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2:55 PM ET, October 20, 2014

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Diva Alert!  Kim Kardashian's Over-The-Top Demands Revealed In Secret Business Emails: $1M Fee, First-Class Tickets & More!  — Kris Jenner Files To Divorce Bruce Jenner foxnews.com  —  Kim Kardashian has shilled everything from diet pills to video games, perfumes, and more.
Discussion: In Case You Didn't Know and Gawker
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The Superficial:
Kim Kardashian's Endorsement Demands Are As Ridiculous As Her Ass  —  Most, if not all, of Kim Kardashian's services can be purchased through Kris Jenner.  And if you think that's an exaggeration, here's Kim accepting an Austrian businessman's money to be his date to the 2014 Opera Ball in Vienna while engaged to Kanye West.
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and Just Jared
Candace Amos / Us Weekly:
Kim Kardashian Goes Braless in Skimpy Top and Jean Shorts on Movie Date With Kanye West
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity and Elle
Simon Perry / People.com:
William and Kate's Baby Is Due in April  —  It will be a very special wedding anniversary for Prince William and Kate next April.  —  “Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are delighted to confirm they are expecting a baby in April 2015,” a simple statement …
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Dana Oliver / Associated Press:   Kate Middleton And Prince William's Second Baby Due In April
Us Weekly:
Kate Middleton, Prince William's Second Baby Due in April, Kate Middleton Ready for First Pregnant Engagement
princeofwales.gov.uk:
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting a baby in April
Discussion: Mirror.co.uk and Gawker
Us Weekly:
Bethenny Frankel Officially Returning to Real Housewives of New York for Season 7 With Complete Cast: “I'm Never a Housewife When I'm a Housewife!”  —  Dreams do come true!  Bravo has officially confirmed what Us Weekly broke earlier this month: Bethenny Frankel is returning to The Real Housewives of New York City for season 7!
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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Janine Rayford Rubenstein / People.com:
Bethenny Frankel Is Returning to Real Housewives of New York City  —  Bethenny Frankel fans, rejoice!  —  The straight-talking, business-savvy brunette audiences grew to know and love - and some castmates learned to loathe - on the first three seasons of The Real Housewives of New York City …
Discussion: Dlisted and Gawker
Taffy Brodesser-Akner / GQ Magazine Online:
Nicki Minaj: Cheeky Genius  —  She's done with the pink hair, and the bonkers outfits, and at least a few of the alter egos.  Nicki Minaj is now in her world-conqueror phase—her new album, following two platinum-sellers, is immodestly titled The Pinkprint—and she's got a new message to go with it: This isn't all about butts anymore.
Discussion: Us Weekly, Page Six, Bossip and Just Jared
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Stanley Tucci, Felicity Blunt Expecting First Child: “It's Incredible”  —  Hazel Krasinski is getting a playmate!  Stanley Tucci and Felicity Blunt, Emily Blunt's sister, are expecting their first child together.  The Hunger Games actor confirmed the news exclusively to Us Weekly while attending …
TMZ.com:
Rob Lowe — BLOODY SURF ACCIDENT ... Hottest Laceration Ever  —  BLOODY SURF ACCIDENT  —  Hottest Laceration Ever  —  Rob Lowe became the handsomest piece of shark bait in the water this weekend — when he gashed his leg open during a surf session gone bad ... and the blood came pouring out.
Discussion: Page Six
Marc Graser / Variety:
‘My Little Pony’ Movie in the Works at Hasbro Studios (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Film will join ‘Jem and the Holograms’ as the first to be produced through Allspark Pictures  —  Hasbro Studios has given the greenlight to a “My Little Pony” movie, with plans to release the animated film in 2017.
Discussion: I Watch Stuff
TMZ.com:
War Machine Suicide Note — Blame the Victim  —  SUICIDE NOTE ... BLAME THE VICTIM  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  War Machine penned a suicide note in his jail cell ... in which he paints himself as the victim as he recounts the night he brutally beat his porn star girlfriend Christy Mack within an inch of her life.
Discussion: Bossip and The Hollywood Gossip
HELLO!:
Newly married James Blunt talks to HELLO! about his new album  —  It's one of the most successful love songs of all time.  But James Blunt, the man behind 2005's global hit You're Beautiful, has declared that he isn't a fan of the tune, calling it ‘annoying’.
Discussion: Us Weekly
 
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Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
The US Senate passes the TikTok divestment bill by a margin of 79-18; the legislation now heads to President Biden, who has committed to sign it into law

Chris Morris / Fortune:
Taylor Swift's new album smashed streaming records; Spotify says it had 300M+ streams on launch day and became 2024's most-streamed album within just 12 hours

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Spotify Q1: revenue up 20% YoY to €3.6B, MAUs up 19% to 615M, vs. 617.9M est., subscribers up 14% to 239M, and a €168M operating income; SPOT closes up 11.41%

 
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