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Victoria Uwumarogie / Essence:
Exclusive: Ashanti And Nelly Are Expecting — And Engaged! … Ashanti and Nelly are having a baby!  —  The singer shared the good news exclusively with ESSENCE and is overjoyed about not only having her first child but also being engaged to her longtime love.
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Justin Kroll / Deadline:
Quentin Tarantino Drops ‘The Movie Critic’ As His Final Film  —  EXCLUSIVE: Quentin Tarantino's movies are always full of surprises, and here is one about The Movie Critic we did not expect.  Deadline can reveal that Tarantino has dropped the film as his 10th and final project.
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Former ‘Real Housewives’ star Siggy Flicker's stepson arrested on Jan. 6 charges  —  Tyler Campanella, the stepson of “Siggy” Flicker, was arrested more than three years after the reality star posted images that Campanella apparently shot inside the Capitol on Jan. 6.
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Kaitlin Simpson / Us Weekly:
‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ Alum Siggy Flicker's Stepson Arrested In Connection to January 6 Riots
Discussion: Just Jared and New Jersey Online
TMZ.com:
Sydney Sweeney Fires Back on ‘Not Pretty’ Remark, Producer Regretful  —  SYDNEY SWEENEY CLAPS BACK AT ‘NOT PRETTY’ COMMENT ... Producer Regretful … Sydney Sweeney's camp hasn't wasted time clapping back at the attack on her looks and acting chops by a Hollywood producer ... even though the woman herself is walking it back.
Discussion: Page Six, RADAR, New York Post and Suggest
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Hazel Jones / Daily Mail:
Sydney Sweeney 'is not pretty and she can't act' declares top Hollywood producer Carol Baum, calling her movie Anyone But You ‘unwatchable’  — Sydney Sweeney, 26, blasted by one of Hollywood's top female producers  — Carol Baum has produced 34 films including remake of Dead Ringers
Richard Eden / Daily Mail:
Harry FINALLY cut ties with Britain: Exiled prince lists US as primary residence for first time - amid deportation fears over past drug use  —  Soon after announcing his and Meghan's decision to quit royal duties in 2020, the Duke of Sussex declared at a charity event: 'The UK is my home and a place that I love.
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Nicki Cox / Page Six:
Prince Harry renounces British residency, declares US is his ‘new country’
Discussion: TMZ.com
Ken Ritter / Associated Press:
OJ Simpson has been cremated, estate attorney in Las Vegas says.  No public memorial is planned  —  Malcolm LaVergne, who is handling OJ Simpson's estate, said the former football star will be cremated and there are no immediate plans for a public memorial.  Simpson's four surviving children are the only beneficiaries of his assets.
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Ian Casey / BBC:
Star Wars actor Warwick Davis pays tribute to wife Samantha who died aged 53  —  Samantha Davis, founder of dwarfism charity Little People UK and wife of actor Warwick Davis, has died at the age of 53.  —  In a statement, the Star Wars actor paid tribute to his “favourite human”, who died on 24 March.
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Andrea Mandell / People:
Olivia Munn's ‘Terrifying’ Breast Cancer Diagnosis After Baby Joy: 4 Surgeries in 10 Months, and Medically Induced Menopause (Exclusive)  —  Munn opens up to PEOPLE about her double mastectomy, leaning on partner John Mulaney during her recovery, and what she wants women to know about preventing breast cancer
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Ageless Auteurs: Scorsese Eyes Frank Sinatra Biopic With Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, Spielberg Tackling UFO Movie and More  —  Mark Twain once quipped, “Age is a case of mind over matter.  If you don't mind it, it doesn't matter.”  When it comes to Martin Scorsese, age certainly isn't making a difference.
Julia Moore / People:
Mariska Hargitay, Dressed in Her SVU Gear, Mistaken for Real-Life Police Officer By Young Girl Looking for Her Mom  —  The actress was filming one of the final episodes of the show's historic 25th season in New York City when she was approached by the child  —  Mariska Hargitay doesn't just star …
People:
Zendaya Calls Her New Movie Challengers ‘Incredibly Sexy’ Even Without Sex Scenes: ‘Tennis Is the Sex’  —  “Tennis holds a metaphor for a lot of things: desires, passion, pain, anger, frustration,” the actress said Tuesday, April 16, at the movie's L.A. premiere
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TMZ.com:
GloRilla Arrested for DUI in Georgia, Cops Say Boob Fell Out During Stop  —  GLORILLA ARRESTED FOR DUI IN GEORGIA ... Cops Say Boob Popped Out … GloRilla found herself in a jail cell this week after cops busted her for DUI — and she apparently had a wardrobe malfunction while this all went down ... TMZ has learned.
Discussion: Just Jared, Billboard and UPROXX
Eve Buckland / Daily Mail:
Jenna Jameson releases barbed statement after wife Jessi Lawless blamed their split on her drinking again - as star declares ‘empathy is better than shaming’  —  Jenna Jameson has released a barbed statement after her wife Jessi Lawless revealed their split this week - and claimed it was due to her allegedly drinking again.
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Naveen Kumar / Variety:
‘The Wiz’ Review: In a New Broadway Revival, Dorothy and Friends Get Lost in a Hypercolor Whirligig  —  A flight of imagination born of the trippy 1970s, “The Wiz” can shoulder a lot of interpretation.  Sidney Lumet's shadowy film, starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson …
Marc Malkin / Variety:
Zendaya Says 'I Don't Know' if ‘Euphoria’ Will Return for Season 3: 'It's Beyond Me'  —  Zendaya claims she, too, is unaware of when “Euphoria” Season 3 will begin production.  —  Although the “Euphoria” star is an executive producer of the hit HBO series, she said she's “not in charge” …
Eve Buckland / Daily Mail:
Barbra Streisand records first new song in SIX YEARS for Holocaust series The Tattooist of Auschwitz as icon slams ‘rise of antisemitism in the world today’: ‘Love can triumph’  —  Barbra Streisand has recorded her first new song in six years for Peacock's new drama series, The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
 
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Christine Rendon / Daily Mail:
Megan Fox, 37, looks unrecognizable with minimal makeup in mirror selfie as baffled fans ask: ‘Why does she look so different?’
Discussion: E! Online, Perez Hilton and Page Six
Becca Longmire / People:
Hayden Panettiere to Open Up About Addiction, Career and More in New Book: 'It's Daunting and Exciting' (Exclusive)
Discussion: Daily Mail
 Earlier Picks: 
People:
Actress Ally Maki Is Pregnant, Expecting Her First Baby: 'There's No Hiding It Anymore' (Exclusive)
Discussion: Extra
Riley Cardoza / Page Six:
Lala Kent would rather be ‘f-ked with a cheese grater’ than have sex with ex Randall Emmett
Discussion: Suggest and Daily Mail
Nicholas Hautman / Page Six:
Bachelor Nation alums Victoria Fuller and Greg Grippo break up after 1 year of dating
Discussion: Us Weekly and Extra
 

 
From Mediagazer:

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”

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

New York Times:
OAN retracts a story that said Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen had an affair with Stormy Daniels, apologizes as part of a settlement with no monetary damages

 
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