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12:20 PM ET, June 27, 2018

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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Famous in Love’ Canceled After 2 Seasons on Freeform  —  Sources say Freeform wanted more money from SVOD partner Hulu for a potential third season amid clashes between star Bella Thorne and showrunner I. Marlene King.  —  Freeform is calling it a day with Famous in Love.
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Natalie Stone / People.com:
Bella Thorne Says She ‘Woulda Liked a Phone Call’ After Seeing Report That Her Show Was Canceled  —  The future of Bella Thorne's Famous in Love is up in the air.  —  On Tuesday, the actress responded to a report that the Freeform show in which she stars had been canceled after two seasons.
Discussion: Dlisted, EW.com and PerezHilton
TMZ.com:
Joe Jackson — Dead at 89  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Joe Jackson — the patriarch of the Jackson family — has died ... TMZ has learned.  —  Family sources tell TMZ, Joe passed away at 3:30 AM Wednesday in L.A.  —  We broke the story ... Joe was hospitalized in June with terminal cancer.
Discussion: Page Six
Simon Perry / People.com:
President Trump Set to Meet Queen Elizabeth at Harry and Meghan's Wedding Venue  —  President Donald Trump looks like he is getting his meeting with Queen Elizabeth after all.  —  After more than a year of back-and-forth about whether he would be heading to the U.K. for an official visit …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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Gabrielle Bluestone / New York Times:
You Can't Hurt Lindsay Lohan Now  —  Once America's favorite troubled teen, treated with scorn and sexism, our greatest export reveals she's in a better place now.  (It's called Lohan Beach House.)  —  MYKONOS, Greece — The other day at the newly opened Lohan Beach House …
Alexia Fernandez / People.com:
Jack Osbourne Reveals His Father Ozzy ‘Hated’ Filming Family Reality Show The Osbournes  —  Jack Osbourne is revealing why his father Ozzy detested appearing on their family's reality show The Osbournes.  —  The father of three, 32, opened up about the return of his reality TV show Ozzy & Jack's World Detour …
Discussion: Page Six and A&E
Nicholas Hautman / Us Weekly:
Tiffany Haddish Reveals Drake Stood Her Up for a Date, So He Didn't Make Her ‘D-k Pic Book’ … It just wasn't in “God's plan.”  Tiffany Haddish revealed on Monday, June 25, that Drake once stood her up for a dinner date.  —  “I really don't have a lot of time for it …
Laura Brown / InStyle.com:
The Number 1  —  To Serena Williams, dominance comes naturally.  The challenge?  Creating the life of a parent within the legend of a champion  —  As I'm writing the introduction to this story, the news breaks that Serena Williams has pulled out of the French Open with a pectoral injury.
Natalie Stone / People.com:
Jerry Seinfeld Wonders If Firing Roseanne Barr ‘Was Necessary,’ Says She Should Have Been Recast  —  Jerry Seinfeld is weighing in on Roseanne Barr's firing from Roseanne in the wake of her racist tweet.  —  The Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee star got candid about the controversy on Monday …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, The Wrap and Us Weekly
X17 Online:
Jessica Simpson Mom-Shamed For This Video Of Her Son Being Flipped Into The Pool In A Cast … People need to find something better to do, because this is ridiculous.  —  Jessica Simpson is being mom-shamed on Instagram for allowing her husband Eric Johnson to launch their son Ace into the pool …
Discussion: Page Six
Emily Strohm / People.com:
How Chip and Joanna Gaines Are Parenting a Newborn 8 Years After Their Last Baby  —  Before Chip and Joanna Gaines welcomed son Crew on June 21, it had been eight years since the Fixer Upper stars last parented a newborn.  —  Now with a new baby at home, joining their sons Drake, 13 …
Nicole Pajer / PARADE Magazine:
Nicole Kidman Reveals Secret to 12 Years of Wedded Bliss to Keith Urban  —  Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are celebrating 12 years of marriage on June 25 and continue to be the poster children of #RelationshipGoals.  So what's the secret to two busy entertainment industry gurus making …
Discussion: PerezHilton
Jaclyn Hendricks / Page Six:
Christian Siriano and husband Brad Walsh split  —  Christian Siriano and husband Brad Walsh have split after nearly two years of marriage, Walsh revealed Monday on his Instagram story.  —  “Bit more than a month ago my husband and I separated.  I was contacted by a writer for a website …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
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Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:   Christian Siriano, Brad Walsh Split After Nearly Two Years of Marriage
 
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Julia Marsh / New York Post:
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Discussion: The Wrap
TMZ.com:
Ty Dolla $ign Tried to Have Seeing-Eye Dog Moved During Flight Due to Allergies
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Mara Siegler / Page Six:
Luann de Lesseps acted like the biggest diva during Pride Parade
Discussion: Dlisted and Cele|bitchy
Jeff Nelson / People.com:
Mean Girls Star Daniel Franzese and Fiancé Joseph Bradley Phillips Split, End Their Engagement
Discussion: Towleroad
Zach Johnson / E! Online:
Bachelor in Paradise's Taylor Nolan and Derek Peth Break Up
Discussion: Us Weekly
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Discussion: The Wrap
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Discussion: Page Six
 

 
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Ted Sarandos met with President Trump in November, and both agreed WBD should go to the highest bidder; Sarandos argued that Netflix wasn't a monopoly

Committee to Protect Journalists:
After the building fire, Hong Kong summoned AFP, FT, NYT, AP, Bloomberg, and WSJ journalists, telling them to avoid “trouble making”, and arrested a commentator

Barbara Moens / Financial Times:
The EU says Meta agreed to make changes to its “pay or consent” model in the EU, including ad-lite Instagram and Facebook versions, but “the case is not closed”

 
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