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TMZ.com:
Chris Pratt's 'Don't Tread On Me' Shirt Has White Supremacy Ties and Stirs Debate  —  Chris Pratt wore a shirt that repped the “Don't Tread On Me” flag, which has now been labeled by some as “racist” and something white supremacists use ... but that's not entirely accurate.
Discussion: X17 Online
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Jackie Salo / Page Six:
Chris Pratt under fire for wearing controversial T-shirt  —  Marvel star Chris Pratt is under fire after he stepped out in a controversial T-shirt.  —  The “Avengers: Endgame” actor, 39, was snapped on Sunday wearing a top that shows the Gadsen flag, which was designed during the American Revolution.
Discussion: Yahoo News
Harper's BAZAAR:
Yara Shahidi on What Real Beauty Means to Her  —  KAHLANA BARFIELD BROWN; PHOTOGRAPHS BY ADRIENNE RAQUEL; FASHION EDITOR: CASSIE ANDERSON; BEAUTY EDITOR: JESSICA MATLIN  —  For Yara Shahidi, activism is in the genes.  Her grandfather was a friend of the Black Panthers …
Discussion: Bossip
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Hanna Flanagan / People.com:
Yara Shahidi Shows Her ‘Real Beauty’ as She Poses Unretouched for Harper's Bazaar  —  “By not showing skin, I'm making a statement,” the actress said.  —  FB  —  Yara Shahidi flaunts her natural — and unretouched — beauty on the pages of Harper's Bazaar's empowering August issue.
Jaclyn Hendricks / Page Six:
Blue Ivy steals the spotlight in Beyoncé's ‘Spirit’ music video  —  Like mother, like daughter.  —  Blue Ivy made a scene-stealing cameo in mom Beyoncé's new music video for the song “Spirit,” which is featured on “The Lion King” soundtrack.  In the clip, which premiered Tuesday …
TMZ.com:
‘Spider-Man’ Star Tom Holland at Hyde Park with Mystery Blonde  —  ‘SPIDER-MAN’ STAR TOM HOLLAND Forget MJ ... NOTHIN' BEATS GWEN STACY BLONDE!!!  —  SPIDEY SENSES TINGLIN'!!!  —  LAUNCH GALLERY  —  Eroteme.co.uk  —  The real-life Peter Parker is staying true to the comics …
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: Variety, Deadline, The Wrap and POPSUGAR
Kate Coyne / People.com:
Dylan Dreyer Expecting Second Child After Miscarriage and Secondary Infertility  —  “By putting my story out there, I feel like the thousands of prayers and good wishes we received really made a difference,” Dylan Dreyer tells PEOPLE  —  Today is a good day for Dylan Dreyer.
Discussion: Page Six
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Harry Styles in Talks to Play Prince Eric in Disney's Live-Action ‘Little Mermaid’  —  Go on and kiss the girl.  —  Harry Styles is the latest actor to go under the sea.  —  The singer-turned-actor is in early negotiations to play the iconic role of Prince Eric in the studio's live-action remake of The Little Mermaid.
Discussion: Just Jared
Tony Doris / Palm Beach Post:
West Palm uses music to move homeless from waterfront  —  The city is playing torturous sound loops of children's songs overnight to keep people from lying about the patio of the city's Lake Pavilion.  —  WEST PALM BEACH — This isn't the first time music has been weaponized.
People.com:
How Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton Are Bonding Over Motherhood: ‘Their Relationship Is Strengthening’  —  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's move out of Kensington Palace has provided distance that has helped the couples reconnect  —  Just one year ago, Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton …
Christine Burroni / Page Six:
Sarah Hyland and Wells Adams are engaged … Sarah Hyland is now a bride-to-be.  —  The “Modern Family” star, 28, announced on Instagram on Tuesday that she and her boyfriend, Wells Adams, are engaged.  —  “That can't eat, can't sleep, reach for the stars, over the fence, world series kind of stuff …
Discussion: HELLO! and Perez Hilton
People.com:
Hayden Panettiere's ‘Life is in Flux’ as 4-Year-Old Daughter Lives in Ukraine with Dad: Source  —  Kaya, 4, has been living in Ukraine with dad Wladimir Klitschko since he and Hayden Panettiere split last August  —  Hayden Panettiere remains apart from her 4-year-old child …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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Brittany Harry / WXIX-TV:
Help a little girl in Lebanon find her missing military ‘daddy doll’
People.com:
See Inside Soleil Moon Frye's ‘Hippie Girl’ Family Farmhouse in Hidden Hills
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Patrick Ryan / USA Today:
Emmy snubs: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Emma Stone left out of nominations
Discussion: Page Six
Dana Rose Falcone / People.com:
Pose's Billy Porter Is First Openly Gay Black Man with Emmy Nomination for Lead Actor in a Drama
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Just Jared
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Discussion: Dlisted and Cele|bitchy
Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun-Times:
R. Kelly ordered held without bail; prosecutors call him ‘an extreme danger to the community’
Discussion: Variety and The Wrap
WGN Web Desk / WGN-TV:
Alligator in Humboldt Park Lagoon captured
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Malcolm D. Lee Takes Over As Director On ‘Space Jam 2’
Discussion: The Wrap
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD reports a $86M profit in Q1 for its DTC unit, which includes streaming, up from $50M in Q1 2023, and 99.6M streaming subscribers, up from 97.7M in Q4 2023

Sara Fischer / Axios:
Vice Media plans to create a joint venture with Savage Ventures, which will invest “tens of millions of dollars”, to relaunch its sites, including Vice.com

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Gannett fires an experienced editor overseeing 26 community newspapers for “sharing proprietary information” with a “competing media company”, which was Poynter

 
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