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2:40 PM ET, November 22, 2019

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Darlene Aderoju / People.com:
Scooter Braun Breaks His Silence on His Feud with Taylor Swift  —  “I just think we live in a time with toxic division and people thinking that social media is the appropriate place to air out on each other and not have conversations,” Braun said in a Q&A on Thursday
Discussion: Stereogum
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Chris Willman / Variety:
Scooter Braun Breaks Months-Long Silence, Pleads for Taylor Swift to Sit Down and Talk  —  Scooter Braun hasn't publicly spoken about the battles between Taylor Swift and the Big Machine Label Group in the nearly half-year since his Ithaca Holdings purchased her former record label.
Discussion: Dlisted, Page Six, MTV and Cele|bitchy
Patrick Ryan / USA Today:   Shania Twain supports Taylor Swift before AMAs: It's ‘ridiculous’ for artists not to own their music
TMZ.com:
French Montana Hospitalized with Elevated Heart Rate and Stomach Pain  —  10:26 AM PT — 11/22 — French remains in the hospital, and sources close tell us his stomach pain remains severe.  We're told doctors are continuing to run tests and monitor his heart rate.
Discussion: Dlisted, Page Six and Bossip
Elsa Pataky / HOLA USA:
Elsa Pataky on Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth's breakup: ‘He deserves much more’  —  Chris Hemsworth's wife stunned in Madrid with a brand new look and talked about the breakup of brother-in-law Liam and Miley Cyrus  —  Chris Hemsworth's wife Elsa Pataky caught fans by surprise this week …
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B.D. / Perez Hilton:
Elsa Pataky On Brother-In-Law Liam Hemsworth: ‘He Deserves Much Better’ Than Miley Cyrus
Discussion: TMZ.com
Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
‘Baby Yoda’ merch from ‘The Mandalorian’ is on its way, just in time for the holidays  — You'll soon be able to buy merchandise featuring “Baby Yoda,” the breakout star of “The Mandalorian.”  — The character, which Disney calls The Child, was absent from the marketing …
Discussion: The Wrap and CNN
Brianne Tracy / People.com:
Dolly Parton Reveals Why She Won't Give Advice to Young Stars — Including Goddaughter Miley Cyrus  —  “Like I say, I have information, but it's really not right to try to tell somebody else how to live their life,” Parton says in this week's issue of PEOPLE … FB
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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Joel A. Erickson / Indianapolis Star:
Colts Darius Leonard on fumble that wasn't: 'I had it and ... they said it wasn't a fumble'  —  HOUSTON — The reporters had left Darius Leonard, had finished asking him questions about the play, and the play still bothered him.  —  Leonard pulled out his phone, found the video of the play …
People.com:
Family of Four!  Zach and Tori Roloff Welcome Daughter Lilah Ray: ‘The Perfect Addition’  —  Baby girl joins the couple's 2½-year-old son Jackson Kyle  —  Zach and Tori Roloff are parents again!  —  The Little People, Big World couple welcomed their second child, a baby girl …
Discussion: RADAR
People.com:
Jenna Bush Hager Opens Up About Juggling Life with Three Kids and Her Job at the Today Show  —  “I'm hoping that our kids realize the biggest job and our biggest priority is them,” Jenna Bush Hager says in this week's PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday  —  Jenna Bush Hager's household just got a lot busier — but she's soaking it all in.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
TMZ.com:
Chris Brown Welcomes His Second Child with Ammika Harris, It's a Boy  —  Chris Brown's second child has been born ... and he subtly shared the good news on Instagram.  —  Sources close to the singer tell TMZ ... his ex, Ammika Harris, gave birth to their son.  As we first reported in August ... it's their first child together.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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Francesca Bacardi / Page Six:
Chris Brown is a dad again after ex Ammika Harris gives birth
Discussion: Us Weekly
Francesca Bacardi / Page Six:
Alec and Hilaria Baldwin say they'll try for another baby after miscarriage  —  Alec and Hilaria Baldwin stepped out for their first public appearance following her miscarriage earlier this month.  —  The couple attended the American Museum of Natural History gala on Thursday …
Julie Gordon / Page Six:
Jason Derulo boasts he's got an ‘anaconda’ in his pants with Instagram post … Jason Derulo sure isn't shy about putting it all out there.  —  Fans went wild after Derulo took to Instagram this week with a sexy photo of himself in teeny-tiny briefs, showing his rock-hard abs, chiseled arms — and a noticeable bulge in his pants.
Discussion: TMZ.com
Lynette Rice / EW.com:
Phew!  Days of Our Lives has been renewed for a 56th season on NBC  —  False alarm, everyone!  Days of Our Lives will be coming back after all.  —  Though word surfaced last week that the actors could be out of work because no new deal has been reached for a 56th season …
Sara Nathan / Page Six:
Diane Neal allegedly calls former ‘Law & Order: SVU’ co-star Mariska Hargitay a ‘total bitch’  —  Former “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” actress Diane Neal sensationally called Mariska Hargitay a “total bitch” — and said her co-stars were “awful people,” according to new court documents.
Discussion: Us Weekly and RADAR
PAPER:
Break The Internet: Pete Davidson  —  Yea, I was talking to a musician friend, talking about how teenage girls message her about masturbating to her music and how uncomfortable it feels to be their sexual awakening...Yeah!  Well, I used to jerk off to Leonardo DiCaprio... Uhh, like his acting.
Discussion: Out Magazine and The WOW Report
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Greg Evans / Deadline:
Joe Jonas Tapped For Quibi Travel Series ‘Cup Of Joe’
Darlene Aderoju / People.com:
John Legend Weighs in on the 'Baby It's Cold Outside' Debate: 'There's No Side to Be On!'
Johnni Macke / Us Weekly:
Angelina Pivarnick Is ‘Not Talking’ to ‘Jersey Shore’ Costars Nicole, Jenni and Deena After Bridesmaid Speeches
Tim MacMahon / ESPN:
Mavericks' Luka Doncic posts 35-point triple-double in 25 minutes
TMZ.com:
Cristiano Ronaldo Shoots Down Secret Wedding Reports, I'm Not Married!
Christina Watkins / WDSU-TV:
AMC fires three employees after incident during ‘Harriet’ screening in Metairie
Discussion: Variety and The Wrap
Joe Otterson / Variety:
Harrison Ford to Star in ‘The Staircase’ Series Adaptation for Annapurna TV (EXCLUSIVE)
Discussion: EW.com and The Wrap
Jaclyn Hendricks / Page Six:
Jamie Lynn Spears reunites with ‘Zoey 101’ cast on ‘All That’
Discussion: TMZ.com
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Brent Lang / Variety:
Michael Jackson Musical Finds Its King of Pop
TMZ.com:
‘SVU’ Star Diane Neal Allegedly Threatened to Kill Ex-BF & Dog
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip and Page Six
Clifford Ward / Chicago Tribune:
Naperville Central freshman, 14, charged with hate crime in ‘Slave for sale’ Craigslist posting
People.com:
Richard Jewell Accused of Fictionalizing Story by Implying Female Reporter Traded Sex for Scoop
ESPN:
During appeal, Myles Garrett accused Mason Rudolph of using racial slur
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
Ben Affleck To Direct 'King Leopold's Ghost,' About Unlikely Trio Who Exposed Atrocities In Plunder Of Congo
Discussion: The Wrap
Entertainment Tonight:
Kim Kardashian Explains the Return of Her Massive Engagement Ring as SKIMS Restock Arrives (Exclusive)
Discussion: Dlisted and Page Six
 

 
From Mediagazer:

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

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

 
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