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9:15 PM ET, February 14, 2017

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NBC News:
Harrison Ford in Near Miss With Passenger Plane at LA Airport  —  Actor Harrison Ford was involved in a potentially serious incident on Monday as he was piloting his private plane, a single engine Husky, NBC News has learned.  —  Ford, an experienced pilot who collects vintage planes …
Wall Street Journal:
Disney Severs Ties With YouTube Star PewDiePie After Anti-Semitic Posts  —  Move came after the Journal asked about videos in which he included anti-Semitic jokes or Nazi imagery  —  Felix Kjellberg, who has 53 million subscribers to his “PewDiePie” YouTube channel, reacts as two men hold up a sign saying …
Amanda Petrusich / Playboy:
Playboy Interview: Scarlett Johansson Talks Monogamy, Women's March & ‘Ghost in the Shell’  —  PLAYBOY INTERVIEW  —  The opening sequence of Lost in Translation, Sofia Coppola's 2003 film about two spiritually adrift, jet-lagged Americans finding each other in Tokyo, features a sustained shot …
Discussion: Us Weekly, Page Six and Yahoo Celebrity
Allison / Dlisted:
Britney Spears Has Sort Of Struck Back At Katy Perry  —  While walking the Grammys red carpet on Sunday night, Katy Perry made two thinly veiled head-shaving joke and Britney Spears fans on Twitter weren't here for it.  They dragged her like a Wahl hair clipper across a scalp.
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Patrick Gomez / People.com:
It's Over!  Watch Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake's Break Up in Upcoming Lifetime Movie Clip  —  Pop princess Britney Spears is getting the Lifetime biopic treatment, and PEOPLE has the first look at a pivotal scene from the TV movie.  —  The clip showcases the moment that …
Discussion: Billboard and PerezHilton
TMZ.com:
Ryan Seacrest — Nick Cannon's Out on ‘AGT’ ... You In?  —  Ryan Seacrest knows a thing or 2 about hosting talent competitions, so he's automatically the front-runner to replace Nick Cannon on “America's Got Talent” ... the question, is he into it?  —  We got Ryan leaving Heart & Hustle gym …
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Christina Dugan / People.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Lindsay on Being the Next Bachelorette: 'My Journey of Love Isn't Any Different Just Because My Skin Color Is'  —  It's official!  —  Rachel Lindsay, the 31-year-old attorney, has been chosen as Bachelor Nation's next leading lady, making her the first black woman to be cast as the Bachelorette.
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Christine Burroni / Page Six:
Ricki Lake's ex-husband dies after battle with mental illness  —  Ricki Lake's ex-husband has died following a lifelong struggle with bipolar disorder.  —  “It is with a heavy heart that I share that my beloved soulmate, Christian Evans has passed,” Lake, 48, said in a Tuesday Instagram post of the former couple during happier times.
Discussion: PerezHilton and TMZ.com
Brian Gallagher / MovieWeb News:
Ben Affleck Doesn't Want to Be The Batman Anymore?  —  It's been an interesting couple of weeks for Warner Bros.' Batman stand-alone movie, with Ben Affleck leaving the project as a director, followed by the studio quickly bringing in Matt Reeves (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) to take over at the helm.
Bill Swift / Egotastic:
Alexis Ren takes my breath away.  And that shut down process doesn't begin with my respiratory organs.  It's more of an all over feeling of feint seeing the young model turned self-made social media and bikini star baring her sweet body for the love of oglers and pimping swimwear companies.
New Zealand Herald:
Carlos Santana says Adele beat Beyonce because ‘she can sing, sing’  —  Carlos Santana has defended Adele against the Beyhive.  —  The British singer walked away with five Grammys on Sunday night, including the coveted Album of the Year gong for her record 25, but has been criticised by fans …
Emily Kirkpatrick / People.com:
Chrissy Teigen Poses in Pasties to Wish John Legend a Happy Valentine's Day  —  Just when you thought you were safe from the non-stop barrage of sexy that is Love magazine's 31 day-plus advent calendar filled with scantily clad models and celebs, the publication just keeps finding all new ways to keep the skin-baring parade going.
Discussion: The Wrap
 
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Brittany Talarico / People.com:
Kanye West Preps for Fashion Week Show as Kim Kardashian Worries It Might Be ‘Too Much Stress’ for Him, Source Says
Discussion: Bossip and X17 Online
Abby Stern / People.com:
'He's Going to Be a Terrible Parent': Don Cheadle Jokes That He'll Have to Raise George Clooney's Kids
Discussion: Page Six
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Ryan Murphy Breaks Silence on Naya Rivera and Lea Michele Rumors: The Guys Feuded, Too
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and PerezHilton
TMZ.com:
Mariah Carey — Drops $100k a Month For 90210 Zip
Discussion: Bossip
Emily Kirkpatrick / People.com:
Millie Bobby Brown Officially Signs with a Major Modeling Agency
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Bethenny Frankel: Why I'm ‘Keeping My Options Open’ and Spending Valentine's Without a Man
Discussion: Daily Mail
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 15% YoY to $9.37B, vs. $9.28B est., paid users up 16% YoY to 269.6M, vs. 264.2M est., and net income $2.3B, up from $1.3B YoY

Sara Fischer / Axios:
CalMatters, a nonprofit focused on CA politics and policy, acquires tech news nonprofit The Markup; CalMatters has ~$12.5M in funding and The Markup has $5M

Sara Fischer / Axios:
Essence magazine's parent, Sundial Media Group, agrees to buy Refinery29 from Vice Media and names former Vice COO Cory Haik as CEO of Refinery29

 
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