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12:40 PM ET, September 6, 2017

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People.com:
Baby No. 3 Is on the Way!  Kanye and Kim Kardashian West's Surrogate Is Pregnant with the Couple's Third Child  —  North and Saint are getting a little sibling!  —  The surrogate whom Kanye West and wife Kim Kardashian West hired to carry their third child is pregnant, sources confirm to PEOPLE.
Discussion: POPSUGAR and PerezHilton
StarWars.com:
A Statement Regarding Star Wars: Episode IX  —  Lucasfilm and Colin Trevorrow have mutually chosen to part ways on Star Wars: Episode IX.  Colin has been a wonderful collaborator throughout the development process but we have all come to the conclusion that our visions for the project differ.
Christopher Rosen / EW.com:
Jennifer Lawrence's ‘WTF’ mother! hailed in first reviews  —  Critics to Darren Aronofsky: You crazy for this one  —  mother!  mercy.  —  Jennifer Lawrence's latest film, the Darren Aronofsky horror film mother!, debuted at the Venice Film Festival on Monday and left critics reaching for their WTFs.
Discussion: IndieWire and People.com
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Todd McCarthy / Hollywood Reporter:   ‘mother!’: Film Review | Venice 2017
Stephen Galloway / Hollywood Reporter:
At Home With George Clooney in Italy: Amal, the Twins, Politics and an Incendiary New Movie  —  On Lake Como with the ‘Suburbicon’ director and his family as he revels in a new life off-camera ("I'm a very good diaper guy"), swaps texts with Obama, reveals how he'll spend a $200 million tequila windfall …
Jeff Nelson / People.com:
Madonna Opens Up About Life with 6 Kids and Her Emotional Adoption Journey: 'It's Complicated — But So Worth It'  —  Madonna opens up about her life as a mom — and how she's saving lives in Africa with her charity Raising Malawi.  Subscribe now for an exclusive look into the megastar's life — only in PEOPLE!
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
Kevin P. Sullivan / EW.com:
Rami Malek is Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody first look  —  There are few people in music history as recognizable as Queen frontman Freddie Mercury — and not just his face, but his four-octave voice and flamboyant physicality.  Rami Malek is well aware of that fact.
Abby Feiner / Us Weekly:
‘Dancing With the Stars’ Season 25 Cast Revealed: Nikki Bella, Barbara Corcoran Make Official Cut  —  A new group of celebrities is ready to step onto the dance floor!  ABC announced the Dancing With the Stars' season 25 cast list on Good Morning America on Wednesday, September 6 …
Discussion: What's New
TMZ.com:
Selena Gomez Obsessed Fan Orders Penis-Shaped Bouquet, Shows Up at Her House  —  Selena Gomez has an obsessed fan with a twisted, perverted mind — the man tried to order a penis-shaped bouquet before showing up to her pad to hand-deliver other goods.  —  Law enforcement sources tell TMZ …
Discussion: PerezHilton
Entertainment Tonight:
EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Swift to Perform During Halftime of College Football National Championship, Source Says  —  Taylor Swift is gearing up for a huge performance.  —  A source tells ET that the 27-year-old singer will be performing at the College Football National Championship in Atlanta …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, Vulture and Page Six
TMZ.com:
Usher Accuser Quantasia Sharpton Says She Has a Sex Tape with Him  —  The woman publicly accusing Usher of exposing her to herpes claims she got the whole shebang on tape, and there's footage placing him at her hotel, too.  —  Quantasia Sharpton told YouTube vlogger Miss Jacob Kohinoor …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and YouTube
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Steve Harvey Unleashed: A New Show, His Private Trump Sit-Down and That Infamous Leaked Memo  —  The TV host, who now has six shows — including a new daytime talker he owns — also shares what Oprah taught him and how he dealt with “vicious” backlash to his private meeting with the president: “I haven't talked to him since.”
Discussion: People.com, Page Six, Bossip and AOL
 
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Marc Snetiker / EW.com:
Mean Girls musical first look: Tina Fey introduces the Plastics
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Amy Zimmerman / The Daily Beast:
Corinne Olympios on Moving Past the ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Sex Scandal
Discussion: The Wrap and Us Weekly
Megan French / Us Weekly:
‘Dancing With the Stars’ Anna Trebunskaya Gives Birth, Welcomes Second Child With Nevin Millan
Discussion: People.com
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Meg Swertlow / E! Online:
Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom Reunite on the Beach Over Labor Day Weekend
Discussion: Dlisted and PerezHilton
Navjosh / HipHop-N-More:
New Michael Jackson Album ‘Scream’ Announced
Discussion: Stereogum and Variety
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Beyonce, George Clooney Among Stars Set for Multi-Network Hurricane Harvey Relief Telethon
Discussion: PerezHilton
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD reports a $86M profit in Q1 for its DTC unit, which includes streaming, up from $50M in Q1 2023, and 99.6M streaming subscribers, up from 97.7M in Q4 2023

Sara Fischer / Axios:
Vice Media plans to create a joint venture with Savage Ventures, which will invest “tens of millions of dollars”, to relaunch its sites, including Vice.com

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Gannett fires an experienced editor overseeing 26 community newspapers for “sharing proprietary information” with a “competing media company”, which was Poynter

 
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