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7:40 PM ET, May 2, 2017

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Perez Hilton:
Kim Kardashian & Kylie Jenner Break The Met Gala Social Media Ban In Order To Out Kendall Jenner & A$AP Rocky As A Couple!  —  It is so ON!  —  On Monday evening, Kendall Jenner and A$AP Rocky essentially confirmed their relationship as they couldn't keep their hands off each other at the Met Gala.
Discussion: X17 Online, Page Six and TMZ.com
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McKenna Aiello / E! Online:
Selena Gomez Whispers “I Love You” to The Weeknd While Trailing Behind Yolanda Foster and Anwar Hadid at 2017 Met Gala  —  Be still our beating hearts!  But also, how's this for the Met Gala's first awkward encounter of the night?  —  Selena Gomezand The Weeknd just walked the blue …
Discussion: Yahoo Celebrity and PerezHilton
Colleen Kratofil / People.com:
Sarah Jessica Parker Skips the Met Gala for the First Time Since 2010
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity
Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:   Met Gala 2017: Chrissy Teigen ‘Wanted to Make a Statement’ in Her Marchesa Gown
Vanessa Friedman / New York Times:
Everything You Need to Know About the Met Gala 2017
Discussion: The Wrap and AOL
Andrew Nodell / WWD:
Exclusive: Céline Dion on the Met Gala and Her 10,000 Pairs of Shoes
Discussion: People.com
Justin Bieber / TMZ.com:
Dating Hailee Steinfeld  —  Justin Bieber's moved on to a new Hailey — different spelling though because he's now dating singer and actress Hailee Steinfeld ... TMZ has learned.  —  It's all still fresh.  Our sources tell us they've only been seeing each other for a little over a month — though that's a lot in Bieber's world.
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Perez Hilton:
Jimmy Kimmel Fights Back Tears As He Reveals Newborn Son Billy Underwent Open Heart Surgery  —  No jokes here.  —  On Monday evening, Jimmy Kimmel emotionally revealed that his son with wife Molly McNearney had to have open heart surgery at only three days old.  Oh no!
Discussion: X17 Online, TMZ.com and Page Six
Nick Bilton / Vanity Fair:
Exclusive: The Leaked Fyre Festival Pitch Deck Is Beyond Parody  —  But it's also the latest chapter in the battle between consumers and advertisers in the digital age.  —  For many voracious observers of social media, and some depressed news consumers agonizing through Donald Trump's first 100 days …
Discussion: Page Six and Stereogum
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Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Fyre Festival Organizers Hit With $100 Million Lawsuit: Details
Discussion: WWTDD
TMZ.com:
ABC Network Makes Offer to Get ‘American Idol’  —  “American Idol” has only been off the air a year, but seems it's still the hottest property out there, because we've learned ABC has now made an offer to buy the show.  —  Sources at ABC and Fremantle — the company that produces the show …
Discussion: CNNMoney
Chris Soules / TMZ.com:
Chris Soules Prosecutors Say He Purchased Alcohol Before Fatal Accident, Dodged DUI Check by Fleeing  —  Chris Soules bought booze before his fatal accident with a tractor, and was possibly drinking it at the time of the crash ... according to prosecutors in Iowa.
Discussion: PerezHilton
Daily Mail:
Sizemore co-starred with Tom Hanks in Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning Saving Private Ryan  —  He recalls seeing his successful acting career - starring alongside the likes of Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, Woody Harrelson and Al Pacino - crumble around him, his bank balance and the trappings …
Discussion: Page Six and Yahoo Celebrity
Elisa Osegueda / Entertainment Tonight:
EXCLUSIVE: Blake Shelton Gives Health Update on Gwen Stefani After Singer Suffers a Ruptured Eardrum  —  Gwen Stefani is on the road to recovery.  —  The 47-year-old singer ruptured her eardrum last week while on a flight from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.  At the time, she was forced to cancel …
Discussion: Us Weekly and People.com
Sam Gillette / People.com:
Kirk and Anne Douglas' Unconventional Love Affair: It's ‘Unrealistic to Expect Total Fidelity in a Marriage’  —  Legendary actor Kirk Douglas has been candid about his extramarital affairs in the past, and his wife of more than 60 years says she accepted his infidelity — and willfully turned a blind eye to his lovers.
Discussion: Daily Mail
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Orioles' Adam Jones berated by racist taunts at Fenway Park  —  BOSTON — Baltimore Orioles All-Star center fielder Adam Jones was berated by racist taunts at Fenway Park while a bag of peanuts was thrown at him Monday night, calling it one of the worst cases of fan abuse he has heard in his career.
Discussion: Bossip, PerezHilton, People.com and SI.com
 
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