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2:25 PM ET, May 17, 2018

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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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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.
Nicholas Hautman / Us Weekly:
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Are ‘Excited’ for Their ‘Magical’ Wedding Day Despite Her Father's Absence
Discussion: PerezHilton and AOL
Daily Mail:
Not invited!  They grew up with Prince Harry at Kensington Palace and are members of the same …
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: The Hollywood Gossip and Bossip
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T.I. Arrest 911 Call from Guard Shack  —  The security guard who called cops on T.I. felt threatened and frantically called 911 as T.I. walked back to his guard shack.  —  TMZ's obtained the 911 call ... where you can hear the guard telling the operator, “A resident is walking back here at the guard shack where I'm at.”
Discussion: Bossip
Jonathan Landrum Jr / Associated Press:
Lawyer says Rapper T.I. ‘wrongfully arrested’ near his home
Discussion: Us Weekly and Stereogum
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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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.
TMZ.com:
Offset Hospitalized After Car Crash  —  Offset totally destroyed his muscle car, and got a little banged up himself in the process ... TMZ has learned.  —  The Migos rapper wrecked his green Dodge Challenger late Wednesday night in Atlanta, and had to be taken to a hospital afterward for minor injuries …
Discussion: Bossip
Charles Davis / The Daily Beast:
MTV Suspends ‘Catfish’ in Light of Sexual-Misconduct Claims … MTV has temporarily halted production of “Catfish: The TV Show” as it investigates allegations of sexual misconduct involving the program's host and executive producer, Nev Schulman, The Daily Beast can reveal.
Discussion: Us Weekly, The Wrap and The Blast
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
David Ritz / Billboard:
Janet Jackson Goes Deep on Her Early Challenges, Upcoming Music & the Joy of Motherhood  —  Janet Jackson remains the same, in many ways, as when we first met 29 years ago, while she was shooting the “Rhythm Nation” video at a power plant in Pasadena, Calif. She was 23.
Discussion: Page Six and AOL
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, Page Six and Queerty
Danielle Bacher / Men's Health:
James Marsden Is Having a Moment  —  On Westworld, he's an android cowboy with a mysterious past.  But there's nothing robotic about James Marsden, a thoughtful guy who doesn't shy from emotion.  —  Do  —  robots cry real tears?  That'd be a question for the bloggers and the Redditors …
Discussion: Page Six and WWTDD
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
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) …
 
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The CW Fall 2018-19 Schedule: ‘Supergirl’ …
Discussion: EW.com, The Wrap and TV Tattle
Zach Johnson / E! Online:
Jennifer Love Hewitt Sorry for Looking Like a “Hot Mess” on the Red Carpet
Discussion: Dlisted and Cele|bitchy
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
‘Riverdale’ EP Talks Tonight's Finale, That Arresting End & Teases Season 3 Twists
Discussion: Obsev and Oh No They Didn't!
Nicole Sands / People.com:
Shawn Mendes Opens Up About ‘Friend’ Hailey Baldwin: ‘We Were Not Making Our Big Debut’ at Met Gala
Emily Marcus / Us Weekly:
Miranda Lambert's Boyfriend Evan Felker Files Order to Divorce Estranged Wife Staci Felker
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Nicholas Hautman / Us Weekly:
Pete Davidson and Cazzie David Split After Two Years Together
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Samantha Schnurr / E! Online:
Portia de Rossi Explains to Ellen DeGeneres Why She Quit Acting
Discussion: Dlisted
Carly Ledbetter / HuffPost:
Here's How To Become Kris Jenner's Assistant, According To Kris Jenner
Discussion: Dlisted, PerezHilton and Page Six
Alexia Fernandez / People.com:
Frances Bean Cobain Loses Father Kurt's Prized MTV Unplugged Guitar in Divorce Settlement
Discussion: The Wrap and PerezHilton
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Not all of the Spice Girls are invited to the royal wedding
Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Lea Michele Wants to ‘Push’ Off Having Kids: 'I'm Still Playing Roles That Are Under 21'
Pam O'Brien / Shape Magazine:
Mindy Kaling Shares Her Favorite Workouts and Her Approach to Losing the Baby Weight
Discussion: Us Weekly, Page Six and POPSUGAR
 

 
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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

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