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12:50 PM ET, December 15, 2020

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Sara Nathan / Page Six:
Meghan Markle, Prince Harry sign deal with Spotify to produce podcasts  —  Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are going to be podcasters.  —  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have signed a multi-million dollar deal with Spotify to host and produce their own podcasts, they announced Tuesday.
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Ashley Boucher / People.com:
Sharon Osbourne Tests Positive for Coronavirus and The Talk Host Reveals Brief Hospitalization  —  The Talk host is now isolating away from her husband Ozzy Osbourne  —  Sharon Osbourne has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).  —  Sharon, 68, revealed her diagnosis …
Discussion: POPSUGAR
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Ryan Gajewski / E! Online:
Sharon Osbourne Hospitalized After Testing Positive for Coronavirus  —  Sharon Osbourne shared that she recently tested positive for COVID-19 and spent time in the hospital.  Read her post to get her update on husband Ozzy Osbourne.  —  Sharon Osbourne is letting fans know that she was recently hospitalized …
Discussion: Us Weekly, Daily Star and Variety
Eli Countryman / Variety:
Ann Reinking, Tony Winner and Star of Broadway's ‘Chicago,’ Dies at 71 … Tony Award-winning Broadway legend Ann Reinking, an actor, dancer and choreographer, died on Saturday night in Washington, her sister-in-law Dahrla King told Variety.  She was 71.  —  “The world and our family …
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Clara Gaspar / The Sun:   DANCING QUEEN Who was Ann Reinking and what was her cause of death?
FemaleFirst:
Blake Shelton hid Gwen Stefani's engagement ring in a precarious place in his truck  —  Blake Shelton has revealed he hid Gwen Stefani's engagement ring in a precarious compartment inside his truck and could have easily lost it. … Blake Shelton was scared he was going to lose fiance Gwen …
Discussion: E! Online
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LEGOLAND Florida Resort / Perez Hilton:
Blake Shelton Reveals The Wild Way He Hid Gwen Stefani's Engagement Ring Before He Popped The Question!
Discussion: FemaleFirst
Johnni Macke / Us Weekly:
Chrishell Stause and Keo Motsepe Vacation in Mexico With DWTS' Gleb Savchenko and His New Girlfriend Cassie Scerbo … Party of four!  Chrishell Stause and her boyfriend, Keo Motsepe, jetted off to Mexico together on Sunday, December 13, after becoming Instagram official earlier this month.
Discussion: Cosmopolitan, E! Online and People.com
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Entertainment Tonight:
Gleb Savchenko and Cassie Scerbo Are Dating, They Are Just ‘Getting to Know Each Other’ (Exclusive)
Discussion: Us Weekly and Just Jared
Sara Nathan / Page Six:
Pippa Middleton pregnant with baby No. 2 and ‘thrilled’  —  Pippa Middleton is “thrilled” to be pregnant with her second child, Page Six is told.  —  The younger sister of Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, already has a 2-year-old son named Arthur with husband James Matthews.
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People.com:
Pippa Middleton Is Pregnant! Kate Middleton's Sister Expecting Second Child
Discussion: The Sun, Glamour, E! Online and POPSUGAR
Mona Thomas / E! Online:
Megan Thee Stallion and James Corden's “Savage Santa” Remix Is a Christmas Gift to Us All  —  Megan Thee Stallion and James Corden dropped a Christmas remix to “Savage” that's guaranteed to change minds about Ol' St. Nick.  Scroll on to watch the festive music video.  —  Watch: Megan Thee Stallion's 2020 Journey
Discussion: The Wrap, egotastic.com and POPSUGAR
Leah Bitsky / Page Six:
Lizzo defends going on 10-day juice cleanse  —  Gotta blame it on her juice.  —  Lizzo responded to backlash after revealing she went on a 10-day juice cleanse.  —  The twerking flutist, 32, shared her daily results after drinking green juice every day in a video posted to TikTok on Monday.
Discussion: Daily Star, FemaleFirst and Glamour
Nicole Briese / Us Weekly:
From Dating to Coparenting: A Timeline of Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick's Relationship … Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick have been through the ringer.  When the former couple met at a party thrown by Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis in Mexico in 2006, they had no idea that their lives would never be the same.
TMZ.com:
Gigi Hadid's Baby's Name is Not Dorothea, Sorry Taylor Swift Fans  —  Taylor Swift did NOT name a song after Gigi Hadid's baby, despite the former's fans thinking she'd revealed the secret with a bunch of clues ... which turn out to just be lyrics.  —  Sources connected to the supermodel …
Discussion: Elle, Glamour and Just Jared
James Hibberd / EW.com:
Zack Snyder's Justice League might get R-rated theatrical release  —  Snyder says his four-hour superhero epic may get a theatrical release — complete with an F-bomb-dropping Batman.  Plus, the director weighs in on the Warner Bros. 2021 slate controversy.  —  MORE  —  Justice League  —  TYPE
TMZ.com:
Cardi B Gifts Offset Rare Lamborghini to Celebrate 29th Birthday  —  CARDI B HAPPY 29TH, OFFSET Enjoy This Rare Lambo!!!  —  SVJ SURPRISE  —  J Lo claims love don't cost a thing, but Cardi B's proving otherwise by handing Offset keys to a very rare Lamborghini for his 29th birthday.
Discussion: Page Six
Ekin Karasin / The Sun:
KELLY'S STRUGGLE Kelly Clarkson holds back tears as Garth Brooks sings break-up song The Dance on her show after her nasty divorce  —  KELLY Clarkson held back tears as she listened to Garth Brooks sing the break-up song, The Dance, on her show.  —  The singer, 38 - who is locked …
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Dory Jackson / Us Weekly:
Chris Pratt's ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Character Star-Lord Is Bisexual and Polyamorous, New Marvel Comic Confirms … Chris Pratt's Guardians of the Galaxy character Peter Quill, a.k.a. Star-Lord, is revealed to be both bisexual and polyamorous in a new Marvel comic.
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TMZ.com:
Erika Jayne's Estranged Husband Has Assets Frozen, Possible Criminal Investigation  —  ‘RHOBH’ STAR ERIKA JAYNE ESTRANGED HUSBAND'S ASSETS FROZEN ... Possible Criminal Investigation  —  ‘RHOBH’ star Erika Jayne's estranged husband has had his assets frozen and a judge now wants prosecutors to have a look at what he allegedly did.
Discussion: E! Online and Us Weekly
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Los Angeles Times:
Judge freezes assets of famed L.A. lawyer Tom Girardi, citing millions unpaid to clients
Discussion: Page Six and Us Weekly
 
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Natalie Stone / People.com:
Kristin Cavallari Sexily Dances While Partying with Southern Charm's Austen Kroll & Craig Conover
Discussion: Page Six
Beth Allcock / The Sun:
Cheryl gives fans a rare glimpse into home she shares with son Bear as she shows off Christmas decorations
Discussion: Mirror.co.uk and Daily Star
Jemma Carr / Daily Mail:
Princess Beatrice is accused of flouting Covid rules by ‘joining five friends for three-hour indoor dinner at posh restaurant’ - but she insists it was a BUSINESS MEETING
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Amanda Devlin / The Sun:
Lord Sugar reveals his brother has died of Coronavirus and says it's a ‘sad day’ for his family
Discussion: Daily Star
Just Jared:
‘The Bachelorette’ 2020: Tayshia's Final Four Guys Revealed Ahead of Family Visits
Discussion: E! Online
Vicky Lytaki / The Sun:
Rita Ora jets out of the country for the rest of the year after Covid shame
Discussion: FemaleFirst and Mirror.co.uk
 Earlier Picks: 
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘Empire’ Spinoff Starring Taraji P. Henson Not Going Forward At Fox, Being Shopped To Hulu & ABC
Discussion: Variety and Just Jared
McKenna Aiello / E! Online:
Cardi B Sends Sexy Birthday Message to “Hubs” Offset One Month After Calling Off Divorce
Discussion: FemaleFirst and Us Weekly
Vivek Chaudhary / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Zayn Malik's sister's 40-guest wedding to her ex-convict beau was ‘broken up by POLICE’ …
Discussion: Mirror and The Sun
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Black Adam’ Finds Its Cyclone with ‘Trinkets’ Star Quintessa Swindell (Exclusive)
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters:
OpenAI and Reddit partner to bring Reddit content to ChatGPT and more via Reddit's Data API, bring new AI tools to Reddit, and make OpenAI a Reddit ad partner

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Memo: Gannett is adding AI-generated summaries to the top of some stories, with a disclaimer at the bottom; some USA Today stories already show the summaries

Steven Waldman / @stevenwaldman:
The California Senate Appropriations Committee approves a bill imposing fees on Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon to pay for local news through employment tax credits

 
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