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12:15 PM ET, March 25, 2016

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Garry Shandling / TMZ.com:
Dead at 66  —  Comedian Garry Shandling died at an L.A. area hospital on Thursday ... TMZ has learned.  —  The 66-year-old star was not suffering from any illness ... as far as we know ... so, it appears this was sudden.  A source connected to Shandling says he was healthy and speaking to people on Thursday morning.
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TMZ.com:
Garry Shandling — Signs of Distress Night Before Death  —  SIGNS OF DISTRESS NIGHT BEFORE DEATH  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Garry Shandling was feeling bad the night before he died, and he was making plans to go to the ER Thursday afternoon.  —  Sources connected with the comedian tell TMZ …
Alex Stedman / Variety:   Garry Shandling Dies at 66
Derrick Bryson Taylor / Page Six:
Blac Chyna to Rob: ‘I wanna have a baby!’  —  Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna may already be starting a family of their own.  —  Chyna, who has only been dating Kardashian since January, seemed pretty adamant about her desire to have kids with the reality star, posting a video about it on Snapchat Thursday.
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Rob Kardashian / TMZ.com:   Channels Inner Stepdaddy
Talia Ergas / Us Weekly:
The Spice Girls Are Reuniting for 20th Anniversary Reunion Tour  —  So here's a story from A to Z: The Spice Girls wannabe back on stage!  —  Melanie “Scary Spice” Brown, Melanie “Sporty Spice” Chisholm, Emma “Baby Spice” Bunton, and Geri “Ginger Spice” Halliwell are planning a reunion tour …
EW.com:
Imagine Alec Baldwin and Aidan Quinn fighting over Carrie Bradshaw  —  “I was thinking of Alec Baldwin for Big initially [in Sex and the City].  I don't really watch Law & Order, but I met with Chris Noth and thought he was perfect.  I remember the first table read, how good he was.
TMZ.com:
Accused of Beating Up Woman  —  ... Strongly Denies Allegations  —  Memphis Grizzlies superstar Zach Randolph has been accused of strangling a woman at an L.A. hotel ... though he is adamant her allegations are 100% false.  —  Here's what we know ... a woman who says she's a model filed …
Discussion: Bossip
Natalie Abrams / EW.com:
WONDER WOMAN IS COMING TO SUPERGIRL — SOON!  —  Wonder Woman may be coming to Supergirl.  —  Following a screening of the upcoming The Flash-Supergirl crossover, executive producers Andrew Kreisberg and Greg Berlanti revealed they have plans to bring Lynda Carter to the CBS super series.
RADAR:
Oh, Baby!  Newly Reunited Patrick Dempsey & Wife To Be Parents For Fourth Time  —  'It's so wonderful to see them this happy after a terrible year.'  —  RadarOnline.com can exclusively reveal that Patrick Dempsey and his once estranged wife Jillian Fink are “100 percent back together” and ready to solidify their once shaky marriage.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Naja Rayne / People.com:
Ariel Winter Continues to Defend Kim Kardashian: 'She's Promoting Body Positivity'  —  Ariel Winter is continuing to defend Kim Kardashian.  —  In an interview on Australian radio show Kyle and Jackie O, the actress commended the reality star for “promoting body positivity.”
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and PerezHilton
Wall Street Journal:
Playboy Enterprises Explores Sale  —  Magazine publisher could fetch more than $500 million  —  Playboy Enterprises Inc. is exploring a sale, according to people familiar with the situation, a move that comes soon after the storied magazine publisher ditched nude photos and launched a revamp for the digital age.
Rob Tannenbaum / Billboard:
Billboard Cover: Simon Cowell Opens Up About Fatherhood and His Career's Second Act — ‘I Like to Do Things That Make a Lot of Noise’  —  EMAIL ME  —  As soon as Simon Cowell enters the judges' holding room at the Pasadena Convention Center, he's being filmed.
Matt Webb Mitovich / TVLine:
Discussion: What's New and Daily Mail
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Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Shemar Moore Is Officially Leaving ‘Criminal Minds’ After 11 Years
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:   ‘Criminal Minds’ Shocker: Original Series Star Explains Decision to Leave
EndPlay / WSOC-TV:
Concord man arrested for not returning VHS rental 14 years later  —  CONCORD, N.C. —  A Concord man was arrested for failing to return a 2002 VHS rental movie, “Freddy Got Fingered.”  —  James Meyers showed Channel 9 the arrest warrant Wednesday.  It shows Meyers is charged with failure …
TMZ.com:
Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez ... We're Not Back Together ... For Now  —  JUSTIN BIEBER, SELENA GOMEZ  —  WE'RE NOT BACK TOGETHER  —  ...For Now … Selena Gomez was front and center at Justin Bieber's concert Wednesday ... but our Selena and Justin sources say they are not back together …
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X17 Online:
Selena Gomez Gets Caught At The Justin Bieber Concert Days After He Posts Kissing Pic
Discussion: PerezHilton and TMZ.com
TMZ.com:
For Starving Dog To Death  —  The ex-Baltimore Ravens player who starved his pet dog to death back in 2014 has been sentenced to 9 months in jail for animal cruelty ... officials confirm.  —  27-year-old Terrence Cody — who was cut from the Ravens in 2015 — had been convicted …
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Alison Knezevich / Baltimore Sun:   Former Raven Terrence Cody sentenced to nine months in Baltimore County animal cruelty case
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘He sucker-punched me so I did what I did’: Seventeen-year-old who beat up Katt Williams says the comedian hit him after a game of soccer  — Luke, a former wrestler, got Williams into a choke-hold on the ground before a large crowd separated them
Discussion: Bossip
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TMZ.com:
Katt Williams — I Punched That Kid 'Cause He Threatened Me (VIDEO)
Discussion: Dlisted
 
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WQAD-TV:
Davenport man protesting law that requires him to pay for another man's child
Telegraph:
Cate Blanchett gets a pink rinse
Discussion: Page Six
Stacey Grant / MTV:
Hannah Montana's Cody Linley Reflects On His Time As Miley's TV Boyfriend
Discussion: Us Weekly
TMZ.com:
Confirms 'America's Next Top Model' Gig
Claudia Rosenbaum / BuzzFeed:
Betty White Sued By Caretaker Over Claims Of Unpaid Wages, Lack Of Breaks
Discussion: Page Six and Yahoo Celebrity
Daily Mail:
‘My face was f**ked!’ …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Matt Adams / Fox 59:
Mother shoots intruder who entered south side home through baby's window
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Adrien Broner / TMZ.com:
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Emma Stone, Jonah Hill TV Series From Cary Fukunaga Lands at Netflix
Discussion: I Watch Stuff and Variety
Kandi Burruss / Bravo TV Official Site:
Kandi: I Do Care About Our Friendship
Discussion: Bossip and Starpulse
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Paul McCartney Joins Johnny Depp & Crew For ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’
Discussion: I Watch Stuff and Stereogum
Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
Kristin Cavallari Says Husband Jay Cutler Will Get a Vasectomy
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Barbara Moens / Financial Times:
The European Commission opens an investigation into Google to assess possible anticompetitive conduct by Google in “the use of online content for AI purposes”

Josh Taylor / The Guardian:
Australia's ban on social media for users aged under 16 comes into effect; platforms that do not comply risk fines of up to AU$49.5M

Washington Post:
Right-wing influencers such as Benny Johnson, Laura Loomer, and Jack Posobiec campaign against Netflix's bid for WBD, casting Netflix as a Democratic stronghold

 
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