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2:20 PM ET, April 17, 2017

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Maria Mercedes Lara / People.com:
Meghan Markle Will Attend Pippa Middleton's Wedding as Prince Harry's Date — but There's a Catch  —  Meghan Markle is set to attend Pippa Middleton's wedding to financier James Matthews as Prince Harry's date, PEOPLE has learned.  —  A source tells PEOPLE that while Markle, 35 …
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Dawn DeCwikiel-Kane / Greensboro News & Record:
Greensboro's Jeff Varner faces backlash after outing fellow ‘Survivor’ player  —  Contestants Jeff Varner (from left), Sarah Lacina, Zeke Smith and Debbie Wanner at the Tribal Council portion of the competition series “Survivor: Game Changers.”  —  Jeff Varner of Greensboro appeared on “Survivor: Game Changers.”
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Zach Seemayer / Entertainment Tonight:
EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Varner's Former Employer Speaks Out on ‘Survivor’ Outing and Subsequent Firing
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TMZ.com:
Moving, Moving On and Dating  —  Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have not even started the process of figuring out who gets what in the divorce, because they made a real attempt during their separation to work things out rather than just end things.  —  Sources on both sides say there's no animosity between Ben and Jen.
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Derrick Bryson Taylor / Page Six:
Drake accuses Coachella-area country club of racial profiling … Drake is fuming after a recent stay at La Quinta, California's Madison Club.  —  “The most offensive place I have ever stayed at in my life with staff who pick and choose who they are going to accommodate based on racial profiling #Coachella …
Katherine Richter / People.com:
Nina Dobrev and Orlando Bloom Are Hanging Out Romantically but It's ‘Super Casual,’ Says Source  —  Nina Dobrev and Orlando Bloom are out of the friendzone.  —  A source tells PEOPLE that the two good-looking singletons have been hanging out romantically recently.  —  “They've known each other for a while.
Tegna / KHOU-TV:
Bride and groom booted off United flight in Houston  —  A bride and groom headed to Costa Rica for their wedding got kicked off their United flight out of Houston on Saturday afternoon. … A bride and groom headed to Costa Rica for their wedding got kicked off their United flight out of Houston on Saturday afternoon.
Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:
Sutton Foster Welcomes Daughter Emily Dale  —  Sutton Foster is a mom!  —  The Younger star and husband Ted Griffin recently adopted a baby girl, her rep confirms exclusively to PEOPLE.  —  “They are delighted to announce the healthy arrival of their daughter Emily Dale Griffin,” …
Discussion: Page Six
Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Box Office: ‘Fate of the Furious’ Nabs $100.2M in U.S. for Record $532.5M Global Start  —  Thanks to an all-time best China launch of $190 million, the eighth installment in the popular franchise surpassed the previous worldwide record launch of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens.’
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Katherine Richter / People.com:
Sorry, Tyga!  Kylie Jenner Hits Up Coachella with Travis Scott  —  Newly single Kylie Jenner and hip-hop artist Travis Scott were spotted at designer Jeremy Scott's Moschino x Candy Crush party at Coachella in Indio, California, on Saturday.  —  Jenner and Scott, who performed at Coachella on Friday …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Cait Raft / Us Weekly:
‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ Recap: Kim Kardashian Takes ‘Responsibility’ for Kanye West's Hospitalization  —  On the Sunday, April 16, episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Kim Kardashian reacted to the devastating phone call regarding what we can only assume was husband Kanye West's …
Discussion: People.com and PerezHilton
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Harvey Weinstein on Jay Z, Trump and His Dream to Produce the Oscars (With Spielberg)  —  “If we could survive each other, we'd do a great job,” says indie king and Weinstein Co. co-chairman as he dishes on wooing Trayvon Martin's family and championing LGBT and women's rights in the Trump era.
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Amber Rose & Odell Beckham Jr. Spark Relationship Rumors With A Cozy Scooter Ride At Coachella!
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Nicholas Hautman / Us Weekly:
Elle King ‘Skipped Out’ on Her Wedding to Andrew ‘Fergie’ Ferguson — Find Out Why
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Kendall Jenner Doesn't Smoke at a Coachella Weed After-Party
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Ex-NFL star drove truck that hit, killed daughter in Mesa
Dave Quinn / People.com:
Beyoncé Trades in Coachella Prep for Bora Bora Babymoon with Jay Z
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Coachella Major Spoiler Revealed! (PHOTO GALLERY)
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

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The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

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