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12:25 PM ET, May 17, 2018

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TMZ.com:
T.I. Says Guard Cursed Out Tiny, Refused to Provide His Name Before Calling Cops  —  T.I. says the security guard who called cops on him went off on Tiny over the phone, and escalated an already tense situation by refusing to give up his name.  —  T.I. tells TMZ ... the guard at his gated community …
Discussion: Bossip
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Jonathan Landrum Jr / Associated Press:
Lawyer says Rapper T.I. ‘wrongfully arrested’ near his home
Discussion: Us Weekly and Stereogum
TMZ.com:
T.I. Arrested in Georgia for Assault, Public Drunkenness
Discussion: Dlisted and The Blast
TMZ.com:
Meghan Markle's Sister Samantha In Hospital After Car Crash, Possible Broken Ankle  —  Meghan Markle's half sister, Samantha, is in the hospital after suffering what appears to be a broken ankle and a fractured knee after a confrontation with the paparazzi ... TMZ has learned.
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Meghan Markle's Dad Thomas Markle is Alert and Out of Surgery  —  Meghan Markle's dad, Thomas, appears to have successfully undergone heart surgery ... TMZ has learned.  —  We spoke with Thomas a few minutes ago and he seemed alert and coherent, telling us doctors implanted stents in his blood vessels …
Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:
Hilary Duff Denies That an ‘Altercation’ Occurred Between Boyfriend Matthew Koma and Her Neighbor  —  Hilary Duff is denying that a physical altercation occurred between her boyfriend, Matthew Koma, and her New York neighbor, whom she put on blast early Wednesday.
Discussion: Page Six, PerezHilton and Just Jared
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Page Six:
Hilary Duff's neighbor told cops her boyfriend attacked him  —  Hilary Duff's neighbor called NYPD cops to their building on Wednesday and said the actress' boyfriend socked him over his chain smoking habit, the alleged victim and police sources said.  —  “I had to call the police this morning …
TMZ.com:
Elton John To Perform at Royal Wedding for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle  —  Elton John will take the stage at the royal wedding ... a fitting choice given the singer's history with Prince Harry, Princess Diana and the Royal Family.  —  Sources close to Elton tell TMZ the singer is set …
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Sara Nathan / Page Six:
Princess Diana would have helped Meghan avoid scandal, says former aide
Discussion: TMZ.com
TMZ.com:
Rapper Mac Miller Arrested for DUI and Hit and Run After Car Wreck  —  Mac Miller is locked up after allegedly crashing his car while he was drunk and then fleeing the scene.  —  Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, Mac was driving in the San Fernando Valley around 1 AM Thursday when his 2016 G-Wagon hit a power pole, knocking it down.
Discussion: PerezHilton and Stereogum
New York Daily News:
Pregnant Broadway actress loses baby months after Park Slope driver fatally plowed into her daughter  —  The Broadway actress whose daughter was mowed down and killed in a Brooklyn crosswalk, has lost the baby she was carrying at the time of the crash, the family's lawyer told the Daily News Wednesday.
Discussion: Us Weekly, PerezHilton and AOL
Fan Zhong / W Magazine:
Christina Aguilera Is Back at Last, and She Has Got Something to Say  —  Christina Aguilera just needed a break.  The singer, on the cusp of a major comeback at the age of 37, had just been released from a day in New York spent getting reacquainted with the metabolism of the pop star album cycle …
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Julie Miller / Vanity Fair:
Whitney Houston's Dark Family Secret Uncovered in New Documentary  —  In Kevin Macdonald's Whitney, premiering at Cannes Wednesday, Houston's inner circle confirm a childhood trauma Houston suffered.  —  Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald (One Day in September, The Last King of Scotland) …
The Blast:
Jason Statham Apologizes for Alleged Homophobic Remarks On Set of ‘Wild Card’  —  Jason Statham is getting in front of a possible bad situation after a man claimed he possessed an audio recording of the actor hurling homophobic insults on the set of one of his big movies.
Discussion: PerezHilton, Towleroad and Page Six
Chelsea White / People.com:
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend Welcome Baby Number 2: 'Somebody's Herrrrrrre!'  —  Chrissy Teigen and John Legend are the proud parents of a baby boy, PEOPLE confirms.  —  The model, 32, announced late Wednesday that their son had arrived.  In typical Teigen fashion, the star used Twitter …
Discussion: Dlisted and Cele|bitchy
Daily Mail:
Not invited!  They grew up with Prince Harry at Kensington Palace and are members of the same generation... but none of the young royals are invited to the wedding  —  By , SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE FOR THE DAILY MAIL and ROD ARDEHALI FOR MAILONLINE  —  They grew up with Prince Harry at Kensington Palace …
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Emily Smith / Page Six:   Not all of the Spice Girls are invited to the royal wedding
 
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Jordan Mintzer / Hollywood Reporter:
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Perez Hilton:
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