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8:25 PM ET, August 7, 2018

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Sarah Hearon / Us Weekly:
Gina Rodriguez Confirms Engagement to Joe LoCicero: ‘I Have a Very, Very Special Man in My Life’ … She's smitten!  Gina Rodriguez confirmed her engagement to her longtime love, Joe LoCicero, exclusively to Us Weekly.  —  Celebrity Engagements of 2018  —  “I have a very, very special man in my life.
Discussion: Page Six, The Blast and Glamour
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Sharon Tharp / Us Weekly:
Rachel Lindsay Is a ‘Little Pissed Off’ About Becca Kufrin's Happy Ending on ‘The Bachelorette’ … Relive the Most Intense ‘Bachelor’ and ‘Bachelorette’ Scandals of All Time  —  This might be the realest article I have ever written.  It's not quite how I thought I would write this recap.
Discussion: Glamour
Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Peta Murgatroyd Reveals Husband Maksim Chmerkovskiy Has ‘Never Used Soap’ on His Body: 'I've Smelt His Armpits'
Discussion: Health.com
Nicholas Hautman / Us Weekly:   Matthew Perry Undergoes Surgery to Repair Gastrointestinal Perforation
RADAR:
Kailyn Rips Briana Before Violent Reunion Brawl: 'I Don't Give A F**K About Her!'
Discussion: Us Weekly and The Hollywood Gossip
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X17 Online:
Scott Disick And Sofia Richie Speed Away In Their New Ferrari After Dinner
Discussion: PerezHilton
NBC News:
Angelina Jolie accuses Brad Pitt of shirking child support in new court filing  —  Jolie alleges Pitt hasn't paid her any “meaningful” child support for a year and a half during their ongoing, and at times contentious, divorce proceedings.  —  LOS ANGELES — The long-running divorce case …
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TMZ.com:
Angelina Jolie Says She Wants to Be Divorced From Brad and Be Single Again  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  Angelina Jolie is sick of being married to Brad Pitt and is asking the divorce judge to end her marriage and make her single again, even before the judge deals with some nasty child custody issues.
Discussion: Dlisted, X17 Online and PerezHilton
Cydney Contreras / E! Online:
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt “Not Even Close” to Settling Divorce as They Near Two-Year Mark
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, Dlisted and Us Weekly
Elizabeth Leonard / People.com:
All About the Gold (Yes, Gold!)  Engagement Ring Garrett Yrigoyen Gave Bachelorette Becca Kufrin  —  Neil Lane felt The Bachelorette's Becca Kufrin deserved something a little extra special this time around.  After all, she'd faced heartbreak and humiliation on national television …
Discussion: Page Six, Glamour and POPSUGAR
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Sarah Hearon / Us Weekly:
Becca Kufrin Details Unaired ‘Bachelorette’ Finale Scene With Arie Luyendyk Jr.
Discussion: RADAR
David Marchese / Vulture:
In Conversation: Kathleen Turner … When Kathleen Turner, standing in the Vulture reception area, introduces herself in her singular throaty rasp, the effect is almost comic — who else has a voice like that?  “This thing happens with restaurants,” says Turner as we walk to a conference room.
Ramin Setoodeh / Variety:
Transgender Actors Roundtable: Laverne Cox, Chaz Bono and More on Hollywood Discrimination  —  As a transgender woman, Trace Lysette had watched from the sidelines as actors like Eddie Redmayne ("The Danish Girl") and Matt Bomer ("Anything") played  —  members of her community on the big and small screen.
Discussion: The Wrap and Page Six
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Ramin Setoodeh / Variety:
Caitlyn Jenner Wants to Play a Marvel Villain: 'The Baddest-Ass Lady You've Ever Seen'
Discussion: Star
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Plain White T's Song “Hey There Delilah” Is Being Turned Into a TV Series (Exclusive)  —  Lively McCabe Entertainment and Primary Wave will shop what is being described as a scripted romantic dramedy to networks and studios this month.  —  The Plain White T's No. 1 hit “Hey There Delilah” is being adapted into a scripted TV series.
Aili Nahas / People.com:
Kim, Kourtney and Khloé Kardashian ‘Get in Tiffs All the Time,’ Source Says: 'They're Fine!'  —  The Kardashian sisters made headlines for their explosive fight on the season premiere of Keeping Up — but according to a source, they're doing just fine.
Discussion: PerezHilton
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Ramin Setoodeh / Variety:
How Caitlyn Jenner Is Secretly Fighting Trump's White House on Transgender Rights  —  Caitlyn Jenner lives on the outer edges of Malibu, up a winding, tree-lined road leading to a modern mountaintop home.  Her yellow Labrador, Bertha, happily skips across the white tile floors of her living room.
Discussion: Us Weekly and PerezHilton
James Devaney / People.com:
Ellie Goulding Is Engaged — and She Announced the Big News in a Totally Traditional Way  —  Ellie Goulding is engaged!  —  The British singer-songwriter, 31, and her boyfriend Caspar Jopling are tying the knot, sharing the happy news in the most traditional fashion — in the marriage section of the U.K's The Times newspaper.
Discussion: alloy.com, POPSUGAR and PerezHilton
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Ruby Rose to Play Lesbian Superhero Batwoman for The CW  —  The character will first appear in the network's upcoming DC crossover event as exec producer Greg Berlanti and writer Caroline Dries are developing a stand-alone series.  —  The CW has cast its Batwoman.
Discussion: POPSUGAR and The Hollywood Gossip
 
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Justin Kroll / Variety:
Guy Pearce in Talks to Replace Michael Sheen in Sony's ‘Bloodshot’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Discussion: The Wrap
TMZ.com:
Drake Locking Down 'God's Plan' Trademark for Merch and TV Game Show
Discussion: Stereogum and Page Six
Eric Sullivan / Esquire:
TOM HARDY SAVES THE DAY (NO, REALLY)
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Deadline:
‘American Gladiators’ Revival Pumping Up At MGM Television With Seth Rogen As EP
Discussion: The Wrap and TV Tattle
Paige Albiniak / Broadcasting & Cable:
Exclusive: NBC Shooting Talk-Show Pilot Starring Kelly Clarkson
Discussion: Stereogum and Page Six
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Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:
Leona Lewis Is Engaged! See Her Dazzling Diamond Ring from Fiancé Dennis Jauch
Discussion: Page Six and Full Feed
Rebecca Iannucci / TVLine:
Shameless Gets Increased Episode Order; Season 9 to Air in Two Parts
McKenna Aiello / E! Online:
Troian Bellisario Is Pregnant, Expecting First Child With Patrick J. Adams
Discussion: Page Six and POPSUGAR
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Gal Gadot Nearing Deal To Star In Hedy Lamarr Limited Series From Sarah Treem For Showtime
GQ:
Ethan Hawke Is Always in Style
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From Mediagazer:

Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD reports a $86M profit in Q1 for its DTC unit, which includes streaming, up from $50M in Q1 2023, and 99.6M streaming subscribers, up from 97.7M in Q4 2023

Sara Fischer / Axios:
Vice Media plans to create a joint venture with Savage Ventures, which will invest “tens of millions of dollars”, to relaunch its sites, including Vice.com

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Gannett fires an experienced editor overseeing 26 community newspapers for “sharing proprietary information” with a “competing media company”, which was Poynter

 
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