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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Kanye West expected to make a surprise appearance at VMAs 2021  —  With no Taylor Swift at this year's MTV Video Music Awards, we hear that Kanye West may be making a surprise appearance at Sunday's show.  —  West, 44, has been added on as a secret, last-minute performer to the show taking place …
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TMZ.com:
Conor McGregor Gets Into a Squabble with Machine Gun Kelly at VMAs  —  CONOR MCGREGOR GETS INTO A SQUABBLE WITH MGK On VMAs Red Carpet  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  — 2.2K … 5:31 PM PT — Sources connected to the situation tell us Conor asked MGK for a photo, which Kelly denied …
Eileen Reslen / Page Six:
Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox take their steamy PDA tour to VMAs 2021  —  Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox could not keep their hands off of each other at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night.  —  The couple arrived on the red carpet at Brooklyn's Barclays Center holding hands …
Ryan Gajewski / E! Online:
2021 MTV VMAs: The Complete List of Winners  —  Doja Cat is hosting the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, with Justin Bieber and Megan Thee Stallion as two nominees heading into the Sept. 12 ceremony.  See the full winners list.  —  Watch: 2021 MTV VMAs: By the Numbers
Discussion: Page Six, Just Jared, The Sun and The Wrap
Daniela Avila / People.com:
Britney Spears and Sam Asghari Are Engaged: 'I Can't ... Believe It!'  —  The couple — who announced their engagement on Sunday — first met in 2016 on set of the singer's “Slumber Party” music video  —  Britney Spears and Sam Asghari are ready to say “I do!”
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Eileen Reslen / Page Six:
Britney Spears and Sam Asghari are engaged after nearly 5 years  —  Britney Spears and Sam Asghari are engaged after nearly five years of dating, Page Six can confirm.  —  “The couple made their long-standing relationship official today and are deeply touched by the support …
The Sun:
Britney Spears gets engaged to Sam Asghari as singer excitedly shows off massive diamond ring  —  BRITNEY Spears announced her engagement to boyfriend Sam Asghari as the Toxic singer showed off her massive diamond ring amid her victory against her father's conservatorship.
People.com:
Surprise!  OITNB's Uzo Aduba Secretly Married Filmmaker Robert Sweeting in 2020  —  “They are celebrating their one-year anniversary this year,” a source tells PEOPLE  —  Surprise!  Uzo Aduba is married!  —  The Orange Is the New Black star, 40, tied the knot with filmmaker Robert Sweeting last year, a source confirms to PEOPLE.
Discussion: E! Online, The Sun and Just Jared
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The Sun:
OITNB star Uzo Aduba secretly married filmmaker Robert Sweeting last year as actress shares rare photo of husband
Discussion: FemaleFirst
Sara Nathan / Page Six:
Prince William and Kate Middleton celebrate her brother's French wedding  —  C'est L'amour!  —  Prince William and Kate Middleton jetted to France Saturday for the intimate wedding of her brother James Middleton to his French love, Alizee Thevenet, Page Six can reveal.
Discussion: HELLO!, Us Weekly, FemaleFirst and E! Online
Mehera Bonner / Cosmopolitan:
Fans Spotted Hailey Bieber Freaking Out in Excitement Over Justin's VMAs Performance  —  SCREAMING!!!  No literally, she is screaming.  —  The  —  VMAs  —  are back!  I mean, they were also back last year but  —  the show was largely pre-recorded and semi-virtual  —  , so things weren't exactly the same.
Discussion: POPSUGAR
C. D. / Perez Hilton:
Lana Del Rey Says She Is Quitting Social Media: 'I'm Going To Just Keep My Circle A Little Bit Closer' … Lana Del Rey is signing off social media for good.  —  In a black-and-white video posted to Instagram on Saturday night, the 36-year-old singer announced that she's deactivating all of her accounts at some point.
Sarah Tetteh / The Sun:
Drake's epic backstage rider revealed for Wireless festival including 500 Nandos chicken wings and 150 garlic breads  —  DRAKE'S epic backstage rider for Wireless festival has been revealed including 500 Nandos chicken wings and 150 garlic breads.  —  The superstar, 34, shocked festival goers …
Discussion: Mirror.co.uk
 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix won't report subscriber numbers or Average Revenue per Membership starting in Q1 2025, saying time spent is its “best proxy for customer satisfaction”

Sara Fischer / Axios:
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