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Demi has no life. The price of peen is expensive on the open market; Cardi & Offset call it quits; The Elbas do not need your “Congrats!”; John Boyega is a real one; Will Smith and The Real Aunt Viv reconcile, Patti "Verzuz" Gladys was a good time for grown folk; The Gillums do Tamron Hall and crisis communications expert Li-Ron Anderson-Bell weighs in on the good, the bad and the WTF of the interview
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