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RADAR:
‘Bachelor’ Peter Weber Rushed To Hospital, Receives 22 Stitches In Face After Fall  —  Medical emergency!  —  Peter Weber suffered a “serious injury” while filming The Bachelor yesterday in Costa Rica, RadarOnline.com can exclusively reveal.  —  The reality star was rushed to the hospital on Monday …
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People.com:
New Bachelor Peter Weber Undergoes Emergency Surgery After Splitting Face Open Ahead of Filming  —  Peter Weber was reportedly rushed to the hospital on Monday after he split his head open while playing golf in Costa Rica  —  New Bachelor Peter Weber is on the mend after undergoing emergency surgery in Costa Rica, PEOPLE confirms.
Sarah Hearon / Us Weekly:   Peter Weber Suffers a ‘Serious’ Facial Injury While on Location for Season 24 of ‘The Bachelor’ in Costa Rica
Mieka / Dlisted:
Dakota Johnson Chummed It Up With Gwyneth Paltrow At Her 30th Birthday Party  —  I just hate it when wealth, fame, and nepotism are wasted on the bland and boring.  Dakota Johnson recently celebrated her 30th birthday with a big party in Malibu over the weekend.
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Maria Pasquini / People.com:
Dakota Johnson ‘Loved’ Celebrating Her 30th Birthday with Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow: Source
Discussion: Daily Mail and Cele|bitchy
Variety:
Ronan Farrow Book Alleges Matt Lauer Raped NBC News Colleague  —  Ronan Farrow's new book “Catch and Kill” recounts his investigation of Harvey Weinstein; the hurdles his then-employer NBC News put in his way that caused him to publish the story in the New Yorker instead; and how Weinstein hired Black Cube …
Justin Kroll / Variety:
Daveed Diggs in Talks to Play Sebastian in Disney's ‘Little Mermaid’ (EXCLUSIVE)  —  “Hamilton” star Daveed Diggs is in talks to play Sebastian in Disney's live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid.”  —  Halle Bailey will portray the Ariel, a mermaid princess who dreams of being a human …
Discussion: The Wrap and Oh No They Didn't!
Joelle Goldstein / People.com:
Cody Simpson Pens Sexy Love Poem in the Wake of His New Romance with Miley Cyrus  —  The romantic poem follows the pair's Sunday night movie date, in which they got cozy and watched Blue Hawaii together  —  Miley Cyrus appears to be providing Cody Simpson with some extra inspiration!
Discussion: POPSUGAR and In Touch Weekly
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Len Wiseman Set To Direct Female-Centric ‘John Wick’ Spinoff ‘Ballerina’  —  EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has set Len Wiseman to direct Ballerina, an action spinoff of the lucrative John Wick franchise.  —  Ballerina focuses on a young female assassin who seeks revenge against the people who killed her family.
Discussion: The Wrap
Ainhoa Barcelona / HELLO!:
Prince William and Kate Middleton hold secret meeting at Kensington Palace  —  The Cambridges hosted Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates at home  —  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge held a private meeting at Kensington Palace on Tuesday night, welcoming Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to their London home.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Joe Coscarelli / New York Times:
Lil Peep's Mother Sues Managers Over His Death  —  The emo-rapper overdosed on a tour bus in 2017.  His mother says those responsible for his welfare pushed him to perform and plied him with drugs.  —  Before the rising emo-rapper Lil Peep was pronounced dead from an overdose on a tour bus in Tucson …
Discussion: Variety and TMZ.com
C.A. / Perez Hilton:
Hailey Bieber Shares Bible Verse After Facing Backlash For Snarky Taylor Swift Video With Justin Bieber!  —  Hailey Bieber is doing a little damage control!  —  As we wrote, quite a few Taylor Swift fans were pissed after the model and her husband Justin Bieber reenacted …
Discussion: X17 Online
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Maria Pasquini / People.com:
Justin Bieber Reenacts Taylor Swift's Banana Freakout as Hailey Baldwin Responds to Backlash
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Page Six
Claudia Harmata / People.com:
Sarah Hyland Asks Best Friend Vanessa Hudgens to Be Her Bridesmaid with Sweet Gift Box  —  The actress is getting her entourage ready for her wedding to fiancé Wells Adams  —  Sarah Hyland wants Vanessa Hudgens by her side when she says “I do!”  —  The Modern Family actress, 29 …
Discussion: Page Six
TMZ.com:
Lil Kim Squares Up With Anti-Fur Protester in NYC  —  LIL KIM Squares Up With Protester GET OUT OF MY FACE ... FUR REAL!!!  —  FURRGET ABOUT IT  —  Lil Kim wasn't about to let an anti-fur protester tell her what animals she can and can't wear ... nearly trading blows with the woman before security stepped in.
Discussion: Bossip
Rachel Tashjian / GQ:
Why Jared Leto Doesn't Want to Look “Too Regal” in Gucci  —  Also: He does not know where his head from the Met Gala is.  —  Gucci designer Alessandro Michele and actor Jared Leto!  Name a more iconic duo—and I will not wait, because I know we'll be here forever.
Discussion: Page Six
 
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