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2:35 PM ET, May 9, 2019

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Simon Perry / People.com:
Prince Harry Opens up About ‘Missing’ Mom Princess Diana After Birth of Baby Archie  —  The prince spoke about how becoming a father poignantly reminded him of his late mother  —  Prince Harry is opening up about how the birth of his son Archie has “given him a new focus and goal” …
Discussion: POPSUGAR
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Simon Perry / People.com:
Prince Harry Gets His First Baby Gift as a Dad — and Reveals Archie ‘Slept for the First 24 Hours’  —  Harry will be going home with a few gifts for Archie: a new soft rattle toy, some newborn socks with “I love Daddy” written on them and a special Invictus Games onesie
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and POPSUGAR
Simon Perry / People.com:
Prince Harry Leaves Baby Archie and Wife Meghan Markle for Day Trip to the Netherlands  —  New dad Prince Harry tore himself away from his newborn baby boy Archie and wife Meghan Markle to spend a day promoting his favorite cause — the welfare of veterans.  —  The prince, who debuted …
Discussion: Page Six
Tim McGovern / People.com:
Kim Kardashian Flies to Charlotte with Her Doctor to Help Newly Freed Man Remove His Face Tattoos  —  Kim Kardashian West flew to Charlotte, North Carolina, right after the Met Gala to help the man  —  Kim Kardashian West is continuing to help former prison inmates in any way she can.
Discussion: Page Six, TMZ.com and MTV
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Sarah Hearon / Us Weekly:
The Bachelor's Melissa Rycroft Defends Kim Kardashian Met Gala Criticism: ‘I Totally Underestimated My Irrelevance’  —  A candid conversation.  Melissa Rycroft reflected on the backlash surrounding her criticism of Kim Kardashian's Met Gala look, making it clear she didn't mean to body-shame the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star.
Melissa Minton / Page Six:
Cardi B's second Fashion Nova collection is almost sold out  —  Cardi B could buy designer but that Fashion Nova fits.  —  The “Clout” rapper, 26, has done it again: Her second collection with the fast fashion retailer is nearly sold out less than 24 hours after it was released.
Discussion: X17 Online, TMZ.com and ELLE
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Entertainment Tonight:
Why Cardi B Thought It Was Important to Talk About Her Liposuction (Exclusive)
Discussion: Page Six
Alex Suskind / EW.com:
New Reputation: Taylor Swift shares intel on TS7, fan theories, and her next era  —  Snakes begone.  The 29-year-old superstar is back with a new album and a new outlook on life.  We go inside the pop monarch's latest chapter.  —  THE PALM TREES ARRIVED IN FEBRUARY, seven in all …
Discussion: Us Weekly
Stephanie Petit / People.com:
Archie Harrison: The Special Meaning Behind Baby Sussex's Surprising Name  —  The middle name, Harrison, derives from “Harry's son.”  —  Hello, Archie!  —  Meghan Markle and Prince Harry revealed Wednesday the unique name they chose for their newborn son: Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
TMZ.com:
‘Nashville Flipped’ Star Troy Shafer Dead at 38  —  12:21 PM PT — The network from his 2-season show tells TMZ, “The DIY Network family is sorry to hear about the passing of Troy Dean Shafer, a dedicated, driven entrepreneur and restoration expert who was admired by everyone who worked on the series.”
Charles City / KWWL-TV:
Iowa man marries girlfriend a few hours before passing from liver cancer  —  WAVERLY, Iowa - Abraham Lincoln once said in the end, it's not the years in your life that count.  It's the life in your years.  —  That's how you can remember 20-year-old Tristan Laue.
Discussion: The Sun
Chris Hughes / New York Times:
It's Time to Break Up Facebook  —  The last time I saw Mark Zuckerberg  —  was in the summer of 2017, several months before the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke.  We met at Facebook's Menlo Park, Calif., office and drove to his house, in a quiet, leafy neighborhood.
TMZ.com:
Sharon Stone Goes Topless for ‘Vogue Portugal’ and Nods to ‘Basic Instinct’  —  Sharon Stone's still got it ... that is, the same appeal that made her a sex symbol 27 years ago in “Basic Instinct.”  —  The 61-year-old actress posed topless while floating in a swimming pool for the cover …
Discussion: Page Six
Hayley FitzPatrick / ABC News:
Tyra Banks, Alex Morgan and Camille Kostek cover 2019 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue  —  Tyra Banks returns to modeling as one of the new cover stars of the 2019 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition.  —  The 45-year-old supermodel, who was the first African-American model to appear …
Discussion: Glamour
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Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:
Chris Hemsworth, Tiffany Haddish Team Up for Action Comedy ‘Down Under Cover’
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Kristen Baldwin / EW.com:
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Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Us Weekly
Michael K / Dlisted:
Amy Schumer Told Us What She Named Her Baby, And I'm Already Passing Him Name Change Forms
Discussion: People.com
Daniel Goldblatt / The Blast:
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Dave Quinn / People.com:
Prince William and Kate Middleton Step Out Minutes After Their New Nephew Makes His Royal Debut
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Discussion: Page Six
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, set to close after WBD splits into two companies in Q3 2026

Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
The Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity for copyright infringement, alleging Perplexity's platforms lift Tribune content verbatim and divert traffic from the paper

Sara Fischer / Axios:
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