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TMZ.com:
Angelina Jolie — I Don't Want Brad Prosecuted  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Angelina Jolie will not cooperate with law enforcement if there's a move to file child abuse charges against Brad Pitt ... TMZ has learned.  —  Our Angelina sources say she's adamant ... Brad should not face criminal charges …
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Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie — Temporary Custody Deal Struck Drug Testing, Therapy  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have agreed to a temporary custody deal that was laid down by the L.A. County Dept. of Children and Family Services, and it involves therapists and random drug testing.
Megan French / Us Weekly:
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Reach Temporary Custody Agreement After Messy Split
Discussion: PerezHilton
Jodi Guglielmi / People.com:
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Agree to Counseling and Visitation as Part of Family Decision Plan
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
Marisa Sullivan / Us Weekly:
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt Made Out, Passed ‘Sexual’ Love Notes to Each Other on ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Set, Bodyguard Says
Discussion: What's New and TMZ.com
BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump Appeared In A 2000 Playboy Softcore Porn  —  Trump breaks a bottle of champagne on a Playboy-branded limo while several of the Playmates are visiting New York City.  “Beauty is beauty, and let's see what happens with New York,” Trump says.  —  Donald Trump made an appearance in an explicit 2000 Playboy video.
Discussion: X17 Online, AOL and The Wrap
TMZ.com:
Hugh Hefner — Alive Despite Death Scare  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Law enforcement rushed to the Playboy Mansion Friday ... when rumors swirled Hugh Hefner may have died.  —  Several news agencies, including TMZ, got a tip the Playboy king had passed away.  We called law enforcement to confirm …
Discussion: Dlisted, E! Online, Daily Mail and Page Six
Maggie Coughlan / Page Six:
Blake Lively gives birth, Taylor Swift heads to hospital  —  Blake Lively has welcomed her second child.  —  The baby was born at a Manhattan hospital, a source confirmed to Page Six.  —  The 29-year-old actress and her husband Ryan Reynolds are already parents to daughter James, who was born in December 2014.
Discussion: Bossip, Daily Mail and X17 Online
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Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Blake Lively Gives Birth, Welcomes Second Child With Ryan Reynolds
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop and Dlisted
Jen Juneau / People.com:
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Welcome Second Child
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip and AOL
Bruna Nessif / E! Online:
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Welcome Baby No. 2
Kara Warner / People.com:
Ben Affleck on How Parenting Changed Him: ‘Your Heart Is Outside Your Body’  —  Ben Affleck's movie career is one of the most enviable in Hollywood.  He's won two Oscars, gets to play a superhero, writes, directs and acts in critically-acclaimed films, etc.  The only problem?
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity
Dave Quinn / People.com:
Amanda Knox Reveals Why She Initially Lied About Where She Was When Meredith Kercher Was Killed  —  Amanda Knox has revealed why she initially lied and told Italian police she was in the apartment when her roommate Meredith Kercher was killed in November 2007.
Jacob Bernstein / New York Times:
The Remarriage of Edie Windsor, a Gay Marriage Pioneer  —  Edie Windsor, the veteran L.G.B.T. activist who emerged as arguably the most famous figure in the marriage equality movement, has gotten married again.  —  On Monday, she and her new partner, Judith Kasen, a vice president at Wells Fargo Advisors …
Discussion: Towleroad
Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:
Paris Jackson Enjoys PDA-Filled Vacation with Boyfriend Michael Snoddy  —  Paris Jackson is enjoying some love and fun under the sun.  —  The 18-year-old daughter of Michael Jackson shared some vacation moments on Snapchat Friday, including bikini-clad selfies with boyfriend Michael Snoddy.
People.com:
Ozzy Osbourne's Ex-Mistress Michelle Pugh and His Daughter Kelly Reach Settlement  —  The lawsuit filed by Ozzy Osbourne's ex-mistress Michelle Pugh against his daughter Kelly Osbourne has been privately resolved, PEOPLE confirms.  —  “The tweets have been removed and the lawsuit has been privately resolved.
Discussion: Page Six and Oh No They Didn't!
Rebecca Rosenberg / New York Post:
Denzel Washington strangles Aretha Franklin  —  This 20-year-old's got a world-famous name — and no R-E-S-P-E-C-T.  —  A Manhattan man named Denzel Washington took a plea deal Wednesday for strangling his mom, whose name is — wait for it — Aretha Franklin.
Discussion: Bossip
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TMZ.com:
Non-Actor Denzel — Tries to Kill Non-Singer ... ... Aretha Franklin
Discussion: PerezHilton
Michael Zennie / People.com:
Nicole Kidman on Marrying Tom Cruise at Age 23: 'I Look Back Now and I'm Like, “What?”  '  —  Nicole Kidman is looking back on her marriage to Tom Cruise more than two decades ago at age 23.  —  “I was so young when I got married.  I look back now and I'm like, ‘What?’ ”  she told the U.K.'s Red magazine.
Discussion: Dlisted and Page Six
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Megan Sutton / Red Online:
All The Reasons Nicole Kidman Is Our Hero
Discussion: Us Weekly and POPSUGAR Celebrity
On Air with Ryan Seacrest:
Rob Kardashian & Blac Chyna Slam Split Rumors: 'We've Been Together The Whole Time'  —  A media circus ensued when reality star Rob Kardashian took to Twitter to expose Kylie Jenner's real phone number to his 6.69 million followers Monday night.  After tweeting his half-sister's digits …
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Perez Hilton:
Rob Kardashian Clears Up EVERYTHING From Posting Kylie Jenner's Number To The Status …
Discussion: TMZ.com and X17 Online
Seth Abramovitch / Hollywood Reporter:
Lorne Michaels Talks ‘SNL’ Cast Changes and Alec Baldwin's Trump  —  Ahead of the Season 42 premiere, Michaels opens up about Baldwin's high-profile addition (it was Tina Fey's idea!) and the “intuitive decisions” that led him to part ways with Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah.
Discussion: What's New and PerezHilton
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Gary Levin / USA Today:
Lorne Michaels: Tina Fey suggested Alec Baldwin to play SNL's Trump
Discussion: Variety
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘Dynasty’ Reboot Set At the CW With Josh Schwartz & Stephanie Savage  —  The CW is returning to the primetime soap arena in a big way, taking a shot at rebooting one of the iconic series in the genre, the Aaron Spelling-produced Dynasty.  The network has put in development the high-profile project …
Discussion: Dlisted
 
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