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10:30 AM ET, June 11, 2019

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Ernest Macias / Interview Magazine:
Meet Rihanna, the Shy Gal  —  Rihanna, as it turns out, kind of does need an introduction.  There are the bits we know: The 31-year-old Barbadian entertainer and mogul has nine Grammy Awards, 10 signature fragrances, thriving beauty and lingerie businesses, and a new ready-to-wear line for the fashion behemoth LVMH.
Page Six:
DJ Khaled planning monster lawsuit against Billboard Chart  —  DJ Khaled is poised to hit the Billboard Chart with a monster lawsuit alleging the organization unfairly disqualified more than 100,000 sales of “Father of Asahd,” robbing him of the No. 1 spot.
Discussion: Sandra Rose
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
A Billboard No. 1 Is at Stake, So Here's an Album With Your Taylor Swift Hoodie
Emmy Griffiths / HELLO!:
WATCH: The new trailer for Frozen 2 is here  —  This looks so good!  —  The new trailer for Frozen 2 has arrived, and has given us an insight into what to expect from the upcoming sequel to the hugely popular 2013 film.  While a teaser trailer previously revealed that Elsa, Anna …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Linda Fairstein / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix's False Story of the Central Park Five  —  Ava DuVernay's miniseries wrongly portrays them as totally innocent—and defames me in the process.  —  At about 9 p.m. April 19, 1989, a large group of young men gathered on the corner of 110th Street and Fifth Avenue for the purpose …
Discussion: The Wrap
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Stephen Rex Brown / New York Daily News:
Central Park Five received additional $3.9 million from the state in 2016
Discussion: The Wrap and Deadline
Robyn Merrett / People.com:
Robin Givens Denies Having an Affair with Brad Pitt: ‘Never, Ever Happened’  —  Givens explained on Watch What Happens Live that her ex-husband Mike Tyson claimed he caught her and Pitt in bed together  —  Robin Givens is setting the record straight on her rumored affair with Brad Pitt.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Lindsey Kupfer / Page Six:
Teddy Geiger and 'Schitt's Creek' star Emily Hampshire call off engagement  —  Singer-songwriter Teddy Geiger and “Schitt's Creek” star Emily Hampshire have called off their engagement.  —  “They are over,” a source told Page Six, adding they “will not get back together.”
Discussion: Us Weekly
TMZ.com:
Kylie Jenner and Jordyn Woods on Speaking Terms, Say Hello Inside Nightclub  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Kylie Jenner's drama with Jordyn Woods is far enough behind them for them to say hello to each other in public — but Tristan Thompson is STILL on their no-fly zone.
Discussion: Page Six, X17 Online and Bossip
ESPN:
Red Sox legend Ortiz stable after shooting in DR  —  Former Boston Red Sox slugger and Dominican star David Ortiz is out of surgery and doing “fine,” according to his family, after he was shot Sunday at a club in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.  —  Ortiz's media assistant, Leo Lopez …
Discussion: CNN, Bossip and The Blast
X17 Online:
MUST-SEE VIDEO - Chris Pratt And Katherine Schwarzenegger Tie The Knot In Romantic, Super-Luxe Santa Barbara Wedding … They did it!  Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger tied the knot Saturday in a gorgeous Santa Barbara wedding at the San Ysidro Ranch, nestled in the hills.
Hanna Fillingham / HELLO!:
Kim Kardashian shares first close-up photo of baby son Psalm  —  Psalm is Chicago's twin!  —  Kim Kardashian and Kayne West's baby son was born a month ago, and on Monday his doting mum shared the first close-up photo of their bundle of joy.  The picture - which was shared on Instagram …
Discussion: Perez Hilton, X17 Online and Page Six
TMZ.com:
Wendy Williams Breaks Down in Tears Over Family Drama  —  Cries Over Family Drama  —  YES, I WANT PEACE FOR MY SON AND EX!!! … Wendy Williams insists she and her estranged husband can get along for the sake of their son — but right now the family turmoil is taking its toll, and leaving her in tears.
Discussion: Dlisted and Page Six
Fran Tirado / Out Magazine:
'Queer Eye"s Jonathan Van Ness: “I'm Nonbinary”  —  “I didn't think I was allowed to be nonconforming or genderqueer or nonbinary — I was just always like ‘a gay man’ because that's just the label I thought I had to be.”  —  Fran Tirado  —  Jonathan Van Ness gets his nails done “literally every week.”
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, Dlisted and Queerty
Emily Kirkpatrick / Page Six:
Renata's ‘Big Little Lies’ Season 2 premiere look cost over $7K  —  “Big Little Lies” is back for its second season, along with everybody's favorite HBIC, Renata Klein.  —  In a memorable scene from Sunday night's Season 2 premiere, the character — played by Laura Dern, 52 …
Discussion: Vogue, POPSUGAR and Perez Hilton
 
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Discussion: Page Six
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From Mediagazer:

Ruth La Ferla / New York Times:
Graydon Carter opens a physical store called Air Mail Newsstand in NYC, as an extension of his digital newsletter Air Mail, selling books, magazines, and more

Emma Roth / The Verge:
Post.News, the news-focused social platform launched in 2022 that offered micropayments to publishers, is shutting down after failing to grow “fast enough”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Filing: Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav's 2023 compensation package was worth $49.7M, up 26.5% from the year prior, with $23.1M in stock awards

 
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