LA Reid’s Sex Assault Trial to Include Claims He Blocked Accuser From Signing Ye, John Legend in Retaliation
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7th Heaven's Beverley Mitchell Shares Emotional Social Media Update
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Rosie O’Donnell Fears ‘The View’ Will Be Canceled for Not ‘Aligning’ With Trump; White House Calls Her an ‘Irrelevant Loser’: ‘Our Country Is Better Off With Rosie Living Abroad’
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Alison Brie Says ‘Scream’ Franchise Lets “Too Many People Live” but Calls Dewey’s Death a “Mistake”
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‘Chimp Crazy’ Star Tonia Haddix Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years in Prison After Ape Investigation
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Disney, Lucasfilm Settle Lawsuit From Gina Carano Over ‘Mandalorian’ Firing
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Trivium Announce New EP, Unleash “Bury Me with My Screams”: Stream
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The world just lost its health report card. Now what?
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The Iconic Way That Twiggy Turned The Tables On “Cruel” Woody Allen In A 1967 Interview Has Resurfaced Online, And People Are In Awe
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Kylie Jenner Calls Herself the Baddest B***h in Spanish While Modeling Khy Outfit
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Israel’s Gaza aid cutoff was not only immoral. It was a strategic disaster.
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Sydney Sweeney’s gun range skills go viral after American Eagle ad uproar: ‘Wifey material’
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Donald Trump And Rupert Murdoch Reach Agreement To Delay Media Mogul’s Deposition In POTUS’ Defamation Lawsuit
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Amazon is bringing its Starlink alternative to Australia next year
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Rupert Murdoch Plots a Newspaper War In L.A.
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$25 Viral Sneakers Are Back at Walmart, Get Yours Before They’re Gone
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FC 26 Developer EA Sports Actually Visited Content Creators' Homes to Test Their Internet Connections and Uncover the Real Reasons for Input Delay
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BAFTA Unveils Tweaks to Voting Rules for Television and TV Craft Awards, Sets 2026 Dates
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The Jesus Lizard Cancel 2025 Tour Due to ‘Serious Health Incident’
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Justin Timberlake Is Happy at Home Amid Lyme Disease Diagnosis
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Tiffany Haddish’s Photos With Jason Lee and a Baby Sparks Fan Confusion
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Oasis ‘shocked’ after man fatally falls from upper level at Wembley Stadium concert
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Sydney Sweeney’s voter registration revealed after American Eagle ‘great jeans’ ad backlash
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Some countries still want to save the world
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Jonathan Kaplan, Director of ‘The Accused’ and ‘ER,’ Dies at 77
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Trump Slams Charlamagne Tha God as ‘Racist Sleazebag’ For Fox News Interview Predicting a ‘Political Coup’ In the Republican Party
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Love Island UK's Lochan Addresses Ex Whitney's Racism Accusations
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Mandy Moore Calls Out Driver After Hit & Run
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Brendan Carr declares victory over the First Amendment
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Natasha Richardson’s Makeup Artist Shares Sweet Letter From Liam Neeson
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BBC launches investigation into Strictly 'drug use'
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Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock Cover Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs
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Trump actually has a tariff strategy this time. It could still go terribly wrong.
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Brett Kavanaugh says he doesn’t owe the public an explanation
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Trump’s Truth Social Parent Company Posts $20 Million Loss on $883,300 in Net Sales for Q2, Ends Quarter With $3.1 Billion in Assets
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Charlize Theron & Channing Tatum Partner On Family Comedy ‘Dance Parents’; Universal Lands Hot Package After Bidding War
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James Van Der Beek Shares the One Way He Can Escape His Cancer Battle
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American Eagle Says Sydney Sweeney Campaign ‘Always Was About the Jeans’ After Backlash
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Lisa Rinna Shares Breast Implant Specs, Used Same Surgeon as Kylie Jenner
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Jax Taylor Says Leaving Jax's Is 'Bittersweet,' but Essential for Well-Being
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