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4:10 PM ET, October 2, 2016

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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:
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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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 …
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
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
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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Donald Trump Opens New Line of Attack on Hillary Clinton: Her Marriage
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From Mediagazer:

Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Sammy Gecsoyler / The Guardian:
BBC presenter Liz Bonnin's likeness was used in an ad after the company running the campaign was tricked by a fake, likely AI-generated, version of her voice

Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
BBC ex-Director of News and Current Affairs James Harding says the BBC “will drain advertising away from journalism” if the broadcaster runs ads on its podcasts

 
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