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9:30 AM ET, May 18, 2018

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Sarah Hearon / Us Weekly:
Nev Schulman Denies Misconduct on Set of ‘Catfish’ After Accuser Details Allegations
Discussion: PerezHilton
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
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 and PerezHilton
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 …
Dana Rose Falcone / People.com:
Is Prince William Leaving the Royal Wedding Early to Watch the FA Cup Finals on Saturday?  —  While fans of the royal family might consider Saturday's royal wedding their Super Bowl, the U.K.'s actual version of the big game is also taking place the day of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's nuptials: the FA Cup final.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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Netflix:
ADDITIONAL VIDEOS 13 Reasons Why  —  Hannah Baker's suicide shocked her family and friends.  Now the dark secrets that killed her are coming to light.  —  13 Reasons Why: Season 1 (Recap)  —  Hannah Baker records a series of tapes explaining why she took her own life — and the truth sends her classmates reeling.
Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
Inside the ‘NCIS’ Mess: How a Dog Bite Kept Pauley Perrette and Mark Harmon Apart on Set  —  Many “NCIS” viewers started pointing out months ago that stars Pauley Perrette and Mark Harmon were no longer appearing together on screen: They didn't even share a stage for Perrette's final episode last week.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and TV Tattle
C.J. / Dlisted:
CBS Released Trailers For The “Murphy Brown” Revival And The “Magnum P.I.” Reboot  —  CBS saw NBC and ABC getting big ratings for Will & Grace and Roseanne, and was just like, “Hold my beer.”  The trailers for both the return of Murphy Brown and the new Magnum P.I. dropped.
Discussion: YouTube
TMZ.com:
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
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TMZ.com:
T.I. Says Guard Cursed Out Tiny, Refused to Provide His Name Before Calling Cops
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip and Bossip
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, AOL and Page Six
TMZ.com:
‘L&HH’ Star Teairra Mari Suing 50 Cent & Ex-BF for Revenge Porn  —  ‘Love & Hip Hop’ star Teairra Mari said her ex-bf leaked a sex video as revenge for breaking up with him ... so she's suing him and 50 Cent for reposting a sexually explicit image.  —  Teairra — flanked by her attorneys …
Discussion: Bossip 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
 
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‘Survivor’ Contestant Punished for Breaking NDA, Just the Guy Though
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Amy Kaufman / Los Angeles Times:
John Travolta on #MeToo: 'I honestly don't know a ton about it'
Emily Longeretta / Us Weekly:
New ‘Charmed’ Cast Responds to Skeptical Fans of Original: ‘We Come in Peace’
Discussion: alloy.com and PerezHilton
Alexandra Macon / Vogue:
How Serena Williams Handled a Sudden, Emotional Change in Her Wedding Day Plans
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Page Six
Deadline:
The CW Fall 2018-19 Schedule: ‘Supergirl’ …
Discussion: EW.com, The Wrap and TV Tattle
 Earlier Picks: 
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!
Danielle Bacher / Men's Health:
James Marsden Is Having a Moment
Discussion: Page Six and WWTDD
Kaitlyn Frey / People.com:
Amal Clooney's Tom Ford Met Dress Drama Is a ‘Total Exaggeration’: Source
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Chelsea White / People.com:
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend Welcome Baby Number 2: 'Somebody's Herrrrrrre!'
Discussion: Dlisted and Cele|bitchy
 

 
From Mediagazer:

The Guardian:
How China is using AI news anchors to spread its propaganda on social media; Microsoft: some AI anchors were created using ByteDance's video editing app CapCut

Rodney Tiffen / Inside Story:
Court discovery docs from the UK's News Group phone hacking cases give more detail about evidence destruction and indicate the company gathered political intel

Renee DiResta / The Guardian:
How a rightwing smear campaign against NPR and its CEO Katherine Maher, who is on Signal Foundation's board, led Elon Musk to malign Signal

 
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