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Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Casey Affleck Withdraws From Oscars: Won't Present Best Actress Award — EXCLUSIVE: Casey Affleck has withdrawn from presenting the Best Actress Award at the upcoming Oscars, Deadline hears. He has notified the Academy he will not be attending the event, sources said.
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Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter:
Oscars: Casey Affleck Won't Present Best Actress Award
Oscars: Casey Affleck Won't Present Best Actress Award
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Chris Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
James Franco Was Scrubbed From Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue Cover — “We made a decision not to include James Franco on the Hollywood cover once we learned of the misconduct allegations against him,” a Vanity Fair spokesperson says. — Vanity Fair debuted its anticipated Hollywood Portfolio today …
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James Wolcott / Vanity Fair:
The 2018 Vanity Fair Hollywood Portfolio: 12 Extraordinary Stars, One Momentous Year
The 2018 Vanity Fair Hollywood Portfolio: 12 Extraordinary Stars, One Momentous Year
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New York Times:
Will the Grammys Have a #MeToo Moment? — At the Golden Globes three weeks ago, black dresses on the red carpet helped draw the world's attention to abuses against women. Can white roses do the same at the Grammys? — Beyond the big contests featuring Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar and Bruno Mars …
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Colin Stutz / Billboard:
Music Industry to Wear White Roses at Grammy Awards to Support #TimesUp
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Colleen Kratofil / People.com:
Celebrities Will Wear White Roses to the 2018 Grammy Awards to Support Time's Up
Celebrities Will Wear White Roses to the 2018 Grammy Awards to Support Time's Up
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TMZ.com:
Pregnant Kylie Jenner's Learning How to Push with Online Lamaze Classes — Take a deep breath for this one ... Kylie Jenner is taking Lamaze classes to help with her imminent birth, but she's figured out a way of doing it privately, so no one sees her. — Sources tell us Kylie's …
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Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
The White House asked to borrow a van Gogh. The Guggenheim offered a gold toilet instead. — The emailed response from the Guggenheim's chief curator to the White House was polite but firm: The museum could not accommodate a request to borrow a painting by Vincent van Gogh for President and Melania Trump's private living quarters.
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Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Jennifer Meyer: ‘Best Friend’ Tobey Maguire Is the ‘Greatest Ex-Husband’ — Jennifer Meyer and Tobey Maguire are closer than ever since announcing their split in October 2016. — Celeb Exes Reunited — “He's my best friend,” the jewelry designer, 40, exclusively told Us Weekly …
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Page Six:
Inside Matt Lauer's whirlwind final days at NBC — It was Nov. 23, 2017, the Macy's Thankgiving Day Parade. Dressed in monochromatic black, a “gray and tired-looking” Matt Lauer was overheard telling a co-worker, “This is going to be my last parade.” — The noose was tightening around the neck of the “Today” show host.
Karla Rodriguez / Us Weekly:
Beyonce Is a ‘Very Involved’ Mom and Big Sister Blue Ivy ‘Loves the Twins’ — A loving mother! Beyoncé has maintained a low profile since welcoming her twins, Rumi and Sir, with husband Jay-Z, last June — and a source tells Us Weekly that the singer is very involved when it comes to raising her kids.
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EW.com:
Charmed reboot gets CW pilot order, adds ‘feminist’ story line — The Charmed reboot just landed a pilot order at The CW — plus has some really intriguing new story details. — The update the 1998 fan favorite about a trio of sisters who are powerful witches will now have a rather progressive and topical take.
USA Today:
Country singer Reba McEntire is KFC's newest Col. Sanders — The latest celebrity to play KFC's manly Col. Sanders is a woman — and a famous one at that. — Grammy-winning country music star Reba McEntire dons the iconic white suit, black string tie, glasses, white wig and, yes …
Abbyfeiner / Us Weekly:
Jesse Williams and Minka Kelly Split After Several Months Together — It's over. Jesse Williams and Minka Kelly have split after several months of dating, a source tells Us Weekly exclusively. — Us exclusively revealed in May that Williams and the Friday Night Lights alum, 37 …
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Jess Cohen / E! Online:
Jesse Williams' Ex Says He Violated Custody Order by Introducing Kids to His Girlfriend
Jesse Williams' Ex Says He Violated Custody Order by Introducing Kids to His Girlfriend
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Amber Dowling / Hollywood Reporter:
'The Handmaid's Tale' Enlists Cherry Jones for Pivotal Season 2 Role (Exclusive) — “Cherry was my fantasy choice [for the part]. We sent her the script, she wrote a lovely email back and she said yes almost immediately,” star Elisabeth Moss tells THR. — Blessed be.
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Dave Quinn / People.com:
Married to Medicine's Simone Whitmore Divorcing Husband Cecil After 21 Years: ‘I Am Done’ — Another Married to Medicine couple are going their separate ways. — OBGYN Dr. Simone Whitmore, 50, and her husband Cecil Whitmore, 51, are divorcing, PEOPLE can report exclusively.
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
USA Network Scraps Straight-to-Series Drama ‘American Rust’ (Exclusive) — Based on Philipp Meyer's book, the drama had trouble finding a leading man. — USA Network is no longer moving forward with American Rust. — The drama, picked up straight-to-series in November, technically had a cast contingency attached to the order.
