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TMZ.com:
Taylor Swift Will Not Play Super Bowl Halftime Show Next Year  —  TAYLOR SWIFT Sorry Swifties ... I'M NOT PERFORMING SB HALFTIME SHOW!!!  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Taylor Swift fans might think their favorite musician is lined up to play the next Super Bowl Halftime show, but it just ain't true ... TMZ has learned.
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
Is Taylor Swift Playing the 2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show? … When the NFL announced at midnight ET that Apple Music is the new sponsor of the Super Bowl Halftime Show, the Swift-iverse went into overdrive speculating that Taylor Swift will be the performer: The announcement was made at midnight …
Melody Chiu / People.com:
Taylor Swift Is Not Headlining Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show Despite Rumors She's Performing  —  PEOPLE has learned the superstar is not scheduled to hit the Super Bowl stage next February  —  Sorry, Swifties!  —  Despite frenzied rumors and a report that Taylor Swift is set to headline …
Heidi Parker / Daily Mail:
Taylor Swift 'won't be performing' during Super Bowl's LVII halftime show... after fans go into overdrive speculating she may have landed the gig
Discussion: TMZ.com and Billboard
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Benjamin VanHoose / People.com:
Sylvester Stallone and Wife Jennifer Flavin Reconcile 1 Month After She Filed for Divorce  —  Jennifer Flavin, who shares three daughters with husband Sylvester Stallone, filed for divorce on Aug. 19 after 25 years of marriage  —  Sylvester Stallone and wife Jennifer Flavin are calling off their divorce, PEOPLE confirms.
Karin Larsen / CBC News:
B.C. actor handed 14 years parole ineligibility in life sentence for mother's murder  —  Actor Ryan Grantham shot mother Barbara Waite as she played piano in their Squamish townhouse in March 2020  —  Ryan Grantham, the B.C. actor who pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of his mother Barbara Waite …
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
‘Riverdale’ Actor Ryan Grantham Sentenced To Life Behind Bars For Matricide; Not Eligible For Parole For 14 Years
Kelly Gilmore / E! Online:
Riverdale's Ryan Grantham Sentenced to Life in Prison for Killing His Mom
Discussion: Just Jared
Chris Lee / Vulture:
Don't Worry, Darling, It's Judgment Day  —  Don't Worry Darling arrives as 2022's hottest movie mess, and it has everything: rumors of bad blood between the movie's director, Olivia Wilde, and its lead; alleged on-set infidelity; mudslinging from Shia LaBeouf; spitgate.
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TMZ.com:
Celtics Coach Udoka Blindsided Nia Long, Let Her Move Fam to Boston 2 Weeks Ago  —  Nia Long says she's gonna need all the support she can get after getting blindsided by her fiance, Celtics Coach Ime Udoka ... who we've learned kept her in the dark about his affair, even though the team busted him months ago.
BBC:
Cherry Valentine: Drag Race UK star George Ward dies  —  Drag performer George Ward, known by his stage name Cherry Valentine, has died at the age of 28, his family have announced.  —  Ward appeared on the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK and went on to front the BBC documentary Gypsy Queen And Proud.
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Adrian Wojnarowski / ESPN:
Sources: Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka facing season-long suspension for relationship with member of franchise's staff  —  Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka is likely facing a suspension for the entire 2022-23 season for his role in an intimate relationship with a female member of the franchise's staff, sources told ESPN on Thursday.
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TMZ.com:
Lamar Odom Not Dating Transgender Actress Daniiellè Alexis, Despite Speculation  —  LAMAR ODOM NOT DATING TRANS ACTRESS ... We're Just Friends  —  EXCLUSIVE  — 899 … Lamar Odom is not romantically involved with transgender actress/model Daniiellè Alexis …
Discussion: RADAR and Sandra Rose
Thessaly La Force / New York Times:
How Constance Wu Survived That Tweetstorm  —  In her memoir, “Making a Scene,” the actress reveals her isolation, racism in her career and how she's moving on.  —  For Constance Wu — like many regrettable moments in modern day life — it all started with a tweet.  Or several tweets, actually.
Discussion: Rolling Stone and Variety
People.com:
The Bachelor's Clayton Echard and Susie Evans Announce Split: ‘Not an Easy Time for Either of Us’  —  “For anyone who has ever loved, knows this was a painful decision to make and not one taken lightly,” the Bachelor Nation couple said in a joint statement  —  Clayton Echard is single again …
Leah Bitsky / Page Six:
Kendall Jenner shuts down exclusive NYC nightclub to celebrate 818 Tequila  —  Kendall Jenner shut down an exclusive nightclub in New York City on Thursday to celebrate her 818 Tequila Eight Reserve.  —  “It was a good crowd, and everyone seemed to be having fun,” a spy tells Page Six exclusively …
Discussion: Just Jared
Eileen Reslen / Page Six:
Hilary Duff recreates her 2008 'That's So Gay' PSA  —  Hilary Duff recreated her 2008 “Think Before You Speak” PSA — which condemned the use of the phrase “that's so gay” — in a new TikTok video.  —  In the clip posted Thursday, Pentatonix member Scott Hoying and his fiancé …
Kerry McDermott / Vogue:
Paris Hilton Walks the Versace Runway in Her Signature Pink Sparkles  —  She made the color pink—and spangled minidresses—a way of life in the early Noughties, and now Paris Hilton has brought her signature aesthetic to Donatella's Versace runway in Milan.
Discussion: Page Six and Grazia USA
Andrea Caamano / HELLO!:
Princess Kate reveals Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis' question during Queen's funeral preparations … The Prince and Princess of Wales stepped out on Thursday afternoon to thank the unsung heroes who helped prepare everything in Windsor ahead of Queen Elizabeth's committal service on Monday.
 
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New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

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Google blocked or removed 5.5B ads and 12.7M advertiser accounts for violating its policies in 2023, up from 5.2B ads and 6.7M advertiser accounts in 2022

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