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3:05 PM ET, February 19, 2015

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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.
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Ian Mohr / Page Six:
Allison Williams defends dad: ‘I know you can trust him’
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Just Jared
TMZ.com:
Jay Z Sued — I'm Your Son, Just Admit It ... Says Wannabe Rapper  —  JAY Z SUED  —  I'M YOUR SON, JUST ADMIT IT ...  Says Wannabe Rapper  —  2/19/2015 7:40 AM PST BY TMZ STAFF  —  BREAKING NEWS  —  Jay Z had a love child 21 years ago and is now blocking the guy's efforts to prove he's …
Discussion: tooFab.com
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Chris Perez / Page Six:
Jay Z slapped with paternity suit
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: Hollywood Reporter and Cele|bitchy
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: The Wrap and I Watch Stuff
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Ridley Scott To Produce New ‘Aliens’ Pic; Neill Blomkamp To Direct For Fox
Discussion: PerezHilton and The Moviefone Blog
Jane Onyanga-Omara / USA Today:
Vanilla Ice released after burglary charge  —  Vanilla Ice has been released from custody in Florida after being arrested and charged with breaking into and stealing from an abandoned home.  —  Police in Lantana say the recording artist and home-improvement-show host, whose real name is Robert Van Winkle …
Discussion: The Superficial and Starpulse
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Bobbi Kristina / TMZ.com:
NICK GORDON PLEADS TO SEE HER  —  Bobbi Kristina's boyfriend Nick Gordon has been groveling to see her with no luck, and now he's publicly pleading for a visit.  —  Gordon's lawyer, Randall Kessler, says Nick's efforts to see Bobbi Kristina have been consistently blocked by the family.
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Esther Lee / Us Weekly:
Bobbi Kristina Brown's Relatives Asking for Thousands of Dollars, Perks From Media
Discussion: PopCrunch
In Touch Weekly:
Discussion: Starpulse and Page Six
TheBeyoncéWorld:
EXCLUSIVE: BEYONCE L'OREAL OUTTAKES  —  In 2013, Beyonce shot commercial and ads for L'Oreal's Feria & Infallible campaigns.  We have added some exclusive outtakes from the shoots' set.  Make sure you check them out in the gallery.
Discussion: The Superficial and Starpulse
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Daily Mail:
The REAL face of ‘Flawless’ Beyonce exposed: Unretouched photos of Queen Bey's L'Oreal adverts leak online
Discussion: Dlisted, Gawker and World of Wonder
TMZ.com:
Suge Knight — Shooting Injuries Lead to Another Medical Emergency ... Robbery Case Delayed Again  —  SHOOTING INJURIES LEAD TO MEDICAL EMERGENCY  —  Robbery Case Delayed Again  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  Suge Knight's body keeps rejecting court dates — he was just rushed from a courthouse …
Discussion: PerezHilton
Simon Vozick-Levinson / Rolling Stone:
Lil Wayne Breaks Silence on Cash Money Lawsuit, ‘Free Weezy Album’  —  “I have no words,” rapper says of $51 million Cash Money lawsuit.  “I'm super-numb to it, to tell you the truth”  —  Last December, Lil Wayne hit send on a series of tweets that rocked the music world.
Discussion: Stereogum
Rebecca Ford / Hollywood Reporter:
Will Smith to Star in ‘Bounty’ for Paramount (Exclusive)  —  Sascha Penn wrote the script for the action-thriller.  —  Will Smith  —  Paramount Pictures has bought Sascha Penn's spec script Bounty, with Will Smith attached to star.  —  The story is set in Boston and centers on a man (Smith) who is wrongly convicted of murder.
Discussion: I Watch Stuff
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Jeff Sneider / The Wrap:   Jay Hernandez Joining Will Smith, Jared Leto in WB's ‘Suicide Squad’ (Exclusive)
The Times:
Jack Antonoff on Bleachers, Taylor Swift and girlfriend Lena Dunham  —  The singer-guitarist on why, despite being one half of showbiz's coolest couple, he'll always be a bumpkin from New Jersey.  Plus, scroll to the bottom for other actor/pop-star couples  —  Walking down a backstage stairwell …
Discussion: PerezHilton and Page Six
Bill Swift / Egotastic!:
Gisele Bundchen Braless Leggy Shoe Pimpstress  —  I think it's pretty clear you don't need undergarments to sell shoes.  And if you're paying one of the highest paid super models in the world to pimp your footwear, you definitely don't want her cluttering up her look with a bra.
Esther Lee / Us Weekly:
Bruce Jenner May Be at Fault in Fatal Car Wreck, Cops Have Video of Crash  —  A new video of the fatal car crash which resulted in the death of a Kardashian family neighbor reportedly shows that Bruce Jenner may be at fault, an official told the Associated Press on Wednesday, Feb. 18.
Discussion: Just Jared
Us Weekly:
Olivia Ward Is Pregnant, Biggest Loser Star Expecting After Fertility Struggle  —  There's a baby on board for Biggest Loser champ Olivia Ward!  The Season 11 winner of NBC's hit weight loss series and her husband, musician Ben Ward, will welcome their first child this summer, Ward tells Us Weekly exclusively.
TMZ.com:
AMBER HAS OUR SON LIVING IN FILTH  —  Here's Proof [PHOTOS]  —  Wiz Khalifa will offer photo evidence Amber Rose's home is too dirty and unsafe for their toddler — which is why Wiz wants to change their custody agreement.  —  TMZ broke the story ... Wiz is gearing up to demand an increase …
Discussion: PerezHilton and Oh No They Didn't!
Amy Lange / Fox 2 News in Detroit:
Doctor refuses treatment of same-sex couple's baby  —  Bay Windsor Contreras is 4 months old and she's the apple of her mothers' eye.  —  Both of her mothers, Krista and Jami Contreras were married in Vermont in 2012.  —  In October 2014 they welcomed a beautiful baby bay into the world …
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Now and Then Remake in the Works?  Director Lesli Linka Says It Could Happen  —  Yes, please!  The director of the 1995 coming-of-age film Now and Then recently revealed that a remake (on the big screen!) is a possibility.  —  PHOTOS: Costars reunited  —  “I'm very friendly with the woman …
 
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

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