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10:30 AM ET, May 11, 2017

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Liz Calvario / Entertainment Tonight:
EXCLUSIVE: Kurt Russell & Goldie Hawn Approve of Kate Hudson's Red Carpet Debut With Boyfriend Danny Fujikawa  —  Kate Hudson and boyfriend Danny Fujikawa are taking their relationship to the next level.  —  The 38-year-old actress and her musician beau made their red carpet debut …
Discussion: Page Six, Us Weekly, AOL and Yahoo Celebrity
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GQ:
Dwayne Johnson for President!  —  No one gets up earlier than Dwayne Johnson.  Or goes to bed later.  Or is more awake during the hours in between.  No one in Hollywood is more buff, more driven, or gets paid better.  The man has so much charisma and ambition he can do anything.
Brett Malec / E! Online:
Brie Bella Gives Birth!  See the First Photo of the Total Divas Star's Baby Daughter Birdie Joe Danielson  —  Welcome to the (wrestling) world, baby Bella!  —  Brie Bella has given birth to her first child, a daughter named Birdie Joe Danielson, E! News can exclusively confirm.
Emilia Petrarca / W Magazine:
Paris Hilton Invented Everything You're Doing in 2017, and She Knows It  —  styled by Caroline Grosso.  Visual Editor: Biel Parklee.  Hair by Angel Gonzalez, makeup by Alexander Echeverri for Becca Cosmetics, manicure by Quisa Robinson.  Photography Assistant: Tim Mahoney.  Lighting Technician: Randy Newman.
Hollywood Reporter:
Johnny Depp: A Star in Crisis and the Insane Story of His “Missing” Millions  —  What happened to $650 million?  An explosive legal battle between one of Hollywood's best-paid actors and the business managers he fired has laid bare tumultuous finances, outrageous spending and troubling behavior …
Michael Ausiello / TVLine:
Scandal to End With Season 7  —  The End Date has been handled.  —  Although ABC isn't commenting, multiple sources confirm to TVLine exclusively that Scandal's upcoming seventh seventh will be its last.  The network is expected to make a formal announcement at its upfront presentation on Tuesday.
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘Black-ish’ Spinoff Starring Yara Shahidi Eyes Series Order At Freeform  —  EXCLUSIVE: The spinoff of ABC's acclaimed family comedy Black-ish, toplined by young co-star Yara Shahidi, is eying a series green light with a twist — it would be moving to another network.
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Robert Feder:
So long, Steve: Not everyone's sorry to see Harvey leave town  —  Thursday marks the final day of production for “The Steve Harvey Show” after five years in Chicago.  After that, it's packing up and moving to Los Angeles, where the syndicated talk show will morph into a new daytime series simply called “Steve.”
Discussion: Page Six, AOL and Yahoo Celebrity
E! Online:
Jon Gosselin Reveals How He Celebrated the Sextuplets' 13th Birthday  —  Thirteen years ago today, Kate Gosselin gave birth to sextuplets.  —  For more than a decade, TLC viewers have watched Aaden Gosselin, Alexis Gosselin, Collin Gosselin, Hannah Gosselin, Joel Gosselin and Leah Gosselin grow up before their very eyes.
Discussion: Yahoo Celebrity, PerezHilton and AOL
Nathan Heller / Vogue:
Elle Fanning Is an Old Soul Who Has Visions of the Future—And Directing  —  You can tell the story of Elle Fanning through the things she does, but also through the things she does not do.  Fanning would rather not sit still, for instance.  She does not tweet.
Discussion: People.com
Kate Stanhope / Hollywood Reporter:
NBC Sets ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Live Musical for Spring 2018  —  The production, which follows December's ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ telecast, will premiere on Easter Sunday.  —  NBC is doubling down on live musicals.  —  The network has ordered a live production of the Broadway musical Jesus Christ Superstar …
Michael K / Dlisted:
Kelly Clarkson Will Probably Be A Judge On The Reboot (Or Whatever We're Calling It) Of “American Idol”  —  It's been a little over a year since Fox dropped American Idol into a storage box and shoved it into a corner in the garage, but several networks decided that it's time to bring it back because the people demand it!
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Nick Romano / People.com:
Melissa McCarthy Feels ‘Oh So Pretty’ as Sean Spicer in SNL Promo … A version of this story originally appeared on EW.com.  —  Spicey feels pretty, oh so pretty.  It seems Melissa McCarthy will once again reprise her Sean Spicer impersonation for this weekend's Saturday Night Live …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
 
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Desiree Murphy / Entertainment Tonight:
EXCLUSIVE: Torrey DeVitto and ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Pro Artem Chigvintsev Split
Discussion: Us Weekly and People.com
Alex Stedman / Variety:
Jennifer Hudson Joins ‘The Voice’ Season 13 as Coach
Perez Hilton:
Kevin Smith Shares Touching Tribute To Chameleon Character Actor Michael Parks, Who Has Died At 77
Discussion: Us Weekly
X17 Online:
Kylie Jenner Gets Oxygen Treatment To Combat Altitude Sickness In Peru
Discussion: Page Six
TMZ.com:
No Jealousy for Dating J Lo
Discussion: Daily Mail and Us Weekly
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Nancy Dillon / New York Daily News:
Conrad Hilton charged with felony auto theft for stealing ex-girlfriend's dad's Bentley
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Zack O'Malley Greenburg / Forbes:
The Forbes Five: Hip-Hop's Wealthiest Artists 2017
Discussion: Variety, Stereogum and People.com
Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:
WATCH: Patti LuPone Slams Madonna's Acting Career: ‘She Should Not Be on Film or on Stage’
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