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1:10 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: X17 Online and PerezHilton
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Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Their bond is even stronger now.  Selena Gomez and Francia Raisa “are the ultimate” best friends, a source exclusively tells Us Weekly.  —  As previously reported, the Secret Life of the American Teenager alum, 29, donated her kidney to Gomez, 25, over the summer.
Discussion: People.com and PerezHilton
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!
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 and AOL
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McKenna Aiello / E! Online:
Mandy Moore Is Engaged to Musician Taylor Goldsmith  —  Mandy Moore is engaged!  —  The This Is Us star's boyfriend, Dawes musician Taylor Goldsmith, proposed after two years of dating.  Moore was spotted wearing what appears to be an engagement ring at Caffe Luxxe in L.A.'s Brentwood neighborhood Tuesday.
Discussion: Us Weekly and People.com
Marc Malkin:
EXCLUSIVE!  —  Mandy Moore is engaged!  —  I can exclusively …
Discussion: POPSUGAR, People.com and Page Six
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.
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
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
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
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 …
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: PerezHilton and People.com
Nicholas Hautman / Us Weekly:
Josh and Anna Duggar Share First Family Photos With Newborn Baby Mason — Plus, Details on the Birth!  —  Welcome to the world, Mason Garrett!  Josh and Anna Duggar welcomed their fifth child on Tuesday, September 12.  The couple shared the first photos of their growing brood exclusively with Us Weekly.
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Marc Lupo / Us Weekly:
Anna Duggar Gives Birth, Welcomes Fifth Child With Husband Josh
Discussion: Dlisted, The Duggar Family and Page Six
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
The Blast:
Jessica Biel and Partners Accused of Stealing Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars From Restaurant Employees  —  Jessica Biel and her restaurant business partners allegedly collected nearly half a million dollars in gratuities from their private events, but never passed along that money to their employees …
 
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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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Emma Dibdin / Esquire:
PATRICK J. ADAMS KNOWS WHY SUITS IS AMERICA'S SECRET OBSESSION
Discussion: Us Weekly
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
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
 Earlier Picks: 
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
Patrick Gomez / People.com:
Dancing with the Stars Season 25 Judges Revealed: Find Out Who's Back — and Who's Not!
Discussion: Page Six
Liz McNeil / People.com:
Bethenny Frankel to Undergo Skin Cancer Removal Surgery: ‘I Am Extremely Lucky to Have Caught It in Time’
Discussion: PerezHilton
 

 
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