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2:55 PM ET, January 30, 2018

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TMZ.com:
‘Glee’ Star Mark Salling Dead of Apparent Suicide  —  Mark Salling is dead of an apparent suicide, according to law enforcement ... TMZ has learned.  —  We're told his body was found near a riverbed in Sunland ... the area where he lived.  We do not yet know the manner of death.
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Nicholas Hautman / Us Weekly:
Mark Salling Dead: ‘Glee’ Alum Dies From Apparent Suicide at 35  —  Mark Salling has died from an apparent suicide, the Los Angeles Police Department confirms to Us Weekly.  He was 35.  —  Celebrity Deaths of 2018: Stars We've Lost  —  According to TMZ, which was first to report the news …
Discussion: AOL
Michele Amabile Angermiller / Variety:
Grammys So Male?  ‘Women Need to Step Up,’ Says Recording Academy President  —  “Hopefully we'll see Taylor Swift next year,” said show producer Ken Ehrlich.  —  The only woman presented a solo Grammy during the awards telecast on Sunday night?  Alessia Cara, who took home best new artist.
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
Grammy Chief Neil Portnow Walks Back ‘Women Need to Step Up’ Comment  —  Recording Academy president/CEO Neil Portnow set off an uproar Sunday night when he said female artists and executives need to “step up” after being asked about the low number of women Grammy winners in 2018.
Justin Kroll / Variety:
Tom Hanks to Play Mr. Rogers in Biopic ‘You Are My Friend’ (EXCLUSIVE)  —  TriStar Pictures has landed worldwide distribution rights to the Mr. Rogers biopic “You Are My Friend,” with Tom Hanks attached to play the iconic TV personality.  —  “Diary of a Teenage Girl” director Marielle Heller …
GQ:
Quincy Jones Has a Story About That  —  Frank Sinatra.  Michael Jackson.  Ray Charles.  Malcolm X. Elon Musk.  Truman Capote.  Buzz Aldrin.  Prince.  Tupac.  Even Leni Riefenstahl.  Quincy Jones has run with them all.  Chris Heath stays up late with the 84-year-old music legend who has a tale to go with every famous name.
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
In ‘Brave,’ Rose McGowan Exposes Hollywood Exploitation  —  251 pages.  HarperOne/HarperCollins Publishers.  $27.99.  —  If I had read Rose McGowan's new memoir, “Brave,” in a vacuum, absent the feats of investigative reporting that took down the former Miramax head Harvey Weinstein, I would have thought it overwrought and paranoid.
Discussion: PerezHilton, USA Today and Page Six
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TMZ.com:
Nicole Eggert Taped ‘Dr. Oz’ Over Scott Baio Sexual Allegations But Show Was Shelved  —  Nicole Eggert — Taped ‘Dr. Oz’ Over Scott Baio Sexual Allegations Show Was Shelved  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  Nicole Eggert will make an appearance on Megyn Kelly's show Tuesday to discuss her allegations …
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Deadline / Page Six:
Scott Baio accuser Nicole Eggert to appear on ‘Megyn Kelly’
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Sandra Gomez-Aceves / Hartford Courant:
Host of Home Remodeling TV Shows Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minor In Old Lyme  —  A home remodeling star was arrested Monday and charged with sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl at his Old Lyme home in November, state police said.  —  Christopher Dionne, 36, of Village Lane …
Discussion: Fox News, Page Six and AOL
Hollywood Reporter:
Blake Lively Spy Thriller ‘The Rhythm Section’ Suspends Production (Exclusive)  —  Reed Morano was directing the movie that is now shutting down.  —  The Blake Lively-fronted spy feature The Rhythm Section is being shut down.  —  Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that production has been suspended …
Discussion: People.com, Us Weekly and What's New
Rod McPhee / The Sun:
FOY STORY The Crown's Claire Foy battled eye tumour and arthritis as a teen and almost became a widow during her rise to fame  —  The 33-year-old's rise to becoming the princess of Tinseltown from working on the tills in Tesco is truly inspiring  —  RECLINING serenely on the fold-out cover …
Discussion: Metro.co.uk
TMZ.com:
Adele Dresses Up as Dolly Parton, Dolly Responds  —  Adele did her best Dolly Parton impersonation ... and it's now Dolly approved.  —  The “Hello” singer played dress up to virtually become the iconic country star — blonde wig, pantsuit, and lots of cleavage ... while clutching a guitar.
Discussion: Page Six
Alice Newbold / British Vogue:
Gigi And Bella Cover March Vogue  —  GIGI and Bella Hadid are the cover stars of the March 2018 issue of British Vogue.  —  Photographed by Steven Meisel and styled by Joe McKenna, the portraits of the world's pin-ups are the first dual covers of the models' careers.
Discussion: POPSUGAR
 
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Ingrid Schmidt / Hollywood Reporter:
Lupita Nyong'o's ‘Black Panther’ Premiere Gown Is ‘Warrior-Inspired’
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Billboard:
Grammys 2018: The Party Diary
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Grammy Ratings Hit All-Time Demo Low; Draws 19.8M Viewers
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TMZ.com:
Justin Bieber's a Little Worried for Alessia Cara After Grammy Win
Fox News:
Joy Villa turns heads with pro-life outfit at the Grammys
Discussion: The Wrap, Page Six and AOL
 

 
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Katie Notopoulos / Business Insider:
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
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