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Sarah Hearon / Us Weekly:
Nev Schulman Denies Misconduct on Set of ‘Catfish’ After Accuser Details Allegations … Nev Schulman denied the allegations of sexual misconduct made by a woman who appeared on MTV's Catfish after the network announced they have suspended production on the series.  —  Hollywood's Sexual Misconduct Scandals
Discussion: PerezHilton and RADAR
Emily Longeretta / Us Weekly:   Nev Schulman Accused of Sexual Misconduct, ‘Catfish’ Production Suspended
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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Nicholas Hautman / Us Weekly:
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Are ‘Excited’ for Their ‘Magical’ Wedding Day Despite Her Father's Absence
Discussion: PerezHilton
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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TMZ.com:
T.I. Arrest 911 Call from Guard Shack
Discussion: Bossip
Jonathan Landrum Jr / Associated Press:
Lawyer says Rapper T.I. ‘wrongfully arrested’ near his home
Discussion: Us Weekly and Stereogum
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.
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: PerezHilton, Page Six and AOL
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:
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
Sam Lansky / TIME:
Ariana Grande Is Ready to Be Happy  —  Ariana Grande is happy, and it's important to her that people know that.  Still, it would be hard to miss her happiness on this sunny spring day at a ramshackle house in Beverly Hills.  It beams out of her as she sprawls on the lawn …
Discussion: PerezHilton
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.
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, AOL and PerezHilton
Kara Brown / TIME:
The Weeknd on Fame, Love and ‘Melancholy’  —  Calabasas, Calif., is where celebrities go to hide, which is exactly why Abel Tesfaye moved there last year, to a bright and airy home in nearby Hidden Hills, where his neighbors include Drake and Kim Kardashian West.
Discussion: Us Weekly and Stereogum
GQ:
GQ's 2018 Comedy Issue Cover Stars Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, and Sarah Silverman  —  Mistakes were made.  —  GQ would like to apologize to Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, and Sarah Silverman for the egregious mistakes made in the process of creating the cover for our 2018 comedy issue …
 
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Emily Longeretta / Us Weekly:
New ‘Charmed’ Cast Responds to Skeptical Fans of Original: ‘We Come in Peace’
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Alexandra Macon / Vogue:
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Deadline:
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:
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James Marsden Is Having a Moment
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Emily Marcus / Us Weekly:
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Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Fan Zhong / W Magazine:
Christina Aguilera Is Back at Last, and She Has Got Something to Say
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Emily Longeretta / Us Weekly:
Carla Hall Has No ‘Plans’ to Replace Mario Batali on ‘The Chew’ After Scandal
Samantha Schnurr / E! Online:
Portia de Rossi Explains to Ellen DeGeneres Why She Quit Acting
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Carly Ledbetter / HuffPost:
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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 15% YoY to $9.37B, vs. $9.28B est., paid users up 16% YoY to 269.6M, vs. 264.2M est., and net income $2.3B, up from $1.3B YoY

Sara Fischer / Axios:
CalMatters, a nonprofit focused on CA politics and policy, acquires tech news nonprofit The Markup; CalMatters has ~$12.5M in funding and The Markup has $5M

Sara Fischer / Axios:
Essence magazine's parent, Sundial Media Group, agrees to buy Refinery29 from Vice Media and names former Vice COO Cory Haik as CEO of Refinery29

 
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