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5:20 PM ET, August 29, 2015

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John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed:
Apple Did Not Stop Tidal From Streaming Drake's Set At Katrina Benefit  —  Sources familiar with the situation tell BuzzFeed News that Apple did not threaten Tidal with a $20 million suit over Drake's performance at a Hurricane Katrina benefit, despite a claim to the contrary from Jay Z's streaming service.
Discussion: Dlisted
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Drake sings for Katrina victims, Apple threatens $20M suit  —  Apple Music declared war on rival streaming service, Jay Z's Tidal, over Drake's appearance at a charity concert to benefit kids affected by Hurricane Katrina.  Tidal faces being sued for $20 million if it streamed Apple artist Drake's brief …
BroadwayWorld.com:
LES MISERABLES Cast Member Kyle Jean-Baptiste Dies at 21  —  BroadwayWorld.com is devasted to report the news that Les Miserables cast member Kyle Jean-Baptiste died last evening at the too young age of 21 after an accident at home, falling off his mother's fire escape.
Gary Baum / Hollywood Reporter:
Kylie Jenner, Tyga Cited for Water Wasting  —  A new municipal drought patrol aggressively cracks down on violators in Calabasas, which uses twice the daily per-person gallon total of Santa Monica.  —  Since June 1, the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District has deputized a private security firm …
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Jessica Biel & Justin Timberlake's Baby Son Silas' Favorite Song Is...  You'd think Justin Timberlake was singing to his new baby son Silas all the time, but that's not the case.  —  Jessica Biel says her music superstar husband prefers to leave work at the office.
TMZ.com:
Nicki Minaj, Meek Mill — We Partied Like Crazy with Kylie and Crew  —  NICKI MINAJ, MEEK MILL  —  WE PARTIED LIKE CRAZY  —  With Kylie and Crew  —  Nicki Minaj and Meek Mills partied together Friday night in West Hollywood with a gaggle of other celebs.
Discussion: PerezHilton
Campbellkathy / People.com:
Kourtney Kardashian Gets ‘Serious’ in a Rare Photo with Baby Reign  —  Kourtney Kardashian shared a rare photo of her youngest son, Reign Aston, on Friday.  —  The hot mama snapped an outdoor photo captioned “serious.”  Kardashian sports a casual look, in all black pants and tank top ensemble.
TMZ.com:
Hulk Hogan — I Still Love WWE ... And I Wanna Be Trump's Running Mate  —  I STILL LOVE WWE  —  ... And I Wanna Be Trump's Running Mate  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Two interesting comments from Hulk Hogan — he's NOT mad with the WWE for cutting ties with him over the N-word …
Discussion: Bossip
TMZ.com:
‘Married To Medicine’ Jill Connors — Loses Kids, Car, Cash & House After Attacking Hubby  —  ‘Married To Medicine’ Jill Connors  —  LOSES KIDS, CAR, CASH & HOUSE  —  After Attacking Hubby  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Jill Connors is a woman completely on her own after attacking her husband earlier this month …
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Daily Mail:
A Hollywood actor, two porn stars, a pop princess and talent show rejects: Meet the 12 Housemates set …
Kate Mather / Los Angeles Times:
‘Django’ actress gets community service after judge calls apology to LAPD ‘insincere’  —  When an actress and her boyfriend pleaded no contest to charges stemming from an arrest last fall, there was a catch: They had to apologize to the Los Angeles police officers they accused of mistreating the actress because of her race.
Discussion: Associated Press
Shaymspence / People Great Ideas:
Michael Jackson's Former Personal Chef Dishes on the King of Pop's Quirky Eating Habits  —  It's Michael Jackson's birthday on Saturday, and his former personal chef is serving up some of the pop star's favorite dishes to commemorate it.  —  Mani Niall, owner of Oakland's Sweet Bar Bakery …
Discussion: Daily Mail
 
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Jeff Cornell / Billboard:
2015 MTV VMAs Preview: 'We Have a Delay So We're Prepared for Miley,' Says Show's Executive Producer
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Adam B. Vary / BuzzFeed:
Matt Damon Says The New “Bourne” Movie Is About “A Post-Snowden World”
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TMZ.com:
Karrueche — Chris Brown's A Hypocrite ... So Stop the Threats!
Discussion: Bossip and Oh No They Didn't!
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
VH1 Scraps Second Season of Drama ‘Hindsight’
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TMZ.com:
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Discussion: Page Six
 

 
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Spotify reports Q1 revenue up 20% YoY to €3.6B, MAUs up 19% YoY to 615M, below 617.9M est., subscribers up 14% YoY to 239M, and a €168M operating income

Chris Morris / Fortune:
Taylor Swift's new album smashed streaming records; Spotify says it had 300M+ streams on launch day and became 2024's most-streamed album within just 12 hours

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