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TMZ.com:
Tracy Morgan's Brand New Bugatti in Crash Minutes After Purchase  —  BUGATTI SIDESWIPED  —  15 Mins After Driving Off the Lot!!! … 12:51 PM PT — Tracy just tweeted thanking everyone for their concern, and bemoaning the fate of his new whip.  —  11:57 AM PT — Law enforcement tells …
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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
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.
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: The Wrap and Chicago Sun-Times
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 …
Discussion: Us Weekly, POPSUGAR 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.
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.
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 …
Sydney Gore / Highsnobiety:
Miley Cyrus' ‘She Is Coming’ Is a Directionless Hot Mess Express  —  Miley, Miley, Miley... Where to even begin with this review?  Back in 2013 when the pop star swerved hard into the world of hip-hop with BANGERZ, there were a lot of mixed feelings afloat.
British Vogue:
Why Zoë Kravitz Has Had A Lot To Smile About Lately  —  She may have drawn on her own past to play the troubled adolescent roles that started her career, but today, Zoë Kravitz - about to be married and back on our screens in a star-filled hit series - is a picture of poise.
Discussion: POPSUGAR
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!”
Entertainment Tonight:
Jonas Brothers' ‘Chasing Happiness’: What They Say About Purity Rings, Falling in Love and Breaking Up  —  The Jonas Brothers aren't running away from anything in Chasing Happiness.  —  The boy band's new Amazon Prime documentary offers an unprecedented look at Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas' lives as individuals, brothers and bandmates.
Discussion: Dlisted and Cele|bitchy
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Entertainment Tonight:
Priyanka Chopra, Sophie Turner & Danielle Jonas Slay Jonas Brothers' Documentary Premiere
Discussion: Page Six and TMZ.com
TMZ.com:
Madonna Loses Appeal To Block Sale of Tupac Breakup Letter  —  Loses Court Appeal  —  TO BLOCK SALE OF TUPAC LETTER … Madonna just whiffed on her chance to shut down the sale of an old jailhouse letter from Tupac ... and now it looks like she's gonna have to watch as tons of her personal items hit the auction block.
Discussion: Page Six
 
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TMZ.com:
Jenelle Evans Has Nasty Exchange with Mom after Custody Case with David Eason
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McKenna Aiello / E! Online:
Ellie Kemper Is Pregnant With Baby No. 2
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TMZ.com:
Blac Chyna's New Series is Unscripted, Fight with Mom the Real, Violent Deal
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google will roll out AI overviews in search to all US users, starting this week, and in more countries soon; they will be available to 1B+ users by end of year

Kayla Cobb / The Wrap:
Nielsen launches The Media Distributor Gauge, showing TV usage ranked by company: Disney accounted for 11.5% of TV viewing in April, YouTube accounted for 9.6%

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts says Comcast plans to launch StreamSaver, a bundle of Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+, later this month at a “vastly reduced price”

 
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