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5:40 AM ET, March 2, 2015

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Mark Sutherland / Telegraph:
Taylor Swift interview: 'A relationship?  No one's going to sign up for this'  —  With her record-breaking sales and secure friendships - not to mention her steely grip on her digital copyright - what on earth does Taylor Swift have to worry about?  Plenty, she tells The Telegraph in an exclusive interview
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Esther Lee / Us Weekly:
Taylor Swift Refuses to Address Katy Perry Feud in Interview, Imagines Life at Age 30: “I'll Probably Still Be Single”  —  She is never ever ever going to talk about Katy Perry in another interview — like ever.  Taylor Swift resolutely decided against addressing her ongoing feud with frenemy Perry …
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity
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TMZ.com:
Michelle Rodriguez — Note to Minorities ... STOP STEALING WHITE SUPERHERO ROLES!!  —  Note to Minorities ...  STOP STEALING WHITE SUPERHERO ROLES!!  —  2/28/2015 8:30 AM PST BY TMZ STAFF  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Michelle Rodriguez has a different take in the lack of diversity in Hollywood …
TMZ.com:
POPPIN' BOTTLES FOR 21ST BIRTHDAY  —  Justin Bieber rang in his 21st birthday doing something common — drinking champagne — and something very few people can do ... popping that champagne ON A PRIVATE ISLAND!  —  Sources close to Justin tell us he rented a Caribbean isle for the …
Discussion: Gawker, CNN, PerezHilton and Just Jared
TMZ.com:
DIES AFTER BLOODY FREAK ACCIDENT  —  Charmayne Maxwell — part of the 90s R&B group Brownstone — died Friday night in L.A. after her husband found her bleeding from a cut to her neck ... TMZ has learned.  —  A family member tells us Charmayne had come home from her son's soccer game, and was home alone with him.
Discussion: Gawker, bet.com and UPI
TMZ.com:
William Shatner — Jets Back to L.A ... Mum About Leonard Nimoy's Funeral  —  JETS BACK TO L.A.  —  Mum About Nimoy Funeral  —  60 MINUTES AGO BY TMZ STAFF  —  William Shatner made a surprising return to Los Angeles Sunday ... but was quiet about whether he would attend Leonard Nimoy's funeral.
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Jennifer Emily / Dallas Morning News:
Free of Ebola but not fear  —  Nurse Nina Pham to file lawsuit against Presby parent, worries about continued health woes  —  Experimental drugs and special care helped make Nina Pham Ebola free.  But today she fears she may never escape the deadly disease.
Discussion: Gawker
Us Weekly:
Nikki Reed Loves Her Engagement Ring “More Than Anything In the World!”  —  What a team!  Nikki Reed came out to support her husband-to-be Ian Somerhalder as he was honored at the Noble Awards in L.A. on Friday, Feb. 27.  The newly engaged couple gushed to Us Weekly and other reporters …
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Kathy Ehrich Dowd / People.com:
Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder: The Only Thing We Argue About Is the Color of His Eyes
Discussion: PerezHilton
Tom Lamont / Observer:
Russell Tovey: ‘I was a scared, skinny little rat.  Then I hit the gym...’  —  It took the Essex actor a decade to fully regain his confidence after falling victim to a knife attack at 18.  And a decade, too, to be comfortable portraying his own sexuality on stage and screen.
Discussion: Digital Spy
TMZ.com:
Cindy Crawford — Lawsuit Threatened ... No One Screws with Her Body!  —  Lawsuit Threatened  —  NO ONE SCREWS WITH HER BODY!  —  3/1/2015 12:50 AM PST BY TMZ STAFF  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Cindy Crawford's stock in trade is her body and now her people are out for blood …
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Andrea Mandell / USA Today:
Shots fired at T.I., Yo Gotti, Young Jeezy party  —  Shots were fired at a promotional party for rappers T.I., Young Jeezy and Yo Gotti at a Charlotte club on Saturday.  —  The Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., police confirmed the 7 p.m. shooting to USA TODAY.  —  “Two people injured with gunshot wounds.
Discussion: Us Weekly, Bossip and Just Jared
Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Jennifer Lawrence has on-set ‘meltdown’  —  Shooting “Joy” has not been joyous for Jennifer Lawrence.  —  “The Hunger Games” star had “a meltdown” Tuesday night while filming her third movie with mercurial director David O. Russell, a source on the Boston set told me.  —  “He was screaming at her.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, Us Weekly and Dlisted
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Interviews with 24 people reveal the tense relationship between President Biden and the New York Times, beset by misunderstandings, grudges, and a lack of trust

Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
The FCC votes 3-2 to reinstate net neutrality rules, expanding government oversight of ISPs and aiming to protect consumer access to the internet

Laura Kukkonen / Columbia Journalism Review:
After a reporter for Aamulehti, Finland's second-largest daily, acknowledged in his autobiography that he fabricated stories, the paper removes 551 articles

 
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