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11:15 PM ET, December 19, 2014

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Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Hollywood Cowardice: George Clooney Explains Why Sony Stood Alone In North Korean Cyberterror Attack  —  EXCLUSIVE: As it begins to dawn on everyone in Hollywood the reality that Sony Pictures was the victim of a cyberterrorist act perpetrated by a hostile foreign nation on American soil …
Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon / Us Weekly:
Cameron Diaz Is Engaged to Benji Madden!  —  Cameron Diaz is engaged to her boyfriend, Good Charlotte rocker Benji Madden, multiple sources confirm to Us Weekly.  —  The Charlie's Angels actress, 42, who has previously dated Justin Timberlake and Alex Rodriguez, amongst others, first stepped out with Madden, 35, in May of this year.
TMZ.com:
Stephen Collins — ‘I Am Not a Pedophile’  —  ‘I AM NOT A PEDOPHILE’  —  BREAKING NEWS  —  Stephen Collins says he's not a pedophile, but rather someone who had a “distortion” in his thinking.  —  Collins told Katie Couric ... he does not fit the “clinical or dictionary definition” of a pedophile ... so concluded his therapist.
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Josh Margolin / ABC News:
Exclusive: Newly Released Ray Rice Video Shows Couple in Cuffs, Kissing After Elevator Punch … Turns out there's even more surveillance video Ray Rice doesn't want you to see.  —  ABC News today exclusively obtained a copy of the security-camera video that shows the ugly aftermath …
TMZ.com:
BECOMING SUICIDAL OVER BREAKUP  —  The ex-boyfriend of Nicki Minaj is taking their break-up INCREDIBLY hard ... to the point he's having suicidal thoughts.  —  Safaree Samuels is confiding in friends that he's an emotional wreck over his breakup with Nicki after a 12-year relationship.
Radhika Sanghani / Telegraph:
Angelina Jolie's daughter ‘wants to be called John’.  How should parents react to children questioning gender roles?  —  Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's daughter Shiloh dresses as a boy and wants to be known as John.  But do signs like these mean a child is a tomboy, or could it be the start of gender identity issues?
Discussion: PerezHilton
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Michael Slezak / TVLine:
Hannibal Recast Shocker: Michael Pitt Out, Joe Anderson In as Mason Verger  —  Michael Pitt will no longer be hearing the squealing of the pigs when Hannibal returns for Season 3.  —  The actor, who played sociopathic meat-packing magnate Mason Verger in Season 2, is not returning to the series …
TMZ.com:
Crisis Guru Judy Smith — Secret Adviser in Sony Scandal  —  CRISIS GURU JUDY SMITH  —  SECRET ADVISER IN SONY SCANDAL  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Judy Smith — the inspiration behind the Olivia Pope character on “Scandal” — is on the case ... the Sony case, TMZ has learned.
Discussion: Just Jared
Vogue:
Why FKA twigs Is the Next Style Breakout Star  —  Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue, January 2015  —  Songstress FKA twigs—never one to shy away from going big and bold—models the season's statement earrings.  —  Our first glimpse of Tahliah Barnett—better known as FKA twigs …
Discussion: Just Jared
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Ernie Hudson To Play Poseidon On ‘Once Upon a Time’  —  Ernie Hudson has been cast as King Poseidon in ABC's Once Upon A Time.  He will appear in episode 15 of the fairytale drama's current fourth season.  In a twist, in addition to being the the powerful deity of legend, in the OUAT world …
Discussion: Variety
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
David Schwimmer To Play Robert Kardashian In FX's ‘American Crime Story: People Vs. O.J.’  —  FX has cast another key player in American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, the first installment of Ryan Murphy's new anthology miniseries, an offshoot of his hit American Horror Story FX franchise.
Discussion: Dlisted
Lindsey Kupfer / Page Six:
Kim to Kris: Ditch those Pilgrim getups!  —  Kris Jenner (left) at The Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment breakfast on Dec. 10; Kim Kardashian  —  Kim Kardashian is so over Kris Jenner's wardrobe.  —  On Friday, Jenner shared an email she received from her daughter blasting her fashion choices …
Discussion: TMZ.com
Teresa Roca / OK! Magazine OK!:
Khloe Kardashian Wants ‘Lazy, Mooching’ Brother Rob Out Of Her Home Or She'll ‘Consider Legal Action’  —  As Rob Kardashian continues to struggle with weight and substance abuse issues, the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star doesn't have many people on his side these days.
Discussion: RADAR
 
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Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Iggy Azalea Slams Azealia Banks as a “Bigot” and a “Miserable, Angry Human Being”
Nicole Pelletiere / ABC News:
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

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