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Sarah Hearon / Us Weekly:
Burt Reynolds Dead: ‘Boogie Nights’ Actor Dies at 82 … Burt Reynolds has died at the age of 82, Us Weekly can confirm exclusively.  —  Celebrity Deaths in 2018: Stars We've Lost  —  A source tells Us the actor went into cardiac arrest at a hospital in Florida on Thursday, September 6.
Discussion: Star, Perez Hilton, Dlisted and The Blast
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Mike Barnes / Hollywood Reporter:
Burt Reynolds, Movie Star Who Played It for Grins, Dies at 82  —  The ex-jock from Florida starred in ‘Deliverance’ and ‘Boogie Nights’ but preferred making such populist, fun fare as ‘Smokey and the Bandit,’ ‘The Cannonball Run’ and ‘Starting Over.’  —  Burt Reynolds, the charismatic star …
Discussion: Page Six, People.com, Variety and The Blast
TMZ.com:
Burt Reynolds — Dead at 82 After Heart Attack ... Never Shot Final Role  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  12:54 PM PT — Burt was cast in Quentin Tarantino's Charles Manson film, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” but a source connected to the project tells us Burt hadn't shot his scenes yet.
Amy Kaufman / Los Angeles Times:
Twentieth Century Fox pulls scene from ‘The Predator’ after director Shane Black casts his friend, a registered sex offender  —  Twentieth Century Fox was just days away from locking picture on “The Predator” when an urgent note came in: Delete the scene featuring Steven Wilder Striegel.
Danielle Nussbaum / Women's Health:
Chrissy Teigen Says Her Sex Life Definitely Changed After 2 Babies  —  “It doesn't matter who you are...you're just tired!”  —  Chrissy Teigen is not a fan of rules.  There's the rule about how much screen time a 2-year-old should get.  (Her daughter, Luna, loves Elmo—what can you do?)
Discussion: Perez Hilton, POPSUGAR and Page Six
Melody Chiu / People.com:
Denise Richards Is Engaged to Aaron Phypers!  'They're a Good Team,' Source Says  —  Denise Richards is putting the wife back in The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.  —  The actress is engaged to Aaron Phypers, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal.  —  “Aaron and Denise just got engaged …
Discussion: Us Weekly
New York Times:
I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration  —  I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.  —  Leer en español....  President Trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern American leader.
Zachary Hansen / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Ty Dolla $ign caught with cocaine, marijuana in Atlanta, police say  —  Atlanta police arrested singer Ty Dolla $ign on drug charges Wednesday afternoon, less than two hours before he was set to co-headline a concert at Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood.  —  Just before 5 p.m., the singer …
Discussion: Page Six
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Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter:
Michael Moore Plays His Trump Card: A New Movie, Modern Fascism and a 2020 Prediction  —  He's America's most successful documentarian and one of the few on the left who predicted the 2016 election upset.  Now, as Moore readies his anticipated polemic ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ for its Toronto film festival debut …
Nicholas Hautman / Us Weekly:
Mary Lou Retton, Bobby Bones and 4 Other Celebs Join ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Season 27 Cast … The ballroom awaits!  Mary Lou Retton, Bobby Bones, Alexis Ren, John Schneider, DeMarcus Ware and Danelle Umstead have joined the Dancing With the Stars season 27 cast, multiple sources confirm to Us Weekly.
Discussion: TV Tattle
Alex Bhattacharji / Wall Street Journal:
Alexander Skarsgård in His Element  —  While the actor's recent roles have taken a more dramatic turn, including his pivotal part in ‘Big Little Lies,’ his outlook is as positive as ever  —  AT LUNCHTIME in Los Angeles, the slate-gray sky has an ominous, end-of-days feel.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Olivia Morris / au.be.yahoo.com:
Lily Allen walked in on this celeb shamelessly having sex  —  Lily Allen is widely known for her candidness, so it comes as no surprise that her new album No Shame, takes a very honest look at some of the wildest moments of her life.  —  In one of the tracks ‘Trigger Bang’ …
Discussion: People.com and Page Six
Erin Hill / People.com:
This Is Why We Won't See Prince George and Princess Charlotte's Back-to-School Photos This Year  —  It's back to school for royal kids too, but Prince William and Kate Middleton aren't showing off Prince George and Princess Charlotte's first day photos.  —  Although George begins his second year …
Discussion: Just Jared
Nigel Smith / People.com:
Ben Affleck Spotted Out of Rehab as Source Says He Regularly Goes Home to ‘Work Out’  —  Ben Affleck has emerged from rehab two weeks after entering for treatment, sparking concern for his recovery.  But a source tells PEOPLE Affleck is only leaving to work out.  —  “Ben is working out at his house,” the insider says.
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TMZ.com:
Beyonce Shares 37th Birthday Party Pics
Discussion: X17 Online
Sarah Hearon / Us Weekly:
Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale in Mediation Over ‘Ongoing Parenting Issues’
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Cele|bitchy
Daniel Goldblatt / The Blast:
‘Modern Family’ Star Julie Bowen Privately Settles Divorce with Estranged Husband
National Enquirer:
Jessica Simpson Uses Sis Ashlee For TV Comeback
Discussion: Us Weekly
Star:
Khloe Kardashian Shows Off Post-Baby Bikini Body — But Says It's All An ‘Illusion’
Discussion: Us Weekly
Gary Trock / The Blast:
Lindsay Lohan's Stepmom Files for Divorce from Lindsay Lohan's Dad
Discussion: Dlisted and Page Six
Natalie Stone / People.com:
Sideswiped Creator Carly Craig Is Engaged to Zachary Reiter — Who She Met on Tinder!
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Vanity Fair:
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Discussion: Sandra Rose
People.com:
Kourtney Kardashian ‘Distanced Herself from Her Sisters’ While Dating Younes Bendjima: Source
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:
Khloé Kardashian Says 'I'm Not Acting as If Tristan Didn't Cheat,' Shuts Down Marriage Rumors
Daniel Holloway / Variety:
‘American Woman’ Canceled by Paramount Network
Nate Nickolai / Page Six:
Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert to present Twain Prize to Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Discussion: TV Tattle
Emily Kirkpatrick / Page Six:
Emily Ratajkowski turned Lena Dunham into an ‘oiled-up swimsuit issue chick’
Discussion: Perez Hilton
 

 
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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

Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
At the 2024 Upfronts, streaming services dominated with Amazon Prime Video and Netflix making their debut, and live sports and ad tech were given more attention

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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