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5:50 PM ET, October 2, 2016

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TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — My Ring Finger Got Chopped Off (GRUESOME PHOTO)  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Lindsay Lohan lost a portion of her ring finger in a boating accident ... and the pic is horrifying.  —  Lindsay was enjoying Sunday in the ocean off Turkey when she tried pulling up the boat anchor and became entangled in it.
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Us Weekly:
Lindsay Lohan  —  Biography:  —  Lindsay Dee Lohan was born in New York on July 2, 1986.  She achieved A-List status via her frequent nightclub visits and multiple magazine cover appearances, as well as a few stints in rehab and run ins with the law.  —  Her breakout role came in 1998 …
Perez Hilton:
Lindsay Lohan Undergoes Emergency Surgery After Nearly Losing A Finger In Apparent Boating Accident  —  This is so scary!!  —  It sounds like Lindsay Lohan has undergone emergency surgery to repair her finger after nearly losing it completely in an accident with an anchor on a boat …
New York Times:
Trump Tax Records Obtained by The Times Reveal He Could Have Avoided Paying Taxes for Nearly Two Decades  —  Donald J. Trump declared a $916 million loss on his 1995 income tax returns, a tax deduction so substantial it could have allowed him to legally avoid paying any federal income taxes …
TMZ.com:
‘Rob & Chyna’ — Season Two Officially Iffy ... NO Rob Guarantee  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna's TV career together is looking short and NOT sweet — season 2 of their show is now hanging by a thread.  —  Production sources on “Rob & Chyna” tell TMZ ... E! …
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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Marisa Gerber / Los Angeles Times:
Officer-involved shooting in South L.A. draws angry crowd  —  An officer-involved shooting occurred in the 1700 block of 107th Street in South L.A. and came at the end of a stolen-vehicle pursuit.  (Los Angeles Times staff)  —  Los Angeles police said Saturday that there has been an officer …
Joyce Chen / Us Weekly:
Farrah Abraham Wants to Use ‘16 and Pregnant’ to Teach Daughter About Sex  —  Mama knows best.  Farrah Abraham told Us Weekly at an event on Friday, September 30, that she wants to use old episodes of 16 and Pregnant to educate her daughter about sex when she grows up.
Carlos Greer / Page Six:
SiriusXM canned Bethenny Frankel's show after meltdown  —  SEE ALSO  —  Witnesses said she flew into a rage when a trio of...  SiriusXM axed Bethenny Frankel's radio show, “B Real with Bethenny,” after she threw a diva fit at a VIP Coldplay concert in the Hamptons that was sponsored …
Discussion: Daily Mail
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.
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
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.
Discussion: ABC News
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
 
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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

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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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