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6:05 PM ET, January 19, 2018

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Dan Friedman / Mother Jones:
Stormy Daniels Once Claimed She Spanked Donald Trump With a Forbes Magazine  —  At his request. … Last week, the Wall Street Journal triggered a new scandal for President Donald Trump when it reported that his lawyer, Michael Cohen, had paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet …
TMZ.com:
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Name New Baby Girl Chicago  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  Kim Kardashian and Kanye West chose a very unique name for baby #3 — Chicago ... Kanye's hometown ... but it's a good bet she'll be known by a certain nickname.  —  Kim announced the name on her app by simply posting “Chicago West.”
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Jen Juneau / People.com:
Kanye and Kim Kardashian West Reveal Daughter's Name Is Chicago  —  Chicago West has entered the building.  —  Kim Kardashian West shared the name of her and Kanye West's newborn daughter via her app and website on Friday.  While she didn't explain the reasoning behind the name choice, West, notably, was raised in Chicago.
TMZ.com:
Mike ‘The Situation’ Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud, Judge OKs ‘Jersey Shore’ Trip (UPDATE)  —  10:10 AM PT — Situation's attorneys, Henry E. Klingeman and Kristen M. Santillo, released a statement making a push for leniency in sentencing, saying, “The plea terms call for a balance between punishing …
Discussion: People.com, Page Six, Dlisted and The Wrap
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Jessica Vacco-Bolanos / Us Weekly:
Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion, Judge Grants ‘Jersey Shore’ Reunion Filming  —  Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion on Friday, January 19, Us Weekly can confirm.  —  Stars at Court  —  The 36-year-old reality star and his brother …
Allison / Dlisted:
Colin Firth Is Done With Woody Allen  —  There was a time when Woody Allen would call up an actor or actress with a film role offer, and the response he'd receive might be, “Yes of course I'm available!”.  But lately it seems like more and more of the voices on the other end of those phone calls …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Sharing Salaries: How Actresses Are Fighting Hollywood's Gender Pay Disparity With Transparency  —  Amid the #MeToo movement, women are chipping away at studio leverage and a longtime taboo by talking openly about their pay.  —  Don't ask.  Don't tell.  That has been the Hollywood modus operandi …
Discussion: Dlisted and Cele|bitchy
Brooke Mazurek / Billboard:
Lorde on the Historic 2018 Grammys, the #MeToo Movement & Loving Cardi B  —  For a minute, it's easy to forget that Lorde is over 8,600 miles away, at home in New Zealand — an island nation so remote, the sheep-to-human ratio is, famously, 7-to-1.  Before our Skype connection starts failing …
Discussion: Daily Mail and PerezHilton
Emily Marcus / Us Weekly:
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Will Honeymoon Somewhere ‘Hot and Sunny’  —  They're in for some royal R&R!  Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are already planning their honeymoon, which will follow their nuptials on May 19 at St. George Chapel in Windsor Castle.
Discussion: POPSUGAR
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Emily Marcus / Us Weekly:
Meghan Markle's Bachelorette Party 'Won't Be Wild'
Discussion: What's New and POPSUGAR
Christine Burroni / Page Six:
Stars are now slathering themselves with cannabis lotion  —  Forget Advil: Celebrities are rubbing cannabis-infused lotion on their bodies to get through a long day.  —  “Whether they're using it on their feet before they walk down the red carpet [or] whether they use it for joint pain …
Discussion: The Blemish
Andy Halls / Page Six:
Ewan McGregor's teen daughter slams his new relationship  —  Ewan McGregor's 15-year-old daughter has slammed the Hollywood star in a song she wrote and posted online.  —  Esther McGregor pours out her heart while singing “Seeing those pictures, they're making me cry” …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Chelsea Hirsch / Page Six:
Carrie Underwood shares X-ray of wrist two months after nasty fall  —  Carrie Underwood is on the mend after her breaking her wrist in a nasty fall two months ago.  —  The 34-year-old singer shared an X-ray of her wrist on Friday that showed the metal structure keeping her together after her November surgery.
Discussion: PerezHilton
 
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Discussion: What's New and Page Six
Warner Bros. UK / YouTube:
Tomb Raider - Official Trailer #2 - Warner Bros. UK
Discussion: Dlisted
That Hashtag Show:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘John Wick 3’ Details: Director, New Characters, Start Date and More
Discussion: Egotastic
 Earlier Picks: 
TMZ.com:
Ex-Disney Star Orlando Brown Arrested, Poses for Epic Mug Shot
Discussion: PerezHilton
Teresa Roca / RADAR:
Maci Bookout Reveals She Miscarried A Baby Girl
Discussion: People.com and PerezHilton
TMZ.com:
Kim Kardashian Slams Lamar Odom for Visiting Brothels After Khloe Diss
Discussion: X17 Online
Mieka / Dlisted:
Sarah Jessica Parker Still Cannot Let “Sex And The City” Die Already
Discussion: Us Weekly and YouTube
TMZ.com:
Cardi B Inks First Movie Deal
Discussion: PerezHilton and Stereogum
 

 
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Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
President Biden signs the ByteDance-TikTok divest-or-ban bill into law, after the Senate passed it by 79-18; the House passed the legislation 360-58 on April 20

Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
The FTC bans noncompete clauses that restrict job switching, potentially complicating hiring in Hollywood as firms try to protect trade secrets and other info

New York Times:
Sources detail NPR's struggles with declining audiences, falling sponsorship revenue, internal conflicts over turning things around, and a diversity push

 
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