Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Combs has been named in a fourth lawsuit on Wednesday that accuses the hip-hop billionaire mogul of sex trafficking and gang-raping a teenage girl with two other men in a New York City recording studio 20 years ago.
In the latest complaint filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan, an unidentified woman <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/arts/music/sean-combs-diddy-rape-lawsuit.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> alleges two associates of Combs — Harve Pierre, a former longtime president of his record label, and an unnamed individual — met her when she was only 17 years old at a lounge in the Detroit area before flying her on a private plane to New York in 2003.
&#8220;Mr. Combs convinced Ms. Doe, who was half his age at the time, to accompany Mr. Pierre and the Third Assailant on a private jet to come to his studio in New York City,&#8221; the suit alleges.
After arriving, the lawsuit <a href="https://ew.com/sean-diddy-combs-accused-rape-fourth-lawsuit-8411486" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a> Combs and the two associates &#8220;plied&#8221; her with copious amounts of drugs and alcohol and took turns raping her as she drifted &#8220;in and out of consciousness.&#8221; Following the alleged assaults, the complaint states she &#8220;fell into the fetal position and lay on the floor&#8221; before the group of men sent her on a plane back to Michigan.
&#8220;As alleged in the complaint, defendants preyed on a vulnerable high school teenager as part of a sex trafficking scheme that involved plying her with drugs and alcohol and transporting her by private jet to New York City where she was gang raped by the three individual defendants at Mr. Combs&#8217; studio,&#8221; Douglas H. Wigdor, an attorney for the woman, said in a statement. &#8220;The depravity of these abhorrent acts has, not surprisingly, scarred our client for life.&#8221;
The suit also names Daddy&#8217;s House Recordings, a studio owned and operated by Combs, and Bad Boy Entertainment, the record label Combs founded in 1993, as defendants.
The plaintiff is reportedly seeking injunctive, declaratory, and monetary relief in the lawsuit, which she filed under the Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Law that gives adults of alleged sexual assault to seek civil damages for sexual battery until March 1, 2025.
Combs, who began his career as an intern at Uptown Records in the early 1990s before starting his own label that produced big-name acts such as The Notorious B.I.G., became one of the most successful entrepreneurs and cultural icons of all time.
But after decades of influence and innovation, the struggle to preserve his name and legacy continues to spiral downward as rumors swirl about Combs, who now has four lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault stacked up against him.
&#8220;Enough is enough,&#8221; Combs said in a statement on social media. &#8220;For the last couple of weeks, I have sat silently and watched people try to assassinate my character, destroy my reputation and my legacy. Sickening allegations have been made against me by individuals looking for a quick payday. Let me be absolutely clear: I did not do any of the awful things being alleged. I will fight for my name, my family and for the truth.&#8221;
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The explosive allegations were first unveiled in November by R&amp;B singer Cassie — real name Casandra Ventura.
Ventura, who was previously romantically involved with Combs and recorded under his label, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sean-diddy-combs-accused-of-rape" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> him of rape and abuse that spanned more than ten years in a lawsuit filed in Manhattan&#8217;s Federal District Court.
Ventura alleged that Combs had used &#8220;copious amounts of drugs&#8221; — naming ecstasy and ketamine, among others — to control, beat, and film her performing sex acts with male prostitutes against her will. She said that she had refrained from involving police because she worried it &#8220;would merely give Mr. Combs another excuse to hurt her.&#8221;
Combs and Ventura settled the lawsuit approximately 24 hours after it was filed. The details of the settlement were not publicly shared.
Ben Brafman, a lawyer for Combs, said the settlement was &#8220;in no way an admission of wrongdoing.&#8221;
But Cassie&#8217;s lawsuit signaled what appeared to be the tip of the iceberg of more accusations to follow.
Days later, two more lawsuits were <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sean-diddy-combs-accused-gang-rape-sex-trafficking-new-lawsuit-rcna128361" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> filed by Liza Gardner and Joie Dickerson-Nea, who also alleged in their complaints that Combs sexually assaulted them.
Combs has denied all of the allegations in each lawsuit.
Virginia Kruta contributed to this report.

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Accused Of Sex Trafficking, Raping Teenage Girl In Fourth Sexual Assault Lawsuit

Sean 'Diddy' Combs Accused Of Raping Teenage Girl In Fourth Sexual Assault Lawsuit 

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-swift" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taylor Swift</a> revealed the surprise gift she received from country singer Kenny Chesney early in her career which she said helped &#8220;fuel my dream,&#8221; and she&#8217;s never forgotten.
As <a href="https://time.com/6342806/person-of-the-year-2023-taylor-swift/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Time magazine&#8217;s</a> &#8220;Person Of The Year&#8221; for 2023, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour-film-holds-no-1-spot-at-box-office-surges-well-past-100-million" target="_blank" rel="noopener">33-year-old</a> shared a heartbreak she experienced at age 17 that came after she&#8217;d scored a coveted spot on Chesney&#8217;s tour.
&#8220;This was going to change my career,&#8221; Swift said. &#8220;I was so excited.&#8221;
However, when she arrived home a few weeks later, she saw her mom weeping on the steps and said she thought there had been a family emergency. Through the tears, Swift learned Chesney&#8217;s tour would be sponsored by a beer company, and she was too young to join.
&#8220;I was devastated,&#8221; she added.
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But then, a few months later, at Swift&#8217;s 18th birthday party, Chesney&#8217;s promoter gave her a card from the country music star that explained how sad he was she wasn&#8217;t able to join the tour, and he wanted to make it up to her. Inside the card, she said, was a check.
&#8220;It was for more money than I&#8217;d ever seen in my life,&#8221; Swift told the outlet. &#8220;I was able to pay my band bonuses. I was able to pay for my tour buses. I was able to fuel my dreams.&#8221;
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Chesney told the reporter Swift&#8217;s story-telling ability is why he gave her the gift all those years ago.
&#8220;She was a writer who had something to say,&#8221; Chesney said. &#8220;That isn&#8217;t something you can fake by writing clichés. You can only live it, then write it as real as possible.&#8221;
And while that heartbreak so many years ago seems far off given her insane popularity now, Swift said she&#8217;s keenly aware &#8220;nothing is permanent.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;ve been raised up and down the flagpole of public opinion so many times in the last 20 years,&#8221; the &#8220;Shake It Off&#8221; hitmaker told the outlet. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been given a tiara, then had it taken away.&#8221;
&#8220;So I&#8217;m very careful to be grateful every second that I get to be doing this at this level, because I&#8217;ve had it taken away from me before,&#8221; she added.
&#8220;There is one thing I&#8217;ve learned: My response to anything that happens, good or bad, is to keep making things,&#8221; Swift continued. &#8220;Keep making art. But I&#8217;ve also learned there&#8217;s no point in actively trying to quote-unquote, &#8216;defeat your enemies.&#8217; Trash takes itself out every single time.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-named-times-person-of-the-year-for-2023-are-you-not-entertained" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taylor Swift Named Time&#8217;s &#8216;Person Of The Year&#8217; For 2023: &#8216;Are You Not Entertained?&#8217;</a>

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Singer</a> Brenda Lee, 78, got emotional while reacting to the news that her classic <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/christmas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christmas</a> song “Rockin&#8217; Around the Christmas Tree” was at the top of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Billboard charts</a> for the first time since its release 65 years ago.
&#8220;Rockin&#8217; Around the Christmas Tree&#8221; is the third holiday song in history to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100, per <a href="https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/brenda-lee-reacts-rockin-around-christmas-tree-no-1-105390254" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Good Morning America</a>. The other two holiday hits to earn that distinction are Mariah Carey&#8217;s &#8220;All I Want for Christmas Is You,&#8221; and &#8220;The Chipmunk Song&#8221; by The Chipmunks with David Seville.
&#8220;Rockin&#8217; Around the Christmas Tree&#8221; was written by Johnny Marks and released in 1958. It debuted on the Billboard 100 in 1960 but only climbed to number 14 that year. The upbeat song also appeared on charts in 2019 and 2022 but couldn’t break the number two spot, the outlet noted.
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The singer was only 13 when she recorded the song, which has sold more than 25 million copies around the world and has the 4th most digital downloads of any Christmas single.
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Lee has also broken the record for the oldest recording artist to have a number one Billboard song, with the title previously going to Cher for having her hit single “Believe” topped the charts in 1999 when she was 52. 
“Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” also broke the record for the longest gap between a song’s release and reaching the number one position. Previously, Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” had that distinction as there was a 25-year gap between the song’s release in 1994 and the song reaching Billboard’s top spot in 2019.
Lee recently released a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFsZy9t-qDc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">music video</a> for “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” which helped spur its rise up the charts. The song has been used multiple times in movies and television, including in the 1990 hit comedy, “Home Alone.” 
Lee said during a 2019 <a href="https://www.billboard.com/culture/lifestyle/brenda-lee-rockin-around-christmas-tree-interview-8546803/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a>, &#8220;Somebody called me and said, &#8216;Have you seen the movie &#8216;Home Alone?&#8217; You ought to, because they’ve got &#8216;Rockin&#8217; really featured in it.&#8217; That’s when it really took off with the youngsters. I knew it was special, but you never know what’s going to be a hit — if you did, we’d all have hits every day. It has been a wonderful gift.&#8221;

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Brenda Lee Has Tearful Reaction To ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’ Hitting No. 1

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Brenda Lee&#8217;s classic Christmas song &#8220;&#8216;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFsZy9t-qDc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rockin&#8217; Around The Christmas Tree</a>&#8221; finally topped the Billboard music chart — 65 years after the song was recorded in 1958.
The 78-year-old singer has yet to react to the news that she just landed her first number one hit since 1960 with the rocking holiday song — as it danced its way the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for the week ending November 30, <a href="https://www.billboard.com/lists/brenda-lee-rockin-around-the-christmas-tree-number-one-hot-100/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Billboard magazine</a> reported.
Lee&#8217;s song, written by Johnny Marks and produced by Owen Bradley, first hit the Hot 100 (at No. 64) in the chart dated Dec. 12, 1960, the outlet noted.
Two weeks later, the festive song peaked at No. 14 and it finally moved up the chart in 2019 where it spent nine weeks at No. 2 from December 2019 to Dec. 2022. It then scored a huge win last week when it became the 1,161st No. 1 in the Hot 100&#8217;s archives.
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Sixty-five years after Brenda Lee recorded &#8220;Rockin&#8217; Around the Christmas Tree,&#8221; it has finally reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song, is a regular fixture on the chart this time of year, but until now it has always stalled out at No. 2. <a href="https://t.co/sTJI6idOhc">https://t.co/sTJI6idOhc</a>
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The move also marks the first time <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mariah-carey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mariah Carey&#8217;s</a> classic &#8220;All I Want for Christmas Is You&#8221; was beat out for the top spot on Billboard&#8217;s Hot 100 chart this season, the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/04/arts/music/brenda-lee-christmas-billboard-chart.html?smid=tw-nytimesarts&amp;smtyp=cur" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Times</a> noted. &#8220;Rockin&#8217; Around the Christmas Tree&#8221; drew 34.9 million streams (up 69%, as it wins top Streaming Gainer honors on the Hot 100) while <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mariah-careys-monster-holiday-hit-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-estimated-to-bring-singer-an-insane-amount-every-year" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carey&#8217;s</a> holiday song scored 32.4 million streams, according to Luminate.
It was joined by other classic holiday favorites in the weekly chart such as Bobby Helms&#8217; &#8220;Jingle Bell Rock,&#8221; Wham!&#8217;s &#8220;Last Christmas,&#8221; Burl Ives&#8217; &#8220;A Holly Jolly Christmas,&#8221; and Andy Williams&#8217; &#8220;It&#8217;s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.&#8221;
The song gives Lee her third number one song on the Hot 100 chart after she notched her first two 65 years earlier with &#8220;I’m Sorry&#8221; dated July 18, 1960, and &#8220;I Want To Be Wanted&#8221; on Oct. 24, 1960, Billboard magazine noted.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mariah-carey-has-something-to-say-about-being-labeled-queen-of-christmas-explains-who-the-real-one-is" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mariah Carey Has Something To Say About Being Labeled &#8216;Queen Of Christmas,&#8217; Explains Who The Real One Is</a>

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/billie-eilish" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Billie Eilish</a> went viral after she blasted Variety magazine for &#8220;outing&#8221; her and called on the outlet to leave her alone.
The 21-year-old singer posted several pictures on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C0abAXNxnpV/?img_index=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> on Sunday after attending Variety&#8217;s Hitmakers brunch event, where she was <a href="https://people.com/billie-eilish-on-coming-out-didnt-realize-people-didnt-know-8410114" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> on the red carpet about her comment in last month&#8217;s <a href="https://variety.com/2023/music/features/billie-eilish-body-shamers-sexualized-barbie-oscar-buzz-1235787860/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Power of Women</a> issue about being &#8220;attracted to&#8221; women.
&#8220;Thanks variety for my award and for also outing me on a red carpet at 11 am instead of talking about anything else that matters,&#8221; Eilish captioned her post. &#8220;I like boys and girls leave me alone about it please literally who cares.&#8221;
At the time of this publication, her post has 3.6 million views and counting.
At the <a href="https://x.com/Variety/status/1731063087170560332?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">event</a> on Saturday, the magazine&#8217;s reporter asked the singer if she had intended to &#8220;come out&#8221; in the article.
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&#8220;No I didn&#8217;t,&#8221; Eilish replied. &#8220;But I kind of thought, &#8216;Wasn&#8217;t it obvious?&#8217;&#8230; I didn&#8217;t realize people didn&#8217;t know.&#8221;
&#8220;I just don&#8217;t really believe in it,&#8221; she added of the idea of &#8220;coming out.&#8221; &#8220;I&#8217;m just like, &#8216;Why can&#8217;t we just exist?&#8217; I&#8217;ve been doing this for a long time, and I just didn&#8217;t talk about it. Whoops.&#8221;
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In last month&#8217;s issue, the &#8220;Everything I Wanted&#8221; hitmaker talked about her attraction to women.
&#8220;I love [women] so much,&#8221; Eilish said. &#8220;I love them as people. I&#8217;m attracted to them as people. I&#8217;m attracted to them for real.&#8221;
&#8220;I have deep connections with women in my life, the friends in my life, the family in my life,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I&#8217;m physically attracted to them. But I&#8217;m also so intimidated by them and their beauty and their presence.&#8221;
Eilish burst onto the music scene when she was 13 when her song &#8220;Ocean Eyes&#8221; went viral on SoundCloud. As she rose to stardom, she faced media stories about her looks, who she was dating, and her sexuality.
She&#8217;s called the scrutiny &#8220;weird and upsetting&#8221; and said it led her to wear baggy clothes to hide her body from the world.
&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t trying to have people not sexualize me,&#8221; Eilish previously told the <a href="https://variety.com/2023/music/features/billie-eilish-body-shamers-sexualized-barbie-oscar-buzz-1235787860/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">outlet</a>. &#8220;But I didn&#8217;t want people to have access to my body, even visually. I wasn&#8217;t strong enough and secure enough to show it. If I had shown it at that time, I would have been completely devastated if people had said anything.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;ve never felt like a woman, to be honest with you,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I&#8217;ve never felt desirable. I&#8217;ve never felt feminine. I have to convince myself that I&#8217;m, like, a pretty girl.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/billie-eilish-opens-up-about-being-sexualized-early-in-her-career" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Billie Eilish Opens Up About Being Sexualized Early In Her Career</a>

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">band</a> KISS just played their last live <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">show</a>, but promised they’d be back as digital avatars.
The band concluded their &#8220;End of the Road&#8221; farewell tour in New York City at Madison Square Garden by revealing the new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/technology">digital images</a> onstage.
&#8220;We can be forever young and forever iconic by taking us to places we&#8217;ve never dreamed of before,&#8221; KISS bassist Gene Simmons said in an announcement <a href="https://vimeo.com/890053166/432d6a9749">video</a> release over the weekend. &#8220;The technology is going to make Paul (Stanley) jump higher than he&#8217;s ever done before.&#8221;
The avatars were created by George Lucas&#8217; visual effects company, Industrial Light and Magic, and Pophouse Entertainment. The digital versions of each musician were made using motion capture technology.
“Today, A New Era Begins. #KISSARMY, the end is only the beginning! KISS have been immortalized and reborn as avatars to rock forever. #KISSNEWERA,” the X post from the band&#8217;s official account said.
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Today, A New Era Begins. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KISSARMY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KISSARMY</a>, the end is only the beginning!
KISS have been immortalized and reborn as avatars to rock forever. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KISSNEWERA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KISSNEWERA</a> 
WATCH NOW <a href="https://t.co/Khudwx7cud">https://t.co/Khudwx7cud</a> <a href="https://t.co/2jz7OOmKTj">pic.twitter.com/2jz7OOmKTj</a>
&mdash; KISS (@kiss) <a href="https://twitter.com/kiss/status/1731176586718683510?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Kiss could have a concert in three cities in the same night across three different continents. That&#8217;s what you could do with this,&#8221; Pophouse CEO Per Sundin <a href="https://apnews.com/article/kiss-digital-avatars-end-of-road-finale-37a8ae9905099343c7b41654b2344d0c">told</a> the Associated Press.
Fans had mixed reactions on social media.
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“No thank you. We like real humans performing rock music,” one commenter <a href="https://twitter.com/AceofSpadesRCG/status/1731198049353974180">said</a>.
&#8220;Oh boy, we can pay even more money not to hear real people sing live,&#8221; another <a href="https://twitter.com/OuchYOMH/status/1731177564167684193">agreed</a>. 
A third account <a href="https://twitter.com/nexusothecrisis/status/1731181735344214160">posted</a>, “Scrap this plan and have Tommy and Eric lead a new band. This is&#8230;weird,” referring to lead guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer.
Not everyone hated the idea, however. Some were open to seeing KISS perform as digital avatars.
&#8220;This new hologram project won&#8217;t be able to replicate the feel of an original live show, but I think it is a great idea for a show that keeps the legacy alive after the band is over,” one Instagram comment said.
KISS won’t be the first band to attempt to use this new technology to keep touring without going on the road. ABBA kicked off their “Voyage” virtual concert in 2022 in London using the same type of digital avatars created by Industrial Light and Magic. 
Variety reviewer Mark Sutherland <a href="https://variety.com/2023/music/news/abba-voyage-virtual-concert-tour-1235541368/">wrote</a> of the ABBA show, “At first, the movements seem a little too jerky, the lines a little too obvious. But then, just as when you saw the initially-somewhat-unconvincing dinosaurs in ‘Jurassic Park’ for the first time, your eyes adjust, the willing suspension of disbelief kicks in, and they begin to feel like living, breathing musicians, rather than the product of 160 motion capture cameras and one billion computing hours by Industrial Light &amp; Magic.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kelly-clarkson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kelly Clarkson</a>&#8216;s ex-husband Brandon Blackstock has been ordered to pay back the singer almost $3 million dollars in their ongoing legal battle after being found guilty of overcharging the singer on several of her contracts while acting as her manager.
The California Labor Commission found that Blackstock unlawfully procured business deals for Clarkson as her manager, such as her landing the hosting gig for the Billboard Music Awards and her role as a judge on &#8220;The Voice,&#8221; according to legal documents obtained by <a href="https://people.com/kelly-clarkson-ex-brandon-blackstock-must-pay-her-over-2-million-8409238" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People magazine</a>.
The commission ordered Blackstock to pay the Grammy Award-winning artist $2,641,374 for overstepping his role in deals that it said could have only been handled by a licensed agent.
The commission&#8217;s ruling found Blackstock crossed the line for her contracts for the music awards, the TV reality competition spot, Norwegian cruise and Wayfair. However, it didn&#8217;t agree that Blackstock had when it came to her landing the contract for &#8220;The Kelly Clarkson Show&#8221; and ruled that Blackstock will retain the earnings.
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Following a recent legal battle, Kelly Clarkson&#8217;s ex-husband and manager has been ordered to hand over $2.6 million in commissions for overcharging her.<a href="https://t.co/pVmTbw8jRi">https://t.co/pVmTbw8jRi</a>
— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) <a href="https://twitter.com/etnow/status/1730324571201720787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Under the Talent Agencies Act (TAA), a manager, like any person without a talent agency license, cannot procure or attempt to procure employment for artists,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.etonline.com/kelly-clarksons-ex-husband-brandon-blackstock-overcharged-her-as-manager-ordered-to-return-millions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruling read</a>.
Clarkson originally filed suit against her ex-husband claiming that he had secured the contract for these various jobs and took fees in return.
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The documents showed that Clarkson&#8217;s ex-husband earned $1.98 million in commissions for her role as a judge on &#8220;The Voice&#8221; and that his commission for getting the host spot on the music awards was $93.30, <a href="https://www.etonline.com/kelly-clarksons-ex-husband-brandon-blackstock-overcharged-her-as-manager-ordered-to-return-millions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Entertainment Tonight</a> noted. Blackstock&#8217;s legal team has filed an appeal.
The ruling comes after Clarkson filed for divorce from Blackstock in June of 2020 following almost seven years of marriage together. Their divorce was finally official in 2022 after child and spousal support was settled, ET noted. Clarkson and Blackstock share two children together, daughter River Rose and son Remy.
In a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ctr5ievPxI&amp;t=1342s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent interview</a>, the singer talked about how hard the divorce was on their kids.
&#8220;I literally ask my kids every night when we&#8217;re snuggling up in the bed: &#8216;Are you happy? And if you&#8217;re not, what could make you happier?'&#8221; Clarkson said. &#8220;A lot of times they&#8217;ll be like: &#8216;You know, I&#8217;m just really sad. I wish Mommy and Daddy were in the same house.'&#8221;
&#8216;They&#8217;re really honest about it,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I&#8217;m from a divorced family as well. It sucks.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kelly-clarkson-says-ego-made-her-stay-married-to-ex-husband-for-so-long" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kelly Clarkson Says &#8216;Ego&#8217; Made Her Stay Married To Ex-Husband For So Long</a>

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-re-recording-albums-success-sparks-changes-to-record-label-contracts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taylor Swift&#8217;s</a> longtime publicist Tree Paine blasted the &#8220;fabricated&#8221; and &#8220;insane&#8221; rumor that surfaced on Thursday that claimed the pop star and her ex-boyfriend Joe Alywn secretly married at one point.
A popular Instagram celebrity gossip account by the name of Deuxmoi <a href="https://www.today.com/popculture/music/taylor-swift-tree-paine-deuxmoi-joe-alwyn-marriage-rumors-rcna127536" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> that the 33-year-old singer &#8220;did have a ceremony in either 2020 or 2021 in the UK and it was described to me as a &#8216;marriage&#8217; by more than one person. It was NEVER made legal.&#8221;
The account also said they would &#8220;die on this hill! I have no reason to lie, I could give a s**t what she does! I&#8217;m sorry she didn&#8217;t tell you guys about it in a song but just because she doesn&#8217;t sing about something doesn’t mean it didn&#8217;t happen!&#8221;
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— NBC News (@NBCNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1730568735134515640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2023</a></blockquote>
Paine reposted the claim on <a href="https://x.com/treepaine/status/1730438685403853279?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a> and wrote that, &#8220;Enough is enough with these fabricated lies about Taylor from Deuxmoi.&#8221;
&#8220;There was NEVER a marriage or ceremony of ANY kind,&#8221; she added. &#8220;This is an insane thing to post. It&#8217;s time for you to be held accountable for the pain and trauma you cause with posts like these.&#8221;
Deuxmoi later hit back at Paine&#8217;s post in an <a href="https://www.today.com/popculture/music/taylor-swift-tree-paine-deuxmoi-joe-alwyn-marriage-rumors-rcna127536" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram Story</a> and wrote that, &#8220;Well I make zero dollars from lying.. can publicists say the same. Also, to relate something that is in reference to something that happened years ago to &#8216;pain &amp; trauma&#8217; after what just happened seems like a poor choice of words. Either way, I apologize to Taylor.&#8221;
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News of Swift and Alywn breaking up made <a href="https://people.com/music/why-taylor-swift-joe-alwyn-broke-up-after-six-years-exclusive/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">headlines</a> in May after six years together. She&#8217;s currently romantically linked with Kansas City Chiefs star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-spills-details-about-taylor-swift-relationship-and-when-it-really-began" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Travis Kelce</a> after the two finally made their romance public in mid-October following weeks of speculation.
In a recent <a href="https://www.wsj.com/style/travis-kelce-chiefs-taylor-swift-relationship-413ce0d7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wall Street Journal magazine</a> cover story, Kelce said while it&#8217;s true he failed to meet Swift when she was performing at Arrowhead Stadium in July, they did end up getting introduced to each other soon after.
&#8220;There were definitely people she [Swift] knew that knew who I was, in her corner [who said]: &#8216;Yo! Did you know he was coming?&#8217; I had somebody playing Cupid,&#8221; Kelce told the magazine.
&#8220;[The Cupid] told me exactly what was going on and how I got lucky enough to get [Swift] to reach out,&#8221; he added, noting about looking down at his phone and getting what the outlet called &#8220;the shock of a lifetime.&#8221;
&#8220;She&#8217;ll probably hate me for saying this, but … when [Swift] came to Arrowhead, they gave her the big locker room as a dressing room, and her little cousins were taking pictures … in front of my locker,&#8221; Kelce continued.

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Lead singer of the The Pogues, Shane MacGowan, has died following a year-long health battle with encephalitis. He was 65.
MacGowan&#8217;s wife, Victoria, confirmed the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67546785" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> about his death on Thursday. In a heartbreaking post on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C0RN60nstwc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>, she wrote, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know how to say this &#8230; So I am just going to say it. Shane who will always be the light that I hold before me and the measure of my dreams and the love of my life and the most beautiful soul and beautiful angel and the sun and the moon and the start and end of everything that I hold dear&#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;&#8230;has gone to be with Jesus and Mary and his beautiful mother Therese,&#8221; her post added. &#8220;I am blessed beyond words to have met him and to have loved him and to have been so endlessly and unconditionally loved by him and to have had so many years of life and love and joy and fun and laughter and so many adventures.&#8221;
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MacGowan&#8217;s spokesperson said that the singer &#8220;died peacefully at 3:30am this morning (November 30) with his wife and sister by his side. Prayers and the last rites were read during his passing,&#8221; <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67546785" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBC</a> noted.
The Irish punk frontman&#8217;s death follows news about his recent hospital stay that ended on November 22, BBC noted. It comes after he first shared the encephalitis diagnosis with fans last December. It is a condition when the brain becomes inflamed.
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MacGowan founded the Irish group in 1982 with Jem Finer, Spider Stacy, and James Fearnley. The singer-songwriter had massive success with his 1987 Christmas duet &#8220;Fairytale of New York&#8221; with Kirsty MacColl, the <a href="https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1840677/shane-macgowan-dead-death-the-pogues-health" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Express</a> noted.
When it was released, the song reached number one on the Irish chart and number two in the U.K. Since then, it&#8217;s reportedly been one of the most popular Christmas songs in the United Kingdom.
MacGowan was with the band until he was dropped by the group in 1991 following his battles with alcohol and drugs. The group reformed in 2001 and finally split up in 2014.
Recently, the NFL brothers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-reacts-to-his-coachs-comments-about-taylor-swift-being-at-the-games" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jason</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-reacts-to-hearing-taylor-swift-change-lyrics-about-him" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Travis Kelce</a> have done a remake of the song called &#8220;Fairytale of Philadelphia&#8221; for the charity holiday album &#8220;A Philly Special Christmas Special,&#8221; with Jason&#8217;s fellow Philadelphia Eagles offensive linemen Jordan Mailata and Lane Johnson. The song debuted on November 15 and has reached number one on the Billboard charts, CBS noted.

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Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Combs was accused of rape and abuse that spanned more than ten years, according to a lawsuit that was filed in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York</a> on Thursday.
The suit was filed in Manhattan&#8217;s Federal District Court by R&amp;B singer Cassie — real name Casandra Ventura — who was previously romantically involved with Combs and recorded under his music label.
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/16/arts/music/sean-combs-diddy-cassie-rape-lawsuit.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In the filing</a>, Ventura alleged that Combs had used &#8220;copious amounts of drugs&#8221; — naming ecstasy and ketamine, among others — to control her, beat her, and had filmed her performing sex acts with male prostitutes against her will. She said that she had refrained from involving police because she worried it &#8220;would merely give Mr. Combs another excuse to hurt her.&#8221;
Ventura also claimed that in 2018, toward the end of their romantic relationship, Combs had pushed into her home and raped her, The New York Times reported on Thursday.
When she attempted to leave Combs and his label, Ventura alleged that he sent employees to bring her back: &#8220;Ms. Ventura felt that saying ‘no’ to Mr. Combs would cost her something — her family, her friends, her career, or even her life,&#8221; the filing said.
Ventura released a public statement on the matter, saying, &#8220;After years in silence and darkness[,] I am finally ready to tell my story, and to speak up on behalf of myself and for the benefit of other women who face violence and abuse in their relationships.&#8221;
An attorney for Combs responded to the lawsuit, accusing Ventura of lying about his client because she was looking for a payoff.
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&#8220;Mr. Combs vehemently denies these offensive and outrageous allegations. For the past six months, Mr. Combs has been subjected to Ms. Ventura’s persistent demand of $30 million, under the threat of writing a damaging book about their relationship, which was unequivocally rejected as blatant blackmail,&#8221; attorney Ben Brafman said on Combs&#8217; behalf. &#8220;Despite withdrawing her initial threat, Ms. Ventura has now resorted to filing a lawsuit riddled with baseless and outrageous lies, aiming to tarnish Mr. Combs’s reputation and seeking a payday.&#8221;
Attorney Douglas Wigdor, who is representing Ventura in the matter, disputed Brafman&#8217;s assertions — he claimed that Combs had offered &#8220;eight figures to silence her&#8221; and to stop her from filing the lawsuit, but that she had declined.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/billie-eilish" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Billie Eilish</a> opened up about being sexualized early in her career and slammed the scrutiny she said she faced being a &#8220;young woman&#8221; in the public eye.
During an interview with <a href="https://variety.com/2023/music/features/billie-eilish-body-shamers-sexualized-barbie-oscar-buzz-1235787860/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a> for the entertainment magazine&#8217;s The Power Of Women Issue, 21-year-old singer-songwriter said that &#8220;being a woman is just such a war, forever. Especially being a young woman in the public eye. It&#8217;s really unfair.&#8221;
&#8220;I have big boobs,&#8221; Eilish told the outlet. &#8220;I&#8217;ve had big boobs since I was nine years old, and that&#8217;s just the way I am. That&#8217;s how I look.&#8221;
&#8220;You wear something that&#8217;s at all revealing, and everyone&#8217;s like, &#8216;Oh, but you didn&#8217;t want people to sexualize you?'&#8221;she added. &#8220;You can suck my a**! I&#8217;m literally a being that is sexual sometimes. F**k you!&#8221;
The &#8220;Happier Than Ever&#8221; hitmaker noted that &#8220;nobody ever says a thing about men&#8217;s bodies.&#8221;
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Billie Eilish says men don’t face criticism about their bodies because girls are nice:
“Nobody ever says a thing about men’s bodies. If you’re muscular, cool. If you’re not, cool. If you’re rail thin, cool. If you have a dad bod, cool. If you’re pudgy, love it! Everybody’s happy… <a href="https://t.co/xaihWNyjE3">pic.twitter.com/xaihWNyjE3</a>
— Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href="https://twitter.com/PopBase/status/1724099150726549620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2023</a></blockquote>
&#8220;If you&#8217;re muscular, cool. If you&#8217;re not, cool,&#8221; Eilish said. &#8220;If you&#8217;re rail thin, cool. If you have a dad bod, cool. If you&#8217;re pudgy, love it! Everybody&#8217;s happy with it. You know why? Because girls are nice. They don&#8217;t give a f**k because we see people for who they are!&#8221;
<a href="https://nypost.com/2023/11/13/entertainment/billie-eilish-bashes-being-sexualized-ive-had-big-boobs-since-i-was-9-years-old/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eilish</a> burst onto the music scene when she was 13 when her song &#8220;Ocean Eyes&#8221; went viral on SoundCloud. As her she rose to stardom, she was faced with media stories about her looks, who she was dating, what her sexuality was, and more.
She called the scrutiny &#8220;weird and upsetting&#8221; and said it led her to wear baggy clothes in order to hide her body from the world.
&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t trying to have people not sexualize me,&#8221; Eilish said. &#8220;But I didn&#8217;t want people to have access to my body, even visually. I wasn&#8217;t strong enough and secure enough to show it. If I had shown it at that time, I would have been completely devastated if people had said anything.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;ve never felt like a woman, to be honest with you,&#8221; she added. I&#8217;ve never felt desirable. I&#8217;ve never felt feminine. I have to convince myself that I&#8217;m, like, a pretty girl.&#8221;
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swifts-latest-re-recorded-album-is-number-one-seller-in-2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taylor Swift</a> became the latest star affected by concertgoers throwing things at performers on stage on Sunday when it happened during her &#8220;The Eras Tour&#8221; stop in Buenos Aires.
During the 33-year-old singer&#8217;s Argentina concert, Swift stopped her show to address fans after someone threw some kind of object on the stage while she was performing at the Mâs Monumental stadium, <a href="https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-fans-throw-things-stage-buenos-aires-concert-2023-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Business Insider</a> reported.
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&#8220;Just because communication means having gentle, healthy boundaries, it really freaks me out when stuff gets thrown on the stage,&#8221; Swift told the crowd.
&#8220;Because if it&#8217;s on the stage then a dancer can trip on it,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I love that you brought presents and that is so nice, but just, can you please not throw them on the stage? I love you so much.&#8221;
The &#8220;Shake It Off&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-fans-have-been-sleeping-in-tents-for-five-months-to-get-better-seats-for-eras-tour-show-in-argentina" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hitmaker</a> joins a growing list of entertainers who have made headlines after items were thrown onstage during performances.
Singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bebe-rexha-shares-photo-with-fans-after-being-hit-in-face-by-cell-phone-at-concert" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bebe Rexha</a> was struck in the face in June by a cell phone while performing in New York City. The 33-year-old posted two pictures on Instagram showing her injury. Her eye is purple and swollen in one photo, with a cut just underneath her brow line. In a more recent photo, she&#8217;s giving a thumbs up as her left eye is bruised dark purple with a bandage.
She captioned the post, &#8220;I’m good.&#8221;
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/is-this-your-mom-pink-concert-goes-sideways-when-fan-throws-mothers-ashes-onstage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pink</a> was recently performing at the British Summer Time Festival at Hyde Park in London when someone tossed a bag of alleged cremated remains on the stage in front of her.
The 43-year-old singer walked over to where the bag landed and held it up for a closer look, at which point she turned to address the fan who had thrown it: &#8220;Is this your mom?&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know how I feel about this,” she added before continuing with the concert.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/skittles-takes-out-full-page-ad-urging-fans-not-to-throw-candy-after-harry-styles-incident" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harry Styles</a> was hit with various objects several times during his &#8220;Love on Tour&#8221; performances. In November 2022, Styles was struck in the eye with Skittles candy and spent the rest of the show rinsing his eyes with water.
The candymaker later took out a full-page ad that said, &#8220;Protect the rainbow. Taste the rainbow. But please, don&#8217;t throw the rainbow.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/adele-responds-to-latest-trend-of-concertgoers-throwing-s-at-performers-on-stage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Adele</a> and <a href="https://www.today.com/popculture/music/fans-throwing-objects-concerts-trend-2023-rcna93631" target="_blank" rel="noopener">other performers</a> have slammed the latest trend.

Taylor Swift Says ‘It Really Freaks Me Out’ After Concertgoer Throws Object Onstage

Taylor Swift Says 'It Really Freaks Me Out' After Concertgoer Throws Object Onstage

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