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<\/p>\nRichard Gere, Big Freedia, Omarosa, Sam Smith, Bill Shine, Grace and Frankie, Lizzo, Sinclair Tribune Merger: HOT LINKS<\/b>
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PULLOUT OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Tribune withdraws from $3.9 billion Sinclair Broadcast Group buyout and will sue<\/a>: \u2018The company said Sinclair failed to uphold its contractual obligation to make reasonable best efforts to get regulatory sign-off as quickly as possible. \u201cIn light of the FCC\u2019s unanimous decision, referring the issue of Sinclair\u2019s conduct for a hearing before an administrative law judge, our merger cannot be completed within an acceptable timeframe, if ever,\u201d said Tribune CEO Peter Kern in a statement.\u2019<\/p>\n DADDY AGAIN<\/strong>. Richard Gere at 69<\/a>.<\/p>\n BILL SHINE<\/strong>.\u00a0White House Communications Director Bill Shine settles lawsuit alleging he outed gay man<\/a>: \u2018The lawsuit relates to an abandoned Fox Business reality show about a family-owned business conducting lucrative estate sales in Florida. The show was to star Silas Pierce. After Fox News walked away from the series, producer Leftfield Pictures\u00a0filed a $4.5 million lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0in New York court alleging breach of contract. Fox News then responded with a fraud counterclaim. The cable news giant\u00a0explained that it dropped the series after learning<\/a>\u00a0that the gay<\/a> castmember didn\u2019t have a legal relationship with supposedly adopted children. That was supposedly a problem for a family-oriented show.<\/p>\n MALAYSIA<\/strong>. Minister orders removal of LGBT portraits from exhibition<\/a>: \u2018The director of the George Town Festival said he was \u201cdirected\u201d to take the portraits out by the minister of Islamic affairs, Mujahid Yusof Rawa. Mr Mujahid said the promotion of LGBT culture was not supported in Malaysia.\u2019<\/p>\n THE CONNERS<\/strong>. Roseanne reportedly dead on new show<\/a>. \u2018The logline for\u00a0The Conners\u00a0<\/em>suggests that Roseanne has died: the series \u201cwill follow the Conner family who, after a sudden turn of events, are forced to face the daily struggles of life in Lanford in a way they never have before.\u201d When asked how Roseanne\u2019s departure will be addressed on the spin-off \u2014 and if the logline\u2019s implications are true \u2014 Dungey said that this topic is \u201cthe thing [she] can\u2019t talk about.\u201d \u2018<\/p>\n L.A. NIGHTS<\/strong>. Sam Smith and Adam Lambert stop by the Abbey<\/a>: \u2018According to the Abbey, Smith partied at the famous bar on Thursday and only would agree to take photos if Britney Spears played. Judging by the number of snaps of Smith, the DJ complied.\u00a0Lambert also dropped by with some friends on Thursday and a new look of a mustache and beard. Other celebrities that dropped by included Carson Kressley and Jai Rodriguez from \u201cQueer Eye for the Straight Guy.\u201d<\/p>\n GRACE & FRANKIE<\/strong>. Renewed for Season 6<\/a>!<\/p>\n MUSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Big Freedia and Lizzo \u201cKaraoke\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n THIRSTY THURSDAY<\/strong>. Sunny Lee and bf.<\/p>\n The post Richard Gere, Big Freedia, Omarosa, Sam Smith, Bill Shine, Grace and Frankie, Lizzo, Sinclair Tribune Merger: HOT LINKS<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad Gay News<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cbb2_omarosa.jpg?resize=195%2C195\")
UNHINGED<\/strong>. Omarosa secretly recorded conversations with Trump<\/a>: \u2018For months, it has been\u00a0rumored<\/a>\u00a0that Manigault had clandestinely recorded on her smartphone \u201ctapes\u201d of unspecified private discussions she had in the West Wing. Audio actually does exist, and even stars Manigault\u2019s former boss.<\/p>\n![\"Lance](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/brady_bass.jpg?resize=195%2C195\")
LANCE BASS<\/strong>. Will he be in the Brady Bunch house after all<\/a>: \u201cWe\u2019re told HGTV and Lance are scheduled to meet next week to discuss getting him involved in the network\u2019s future plans with the house \u2014 namely, restoring it to its 1970s form on the inside for a new TV show. The crib\u2019s remained pretty much the same on the outside.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n