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Randall Lane / Forbes:
Kanye West Says He's Done With Trump—Opens Up About White House Bid, Damaging Biden And Everything In Between  —  Kanye West's Fourth of July declaration, via Tweet, that he was running for president lit the internet on fire, even as pundits were trying to discern how serious he was.
TMZ.com:
Mary Kay Letourneau Dead at 58 After Battling Stage 4 Cancer  —  MARY KAY LETOURNEAU DEAD AT 58 ... Had Stage 4 Cancer  —  Mary Kay Letourneau — the former teacher imprisoned after pleading guilty to raping her student, whom she later married — is dead after battling stage 4 colon cancer ... TMZ has learned.
Discussion: Dlisted and New York Times
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Steve Helling / People.com:
Mary Kay Letourneau Dies of Cancer at the Age of 58
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Tristan Kirk / London Evening Standard:
Johnny Depp: Amber Heard called co-star James Franco ‘rapey’ and ‘creepy’, court hears  —  Earlier, the High Court heard that Depp and friend Paul Bettany joked in text messages about burning and drowning Heard to see if she was a witch  —  ES News email  —  The latest headlines …
Discussion: Page Six and Sky News
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Alyssa Nelsen / Goop:
Summer at Home  —  I'm cooking somewhere between one and three meals a day.  On Sunday or Monday, I'll make a great salad dressing (blue cheese, miso, or a French dressing) and a batch of sweet potatoes and roasted beets to use throughout the week.  Brad eats the sweet potatoes as a snack every day …
Ale Russian / People.com:
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Are Amicably Co-Parenting After ‘a Lot of Family Therapy’: Source  —  Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are co-parenting their six kids after their September 2016 split  —  Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are in a better place four years after their shocking split and protracted custody battle.
Discussion: Dlisted and Cele|bitchy
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
‘MacGyver,’ ‘Magnum P.I.’ Boss Peter Lenkov Fired at CBS  —  The network has parted ways with one of its top showrunners after an investigation into what sources say were multiple claims that he created a toxic work environment.  —  Following an investigation into multiple claims …
Discussion: The Wrap
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Joe Otterson / Variety:
‘Magnum P.I.,’ ‘MacGyver’ Showrunner Peter Lenkov Fired Over Toxic Work Environment Claims
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Justin Kroll / Variety:
Jude Law to Play Captain Hook in Disney's Live-Action ‘Peter Pan’ (EXCLUSIVE) … Jude Law may be heading to Neverland.  The actor is in talks to play the classic Disney villain, Captain Hook, in the studio's live-action Peter Pan film “Peter Pan & Wendy,” sources tell Variety.
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
People.com:
Meghan Markle Frustrated by Palace's ‘No Comment’ Approach to ‘Untrue’ Tabloid Stories, Says Source  —  “People actively prevented her from responding to stuff that we knew to be untrue,” a source says of Meghan Markle  —  Meghan Markle was left frustrated by the way the palace handled “untrue” tabloid stories, says a source.
Topher Gauk-Roger / People.com:
Andy Samberg Previews New Movie Palm Springs — and Discusses the Future of Brooklyn Nine-Nine  —  Palm Springs finds the star stuck in an endless time-loop, repeating the same wedding over and over again  —  Andy Samberg says the Brooklyn Nine-Nine crew is reevaluating how to produce …
Discussion: The Blemish
Emily Longeretta / Us Weekly:
How Jennifer Aniston Has Been Spending Her Time in Quarantine: ‘This Time Has Been Nice for Her’  —  Tapping into a new side.  Jennifer Aniston has been productive amid the coronavirus pandemic, spending time working on her own projects, a source exclusively reveals in the latest issue of Us Weekly.
Gabrielle Chung / People.com:
American Idol Alum Chris Sligh Says He Has ‘Double Pneumonia’ After Contracting Coronavirus  —  His wife Sarah and his two children — Keira, 9, and McCartney, 7 — have also tested positive for COVID-19  —  Chris Sligh has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Carmel Valley / KION546:
Video of man saying racist remarks against Asian family sparks public outrage  —  A video of a man heard saying racist remarks against an Asian family at a Carmel Valley restaurant is sparking public outrage.  —  The viral video posted on social media shows the diner cursing at the family …
Hanna Flanagan / People.com:
Brooke Shields Says Working Out Is a ‘Daily Struggle’ But Wanting to Eat and Drink Is ‘Very Real’  —  “I have to really work my ass off,” the actress said in a new interview with The MOMS  —  Brooke Shields is all about embracing her body — and the fact that she has to “work hard” to maintain it.
Discussion: The Moms and Cele|bitchy
 
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Adam Carlson / People.com:
Sarah & Todd Palin Quietly Divorced Earlier This Year, Court Records Show
Discussion: Us Weekly
TMZ.com:
Tiffany Haddish Cuts Off All Her Hair in Quarantine
Discussion: Sandra Rose and Page Six
Sarah Hearon / Us Weekly:
‘Bachelor’ Season 1 Winner Amanda Marsh Reveals She's Engaged, Ex Alex Michel Is Married
TMZ.com:
Kanye West Approved to Build 52,000-Sq-Ft Home at Wyoming Ranch
Discussion: Daily Mail
 Earlier Picks: 
Hunter Harris / Cosmopolitan:
Cover Star Keke Palmer on Black Lives Matter, Standing Together, and Our Better Future
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Variety
Hanna Fillingham / HELLO!:
Sarah Jessica Parker reveals how she's been helping her children during lockdown
Discussion: Page Six
Simon Perry / People.com:
Prince William and Prince Harry Divide Princess Diana's Memorial Fund as Their Split Continues
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, NBC News and Dlisted
Melody Chiu / People.com:
Lindsay Ell Reveals She Was Raped at 13 and 21 — Now She's Giving a ‘Voice’ to Fellow Survivors
Discussion: Variety and Page Six
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google will roll out AI overviews in search to all US users, starting this week, and in more countries soon; they will be available to 1B+ users by end of year

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts says Comcast plans to launch StreamSaver, a bundle of Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+, later this month at a “vastly reduced price”

Kayla Cobb / The Wrap:
Nielsen launches The Media Distributor Gauge, showing TV usage ranked by company: Disney accounted for 11.5% of TV viewing in April, YouTube accounted for 9.6%

 
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