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4:00 PM ET, July 11, 2018

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Natalie Robehmed / Forbes:
How 20-Year-Old Kylie Jenner Built A $900 Million Fortune In Less Than 3 Years  —  What her half-sister Kim Kardashian West did for booty, Jenner has done for full lips.  Like Kardashian West, she has leveraged her assets to gain both fame and money.  But while her sister is best-known for the former …
Katie Connor / ELLE:
ARIANA GRANDE IS HERE TO SAVE US  —  To her millions of fans, Grande is a guiding light of unabashed femininity—and feminism.  —  Ariana Grande is a star.  A really big star.  For millions of Arianators, as her fans are known, she's a radiant, life-giving force they wake up with in the morning and go to bed with at night.
TMZ.com:
Cardi B Gives Birth to Baby Girl Kulture Kiari Cephus  —  Cardi B — Gives Birth to Baby Girl!!!  —  BREAKING NEWS  —  Cardi B's a new mama after delivering a beautiful baby girl into the world.  —  Cardi had her daughter, Kulture Kiari Cephus Tuesday night in an Atlanta hospital with her husband, Offset, at her side.
Janine Rubenstein / People.com:
Read Cissy Houston's Emotional Full Statement About Claim That Whitney Houston was Molested  —  It's been nearly two months since the new documentary Whitney debuted at Cannes on May 16, making public a shocking claim that the late superstar was molested as a child by Dee Dee Warwick, her cousin and Dionne Warwick's sister.
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Janine Rubenstein / People.com:
Whitney Houston's Mother Expresses ‘Horror’ Over New Claims the Singer Was Molested By Dee Dee Warwick
Discussion: Associated Press
Rachel Wallace / Us Weekly:
Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin Are Planning a ‘Very Small’ Wedding … They're hearing wedding bells!  Days after Justin Bieber popped the question to Hailey Baldwin on July 7, the lovebirds are “discussing having a very small wedding,” a source close to the 21-year-old model reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly .
Discussion: PerezHilton, POPSUGAR and Brides
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TMZ.com:
Justin Bieber Asked Stephen Baldwin for Hailey's Hand in Marriage
Discussion: X17 Online, Page Six and POPSUGAR
Sarah Palin:
Yup - we were duped.  Ya' got me, Sacha.  Feel better now?  —  I join a long list of American public personalities who have fallen victim to the evil, exploitive, sick “humor” of the British “comedian” Sacha Baron Cohen, enabled and sponsored by CBS/Showtime.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and The Wrap
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Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Joaquin Phoenix's Joker Origin Movie a Go at Warner Bros.  —  Phoenix recently finalized his deal to star as Batman's iconic arch-nemesis in this villain origin story.  —  The Joker origin movie is officially a go at Warner Bros.  —  Joaquin Phoenix recently finalized his deal to star …
Discussion: Egotastic, POPSUGAR, Page Six and PAPER
Jodi Guglielmi / People.com:
Catfish's Nev Schulman on Being Cleared of Sexual Misconduct Allegations: ‘I Felt So Powerless’  —  Nev Schulman is doing his best to move on after facing allegations of sexual misconduct on his hit show Catfish: The TV Show.  —  In June, MTV closed an internal investigation after a woman …
Noah Kirsch / Forbes:
Papa John's Founder Used N-Word On Conference Call  —  Papa John's founder and CEO John Schnatter at the Indy 500 in Indianapolis, Indiana in May 2015.  (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)  —  John Schnatter—the founder, chairman and public face of pizza chain Papa John's …
Jay Cridlin / Tampa Bay Times:
Paul Reiser on ‘Mad About You’ revival: 'My guess is it won't happen'  —  Paul Reiser has some bad news for Mad About You fans hoping for a series revival.  —  “It's kind of stuck in the business end of it now,” the comic, actor and co-creator of NBC's Emmy-winning sitcom said by phone Monday.
Esme Douglas / EW.com:
Dwayne Johnson reveals why he stopped going by The Rock for a short time  —  After building a brand as WWE superstar “The Rock,” there was a short time more than a decade ago when the entertainer dropped the famous moniker and went by his birth name, Dwayne Johnson.
Discussion: The Wrap
Page Six:
George Clooney's ‘Catch-22’ to resume production following scooter crash  —  Production on George Clooney's “Catch-22” is continuing as planned following his frightening scooter accident in Italy.  —  A source told Page Six over the weekend that production on the limited series would be wrapping …
Discussion: TMZ.com, Daily Mail, BBC, Telegraph and TV Tattle
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Claudio Lavanga / NBC News:
George Clooney hospitalized after scooter crash in Italy
Discussion: TMZ.com, USA Today and alloy.com
Alexia Fernandez / People.com:
Tori Spelling Says Her 15-Month-Old Son Beau Was ‘Stabbed’ by Nails at the Four Seasons Hotel  —  Tori Spelling claims her son Beau Dean was “stabbed” by four nails at a Four Seasons Hotel.  —  The mother of five, 45, shared an Instagram Story on Tuesday about injuries her 15-month-old son sustained …
Discussion: Dlisted and PerezHilton
 
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People.com:
Kylie Jenner Is ‘More Natural’ Since Stormi's Birth, Source Says, as New Mom Removes Lip Fillers
Discussion: PerezHilton
Joseph Person / The Charlotte Observer:
Owner David Tepper: Panthers blessed with Ron Rivera, ‘a pretty good football side’
Leanne Aciz-Stanton / Us Weekly:
Why Katie Holmes Is ‘Smitten’ With Jamie Foxx and 'Won't Let Go'
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Leanne Aciz-Stanton / Us Weekly:
Taylor Swift Is the 'Happiest She's Ever Been,' Enjoying Private Romance With Joe Alwyn
Discussion: PerezHilton
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Derrick Bryson Taylor / Page Six:
‘View’ co-host Sunny Hostin racially harassed on Hamptons vacation
RADAR:
Is She Ok? Demi Lovato Fires Longtime Manager Amid Drugs & Alcohol Relapse
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