Diahann Carroll, Catwoman, Ben Sasse, Xi, Orville Peck, Niall Horan, James Franco, Hozier, Descovy, Richard Jewell: HOT LINKS<\/b><\/p>\n
RIP. Dynasty\u2019s Diahann Carroll<\/a> dies at 84: \u201cCarroll died at her home in Los Angeles after a long bout with cancer, her daughter, producer-journalist Suzanne Kay, told\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n DOING AS TOLD<\/strong>. Ukraine says it is looking into Joe Biden and his son<\/a>: \u201cUkraine\u2019s Prosecutor General said on Friday that his office is reviewing all the cases that were closed by his predecessors, including several related to the owner of a gas company where former Vice President Joe Biden\u2019s son sat on the board.\u201d<\/p>\n PURR-FECT CASTING<\/strong>. Guess who might be the new Catwoman<\/a>\u2026.<\/p>\n BEN SASSE<\/strong>. GOP Senator breaks with Trump\u2019s request that China investigate the Bidens<\/a>: \u201cHold up: Americans don\u2019t look to Chinese commies for the truth. If the Biden kid broke laws by selling his name to Beijing, that\u2019s a matter for American courts, not communist tyrants running torture camps.\u201d<\/p>\n BUT HE DID<\/strong>. Trump raised Biden with Xi, stored talk on secure server<\/a>: \u201cDuring a phone call<\/a> with Xi on June 18, Trump raised Biden\u2019s political prospects as well as those of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who by then had started rising in the polls, according to two people familiar with the discussion. In that call<\/a>, Trump also told Xi he would remain quiet on\u00a0Hong Kong protests<\/a>\u00a0as trade talks progressed.The White House record of that call<\/a> was later stored in the highly secured electronic system used to house a now-infamous phone call<\/a> with Ukraine\u2019s President and which helped spark a whistleblower complaint that\u2019s led Democrats to open an impeachment inquiry into Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n MINNESOTA<\/strong>. Lawsuit filed by two videographers who want the right to refuse same-sex weddings to continue in federal district court<\/a>: \u2018Attorney General Keith Ellison and Human Rights Commissioner Rebecca Lucero said in an opinion piece published in Thursday\u2019s\u00a0Star Tribune<\/a>\u00a0that Minnesota is opting not to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court because they\u2019d probably lose due to the limited facts on record and the Supreme Court\u2019s current composition.\u2019<\/p>\n STATE TV.<\/strong> Trump wants his own propaganda network<\/a>: \u201cCNN is a voice that really seems to be the voice out there and it\u2019s a terrible thing for our country,\u201d Trump said, diverging from his speech on protecting Medicare for seniors at an event in The Villages, Fla. \u201cWe ought to start our own network and put some real news out there, because they are so bad for our country.\u201d<\/p>\n JAMES FRANCO<\/strong>. Two women say they were sexually exploited by Franco\u2019s acting school<\/a>: \u201cIn a lawsuit filed on Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, two former students of an acting school that Mr. Franco helped create say that the now-defunct program was little more than a scheme to provide him and his male<\/a> collaborators with a pool of young female<\/a> performers that they could take advantage of.\u201d<\/p>\n DESCOVY<\/strong>. FDA approves new PrEP treatment<\/a>: \u201cDescovy for PrEP provides a new HIV prevention option that matches Truvada\u2019s high efficacy with statistically significant improvements in renal and bone safety, which can be an important consideration as people at risk increasingly use PrEP for longer periods of time,\u201d Daniel O\u2019Day, Gilead\u2019s CEO, said in a statement.<\/p>\n ON THE RAG<\/strong>. This week on the gay magazines<\/a>.<\/p>\n ORVILLE PECK<\/strong>. Outlaw spirit<\/a>: \u201cIn classic country, the old saying is what? \u2018Three chords and the truth,\u2019\u201d Peck says on a phone call<\/a> ahead of a gig in Florida. \u201cCountry has a really long history of subversive points of view and diversity. I think it\u2019s a stigma that people think country\u2019s this one perspective. I don\u2019t see it that way at all.\u201d<\/p>\n TURNING BACK TIME<\/strong>. Sean Hayes spots \u201cCher\u201d in Ellen\u2019s audience.<\/p>\n CELINE DION<\/strong>. On \u201cCamp\u201d and the Met Gala<\/a>: \u201cI thought I was going to go with my sleeping bag. What is camp? I still don\u2019t understand it. But I won.\u201d<\/p>\n TAYLOR SWIFT<\/strong>. And the headless banana.<\/p>\n .@taylorswift13<\/a>\u00a0reacts to a never-before-seen post-surgery clip. More with\u00a0@taylorswift13<\/a> on #FallonTonight<\/a>! pic.twitter.com\/gIGst8cLeU<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Fallon Tonight (@FallonTonight) October 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n GEORGIA<\/strong>. Transgender officer sues Houston County over healthcare discrimination<\/a>: \u201cHouston County sheriff\u2019s Sgt. Anna Lange, a transgender woman<\/a> who is seeking a gender transition, on Wednesday filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the county and its board of commissioners claiming she is being \u2018denied medically-necessary care\u2019 under the county\u2019s health insurance plan.\u201d<\/p>\n TRAILER OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Richard Jewell<\/em>.<\/p>\n NEW TUNES OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Maren Morris and Hozier \u201cThe Bones\u201d.<\/p>\n Dan + Shay, Justin Bieber \u201c10,000 Hours\u201d.<\/p>\n Niall Horan \u201cNice To Meet Ya\u201d.<\/p>\n FRIDAY FLASH<\/strong>. Matt Law.<\/p>\n\n
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