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8:10 PM ET, February 27, 2015

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Virginia Heffernan / New York Times:
Leonard Nimoy, Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 83  —  Leonard Nimoy, the sonorous, gaunt-faced actor who won a worshipful global following as Mr. Spock, the resolutely logical human-alien first officer of the Starship Enterprise in the television and movie juggernaut “Star Trek,” …
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TMZ.com:
Leonard Nimoy Dead — Lived Long, Prospered ... Dies from COPD  —  LIVED LONG, PROSPERED  —  ... Dies from COPD  —  BREAKING NEWS  —  Leonard Nimoy, who famously played Mr. Spock, died at home Friday morning in Bel-Air... after battling chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Terry Flores / Variety:
Leonard Nimoy, 'Star Trek's' Spock, Dies at 83
Discussion: Us Weekly and PerezHilton
Adam Rogers / Wired:
The Science of Why No One Agrees on the Color of This Dress  —  The original image is in the middle.  At left, white-balanced as if the dress is white-gold.  At right, white-balanced to blue-black. swiked  —  Not since Monica Lewinsky was a White House intern has one blue dress been the source of so much consternation.
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BuzzFeed:
What Colors Are This Dress?  —  There's a lot of debate on Tumblr about this right now, and we need to settle it.  This is important because I think I'm going insane.  —  Cates Holderness  —  2 hours ago  —  448 responses
Hunter Walker / Business Insider:   2 women are behind the viral dress that has everyone confused — Here's what they told us
Hudson Hongo / Gawker:
What Color Is This Goddamn Dress?
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Dlisted
TMZ.com:
Kelly Osbourne Quits ‘Fashion Police’ ... She Just Had It  —  QUITS ‘FASHION POLICE’  —  She Just Had It  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Kelly Osbourne quit “Fashion Police” ... TMZ has learned.  —  Multiple sources connected with the show tell us ... producers and Kelly were at odds …
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Lynette Rice / People.com:
Kelly Osbourne Quits Fashion Police  —  Amid a tidal wave of criticism claiming that Fashion Police erred in allowing a joke about Zendaya's hair to make it on air after the Oscars, Kelly Osbourne has decided to leave the show.  —  “Kelly Osbourne is departing E!s Fashion Police to pursue other opportunities,” E! announced Friday.
TMZ.com:
Zendaya Coleman — I'm So Over Dreadlocks ... and the Whole Giuliana Rancic Thing
Discussion: PerezHilton
Natalie Stone / Billboard:
Madonna Suffered Whiplash After ‘Nightmare’ Brit Awards Fall  —  Madonna performs at the BRIT Awards 2015 at The O2 Arena on February 25, 2015 in London, England.  —  David M. Benett/Getty Images
Discussion: Dlisted and Just Jared
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Tim Nudd / People.com:
Madonna Describes ‘Horrible Nightmare’ of Stage Fall, and Admits She Was Hurt  —  Turns out she was hurt worse than she let on.  —  Madonna, who told her Instagram followers she was “fine” after falling from the stage at the Brit Awards on Wednesday, was actually hurting - and had to be watched closely all that night.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and POPSUGAR Celebrity
Neil McCormick / Telegraph:
Madonna: how Brit Awards fall gave me whiplash
Jennifer Lawrence / Facebook:
Hey guys!  —  It's Jen!  I know I don't go on here a lot because I can barely work email but there's been a terrible rumor going around the last 24 hours so I wanted to clear it up.  —  David O. Russell is one of my closest friends and we have an amazing collaborative working relationship.
Discussion: People.com and The Wrap
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Michael Ausiello / TVLine:
Supergirl Casts the Heroic Helen Slater and Dean Cain in Top-Secret Roles  —  How's this for super-meta casting: Helen Slater and Dean Cain have landed guest-starring roles on CBS's Supergirl, TVLine has learned.  —  Slater, of course, played Kara on the big screen in 1984's Supergirl …
Rob Brunner / Fast Company:
BJORK ON KEEPING “VULNICURA” OFF SPOTIFY: “IT'S ABOUT RESPECT, YOU KNOW?”  —  Her last album came as an app.  Her new video was made for Oculus Rift.  Björk loves new technology, but mostly she's a warrior for sound.  —  Your new album, Vulnicura, is an account of breaking up with your longtime partner.
Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
Kendall & Kylie Jenner: ‘Kardashians’ Spinoff Series in Works?  (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Kendall and Kylie Jenner are being eyed for their own E! reality show.  —  The prospect of a “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” spinoff series focusing on the two teen members of the reality TV clan has been discussed at E! and Ryan Seacrest Prods.
Discussion: Just Jared
Page Six:
Lupita Nyong'o's $150K Oscar dress stolen  —  Oscar night didn't have any stunning upsets, but someone still got robbed.  —  Lupita Nyong'o's $150,000 pearl-studded awards-show gown was stolen from her Beverly Hills hotel room, authorities told The Post.  —  Cops believe the one-of-a-kind …
Daily Mail:
WORLD PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Oh Eddie, you do make a wonderful woman: First picture of Oscar-winner Redmayne in latest role as transgender pioneer  —  He has just won an Oscar for his moving portrayal of one of the world's most famous men.  But this is the first photograph of Eddie Redmayne in his latest role ... as a woman.
Discussion: Us Weekly and Oh No They Didn't!
Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
Scarlett Johansson Says There Was Nothing “Strange, Creepy, Or Inappropriate” About John Travolta's Oscars Kiss  —  You might have been wondering why John Travolta took a moment to hug and kiss Scarlett Johansson on the Oscars 2015 red carpet — but the actress herself tells the Associated Press she didn't think twice about it.
Discussion: Gawker
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Yahoo:
Johansson: Nothing ‘creepy or inappropriate’ about Travolta
Discussion: PerezHilton
 
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Nolan Feeney / TIME:
Kelly Clarkson: I Will Never Tell My Daughter About From Justin to Kelly
Discussion: Us Weekly and Dlisted
Megan Daley / EW.com:
JONATHAN GROFF TO RETURN FOR GLEE FINALE
Discussion: PerezHilton and Digital Spy
Dave McNary / Variety:
Blake Lively, Jason Clarke to Star in Drama ‘All I See Is You’
Discussion: Just Jared
Ashley Brozic / Racked Miami - All:
Haylie Duff on Her Birthday in Miami, Braving Farmer's Markets, and Avoiding Maternity Wear
Discussion: People.com and Us Weekly
Daily Mail:
Blackened faces, scores of nipples and bizarre hairy slippers... is Milan's the most outrageous …
Discussion: Style News and Us Weekly
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Genevieve Valentine:
Catwoman #39: “Better Than He Does Himself”
Discussion: PerezHilton and The Wrap
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Will ‘The Crow’ Fly With Jack Huston?
Esther Lee / Us Weekly:
Olivia Wilde Says Her Baby Son Otis Is “ So Smart” and “Really Musical”
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Richard Linklater in Talks to Direct 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' (Exclusive)
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