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10:30 PM ET, January 18, 2022

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Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
Yvette Mimieux Dies: Actress-Writer Who Starred In ‘The Time Machine’ Had Just Turned 80  —  Yvette Mimieux was found dead Tuesday morning, a rep for her family confirmed.  She had just turned 80 on January 10, and she passed away in her sleep of natural causes.
Discussion: The Sun and The Wrap
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Darian Lusk / The Sun:
The Time Machine star Yvette Mimieux ‘found DEAD in her home at age 80 after passing away in sleep from natural causes’
Discussion: Daily Star
TMZ.com:
Louie Anderson Battling Cancer, Hospitalized for Treatment  —  LOUIE ANDERSON HOSPITALIZED FOR CANCER TREATMENT  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Louie Anderson is battling cancer ... and he's getting treatment at a Las Vegas hospital.  —  A rep for Louie tells TMZ ... the iconic comedian is being treated for Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
Discussion: Perez Hilton, The Sun, RADAR and Page Six
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Ashley Joy Parker / E! Online:
Coming 2 America Actor Louie Anderson Diagnosed With Cancer
Discussion: The Wrap and The Sun
TMZ.com:
Sidney Poitier Died of Heart Failure, Dementia and Prostate Cancer  —  SIDNEY POITIER DEATH CERTIFICATE RELEASED ... Heart Failure, Prostate Cancer Killed Actor … Beloved actor Sidney Poitier died from a combination of heart failure, Alzheimer's dementia and prostate cancer ... according to his death certificate.
Luke Leitch / Vogue:
Clothes That “Let Me Be Me:” Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly Talk Fashion at Dolce & Gabbana  —  Late on Saturday night at a dinner for around 40 people in Milan's Martini Bar, Colson Baker and Domenico Dolce proposed a toast.  It was to celebrate a headline-making engagement that had just gone down a storm.
Discussion: E! Online and People.com
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Melissa Minton / Page Six:
Megan Fox makes a statement in ‘sex’ shirt  —  Megan Fox is telling it like it is.  —  The “Jennifer's Body” star, 35, celebrated her engagement to Machine Gun Kelly with a trip to Milan Fashion Week over the weekend.  —  While the 31-year-old rapper (real name Colson Baker) …
Discussion: Daily Star and Oh No They Didn't!
Melody Chiu / People.com:
Keith Powers and Ryan Destiny Split After 4 Years: They're ‘Remaining Close Friends,’ Says Source  —  “I think we exemplify good young Black love,” Powers previously said of Destiny, whom he met in 2015 at a party  —  Keith Powers and Ryan Destiny are going their separate ways.
Discussion: The Sun, Bossip, Sandra Rose and POPSUGAR
Evan Real / Page Six:
Britney Spears: I should've ‘slapped’ mom Lynne and sister Jamie Lynn  —  Hit them baby, one more time.  —  Britney Spears lashed out against mom Lynne and sister Jamie Lynn Spears — again — in a since-deleted Instagram post shared on Tuesday.  —  “I'm sorry Jamie Lynn …
Discussion: TMZ.com, The Sun and Just Jared
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Daily Mail:
Kanye West leaves a studio session with Big Sean and French Montana in Los Angeles... following dramatic weekend with ex Kim Kardashian  —  Kanye West was spotted leaving a studio session with Big Sean and French Montana in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning.  —  The 44-year-old rapper was decked …
Discussion: RADAR
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Peter White / Deadline:
'Ellen's Game of Games' Canceled At NBC After Four Seasons  —  EXCLUSIVE: Ellen DeGeneres' game show Ellen's Game of Games is not coming back to NBC.  —  Deadline understands that the fourth season of the unscripted primetime series will be its last on the network.
Dana Schwartz / Marie Claire:
Enter the Weird, Wonderful World of Jenny Slate  —  The co-creator of the beloved character Marcel the Shell With Shoes On has taken on many new roles of late: mother, wife, rom-com leading lady.  With each step she becomes more herself.  — Newsletter
Discussion: Page Six, Us Weekly, Dlisted and People.com
TMZ.com:
‘The Hills’ Reboot Canceled After 2 Seasons on MTV  —  ‘THE HILLS’ REBOOT CANCELED AFTER 2 SEASONS ... Conflict With Network And OG Cast  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  — 1.2K … Those new beginnings are already over for the cast of ‘The Hills’ — the reality show's reboot is getting the ax ... TMZ has learned.
Zack Sharf / Variety:
Daniel Radcliffe to Play ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic in Roku's First Original Biopic Movie … Daniel Radcliffe is set to star as Grammy-winning musician ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic in the Roku original movie “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.”  The film is Roku's first original biopic and will be available to stream exclusively on The Roku Channel.
Justino Aguila / EW.com:
‘Hallelujer!’  Madea returns in first look at Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming  —  “I was looking at the state of the world and how polarized it is — nobody's laughing,” says Madea's creator, Tyler Perry.  —  More  —  Fresh off satirizing the end of the world in Don't Look Up …
Discussion: Variety, The Wrap and People.com
Mehera Bonner / Cosmopolitan:
Serena Williams' Daughter Olympia Is Already an Incredible Tennis Player  —  Give her the Wimbledon cup already!  —  has been teaching her 4-year-old daughter Olympia how to play tennis, and she's already got extremely adorable pro moves.  Serena and her husband Alexis Ohanian dropped …
Discussion: TMZ.com, Perez Hilton and POPSUGAR
Michael Pickering / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: George Clooney and Julia Roberts jet out of Australia as Covid outbreak brings all work on Gold Coast movie set to a halt with crew ‘dropping like flies’ due to virus  — Production on Ticket To Paradise shut down after spread of Covid in Queensland
Discussion: RADAR, The Wrap and Hollywood Reporter
Peter Dyke / Daily Star:
Shaun Ryder and Alison Hammond in heated off-camera bust-up on Dancing on Ice  —  EXCLUSIVE: Shaun Ryder and Alison Hammond clashed during their jungle stint on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! back in 2010 and still don't see eye-to-eye  —  Happy Mondays star Shaun Ryder was caught …
Discussion: The Sun
Meredith Nardino / Us Weekly:
‘Bringing Up Bates’ Will Not Return to UpTV for Season 11 as Network Shifts Focus … Closing their chapter.  The 11th season of Bringing Up Bates will not air on UPtv, Us Weekly confirms.  —  ‘Bringing Up Bates’: A Comprehensive Guide to the Bates Family
Samantha Olson / Cosmopolitan:
Sydney Sweeney Says It “Was Insane” to Portray a Pregnant Cassie on “Euphoria”  —  season 2 below!  Season 2 of  —  Euphoria  —  has finally made its way to our screens, and with  —  new episodes each week  —  come more behind-the-scenes posts from our favorite cast members.  —  Sydney Sweeney
Discussion: Egotastic
Riley Cardoza / Us Weekly:
BiP's Pregnant Ashley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon Reveal Baby Boy's Leonardo DiCaprio-Inspired Name … Coming soon!  Pregnant Ashley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon announced on Tuesday, January 18, that they've chosen the name Dawson Dimitri Haibon for their upcoming arrival.
Discussion: Page Six
 
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Ilana Kaplan / Cosmopolitan:
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Mike Vulpo / E! Online:
Zoe Saldaña Praises Crossroads Co-Star Britney Spears for “Stepping Up for Herself”
Discussion: Mirror.co.uk
Richard Eden / Daily Mail:
Double humiliation for Andrew and Harry: Palace seeks to strip both princes of their prized royal status as Counsellors of State …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Erin Jensen / USA Today:
Valerie Bertinelli on Eddie Van Halen, writing ‘cathartic’ book: 'Love isn't a big enough word'
Discussion: The Sun
Christina Garibaldi / Us Weekly:
RHOC's Emily Simpson Says Vicki Gunvalson's Ex Steve Lodge Was an ‘Opportunist’: The Red Flags Were There'
Discussion: Page Six
TMZ.com:
Travis Scott Attends Rams Game, Sewage Pipe Bursts Next to His Suite
Discussion: RADAR
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Francesca Bacardi / Page Six:
Jodie Sweetin is engaged to Mescal Wasilewski after 4 years
Discussion: Cosmopolitan, E! Online and Us Weekly
Ed Gleave / Daily Star:
The Apprentice's Shama Amin quits show as ‘painful’ medical condition forces abrupt exit
 

 
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Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
The US Senate passes the TikTok divestment bill by a margin of 79-18; the legislation now heads to President Biden, who has committed to sign it into law

Chris Morris / Fortune:
Taylor Swift's new album smashed streaming records; Spotify says it had 300M+ streams on launch day and became 2024's most-streamed album within just 12 hours

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Spotify Q1: revenue up 20% YoY to €3.6B, MAUs up 19% to 615M, vs. 617.9M est., subscribers up 14% to 239M, and a €168M operating income; SPOT closes up 11.41%

 
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