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11:40 AM 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 Petit / People.com:
Selena Gomez Reveals She Is Recovering from a Kidney Transplant - and Her Best Friend Was the Donor!  —  Selena Gomez has been given the gift of life from her best friend.  —  The 25-year-old singer revealed that the reason she quietly stepped back from her career over the summer …
Jessica Sager / Page Six:   Selena Gomez gets kidney from her best friend
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
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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: AOL and People.com
Marc Malkin:
EXCLUSIVE!  —  Mandy Moore is engaged!  —  I can exclusively …
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Page Six
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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Allison / Dlisted:
Josh Duggar Is A (Strong Shudder) Dad Again
Discussion: The Duggar Family and Page Six
Marc Lupo / Us Weekly:   Anna Duggar Gives Birth, Welcomes Fifth Child With Husband Josh
Nicholas Hautman / Us Weekly:
Larry King has conquered 60 years in broadcasting, but now he's fighting a new battle.  The TV host exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly that he was secretly diagnosed with lung cancer.  —  King, 83, received the news during a routine visit with his doctor.
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Us Weekly:
Zayn Malik Talks Louis Tomlinson Reconciliation: 'It's Not the Way it Used to Be'
Discussion: PerezHilton
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
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 …
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: AOL and Page Six
Nathan Heller / Vogue:
Rooney Mara on Her Challenging New Role—And Why She Doesn't Care What Other People Think  —  Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, October 2017  —  “I have a backpack and a small carry-on for two weeks,” Rooney Mara tells me one afternoon, after collapsing into a stiff chair at a café …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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
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.
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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: Us Weekly
Alexia Fernandez / People.com:
Meet Her Baby Girl!  Serena Williams Introduces Daughter Alexis Olympia: ‘We Had a Lot of Complications’  —  Isn't she a champ?  —  Proud mom Serena Williams introduced her daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. on Instagram Wednesday morning, almost two weeks after her birth.
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Perez Hilton:
Serena Williams & Fiancé Alexis Ohanian Give The World The First Look At Their Daughter & Reveal …
Discussion: X17 Online
 
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Anthony Scaramucci wants paternity test for newborn son
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Jessica Pressler / Redbook:
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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!
TMZ.com:
Country Music Star Troy Gentry Helicopter Crash Caused by Engine Failure According to NTSB
Discussion: People.com and Page Six
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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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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Howard Stern of SiriusXM snags a surprise interview with President Biden, following reports of Biden's refusal so far to give The NYT a sit-down interview

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Memo: CNN's Poppy Harlow is leaving the network; she joined in 2008 and most recently co-hosted CNN This Morning, which was effectively canceled earlier in 2024

 
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