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5:15 PM ET, August 9, 2017

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Jason Gay / Vogue:
Jennifer Lawrence on Her New Movie, New Relationship, and How She Stays So Damn Relatable  —  Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, September 2017  —  Behold, a miracle: Jennifer Lawrence, sitting still.  —  It's a warm evening in Los Angeles, and Lawrence and I are alongside a fire pit …
Rachel Strugatz / WWD:
Kylie Jenner's Kylie Cosmetics On Way to Becoming $1B Brand  —  Kylie Cosmetics has done $420 million in retail sales in just 18 months.  —  Los Angeles — Look out, L'Oréal and Lauder — Kylie has you in her sights.  —  Ever since 19-year-old Kylie Jenner launched …
Discussion: PerezHilton and X17 Online
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GQ:
Robert Pattinson Is Alive Again  —  The Twilight heartthrob seemed damned to be a brooding ex-vampire forever.  But then he drove a stake through his career and got to work resurrecting it.  —  So it's settled, says Rob Pattinson, we're going to do ayahuasca together!
Sopan Deb / New York Times:
Bill Murray Relives a Role, Seeing Broadway's ‘Groundhog Day’  —  Bill?  Bill Murray?  I thought that was you!  —  There he was in the audience at the August Wilson Theater in New York City on Tuesday night, taking in a performance of “Groundhog Day,” the Broadway musical based on the 1993 movie that he starred in.
Discussion: Page Six, Yahoo Celebrity and The Wrap
Us Weekly:
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Divorce Is in Limbo  —  Angelina Jolie saw it as a fresh start.  Following her September 2016 filing for divorce from Brad Pitt, she and their six children spent nine months living out of suitcases in various Malibu rentals.  But in June, the actress, 42 …
Discussion: Dlisted, What's New, AOL and POPSUGAR
TMZ.com:
Usher — I Didn't Sleep with That Chick She's Not My Type  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Usher in no way, shape or form had sex with the woman who came forward and claimed he exposed her to the herpes virus, because he's just not into her type ... so he's telling his close circle.
Discussion: Dlisted, Bossip and PerezHilton
X17 Online:
Kourtney Kardashian Whisked Away To Egypt By Boy Toy Younes Bendjima  —  Look away now, Scott Disick!  —  Kourtney Kardashian's 23-year-old boy toy Younes Bendjima surprised her with a spontaneous trip to Egypt, and it looks like they're having the time of their lives!
Discussion: PerezHilton
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Marc Lupo / Us Weekly:   Kourtney Kardashian, Younes Bendjima Soak Up the Sun on Egyptian Beach: Pics
Seth Abramovitch / Hollywood Reporter:
Leah Remini Doubles Down on Anti-Scientology Crusade: I Want a Federal Investigation  —  The firebrand star revs up her war in season two of A&E's Emmy-nominated docuseries ‘Aftermath’ as she heads to New York to join Kevin James' CBS comedy amid a church counteroffensive: “It's been really trying.”
Discussion: PerezHilton, Dlisted and What's New
Us Weekly:
Chris Pratt's Movie Star Status Caused ‘Tension’ With Anna Faris  —  Chris Pratt and Anna Faris shocked fans when they announced that they were legally separating after eight years of marriage — but insiders reveal in the new issue of Us Weekly that Pratt's skyrocketing career caused a rift between the beloved couple.
Dana Rose Falcone / People.com:
Oprah Winfrey Launches a Comfort Food Line with a Healthy Twist—See the First Products  —  Oprah Winfrey is officially in the food business.  —  The media mogul is launching O, That's Good!, a line of health-conscious, heat-and-eat foods in collaboration with Kraft Heinz …
Discussion: USA Today and POPSUGAR
Brian Hiatt / Rolling Stone:
Kendrick Lamar: The Rolling Stone Interview  —  The greatest rapper alive goes deep on his obsessive studio habits, what Bono taught him and the temptations of stardom  —  Kendrick Lamar has a lot going on right now, but you'd never know it.  Backstage in Duluth, Georgia …
Discussion: Stereogum and Bossip
Erin Bried / Fit Pregnancy and Baby:
Nikki Reed is Loving Pregnancy: “It's a Crazy Miracle to Feel This Kid Moving”  —  Nikki Reed—actress, writer, musician, activist, and fashion designer—is taking on another new title: first-time mom.  Steal her secrets for getting it all done while still enjoying every moment along the way.
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Cassandra Young / The Bert Show:
Aaron Carter Talks His Sexuality, His Relationship With His Brother, And His Break-Up  —  Aaron Carter joins The Bert Show to talk his sexuality and how he knew at 12 or 13 he was bisexual, his relationship with his brother, Nick Carter, and his breakup.  —  This interview will air on Wednesday, August 9, 2017.
TMZ.com:
Amber Rose Lawyering Up for Restraining Order Against Wiz Khalifa's Mom  —  Amber Rose wants Wiz Khalifa's mom to back the hell off ... so she's lawyering up to get a restraining order against her ex-mother-in-law.  —  Sources close to Amber tell TMZ ... Amber's furious that Katie Wimbush-Polk's hatred …
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Joseph Otterson / Variety:
RuPaul's Life to Serve as Basis for Hulu Series With J.J. Abrams Producing
Discussion: People.com
Noisey:
Liam Gallagher, Eternal F**kin' S**t-Talker
Discussion: Page Six and Stereogum
TMZ.com:
‘Big Brother’ — Houseguests Furious Over Unwanted Butt Poking
Discussion: PerezHilton
People.com:
Shannon Purser Talks Body Positivity & Mental Health ‘Stigma’: ‘I Will Sing the Praises of Therapy’
TMZ.com:
Usher Accuser Quantasia Sharpton's ‘I Need Money’ Comment Being Misconstrued, Says Lisa Bloom
Discussion: WWTDD and Cele|bitchy
 Earlier Picks: 
Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
‘13 Reasons Why’ Adds Seven New Actors for Season 2
Discussion: Us Weekly and POPSUGAR
Complex:
Mariah Carey's Ex-Choreographer Explains Why She's Fresh Out of F*cks to Give
Discussion: PerezHilton
Jen Juneau / People.com:
Surprise! Andy Samberg and Joanna Newsom Welcome a Daughter
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
The Financial Times signs a deal with OpenAI to train AI models on the publisher's archived content and to let ChatGPT reply with short summaries of FT articles

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount is planning for what happens if no big deal happens, mulling cutting $2B in costs, selling BET and TV stations, starting a streaming JV, more

Ben Smith / Semafor:
Sources: Nicholas Carlson, who has been the global editor-in-chief of Business Insider since 2017, is expected to leave the publication later this summer

 
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