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8:55 AM ET, October 10, 2018

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Fatima Ali / Bon Appetit:
I'm a Chef With Terminal Cancer.  This Is What I'm Doing with the Time I Have Left  —  ‘Top Chef’ contestant Fatima Ali and her doctors thought her cancer had vanished.  Then she was told she had a year to live. … Sitting in the airport lounge, I can feel her gaze locked on the back of my head before I see her.
Discussion: Us Weekly
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Nicholas Hautman / Us Weekly:
Top Chef's Fatima Ali Reveals Her Cancer Has Returned: ‘I Have a Year to Live’ … Top Chef star Fatima Ali revealed on Tuesday, October 9, that she has terminal cancer.  —  Stars Who Beat Cancer  —  “The cancer cells my doctors believed had vanished are back with a vengeance in my left hip and femur bone …
Kiki Meola / Us Weekly:
Suzanne Somers Opens Up About Regrowing Her Breast After Cancer
Discussion: Page Six and ABC News
Nicholas Hautman / Us Weekly:
Teyana Taylor Raves About What Makes Kanye West a ‘Great Father’
Melody Chiu / People.com:
Taylor Swift Urges Fans to ‘Get Out and Vote’ While Accepting Artist of the Year at AMAs  —  Look what you made Taylor Swift do.  —  After opening up the American Music Awards with a fiery performance of her song “I Did Something Bad,” the Grammy winner picked up the biggest award of the night: artist of the year.
Discussion: Page Six, Perez Hilton, Glamour and POPSUGAR
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TMZ.com:
Aretha Franklin Remembered With Stirring Tribute at 2018 American Music Awards  —  Aretha Franklin was honored at the 2018 American Music Awards with a star-studded performance of the Queen of Soul's timeless gospel classics ... with Gladys Knight leading the way.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
BuzzFeed News:
Taylor Swift's Instagram Post Has Caused A Massive Spike In Voter Registration  —  Since Taylor Swift flexed her star power Sunday with an Instagram post that encouraged her 112 million followers to register to vote, Vote.org has experienced an unprecedented flood of new voter registrations nationwide.
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
James Gunn Boards ‘Suicide Squad 2’ To Write And Possibly Direct  —  EXCLUSIVE: James Gunn has been hired by Warner Bros and DC to write with an eye to direct direct the next installment of the Suicide Squad franchise.  It's the first job he's taken since he parted ways with Disney …
Discussion: The Wrap and TMZ.com
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Diane Solway / W Magazine:
Cardi B Gets Candid: Hip-Hop's Fiercest Female Rapper Speaks Out About Her Past, Her Career, and Being a New Mom  —  Even if you're among Cardi B's 34 million Instagram followers, and have tuned in daily for your fix of her raucous, unfiltered videos on social media, you might want to pause …
People.com:
Married at First Sight's Shawniece Jackson and Jephte Pierre Welcome Daughter Laura Denise  —  Laura Denise Pierre has made her debut!  —  Married at First Sight season 6 stars Shawniece Jackson and Jephte Pierre are first-time parents to a baby girl they welcomed (three weeks early!) …
Discussion: Bossip
Ale Russian / People.com:
Ben Affleck Ends Fling with Shauna Sexton to Focus on His ‘Sobriety and Family,’ Source Says  —  Ben Affleck and Shauna Sexton are no longer seeing each other, PEOPLE has learned.  —  “There was nothing to split from as it has been casual,” a friend of Affleck's tells PEOPLE.
Leanne Aciz-Stanton / Us Weekly:
Owen Wilson Welcomes Third Child, a Baby Girl, With Varunie Vongsvirates … Owen Wilson has welcomed his third child, a baby girl, with Varunie Vongsvirates, Us Weekly can confirm.  —  Celebrity Babies of 2018  —  The Wedding Crashers star, 49, volunteered to undergo a paternity test …
Vanessa Friedman / New York Times:
Met Costume Institute Embraces ‘Camp’ for 2019 Blockbuster Show  —  How does one follow the most-visited Costume Institute show in the history of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the top three most-visited exhibits over all, one that grappled with the sacred questions of God, biblical allusion and religious ornamentation?
Discussion: Vogue, POPSUGAR, Variety and Page Six
People.com:
Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson Will Have a Prenup — Unlike Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin  —  Pete Davidson joked about a prenuptial agreement with fiancée Ariana Grande on SNL — but a source exclusively tells PEOPLE a prenup is indeed in the works for the pair.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
 
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Jennifer Lance / Glamour:
The ‘Glamour’ November 2018 Cover Stars: Chrissy Metz, Mandy Moore, Susan Kelechi Watson
Andy Greene / Rolling Stone:
Rock Hall of Fame: Def Leppard, Stevie Nicks, Radiohead, Rage Lead Nominees
Discussion: Billboard and Dlisted
Teen Vogue:
You Haven't Seen What Lili Reinhart Is Capable Of...Yet
YouTube:
John Mayer Wants to Create a New ‘Male Contract’ Regarding Masculinity | TMZ
Daniel Riley / GQ:
Ryan Gosling on First Man, Moon Landing Conspiracies, and Mild Concussions
Discussion: The Wrap
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Batwoman Unveiled: Ruby Rose Suits Up in First Photo of CW Hero
Discussion: Glamour and Egotastic
Sara Benincasa / Women's Health:
Kaley Cuoco Says She Doesn't ‘Need’ Her Husband For Anything—And That's A Good Thing
Discussion: Us Weekly
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Ruth Styles / Daily Mail:
Meghan Markle's sister tells DailyMailTV handing a letter to guards at the palace was 'mission …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Amber Rose Allows 5-Year-Old Son to Curse, But Wishes He Wouldn't Use N-Word
Discussion: Page Six and Perez Hilton
Natalie Stone / People.com:
Harry Potter's Evanna Lynch Reveals J.K. Rowling Helped Her Overcome an Eating Disorder at Age 11
Discussion: Page Six
Daily Mail:
Chyna says King is the perfect older brother, always looking out for Dream, adding: 'He really, really loves Dream.
Discussion: Us Weekly
TMZ.com:
Jimmy Fallon Destroys Post Malone's Upcoming Artist Tyla Yaweh In Rap Battle
Discussion: Bossip
 

 
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic is profitable, has 1M subscribers, and revenue grew 10% in 2023 thanks to a 50% price hike, a harder paywall, and a shift to in-depth reporting

New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

 
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