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Vanessa Grigoriadis / New York Times:
Madonna at Sixty  —  The original queen of pop on aging, inspiration and why she refuses to cede control.  —  The night before the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas in May, Madonna was sitting in the arena attached to the MGM Grand hotel, staring at a double of herself.
Sophie Dweck / Us Weekly:
Scott Disick and Sofia Richie ‘Have Talked Seriously’ About Getting Engaged  —  The Lord is getting a lady!  Scott Disick and Sofia Richie are discussing tying the knot, multiple sources confirm in the new issue of Us Weekly.  —  Scott Disick and Sofia Richie: A Timeline of Their Relationship
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Dory Jackson / Us Weekly:
Inside Brad Pitt's Life as a Dad After Angelina Jolie Divorce  —  Time makes all the difference — just ask Brad Pitt.  —  Everything We Know About Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie's Custody Battle  —  The Oscar nominee was in a dark place after he went through a messy divorce from longtime love Angelina Jolie …
Entertainment Tonight:
Jennifer Lawrence on Why Fiance Cooke Maroney Is the One (Exclusive)  —  Getting engaged to Cooke Maroney was an “easy decision” for Jennifer Lawrence.  —  ET's Nischelle Turner spoke with the 28-year-old actress at the premiere of her movie, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles …
Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
Ellen Pompeo and Taraji P. Henson on ‘Toxic’ 'Grey's Anatomy' Culture, Fair Pay  —  Ellen Pompeo and Taraji P. Henson sat down for a chat for Variety's Actors on Actors.  For more, click here.  —  Taraji P. Henson and Ellen Pompeo are two of the most powerful women on television, sitting at the center of major broadcast hits.
Tariro Mzezewa / New York Times:
Dolly Parton on Dollywood  —  And why the singer, actor and theme-park owner has never been on any of the rides.  —  Dolly Parton, dressed in a sequined lilac pantsuit with black piping and matching butterfly wings, stood on an outdoor stage on a recent Friday morning.
Discussion: Dlisted and Page Six
TMZ.com:
Swae Lee Calls Jay-Z the G.O.A.T. After He Becomes First Rapper Billionaire  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Swae Lee's showering Jay-Z with some big pimpin' props for becoming hip-hop's first billionaire, and it's also giving him all the feels ... cause the 23-year-old wants to be next.
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Page Six:
Woman involved in Tracy Morgan Bugatti crash speaks out: ‘I got scared’  —  The woman who got into a fender bender with comedian Tracy Morgan in his $2 million Bugatti Tuesday said she was “traumatized” by his yelling at her after the wreck — and she didn't even know who he was until people told her.
Discussion: TMZ.com
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People.com:
Younger Star Molly Bernard Reveals She's Hilary Duff's Daughter Banks' Godmother  —  “After she was born, I was like, ‘Oh, does she have a godmother?’ ”  Molly Bernard recalled to PEOPLE of her pal and costar Hilary Duff's daughter Banks  —  FB  —  Banks Violet is one lucky baby to have such a doting godmother in Molly Bernard!
TMZ.com:
Andy Ruiz Gunning For Deontay Wilder, ‘I Gotta Get Joshua First’  —  I'M GUNNING FOR DEONTAY WILDER  —  ... After Joshua Rematch … Andy Ruiz says he's ready to do something Anthony Joshua wouldn't do — actually make a fight with Deontay Wilder ... telling TMZ Sports, “That's what we're aiming for!”
Discussion: The Sun
Joe Otterson / Variety:
Jussie Smollett Will Not Return to ‘Empire,’ Lee Daniels Says  —  UPDATED: “Jussie [Smollett] will NOT be returning to ‘Empire,’” series co-creator Lee Daniels said Tuesday.  —  Daniels was responding to a Variety report in which multiple production sources said that “Empire's” …
Discussion: TVLine, The Wrap and Chicago Sun-Times
TMZ.com:
Offset Ignores Autograph Hound's Beatdown Lawsuit, Loses by Default  —  IGNORES AUTOGRAPH HOUND'S LAWSUIT  —  ... Takes the ‘L’ by Default … Offset is gonna lose some cash because he apparently lost track of one lingering legal issue — the beatdown his security put on an autograph seeker after last year's Met Gala.
Cydney Contreras / E! Online:
Shia LaBeouf and FKA Twigs' Relationship Is “On Hold” as He Spends Time With Mystery Woman  —  It seems likeShia LaBeouf and FKA twigs' relationship is cooling off.  —  A source close to FKA Twigs tells E! News that the stars “have been taking time apart since May, because of her work schedule.”
Discussion: Dlisted
 
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TMZ.com:
Madonna Loses Appeal To Block Sale of Tupac Breakup Letter
Discussion: Page Six
Entertainment Tonight:
Jonas Brothers' ‘Chasing Happiness’: What They Say About Purity Rings, Falling in Love and Breaking Up
Discussion: Dlisted and Cele|bitchy
Daniel D'Addario / Variety:
Emilia Clarke Talks to Regina Hall About the Power of ‘Game of Thrones’
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Chelsea Hirsch / Page Six:
‘Botched’ star Dr. Paul Nassif is engaged
British Vogue:
Why Zoë Kravitz Has Had A Lot To Smile About Lately
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘Punky Brewster’ Reboot Starring Soleil Moon Frye In Works At UCP
Discussion: Dlisted, POPSUGAR and The Wrap
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has met with Hollywood talent representatives to propose a new performance-based compensation regime, as Amazon and Netflix work on similar plans

Neal Mohan / The Hollywood Reporter:
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan argues that creators should be eligible for Emmys, as the awards “should reflect what viewers are actually watching on their TV screens”

Max Tani / Semafor:
Hunterbrook Media's publisher failed to disclose its ownership stake in a rival to a company that was recently the subject of a critical Hunterbrook article

 
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