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9:15 AM ET, February 19, 2015

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ANSEL ELGORT WANTS YOU TO KNOW HE'S NOT A PLAYER  —  With a career burning fast and hot, Elgort could be young Hollywood's most sought after lothario, but, as Mickey Rapkin learns, he's way more romantic than rake.  —  GETTY  —  For a generation of young women, Ansel Elgort may always be Augustus Waters …
Allie Jones / Gawker:
Uh-Oh: Beyoncé's Face Is Uh-Oh  —  Two hundred and twenty-four apparently unretouched photos of self-styled Queen Bey Beyoncé were leaked on a website called The Beyoncé World this morning, sending shockwaves across the one inhabited by all of us.
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The REAL face of ‘Flawless’ Beyonce exposed: Unretouched photos of Queen Bey's L'Oreal adverts leak online
Discussion: Dlisted
Esther Lee / Us Weekly:
Bobbi Kristina Brown's Relatives Asking for Thousands of Dollars, Perks From Media  —  To pray and to prey.  While Bobbi Kristina Brown remains in a medically induced coma, some of her relatives have attempted to cash in on the tragic turn of events.  —  Certain family members have asked …
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National Enquirer:   EXPLOSIVE EYEWITNESS REVEALS WHAT REALLY WENT ON IN BOBBI KRISTINA'S HOUSE OF HORRORS
TMZ.com:
Michelle Branch Files For Divorce ... Goodbye to You  —  Files for Divorce  —  GOODBYE TO YOU  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Michelle Branch has finally decided to make it official after separating from her husband more than a year ago ... she has filed for divorce.  —  Branch and hubby Teddy Landau are ending their nearly 11-year marriage.
Discussion: Us Weekly, PerezHilton and Just Jared
Lindsey Kupfer / Page Six:
Kate Hudson shows off her rock-hard abs  —  Kate Hudson is showing off her rock-hard abs — and her tomboy side — in the March issue of Shape magazine.  —  “I've always had that girly gene, but I lived with boys,” said the actress, who posed in just a bra top, low-cut workout pants and an unzipped vest for the cover.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and PerezHilton
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Esther Lee / Us Weekly:
Kate Hudson Hates the Idea of Dieting, Looks Incredible in Sports Bra: Fitness Secrets, Photos
Discussion: Gawker
Jeff Sneider / The Wrap:
Jay Hernandez Joining Will Smith, Jared Leto in WB's ‘Suicide Squad’ (Exclusive)  —  “Friday Night Lights” star Jay Hernandez is in negotiations to join the cast of Warner Bros.' comic book adaptation “Suicide Squad,” multiple individuals with knowledge of the project have told TheWrap.
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Rebecca Ford / Hollywood Reporter:
Will Smith to Star in ‘Bounty’ for Paramount (Exclusive)
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Madeline Boardman / Us Weekly:
Kelly Clarkson: I Feel Like I Have the Plague Because No One Will Work With Me  —  Good thing she's Miss Independent!  Kelly Clarkson revealed in a new interview with BBC Radio 1 that she has a tough time getting other artists to record with her.  —  “I honestly would collaborate with a lot of people …
Discussion: Dlisted and PerezHilton
Justin Kroll / Variety:
New ‘Alien’ Movie Confirmed with Director Neill Blomkamp  —  20th Century Fox has closed a deal with director Neill Blomkamp to develop a new “Alien” movie.  —  Sources say the untitled sci-fi project is a separate from the “Prometheus” sequel, which Fox is still making with Ridley Scott
Discussion: Deadline and The Wrap
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
NEWS/ Mo'Nique Says Roles in Empire and The Butler “Just Went Away”: Lee Daniels Told Me I've Been “Blackballed”  —  Mo'nique claims that she now knows why the offers didn't start flooding in after her big Oscar win in 2010.  —  The former star of The Parkers, who won the Academy Award …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Hollywood Reporter:
Morena Baccarin Nabs Female Lead in ‘Deadpool’ (Exclusive)  —  Ryan Reynolds is starring in the Fox film.  —  Homeland star Morena Baccarin has nabbed the female lead in Deadpool, Fox's action movie based on the Marvel character.  —  Tim Miller is directing the action-adventure project …
Discussion: Digital Spy, PerezHilton and Just Jared
Susie Armitage / BuzzFeed:
Pussy Riot's First English Song, “I Can't Breathe,” Pays Tribute To Eric Garner  —  “We've known, on our own skin, what police brutality feels like and we can't be silent on this issue,” the group told BuzzFeed News.  —  Masha Alekhina and Nadya Tolokonnikova, the two best known members …
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Luke Harding / Guardian:   Russian punk band Pussy Riot release I Can't Breathe, inspired by Eric Garner
Jeff Sneider / The Wrap:
‘Shaft’ Reboot in the Works at New Line With ‘Predator’ Producer (Exclusive)  —  New Line has acquired the rights to the “Shaft” franchise and is developing a reboot of the popular police property with producer John Davis of Davis Entertainment, TheWrap has learned.
Discussion: I Watch Stuff
Scott Feinberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Oscar Voter Reveals Brutally Honest Ballot: “There's No Art to ‘Selma,’” ‘Boyhood’ “Uneven”  —  An anonymous female Academy member gives Patricia Arquette a nod “for having no work done in 12 years,” says she “could have watched my hair grow” during ‘Foxcatcher’ and resented ‘Selma’ filmmakers wearing “I can't breathe” T-shirts.
TMZ.com:
ARRESTED FOR HOME BURGLARY  —  Vanilla Ice has been arrested and charged with burglary and grand theft for allegedly stealing furniture, a pool heater, bicycles and other stuff from a vacant home in Florida.  —  Lantana PD tells TMZ ... it's all connected to Ice's TV show, “The Vanilla Ice Project.”
Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon / Us Weekly:
Allison Williams Defends Dad Brian Williams, Admits Situation Has Put Her Wedding Plans on Hold  —  Allison Williams has spoken out in defense of her NBC Nightly News anchor dad Brian Williams who has been suspended from work without pay for making erroneous claims about his war reporting from Iraq in 2003.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, Page Six and CNNMoney
Us Weekly:
Pregnant Kate Middleton Switches Her Hair Up to a Knotted Half-Up Hairstyle: See the Fresh Look Here!  —  The Duchess has a new 'do!  —  The pregnant Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, stepped out to the Emma Bridgewater factory in Stoke-on-Trent, England on Wednesday, Feb. 18 …
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Daily Mail:
It's crafty Kate! …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Patti Smith / Interview Magazine:
KRISTEN STEWART … Even in close-up, with her eyes the color of Caribbean shallows filling the screen, Kristen Stewart seems to be hiding—or at least trying to.  There is a discomfort, often verging on terror, that troubles her lips and pinches her brow, as if she's been shot up with truth serum …
Capitol File Magazine:
Cecily Strong Opens Up About ‘SNL’ and the White House Correspondents' Awards Dinner  —  Cecily Strong brings her SNL snark to the White House Correspondents' Awards Dinner.  —  Dress, Lela Rose ($1,895).  Neiman Marcus, Mazza Gallerie, 202-966-9700.  Shoes, Jimmy Choo ($595).
Discussion: Page Six, PerezHilton and Film Divider
 
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