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2:40 PM ET, September 14, 2017

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TMZ.com:
Selena Gomez Was in Dire Straits for Months Before Kidney Transplant  —  Selena Gomez's kidneys were failing long before she received her transplant ... TMZ has learned.  —  We've learned when Selena was in Chicago for The Weeknd's concert back in May she was rushed to the hospital because of kidney failure.
Discussion: The Blemish, PerezHilton and X17 Online
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Jessica Sager / Page Six:
Selena Gomez gets kidney from her best friend
Discussion: TMZ.com
Stephanie Petit / People.com:   Selena Gomez Reveals She Is Recovering from a Kidney Transplant - and Her Best Friend Was the Donor!
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Their bond is even stronger now.  Selena Gomez and Francia Raisa …
Discussion: People.com and PerezHilton
Entertainment Tonight:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘This Is Us’ Stars Chris Sullivan and Jon Huertas Confirm Mandy Moore's Engagement  —  Mandy Moore is engaged — and she couldn't wait to tell her This Is Us family!  —  ET's Leanne Aguilera caught up with Chris Sullivan at the This Is Us soundtrack release party …
Discussion: People.com, What's New and AOL
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McKenna Aiello / E! Online:
Mandy Moore Is Engaged to Musician Taylor Goldsmith
Discussion: Us Weekly and People.com
Marc Malkin:
EXCLUSIVE!  —  Mandy Moore is engaged!  —  I can exclusively …
Discussion: POPSUGAR, People.com and Page Six
Mike Hirsch / Morning Call:
Exclusive: How ‘Game of Thrones’ plans to avoid leaks of season 8's ending  —  “Game of Thrones” producers will shoot multiple versions of the ending of season eight to try to avoid leaks.  That's according to HBO's president of programming.  —  Of The Morning Call
Strawberry Saroyan / Hollywood Reporter:
Growing Up ‘Modern’: Ariel Winter on Family Turmoil, Online Shaming and a New Life in College  —  “I went through a really bad chapter,” says the 19-year-old actress who started acting at 4, landed a role on the Emmy-winning comedy at 11 and emancipated herself from an abusive stage mom at 15.
Discussion: Page Six, People.com and PerezHilton
Shirley Halperin / Variety:
Husker Du's Grant Hart Dies at 56  —  Variety has confirmed that Grant Hart, drummer and co-lead singer of influential American indie band Husker Du, has died.  He was 56 and had been battling cancer.  —  Around 11 p.m. Pacific Time, the official Husker Du Facebook page posted a photo of Grant with no caption.
Alex Young / Consequence of Sound:
Justin Bieber told Marilyn Manson “I made you relevant again” with repurposed t-shirt  —  Justin Bieber now considers himself a man of God, but it was not too long ago that the pop singer identified more with the antichrist known as Marilyn Manson.  Last summer, a repurposed Manson t-shirt featuring …
Ben / Dlisted:
Jennifer Lopez Has Alex Rodriguez Locked In For Good  —  In about 10 years when Jennifer Lopez is damn near 60 years old (because it's closer than you think), I believe it will be time for her to release her memoir entitled Man Trap: My Life In Pictures.  Unfortunately for us this memoir …
Discussion: Us Weekly
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Us Weekly:
Zayn Malik Talks Louis Tomlinson Reconciliation: 'It's Not the Way it Used to Be'  —  Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson might have made amends recently, but things between them are not how they used to be.  Tomlinson revealed in August that they were “mates again” after getting back in touch with each other …
Discussion: PerezHilton
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Us Weekly:
Zayn Malik: ‘I Never Really Spoke’ to Harry Styles in One Direction
Discussion: AOL
Alexia Fernandez / People.com:
Heidi Klum and Vito Schnabel Are ‘Taking Time Apart’: Source  —  Heidi Klum and Vito Schnabel are taking time apart after a little more than three and a half years of dating, a source told PEOPLE.  —  “They're taking time apart right now,” the source said.  “Things have been difficult recently, they live on opposite coasts.
Discussion: PerezHilton, AOL and Page Six
Emma Dibdin / Esquire:
PATRICK J. ADAMS KNOWS WHY SUITS IS AMERICA'S SECRET OBSESSION  —  The star of USA Network's sleek, stylish hit opens up about the show's passionate fans, its awkward place in Trump's America, and his now very famous co-star, Meghan Markle.  —  The second-highest rated cable show in July …
Discussion: AOL and Us Weekly
TMZ.com:
‘American Idol’ May Be Delayed, and That Causes Problems with Katy Perry  —  “American Idol” has backed itself into a corner, because it might need to delay taping until it lands more judges ... but that doesn't work for the only judge it's got so far — Katy Perry.
Discussion: PerezHilton, AOL and Oh No They Didn't!
TMZ.com:
Aaron Carter Stormed Off ‘The Doctors’ Set at Mention of Rehab  —  Aaron Carter is willing to talk about his prescription drug abuse, but bolted as soon as the topic of rehab came up on “The Doctors” ... according to family members.  —  Aaron agreed to a drug test when he taped the show about a month ago …
Discussion: PerezHilton
Meg Swertlow / E! Online:
Jennifer Lawrence Says Motherhood Has Become Less Appealing With Age  —  It doesn't get more refreshing than a sit-down with J-Law!  —  E! News' Catt Sadler sat down with mother! star Jennifer Lawrence to chat with about her highly anticipated new film, her meteoric fame and of all things—motherhood.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and What's New
 
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Nathan Heller / Vogue:
Rooney Mara on Her Challenging New Role—And Why She Doesn't Care What Other People Think
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Anthony Scaramucci wants paternity test for newborn son
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Jessica Pressler / Redbook:
Chill Lessons From Kristen Bell
Discussion: People.com and PerezHilton
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
On Set With ‘This Is Us’: TV's Feel-Good Megahit Ups the Stakes in Season 2
Discussion: What's New and People.com
Tim Stack / EW.com:
Riverdale returns for a darker, twistier, sexier season 2: Go inside this week's cover
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Becky Kirsch / POPSUGAR:
How the Dreamy Soundtrack For Call Me by Your Name Came Together
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TMZ.com:
Country Music Star Troy Gentry Helicopter Crash Caused by Engine Failure According to NTSB
Discussion: People.com and Page Six
Duarte Garrido / Sky News:
Liam Neeson announces retirement from action films
Discussion: The Playlist and People.com
 

 
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Post.News, the news-focused social platform launched in 2022 that offered micropayments to publishers, is shutting down after failing to grow “fast enough”

Ruth La Ferla / New York Times:
Graydon Carter opens a physical store called Air Mail Newsstand in NYC, as an extension of his digital newsletter Air Mail, selling books, magazines, and more

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Filing: Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav's 2023 compensation package was worth $49.7M, up 26.5% from the year prior, with $23.1M in stock awards

 
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