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6:00 PM ET, July 9, 2020

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TMZ.com:
Naya Rivera Search Now Recovery Mission, Presumed Dead in Possible Drowning  —  NAYA RIVERA SEARCH NOW RECOVERY MISSION Presumed Dead After Going Missing In Lake  —  NAYA RIVERA THROUGH THE YEARS  —  11:12 AM PT — More than 80 people are currently involved in the search …
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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 …
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.
Associated Press:
Sheriff: ‘Glee’ actor Naya Rivera missing in California lake  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California lake will be closed while they search its waters for “Glee” star Naya Rivera, authorities said Thursday.  —  The Ventura County Sheriff's Department late Wednesday confirmed that Rivera …
Discussion: EW.com, Queerty and Towleroad Gay News
Joe Otterson / Variety:
‘Batwoman’ Casts Javicia Leslie as New Series Lead … “Batwoman” has found its new series lead, with Javicia Leslie set to step into the cape and cowl for the show's upcoming second season on The CW.  —  “I am extremely proud to be the first Black actress to play the iconic role of Batwoman on television …
Discussion: Dlisted and Advocate
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘Batwoman’: Javicia Leslie Cast As the New Lead Of the CW Superhero Series
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Batwoman’ Taps Javicia Leslie to Take Over Title Role
Discussion: Bossip and Oh No They Didn't!
People.com:
Jesse Tyler Ferguson Is a Dad!  Actor Welcomes First Child, Beckett Mercer, with Justin Mikita  —  “The new parents are overjoyed and excited for this new journey as a family of three,” a rep for Jesse Tyler Ferguson tells PEOPLE  —  Jesse Tyler Ferguson's Modern Family just got a little bigger!
Discussion: Us Weekly and Page Six
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: The Wrap, Variety and Deadline
Jack Wright / Daily Mail:
'He's flipping, he's screaming, he's so mad he pushed me'  —  Texts exchanged between Heard and an onsite nurse standing by throughout the withdrawal showed her telling medics to come and help when Depp allegedly ‘pushed’ her.  —  Depp denied kicking Heard and pulling her hair …
Discussion: Dlisted and Page Six
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Tristan Kirk / London Evening Standard:
Johnny Depp: Amber Heard called co-star James Franco ‘rapey’ and ‘creepy’, court hears
Discussion: Page Six and Sky News
Ale Russian / People.com:   Johnny Depp Says He Gave Daughter Weed at 13 So She Didn't Try It ‘Out There in the World’
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.
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.
Joe Otterson / Variety:
Michelle Williams, Oscar Isaac to Star in ‘Scenes From a Marriage’ Limited Series at HBO … Oscar Isaac and Michelle Williams are attached to star in an HBO limited series adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's “Scenes From a Marriage,” Variety has learned.  —  Bergman's version aired on Swedish television …
Simon Perry / People.com:
Meghan Markle Accuses U.K. Tabloid of ‘Vicious’ Move to Identify Friends Who Spoke with PEOPLE  —  “Each of these women is a private citizen, young mother, and each has a basic right to privacy,” Meghan Markle says in a statement  —  Meghan Markle has moved to stop what she says is an attempt …
Discussion: Dlisted
 
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People.com:
Vili Fualaau ‘Lost a Piece of Himself’ After Death of Ex-Wife Mary Kay Letourneau, Says Friend
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McKenna Aiello / E! Online:
The Challenge's Camila Nakagawa Gives Birth to a Baby Boy
Discussion: Us Weekly
Joe Otterson / Variety:
‘Wonder Years’ Reboot With Black Family in the Works at ABC, Lee Daniels to Produce
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Oh No They Didn't!
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount is planning for what happens if no big deal happens, mulling cutting $2B in costs, selling BET and TV stations, starting a streaming JV, more

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Some founders say TikTok ban won't impact creator economy startups much, as they have diversified across multiple platforms after Trump tried banning it in 2020

 
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