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1:35 PM ET, November 30, 2017

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Ramin Setoodeh / Variety:
Matt Lauer Accused of Sexual Harassment by Multiple Women (EXCLUSIVE)  —  As the co-host of NBC's “Today,” Matt Lauer once gave a colleague a sex toy as a present.  It included an explicit note about how he wanted to use it on her, which left her mortified.
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New York Times:
NBC Fires Matt Lauer Over Sexual Misconduct Allegation  —  The reckoning over sexual harassment in the workplace claimed another leading television personality on Wednesday when NBC fired its leading morning news anchor, Matt Lauer, over a sexual harassment allegation.
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Matt Lauer allegedly sexually assaulted staffer during Olympics  —  Matt Lauer allegedly sexually assaulted a female NBC staffer during the Rio Olympics, sources told Page Six.  —  The staffer, who has not been named and wishes to remain anonymous, complained to NBC News bosses yesterday, prompting them to move fast and fire him.
Kate Coyne / People.com:
Ann Curry Is ‘Still Processing’ Matt Lauer Firing News: ‘We Need to Make Our Workplaces Safe’  —  Ann Curry, the former Today show co-anchor who worked alongside Matt Lauer for more than a decade, is speaking out following the shocking news that Lauer was fired Tuesday evening for alleged inappropriate sexual behavior.
Perez Hilton:
Donald Trump Can't Hide His Glee Following Matt Lauer's Firing & Sexual Misconduct Scandal
Jenny Lumet / Hollywood Reporter:
Writer Jenny Lumet: Russell Simmons Sexually Violated Me (Guest Column)  —  The screenwriter of ‘Rachel Getting Married’ and ‘The Mummy’ (and the daughter of filmmaker Sidney Lumet) details a terrifying encounter with the legendary music producer, who says he is stepping down from his businesses in the wake of the new claims.
Dean Baquet / New York Times:
Jay-Z Discusses Rap, Marriage and Being a Black Man in Trump's America  —  The music mogul talks with The New York Times's executive editor at the close of an eventful year.
TMZ.com:
Meghan Markle Won't Get Royal Fast Pass to British Citizenship  —  No doubt it's good to be the Prince's fiancée, but Meghan Markle still won't get special treatment when it comes to becoming a citizen in the United Kingdom ... TMZ has learned.  —  Prince Harry's betrothed announced …
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Emily Marcus / Us Weekly:
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Relationship ‘Created Some Rifts’ in Her Family, Half-Sister Samantha Says
Discussion: The Sun and PerezHilton
Michelle Tauber / People.com:
What ‘Made Everything Click’ for Harry and Meghan — How They May Spend Christmas Together
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Brian Hiatt / Rolling Stone:
Jedi Confidential: Inside the Dark New ‘Star Wars’ Movie  —  ‘The Last Jedi’ director and cast talk about their dark new ‘Star Wars,’ a disaffected Skywalker and a death in the family - our complete cover story.  JONATHAN OLLEY/© 2017 LUCASFILM LTD  —  The cast and director of 'The Last Jedi …
Sara Vilkomerson / EW.com:
Ridley Scott breaks silence on replacing Kevin Spacey in All the Money in the World  —  It's Thanksgiving Day, and Ridley Scott is happy.  Just outside London at Hatfield House — a stately 17th-century Jacobean mansion — the cast and crew of Scott's All the Money in the World have gathered …
Jodi Guglielmi / People.com:
Chris Evans and Jenny Slate Are Back Together!  —  It's official!  Chris Evans and Jenny Slate are back together, PEOPLE has confirmed.  —  Earlier this week, Slate was spotted helping Evans hunt for a new apartment in Tribeca.  (He's starring in a new play, Lobby Hero, on Broadway next year.)
Discussion: Page Six
Alexia Fernandez / People.com:
Bette Midler Accused Geraldo Rivera of Groping Her in a 1991 Interview with Barbara Walters  —  Bette Midler once told Barbara Walters that Geraldo Rivera had groped her in the 1970s.  —  A video of the 1991 interview resurfaced Wednesday after Rivera defended TODAY show anchor Matt Lauer …
Discussion: Us Weekly, The Wrap and PerezHilton
 
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