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7:50 AM ET, July 9, 2020

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CBS Los Angeles:
Actress Naya Rivera Presumed Drowned After Swimming In Lake Piru, 4-Year-Old Son Found Alone In Boat  —  LAKE PIRU (CBSLA) — The search for 33-year-old actress Naya Rivera was suspended late Wednesday night after she went missing earlier in the day.  —  According to the Ventura County …
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CNN:
‘Glee’ actress Naya Rivera is missing at a lake in California  —  (CNN)Rescuers will resume their search Thursday morning for “Glee” actress Naya Rivera after she went missing from a lake in Southern California.  —  Rivera, 33, vanished from Lake Piru in Ventura County on Wednesday evening.
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:
NAYA RIVERA MISSING ON SOCAL LAKE ... Son Found Alive on Boat  —  NAYA RIVERA MISSING ON SOCAL LAKE ... Son Found Alive on Boat  —  Naya Rivera is missing on a Southern California lake after her toddler son was found alive, but alone on a boat ... TMZ has confirmed.
Melinda Newman / Billboard:
The Band Lady A Files Lawsuit Against Singer Anita ‘Lady A’ White  —  The trio is asking a Nashville court to grant its right to the trademark Lady A.  —  Attorneys for Lady A, formerly known as Lady Antebellum, have filed a suit against blues singer Anita White who goes by the name Lady A.
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Reopening Hollywood: How Zendaya, John David Washington & ‘Euphoria’ Creator Sam Levinson Started & Finished A Secret Movie During The Pandemic  —  Editors Note: Deadline's Reopening Hollywood series focuses on the complicated effort to get the industry back on its feet while ensuring the safety of everyone involved.
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Oh No They Didn't!
People.com:
Vili Fualaau ‘Lost a Piece of Himself’ After Death of Ex-Wife Mary Kay Letourneau, Says Friend  —  “The marriage had split up, but they still had love for each other,” a close friend of Vili Fualaau tells PEOPLE  —  Vili Fualaau “lost a piece of himself” when Mary Kay Letourneau …
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TMZ.com:
Mary Kay Letourneau Dead at 58 After Battling Stage 4 Cancer
Discussion: Dlisted and New York Times
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
Discussion: Sky News and Page Six
McKenna Aiello / E! Online:
The Challenge's Camila Nakagawa Gives Birth to a Baby Boy  —  MTV star Camila Nakagawa reveals her newborn son's name and first photos exclusively to E! News.  —  Camila Nakagawa is ready for her most epic challenge yet: motherhood!  —  E! News can exclusively reveal that the MTV star …
Discussion: Us Weekly
Page Six:
Rudy Giuliani called the NYPD on Sacha Baron Cohen over prank interview  —  Rudy Giuliani called the NYPD when “Borat” star Sacha Baron Cohen — wearing a spangly pink bikini — tried to prank him into a spoof interview.  —  The former mayor and personal attorney to President Trump went …
Discussion: Deadline
Alyssa Nelsen / Goop:
Summer at Home  —  Home is where the heart is.  Right now, it's also where the work, dates, entertainment, and summer vacation are.  I've reset my course a bit to embrace this new normal, and after three and a half months, I've found hacks that make WFH a little less taxing …
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: Us Weekly and Page Six
Joe Otterson / Variety:
‘Wonder Years’ Reboot With Black Family in the Works at ABC, Lee Daniels to Produce … A reboot of “The Wonder Years” has landed a pilot production commitment at ABC.  —  The new half-hour comedy series would focus on how a black middle class family in Montgomery, Alabama in the turbulent late 1960's …
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Oh No They Didn't!
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!
 
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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

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