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TMZ.com:
Scott Weiland — Found Dead on Tour Bus … EXCLUSIVE  —  Rock star Scott Weiland was found dead on his tour bus in Minnesota ... TMZ has learned.  —  Weiland was on tour with his band Scott Weiland & the Wildabouts ... they were supposed to play the Medina Ballroom tonight, but the show was cancelled.
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Scott Weiland — Death Caused by Cardiac Arrest ... Police Dispatch Audio  —  DEATH CAUSED BY CARDIAC ARREST  —  ... Police Dispatch Audio … Scott Weiland died from cardiac arrest ... this according to first responder audio.  —  TMZ has obtained communications between the Bloomington …
Shirley Halperin / Billboard:
Scott Weiland, Former Stone Temple Pilots Singer, Dead at 48  —  EMAIL ME  —  Scott Weiland, the former frontman for rock bands Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, has died, his Facebook page confirmed early Friday morning (Dec. 4).  —  “Scott Weiland, best known as the lead singer …
Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times:
Scott Weiland, frontman for Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, dies at 48  —  Scott Weiland at KROQ's Weenie Roast at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine in June 2001.  —  Scott Weiland, the charismatic rock vocalist who first gained fame with 1990s rock band Stone Temple Pilots, has died, according to his wife.
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Scott Weiland / Facebook:
Scott Weiland, best known as the lead singer for Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, passed away in his sleep while on a tour stop in Bloomington, Minnesota, with his band The Wildabouts.  At this time we ask that the privacy of Scott's family be respected.
TMZ.com:
Scott Weiland — Friends Panicked ... He Was Off Wagon with Crack  —  Friends Panicked ...  HE WAS OFF WAGON WITH CRACK … Some legendary musicians were in touch with each other 4 days before Scott Weiland died ... worrying he had fallen off the wagon again, and was deep into crack cocaine.
Discussion: Page Six and PerezHilton
George Stark / People.com:   Stone Temple Pilots Star Scott Weiland Has Died at 48
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Nicki Minaj's Brother — Charged with Rape
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E! Online:
Pregnant Kim Kardashian Admits She's Feeling “Fat as F—k” Right Now  —  Kim Kardashian is feeling “fat as f—k” as she prepares to give birth to her and Kanye West's second child this month.  —  The 35-year-old Keeping Up With the Kardashians star is in her ninth month of pregnancy.
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Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal:
Coldplay to Headline Super Bowl Halftime Show  —  Band to withhold new ‘A Head Full of Dreams’ album From Spotify  —  British rock band Coldplay will headline the halftime show at the National Football League's Super Bowl 50 in February, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
Tyra Banks Confirmed to Reprise Role as Eve in Disney Channel's ‘Life-Size’ Sequel (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Following much speculation surrounding “Life-Size 2,” Variety has exclusively learned that Tyra Banks will reprise her role as Eve in the sequel to the 2000 flick, which is officially in development …
Discussion: PerezHilton and Just Jared
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Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:
Tyra Banks Will Reprise Her Role as Eve in Upcoming Life-Size Sequel
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Rebecca Rosenberg / Page Six:
‘Orange Is the New Black’ star busted for allegedly punching teen girl  —  A star of Netflix's hit prison show “Orange is the New Black” was busted in July for allegedly punching, scratching and pulling the hair of a teen girl, The Post has learned.  —  Dascha Polanco, 33 …
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Aaron Couch / People.com:
Orange Is the New Black Star Dascha Polanco Accused of Assaulting Teenage Girl
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Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon / Us Weekly:
Yolanda Foster Makes First Public Appearance Since Divorce News: “I'm Trying to Get Through It One Day at a Time”  —  Taking it a day at a time.  Yolanda Foster made her first public appearance since news of her split from husband David Foster broke on Tuesday, Dec. 1.
Discussion: Page Six
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Michele Corriston / People.com:
Charlie Sheen's Ex-Fiancée Brett Rossi Sues Him After HIV Revelation, Claims He Forced Her to Have an Abortion  —  Porn star Brett Rossi is suing Charlie Sheen after he allegedly hid his HIV-positive status during their relationship.  —  Rossi, born Scottine Ross …
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Baltimore Sun:
‘Little’ Melvin Williams, Baltimore drug kingpin who appeared on ‘The Wire,’ dies  —  ‘Little Melvin’ Williams, pictured here in 1986 at Lewisburg Pa. Federal Prison, died Thursday.  He was 73. … Melvin Williams, whose life as a West Baltimore drug kingpin in the 1960s and post-prison redemption earned …
Discussion: People.com and PerezHilton
Los Angeles Times:
For victim's boyfriend, 22 hours of conflicting reports, then heartbreak  —  Ryan Reyes, 32, center, breaks down after finding out his boyfriend of nearly three years, Daniel Kaufman, 42, was one of those killed during Wednesday's mass shooting at the Inland Regional Center.
Discussion: Towleroad, KTLA, Queerty, CNN and Fox 59
Esther Lee / Us Weekly:
Coco Austin “Fresh Out of the Hospital” After Giving Birth to Daughter Chanel: See Her Post-Baby Body  —  She's out!  Coco Austin shared with fans on Thursday, Dec. 3, that she left the hospital after giving birth to her newborn daughter, Chanel Nicole, over Thanksgiving weekend.
Andrea Park / People.com:
Kyle Richards on Sister Kim Returning to RHOBH: ‘It Felt Weird Starting Without Her’  —  The Real Sisters of Beverly Hills are back!  —  After a rough year, Kim Richards will appear on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills again, and her sister Kyle tells PEOPLE she's excited to have Kim back on the show.
Discussion: PerezHilton
 
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