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Patrick Smith / The Independent:
Your support helps us to tell the story — From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’ …
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Deadline, The Wrap, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter
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Just Jared:
Josh Brolin Discusses His Former Friendship With President Donald Trump: ‘I Know a Different Guy’ — Josh Brolin is recalling his former friendship with Donald Trump, before he became the President. — According to the 57-year-old actor, he knew “a different guy” at the time they met …
Susannah Butter / The Times:
Elizabeth Olsen: ‘My fantasy life? A cold cottage in a British seaside town’ … Elizabeth Olsen describes her upbringing as “pretty chaotic”. “I was the youngest of four and we were all born within five years,” she says, referring to her starry childhood in Los Angeles …
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People, Us Weekly, FemaleFirst and Just Jared
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Audrey Rock / Page Six:
Elizabeth Olsen details ‘chaotic’ childhood, says sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley were ‘forced’ to support her — Elizabeth Olsen is recounting a topsy-turvy upbringing in which twin sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were expected to champion her acting career.
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Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won Academy Award for ‘Shakespeare In Love,’ has died at 88 — British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998's “Shakespeare In Love,” has died. He was 88.
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The Hollywood Reporter, Suggest, People, The Wrap, TMZ.com, Mirror, New York Daily News, The Sun, Deadline, Variety, NPR, Lapresse.US, The Guardian and New York Times
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Richard Brown / Daily Star:
Tom Stoppard dies aged 88 as tributes paid to legendary Oscar-winning screenwriter
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Rolling Stone, HELLO!, The Wrap and The Guardian
Lulu Garcia-Navarro / New York Times:
Simon Cowell Is Sorry, Softer and Grieving Liam Payne — Simon Cowell, the famously caustic judge from “American Idol” and “X Factor,” has mellowed. Part of that is age (he's now 66), but he has also suffered the loss of his parents, become a father, gone to therapy and more recently grappled …
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Page Six, Metro.co.uk, People, New York Post, Just Jared and Fox News
Simon Hattenstone / The Guardian:
‘It has made me live life more’: Jessie J on cancer, comebacks and cracking China — Endometriosis, miscarriage, failed relationships, suicide and gaslighting ... they are all laid bare on the singer-writer's new album. But just as she finished recording it, she got a shock diagnosis.
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Us Weekly and Just Jared
Desiree Anello / People:
Beauty Influencer Stefanie Pieper, 31, Found Dead in Forest After Ex-Boyfriend Allegedly Admitted to Strangling Her: Report — Pieper went missing after arriving home to her apartment following a Christmas party on Sunday, Nov. 23 — Stefanie Pieper was found dead in a forest in Slovenia …
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Daily Star, The Hollywood Gossip, Us Weekly, The US Sun, Suggest, TMZ.com, New York Daily News, The Sun and New York Post
Brian Anthony Hernandez / People:
Lem Barney Is Not Dead, the Retired NFL Star's Son Says After Pro Football Hall of Fame's False Report: ‘He Is Alive’ — “Please accept our apology,” the Pro Football Hall of Fame said in a statement after “rescinding” an email announcing the death — The Pro Football Hall of Fame …
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Amrita Vora / E! Online:
Vanessa Hudgens Gives Birth, Welcomes Second Baby With Husband Cole Tucker — High School Musical's Vanessa Hudgens confirmed she welcomed her second baby with husband Cole Tucker, sharing a photo of herself in the hospital for the birth. — Watch: Vanessa Hudgens' Chic Pregnancy Style
TMZ.com:
JoJo Siwa Says She Was Rushed to Hospital For ‘Excruciating Pain’ Before Concert — JOJO SIWA BREATHING TROUBLE, PAIN LEAD TO HOSPITAL VISIT ... Doctors Discover Burst Ovarian Cyst — “I WAS BLACKING OUT” — JoJo Siwa bounced back like a “Boomerang” after a scary medical incident landed …
Caitlin Elliott / Latest from Woman and Home:
Exclusive: Ruth Langsford says ‘never say never’ to a new relationship as she admits she hasn't been ‘put off’ marriage — Ruth is ‘excited’ about the chapter that lays ahead — Sign up to W&H Newsletter - Comments (0) () … After 27 years together, Ruth and Eamonn confirmed …
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