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11:35 PM ET, July 28, 2017

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Hilary Lewis / Hollywood Reporter:
George Clooney Lashes Out at Paparazzi Photos of Twins  —  The comments come as pictures on the cover France's ‘Voici’ magazine made the rounds online.  —  George Clooney has fired back at paparazzi pictures of his twin babies with wife Amal.  The pictures were plastered on the cover …
Discussion: PAPERMAG
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Zach Johnson / E! Online:
George Clooney Lashes Out Over Twins' Paparazzi Photos  —  George Clooney's children are off-limits.  —  The first photos of George and Amal Clooney's twins, Alexander and Ella, have been published without the couple's consent in the French magazine Voici.
Discussion: What's New and PerezHilton
Amanda Woods / Page Six:
George and Amal Clooney's twins revealed  —  These are the first photos of George and Amal Clooney's bundles of joy  —  The duo was vacationing at the actor's Lake Como estate in Italy's Lombardy region when the French magazine Voici captured snaps of the duo cradling their one-and-a-half month old twins, Ella and Alexander.
Discussion: X17 Online, Jezebel, Dlisted and The Wrap
TMZ.com:
George Clooney Going to War with French Mag Over Twins' Photos
Discussion: The Superficial and Jezebel
Elizabeth Leonard / People.com:
Inside George and Amal Clooney's ‘Very Happy’ Italian Summer with the Twins
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Anthony Scaramucci's wife files for divorce  —  MORE FROM: … Anthony Scaramucci, the White House's potty-mouthed new communications director, has been dumped by his beautiful blonde wife because of his “naked political ambition,” multiple sources exclusively tell Page Six.
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Anthony Scaramucci Called Me to Unload About White House Leakers, Reince Priebus, and Steve Bannon
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon to Star in Series About TV Morning Shows (Exclusive)  —  The project, from HBO alum Michael Ellenberg, is poised to hit the marketplace in the coming weeks and be shopped to premium cable networks and streaming services.  —  More than a decade …
Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone:
Chester Bennington's Widow: ‘Now He Is Pain-Free’  —  “We had a fairytale life and now it has turned into some sick Shakespearean tragedy,” Talinda Bennington writes … Talinda Bennington, the widow of Chester Bennington, issued a poignant statement to Rolling Stone, one week after the Linkin Park singer died by suicide.
Discussion: POPSUGAR
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Zach Johnson / E! Online:
Chester Bennington's Widow Looks to the Future: “How Do I Move On?”
Discussion: PerezHilton and AOL
Rebecca / Hollywood Reporter:
Katie Couric Departing Yahoo, Signs With WME  —  The global news anchor was previously with CAA.  —  Katie Couric is leaving her full-time post at Yahoo and is also departing agency CAA for WME.  —  The journalist had been global anchor for Yahoo News — a position created for her in 2013.
Alex Kazemi / Dazed:
Selena Gomez and Petra Collins: Secret World  —  We talk to the BFFs and creative duo about weird love, making art together and riding on exactly the same wavelength  —  In “Fetish”, the most hardcore pop video of the summer, Selena Gomez ties up her tongue, melts down in the kitchen …
Rick Ross:
I want to address an insensitive comment I made on a very sensitive issue, especially in a minority dominated industry like hip  —  hop.  My entire empire's backbone is led by 2 of the strongest people I know and they happen to be women, my mother and sister.
Discussion: Page Six and Yahoo Celebrity
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Zach Johnson / E! Online:
Rick Ross Doesn't Sign Female Rappers Because He Wants to “F—k Them”
Kara Warner / People.com:
James McAvoy Doesn't Like His Shaved Head and More Fun Facts from the Sexy Atomic Blonde Star  —  James McAvoy is suffering for his art.  More specifically, his vanity is suffering for his art.  —  The Scottish actor is currently sporting a bald head to reprise the role of Charles …
TMZ.com:
‘Game of Thrones’ Star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Suing Ex-Manager Over ‘Sham’ Deal  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  “Game of Thrones” star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau claims he got duped into signing a deal that sucked money out of his pockets, but his former manager says he's forgetting some facts.
Discussion: PerezHilton
Melody Chiu / People.com:
Willa Ford Clarifies Comments About 9/11 Attacks Stalling Her Music Career: ‘This Could Not Be Further from the Truth’  —  Willa Ford is setting the record straight.  —  In a recent interview with Billboard, the singer-turned-interior designer, 36, opened up about how the 9/11 terrorist attacks changed her professional life.
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