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12:25 PM ET, January 18, 2020

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Chris Pollard / The Sun:
MEGHA-MANSION Meghan Markle is eyeing up a £21million waterfront dream home in Canada for her move with Prince Harry and Archie  —  MEGHAN is eyeing up an incredible £21 million waterfront dream home for her move to Canada with Harry and baby Archie, The Sun can reveal.
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Oops!  Royal Website Says Meghan and Harry Still Live at Palace — and Omits Archie from Meghan's Bio
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Ellie Cambridge / The Sun:
ONE IS NOT AMUSED Queen ‘privately furious’ …
Discussion: CNN, RADAR and Page Six
Erin Crabtree / Us Weekly:
Rihanna and Boyfriend Hassan Jameel Split After Nearly 3 Years of Dating … She found love ... but it didn't last.  Rihanna and Hassan Jameel, her boyfriend of nearly three years, have split, a source tells Us Weekly exclusively.  —  Rihanna's Dating History: A Timeline of Her Romances and Flings
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TMZ.com:
Rihanna and BF Hassan Jameel Split After Almost 3 Years
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Fred Topel / /Film:
‘The Simpsons’ Star Hank Azaria Will No Longer Voice Apu [TCA 2020]  —  /Film has been covering the issue of Apu on The Simpsons since Hank Azaria addressed Hari Kondabolu's documentary The Problem with Apu two years ago.  The issue gained more attention when The Simpsons produced an episode …
Discussion: ComingSoon.net, Deadline and Variety
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Bad Boys 4’ in the Works (Exclusive)  —  Writer Chris Bremner is also penning a ‘National Treasure 3’ script.  —  When Sony says Bad Boys for Life, the studio means for life.  —  Just as Sony readies for the Friday release of the third installment of the action franchise starring Will Smith …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Nishita Jha / BuzzFeed News:
Half Of The Jurors In Harvey Weinstein's Rape Trial Are White Men  —  NEW YORK — The panel of jurors who will sit on Weinstein's trial consists of seven men and five women, with three alternates to replace them in case any juror needs to be absent.  —  The jury includes six white men …
Discussion: USA Today and Dlisted
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TMZ.com:   Harvey Weinstein Wants Mistrial, Claims Juror Wrote Novel ‘Age of Consent’
TMZ.com:
TAYLOR SWIFT SORRY JUSTIN, THIS IS MY GYM TIME  —  Taylor Swift likes her workouts solo — as in she doesn't just book a trainer, she books a gym — sorry Justin Bieber.  —  Here's the deal ... Justin was at Dogpound Gym in West Hollywood with a bunch of people, but then Taylor and her crew rolled up.
Discussion: Page Six
New York Times:
Pressured by Simmons Over Exposé, Oprah Winfrey Faced a Big Decision  —  Ms. Winfrey acknowledged that Russell Simmons pushed her to abandon a documentary about his accusers, but said her own concerns led her to pull support.  —  For months, the filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering …
Helen Murphy / People.com:
Martin Lawrence and Tisha Campbell Say They're ‘Good’ Despite Harassment Lawsuit in the '90s  —  Their sitcom Martin ended in 1997 after Tisha Campbell filed a lawsuit accusing Martin Lawrence of sexual harassment  —  Former Martin costars Martin Lawrence and Tisha Campbell are addressing …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
People.com:
Heidi Klum 'Didn't Mean to Negate' Gabrielle Union's ‘Truth’ Amid America's Got Talent Controversy  —  “While everyone's challenges are different, I want nothing more than for a just world and for people to be kinder to one another,” Klum tells PEOPLE exclusively
Variety:
Disney Drops Fox Name, Will Rebrand as 20th Century Studios, Searchlight Pictures  —  The mouse has officially killed the fox.  —  In a move at once unsurprising and highly symbolic, the Walt Disney Company is dropping the “Fox” brand from the 21st Century Fox assets it acquired last March, Variety has learned.
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
'Don't Breathe' Sequel Finds Its Director  —  Don't look now, but the Blind Man is coming back.  —  Don't Breathe filmmaker Fede Alvarez didn't have to look far to find a director for a sequel to the surprise hit.  —  Rodo Sayagues, Alvarez's frequent collaborator and co-writer of the 2016 flick, has been tapped to helm the project.
Discussion: The Wrap
Entertainment Tonight:
Matthew McConaughey Gives Update on Setting His Mom Up With Hugh Grant's Dad (Exclusive)  —  Could Matthew McConaughey and Hugh Grant become step-siblings?  —  ET's Rachel Smith sat down with the actors during The Gentlemen junket in New York, where they gave an update on setting their parents up.
Discussion: People.com and Page Six
TMZ.com:
Rapper Pop Smoke Arrested for Transporting Stolen Rolls-Royce  —  Rapper Pop Smoke, who features on Travis Scott's new album, “Jackboys,” is taking that title too far, according to federal agents who busted him for allegedly transporting a stolen Rolls-Royce.
Discussion: Page Six
 
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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:
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