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5:05 PM ET, May 3, 2016

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E! Online:
Kate Upton Is Engaged to Justin Verlander, Shows Off Huge Ring at 2016 Met Gala … Photos  —  Stars' Blingtastic Engagement Rings … Read  —  Kate Upton Gets a Real Housewife Makeover in Sexy V Magazine Shoot … Don't miss our coverage of the Met Gala on Monday starting at 7 p.m. …
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Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
Why Jay Z Didn't Accompany Beyonce on the Met Gala 2016 Red Carpet  —  Beyonce completely nailed her 2016 Met Gala look.  There was just one thing missing when she hit the red carpet on Monday, May 2, in New York — her husband, Jay Z. Although fashion's biggest night comes on the heels …
Jaclyn Hendricks / Page Six:
Still not Becky: Rita Ora calls Beyoncé family in sweet selfie  —  Becky, who?  —  Rita Ora shut down all speculation she was the supposed “Becky with the good hair” after snapping a selfie with Beyoncé at the Met Gala on Monday.  —  Captioned “Family,” both Ora, 25 …
Discussion: X17 Online and TMZ.com
Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:
Rita Ora Calls Beyoncé ‘Family’ - See Proof that U.K. Singer Is Not Becky with the Good Hair  —  On a night of glamorous designer fashions, the focus wasn't all on who wore what.  Rita Ora chose the Met Gala as the perfect venue to squash those “Becky with the good hair” rumors.
X17 Online:
Kimye, Taylor Swift, Beyonce And Kylie Jenner Party Down At Met Gala After Parties
Discussion: PerezHilton
Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon / Us Weekly:
Beyonce in “Becky's Skin” and More Hilarious Met Gala 2016 Tweets, Memes
Discussion: USA Today, Cele|bitchy and Bossip
Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon / Us Weekly:
Solange Knowles Creates Met Gala 2016 Drama With Cryptic, Shady Tweet
Discussion: Yahoo Celebrity
Esther Lee / Us Weekly:
Pregnant Blake Lively Conceals Baby Bump With Caped Gown at Met Gala 2016: See the Photos
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Julie Gordon / Page Six:
Kanye wears ripped jeans to the Met Gala
Discussion: PerezHilton and X17 Online
Vogue:
Met Gala 2016 Live Blog: Beyoncé and More Celebrity Red Carpet Arrivals
Discussion: Style News and Just Jared
Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
Katy Perry ‘Might Just Wear a Diaper’ to the 2016 Met Gala Because Her Dress Is That Big
Discussion: Style News and Page Six
Vanessa Friedman / New York Times:
What Is the Met Gala, and Who Gets to Go?
Discussion: Towleroad and The WOW Report
TMZ.com:
Tupac's Mom Afeni Shakur — Dead at 69  —  AFENI SHAKUR  —  DEAD AT 69 … Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur, died late Monday night ... possibly from a heart attack.  —  The Marin County Sheriff's Department says it responded to Afeni's Sausalito, CA home Monday around 9:43 PM for a report of a cardia arrest.
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New York Daily News:
Afeni Shakur, mother of hip-hop legend Tupac, dead at 69  —  Afeni Shakur Davis, mother of late rap legend Tupac Shakur who was the subject of one of his most iconic songs and who oversaw his posthumous legacy, has died.  She was 69 years old.  —  Marin County deputies responded to Shakur's home …
Discussion: Bossip
TMZ.com:
50 Cent — Autistic Airport Worker Lawyers Up ... Wants $1 Million For Bullying  —  AUTISTIC AIRPORT WORKER LAWYERS UP  —  Wants $1 Mil For Bullying … 50 Cent has new legal trouble after taunting a 19-year-old man who turned out to be autistic — TMZ has learned his family is strongly considering a lawsuit.
Discussion: PerezHilton
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Brian Hamrick / WLWT-TV:
50 Cent berates disabled CVG worker in expletive-laced video  —  Family of teen demands apology from famed rapper  —  Curtis Jackson III, better known as rapper 50 Cent, posted a video to social media over the weekend, berating a worker at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
Anya / People.com:
Eddie Murphy Welcomes Daughter Izzy Oona  —  It's a girl!  —  Eddie Murphy is a dad of nine after welcoming a baby girl on the morning of Tuesday, May 3, in Los Angeles, California, his rep confirms to PEOPLE.  —  Daughter Izzy Oona Murphy, who arrived weighing 7 lbs., 15 oz. …
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Amber Rose Scores Weekly Dr. Phil-Produced Talk Show on VH1 (Exclusive)  —  The untitled series will premiere in the summer on the Viacom-owned cable network.  —  Amber Rose is adding talk show host to her résumé.  —  The entrepreneur and former model has landed …
Aaron Couch / People.com:
Catfish's Ashley Sawyer Dies at 23  —  Ashley Sawyer, who appeared on MTV's Catfish, has died at 23, PEOPLE has confirmed.  She died over the weekend and no cause of death has been disclosed.  —  “MTV is deeply saddened to learn that Ashley Sawyer has passed away,” the network says in a statement to PEOPLE.
Discussion: RADAR, Bossip and Page Six
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TMZ.com:
Amy Schumer — ‘Rude Fan’ Gets Death Threats ... Calls Amy a Cyberbully  —  ‘RUDE FAN’ GETS DEATH THREATS ...  Calls Amy a Cyberbully … Amy Schumer is inciting 4 million people to go after a guy who snagged photos and video of her without her approval — and he says those fans are threatening his life.
James Hibberd / EW.com:
GAME OF THRONES: KIT HARINGTON'S SECRET CODE NAME REVEALED  —  Saying ‘Jon Snow’ was banned from season 6 set  —  See also  —  ‘Game of Thrones’: Kit Harington breaks his silence — EXCLUSIVE  —  ‘Game of Thrones’: Kit Harington on his secretly huge season 6 role
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Variety
TMZ.com:
Blac Chyna — Zeroes in on Jealous Friends After Safe Heist  —  ZEROES IN ON JEALOUS FRIENDS  —  After Safe Heist … Blac Chyna is adamant friends-turned-haters are behind her $200k home burglary, and she's out to nab 'em ... TMZ has learned.  —  Sources connected to BC and Rob Kardashian tell us …
Roger Friedman / Showbiz411:
Anna Wintour's Swanky Met Ball Loses $3 Million Catering to All Those Celebrities  —  EXCLUSIVE The first Monday in May is here.  And with it comes Anna Wintour's annual bat mitzvah, the Met Ball.  Thrown as a party for the Costume Institute, which is now named for the Vogue editor …
Discussion: Sandra Rose and Variety
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
A-Rod and girlfriend to make public debut at Met Ball
Discussion: Yahoo Celebrity
 
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