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Vanity Fair:
Vanity Fair's 2024 Hollywood Issue Unites 11 Spectacular Stars  —  Bradley Cooper, Natalie Portman, Pedro Pascal, and more talk about transformative times in our 30th annual Hollywood Issue.  —  Colman Domingo knows how unusual this moment is.  “I don't know anyone white or Black or other who has a career like mine,” he says.
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Anthony Breznican / Vanity Fair:
Jenna Ortega Thinks We Need More Weird Stories Like ‘Beetlejuice’  —  The star of Wednesday and Tim Burton's highly anticipated sequel steps out of the shadows and talks about the future.  —  In the original Beetlejuice movie, people who die unexpectedly are given The Handbook …
Keziah Weir / Vanity Fair:
Natalie Portman on Striking the Balance Between Public and Private Lives  —  The May December star says Method acting is not her cup of tea (and her kids won't let her do “weird, scary” voices anyway).  —  Natalie Portman, who appears on our Hollywood 2024 cover, walked her first red carpet at 13.
Heidi Parker / Daily Mail:
Natalie Portman says having a public focus on her split from husband of 12 years Benjamin Millepied is ‘terrible’ as she covers Vanity Fair
TMZ.com:
Travis Kelce On Private Jet to Sydney to Go See Taylor Swift  —  2:58 PM PT — Travis Kelce has officially touched down in Australia, hopping off his private jet just minutes ago.  —  Travis Kelce is on his way to see his girlfriend, Taylor Swift, in Australia — in fact, he's currently en route …
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Elana Fishman / Page Six:
Travis Kelce reportedly drops $16K on Valentine's Day gifts for Taylor Swift: Hermès, Dior, Celine and more
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People:
Wendy Williams' Family Break Their Silence on Her ‘Shocking and Heartbreaking’ Struggles Over the Past 3 Years (Exclusive)  —  The former talk show host's sister, niece and brother reveal the battle over her future in this week's PEOPLE cover story  —  It's been two and a half years since …
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The Wrap:
Kelly Rowland Walked Off ‘Today’ Over Awkward Beyoncé Questions, Not Dressing Room Demands |  Exclusive  —  The former Destiny's Child singer was “offended” by anchor Savannah Guthrie's prying, TheWrap has learned  —  Kelly Rowland's dramatic walk-off from “Today” …
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People:
Why Scott Hamilton Is Choosing Not to Treat His Third Brain Tumor: 'I'm at Peace with the Decision' (Exclusive)  —  The ice skating legend, 65, says his pituitary gland tumor has returned, but he won't treat it until he's symptomatic: “I'll just continue to stay strong”
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Sam Lansky / TIME:
Greta Gerwig's Next Big Swing  —  The filmmaker Greta Gerwig was in west London the other day when she walked past a movie set—not her own, but something that just happened to be filming on the street—and stopped for a moment to watch.  A light was positioned in front of the house …
The Hollywood Reporter:
How Marvel Is Quietly Retooling Amid Superhero Fatigue  —  The studio's golden box office aura has been dented, but chief architect Kevin Feige isn't scrapping his years-long cinematic universe plan, just refining it: “They're not going to give up,” says an insider.
Tim Grierson / Los Angeles Times:
How Jimmy Kimmel preps for the Oscars and why the end of his talk show may be near  —  It's 30 days before the Academy Awards, and Jimmy Kimmel is in a hotel in Las Vegas, the town where he grew up.  The man who will host this year's Oscars speaks to The Envelope by phone on the Friday before the Super Bowl …
Daily Mail:
Tragic former Strictly dancer Robin Windsor was found dead in a London hotel - with friends detailing his brave battle against ‘mental health struggles and thoughts of suicide’ and revealing he suffered a ‘troubling incident’ over New Year  — For help, call Samaritans for free on 116 123 or visit samaritans.org
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GQ:
Mark Ruffalo Wants to Be Bad Too  —  He brought humanity to the Hulk and has played more than one crusader for justice, but it's the role of a villainous peacock in Poor Things that has earned him his latest Oscar nom: “I went to bed a leading man and woke up a character actor.  I'm a ‘daddy’ now.”
Mara Siegler / Page Six:
Celebrity travel agent says one star client demanded a ‘medium sized’ dog in all their hotel rooms, had to ask staff to borrow their pooches  —  This celebrity's demand seems barking mad.  —  A shaggy blind item was dropped on Joe Pardavila's podcast, “Good Listen,” this week by travel agent …
Kansas City Star:
Harrison Butker honored to help family of mom killed in Chiefs rally shooting  —  Last Wednesday's mass shooting at the conclusion of the Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade and rally at Union Station wounded at least 39 and killed one, identified as Johnson County mom and disc jockey Lisa Lopez-Galvan.
 
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Politico:
Joe Biden proposes two debates with Trump, ditching the bipartisan commission that has conducted presidential debates since the late 1980s; Trump accepts

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix strikes a three-year deal with the NFL to stream two new Christmas Day games this season, and “at least one game” in 2025 and in 2026

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News/Media Alliance CEO Danielle Coffey says Google's AI Overviews rollout will be catastrophic, as the little traffic publishers get will be further diminished

 
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