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10:45 AM ET, October 21, 2014

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Dean Schabner / ABC News:
Fashion Icon Oscar de La Renta Dies at 82 … Legendary fashion designer Oscar de La Renta has died, a family member told ABC News.  He was 82.  —  De La Renta, who most recently designed Amal Clooney's wedding dress, was diagnosed with cancer in 2006.  —  Born in the Dominican Republic in 1932 …
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CNN:
Oscar de la Renta, legendary fashion designer, dies at 82  —  (CNN) — Legendary fashion designer Oscar de la Renta, who spent half a century putting high society in haute couture, has died.  He was 82.  —  The man — often described as the “sultan of suave” — not only dressed every …
Cathy Horyn / New York Times:
Oscar de la Renta, Fashion Designer, Dies at 82  —  Oscar de la Renta, the doyen of American fashion, whose career began in the 1950s in Franco's Spain and sprawled across the better living rooms of Paris and New York, and who was the last survivor of that generation of bold, all-seeing tastemakers …
Alicia C. Dennis / People.com:
Derick and Jill Duggar Dillard: We're Having a Boy!  —  Boy, oh boy!  —  Jill Duggar Dillard and husband Derick, stars of TLC's hit reality show 19 Kids & Counting, are expecting a son in the spring, they tell PEOPLE.  —  “I was really excited,” says Derick, 25.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
TMZ.com:
Tori Spelling — Quarantined Like an Ebola Patient  —  QUARANTINED LIKE AN EBOLA PATIENT  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Tori Spelling had several of the symptoms, and got treated like an Ebola patient this weekend when she was hospitalized with a bunch of illnesses ... TMZ has learned.
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Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:   Tori Spelling Hospitalized For Possible Pneumonia, Reportedly Undergoes Ebola-Like Quarantine
RADAR:
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.
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The Superficial:
Kim Kardashian's Endorsement Demands Are As Ridiculous As Her Ass
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Candace Amos / Us Weekly:
Kim Kardashian Goes Braless in Skimpy Top and Jean Shorts on Movie Date With Kanye West
Discussion: Elle and POPSUGAR Celebrity
Brett Martin / GQ Magazine Online:
Just Keep McConaugheying  —  You know what we love about Matthew McConaughey?  We keep getting older, and he just stays the same age (at least in spirit) even as he glides with Woodersonian ease into act three of a career that somehow feels like it's just getting started
TMZ.com:
Stephen Collins — Molestation Victim Will NOT Sue  —  MOLESTATION VICTIM WILL NOT SUE  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Stephen Collins is a lucky man ... after confessing to child molestation, we've learned not only will he NOT be prosecuted ... the main victim tells TMZ she will NOT sue him civilly.
Discussion: Page Six and Bossip
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Alan Cowell / New York Times:
Oscar Pistorius Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison in Killing of Girlfriend
Discussion: Gawker and Just Jared
Lily Harrison / E! Online:
NEWS/ Ryan Reynolds Reveals the Wacky Names He Wants for His Baby With Blake Lively!  —  Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are in full-on baby planning mode.  —  So it's no surprise that the good-looking duo is currently working on coming up with a name for their little one that suits both of them to a T.
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Jesse Spero / Access Hollywood:
RYAN REYNOLDS REVEALS OUTRAGEOUS BABY NAME CHOICES
Us Weekly:
Kate Middleton's Back on Duty, Pregnant Duchess Recovers From Morning Sickness  —  Kate Middleton has returned to royal duty for the first time since the announcement of her second pregnancy.  —  PHOTOS: Kate's royal pregnancy style  —  Wearing an Alexander McQueen coat and a Jane Taylor Hat …
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Dana Oliver / Associated Press:   Kate Middleton And Prince William's Second Baby Due In April
Michael K / Dlisted:
Taylor Swift Thinks It's “Sexist” That She's Called Out For Writing Songs About Her Exes  —  Taylor Swift, the twee yodeling love child of Vintage Barbie and a grown up Huckleberry Pie, recently did an interview with the Jules, Merrick and Sophie radio show in Australia and Sophie Monk …
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Shari Weiss / Gossip Cop:
Taylor Swift: It's “Sexist” To Call Me Out For Writing About Ex-Boyfriends (VIDEO)
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Leslie Jones Named ‘Saturday Night Live’ Cast Member  —  EXCLUSIVE: Saturday Night Live loves to promote from within, and the late-night sketch show has done it again, pinning featured player stripes on a member of the writing staff.  Starting with this week's show hosted by Jim Carrey …
Amy Kaufman / Los Angeles Times:
In ‘Catch Hell,’ Ryan Phillippe examines, and toys with, his image  —  Skype interviews are weird.  —  I had one a couple of weekends ago with the actor Ryan Phillippe.  It was a Sunday afternoon and he was in New York, doing a day of press to promote his directorial debut, “Catch Hell.”
KTLA:
Woman Arrested After Becoming Trapped in Chimney at Thousand Oaks Home … A woman accused of illegally entering the Thousand Oaks home of a man she went on multiple dates with was arrested Sunday after firefighters used jackhammers to partially dismantle a brick chimney she had become trapped inside.
Elvis Mitchell / Interview Magazine:
SHIA LABEOUF … You may know 28-year-old Shia LaBeouf from his series of light-on-their-feet, live-wire, wise-mouth characters beginning with his first big role as Louis Stevens in the Disney Channel series Even Stevens, for which he won a Daytime Emmy in 2003.
 
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TMZ.com:
Kesha — Served With Dr. Luke Lawsuit ... With a Fancy Chicken Assist
Discussion: PerezHilton
Laura Prudom / Variety:
‘Arrow’ Casts Vinnie Jones as Comicbook Villain Brick (EXCLUSIVE)
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Keith Caulfield / Billboard:
Exclusive: ‘Guardians’ Soundtrack To Be Released On Cassette Tape
Discussion: Stereogum
Us Weekly:
Marla Sokoloff Is Pregnant! Full House Star Expecting Second Child With Husband Alec Puro: Picture
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
Allison / Dlisted:
Prepare For The Internet Meltdown!  Benedict Cumberbatch Might Propose To His Girlfriend Sophie Hunter
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
 Earlier Picks: 
TV Fanatic:
Recap  —  On the season 6 finale, as Dina prepares …
Discussion: Jossip and The Hollywood Gossip
Marc Graser / Variety:
‘My Little Pony’ Movie in the Works at Hasbro Studios (EXCLUSIVE)
Discussion: I Watch Stuff
Janine Rayford Rubenstein / People.com:
Bethenny Frankel Is Returning to Real Housewives of New York City
Discussion: Dlisted and Gawker
TMZ.com:
Rob Lowe — BLOODY SURF ACCIDENT ... Hottest Laceration Ever
Discussion: Page Six
HELLO!:
Newly married James Blunt talks to HELLO! about his new album
Discussion: Us Weekly
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Emma Roth / The Verge:
Post.News, the news-focused social platform launched in 2022 that offered micropayments to publishers, is shutting down after failing to grow “fast enough”

Ruth La Ferla / New York Times:
Graydon Carter opens a physical store called Air Mail Newsstand in NYC, as an extension of his digital newsletter Air Mail, selling books, magazines, and more

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Filing: Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav's 2023 compensation package was worth $49.7M, up 26.5% from the year prior, with $23.1M in stock awards

 
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