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4:25 PM ET, September 15, 2016

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Gabriellaginsberg / Hollywood Life:
Taylor Swift & Zac Efron Dating?  She Feels ‘Strong Connection’ To Him — Report  —  Is Taylor Swift already moving on from Tom Hiddleston?  Yes, Tay has a new love story in the works, according to a Sept. 26 report, and it stars...Zac Efron!  Get all of the steamy details right here.
Discussion: What's New
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AceShowBiz.com:
Taylor Swift Sets Her Sights on Zac Efron? She ‘Feels a Strong Connection’ to Him
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Francesca Bacardi / E! Online:
Calvin Harris Is in a “Much Better Place” After Taylor Swift Breakup
Discussion: PerezHilton
Vogue:
Lupita Nyong'o: “I Want to Create Opportunities for People of Color”  —  In her new movie, Queen of Katwe, Lupita Nyong'o brings her talent and brilliance to a story from her native East Africa.  To celebrate, she takes Vogue—and the most glorious prints of the season—to her family's village in Kenya.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Oh No They Didn't!
Associated Press:
Kanye West fires back at former protege Kid Cudi  —  Kanye West has wasted no time responding to a storm of critical tweets from his one-time protege Kid Cudi.  —  West ranted against Cudi during his show in Tampa, Florida, Wednesday night, telling Cudi to “never mention” him.
Discussion: Highsnobiety, TMZ.com and The Wrap
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Evan Real / Us Weekly:
Kanye West Slams Kid Former Protege Kid Cudi On Stage After Twitter Diss: ‘I Birthed You’
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity
TMZ.com:
Future — Claps Back at Rocko ... You Never Owned Me, Never Paid Me!  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Future is firing back at producer/label owner Rocko, saying they didn't have an exclusive agreement, and the rapper's even countersuing for dough he says is way past due.
Discussion: Bossip
Jeff Nelson / People.com:
‘Concerned’ Madonna Flew to London When Ex Guy Ritchie Allegedly Left Son Rocco ‘Alone’ After Custody Agreement: Source  —  Madonna and Guy Ritchie's custody battle may have come to an end, but the exes' relationship rearing their son seems as contentious as ever.
Perez Hilton:
Paris Jackson Can't Hold Back Tears As She Reveals The ‘Hatred’ She's Facing Online In An Emotional New Video  —  The online bullying Paris Jackson is currently facing is NOT okay.  —  On Wednesday, Michael Jackson's daughter took to Instagram to open up about the abuse she is facing on the social media site.
TMZ.com:
Ryan Lochte Protesters — Relative Arrested for Olympic Ticket Scam (PHOTO)  —  Ryan Lochte Protesters — Relative Arrested for Olympic Ticket Scam  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  The real reason the Ryan Lochte protesters went to ‘DWTS’ is because one of their family members got arrested in Rio …
Discussion: X17 Online and Oh No They Didn't!
Lynn Hirschberg / W Magazine:
HALLE BERRY HAD TO BEG HOLLYWOOD TO TAKE HER SERIOUSLY  —  “Just because someone looks a certain way doesn't mean that they are spared adversity.  Adversity does not discriminate.”  —  Halle Berry has played all types of characters: a “crack ho” in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever …
Discussion: Dlisted and Us Weekly
Khalea Underwood / Us Weekly:
Emily Ratajkowski Defends Her Dress After Tim Gunn Calls It ‘Appallingly Vulgar’  —  Fired up.  Emily Ratajkowski looked smokin' hot in a sexy black gown with cutouts at a New York Fashion Week 2016 party on Friday, September 9, but Tim Gunn begged to differ.
Discussion: What's New
Perez Hilton:
Lena Dunham Confidently Puts Her Endometriosis Scars On Display In New Bikini Shot!  —  Summer may be coming to an end, but that doesn't mean bikini shots have to disappear!  Just ask Lena Dunham!  —  On Wednesday, the Girls creator once again bared all as she took to Instagram to show off her favorite Target bikini.
Discussion: X17 Online and Page Six
Jaclyn Hendricks / Page Six:
Sharon Stone claims she died once  —  For Sharon Stone, death did become her.  —  “I feel that I did die,” the actress told Closer Weekly after suffering from a subarachnoid brain hemorrhage in 2001.  “This kind of giant vortex of light was upon me and — poof!  I sort of took off into this glorious, white light.”
Discussion: PerezHilton
Dave Quinn / People.com:
Diane Kruger and Garrett Hedlund Step Out in New York City  —  They're in a New York state of mind!  —  Diane Kruger and Garrett Hedlund enjoyed a night out in the Big Apple on Monday.  —  The two actors were spotted out and about in Soho, enjoying wine and appetizers at The Butcher's Daughter …
Jamie Blynn / Us Weekly:
Miley Cyrus, Fiance Liam Hemsworth Writing a Play Together: 'It's a Dramatic Love Story'  —  Can't wait to see this!  Miley Cyrus and fiancé Liam Hemsworth “have been writing a script for a play together,” a Cyrus source reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.  “It's a dramatic love story.”
Discussion: PerezHilton
Riz Ahmed / Guardian:
Typecast as a terrorist  —  As my acting career developed, I was no longer cast as a radical Muslim - except at the airport … o begin with, auditions taught me to get through airports.  In the end, it was the other way around.  I'm an actor.  Since I was a teenager …
Discussion: EW.com and The Wrap
Chris Martins / Billboard:
The Chainsmokers on Ruling the Billboard Hot 100 & Owning the ‘Frat Bro’ Label  —  An antique school bus painted Day-Glo orange cuts through the craggy landscape 10 miles west of Denver, blaring dubstep and the gleeful whoops of college-aged music lovers.  They're partying their way up the canyon …
Discussion: Stereogum and AOL
People.com:
America's Got Talent Winner Grace Vanderwaal, 12, Reveals What She's Going to Do with Her $1 Million Prize  —  Grace Vanderwaal knows exactly what she's going to do with her $1 million for winning America's Got Talent Wednesday night.  —  And like most things about the incredible singer-songwriter …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Gabrielle Bernardini / Us Weekly:
Pamela Anderson Tells Youngest Son Dylan Not to Use ‘Those Stupid’ Dating Apps  —  Pamela Anderson is not shy when it comes to talking about sex, and the former '90s Baywatch icon revealed to Us Weekly at the Harper's Bazaar Icons by Carine Roitfeld event on Friday, September 9 …
Discussion: Page Six
 
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Prachi Gupta / Cosmopolitan:
Ivanka Trump on Her Father's New Child Care and Maternity Leave Policy
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Netflix Orders 'She's Gotta Have It' Spike Lee Series Based On His Landmark Movie
Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:
Kim Zolciak-Biermann Explains Why She Let Daughter Brielle Get Lip Fillers: ‘Why Not? Shoot it Up!’
Discussion: What's New
TMZ.com:
Mary J. Blige — Divorce Drama ... Kendu Going for Her Bank
Discussion: Page Six and Bossip
TMZ.com:
Lil Wayne — Powerful New Ally Vows ... I WILL Get His Money from Birdman
Discussion: Bossip
Daily Mail:
Sarah Jessica Parker reveals what meeting Kim Kardashian was REALLY like as she strips off …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and POPSUGAR Celebrity
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Disney/ABC TV's Ben Sherwood on a ‘Star Wars’ Series, “Mistakes” in Michael Strahan's ‘Live’ Exit and Bob Iger's Future
Discussion: What's New and AOL
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McKenna Aiello / E! Online:
Kelsey Grammer Expecting Third Child With Wife Kayte Walsh
TMZ.com:
Ludacris — My Ex Framed Me by Photoshopping Daughter's ‘Injuries’
Discussion: Bossip
Jeff Nelson / People.com:
Katie Holmes on Parenting Suri: I Want to Be Just Like My Own Mom
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
X17 Online:
Bella Thorne Gets Sexually Suggestive Tatt, “Wild Kitty,” Inked On Her Calves
Discussion: PerezHilton
Hollywood Reporter:
‘Bloodline’ Will End on Netflix After Season 3 (Exclusive)
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Zach Johnson / E! Online:
Naya Rivera Calls Out Lea Michele, Mark Salling, Big Sean, Ariana Grande and More in Sorry Not Sorry
Discussion: Dlisted and The Wrap
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
The Financial Times signs a deal with OpenAI to train AI models on the publisher's archived content and to let ChatGPT reply with short summaries of FT articles

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount is planning for what happens if no big deal happens, mulling cutting $2B in costs, selling BET and TV stations, starting a streaming JV, more

Ben Smith / Semafor:
Sources: Nicholas Carlson, who has been the global editor-in-chief of Business Insider since 2017, is expected to leave the publication later this summer

 
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