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11:15 PM ET, May 19, 2015

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Andreas Wiseman / ScreenDaily:
Cannes: Women denied Palais entry for wearing flats  —  After being criticised for the lack of women filmmakers playing at recent editions of the Cannes Film Festival, this year organisers have made efforts to bridge the gender imbalance by foregrounding women directors and producers …
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Tristan Fewings / Vanity Fair:
How Emily Blunt Nearly Lost Her Kick-Ass Cannes Movie Role to a Man  —  The actress is here with Denis Villeneuve's new drama Sicario.  —  On Tuesday, Emily Blunt told Cannes press that she would not have gotten the chance to play her latest steely movie character if Sicario screenwriter Taylor Sheridan …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Just Jared
BBC:
Cannes Film Festival ‘turns away women in flat shoes’
Discussion: Dlisted
Ramin Setoodeh / Variety:   Emily Blunt Criticizes Cannes For Banning Flats on the Red Carpet
Huw Fullerton / RadioTimes:
Simon Pegg criticises science-fiction and genre films for “dumbing down” cinema  —  The Star Trek and Shaun of the Dead actor made the comments in this week's edition of Radio Times  —  He may be seen by many as the face of geekdom - but Simon Pegg thinks cinema-goers need to grow out of their obsession with science-fiction.
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Simon Pegg / Peggster:
Big Mouth Strikes Again  —  From the wonky opening that brought you “F**k you Star Trek fans” and “Phwooar, Princess Leia”, comes this ... “Nerd culture is the product of a late capitalist conspiracy, designed to infantalize the consumer as a means of non-aggressive control.”
Discussion: Digital Spy and The Wrap
Miley Cyrus / People.com:
Miley Cyrus Weeps While Singing a Song About Her Dead Fish: Watch … Miley Cyrus really, really misses her beloved blowfish Pablow.  No, really.  —  Pablow passed away a few months ago.  And now the pop star, 22, has written a song for him.  And it's more emotional and existential than most ballads you'll ever hear.
Discussion: Crushable
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Perez Hilton:
Miley Cyrus Breaks Down In Tears While Singing About Her Dead Blowfish, Pablow! …
Discussion: Page Six
Brie Schwartz / Redbook:
Sofia Vergara Shares the Big Lesson She's Learned About Men Since Hitting 40  —  REDBOOK'S June cover star sits down for some major girl talk.  —  You know Sofía Vergara as the fiery bombshell who makes you giggle endlessly as Gloria in Modern Family, but the 42-year-old actress …
Derrick Bryson Taylor / Page Six:
Bruce Jenner has no plans to ‘remove the little thing down there’  —  Bruce Jenner continues to make his transition to womanhood public but revealed has no plans for gender reassignment surgery.  —  “So, like you don't have a surgery to remove that and then that means you're the woman,” …
Discussion: PerezHilton and TMZ.com
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Mike Vulpo / E! Online:
Bruce Jenner Admits His “Big Secret” Prevented Him From Forming a “Close” Relationship With Scott Disick
Discussion: The Wrap and Just Jared
Bruce Jenner / TMZ.com:
I'M GOING TO BE FULL WOMAN
womenshealthmag.com:
Gwyneth Paltrow Sports SICK Abs in New Issue of Women's Health  —  Damn, girl.  —  BY THE EDITORS OF WOMEN'S HEALTH  —  No surprise here: Gwyneth Paltrow looks insanely fit on our June cover.  —  The actress and Goop creator is known for her commitment to a healthy lifestyle …
Discussion: PerezHilton
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Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
Gwyneth Paltrow Shows Off Her Toned Bikini Bod, Reveals She Feels “Way More Comfortable” in a Bikini at Age 42
Discussion: Dlisted and Celeb Gossip …
Bruce Handy / Vanity Fair:
Lawrence Kasdan Says There's a Future for Lando Calrissian in Star Wars  —  An extended conversation between the screenwriter of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Bruce Handy, the author of our June cover story.  —  Lawrence Kasdan's first produced screenplay was for The Empire Strikes Back—not a bad Hollywood baby step!
Discussion: Digital Spy
Susan Cheng / BuzzFeed:
What Hollywood's Acceptance Of Sexism Looks Like In Practice  —  When I had the opportunity to interview Mad Men actor Paul Johansson, I thought only of doing my job.  In the end, I got some great content, but at what cost?  When contacted for a comment about this story …
Kyle Buchanan / Vulture:
George Clooney, Brad Bird, and Damon Lindelof on Tomorrowland, Twitter, and Dealing With the Haters  —  “This is a very different sort of conversation than you have for most summer movies, isn't it?”  —  Shares  —  In Brad Bird's sci-fi fantasy Tomorrowland, the heroes are at odds.
TMZ.com:
Lil Wayne and Wiz Khalifa — Sure, We'll Be Your DJ ... If the Price is Right  —  LIL WAYNE AND WIZ KHALIFA  —  SURE WE'LL BE YOUR DJ ...  If the Price is Right  —  5/19/2015 12:30 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Lil Wayne and Wiz Khalifa are going into a new business …
Discussion: In Case You Didn't Know and Bossip
Michael Buckner / People Great Ideas:
John Legend on Living with Foodie Chrissy Teigen: 'When I'm Home I Gain 5 Lbs.  Guaranteed'  —  Living with a talented cook has its obvious perks, but unlimited good food can also come with a downside—and for John Legend that's weight gain.  —  As his wife, supermodel Chrissy Teigen …
Discussion: PerezHilton
 
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Francesca Bacardi / E! Online:
Find Out Why Kendall Jenner Didn't Appear in “Bad Blood” …
Discussion: PerezHilton
TMZ.com:
Kanye West — I Didn't Curse THAT Much!! Billboard Unfairly Censored the Crap Out of Me
Discussion: Starpulse
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Sandra Bullock's Son Louis Made Her Cry on Mother's Day: Find Out Why!
Lynn Hirschberg / W Magazine:
See Jane Run... and Run and Run  —  “I think it's a hoot that …
Discussion: News & Gossip and Style News
Michael K / Dlisted:
Trace Cyrus Accuses Brenda Song Of Lying About Being Knocked Up
Marc Schneider / Billboard:
DC Comics Moves to KO Rihanna's ‘Robyn’ Trademark
Discussion: Page Six and PerezHilton
Hudson Hongo / Gawker:
Batman Attends Prom as Jaden Smith
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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Eve Barlow / NOISEY:
Rita Ora: “This Is a New Chapter of My Life, I'm Ready to Move On”
Discussion: News & Gossip and PerezHilton
Derrick Bryson Taylor / Page Six:
Kylie Jenner blasted for ‘I gained weight’ comments
TMZ.com:
‘Teen Mom’ Mackenzie McKee — Please Invest ... In My Breasts!!!!
Discussion: PerezHilton
TMZ.com:
‘Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta’ — Emergency Ratchet Meeting ... Cast Told NO MORE FIGHTS
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip and Bossip
Rachel McRady / Us Weekly:
Pamela Anderson Reenacts Psycho Shower Scene, Poses Nude for PETA: First Look Picture
Discussion: Starpulse
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google will roll out AI overviews in search to all US users, starting this week, and in more countries soon; they will be available to 1B+ users by end of year

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts says Comcast plans to launch StreamSaver, a bundle of Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+, later this month at a “vastly reduced price”

Kayla Cobb / The Wrap:
Nielsen launches The Media Distributor Gauge, showing TV usage ranked by company: Disney accounted for 11.5% of TV viewing in April, YouTube accounted for 9.6%

 
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