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3:55 PM ET, July 16, 2019

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Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Taika Waititi to Direct ‘Thor 4’ (Exclusive)  —  Meanwhile, development concerns force Warners to push back ‘Akira.’  —  Taika Waititi is returning to the many worlds of Thor.  —  Waititi has inked a deal to write and direct a follow-up to his 2017 smash, Thor: Ragnarok.  —  THIS WEEK IN HEAT VISION BREAKDOWN
Discussion: POPSUGAR, Variety, The Wrap and Deadline
WGN Web Desk / WGN-TV:
Alligator in Humboldt Park Lagoon captured  —  Share Update:  —  CHICAGO — The search for an elusive alligator in the Humboldt Park Lagoon is over.  —  The reptile was captured overnight less than 24 hours after the city hired a new expert from Florida to find it.
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
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Mitch Dudek / Chicago Sun-Times:
See ya later, Humboldt Park alligator  —  A crocodile expert caught the 5-foot reptile early Tuesday.  Some onlookers were disappointed with the end of alligator watch, which gripped Chicago for a week.  —  Later, gator.  —  One fishing rod cast from the shoreline of the Humboldt Park lagoon from a distance of about 25 feet.
Discussion: Bossip
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix Alters Graphic ‘13 Reasons Why’ Suicide Scene After Controversy  —  The nearly three-minute-long scene has been altered two years after its debut — and ahead of the YA drama's forthcoming return.  —  More than two years after the 13 Reasons Why season one finale stirred controversy …
Entertainment Tonight:
‘The Bachelorette’ Frontrunner Peter Weber's Ex Speaks Out: He Betrayed Me for the Show (Exclusive)  —  Peter Weber's ex-girlfriend is speaking out.  —  In serious conversations with Hannah Brown, viewers have seen the Bachelorettefrontrunner openly discuss what he said was heartbreak over his last relationship.
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Dana Rose Falcone / People.com:
Bachelorette Hannah Finally Sends Luke Home After Argument About Sex: 'I Don't Owe You Anything'
Discussion: Page Six
Ale Russian / People.com:
Meet Baz Luhrmann's Elvis Presley!  Actor Austin Butler Cast as Legendary Singer in Biopic  —  Austin Butler will soon be swinging his hips in a theater near you  —  Austin Butler is Baz Luhrmann's man.  —  The famed Moulin Rouge! director has cast the 27-year-old actor to play Elvis Presley …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, RADAR and Stereogum
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Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Baz Luhrmann Sets Austin Butler In Starmaking Elvis Presley Role Opposite Tom Hanks In Warner Bros Film
Justin Kroll / Variety:   Austin Butler to Star as Elvis in Baz Luhrmann's Biopic
Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:
Kylie Jenner 'Can't Wait to Give Stormi a Sibling' as She and Travis Scott Are ‘Trying’ for Baby  —  “Everyone thinks Kylie [Jenner] will be pregnant with her second baby soon,” a source tells PEOPLE  —  Kylie Jenner is looking forward to becoming a mom of two.
Discussion: Dlisted, X17 Online and Bossip
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Emily Kirkpatrick / Page Six:
Kylie Jenner poses nude in giant $480 sun hat
Discussion: HELLO! and X17 Online
Kristian / Dlisted:
Hayden Panettiere's Friends Are Worried And Want Her To Break Up With Her Allegedly Abusive Boyfriend  —  29-year-old Hayden Panettiere's relationship with her boyfriend Brian Hickerson was a mess from the jump off.  It started like any Palin family gathering with a drunk familial brawl, and it never got better.
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Hollywood Reporter:
Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach to Tackle Margot Robbie-Produced ‘Barbie’ Movie  —  The duo will pen the Warner Bros. project, which Robbie is also starring in, with Gerwig eyeing the director's chair.  —  Barbie is looking to embolden her fashion sense by going indie.
Discussion: Dlisted and Variety
Joelle Goldstein / People.com:
Tracy Anderson Defends Gwyneth Paltrow Amid Goop Summit Criticism: 'It's Just Options'  —  The actress and Goop founder was criticized by some for her $5,700 London summit that was held at the end of June  —  Tracy Anderson is coming to the defense of her longtime pal Gwyneth Paltrow and her recent Goop summit.
Discussion: Dlisted, Cele|bitchy and Page Six
Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun-Times:
R. Kelly ordered held without bail; prosecutors call him ‘an extreme danger to the community’  —  R&B singer R. Kelly (center) is shown in June arriving at the Leighton Criminal Court Building for an arraignment on sex-related felonies in Chicago.  —  Amr Alfiky/Associated Press  —  “How could he flee?
Discussion: Variety and The Wrap
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Malcolm D. Lee Takes Over As Director On ‘Space Jam 2’  —  EXCLUSIVE: Malcolm D. Lee is taking over the directing reins on Warner Bros./SpringHill Entertainment's Space Jam 2 from Terence Nance.  —  We hear that Nance's departure from the project was amicable, and essentially the filmmaker …
Discussion: The Wrap
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Brad Pitt Also Circling Damien Chazelle's Period Hollywood ‘Babylon’ With Emma Stone  —  EXCLUSIVE UPDATE: I can add that Brad Pitt is also circling Babylon, the early Hollywood period drama that is likely to reteam La La Land filmmaker Damien Chazelle with Emma Stone.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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Justin Kroll / Variety:
Emma Stone Eyes Damien Chazelle's Next Film ‘Babylon’
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
 
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Discussion: MTV
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Ashley C. Ford / Marie Claire:
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Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and POPSUGAR
Claudia Harmata / People.com:
See Kate Middleton's Many Facial Expressions During Epic Five-Set Wimbledon Men's Finals Match
Discussion: Dlisted and indy100
Billboard:
Lil Nas X's ‘Old Town Road’ Rules Billboard Hot 100 for 15th Week, Post Malone's ‘Goodbyes’ Debuts at No. 3
Discussion: Stereogum and MTV
 

 
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Ren LaForme / Poynter:
2024 Pulitzer Prize winners: NYT for Investigative Reporting, WaPo and Reuters for National Reporting, and NYT for International Reporting for Oct. 7 coverage

Perri Ormont Blumberg / New York Times:
Memo: Condé Nast and the union representing staff at Vogue, Vanity Fair, and others reach a tentative deal for a first contract after over a year of bargaining

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Q&A with NYT Executive Editor Joe Kahn, who says polling shows “democracy” is not a prime concern warranting top coverage, while immigration and the economy are

 
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