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Taylor Swift to be deposed next month in Lively-Baldoni legal battle

NEW YORK — This might just ruin the friendship… Taylor Swift will be deposed next month as part of former best friend Blake Lively’s legal showdown with Justin Baldoni. While an exact date has not been announced, the 35-year-old Grammy winner’s October deposition will not take place before Oct. 20, in order to accommodate her “preexisting professional obligations,” according to court documents ...
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Taylor Swift joins Travis Kelce to soft-open steakhouse with Patrick Mahomes

Newly engaged Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce kicked off the week at the soft-opening of his new Kansas City steakhouse with Patrick Mahomes. The Grammy winner sported a denim dress as she and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, both 35, held hands upon arriving to 1587 Prime Steakhouse on Monday night, insiders told TMZ. The stars reportedly enjoyed a “low-key but affectionate” evening as they ...
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announce their engagement

Pop star Taylor Swift and football player Travis Kelce are engaged. "Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married," the couple captioned a joint post on Instagram announcing the news Tuesday, adding a dynamite emoji and a snippet of Swift's song "So High School."
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Pee-wee Herman look-alike contest set for Coney Island on Sunday

After bringing out droves of doppelgangers for Adam Sandler, Jeremy Allen White and Timothée Chalamet, New York City has proven to be the right destination for celebrity look-alike contests. Next up, the city is seeking doubles for Pee-wee Herman, the pop culture character created and portrayed by the late comedian Paul Reubens. 
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She was one of the first influencers. It nearly ruined her life.

Each day across America, millions of people ask themselves this question, a once-innocuous inquiry that has morphed the casual (if occasionally tedious) tradition of sharing vacation photos, baby pictures, new boyfriend snaps and half-formed opinions with friends into an existential referendum on one’s sense of self.
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Loni Anderson, star of ‘WKRP in Cincinnati,’ dies at 79

Loni Anderson, who played the platinum blonde receptionist on the screwball comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati” in the late 1970s and early ’80s and later became a tabloid mainstay during her contentious divorce from actor Burt Reynolds, died Sunday at a hospital in Los Angeles. She was 79.
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George Lucas makes Comic-Con debut to discuss his upcoming museum

Filmmaking legend George Lucas made an appearance at Comic-Con International for the first time ever on Sunday, where he shared some of his perspectives about humanity, society and storytelling as part of a preview for his new Los Angeles museum that will be dedicated to narrative art.
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Doctor who tried to rescue Malcolm-Jamal Warner breaks silence

The doctor who tried to save the late Malcolm-Jamal Warner from “rough” waters in Costa Rica last weekend has broken their silence. The “Cosby Show” star, 54, died by drowning last Sunday after he and his 8-year-old daughter got caught in a riptide, the latter of whom was rescued by a bystander. His death was ruled accidental and the cause was confirmed as asphyxiation by submersion. “There ...