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8:20 PM ET, March 25, 2015

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One Direction / Facebook:
After five incredible years Zayn Malik has decided to leave One  —  Direction.  Niall, Harry, Liam and Louis will continue as a four-piece and look forward to the forthcoming concerts of their world tour and  —  recording their fifth album, due to be released later this year.
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PerezHilton:
Zayn Malik Has Left One Direction
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Lewis Corner / Digital Spy:
Zayn Malik quits One Direction: “I'd like to apologise to the fans”
Discussion: PerezHilton
Keith Staskiewicz / EW.com:
FIRST LOOK: JESSE EISENBERG AS LEX LUTHOR IN BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE  —  The mark of a good villain is how he knows to stop monologuing before he gives away too much of his plan.  That's also the mark of a good superhero-franchise director.  Details on Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman …
Justin Kroll / Variety:
Idris Elba Eyed for Villain Role in 'Star Trek 3′ (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Idris Elba is in early talks to play the villain in “Star Trek 3,” sources tell Variety.  —  Justin Lin is directing the pic with Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana and Anton Yelchin all on board to return.
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Empire Costars Trai Byers and Grace Gealey Are Dating: Details!  —  Cookie won't like this!  Empire costars Trai Byers and Grace Gealey are making sweet, sweet music off camera, sources confirm exclusively to Us Weekly.  The costars have been dating since first meeting on the breakout FOX series.
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TMZ.com:
‘Empire’ Stars — Boo Boo Kitty Hooking up With Andre Lyon ... For Real!  —  Boo Boo Kitty Hooking Up  —  WITH ANDRE LYON... FOR REAL!  —  3/25/2015 1:00 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  “Empire” stars Andre Lyon and Anika Calhoun are family on-screen ... but off-screen the actors may be hooking up.
Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Game of Thrones’ Star Emilia Clarke on Playing Sarah Connor, Turning Down ‘Fifty Shades’ and Moving on From Nudity  —  For some reason, Emilia Clarke best remembers the fruit plate.  —  It was 2010, and the actress was standing before Game of Thrones' casting director and several of the show's producers.
Priscilla Rodriguez / Latinas Lifestyle …:
CHRISTINA MILIAN IS LATINA MAGAZINE'S MAY 2015 COVER STAR!  —  Singer, actress and reality star, Christina Milian, appears on the cover of Latina's May 2015 issue.  Milian gives Latina the juicy details on her relationship with Lil Wayne, her new album, being a single mom and her take on positive body image.
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TMZ.com:   We're Finally Going Public  —  Lil Wayne did it big in Hollywood …
Jacqueline Andriakos / People.com:
At Home with Britney Spears and Her Boys  —  Britney Spears opens up about raising sons, date nights with her new man, and whether she'll marry again.  Subscribe now for an inside look at the popstar's life now, plus exclusive at-home photos, only in PEOPLE.  —  A hit Las Vegas show.
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Pilots 2015: The Year Of Ethnic Castings - About Time Or Too Much Of Good Thing?  —  There was a noticeable shift toward ethnic castings last season with more parts opening up to minority actors.  It was a concerted effort, with more than one instances where a family member role was rewritten as adopted to make them ethnic.
Mary H.K. Choi / GQ:
A$AP Rocky Needs Some Space  —  New album, new acting gig, maybe a new house large enough to have sex in—as Mary H.K. Choi found out, 2015 is going to be even bigger for A$AP Rocky than we thought  —  It's 1 P.M. On sunday and A$AP Rocky is lying on a sun-bleached wood banquette on the roof of his Hollywood home.
Melody Chiu / People.com:
Jon Hamm Completes Rehab for Alcohol Abuse Before Mad Men Premiere  —  His character Don Draper, is famous for his demons, and it turns out Jon Hamm has been battling his own, too.  —  The Mad Men star recently completed a 30-day stint in a treatment center for alcohol abuse, PEOPLE confirms.
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TMZ.com:
Jeremy Renner — My Wife Extorted Me with Intimate Videos  —  My Wife Extorted Me  —  WITH INTIMATE VIDEOS  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Jeremy Renner's estranged wife threatened to release intimate videos of him if he ever went back on his promise to help her get a green card ... this according to legal docs Jeremy just filed.
Madeline Boardman / Us Weekly:
Jason Aldean Marries Brittany Kerr: See Their First Wedding Photo!  —  Officially hitched and ready for happily ever after!  Jason Aldean and his love Brittany Kerr exchanged vows in a romantic destination wedding on Saturday, March 21 — and only the new issue of Us Weekly has all of the exclusive photos and details on the big day.
Deborah Roberts / ABC News:
Celine Dion Gets Emotional About Caring for Husband Battling Cancer  —  Celine Dion will soon return to the Las Vegas stage after taking a year off to care for her manager and husband, René Angélil, but her road back has not been easy.  —  Dion, 46, revealed in an interview …
Discussion: Yahoo, Starpulse and POPSUGAR Celebrity
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Jennifer Garcia / People.com:   Céline Dion on Ailing Husband René Angélil: 'I'm Scared of Losing Him'
Nate Berkus / Facebook:
Jeremiah & I are thrilled to announce the arrival of our daughter, Poppy Brent-Berkus, born via surrogate on March 23, 2015.  We are so excited to finally be a family of 3!  As anyone with a newborn knows, we have our work cut out for us but couldn't be happier to be embarking on this life changing journey that is parenthood.
Guardian:
Jeremy Clarkson's Top Gear contract will not be renewed  —  BBC director general Tony Hall is understood to have decided he has ‘little alternative’ after report into fracas with producer  —  Jeremy Clarkson's contract will not be renewed after the Top Gear presenter was involved …
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Martin Evans / Telegraph:
Jeremy Clarkson to be sacked by the BBC
Discussion: Variety, The Wrap and Deadline
Keith Caulfield / Billboard:
Kendrick Lamar Earns His First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart  —  Kendrick Lamar scores his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as his earlier-than-expected release To Pimp a Butterfly bows atop the list.  —  The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based …
Discussion: Variety and Stereogum
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Bradley Cooper To Make Directing Debut, Hopes To Star With Beyonce In ‘A Star Is Born’ For Warner Bros  —  EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros is negotiating with its American Sniper star Bradley Cooper to make his feature directorial debut on the remake of A Star Is Born.  The hope is for Cooper also to star in the film.
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