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BUSY PHILIPPS TURNS TO POPE FOR HELP: Busy Philipps got an abortion when she was 15 years old, and now she’s revealing that turned to the Pope for advice and help during a school trip. The 39-year-old recalls how she was able to move past the trauma by speaking to Pope John Paul II in her book This Will Only Hurt a Little. She wrote: “’It doesn’t work for me without getting the absolution I needed. And from the only person in the world who could give it to me: the Pope in Rome.” Philipps has also revealed recently that she was assaulted when she was 14, and that, separately, claims James Franco assaulted her on the set of Freaks and Geeks. (Daily Mail)

ARE CHANNING TATUM AND JESSIE J A THING? Channing Tatum is dating singer Jessie J, a source tells People. News of their romance comes six months after his split from actress Jenna Dewan (they were married for about nine years). Reports of Tatum and J first circulated on social media. (People)

REPORT HINTS AT TROUBLE BETWEEN BRADLEY COPPER AND IRINA SHAYK: Bradley Cooper is earning rave reviews in Hollywood for A Star Is Born, but things appear shakier on the home front, Page Six reports. Cooper and his baby mama Irina Shayk dined at Masa in Time Warner Center this week. “They were not looking happy,” a spy told Page Six. “The couple sat down. He was in a hoodie and she was fresh-faced – no makeup – and they barely spoke to each other at the start of the meal. Halfway through, she started looking off to the side and he was moody.” They welcomed their first child, Lea, together last year. (Page Six)

TIMOTHEE CHALAMET PROMISES HE WON’T BE THAT GUY: On The Tonight Show Wednesday, Timothee Chalamet promised host Jimmy Fallon that he wouldn’t become an annoying Hollywood dude. “You know the guy,” he laughed. The 22-year-old says of his acting awards: “They’re all weirdly my mom’s now? They’re with all my childhood taekwondo trophies. It’s a very weird thing.”(Vulture)