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Extra, Extra: A Baby Made The Pope Giggle
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- Frances Bean Cobain just married a guywho looks exactly like her dad Kurt, and her mom Courtney Love did not get an invite.
- If you're gonna ride on the back of a sea turtle, think before you post a pic of it on the Internet (the temptation is very real, though, I'm sure.) You will get in big trouble.
- The entire staff of the L.A. Timeshates Pershing Square.
- Someone in Philadelphia dressed their baby up as the Pope; Pope saw it; Pope giggled.
- Rapper Fetty Wap is in the hospital after getting into a motorcycle accident this weekend. His management reports he's in stable condition.
- An 8-year-old girl was suspended from school for wearing the "wrong" shade of green. On the bright side, the fashion police were not called.
- Grace Jones plays the Hollywood Bowl tonight...under the Blood Moon. Should be pretty magical:
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