A SEVERED TONGUE<\/strong>. What Carrie Fisher sent a Hollywood producer who sexually assaulted her friend<\/a>.<\/p>\n FORBES LIST<\/strong>. Trump drops 92 places on richest people in America list<\/a>: \u201cA tough New York real estate market, a costly lawsuit and an expensive presidential campaign all contributed to the declining fortune of the 45th president. After months of digging through financial disclosures and public property records and conducting dozens of interviews, Forbes now estimates POTUS\u2019 net worth at $3.1 billion, down from $3.7 billion a year ago. He drops to No. 248 in the ranks of the richest people in America, down from No. 156 in 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n $238,000<\/strong>. How much Trump\u2019s campaign has paid the lawyers for Donald Jr.<\/a>: \u201cTrump\u2019s campaign made two payments \u2014 one in mid July, the other in early August \u2014 to the law firm of Alan S. Futerfas, a lawyer for the president\u2019s son, who is facing scrutiny over a 2016 meeting he had with a Russian lawyer while seeking damaging information about Democrat Hillary Clinton. The third-quarter disclosures with the Federal Election Commission didn\u2019t specify what the legal expenses were for.\u201d<\/p>\n WEINSTEIN MADE UUS PAY ATTENTION<\/strong>. Now what<\/a>?<\/p>\n NYT<\/strong>. The gay architects of classic rock<\/a>: \u201cOne of the 20th century\u2019s most powerful creations was the rock star: the preening, erotic god of guitar-fired defiance. But those who embodied that character didn\u2019t spring from nowhere. Managers groomed them and shaped them, and in the classic rock era those managers were often gay<\/a> men<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n ITALY<\/strong>. Two men arrested for gang attack on gay couple in Bari. Four are still at large<\/a>. \u201cThe couple<\/a>, both 30, a Bari man<\/a> and his Spanish boyfriend, were attacked by a gang of seven young people. Police have so far managed to indentify three of them, the two arrested Tuesday aged 19 and 20 plus a minor who has been placed under investigation. The attack took place in front of many beachgoers.\u201d<\/p>\n REESE WITHERSPOON<\/strong>. A director sexually assaulted me at 16<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve had multiple experiences of harassment and sexual assault, and I don\u2019t speak about them very often. But after hearing all the stories these past few days and hearing these brave women<\/a> speak up tonight, the things that we\u2019re kind of told to sweep under the rug and not talk about, it\u2019s made me want to speak up and speak up loudly because I felt less alone this week than I\u2019ve ever felt in my entire career.\u201d<\/p>\n OH STRAIGHT PEOPLE<\/strong>. Ellen launches a new segment.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n MUSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Morrissey \u201cSpent the Day in Bed\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n TOO HOT TUESDAY<\/strong>. John Kim, captain of the swim team at Virginia Military Institute, who just came out.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The post Melania Trump, Morrissey, Straight People, Classic Rock, Italy, Carrie Fisher, Cher \u2018Mamma Mia\u2019: HOT LINKS<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s_bannon.jpg?resize=195%2C195\")
LUNCH CHAT<\/strong>. Mitch McConnell warned Trump that Steve Bannon could undermine his agenda<\/a>: \u201cThe Kentucky Republican warned that Bannon\u2019s push to find challengers for GOP lawmakers could make it difficult to accomplish key agenda items, like tax reform, as some of the Republicans Bannon is targeting are key supporters. \u201d<\/p>\n![\"Cher\"](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/cher.jpg?resize=195%2C195\")
MAMMA MIA<\/strong>. Cher has signed on for the sequel to the hit movie<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"John](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/mccain.jpg?resize=195%2C195\")
SPURIOUS NATIONALISM<\/strong>. Trump hits back at McCain<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cWell it\u2019s a shocker,\u201d the president told radio host Chris Plante in response to a question about McCain\u2019s comments. \u201cYeah, well I hear it and people have to be careful because at some point I fight back. You know, I\u2019m being very nice. I\u2019m being very, very nice. But at some point I fight back and it won\u2019t be pretty.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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