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3:30 PM ET, February 12, 2016

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TMZ.com:
Kanye West — Taylor Swift Had Heads Up on ‘Sex’ Lyric  —  TAYLOR SWIFT HAD HEADS UP ON SEX LYRIC  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Kanye West personally called Taylor Swift late last month to tell her about a lyric in his song ... “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex, I made that bitch famous.”
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Kanye West, Taylor Swift — Each Accuses the Other ... You're a Liar!!!  —  YOU'RE A LIAR  —  Kanye West and Taylor Swift are now at war over one of his new songs, in which he raps, “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex, I made that bitch famous.”
People.com:
Kanye West Did Not Call Taylor Swift for Approval Over 'B—  ' Lyric, Singer Cautioned Him Against Releasing ‘Strong Misogynistic Message’ Says Spokesperson  —  Taylor Swift was as shocked as her fans were to hear about Kanye West's rap diss.  —  In fact, Swift's spokesperson tells PEOPLE …
Kelly Connolly / EW.com:
Taylor Swift warned Kanye West against ‘strong misogynistic message’ in ‘Famous’
Discussion: The Wrap
Michael K / Dlisted:
Taylor Swift's Brother Takes The First Slap At Kanye West On Instagram
Mara Siegler / Page Six:
Kanye West is still trashing Taylor Swift
Discussion: X17 Online and TMZ.com
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Taylor Swift's Squad and Her Brother Austin Are Pissed at Kanye West's “I Made That Bitch Famous” Diss
Esther Lee / Us Weekly:
Lamar Odom Makes First Official Appearance After Hospitalization, at Kanye West's Yeezy Show: Photos
Discussion: What's New and Bossip
Vogue:
Adele Had Us Long Before “Hello”  —  Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, March 2016 … On a dewy winter's morning in Oxfordshire, the sun is fighting through rain clouds, and a phalanx of industrial heaters is being employed to warm the chilly, cavernous rooms of a poetically crumbling castle …
Hollywood Reporter:
Dr. Dre Filming Apple's First Scripted Television Series (Exclusive)  —  ‘Vital Signs,’ the technology giant's inaugural original, is described as a dark semi-autobiographical drama (featuring at least one orgy scene).  —  Apple is making its first original television show.
Chancellor Agard / People.com:
Oatmeal and Salad: Teresa Giudice Describes Her Prison Diet  —  When Teresa Giudice was in prison, the cooks found maggots in the kitchen near the rice.  Naturally, Giudice never wanted to eat rice again, which wasn't a big loss.  —  “I was starting to cut out the carbs, so it worked out anyway …
Discussion: Daily Mail, PerezHilton and Us Weekly
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Corinne Heller / E! Online:
Teresa Giudice Says Daughters Have Been “Attached” to Her Since Prison Release, Prepares for Joe's Incarceration
Alanis Morissette:
Souleye + Ever + me +  —  written, recorded and produced in 6 hours on may 22, 2010 with guy sigsworth, on the sly, to surprise Souleye.  Brendan Huza helped tell our story in moving pictures, bringing us up to this sweet moment. may this song take on ever-deepening meaning as each year goes by xoxo
Kevin Tucker / WTKR-TV:
A Newport News woman wins big off of a scratch off that her friend didn't want  —  Newport News Va., — Lucille Harrelson won $100,000 off of a scratch off that her friend rejected.  —  Harrelson and some of her friends went to the store to buy some scratch offs.
TMZ.com:
Kanye West — I Gave Ray J a Heads Up ... I Rapped About Him Hitting Kim First  —  I Gave Ray J a Heads Up  —  I RAPPED ABOUT HIM HITTING KIM FIRST … Kanye West mocked Ray J during his album release concert Thursday — about both of them having sex with Kim Kardashian …
Discussion: PerezHilton and Bossip
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Cruz Campaign Removes Ad Featuring Softcore Porn Star  —  Amy Lindsay has appeared in films such as Erotic Confessions, Carnal Wishes, Secrets of a Chambermaid, and Insatiable Desires.  “Had the campaign known of her full filmography, we obviously would not have let her appear in the ad,” a Cruz campaign spokesman told BuzzFeed News.
KNXV:
Glendale school shooting: 2 teens shot, killed at Independence High School in ‘isolated incident’  —  GLENDALE, AZ - Two teenagers were found shot and killed at a Glendale high school Friday morning in what police are calling a “tragic situation”.  —  Officer Tracey Breeden said officers responded …
Discussion: PerezHilton and Gawker
Charles Manning / Cosmopolitan:
Ciara Reveals What Abstinence With Russell Wilson ~Really~ Means  —  “I'm not gonna lie.  I'm human, so it is not easy.”  —  Ciara and Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson started dating last April.  Then, in July, Wilson revealed that the couple had chosen to remain abstinent while dating.
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
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Ruth Styles For / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Singer Ciara says she has ‘serious concerns’ …
Discussion: PerezHilton and Bossip
Perez Hilton:
Barry Manilow Hospitalized Due To Oral Surgery Complications — Will He Be Able To Perform At The Grammys??  —  Oh no!  —  Earlier this week, Barry Manilow was rushed to the hospital following complications from oral surgery he had done only a handful of days ago.  Yikes!
Discussion: TMZ.com, Yahoo Celebrity and Page Six
TMZ.com:
Bill Murray — Hurled Fans' Phones Off Rooftop (UPDATE)  —  HURLED FANS' PHONES OFF ROOFTOP  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  10:00 AM PT — Police spoke to Murray on Friday and he's offered to pay for the damage to the phones.  The phone owners were cool with that, and don't want to press any charges ... so, case closed.
Discussion: Dlisted and The Huffington Post
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
‘Deadpool’ Looking At $80M-$90M Over Four Days  —  2ND UPDATE: Refresh for updates After blowing away the Thursday preview R-rated record with $12.7M, 20th Century Fox's Deadpool is now looking at a four-day record between $80M-$90M with a Friday that's in the low $30M range today.
Discussion: Just Jared
Jodi Guglielmi / People.com:
Liam Neeson Was ‘Joking’ About Dating ‘Incredibly Famous’ Woman  —  Just kidding!  —  After Liam Neeson told the Irish Independent he was dating an “incredibly famous” woman, fans immediately began speculating whom the high-profile romance could be with.  But it turns out, the actor was just being playful.
Discussion: PerezHilton
 
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