Check out Mini-WeSmirch for simple mobiles or WeSmirch Mobile for modern smartphones.
5:40 PM ET, June 29, 2017

WeSmirch

 Top News: 
Venus Williams / TMZ.com:
... 78-Year-Old Man Dies  —  Venus Williams Blamed In Fatal Car Crash That Killed 78-Year-Old Man  —  1:40 PM PT — Venus is now breaking her silence ... calling the incident an “unfortunate accident” and insisting she explain what happened from her point of view.
Daniel D'Addario / TIME.com:
GAME OF THRONES: HOW THEY MAKE THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR SHOW  —  The battle for Westeros may be won or lost on the back of a lime green mechanical bull.  —  That's what it looks like on a January Monday in Belfast, as Game of Thrones films its seventh season here.
Discussion: Variety and The Hollywood Gossip
RELATED:
Glamour:
Cara Delevingne on Sexuality, Confidence, and Finding Her Voice: “I've Never Felt So Strong”  —  Adwoa Aboah and Cara Delevingne are at The Bowery Hotel in New York City reminiscing about old times.  Though Aboah, 25, can't remember the first time she met Delevingne, 24 …
TMZ.com:
Goal is To Resume Tour in Early 2018  —  With Bonuses  —  Kanye West, The Goal is To Resume Tour in Early 2018, With Bonuses  —  The pieces are now in place for Kanye West to go back on tour as soon as early 2018 ... and we're told it's moving in just that direction.
Katie Krause / Entertainment Tonight:
EXCLUSIVE: Leighton Meester and Adam Brody Admit They ‘Laugh’ That Blair Waldorf Married Seth Cohen!  —  Fellow fans of The O.C. and Gossip Girl, prepare your hearts before you watch the video above because Leighton Meester and Adam Brody are truly a teenage dream of a couple - and charitable do-gooders, too!
Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Indiana Woman Gives Birth to 16-Pound Baby Boy: ‘I Thought Maybe the Scale Was Broken’  —  Whitney Hallett was expecting a big baby.  But the mom from Seymour, Indiana, got the surprise of her life when she gave birth to a 16-pound boy named Waylon Cole via cesarean section on May 1.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Patrick Doyle / Rolling Stone:
John Mayer on Katy Perry, Learning From the Dead, Embracing Pot  —  Guitarist opens up about what he's learned from Dead & Company and why he's given up drinking booze and opts for marijuana  —  “I have six hours of music coming up tonight,” says John Mayer.
Oliver Gettell / EW.com:
Hannibal Buress sends imposter in his place to Spider-Man: Homecoming premiere  —  Peter Parker isn't the only one with an alter ego.  Actor and comedian Hannibal Buress appears to have sent an imposter he recruited on social media to attend the Hollywood premiere of Spider-Man: Homecoming in his stead.
Joanna Smith / rdnewsNOW:
Michael Buble thanks Canadians for honour during ‘emotionally difficult time’  —  OTTAWA — Canadian singer Michael Buble said he is humbled to be able to represent his home country on musical stages around the world and feel supported during what has been a tough time for his young family.
Paul Walsh / Star Tribune:
Minnesota woman charged with fatally shooting boyfriend in failed YouTube video stunt  —  As part of a young couple's quest for YouTube fame, a 19-year-old woman shot at a book her boyfriend was holding against his chest, killing him at close range outside their northwestern Minnesota home.
RELATED:
Ryan Laughlin / valleynewslive.com:
STUNT GONE WRONG: Pregnant girlfriend shoots and accidentally kills boyfriend
Discussion: PerezHilton and AOL
Perez Hilton:
Kendall & Kylie Jenner Have Officially Gone TOO FAR!  —  ENOUGH!  —  Kylie Jenner and Kendall Jenner have sparked controversy (once again) after launching a new collection of “Vintage T-shirts” that superimpose the reality star's faces, social media stats, and their “KK” …
Lily Harrison / E! Online:
Tarek El Moussa Gives a Tour of His New Home and Says He Still Cares About Christina El Moussa “Deep Down”  —  This isn't your average bachelor pad...  Tarek El Moussa let E! News inside his gorgeous new home since his Split from Christina El Moussa and treated us to a walk-through …
Discussion: The Wrap, Page Six and People.com
Perez Hilton:
Morning Joe's Mika Brzezinski Hits Back At Donald Trump After Shading Her For ‘Bleeding Badly From A Face-Lift’  —  Donald Trump is the world's pettiest mean girl!  —  The president is now fully back to his unfiltered Twitter ways, which is quickly becoming a burn book of insults directed at his nemeses.
New York Daily News:
‘Gotham’ star Donal Logue's 16-year-old daughter vanishes in Brooklyn  —  The NYPD is helping a “Gotham” actor find his missing daughter, officials said Wednesday.  —  Actor Donal Logue, who plays Harvey Bullock on the Batman-inspired drama on Fox, told police Tuesday that Jade, 16 …
Discussion: Us Weekly, Spy and Cele|bitchy
E! Online:
Tom Schwartz and Katie Maloney Set the Record Straight on Those Divorce Rumors: “We Are Madly in Love”  —  Tom Schwartz and Katie Maloney are happily married, thank you very much.  —  E! News sat down with the Vanderpump Rules couple at Kyle Chan's 3rd Annual #LoveCampaign Party at SUR …
Discussion: Us Weekly and PerezHilton
New York Daily News:
JAY-Z shoots new music video with Jesse Williams  —  When JAY-Z isn't making babies, he's making music.  —  The rap mogul and his wife welcomed twins two weeks ago and sources in Hollywood tell us that JAY-Z was already back to work last weekend, shooting a video for his “4:44” album that drops on Friday.
Discussion: Bossip
Emily Kirkpatrick / People.com:
Kristen Stewart Is Bringing Back This Classic Millennial Boy Band Hairstyle  —  Kristen Stewart has proven time and again that when it comes to her beauty and fashion choices there's nothing she won't try.  The actress regularly takes major fashion risks on the red carpet like pairing a ripped …
Kendall Fisher / E! Online:
Inside Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner's Family Vacation in the Bahamas, Two Months After Filing for Divorce  —  It's been two months since Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner officially filed for divorce (and two years since they announced their separation), but they still make sure to spend quality …
Lynn Hirschberg / W Magazine:
Nicole Kidman Opens Up About Big Little Lies in Her Most Revealing Interview Yet  —  Photographs by Alasdair McLellan, Styled by Edward Enninful; Hair by Shay Ashual at Art Partner; makeup by Diane Kendal for Marc Jacobs Beauty at Julian Watson Agency; manicures by Casey Herman for Dior at the Wall Group.
Discussion: Page Six, People.com and AOL
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of WeSmirch at 5:40 PM ET, June 29, 2017.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
WeSmirch: site main
WeSmirch River: reverse chronological WeSmirch
WeSmirch Mobile: for phones
WeSmirch Leaderboard: WeSmirch's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
WeSmirch RSS feed
WeSmirch on X
 
 
 More News: 
Charles Keegan / WPTV:
‘Cash Me Ousside’ teen pleads guilty to charges
Discussion: The Blemish, The WOW Report, Bossip and AOL
Juliet Izon / Architectural Digest:
Kanye West and Steven Tyler Pay This Woman to Bite Them
Discussion: PerezHilton and Page Six
James Hibberd / EW.com:
Game of Thrones: Aidan Gillen confirms a longtime Arya fan theory
Discussion: Obsev
Cassie Carpenter / Daily Mail:
Rihanna keeps her new beau Hassan Jameel smiling in Ibiza
Discussion: E! Online, Cele|bitchy, TMZ.com and The Sun
Emma Howard / YouTube:
The Beguiled Cast/Crew does “Schuyler Sisters” from Hamilton
Discussion: The Wrap
 Earlier Picks: 
YouTube:
A Bad Moms Christmas | Restricted Teaser Trailer | In Theaters November 3, 2017
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Netflix Developing New Installment of 'Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City'
Dan Snierson / EW.com:
This Is Us promotes two actors to series regulars for season 2
Jamie Blynn / Us Weekly:
Have ‘Bachelor’ Alums Nick Viall and Vanessa Grimaldi Split? 'It's Not A Solid Relationship'
Discussion: PerezHilton
TMZ.com:
Steelo Brim's 3-Year-Old Nephew
Discussion: People.com
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Tom McArthur / BBC:
RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place

Sara Fischer / Axios:
A look at news publishers' conflicting approaches toward AI companies, and how the lack of a data marketplace makes it hard for buyers and sellers to set rates

Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology:
Elon Musk says he wants Grok to create news summaries by relying solely on X posts, without looking at article text, and improved story citations are coming

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now