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6:00 PM ET, August 4, 2025

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Hannah Jackson / Vogue:
Chappell Roan on “The Subway,” Writing Through Heartbreak, and Loving Her Job Again  —  On a humid July afternoon, Chappell Roan is standing near the doors of a subway car, fiery red hair cloaking her pale, moonlike face.  Only, the 27-year-old pop star—born Kayleigh Rose Amstutz—isn't packed in with New York's myriad commuters.
TMZ.com:
Christian Coleman Defends GF Sha'Carri Richardson After Dom.  Violence Arrest  —  CHRISTIAN COLEMAN DEFENDS SHA'CARRI AFTER DV ARREST ... ‘It Was a Sucky Situation’  —  Olympic track star Christian Coleman is speaking out in support of his girlfriend Sha'Carri Richardson after she was arrested …
Discussion: Sandra Rose and Suggest
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Willa Bennett / Cosmopolitan:
Margaret Qualley Manifested This Cover Story  —  The 30-year-old award-winning actor opens up about womanhood, double texting, and being in love.  —  “I personally feel like I'm always having an epiphany,” says Margaret Qualley as she leads me along her “special walk” on her “special beach” …
Christopher Weber / Associated Press:
Popular 1980s actor Loni Anderson of the hit TV series ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ has died  —  Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station's empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” died Sunday, just days before her 80th birthday.
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CNN:
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs' ex Gina Huynh, who dropped out of his case as ‘Victim-3,’ writes letter to judge pushing for his release  —  An ex-girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs who was supposed to testify against him in his criminal case, but mysteriously dropped out days before the trial began …
Lara Walsh / InStyle:
Julia Roberts's Husband Shares Rare Video of Son Phinnaeus, 20, Looking So Grown Up  —  She also shares daughter Hazel, 20, and son Henry, 18, with husband Danny Moder.  —  Close … Despite her leading lady status across the globe, Julia Roberts likes to keep her private life …
Discussion: E! Online, People and TODAY.com
Jack Smart / People:
Blake Lively's Attorneys Address Claims That Her Deposition Was a ‘Face-to-Face Showdown’ with Justin Baldoni  —  The actress' legal team is alleging in a new filing that Baldoni's lawyers leaked details with a “goal of creating a media circus” around her July 31 deposition
Discussion: Page Six, Just Jared and New York Post
David Canfield / Vanity Fair:
George Clooney and Adam Sandler's Jay Kelly Explores What Movie Stardom Really Means  —  The two actors explain Noah Baumbach's new Hollywood tale, which forced them to dig deep and forge a tight bond: “I kept telling the cast, 'Don't call him Sand Man.'”  —  After George Clooney agreed …
Trey Alston / Complex:
Issa Rae Hit With Plagiarism Lawsuit for ‘One Of Them Days’  —  Three screenwriters allege the film is very similar to their 2020 script, ‘One of Those Days.’  —  Issa Rae is being sued by three Los Angeles screenwriters who claim that the movie she produced, One of Them Days, is a rip-off of their film.
Discussion: Just Jared, TheGrio and BET
Leah Bitsky / Page Six:
Brandi Glanville severely burns face in attempt to kill facial parasite  —  Brandi Glanville severely burned her face after using Nair on her face in an attempt to kill her facial parasite.  —  The “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum showed off the brutal skin damage caused …
Brent Lang / Variety:
Morgan Spector on the Shocking ‘Gilded Age’ Shooting: ‘You Should Be Very Worried’ … On its best days, Le Pain Quotidien's Bryant Park branch is a far cry from the 61st Street mansion where the Russell family presides over New York society in baronial splendor on HBO's “The Gilded Age.”
Charlotte Griffiths / Daily Mail:
Prince George a step closer to Eton after being allocated a house - despite Prince and Princess of Wales being ‘plagued by indecision’ over their choice of school for the young Royal  —  Prince George has been allocated a house at Eton College -despite the Prince and Princess of Wales …
Discussion: Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan and GB News
Daily Star:
Eamonn Holmes shares tragic update on terminally ill friend James Whale after hospice visit  —  GB News presenter Eamonn Holmes recently visited fellow broadcaster James Whale, who is sadly approaching the end of his life after being diagnosed with terminal cancer
Discussion: Mirror, The Sun, GB News and RTÉ
Ellen Gamerman / Wall Street Journal:
Heidi Klum Is Starting a ‘Worm and Parasite Cleanse’  —  The model returned as the host of the 21st season of ‘Project Runway’ in late July  —  In fashion, as the saying goes on “Project Runway,” one day you're in and the next day you're out.  Except if you're Heidi Klum on the actual show …
Discussion: E! Online, People and HELLO!
Charlie Moloney / The Guardian:
Oasis ‘shocked and saddened’ after fan dies in fall at Wembley concert  —  Man understood to have been sitting in London stadium's upper tier was pronounced dead at the scene  —  Oasis have said they are “shocked and saddened” after a man fell to his death at Wembley Stadium during the band's Saturday concert.
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Seher Asaf / BBC:
Man dies after fall at Oasis Wembley concert
 
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Jen Juneau / People:
Michael Douglas Responds to Sharon Stone Saying They Got in Heated ‘Argument’ When They Met (Exclusive)
Discussion: E! Online and IndieWire
Ellen Gamerman / Wall Street Journal:
At 84, Martha Stewart Launches Her First Skin-Care Brand
Discussion: People, Page Six and Glamour
 Earlier Picks: 
Laura Benjamin / HELLO!:
Exclusive: Katherine Ryan on her ‘fat girl summer’ pregnancy with baby number four - and how her teenage daughter reacted
Discussion: FemaleFirst
Us Weekly:
Sadie Robertson and Christian Huff's Relationship Timeline: From Friends to Married Couple
Discussion: E! Online and TODAY.com
NBC Los Angeles:
Rapper Soulja Boy arrested in Melrose on suspected weapons charge
TMZ.com:
Irina Shayk Stuns in Polka Dot Bikini on Summer Getaway to Capri
Discussion: Page Six