, the struggle only seems more daunting.  —  “This fame thing?  F—ked me up for a really long time,” Anne Hathaway admits …
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TMZ.com:
Donald Sterling — Busted at Home With V. Stiviano ... Shelly Calls Cops
Zach Johnson / E! Online:
NEWS/ Snooki Complains About Breastfeeding Baby Giovanna: “I Feel Like My Nipples Are Going to Fall Off”
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
College GOP: Democrats Are Like a Bad Wedding Dress
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Tom Eames / Digital Spy:
Britney Spears, Pharrell Williams to star in Andy Murray charity sketch
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Daily Mail:
Have the mice been at that?  Kim Kardashian rocks bizzare hole-detail cropped jumper …
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Billy Donnelly / This Is Infamous:
Exclusive: Ethan Hawke In Talks To Be DOCTOR STRANGE
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