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7:55 AM ET, September 7, 2018

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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, The Blast, Perez Hilton and Dlisted
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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, Variety, The Blast and People.com
TMZ.com:
Burt Reynolds Dead at 82 After Heart Attack, 911 Call Released  —  Burt Reynolds — Dead at 82 After Heart Attack 911 Call Reveals Desperate Situation  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  1:52 PM PT — In the 911 call — obtained by TMZ — a male caller tells emergency operators Reynolds is experiencing trouble breathing and chest pain.
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 …
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Nicholas Hautman / Us Weekly:
Denise Richards Is Engaged to Aaron Phypers
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Melody Chiu / People.com:
Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale Are in Mediation Over ‘Different Points of View’ on Parenting  —  Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale are in mediation over opposing parenting styles, PEOPLE confirms.  —  “They have very different points of view on how to raise their kids,” a source tells PEOPLE of the exes …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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Sarah Hearon / Us Weekly:
Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale in Mediation Over ‘Ongoing Parenting Issues’
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Cele|bitchy
Simon Perry / People.com:
Meghan Markle Goes Glam (Veronica Lake-Inspired Curls!) for Military Charity Gala with Prince Harry  —  Meghan Markle and Prince Harry stepped out on Thursday to support another cause close to the prince's heart.  —  The royal couple attended 100 Days to Peace, a gala music evening marking …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Perez Hilton
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘The Act’: Joey King To Star In Hulu True-Crime Anthology Series  —  EXCLUSIVE: Joey King (The Kissing Booth) is set as the co-lead opposite Patricia Arquette in the first season of The Act, Hulu's character-based anthology series from writers Nick Antosca and Michelle Dean and Universal Cable Productions.
Carlos Greer / Page Six:
Kendall Jenner caught in epic makeout session with Anwar Hadid … Models Kendall Jenner and Anwar Hadid were spotted in an epic makeout session at New York Fashion Week on Wednesday — as his top-model sisters Gigi and Bella partied nearby.  —  Spies said Jenner — who is, at 22 …
Emily Strohm / People.com:
WATCH: Original Queer Eye Guys Carson Kressley and Thom Filicia Have a Hilarious New Design Show  —  Carson Kressley and Thom Filicia have been besties for years, but now the duo is taking their friendship one step further and going into business together.  —  The stars of the original Queer Eye …
Discussion: TV Tattle
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.
Michael Ausiello / TVLine:
Grey's Anatomy: Alex Landi Cast as Series' First Gay Male Surgeon  —  Grey Sloan Memorial's LGBT population is on the rise.  Grey's Anatomy has tapped relative newcomer Alex Landi to join the Season 15 cast as Dr. Nico Kim, the series' first gay male surgeon, TVLine has learned exclusively.
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
Jessica Vacco-Bolanos / Us Weekly:
Oliver Hudson Says He Got Multiple Brazilian Waxes With Wife Erinn Bartlett: ‘Fun Things Happened Because of It’ … Nothing is off limits with Oliver Hudson!  The 41-year-old Splitting Up Together star didn't hold back from sharing personal information during his Thursday, September 6, appearance on The Match Game.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
 
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Alexia Fernandez / People.com:
Playboy Model's Car Seen Outside Ben Affleck's Home as He Returns from Rehab to ‘Work Out’
Discussion: Dlisted and Cele|bitchy
TMZ.com:
Nicki Minaj Says She's Donating $25k to ‘Cosby Show’ Star Geoffrey Owens
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Tate Donovan Was ‘Dying Inside’ Working With Ex Jennifer Aniston on ‘Friends’
TMZ.com:
Beyonce Shares 37th Birthday Party Pics
Discussion: X17 Online
Nicholas Hautman / Us Weekly:
Mary Lou Retton, Bobby Bones and 4 Other Celebs Join ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Season 27 Cast
Discussion: TV Tattle
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
 Earlier Picks: 
Gary Trock / The Blast:
Lindsay Lohan's Stepmom Files for Divorce from Lindsay Lohan's Dad
Discussion: Page Six and Dlisted
Natalie Stone / People.com:
Sideswiped Creator Carly Craig Is Engaged to Zachary Reiter — Who She Met on Tinder!
Erin Hill / People.com:
This Is Why We Won't See Prince George and Princess Charlotte's Back-to-School Photos This Year
Discussion: Just Jared
Danielle Nussbaum / Women's Health:
Chrissy Teigen Says Her Sex Life Definitely Changed After 2 Babies
Discussion: Perez Hilton, Page Six and POPSUGAR
Olivia Morris / au.be.yahoo.com:
Lily Allen walked in on this celeb shamelessly having sex
Discussion: The Blemish, People.com and Page Six
Zachary Hansen / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Ty Dolla $ign caught with cocaine, marijuana in Atlanta, police say
Discussion: WSB-TV, Stereogum, Page Six and TMZ.com
Vanity Fair:
Vanity Fair's Best-Dressed 2018
Discussion: Sandra Rose
 

 
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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