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8:15 AM ET, November 20, 2014

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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
NBC Scraps Bill Cosby Comedy in Wake of Rape Allegations  —  After decades-old rape allegations resurfaced  —  Bill Cosby will not be making his triumphant return to NBC after all.  —  NBC has decided to not move forward with its planned family comedy starring the former Cosby Show star, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
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Lindsey Kupfer / Page Six:
Raven-Symoné shuts down Cosby molestation rumors  —  Raven-Symoné and Bill Cosby on “The Cosby Show”  —  Raven-Symoné wants nothing to do with the controversy surrounding Bill Cosby.  —  On Wednesday, a parody website called Hip Hop Hangover posted an article claiming the …
Discussion: Sandra Rose
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
NBC Pulls Bill Cosby Comedy Project Amid Rape Allegations  —  NBC has dropped its Bill Cosby comedy project as the scandal of rape allegations leveled at the comedian by multiple women made it untenable for the network to keep it in development, according to multiple sources.
TMZ.com:
Bill Cosby — Raven Symone Blasts Rape Rumor ... That's Disgusting!  —  Ex Co-Star Raven Symoné Blasts Rape Rumor ...  THAT'S DISGUSTING!  —  11/19/2014 3:10 PM PST BY TMZ STAFF  —  BREAKING NEWS  —  At least one Bill Cosby rape claim is being shot down by the alleged victim …
Discussion: PerezHilton
Daily Mail:   EXCLUSIVE: ‘I thought Cosby could kill me.’ …
Bill Carter / New York Times:
NBC and Netflix Shelve Projects With Bill Cosby
Discussion: I Watch Stuff
Us Weekly:
Natalie Morales, Willie Geist Fired From the Today Show in Massive Shake-Up: Get the Details  —  Natalie Morales, Willie Geist Fired From Today Show: Massive Shake-Up »  —  VIDEO:  —  Okay, Then!  Camille Grammer Calls Kelsey a “Total Dick” »  —  OMG!
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Emily Smith / Page Six:   Did Matt Lauer save Natalie Morales and Willie Geist's jobs?
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
NEWS/ Which of Jennifer Lawrence's Co-Stars Just Compared Her to...Jesus Christ?!  —  Jennifer Lawrence has an Oscar and two Golden Globes.  —  She's not only part of the X-Men family, but Guinness World Records recently named the 24-year-old actress the highest-grossing action heroine …
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Derrick Bryson Taylor / Page Six:
Jennifer Lawrence compared to Jesus Christ
Simon Perry / People.com:
Princess Kate Shows Off Her Royal Baby Bump  —  Pregnant Princess Kate was all smiles - and proudly displaying a proper four-month bump - as she welcomed one of her favorite charities to Kensington Palace Wednesday.  —  Kate, 32, in a peplum top by Hobbs and skirt by one of her favorite designers …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Us Weekly
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Life with the Kardashians?  I'd rather stay in poverty in Thailand!  The 13-year-old ‘orphan girl’ Kim was desperate to adopt says NO  —  A teenager from a children's home in a poverty-stricken region of Thailand made an astonishing decision to turn down an offer …
Discussion: Page Six
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Matt Donnelly / The Wrap:
Ryan Gosling Turned Down People's ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ Multiple Times, Insider Says (Exclusive)  —  People magazine's annual “Sexiest Man Alive” issue has sparked backlash yet again, for passing over actor Ryan Gosling as cover star — but the “The Notebook” actor has repeatedly turned down the honor, an insider told TheWrap.
Madeline Boardman / Us Weekly:
Taylor Swift and Harry Styles Are Friends Again After Ugly 2013 Split  —  Never, ever getting back together... or are they?  Taylor Swift and Harry Styles may have called it quits last year, but sources tell Us Weekly exclusively that the two stars are now friendly again.
TMZ.com:
Jimmy Ruffin — Motown Legend Dead At 78  —  MOTOWN LEGEND DEAD AT 78  —  Jimmy Ruffin, the crooner who was a staple in Motown for decades, has passed away at the age of 78.  —  Ruffin reached legendary Motown status in 1966 with his hit “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted” …
Discussion: Stereogum and Bossip
Julianne Mosoff / DuJour:
The Visionary: Angelina Jolie  —  Louis Zamperini knew a thing or two about waiting.  The Olympic runner turned U.S. airman spent 47 deadly days living on a raft after a 1943 plane crash and subsequently survived two years as a Japanese prisoner of war.  Still, when he sold Universal Pictures …
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Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt's Son Maddox, 13, Is a Production Assistant on Their Film: “It's So Weird”
Discussion: PerezHilton
Devin Friedman / GQ Magazine Online:
Crush of the Year: Shailene Woodley  —  Yes, it's true she brushes her teeth with clay and makes her own deodorant.  But if you've been thinking of the woman who has this year become arguably the most bankable phenom in Hollywood—The Fault in Our Stars, Divergent—as just some 23-year-old hippie …
New York Post:
Citigroup banker found dead with throat slit in swanky apartment  —  Police investigate the scene Tuesday where Shawn D. Miller (inset) was found dead in a bathtub with his throat slit.  —  A Citigroup banker was found dead with his throat slashed in the bathtub of his swanky downtown apartment, authorities said Wednesday.
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Marvel's ‘Jessica Jones’: Krysten Ritter, Alexandra Daddario, Teresa Palmer, Marin Ireland, Jessica De Gouw Testing For Lead  —  UPDATED, 9:10 PM: I hear another actress has been added to the list of those testing for the lead in Marvel/Netflix's Jessica Jones series, The Divide star Marin Ireland …
Discussion: PerezHilton
 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
G/O Media sells The Onion to Global Tetrahedron, a new Chicago firm owned by former Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson; former NBC News senior reporter Ben Collins is CEO

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The New York Times says it will continue to cover Biden “fully and fairly” regardless of whether he gives the paper a sit-down interview

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