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People.com:
Kanye West Will Not Be Attending This Year's Met Gala: ‘Kim Will Be Going Solo’  —  Looks like there will be no Kimye at this year's fashion prom.  —  A source tells PEOPLE that Kanye West won't be attending the Met Gala in New York City on Monday — meaning that his wife Kim Kardashian …
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Dana Schuster / Page Six:
Inside the pettiness and politics of Anna Wintour's Met Gala … It's Anna's party and she'll invite who she wants to.  —  On Monday, hundreds of celebs, designers, moguls and tech titans — all vetted by Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour — will descend upon the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the 69th annual Met Gala.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Jem Aswad / Variety:
Mark Geragos Files $100 Million Suit Against Fyre Festival  —  A major lawsuit has been filed in California against Ja Rule and Billy McFarland, organizers of the Fyre Festival, the two-weekend concert in the Bahamas that was scheduled for last weekend but collapsed in disorganization before it started.
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Stephanie Petit / People.com:
Disastrous Fyre Festival Creators Accused of Fraud in $100 Million Lawsuit: Report  —  The Fyre Festival debacle keeps getting worse for co-creators Ja Rule and Billy McFarland.  —  Celebrity attorney Mark Geragos filed a proposed $100 million class-action lawsuit against organizers on behalf …
Page Six:
A-listers told to avoid Ja Rule music fest before disaster hit
Discussion: Stereogum, Cele|bitchy and Bossip
Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
‘The Last Ship’ on Production Hiatus as Eric Dane Battles Depression (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Production on TNT's “The Last Ship” has been temporarily shut down at the request of star Eric Dane, who suffers from depression, Variety has learned.  —  The series, which is set to debut its fourth season this summer …
Derrick Bryson Taylor / Page Six:
Zayn Malik uses wheelchair after foot injury  —  Zayn Malik mysteriously hurt his foot and is now using a wheelchair to get around.  —  On Saturday, the former One Direction singer appeared in New York City's NoHo neighborhood sitting firmly in a black wheelchair.
Discussion: PerezHilton
Stephanie Petit / People.com:
The Flash Star Grant Gustin Is Engaged to Girlfriend LA Thoma — Check Out Her Ring!  —  The Flash is off the market.  —  Grant Gustin is engaged to his longtime girlfriend LA Thoma.  —  The 27-year-old actor shared the news with a photo on his Instagram page on Saturday where Thoma shows off …
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Flip or Flop's Tarek and Christina El Moussa Attend Daytime Emmys Together After Split  —  United front.  Flip or Flop's Tarek and Christina El Moussa attended the Daytime Emmys together on Sunday, April 30, following their split.  —  The exes were all smiles on the red carpet at the Pasadena Convention Center in California.
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity and Fox News
Variety:
Barbra Streisand: Sexism Cost Me Multiple Oscar Nominations  —  Barbra Streisand argued that sexism cost her Oscar nominations for “Yentl” and “The Prince of Tides” during a spirited public interview at the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday.  But it wasn't just men who balked at the idea …
Nicholas Hautman / Us Weekly:
Jamie Lynn Spears Surprises Big Sister Britney Spears at Radio Disney Music Awards 2017  —  Family love!  Jamie Lynn Spears surprised her big sister, Britney Spears, at the 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards on Saturday, April 29, when she appeared on stage to present the pop superstar with the first-ever Icon Award.
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity
TMZ.com:
Checks into Rehab  —  DMX is getting help at a rehab facility ... TMZ has learned ... on the heels of postponing concert dates.  —  Sources connected with DMX tell us he checked himself in Thursday night at a treatment center in Southern California.  We're told X went voluntarily …
Discussion: Bossip, Dlisted, PerezHilton and Us Weekly
 
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Melanie Bromley / E! Online:
Inside the War of the Jolie-Pitts: How Brad and Angelina Went From Bitter Enemies to Friends
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Joseph Hudak / Rolling Stone:
Billy Ray Cyrus Changes Name to ‘Cyrus,’ Re-Records ‘Achy Breaky Heart’
Discussion: Dlisted and Stereogum
Char Adams / People.com:
Why Bruce Springsteen Didn't Pay Taxes for Years: ‘I Never Met Anyone in New Jersey Who Paid!’
TMZ.com:
Scheana Shay Divorce Finalized
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Alisa Wiersema / ABC News:
Caitlyn Jenner visits White House for meetings with Trump administration officials
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Sammy Gecsoyler / The Guardian:
BBC presenter Liz Bonnin's likeness was used in an ad after the company running the campaign was tricked by a fake, likely AI-generated, version of her voice

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
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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