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9:30 AM ET, September 17, 2018

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Carrie Underwood on getting beyond three miscarriages, to joy  —  “Before He Cheats” was a huge hit for Carrie Underwood back in 2006, one of many.  More recently she's faced, and overcome, a daunting series of misfortunes and disappointments.  She talks with our Tracy Smith For The Record:
Discussion: Us Weekly, Glamour and Page Six
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Jaclyn Hendricks / Page Six:
Carrie Underwood reveals she suffered three miscarriages … Expanding her family did not come easy for Carrie Underwood.  —  “I'd kind of planned that 2017 was, you know, going to be the year that I work on new music, and I have a baby.  We got pregnant early 2017, and didn't work out,” …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and TMZ.com
Emily Zauzmer / People.com:
Pregnant Carrie Underwood Reveals She Suffered 3 Miscarriages in Last 2 Years: ‘I Got Mad’  —  Carrie Underwood has revealed that she suffered from three miscarriages in the last two years.  —  The “Cry Pretty” singer — who shares son Isaiah, 3, with hockey player husband Mike Fisher, 38 …
YouTube:
Carrie Underwood reveals her miscarriages, talk with God … For Carrie Underwood, winning the “American Idol” competition in 2005 was like launching a country music moon rocket, leading to several hit albums and world tours.  She also married NHL hockey star Mike Fisher and had a son, Isaiah.
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Oh No They Didn't!
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
California professor, writer of confidential Brett Kavanaugh letter, speaks out about her allegation of sexual assault  —  Earlier this summer, Christine Blasey Ford wrote a confidential letter to a senior Democratic lawmaker alleging that Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh sexually assaulted …
Kathy Campbell / Us Weekly:
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin Once Tried to Stage an Intervention for Lily Allen … Lily Allen reveals in her new memoir, My Thoughts Exactly, that Chris Martin and his ex-wife, Gwyneth Paltrow, tried to stage an intervention and get her to seek treatment for alcohol and drug addiction as her life spiraled out of control.
Discussion: The Guardian, Dlisted, The Sun and Page Six
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Tom Arnold and Mark Burnett in Physical Altercation at Evening Before Emmy Party  —  The tension between Tom Arnold and Mark Burnett boiled over into a physical altercation at Sunday's Evening Before Emmy party, a fundraiser for the Motion Picture Television Fund.  —  Details of the incident are still unclear.
Aurelie Corinthios / People.com:
Why Khloé Kardashian Picked Kim to Be True's Godparent: 'She's So Secure in Her Life'  —  Sunday's episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians was all about the family's baby boom.  —  With Khloé Kardashian preparing to welcome her first child, baby True, with Tristan Thompson …
TMZ.com:
‘This Is Us’ Creator Dan Fogelman's Home Burglarized 3 Times in 2 Weeks  —  “This Is Us” creator Dan Fogelman's house got hit by burglars who made off with some expensive watches — and then it got hit again ... and again.  —  Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Dan's San Fernando Valley home …
TMZ.com:
Les Moonves Not Invited to Emmy Awards  —  Les Moonves — Not Invited to Emmys  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Les Moonves was at the helm of 18 TV programs that have been nominated for Emmys, but he's not going to the big shindig Monday night ... because CBS didn't invite him.
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Peter Donat, Actor Who Played a Panoply of Roles, Dead at 90  —  Peter Donat, a Canadian-born character actor who played a wide variety of classical and contemporary roles in theater, film and television, died on Monday at his home in Point Reyes Station, Calif. He was 90.
Discussion: Variety, TV Tattle and The Wrap
TMZ.com:
Justin Bieber to Become a U.S. Citizen  —  America has its share of problems these days, but Justin Bieber is looking at the glass half full because we've learned he's applying to become an American citizen.  —  Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... Justin has applied for dual citizenship.
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Ariana Grande Reacts to Mac Miller's Death, 'I'm So Sad ... So Sorry'  —  Ariana Grande is sharing her heartbreak over Mac Miller's death for the first time, and her emotions include anger, sadness ... and deep regret she couldn't get him to stop using drugs.
Discussion: X17 Online
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Nicole Briese / Us Weekly:
Sarah Drew Opens Up About Life After 'Grey's Anatomy:' 'I Feel Like I'm Spreading My Wings'
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Machine Gun Kelly's Crew Viciously Stomps Out Actor Who Called Him a ‘P****’
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Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger Could Get Engaged ‘Sooner Rather Than Later’: Source
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Shirley Li / EW.com:
Grace Park breaks her silence on Hawaii Five-0 exit: 'I'm still figuring stuff out'
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sources: the expectation at Paramount Global is that neither of the two offers in play, Skydance-RedBird and Sony Pictures-Apollo, will come to fruition

Tom McArthur / BBC:
RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place

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