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Duchess, Meghan Markle Is Pregnant, Expecting First Child With Prince Harry
Shonda Rhimes On Her Netflix Deal: ‘I Am The Highest-Paid Showrunner In Television’
Just minutes after 10 p.m. on Monday, Shonda Rhimes readied herself to make a huge reveal about her new(ish) Netflix overall deal. The prolific showrunner — standing at a podium inside the Four Seasons Hotel ball- room in Beverly Hills, site of Elle magazine’s 25th annual Women in Hollywood cele- bration — even reminded her- self to take a deep breath before she did so, because she knew the words would add up to be quite the bombshell.
“I am the highest-paid showrunner in television,” de- clared the 48-year-old net-
SHONDA RHIMES
work hitmaker behind ABC’s- Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal, who departed the network after 15 years to join Netflix in a rich overall deal last year.
Just how rich nobody really knew. At the time news of her deal broke, it was reported to be in the neighborhood of $100 million, but Rhimes said Monday night that figure wasn't accurate, though she did not say exactly how much she’s making.
As fate would have it, seated just a few feet away from the stage was Ryan Murphy, who made head- lines earlier this year when he revealed — via a cover story in The Hollywood Reporter — that he had signed a five-year Netflix contract worth as much as $300 million
Say It Ain't So! Diddy And Longtime Girlfriend Cassie Split
It’s the end of an era.
Looks like hip-hop mogul Diddy is a bad boy on the move again after breaking up with longtime girlfriend Cassie.
According to People, Diddy broke things off with 32-year-old Cassie a few months ago, with reps for the pair claiming “the decision was amicable and they re- main friends.”
The Me&U singer is the newest face of Fashion Nova and according to reps “Cassie is going to focus on her music and acting career.”
As for 48-year-old Diddy, no word on who his possible
Diddy and Cassie have been inseparable since the early 2000s.
new bad girl is just yet, but you know the streets are wait- ing and watching.
Royal baby alert: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are expecting their first child together!
Kensington Palace an- nounced the news on Mon- day morning, hours after the Duke and Duchess of Sus- sex landed in Australia for their first royal tour as a mar- ried couple.
"Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are very pleased to an- nounce that The Duchess of Sussex is expecting a baby in the Spring of 2019," the
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.
palace said in a statement on Instagram. "Their Royal
Highnesses have appreciated all of the support they have received from people around the world since their wedding in May and are delighted to be able to share this happy news with the public."
Meghan, 37, has in re- cent weeks sparked preg- nancy rumors, which were fueled further when she wore a navy Givenchy coat fas- tened loosely as she accom- panied Harry, 34, to his cousin Princess Eugenie's wedding to Jack Brooks- bank on Friday.
Kirk Franklin's Biological Father Passes Away Weeks After They Reunited
The gospel singer recently decided to forgive his father for giv- ing him up for adoption.
Kirk Franklin revealed in an emotional Instagram video that his biological fa- ther has passed just weeks after the gospel star was able to reconnect with him.
Dwight Allen died on Monday of a terminal ill-
ness. He was 66.
In September, Franklin
shared that he had re- ceived an anonymous tele- phone call informing him that his birth father had less than three to six months to live.
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