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1:30 PM ET, December 2, 2016

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Kathy Griffin Tell-All / RADAR:
Inside Kanye West's Drug Hell — ‘The Hardest Job For Him Now Is To Get Clean!’  —  He needs effective intervention, not more drugs  —  A psychotic Kanye West was sky-high on booze and a cocktail of drugs when he suffered the violent mental breakdown that left him handcuffed to a stretcher and on a suicide watch!
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Perez Hilton:
Kim Kardashian Throws Saint West A ‘Low-Key’ 1st Birthday Following Kanye West's Return Home!  —  You always gotta celebrate!  —  We may still be a few days away from Saint West's first birthday, December 5, but that doesn't mean momma Kim Kardashian West can't celebrate a little early!
Discussion: X17 Online, Us Weekly and TMZ.com
Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
Kanye West, Kim Kardashian Celebrate His Homecoming and Saint West's First Birthday With Cake, Low-Key Party — Details
Discussion: Bossip and PerezHilton
Aurelie Corinthios / People.com:
Kim Kardashian Is Standing by Her ‘Best Friend and Soulmate’ Kanye West Despite Marital Frustrations: Source
Discussion: PerezHilton
TMZ.com:
Joe McKnight — Shooter Released from Custody ... No Charges Filed  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  The man who shot Joe McKnight has been released from custody and no charges have been filed yet ... this according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Dept.  —  We spoke with a rep who tells us 54-year-old Ronald Gasser …
Discussion: Bossip
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Jonathan Bullington / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Joe McKnight, former NFL player, killed in Terrytown shooting  —  A shooting in Terrytown Thursday afternoon (Dec. 1) left a man dead after an argument at an intersection, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.  —  Family members at the scene identified the victim as Joe McKnight …
Discussion: People.com, The Wrap, SI.com, ESPN and Us Weekly
Jonathan Bullington / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Joe McKnight's shooter, Ronald Gasser, released from custody  —  Residents in Ronald Gasser's Gretna neighborhood identified the man shown in this photo, taken by a witness, as Gasser.  The photo was taken minutes after former NFL player Joe McKnight was gunned down at the corner of Behrman Highway …
Discussion: Us Weekly
Kendall Fisher / E! Online:
Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick Are Back Together After a Year and a Half Apart  —  On again, off again, on again!  —  Yes, it's time to celebrate, Keeping Up With the Kardashians fans...Two sources have confirmed to E! News that Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick are officially back together.
E! Online:
Mila Kunis Gives Birth to Her Second Child With Ashton Kutcher  —  And a baby makes four for the Kutcher household!  —  Multiple sources confirm to E! News that Mila Kunis has given birth to her second child, a baby boy, with Ashton Kutcher.  The famous couple welcomed their son into the world on November 30.
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Jen Juneau / People.com:
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis Welcome a Son
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Rachel McRady / Entertainment Tonight:
EXCLUSIVE: Vin Diesel Talks Paul Walker's Death: ‘The Last 3 Years Have Been Some of the Hardest of My Life’  —  Vin Diesel and his Fast and Furious co-stars will never forget Paul Walker.  The xXx: Return of Xander Cage star opened up to ET's Carly Steel at Brazil Comic-Con on Thursday …
Perez Hilton:
50 Cent Defends Kanye West's Hospitalization... All While Being Teased By Leah Remini For Those Gay Rumors!  See The WWHL Anarchy!  —  God bless you, Andy Cohen.  —  Only on a show as fabulous as Watch What Happens Live! could a super serious conversation about mental health issues devolve …
Discussion: X17 Online and Page Six
Jaclyn Hendricks / Page Six:
Mandy Moore reveals mom, brothers are gay  —  Mandy Moore's own personal life has prepared her for her role as the matriarch of a non-traditional family on “This Is Us.”  —  “I've never really talked about this,” Moore explained to Byrdie, “but my parents are divorced.  My mother left my father for a woman.
Hannah Patrick / WWAY-TV:
ONLY ON 3: Man catches 112 lb. catfish in NE Cape Fear River  —  NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — A man from New Hanover County caught a 112 pound catfish in the NE Cape Fear River.  —  Riahn Brewington was just five pounds shy of breaking the state record for a catfish.
Stephen Galloway / Hollywood Reporter:
Actor Roundtable: Jeff Bridges, Casey Affleck and 4 More on “Brutal” Superhero Roles, Dream Second Careers  —  Six contenders — also including Mahershala Ali, Andrew Garfield, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Dev Patel — on what it takes to play a real-life person, making a drug dealer likable …
Michael Ausiello / TVLine:
Gilmore Girls' Amy Sherman-Palladino: The Revival Post Mortem Interview You've Been Waiting For  —  The following 2-page post mortem contains massive spoilers about all four chapters of Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.  Proceed at your own peril  —  Gilmore Girls fans …
Discussion: PerezHilton and Deadline
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Helin Jung / Cosmopolitan:
Why Can't Victoria's Secret Stop Designing Racist Lingerie?  —  Maybe stick to thongs that don't have cultural references.  —  Victoria's Secret taped its annual fashion show Wednesday in Paris, and as is customary, the creatives behind the production bundled looks together by theme.
Discussion: WWTDD and Go Fug Yourself
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