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Alexandra Macon / Vogue:
Ellie Goulding Is Pregnant: The Singer on Her Life at Home, and Moving into Motherhood  —  Singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding has been hunkered down in Gloucestershire, just outside of London, during the pandemic.  “I grew up in the country,” she says.  “Moving here has made me realize …
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Alexandra Macon / British Vogue:
Ellie Goulding Is Pregnant: The Singer On Her Life At Home & Moving Into Motherhood  —  Singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding has been hunkered down in Gloucestershire during the pandemic.  “I grew up in the country,” she says.  “Moving here has made me realise how mad the past 10 years [of my life] have been.
Discussion: The Sun and Mirror.co.uk
Jessica Gibb / The Sun:
Ellie Goulding pregnant - Star is 7 months and expecting her first child with husband Caspar Jopling  —  ELLIE Goulding is pregnant with her first child.  —  The 34-year-old singer is 30 weeks pregnant after spending lockdown hunkered down in Gloucestershire with her new husband Caspar Jopling.
Travis Reilly / Howard Stern:
Drew Barrymore on Growing Up Hollywood Royalty, Her New Daytime Talk Show, and Looking for Love at 46  —  The world took a renewed interest in the complicated lives of child stars after the release of “Framing Britney Spears,” a recent New York Times documentary examining the life of one of music's …
Discussion: Us Weekly and Daily Mail
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Cydney Contreras / E! Online:
Drew Barrymore Gets Candid About Her Year and a Half Inside a “Psychiatric Ward” at 13
Discussion: Perez Hilton and The Sun
Meredith Nardino / Us Weekly:
Jill Duggar Says Her Relationship With Her Family Has Not Improved Since Leaving ‘Counting On’: There's Still ‘Drama’  —  Setting themselves apart.  Jill Duggar and husband Derick Dillard have been letting it all out in couples therapy — and their marriage isn't the only thing that's benefitted from the process.
Discussion: The Sun and The Hollywood Gossip
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McKenna Aiello / E! Online:
Counting On's Kendra and Joseph Duggar Welcome Baby No. 3
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Emily Longeretta / Us Weekly:
Rachel Lindsay Is Considering Hosting The Bachelor's ‘After the Final Rose’ Special Amid Chris Harrison's Absence  —  Will Rachel Lindsay step in as temporary host of The Bachelor?  It's an option, an insider tells Us Weekly exclusively following Chris Harrison's announcement that he will not host …
Discussion: The Sun and POPSUGAR
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Alexandra Whittaker / Cosmopolitan:
Bachelor Matt James Releases Statement About Chris Harrison's Controversial Interview With Rachel Lindsay
Aurelie Corinthios / People.com:
Would Rachel Lindsay Consider the Bachelor Hosting Gig? 'I Don't Want to Be Muzzled,' She Says
Discussion: The Sun and E! Online
People.com:
Meghan Markle and Princess Eugenie Have Been in Contact Throughout Their Pregnancies, Says Source  —  “They are very close.  And they are all deciding to go their own route,” a royal insider tells PEOPLE  —  FB  —  More  —  It's a baby boom for the royal family.
Discussion: Just Jared
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Richard Lawson / Vanity Fair:
On With the Show! … The big-hearted wedding finale for Emmys juggernaut Schitt's Creek was titled “Happy Ending,” and cocreator and star Dan Levy saw the show's relaxed portrayal of a gay couple as a kind of activism.  “Personally, up until that point, I hadn't seen a lot of gay characters …
Laura Fox / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: 'I'm not asking them to s**g about but as long as they're safe!'  Kerry Katona says she'd happily let her daughters Molly, 19, and Lilly-Sue 18, join a dating app  —  Kerry Katona has said she'd happily let her eldest daughters Molly, 19, and Lilly-Sue, 18, join a dating app.
Discussion: Mirror.co.uk, The Sun and FemaleFirst
TMZ.com:
Bobby Shmurda Released From Prison, FaceTimes with Mom  —  BOBBY SHMURDA HE'S FREE!!!  Calls Mom After Early Prison Release … 7:07 AM PT — Bobby looks ecstatic to be a free man, as he's celebrating with loved ones and blowing kisses to his mother ... who he'll be seeing in person soon.
Umberto Gonzalez / The Wrap:
‘Blue Beetle’: Angel Manuel Soto to Direct Film About DC Comics' Latino Superhero (Exclusive)  —  “Charm City Kings” director Angel Manuel Soto is set to direct “Blue Beetle,” DC Films and Warner Bros.' first superhero movie starring a Latino character, individuals with knowledge of the project exclusively tells TheWrap.
Discussion: Variety and POPSUGAR
Sarah Hearon / Us Weekly:
Kendall Jenner and Devin Booker's Relationship Timeline  —  Has Kendall Jenner found The One?  The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star is loving life with beau Devin Booker, but the twosome's relationship got off to a messy start.  —  Jenner and Booker were first spotted on a double date — with other people — in May 2018.
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Israel Salas-Rodriguez / The Sun:
‘I AM THE FATHER’ Who is Zoe Laverne's baby daddy Dawson Day and how old is he?  —  TIKTOK star Zoe Laverne shocked her followers after announcing her pregnancy with her boyfriend Dawson Day.  —  Laverne, 19, shared the news on an Instagram story with a video showing two positive pregnancy tests.
Discussion: The US Sun, E! Online and FemaleFirst
Ryan Gajewski / E! Online:
Vanessa Bryant Calls Out Meek Mill for “Disrespectful” Kobe Bryant Lyric  —  Vanessa Bryant took to social media on Feb. 22 to criticize rapper Meek Mill's lyric about Kobe Bryant that leaked online last week.  —  Vanessa Bryant is speaking out about Meek Mill's controversial Kobe Bryant lyric.
Sebastian Shakespeare / Daily Mail:
Tess Daly and Vernon Kay's dream home plan is Strictly a no-no: Couple sell £1.7m house after their plan to demolish it and build a new property on the land attracts volley of complaints from neighbours  —  They are the highest-earning celebrity TV presenting couple in the country, appearing on many well-known programmes.
Discussion: Mirror.co.uk and The Sun
Lynn Hirschberg / W:
George Clooney on ‘The Midnight Sky’ and Life In Quarantine  —  When George Clooney embarked upon the dystopian space thriller The Midnight Sky—a film he directed, coproduced, and starred in—he didn't anticipate it would be released straight to Netflix, as it was last December.
Discussion: Page Six
Jaclyn Hendricks / Page Six:
Lionel Richie fans go wild over age gap with girlfriend Lisa Parigi … Lionel Richie and girlfriend Lisa Parigi kicked off the week by throwing Twitter into a tizzy over their age gap.  —  On Monday, a photo of the couple popped back up on social media, with Richie, 71 …
Discussion: Dlisted
Jessica Gibb / The Sun:
Gordon Ramsay reveals he has arthritis and just had knee surgery - but insists he's ‘not f***ed yet’  —  HE is the super-fit, marathon-running and Ironman-completing chef who previously played football for Rangers.  —  But at the age of 55, Gordon Ramsay is finally slowing down — albeit by accident, not design.
Discussion: FemaleFirst and Mirror.co.uk
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Jessica Gibb / The Sun:
Gordon Ramsay says he makes his kids fly ‘cattle’ while he's in first class to ‘keep them grounded and motivated’
Discussion: Mirror.co.uk
Julie Mazziotta / People.com:
Jameela Jamil ‘Was Totally Suicidal’ After Critics Claimed She Was Faking Her Illnesses  —  The actress, who said she's feeling stronger than ever, had thoughts last year during the uproar that she didn't “want to be here anymore”  —  Jameela Jamil is feeling much better now than she did a year ago.
Discussion: Just Jared
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MKC / Perez Hilton:
Country Star Chase Bryant Describes ‘Second Chance’ After Surviving 2018 Suicide Attempt
Discussion: The Sun
 
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