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2:45 PM ET, August 16, 2017

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Leslie Bruce / Hollywood Reporter:
The Kardashian Decade: How a Sex Tape Led to a Billion-Dollar Brand  —  In 2007, an L.A. family's unvarnished docuseries launched on E!, and reality television, female body image, social media and, above all, the economy of celebrity were forever changed.  Now the stars and producers of the megafranchise …
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Alexia Fernandez / People.com:
Chris Brown Describes the Night He Violently Abused Rihanna: ‘I Felt Like a F—ing Monster’  —  Chris Brown details the night he was arrested for physically assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009 for his new documentary.  —  Brown, 28, reveals in Chris Brown: Welcome To My Life …
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Jennifer Drysdale / Entertainment Tonight:
EXCLUSIVE: DeMario Jackson Weighs In on ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Premiere: I Feel ‘Vindicated’  —  DeMario Jackson has been waiting for Monday's episode of Bachelor in Paradise for “two months, three days and eight hours.”  —  The controversial contestant has “been through hell” …
Dave McNary / Variety:
‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’: St. Vincent to Direct Female-Led Film Adaptation (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Lionsgate has launched development of a movie based on Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” Variety has learned exclusively.  —  The studio is putting a twist on the classic Victorian age story …
Discussion: Stereogum
Michael Konopasek / FOX31 Denver:
Boulder artist behind courtroom sketches of Taylor Swift trial  —  BOULDER, Colo. — His art has been seen around the world thanks to Taylor Swift.  Jeff Kandyba, a Boulder native, gave a glimpse inside the courtroom over the past week.  —  “A person like Taylor Swift, who is very pretty …
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Katie Kindelan / ABC News:
Ex-DJ found to have groped Taylor Swift says, ‘I never grabbed her’
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Associated Press:
Taylor Swift hopes verdict inspires assault victims
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Jessica Sager / Page Six:
Casey Affleck was only joking about Ben hanging up Batman suit … Maybe it's time Jared Leto's Joker was recast, because another Oscar winner has taken to terrifying Batman fans with his humor.  —  Casey Affleck said in a recent interview that big brother Ben would not be returning as Batman — but it turns out he was only kidding.
Discussion: X17 Online
Lynette Nylander / Teen Vogue:
Kaia Gerber Talks School, Summer, and Being a Role Model  —  It was always pretty likely that Kaia Gerber was going to follow in her mother's footsteps—after all, the very definition of a supermodel is embedded in her DNA.  And among a sea of social media celebrities and Insta-bred models …
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Page Six
Megan French / Us Weekly:
Mindy Kaling Breaks Her Silence on Pregnancy  —  Mindy talks motherhood!  Mindy Kaling broke her silence about her pregnancy and expecting her first child in a new preview of her Sunday TODAY interview with Willie Geist, which will air on Sunday, September 10.  —  The Mindy Project star, 38, is “really excited” to become a mom.
Discussion: Bossip and What's New
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Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:
Ben Affleck Celebrates Turning 45 with Birthday Dinner in L.A. with His Children  —  Happy Birthday, Ben Affleck!  —  The actor turned 45 on Tuesday, and celebrated his big day by having dinner with his three children — daughters Violet, 11, and Seraphina, 8, and 5-year-old son Samuel — at Barton G in West Hollywood, California.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
‘Deadpool 2’ To Restart Production 48 Hours After Stunt Driver Killed  —  (Updated with more material) EXCLUSIVE: Production on Deadpool 2 will start again Wednesday morning, two days after stunt woman Joi “SJ” Harris was killed in a motorcycle accident on the Vancouver set.
TMZ.com:
Natalie Cole's Son Dead at 39  —  The son of legendary singer Natalie Cole was found dead Monday night, and he was only 39 ... TMZ has learned.  —  Robert Yancy's body was found in his San Fernando Valley apartment when a friend who hadn't heard from him in a few days checked up on him.
 
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