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11:50 AM ET, February 6, 2016

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Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:
Wife crashes her own funeral, horrifying her husband, who had paid to have her killed  —  Noela Rukundo sat in a car outside her home in Melbourne, Australia, watching as the last few mourners filed out.  They were leaving a funeral — her funeral.  —  Finally, she spotted the man she'd been waiting for.
Discussion: fox8.com, Bossip and PerezHilton
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Richard Hooper / BBC:
Spared by the hitmen with principles  —  One year ago a group of gunmen in Burundi was hired to kill a woman visiting from Australia.  But the hit did not go as planned, leaving her with a chance to turn the tables on the man who wanted her dead.  —  “I felt like somebody who had risen again,” says Noela Rukundo.
Discussion: Gawker
Josh Duggar / TMZ.com:
Porn Star Admits Lie In Sexual Assault Lawsuit ... Drops Case  —  Josh Duggar just won a big victory against the porn star who claimed he roughed her up during a sexual encounter, because she just folded like a cheap suit and dropped her lawsuit.  —  Danica Dillon promised never ever to refile the case against Josh.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
The Porn Star Who Was Suing Josh Duggar Dropped Her Case
Discussion: Towleroad
Travis Cronin / Us Weekly:
Pregnant Terricka Cromartie Reveals Gender of Her Twins With Antonio Cromartie  —  It's a girl!...And a boy!  Pregnant Terricka Cromartie spoke exclusively to Us Weekly about her twin babies-to-be with husband Antonio Cromartie, cornerback for the New York Jets.
Discussion: Bossip
Us Weekly:
Adrienne Bailon Is ‘Happy’ for Ex Rob Kardashian and His New Relationship With Blac Chyna  —  No hard feelings here!  Adrienne Bailon wishes nothing but happiness for her ex-boyfriend Rob Kardashian, who recently started dating model Blac Chyna.  —  “I'm happy for him,” the former Cheetah Girl, who attended the Kids Rock!
Discussion: PerezHilton
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Daily Mail:
PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Blac Chyna's topless and VERY cheeky bikini photoshoot draws clean-shaven …
Discussion: PerezHilton and Oh No They Didn't!
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt Team for Musical Comedy (Exclusive)  —  Marc Platt, who brought ‘Wicked’ to the Broadway stage, is among the producers on the untitled original project, which Universal just picked up.  —  Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are teaming up for a musical comedy.
People.com:
Tori Spelling and Family Move to $7,500-a-Month Encino Rental Home Amid Reports of Financial Troubles  —  Tori Spelling has some new digs.  —  The actress and her family have moved from their home in Calabasas, California to a rental in Encino, PEOPLE has confirmed.
Discussion: Starpulse
TMZ.com:
Meek Mill — Dodges Jail Time ... Gets House Arrest for Up to 12 MONTHS!  —  DODGES JAIL TIME ...  Gets House Arrest for Up to 12 MONTHS! … Meek Mill just got the best possible outcome at his sentencing for probation violation — zero time behind bars.  —  A Philadelphia judge gave Meek 6 …
Naja Rayne / People.com:
Anthony Anderson Addresses Oscars Controversy at NAACP Image Awards: ‘This Is What Diversity Is Supposed to Look Like’  —  Anthony Anderson didn't shy away from the swirling Oscars controversy at the 47th annual NAACP Image Awards on Friday.  —  Starting with his own rendition of N.W.A's …
Discussion: Deadline
Jodi Guglielmi / People.com:
Johnny Depp Reveals How He Fell in Love with Amber Heard: ‘She Was in My Head’  —  When Johnny Depp met his wife, Amber Heard, for the first time, he knew they had something special.  —  The couple, who just celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary, met on the set of 2011's The Rum Diary.
Discussion: Daily Mail and PerezHilton
Kathy Campbell / Us Weekly:
Salma Hayek Rushed to ER for Minor Head Injury, Poses With Doctors in LOL Shirt  —  Well, they do say laughter is the best medicine.  Salma Hayek was taken to the hospital this week after an accident on the set of her new movie, Drunk Parents, but what she was wearing had everyone smiling.
Discussion: TMZ.com
Kathy Campbell / Us Weekly:
Melanie Griffith's Love Advice: Don't Get Married, Ever!  —  Well, she ought to know!  Melanie Griffith offered up some surprising advice to women at the New York premiere of daughter Dakota Johnson's new film, How to Be Single, on Wednesday, February 3.  —  The former Academy Award nominee …
Discussion: Page Six
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Katy Perry Is Having a ‘Fun Hookup’ With Orlando Bloom: Details!  —  Are they living a teenage dream?  Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have been seeing a lot of each other since their flirty night at a Golden Globe afterparty last month.  The pair were spotted out to dinner at West Hollywood's Sunset Tower Hotel on Wednesday, February 3.
Discussion: What's New and PerezHilton
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry are Hollywood's newest couple
Discussion: RADAR, Dlisted and The Hollywood Gossip
Titus Young / TMZ.com:
Ex-NFL Star Arrested  —  Assault with a Deadly Weapon  —  Ex-NFL wide receiver Titus Young has been arrested in Los Angeles for assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly beating up a guy in a street fight ... TMZ Sports has learned.  —  According to documents obtained by TMZ Sports …
Shari Weiss / Gossip Cop:
Rose McGowan Divorcing Davey Detail: “Marriage Wasn't For Me” (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Rose McGowan and Davey Detail are divorcing after two years, with the actress exclusively telling Gossip Cop that marriage “wasn't for me.”  —  McGowan filed for divorce with her petition citing “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the breakup.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
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Patrick Gomez / People.com:
Rose McGowan Files for Divorce from Davey Detail Citing Irreconcilable Differences
Discussion: TMZ.com
Jodi Guglielmi / People.com:
Italian Actor Raphael Schumacher Brain Dead After Stage Hanging Scene Gone Wrong  —  Italian actor Raphael Schumacher has been declared clinically dead after a stage suicide hanging scene went wrong.  —  According to CNN, the actor was performing in an experimental theater production …
Discussion: The Wrap
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Francesca Bacardi / E! Online:
Paris Jackson Admits She Attends AA Meetings, Says She Won't Let “Ridiculous” Expectations From Fans Affect Her  —  Paris Jackson has been happy and healthier than ever since returning from a therapeutic boarding school in Utah, but that doesn't mean she isn't still struggling with some of her demons.
Discussion: Us Weekly and What's New
Lisa Vanderpump / TMZ.com:
Kitchen Fire at Famous Restaurant  —  Lisa Vanderpump's restaurant PUMP had some surprise patrons Friday morning — LA County firefighters who rushed in to put down a kitchen fire ... TMZ has learned.  —  Fire department sources tell us they arrived around 11 AM and quickly put …
Discussion: Daily Mail
 
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