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2:50 PM ET, July 8, 2020

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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.
Ale Russian / People.com:
Johnny Depp Says He Gave Daughter Weed at 13 So She Didn't Try It ‘Out There in the World’  —  Johnny Depp took the stand in London as part of an ongoing libel suit agains the U.K.'s The Sun  —  Johnny Depp's parenting came into question in his ongoing libel suit.
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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
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!
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!
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.
Laura Brown / InStyle:
Drew Barrymore Is Finding the Good News  —  One of today's real constants?  Drew Barrymore's optimism.  And with a new daytime talk show this fall, she will continue to spread it around.  —  Drew Barrymore brings her legend with her everywhere.  But it's one she wears with grace.
Discussion: Page Six
Amanda Hess / New York Times:
The Chicks Are Done Caring What People Think  —  The trio formerly known as the Dixie Chicks is returning with its first album in 14 years, at peace with an industry that's never made nice.  —  The women formerly known as the Dixie Chicks have survived the good old boys of country music …
Discussion: Variety
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!
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.
 
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Adam Carlson / People.com:
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TMZ.com:
Tiffany Haddish Cuts Off All Her Hair in Quarantine
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Sarah Hearon / Us Weekly:
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TMZ.com:
Kanye West Approved to Build 52,000-Sq-Ft Home at Wyoming Ranch
Discussion: Daily Mail
Hunter Harris / Cosmopolitan:
Cover Star Keke Palmer on Black Lives Matter, Standing Together, and Our Better Future
Discussion: Go Fug Yourself, 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