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2:30 PM ET, February 14, 2017

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Jackie Strause / Hollywood Reporter:
ABC Finally Casts First Black ‘Bachelorette’  —  The barrier-breaking news will be announced on Monday night's ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!.’  —  After 33 combined seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, ABC has cast its first black lead, a source close to the situation tells The Hollywood Reporter.
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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.
TMZ.com:
Nick Cannon Says He's Quitting ‘AGT’  —  Nick Cannon doesn't see himself shooting the next season of “America's Got Talent” ... after NBC execs considered firing him over a racial joke he told in his comedy special.  —  TMZ broke the story ... NBC and ‘AGT’ honchos felt Nick had disparaged …
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Teen Vogue:
Bella Hadid Opens Up About Her Biggest Breakup on Our New Cover  —  And, no, it's not who you're thinking.  —  by  —  Photographs by  —  Makeup by  —  Fashion by  —  Hair by  —  “We're basically dating now.”  A glistening, bathing suit-clad Bella Hadid is towering over the luckiest 12-year-old boy on the planet.
J.D. Heyman / People.com:
Tom Cruise's Mother, Mary Lee South, Dies  —  Mary Lee South, the mother of Tom Cruise, has died, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.  —  South, 80, died peacefully in her sleep last week.  South, who coped with health issues in recent years, was given a memorial service at her local Church of Scientology this weekend.
Hannah Jeter / The Players' Tribune:
The Derek I Know  —  This is the first of a new editorial series in which family members, friends, and those closest to them, share special insights into the athletes they love.  —  I thought he was a pitcher.  —  I know it sounds strange that I didn't know he was a shortstop.
Jennifer Abidor / Seventeen:
Camila Cabello Opens Up About Life After Fifth Harmony  —  Plus, more revelations from her Seventeen cover interview.  —  To say the past few months have been totally cray for our March/April cover star, Camila Cabello, would be the understatement of the year.
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Ryan Murphy Breaks Silence on Naya Rivera and Lea Michele Rumors: The Guys Feuded, Too  —  Mark your calendars: Season 10 of FX's Feud may center on Glee stars Lea Michele and Naya Rivera.  —  At least, that's what co-creator Ryan Murphy joked to E! News while sitting down for an exclusive interview …
Discussion: PerezHilton and Oh No They Didn't!
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 …
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.
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:
Mariah Carey — Drops $100k a Month For 90210 Zip  —  Mariah Carey doesn't need a billionaire to live like one ... she's paying $100k for a place to call home.  —  She's leasing a 9 bedroom, 10 bath Bev Hills estate, complete with a pool, tennis court, theater, and 2-lane bowling alley.
Discussion: Bossip
X17 Online:
Adele Drops F-Bomb After Flubbing George Michael Tribute At The Grammys  —  Oh no, not again!  Adele had a moment tonight, as she was performing a tribute to George Michael — the late British pop star's single “Fastlove” — and the moment involved an F-bomb.  Oh yes it did!
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People.com:
Adele Was ‘Super Nervous’ for George Michael Grammys Tribute: ‘She Cleared out the Stadium for Rehearsal,’ Says Source
Discussion: CNN and Us Weekly
 
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