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2:45 PM ET, December 22, 2014

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BBC:
Singer Joe Cocker dies aged 70  —  Singer Joe Cocker, best known for his cover of the Beatles' With A Little Help From My Friends, has died aged 70.  —  The singer song-writer from Sheffield had a career lasting more than 40 years with hits including You Are So Beautiful and Up Where We Belong.
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Joe Cocker / TMZ.com:
DIES FROM LUNG CANCER  —  Joe Cocker — the gravely-voiced singer known for his version of “With a Little Help From My Friends” — died today after battling a lung cancer ... according to his agent.  —  Cocker was reportedly on his ranch in Colorado with his wife when he passed away.
Discussion: Stereogum
ITV:
Joe Cocker has died after a battle with lung cancer  —  Singer Joe Cocker has died aged 70, his management team has confirmed to ITV News.  —  Born John Robert Cocker on 20 May 1944 in Sheffield, he died today after a battle with lung cancer.  —  He lived in Sheffield until his early 20s.
Yorkshire Post:
Rock star Joe Cocker dead at 70  —  Joe Cocker and Eric Clapton at a Sheffield charity concert in 1993  —  SHEFFIELD-born rock star Joe Cocker has died after a battle with lung cancer.  He was 70.  —  The star, who rose to fame in the Sixties, had hits with The Beatles' song With A Little Help …
TMZ.com:
Tyga — Blac Chyna's a Bad Mom ... I Want Custody!  —  BLAC CHYNA'S A BAD MOM  —  I Want Custody!  —  12/22/2014 12:55 AM PST BY TMZ STAFF  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Tyga thinks Blac Chyna is unfit to properly care for their child because she twerks and parties too much ... seriously.
Bryce Corbett / Australian Women's Weekly:
Angelina Jolie tells: Marriage can be tough, but Brad Pitt is my rock  —  On the same day she was photographed in Sydney in heated discussion with her husband Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie told The Australian Women's Weekly that “marriage and kids can be hard work”.
Kimberly Redmond / New Jersey Online:
Man dressed as elf charged with DWI  —  RIVERDALE - A man dressed as one of Santa's little helpers found himself in trouble Friday morning when Riverdale police allegedly discovered him drunkenly passed out in a car.  —  Around 3:30 a.m., Sgt. Pat Harden was dispatched to the parking lot …
Discussion: Gawker, Associated Press and UPI
Nancy Dillon / NY Daily News:
Bill Cosby accused of raping ex-girlfriend of Sammy Davis Jr.  —  EXCLUSIVE: Katherine McKee 65, told the Daily News that Cosby raped her in a Michigan hotel room in the early 1970s when she was on tour with Davis.  She said she never told Davis about the alleged sexual assault.
Discussion: Bossip and The Wrap
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Keith Caulfield / Billboard:
Madonna's ‘Early Christmas Gift,’ Releases Six Songs From New Album
Discussion: PerezHilton
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Margaret Cho Split: Actress, Comedienne Divorcing Husband Al Ridenour After 11 Years  —  Margaret is moving on.  Actress-comedienne Margaret Cho and her artist husband Al Ridenour have split after 11 years of marriage, Us Weekly can confirm.  The couple have been in an open relationship since tying the knot in June 2003.
Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
Brandi Glanville Throws Shade at Tori Spelling: “What Goes Around Comes Around”  —  Ouch!  Brandi Glanville played the “Name Game” exclusively with Us Weekly and dissed everyone from Tori Spelling to her costars Kyle Richards and Lisa Vanderpump.  —  PHOTOS: Before they were Real Housewives
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Lance Bass Marries Michael Turchin: All the Wedding Details!  —  Bye, bye, bye to the single life!  Lance Bass married his fiance Michael Turchin in L.A. on Saturday, Dec. 20, Us Weekly can confirm.  —  PHOTOS: Celeb weddings in 2014  —  The 'N Sync singer, 35, said “I do” at the lavish Park Plaza Hotel in a 15-minute ceremony.
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Carrie Dilluvio / E! Online:   NEWS/ Lance Bass and Michael Turchin Are Officially Married—Find Out Which 'NSYNC Member Performed at the Wedding!
Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon / Us Weekly:
Harry Styles, Kristen Wiig Dirty Dance Together at SNL Afterparty: Watch! … Harry Styles and Kirsten Wiig killed it on the dance floor at the Saturday Night Live afterparty — even jumping up on a table top to dance to Dirty Dancing's ("I've Had) The Time of My Life!"  —  PHOTOS: Hollywood's funniest leading ladies
Discussion: Crushable
 
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Patrick Gomez / People.com:
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Chad Kelly / Buffalo News:
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Daily Mail:
Prince George meets Santa during family visit to winter wonderland with Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
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