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1:30 PM ET, December 21, 2016

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Ailinahas / People.com:
Spiraling Again?  Kardashians Worry as Rob ‘Makes Empty Promises’ About His Health: Source  —  Rob Kardashian may say he's out to seek help after his social media meltdown over the weekend, but a source tells PEOPLE it's all just talk.  —  “His health and issues are out of control,” the source says.
Discussion: PerezHilton and Us Weekly
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TMZ.com:
Blac Chyna's Close To Sealing Her Own Deal With Adidas  —  Blac Chyna is in talks with Adidas to land her own shoe deal ... but we're told if the apparel giant wants a piece of BC, they've gotta pony up a lot more than what's on the table.  —  Sources close to Chyna tell TMZ Adidas has offered …
Discussion: PerezHilton
Ailinahas / People.com:
Rob Kardashian Defies His Family's Pleas to Split from Blac Chyna: Source  —  The Kardashians are ready to get off the Rob & Chyna roller coaster.  —  Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna had yet another nearly relationship-ending fight this weekend that resulted in Chyna walking out on her fiancé …
Zach Johnson / E! Online:
“Drunk” Blac Chyna Beats Rob Kardashian: New Details on the Couple's Dramatic Blowout
Joyce Chen / Us Weekly:
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' Baby Girl's Name Revealed  —  Going public!  Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds brought their two young daughters along with them to the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, December 15, where the Deadpool actor was being honored with a star.
TMZ.com:
‘Bridalplasty’ Contestant Murdered with Hammer  —  ‘Bridalplasty’ Contestant — Murdered with a Hammer  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Lisa Marie Naegle was murdered after suffering repeated blows to the head with a hammer, and cops say they have their man ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ.
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Daily Breeze:
Missing San Pedro woman's body found buried in Lennox suspect's backyard  —  A Lennox man detained all day Tuesday in the disappearance of a San Pedro nurse was expected to be booked into jail on suspicion of murder after providing police with leads to help find her body, which was buried in his back yard, police said.
TMZ.com:
‘Bridalplasty’ Contestant — Suspect Confesses to Murder
Discussion: PerezHilton and abc7.com
TMZ.com:
Kanye West — European Tour Cancelled  —  The second leg of Kanye West's Saint Pablo Tour has not just been put on hold ... it's been outright cancelled ... TMZ has learned.  —  As we reported, Kanye's psych hospitalization put the 2017 portion of the tour on ice, with no restart date set.
Allison P. Davis / The Ringer:
A Teen Star Looks at 30  —  Ten years ago, Mischa Barton was starring on ‘The O.C.,’ the show that would come to define her career—and the dramatic, TMZ-level fame that went with it.  What does life look like in the post-Kitson era?  Barton is still figuring that out.
John Smith / SoundCloud:
SoundCloud  —  In this episode, stories of reproductive choice.  We hear from a woman with no children, a mother of ten children, and everything in between!  —  I wish your mom would get a really late-term abortion.  According to you, it's never too late!  And the rest of us would be so grateful!
Marisa Sullivan / Us Weekly:
Amanda Stanton's Ex-Husband on Her Split From Josh Murray: 'Thank God He's Gone' From Our Daughters  —  Where's a pizza when you need one?  Bachelor in Paradise engaged pair Amanda Stanton and Josh Murray have recently split up, and Stanton's ex-husband tells Us Weekly exclusively that he is glad to have Murray out of the picture.
Discussion: PerezHilton
Colin Stutz / Billboard:
Christina Grimmie's Family Files Lawsuit Against AEG Live, Orlando Venue Over Singer's Death  —  They allege wrongful death and negligent infliction of emotional distress caused by the 22-old's fatal shooting.  —  Christina Grimmie's family has filed a lawsuit against AEG Live …
Discussion: PerezHilton, Page Six and People.com
Jonah Weiner / Rolling Stone:
How Emma Stone Got Her Hollywood Ending  —  ‘La La Land’ star left an anxious childhood in Arizona to become America's most freewheeling leading lady - and a heavily buzzed Oscar favorite  —  Emma Stone's favorite place for sushi in Los Angeles is a no-frills spot in a Sunset Boulevard strip mall …
Discussion: Us Weekly
Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
A Tangerine Wig and a Tightrope Walk: Alec Baldwin as Donald J. Trump  —  It takes seven minutes.  —  A dusting of Clinique Stay-Matte powder in honey.  A hand-stitched wig.  Eyebrows glued up into tiny peaks.  The rest is left to Alec Baldwin: the puckered lips, a studied lumbering gait …
Sharon Clott Kanter / People.com:
Inside Reese Witherspoon's Family Christmas: Cookies, Caroling and Gingerbread Houses!  —  Movie star, mogul and mom Reese Witherspoon discusses how she balances it all and how she'll be spending the holidays.  Subscribe now to get an inside look at how she does it, only in PEOPLE!
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
TMZ.com:
Drake and J Lo — Something's Going On  —  Drake and Jennifer Lopez have been spending a lot of time together lately, and sources who are around both of them tell us it's only a matter of time ...  Drake rented out Delilah restaurant in WeHo Monday night, and J Lo was his guest.
Jennifer Fernandez / Architectural Digest:
You'll Never Believe What Kris Jenner's Favorite Christmas Decoration Is  —  The Kardashian momager teamed up with L.A. floral designer Jeff Leatham to transform her home for the holidays  —  If you expected anything but an over-the-top Christmas display from the woman behind …
Discussion: Page Six, E! Online and People.com
Karenmizoguchi / People.com:
Alan Thicke's Wife Tanya Opens Up About ‘Gut Wrenching Sadness’ Following Actor's Death  —  One week following her husband Alan Thicke's death, his wife Tanya Callau Thicke has broken her silence.  —  “It is with gut wrenching sadness and unbelievable grief that I thank everyone from the bottom …
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity
Mike Barnes / Hollywood Reporter:
Gordon Hunt, Director, Acting Teacher and Father of Helen Hunt, Dies at 87  —  He helmed cartoons ('The Smurfs'), sitcoms (his daughter's 'Mad About You'), musicals at the Hollywood Bowl, video games and plays.  “He was a master of reinvention,” his daughter tells THR.
Discussion: Us Weekly
 
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Zach Johnson / E! Online:
Azealia Banks Reveals She Suffered a Miscarriage
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Nicole Sperling / EW.com:
Justice League: Ezra Miller's Flash joins Batman, Wonder Woman in new photo
Discussion: Variety and The Wrap
Tim Greiving / Los Angeles Times:
Dermot Mulroney's role in ‘Rogue One’: playing cello on the soundtrack
Discussion: People.com
ABC News:
Transcript for Zendaya Appears Live on ‘GMA’
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Inside Margot Robbie's wedding: First photos revealed
Ruth Styles / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Kim and Kanye have agreed to fight for their marriage …
Anthony Breznican / EW.com:
See Rogue One's Saw Gerrera return in animated Star Wars: Rebels
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Hecate / Cele|bitchy:
Hilary Duff's dinner date with ex following split with boyfriend: reconciliation?
Emily Marcus / Us Weekly:
The Bachelor's Emily and Haley Ferguson Finalizing Deal for Spinoff Show: Details!
Discussion: PerezHilton
Megan French / Us Weekly:
Jennifer Lawrence: Vanderpump Rules' James Kennedy Is a ‘Worthless Little Creep’
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Richard Marx & Daisy Fuentes — Take Down Raging Passenger On Korean Air Flight
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The Guardian:
How China is using AI news anchors to spread its propaganda on social media; Microsoft: some AI anchors were created using ByteDance's video editing app CapCut

Rodney Tiffen / Inside Story:
Court discovery docs from the UK's News Group phone hacking cases give more detail about evidence destruction and indicate the company gathered political intel

Renee DiResta / The Guardian:
How a rightwing smear campaign against NPR and its CEO Katherine Maher, who is on Signal Foundation's board, led Elon Musk to malign Signal

 
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