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2:23 AM ET, May 20, 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’  —  The dress code on the Cannes red carpet is ‘black tie and evening dress’  —  Cannes Film Festival has come under fire after reports women were turned away from a red carpet screening for wearing flat shoes instead of heels.
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
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
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
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 …
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.
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
TMZ.com:
Kanye West — I Didn't Curse THAT Much!!  Billboard Unfairly Censored the Crap Out of Me  —  I Didn't Curse THAT Much!  —  BILLBOARD UNFAIRLY CENSORED ME  —  5/19/2015 3:35 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Kanye West is pissed off at the Billboard Awards for heavily censoring his performance of …
Discussion: Starpulse
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Sandra Bullock's Son Louis Made Her Cry on Mother's Day: Find Out Why!  —  Sandra Bullock went on and on about the man in her life during The Ellen DeGeneres on Monday, May 18 — her son Louis!  The Minions actress gushed about his Mother's Day surprise, and why she's couldn't stop crying!
Lynn Hirschberg / W Magazine:
See Jane Run... and Run and Run  —  “I think it's a hoot that, at my age, people are calling me a fashion icon,” said Jane Fonda, who freely admits to being 77, on a beautiful spring evening in Manhattan.  She was in her small apartment-like hotel room ("I love to have a kitchen") …
Discussion: News & Gossip and Style News
 
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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
Alex Zimmerman / Pittsburgh City Paper:
Updated: Delta Foundation faces backlash for Iggy Azalea concert at Pittsburgh Pridefest
Eve Barlow / NOISEY:
Rita Ora: “This Is a New Chapter of My Life, I'm Ready to Move On”
Discussion: News & Gossip and PerezHilton
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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:

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has met with Hollywood talent representatives to propose a new performance-based compensation regime, as Amazon and Netflix work on similar plans

Neal Mohan / The Hollywood Reporter:
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan argues that creators should be eligible for Emmys, as the awards “should reflect what viewers are actually watching on their TV screens”

Max Tani / Semafor:
Hunterbrook Media's publisher failed to disclose its ownership stake in a rival to a company that was recently the subject of a critical Hunterbrook article

 
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