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12:35 PM ET, March 20, 2023

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Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Rupert Murdoch engaged to Ann Lesley Smith  —  Rupert Murdoch.  Professionally, the parent of Earth's media.  Personally, the creator of new news himself.  Celebrating March, his Nativity month, a new scoop is Mr. Murdoch's getting married — again.  —  But first, before anything, we discuss the important stuff.
Elyse Dupre / E! Online:
Brokeback Mountain Coming to London Stage With Stars Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist  —  Mike Faist and Lucas Hedges will star in a London theater production of Brokeback Mountain as Jack and Ennis, who were played by Jake Gyllenhaal and the late Heath Ledger in the 2005 film.  —  Brokeback Mountain is headed to the stage.
Discussion: @sohoplace, Vanity Fair and Mirror
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Baz Bamigboye / Deadline:
‘Brokeback Mountain’ Adapted For West End Stage; Mike Faist And Lucas Hedges To Star  —  BAFTA-nominated Mike Faist and Oscar-nominated actor Lucas Hedges will star in a London stage adaptation of Annie Proulx's bestselling novel Brokeback Mountain.  —  The production is described as a play …
Discussion: Variety, Just Jared, IndieWire and ET Canada
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Deirdre Simonds / Daily Mail:
Bringing the glamour!  Drew Barrymore bares her shoulders in a lacy black gown while Idina Menzel rocked a skintight striped dress at the annual Mark Twain Prize …
Discussion: CBS News and Entertainment Tonight
Variety:
‘Dancing With the Stars’ Vet Julianne Hough to Replace Tyra Banks as Co-Host for Season 32 (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Julianne Hough, who has boosted her career through several seasons-long stints with “Dancing With the Stars,” is set to return to the ballroom, this time as host.
Tracy Smith / CBS News:
“Air”: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's filmmaking jump shot  —  From the sound of it, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are in a good place these days.  They've known each other for forty-something years, and now they're working together again.  To hear them describe it, they've never had a better time.
Meredith Blake / Los Angeles Times:
Sarah Snook wasn't sold on ‘Succession’ at first.  Now, she feels a ‘sense of loss’  —  When she was first approached about playing Siobhan “Shiv” Roy, the only daughter of a ruthless but ailing media tycoon in HBO's “Succession,” Sarah Snook was apprehensive of the project despite its obvious pedigree.
Olivia Pym / British GQ:
Sam Claflin is not that guy  —  After a career playing shirtless hunks, Daisy Jones & The Six is letting the actor access his most personal material yet  —  Sam Claflin is the sort of man that gets punched in the face and ends up apologising for it.  Well, not the sort of man - the actual man this has happened to.
Discussion: Just Jared and ET Canada
Amy Lamare / Daily Mail:
Julia Fox DENIES she used weight loss drug Ozempic when losing 15lbs during her romance with Kanye West: ‘I would never do that’  —  Julia Fox is clapping back at rumors she takes the diabetes drug Ozempic for weight loss.  —  On a recent episode of her video podcast Forbidden Fruits …
Just Jared:
Ed Sheeran's Very Personal Docuseries ‘The Sum of It All’ Releases Trailer - Watch Now!  —  Ed Sheeran's journey from an unlikely child with a stutter to a global music superstar is followed in the upcoming docuseries Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All, which has just released a trailer.
FemaleFirst:
Ruby Rose sparks fears for mental health by announcing she's vanishing from social media due to traumatic 37th birthday  —  Ruby Rose has worried fans by announcing she is disappearing from all her social media accounts due to her traumatic 37th birthday.
Discussion: Daily Mail, Mirror and TMZ.com
Jamie Roberts / Mirror.co.uk:
Jeremy Clarkson says his poster of Prince William and Kate Middleton left BBC furious  —  Jeremy Clarkson has admitted he upset the BBC after being told to take down a controversial picture - only to replace it with Prince William and his wife  —  Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he faced …
Discussion: The Sunday Times, Mirror and Daily Star
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Kisha Forde / E! Online:
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Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
The Financial Times signs a deal with OpenAI to train AI models on the publisher's archived content and to let ChatGPT reply with short summaries of FT articles

The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount CEO Bob Bakish steps down; Brian Robbins, Chris McCarthy, and George Cheeks will run Paramount on an interim basis as an “Office of the CEO”

Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Shari Redstone agreed to take less than $2B for her Paramount stake as part of Skydance's “best and final” offer, lower than what was initially offered

 
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