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TMZ.com:
Brad Pitt — First Face-to-Face With Maddox Since Plane Incident  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Brad Pitt had his first visit in more than a month with his 15-year-old son, Maddox ... since their confrontation last month on a private jet ... TMZ has learned.  —  Sources connected with Angelina tell us …
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Angelina Jolie and Kids — Interviewed by the FBI  —  Angelina Jolie and Kids — Interviewed by FBI  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Angelina Jolie and her kids were interviewed Tuesday by 2 FBI agents ... primarily to determine where exactly the incident between Brad Pitt and 15-year-old son Maddox went down.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, People.com, AOL and PerezHilton
Mchiupeople / People.com:
Jennifer Lawrence and Director Darren Aronofsky Are ‘Casually’ Dating: Source  —  Jennifer Lawrence has a new man in her life.  —  The Hunger Games actress is dating director Darren Aronofsky, a source close to Lawrence tells PEOPLE.  —  “They've been hanging out and are casually dating,” says the Lawrence pal.
TMZ.com:
Vanilla Ice — Wife Files for Divorce  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Vanilla Ice's marriage is officially ice, ice baby — his wife just filed for divorce after nearly 20 years together ... TMZ has learned.  —  Laura Van Winkle filed the docs Tuesday in Florida.  They have 16 and 18-year-old daughters.
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More On:  —  Faced with some stiff jail time, Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda tried to wriggle out of his plea deal Tuesday— but a Manhattan judge held him to his word and sent him away for seven years.  —  The “Shmoney Dance” rapper, whose real name is Ackquille Pollard …
Discussion: WWTDD
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David Mack / BuzzFeed:
BuzzFeed CEO: I Heard Ivanka Trump Talk About “Mulatto Cocks”  —  “Surprised Ivanka would be shocked by lewd language.  I met her once & she casually said: 'I've never seen a mulatto cock, but I'd like to!'”  Peretti tweeted.  Ivanka Trump called the story “a complete and total lie.”
TMZ.com:
Blac Chyna — Tyga & Kylie's Spies Stole My Son's Party Theme  —  Blac Chyna is pissed at Tyga for jacking her Ferrari birthday party plans for their son, and adding his own bells and whistles to outdo her ... and she smells a rat behind the whole mess.  —  A source close to Chyna tells TMZ …
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Heidi Parker / Daily Mail:
A place to feel safe: Kim Kardashian 'building $100,000 panic room inside $20m gated LA home …
Discussion: PerezHilton and E! Online
Justin Kroll / Variety:
Colin Firth Joins Emily Blunt in ‘Mary Poppins’ Sequel (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Colin Firth is in negotiations to join Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda in Disney's “Mary Poppins Returns.”  —  Firth will play William Weatherall Wilkins, president of Fidelity Fiduciary Bank.  —  The movie is set 25 years after the original.
Emily Kirkpatrick / People.com:
Victoria Beckham Is Designing for Target so We're Getting Our Requests in Early  —  Even though everyone's still recovering from last night's grand star-studded spectacle courtesy of Kenzo x H&M, there's already a new fast fashion collaboration in the works to get psyched about …
Ray Kisonas / Monroe News:
Dundee victims identified  —  Both collapsed at same time; drugs use probable  —  Ray Kisonas Monroe News staff reporter RayKisonas  —  DUNDEE — Although drug use appears to be involved with the deaths of a Dundee couple, officials are uncertain as to what exactly led to their collapse at the same time.
Justin Kroll / Variety:
‘Willy Wonka’ New Film in the Works From David Heyman and Warner Bros. (EXCLUSIVE)  —  After helping build the “Harry Potter” franchise and rebooting it with “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” producer David Heyman and Warner Bros. are re-teaming to revive another classic character.
Discussion: AOL
Mickey Rapkin / ELLE:
Jon Hamm's First Time Was Awkward, Too  —  For seven seasons, Jon Hamm starred as Mad Men's Don Draper, the hard-drinking, womanizing king of Madison Avenue.  And while the actor and the character were certainly very different people, the two shared an emotional connection: Both lost their parents at a young age.
TMZ.com:
Model Katie May's Death — Coroner Finds ... Chiropractor Did It  —  Playboy model Katie May died as the result of visiting a chiropractor for an adjustment, which ultimately left her with a fatal tear to an artery in her neck ... according to the L.A. County Coroner.
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Cher is returning to the stage at 70, tells TODAY, 'I didn't want to be finished'
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The New York Times says it will continue to cover Biden “fully and fairly” regardless of whether he gives the paper a sit-down interview

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