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11:10 AM ET, May 20, 2015

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Erin O'Sullivan / Access Hollywood:
KIM KARDASHIAN: I PURSUED KANYE, WAS ‘ALWAYS ATTRACTED TO HIM’  —  Kim Kardashian says there was an instant attraction between her Kanye West when they first met years ago.  —  Access Hollywood's Billy Bush sat down exclusively with the reality star, who said she was “always attracted” to the rapper, long before he became her husband.
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Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Kim Kardashian Says She Pursued Kanye West After Kris Humphries Split  —  Kim Kardashian isn't afraid to go after what she wants — and that includes now-husband Kanye West.  The rapper, 37, had a thing for the reality star long before they ever got together, but as she revealed …
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity
TMZ.com:
Kanye West — I Didn't Curse THAT Much!!  Billboard Unfairly Censored the Crap Out of Me  —  BILLBOARD UNFAIRLY CENSORED ME  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Kanye West is pissed off at the Billboard Awards for heavily censoring his performance of “All Day” and “Black Skinhead” because he says they cut …
Discussion: Gawker and Stereogum
Susan Candiotti / CNN:
Source: Aaron Hernandez a lookout in prison fight  —  Rise and fall of Aaron Hernandez 13 photos  —  Former NFL football player Aaron Hernandez attends his murder trial in Fall River, Massachusetts, on Thursday, January 29.  The state accused Hernandez of orchestrating the shooting death …
Discussion: TMZ.com
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
Discussion: Just Jared and Cele|bitchy
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
Allison Takeda / Us Weekly:
Jennifer Lopez Oozes Sex Appeal in Cutout Swimsuit on Us Weekly's Best Bodies Cover: Go Behind the Scenes of Her Shoot!  —  This Fly Girl is all woman!  Jennifer Lopez is proof-positive that age is just a number.  At 45, the “Booty” singer looks and feels better than she ever has — and it shows.
Discussion: Just Jared
Dan Snierson / EW.com:
DANCING WITH THE STARS CHAMP ALFONSO RIBEIRO NAMED NEW HOST OF AMERICA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS  —  And the next person to introduce montages of dance floor disasters and dogs slipping on ice will be... Alfonso Ribeiro!  —  America's Funniest Home Videos has finally chosen a host to succeed Tom Bergeron …
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
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Natalie Abrams / EW.com:
THE FLASH BOSS ON FINALE'S SHOCKING DEPARTURE  —  Warning: This story contains major spoilers from the season finale of The Flash.  Read at your own risk!  —  One of the newest members of Team Flash finally became a hero in his own right during The Flash's freshman finale—but he did so by sacrificing his own life.
Discussion: The Hollywood 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.
Bruna Nessif / E! Online:
Beyoncé Supposedly Poured a $20,000 Bottle of Wine Into a Hot Tub—and the Internet Is Feeling Some Type of Way About It  —  Oh, must be nice to be a celebrity, right?  —  Fans have been talking about Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé's “Feeling Myself” music video since it dropped yesterday …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Mike Walker / National Enquirer:
CHRIS PINE - PUSSY THIEF!  —  Studly “Star Trek"-ker CHRIS PINE, riding his bicycle around LA's Silver Lake district, braked suddenly for a tiny kitten, scooped it up for an affectionate nuzzle - then blinked when a little girl nearby suddenly cried, “Daddy ... that man is STEALING MY KITTY!”
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
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") …
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: Cele|bitchy and Crushable
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Perez Hilton:
Miley Cyrus Breaks Down In Tears While Singing About Her Dead Blowfish, Pablow! …
Discussion: Page Six
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
 
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Rachel McRady / Us Weekly:
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Discussion: PerezHilton
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
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Marc Schneider / Billboard:
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Hudson Hongo / Gawker:
Batman Attends Prom as Jaden Smith
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Alex Zimmerman / Pittsburgh City Paper:
Updated: Delta Foundation faces backlash for Iggy Azalea concert at Pittsburgh Pridefest
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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!!!!
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From Mediagazer:

New York Times:
Sources: Sony Pictures and Apollo Global formally express interest in acquiring Paramount for ~$26B; Paramount's negotiating period with Skydance ends May 3

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: MLB is in advanced talks to make Roku the new home for Sunday morning baseball this season, in what would be Roku's first major live rights deal

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple Q2: revenue from Services, which includes Apple TV+ and Apple Music, rose 14% YoY to $23.9B, vs. $23.27B estimated, an all-time record

 
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