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7:10 AM ET, June 16, 2017

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‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Star in Hiding, Claims He Lost His Job Over Sexual Misconduct Allegation  —  DeMario Jackson, the man at the center of the Bachelor in Paradise scandal, is denying allegations he sexually assaulted fellow cast member Corinne Olympios, adding that they have already cost him his job.
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EXCLUSIVE: 'She's no victim!  It's the role she plays on the show.' Bachelor in Paradise contestant Jasmine Goode tells how Corinne was never upset or traumatized over having oral sex in the pool with DeMario  — 'I feel bad for DeMario.  He's a good guy.
Discussion: PerezHilton and TMZ.com
Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
DeMario Jackson Fired From Job After Allegations of Misconduct on ‘Bachelor In Paradise’  —  DeMario Jackson revealed in an interview with Inside Edition that he's been fired from his job following allegations of sexual misconduct on set of season 4 of Bachelor In Paradise.  —  “My character has been assassinated.
Discussion: PerezHilton and Deadline
TMZ.com:
... Claims Cast Member
Discussion: PerezHilton and Bossip
Dave Quinn / People.com:
Kenya Moore Is Married!  Details from The Real Housewives of Atlanta Star's Romantic St. Lucia Getaway  —  Kenya Moore is a married woman!  —  The 46-year-old Real Housewives of Atlanta star twirled down the aisle last weekend, in an intimate beach getaway in St. Lucia surrounded by family and friends, PEOPLE can exclusively confirm.
TMZ.com:
JUDGE GRANTS 5-YEAR RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST CHRIS BROWN  —  12:01 PM PT — The judge just sided with Tran ... ordering the restraining order stay in place for the next 5 years.  Chris Brown threatened violence against his ex-GF after they broke up, demanding she give back money and gifts …
Discussion: Dlisted, People.com, Bossip and Page Six
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Comedy Actress Roundtable: Emmy Rossum, America Ferrera on Pay Standoffs and Casting by Bikini  —  Serious talk from comedy stars — also including Pamela Adlon, Minnie Driver, Kathryn Hahn and Issa Rae — about being asked to audition in a two-piece swimsuit ("We want to see how tight your ass is" …
Page Six:
Cosby jury announces it's deadlocked  —  NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A smile broke out over Bill Cosby's face as jurors told a judge Thursday that they are deadlocked in the disgraced funnyman's sex assault trial.  —  The jury of seven men and five women passed a note to Montgomery County Judge Steve O'Neill …
Discussion: Bossip and Reuters
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Deadlocked jury is the ‘justice’ Cosby wanted
Discussion: TMZ.com, Oh No They Didn't! and Reuters
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Feds Look to Seize ‘Dumb and Dumber To’ Rights and Leonardo DiCaprio's Art  —  The government asserts that funding for Red Granite films came from stolen Malaysian funds and that Leonardo DiCaprio was gifted artwork purchased with embezzled money.  The actor has already turned over a Marlon Brando Oscar.
Discussion: Deadline, PerezHilton and Page Six
Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:
Barack Obama Inducts Jay Z as First Hip-Hop Artist in the Songwriters Hall of Fame  —  It's a big month for Jay Z, who will soon welcome twins with wife Beyoncé.  —  On Thursday, the rapper, 47, became the first-ever hip-hop artist to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Luke Morgan Britton / NME:
Lorde talks dealing with fame and body-shaming trolls: ‘It could have f**ked me’ … Singer speaks to NME about the aftermath of her smash-hit ‘Royals’  —  Lorde has spoken about dealing with fame following her rise with breakthrough hit ‘Royals’, as well as being the target of body-shaming trolls online.
Discussion: Us Weekly and People.com
Abby Aguirre / Vogue:
Zendaya Talks Spider-Man, Her First Love, and Reinventing Disney Stardom  —  IT'S A SPRING NIGHT in Hollywood, and I'm driving down Sunset to meet Zendaya when my phone rings.  It's Darnell, her soft-spoken assistant.  Though Zendaya is making her movie debut this summer …
Discussion: Bossip, Page Six and Cele|bitchy
Steve Helling / People.com:
Former Young and the Restless Actor Indicted on Child Molestation Charges  —  An actor who has reportedly appeared on The Young and the Restless was indicted Monday by a federal grand jury for allegedly abusing a girl younger than 10 years old, PEOPLE confirms.
Discussion: The Wrap
Rebecca Milzoff / Billboard:
Ansel Elgort Breaks Out With ‘Baby Driver’ and a Frank Ocean-Approved Singing Career: 'I'm Hopefully Going to Pull It All Off'  —  On a perfect spring day in the rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, birds chirp in sunlight-dappled trees as an ice cream truck dawdles past a tastefully restored brownstone.
Discussion: Us Weekly and Page Six
 
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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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