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Journalist Ross Barkan apologized Wednesday for failing to properly cite other journalists’ work in his New York Magazine columns, days after the magazine dropped him following an independent review that found attribution problems in 67 of his columns. “None of them, genuinely, were willful or intentional,” Barkan said in a statement posted to X. “In the course of writing many columns a week, I did not use citations as aggressively as I should have and did not paraphrase well enough.” He added that he “never intended to crib from anyone’s work” and apologized to journalists whose work he did not…

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Paris Jackson revealed she underwent electroconvulsive therapy — a medical treatment passing a small electric current through the brain to trigger a brief, controlled seizure as an alternative to prescription antidepressants— while battling severe depression. The 28-year-old opened up on the ‘On Purpose with Jay Shetty’ podcast, sharing she did nine ECT sessions over three weeks after coming ‘very, very close’ to another suicide attempt. The cover of her upcoming album, ‘HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE,’ out Aug. 21, depicts Paris getting electroconvulsive therapy. More from Entertainment Tonight: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdtXPiqI2cLorKaPrfpKc4g?sub_confirmation=1 Exclusives from #EntertainmentTonight : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQwITQ__CeH2Y_7g2xeiNDa0vQsROQQgv

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Prolific TV creator David E. Kelley is breaking ground on a new area of interest: wildlife. Kelley has partnered with Norcross Productions to launch “Live Migrations,” a new series found on YouTube that spotlights the beauty within animal migrations, starting with sockeye salmon. “The Great Sockeye Migration,” which streams on YouTube and the “Live Migrations” website starting Aug. 19, and is described as a “a live, multi-camera journey into the heart of the world’s greatest wild salmon run in Bristol Bay, Alaska.” Following the sockeyes’ return from the Pacific Ocean to the rivers and streams where they were born, “The…

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Jean Smart may set an Emmys record this year, if she wins a fifth award for her performance on “Hacks.” She’s well aware of that but, on Tuesday night, the actress largely brushed it off as “a technicality.” Smart appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to discuss the end of the hit HBO series, and guest host Rosie O’Donnell quickly pointed out the potential history to be made. Thus far, Smart has won lead comedy actress annually since 2021, for every eligible season of “Hacks.” If she wins a fifth time, she’ll become the first woman to complete a full sweep…

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