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8:00 PM ET, December 19, 2014

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 Top News: 
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.
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 …
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.
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.
Discussion: Bossip, The Superficial and Page Six
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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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Kyle Buchanan / Vulture:
Angelina Jolie May or May Not Have Taken Chris Martin Hostage
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, Digital Spy and Crushable
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
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
Daily Mail:
His little princess!  Kanye West 'spends $74k on North's Christmas gifts including diamond tiara and mini SUV'  —  Kim Kardashian recently said she didn't want her daughter to grow up spoiled.  —  But perhaps she should run that past husband Kanye West, as the rapper has reportedly spent $74,000 …
Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Iggy Azalea Slams Azealia Banks as a “Bigot” and a “Miserable, Angry Human Being”  —  Let it out, girl!  After Azealia Banks dissed Iggy Azalea in a radio interview with Hot 97 on Thursday, Dec. 18, the “Fancy” rapper fired back with a diss of her own on Twitter — several disses, in fact.
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
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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Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Alvin and the Chipmunks 4’ Finds a Director (Exclusive)
Discussion: I Watch Stuff
Lindsey Kupfer / Page Six:
Kim to Kris: Ditch those Pilgrim getups!
Discussion: TMZ.com
Michael K / Dlisted:
The CAPTION THIS Contest WINNERS For December 18th!
Style News:
Ariel Winter: It's Challenging to Dress My Body
Nicole Pelletiere / ABC News:
Miss World Pageant Puts Bikini Ban on Future Competitions
Discussion: Us Weekly
Page Six:
Celebrities lose millions of followers in Instagram purge
 Earlier Picks: 
Floyd Mayweather Jr / TMZ.com:
GOT PISSY OVER BATHROOM INCIDENT
Tom Hays / Associated Press:
NYC Rapper Pleads Not Guilty to Gun, Drug Charges
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
TMZ.com:
It Pays to Be a Nerd — Gamer Beats Out Beyonce, Jay Z for Epic L.A. House
Michael K / Dlisted:
Open Post: Hosted By Betty White Shaking Her Chichis While Dancing With A Hippo And Craig Ferguson
 

 
From Mediagazer:

The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount CEO Bob Bakish steps down; Brian Robbins, Chris McCarthy, and George Cheeks will run Paramount on an interim basis as an “Office of the CEO”

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
The Financial Times signs a deal with OpenAI to train AI models on the publisher's archived content and to let ChatGPT reply with short summaries of FT articles

Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Shari Redstone agreed to take less than $2B for her Paramount stake as part of Skydance's “best and final” offer, lower than what was initially offered

 
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