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2:00 PM ET, January 23, 2020

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Ashley Boucher / People.com:
Cara Santana 'Had No Idea Things Weren't Fine' with Jesse Metcalfe, Says Source  —  The fashion blogger and actor were together for more than 10 years  —  Cara Santana had “no idea” that her relationship with fiancé Jesse Metcalfe was over, a source tells PEOPLE just days after the actor was photographed with two other women.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, E! Online and RADAR
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Dory Jackson / Us Weekly:
Jesse Metcalfe and Cara Santana Split After More Than a Decade Together, End Engagement
Discussion: Dlisted and Star
Tracy Wright / Daily Mail:
Cara Santana was ‘completely blindsided’ …
Discussion: Us Weekly
Tracy Wright / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Jesse Metcalfe snuggles up to a pretty blonde after holding hands with model Livia Pillmann …
Discussion: Page Six
Natalie Stone / People.com:
Jesse Metcalfe and Fiancée Cara Santana Split After More Than 10 Years Together: Source
Discussion: Us Weekly and Page Six
People.com:
Brad Pitt Reveals He Passed on Keanu Reeves' Role in The Matrix: ‘I Took the Red Pill’  —  Brad Pitt revealed which role he passed on at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival  —  Brad Pitt almost took Keanu Reeves' most famous role.  —  The actor, who is up for Best Supporting Actor …
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Entertainment Tonight:
Brad Pitt Is ‘Blissfully Naive’ After Everyone Freaked Out Over His Jennifer Aniston Reunion (Exclusive)  —  Brad Pitt pays no attention to what people are saying about his and Jennifer Aniston's reunion.  —  Fans and even celebrities went crazy over the former couple's run-in at the 2020 SAG Awards over the weekend.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Gossip Cop
Liz McNeil / People.com:
Jessica Simpson Decided to Quit Drinking After Realizing She Couldn't Dress Her Kids for Halloween  —  “It was a long, hard emotional journey,” Jessica Simpson writes about how she has quietly reclaimed her life and her health over the past year  —  At 37, “I thought I was too young to write a memoir,” Jessica Simpson says.
Discussion: Us Weekly, Cele|bitchy and Perez Hilton
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Liz McNeil / People.com:
Jessica Simpson's Memoir Reveals John Mayer Said He Was ‘Obsessed’ with Her …
Cydney Contreras / E! Online:
Channing Tatum and Jessie J Are Officially Back Together Nearly 2 Months After Split  —  Jessie J and Channing Tatum are giving their relationship another go.  —  A source exclusively tells E! News the singer and actor are “fully back together”, weeks after they ended their relationship in 2019.
Discussion: Page Six and Us Weekly
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Captain Marvel 2’ in the Works With ‘WandaVision’ Writer  —  Marvel is moving the action from the 1990s to the present day with scribe Megan McDonnell.  —  A sequel to Marvel's billion-dollar-grossing Captain Marvel is officially in the works.  —  The company has tapped rising scribe Megan McDonnell …
Discussion: The Wrap, /Film and Oh No They Didn't!
TMZ.com:
‘Bachelorette’ Contestant Tyler Gwozdz Hospitalized After Apparent OD  —  'BACHELORETTE'S' TYLER GWOZDZ HOSPITALIZED IN ICU Suffers Possible Overdose  —  ‘Bachelorette’ contestant Tyler Gwozdz — who competed for Hannah Brown — was hospitalized for at least a week following a suspected overdose ... TMZ has learned.
Discussion: Us Weekly and Page Six
Joey Nolfi / EW.com:
Exclusive: RuPaul, Drag Race season 12 cast give first interviews on ‘twisted’ new season  —  You can imagine it might be difficult to concentrate while sitting in a room filled with the echoing clack of high heels shuffling across the pavement of a New York City photo studio …
Discussion: Towleroad Gay News
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Angelina Jolie to Produce BBC Show to Help Kids Spot Fake News  —  Angelina Jolie and the BBC want to give young viewers real tools to stop fake news,  —  Jolie will executive produce “BBC My World,” a program that explains the stories behind news and offers facts and information that helps kids …
Ashley Boucher / People.com:
Rihanna and Billionaire Boyfriend Hassan Jameel Split After Nearly 3 Years of Dating  —  The pair were first romantically linked in June 2017  —  It's the end of the road for Rihanna and her boyfriend of nearly three years, billionaire Hassan Jameel.  —  A source close to the pair tells PEOPLE …
Discussion: Us Weekly
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Jennie Amelia / AceShowBiz.com:
Rihanna's Ex Hassan Jameel Asks With ‘a Threat’ To Have Their Pictures Removed
Discussion: Sandra Rose
TMZ.com:
TEXTING SUICIDE CASE MICHELLE CARTER GETS EARLY PRISON RELEASE  —  Michelle Carter, the woman who encouraged her boyfriend to kill himself in a series of texts, has been released early from prison.  —  The 23-year-old from Massachusetts walked free Thursday morning out of Bristol County House …
Discussion: FOX 61 and Bossip
Dave Quinn / People.com:
Sophia Bush Says She Fought with One Tree Hill Boss Over Underwear Scenes: ‘I Was Really Ballsy’  —  “I just wasn't wanting to perpetuate this sort of behavior that I didn't think was appropriate,” Sophia Bush said  —  Sophia Bush is opening up about the on-set battles she got into with her boss on One Tree Hill.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Alyssa Morin / E! Online:
Lena Waithe and Wife Alana Mayo Split  —  The news comes two months after announcing they secretly married.  A statement was shared with E! News about their decision to split.  —  “After careful thought and consideration, we have decided to part ways,” a joint statement from their reps read.
YouTube:
Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Justin Mikita Are Having a Baby! … James Corden asks his guests Charlie Hunnam and Jesse Tyler Ferguson about their experiences turning 40 years old, and Jesse shares some big news — he and husband Justin Mikita are having a baby this year!
Discussion: Page Six
Allison / Dlisted:
Open Post: Hosted By Henry Winkler Swearing That He Doesn't Hate Tom Hanks  —  Three months ago, Henry Winkler proved that older, normal-seeming Hollywood dudes can also have messy decades-long drama in their life, when he went on Watch What Happens Live and claimed the only person he got along …
Discussion: YouTube and TMZ.com
 
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Alexia Fernandez / People.com:
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Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Channing Tatum to Star in, Produce Disney's ‘Bob the Musical’
Discussion: The Wrap
Conchita Margaret Widjojo / People.com:
Princess Eugenie Posts First Instagram Since Dad Prince Andrew Quit Royal Duties Amid Epstein Scandal
Discussion: Sandra Rose
Christian Hetrick / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Did Gritty punch a 13-year-old boy in the back? Philadelphia detectives are investigating
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
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TMZ.com:
Juice WRLD Died from Accidental OD of Oxycodone and Codeine
Discussion: Page Six and Us Weekly
Ashley Lee / Los Angeles Times:
Mr. Miyagi on Broadway? ‘Karate Kid’ musical in the works
Discussion: EW.com and /Film
Kaitlyn Frey / People.com:
All About the Two Gorgeous Wedding Dresses Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters Wore to Marry Tim Tebow
Discussion: Page Six
Stephanie Petit / People.com:
Kate Middleton Visits Women's Prison to Reconnect with Inmates Who Are Rebuilding Their Lives
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Go Fug Yourself
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Ana De Armas Looking like a 50s Goddess as she films Deep Water
Calum Trenaman / CNN:
Kobe Bryant backs women to play in NBA ‘right now’
Discussion: Bossip
TMZ.com:
Demi Lovato Will Perform Song She Wrote Days Before OD at Grammys
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
‘American Crime Story: Impeachment’: Billy Eichner To Play Matt Drudge
Discussion: Dlisted and The Wrap
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
The Financial Times signs a deal with OpenAI to train AI models on the publisher's archived content and to let ChatGPT reply with short summaries of FT articles

The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount CEO Bob Bakish steps down; Brian Robbins, Chris McCarthy, and George Cheeks will run Paramount on an interim basis as an “Office of the CEO”

Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Shari Redstone agreed to take less than $2B for her Paramount stake as part of Skydance's “best and final” offer, lower than what was initially offered

 
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