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Dr. Dre isn't inspired by modern hip-hop.

The 59-year-old rapper and producer admits that he has little interest in the genre at present because none of the material excites him.

Dre told Complex magazine: "I don't want to be disrespectful to anybody right now, but I'm not really inspired by what's happening with hip-hop these days.

"It's not for me. I've always said I'm not going to disrespect it or anything like that, but I haven't heard anything that makes me go, 'F***, why didn't I do that?' I haven't heard that in a long time, which makes my job easy, to be honest."

Dre has collaborated with Snoop Dogg on the new album 'Missionary' and believes that it is amongst the finest work of his career.

He explained: "Snoop came in and allowed me to get down the way I get down.

"You know, I feel like this is some of my best work. Because my mentality for the musicianship and everything that goes into doing this s*** within those 12 notes has just advanced so much. So, yeah, I feel like right now, today, this is some of my best work."

Meanwhile, Dre revealed that he isn't interested in listening back to his old music because of the time he invests in the recording process.

The 'Let Me Ride' rapper said: "I don't listen to any of the songs I've ever made since 1985, which is when I started. I don't even allow my family or anybody to play that s*** around me.

"I think that just the process of recording is what I really enjoy. Just recording the albums, and I'm listening to it enough while we're recording, and when we finish recording, I wake up listening to that s*** once it comes out. I'm ready to listen to the next s."
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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are reportedly planning to stay "connected" after their divorce.

Timothee told the 'This Past Weekend' podcast: "There is this little misconception about actors too. You can have a cushy job on a TV show. If you give a s about your work, it could be a great lifestyle. You're making high six figures, low seven figures, and you're just showing up when you want.

"If you give a f*** about what you're doing… these are long ass days. These are 14-hour days, six days a week, for three months.

"I know people got it way harder but want to feel that grit. I hope people don't laugh at it. I feel like I'm the hardest working man. Maybe I shouldn't say that. Why do this if you're not going to go as hard as possible?"

Chalamet has immersed himself in the role of music icon Bob Dylan for the biopic 'A Complete Unknown' and wanted to do a "great job" in his depiction of the 'Blowin' in the Wind' singer.

He said: "You're never supposed to say you're competitive but… there's been a lot of music biopics and I wanted to do a great f****** job. I love Bob Dylan, I love this artist. None of this is for granted."

Dylan has hailed Chalamet's work in 'A Complete Unknown' and Timothee was thrilled by the plaudits he got from the reclusive star.

The 'Wonka' star told Extra: "He's a man of few words.

"He's probably said fewer words publicly in his life than I've said in this interview alone, so to get some sort of … affirmation – deeply validating. And everything we do in life, we want our heroes to, should they even know about us, affirm us, so the fact that he did, it's more than I could ever ask for, and hopefully he doesn't delete it."

Timothee never had a one-on-one conversation with Dylan and doesn't have any plans to do so either.

He explained: "He's a reclusive figure, he's a mysterious figure, and those that have had a career like Bob's that can remain elusive, good on them. We should … let them be."

Dylan previously took to social media to heap praise on Timothee, describing him as a "brilliant actor".

The 83-year-old singer wrote on X: "There’s a movie about me opening soon called A Complete Unknown (what a title!). Timothee Chalamet is starring in the lead role. Timmy’s a brilliant actor so I’m sure he’s going to be completely believable as me. Or a younger me. Or some other me. The film’s taken from Elijah Wald’s Dylan Goes Electric – a book that came out in 2015. It’s a fantastic retelling of events from the early ‘60s that led up to the fiasco at Newport. After you’ve seen the movie read the book. (sic)"
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Adriana Lima has married her partner Andre Lemmers in secret.

The supermodel has been dating film producer Andre Lemmers since 2021 and they welcomed their first child together – a son named Cyan in August 2022 – and the Victoria's Secret star has now revealed the couple tied the knot in a secret ceremony.

Sharing a picture of her wedding ring on Instagram, Adriana wrote: "Officially Mrs Lima Lemmers AKA Limers".

She added an emoji of a diamond ring and a bride to confirm the wedding news, but didn't give any more details about her big day.

Adriana was previously married to Serbian NBA player Marko Jaric and they are parents to two daughters – Valentina, 12, and Sienna, nine – together while Lemmers also has two children from a previous relationship.

Adriana and Marko walked down the aisle in 2009 but split in 2014 and their divorce was finalised in 2016.

The wedding news comes just weeks after Adriana returned to the Victoria's Secret runway after a six-year absence.

She was part of the underwear brand's fashion show in New York City in October and a source told DailyMail.com the model enjoys life as a mum but she missed her work.

The insider said: "Adriana has had to be committed to other things in life. But she missed doing the job she has loved forever.

"She wants to prove that she still has it."

Adriana previously hit back at cruel online trolls who criticised her looks – insisting she hasn't changed her appearance but she's just a "tired" mom-of-five.,

In a post on Instagram, she wrote: "The face of a tired mom of one teenage girl, two preteens, a one-year-old learning to walk, and three dogs.

"Thanks for your concern."
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Jay-Z’s lawyers asked a judge Wednesday to speedily extract the rapper from a lawsuit in which a woman alleges she was sexually assaulted by Jay-Z and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs when she was 13.
The unidentified woman recently added Jay-Z, whose legal name is Shawn Carter, to her lawsuit against Combs in Manhattan federal court, alleging that she was attacked by the singers in 2000 after Combs’ limo driver offered her a ride to an MTV Video Music Awards after-party.
In their court filing Wednesday, Jay-Z's lawyers cited a recent television interview in which the woman acknowledged inconsistencies in her story.
The filing came before Combs appeared for a pretrial hearing in his criminal case. After lawyers discussed evidentiary deadlines, prosecutors told Judge Arun Subramanian that any new charges against the hip-hop mogul before a May trial would require minimal new evidence to be shared among lawyers.
In the criminal case, Combs has pleaded not guilty to charges that the Bad Boy Records founder coerced and abused women for years with help from associates and employees. Combs, who has been jailed without bail for three months, hugged his lawyers and touched his heart as he acknowledged his children among spectators.
In the civil case, one of several filed against him, the woman originally asserted that she was raped by Combs at the after-party but did not mention Jay-Z.
Last Friday, NBC aired an interview in which she said she spoke with musicians Benji Madden and his brother at the party, and her father picked her up after the alleged assault. NBC also reported that a representative of the Maddens said they were touring the Midwest during the VMAs, and her father said he does not recall what would have been a drive home of more than five hours.
Jay-Z has said the article proves that Tony Buzbee, a personal injury lawyer in Houston, filed a false complaint against him for money and fame. Attorney Teny R. Geragos, representing Combs, has said the TV interview was a part of the “beginning of the end of this shameful money grab.”
In the newly filed court papers, Jay-Z's lawyers wrote that the allegations “have caused incalculable harm to Mr. Carter, his family, his businesses, his employees, and his legacy.”
Buzzbee told The Associated Press via email that the plaintiffs' lawyers planned to respond in court to the latest filing.
“They continue to file meritless motions that are contrary to the rules and which have absolutely no merit,” Buzzbee said.
Buzbee announced in October that he represents some 120 people, men and women, with allegations of sexual misconduct against Combs.
Jay-Z and Combs gained fame in the 2000s, emerging as wide-ranging entrepreneurs and two of the world’s wealthiest rappers. Earlier this year, Forbes estimated Jay-Z’s net worth to be $2.5 billion.
The artists have collaborated over the years, with Jay-Z featured on Combs’ debut album, “No Way Out” and Combs appearing on Jay-Z’s sophomore album, “In My Lifetime, Vol. 1.”
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A British court ruled Wednesday that police can seize more than 2.6 million pounds ($3.3 million) to cover years of unpaid taxes from influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan.
The Devon and Cornwall Police force went to court to claim the money, held in seven frozen bank accounts, from the Tates and a woman identified only as J.
At Westminster Magistrates’ Court, Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring ruled that financial transactions by the brothers, including transferring almost $12 million into an account in the name of J, were a “straightforward cheat” of the tax authorities.
“I am satisfied on the balance of probabilities that they have engaged in long-standing, deliberate conduct in order to evade their tax," Golspring said in his ruling.
The proceedings are civil, which carries a lower standard of proof than criminal cases, so Goldspring only had to decide on the balance of probabilities whether the Tates had evaded tax.
A lawyer for the police force said that the Tates were “serial” tax evaders who failed to pay any tax on 21 million pounds in revenue from their online businesses, including War Room, Hustlers’ University, Cobra Tate and OnlyFans, between 2014 and 2022.
Andrew Tate, 38, accused the government of “outright theft” for freezing his accounts and seizing “everything they could.”
“This is not justice; it’s a coordinated attack on anyone who dares to challenge the system," Tate said in a statement. “This raises serious questions about the lengths authorities will go to silence dissent.”
At a hearing in July, attorney Sarah Clarke quoted from a video posted online by Andrew Tate, in which he said: “When I lived in England I refused to pay tax.”
She said J — who can't be named because of a court order — wasn't involved with the brothers' businesses.
A lawyer for the brothers, Martin Evans, argued that the bank transfers were “entirely orthodox” for people who run online businesses. He said the siblings spent money on a number of “exotic motor cars,” but did nothing illegal.
Court documents show an estimated total of 2,683,345.88 pounds (about $3.4 million) is held in the seven accounts police can now seize.
Devon and Cornwall Police said after the ruling that "from the outset, we have aimed to demonstrate that Andrew and Tristan Tate evaded taxes and laundered money through bank accounts located in Devon," a county in southwest England. The force said it would not comment further until the end of a 28-day appeal period.
Andrew Tate is a former kickboxer and dual British-U.S. citizen who has amassed more than 10 million followers on X. He has been banned from TikTok, YouTube and Facebook after the platforms accused him of posting hate speech and misogynistic comments.
He and Tristan Tate, 36, face criminal allegations in Romania, including human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to exploit women. They are set to be extradited to the U.K. once those proceedings are over to face further allegations of rape and human trafficking.
The Tates deny all the allegations.
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Megan Thee Stallion asked a court on Tuesday to issue a restraining order against Tory Lanez, who she says is harassing her from prison through surrogates as he serves a 10-year sentence for shooting her in the feet.
The petition filed by the hip-hop star in Los Angeles Superior Court asks the judge to prevent the Canadian rapper Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, from using third parties to continue the same online harassment of Megan, whose legal name is Megan Pete, that he engaged in and encouraged before his imprisonment.
“Even now, while behind bars, Mr. Peterson shows no signs of stopping,” the petition says. "Despite being sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting Ms. Pete, Mr. Peterson continues to to subject her to repeated trauma and revictimization."
An email seeking comment from Lanez's lawyers was not immediately returned.
The filing says bloggers acting on Lanez behalf continue to cast doubt on her allegations, making false claims including that the gun and bullet fragments in the case are missing. The petition says the protective order issued to prevent the previous harassment is no longer in effect.
In December of 2022, Lanez was convicted of three felonies: assault with a semiautomatic firearm; having a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
In August of last year, he received the 10-year sentence, bringing what seemed to be a conclusion to a three-year legal and cultural saga that saw two careers, and lives, thrown into turmoil.
The new court filing was first reported by TMZ.
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The murderous, washed-up chorus girl Roxie Hart is the beating, biting heart of Broadway mainstay “Chicago,” but no single actor owns her. She instead belongs to a sisterhood of performers who seemingly have little in common besides donning a bowler hat and slinking across the stage.
There are the musical theater professionals far from household names. Others, much like Roxie herself, have notoriety but little stage experience. Some are on the cusp of fame. Some are looking to reclaim the spotlight.
Since 1996, the list of Roxies has included Brooke Shields, Mel B, Lisa Rinna, Ashlee Simpson, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” winner Jinkx Monsoon, “Pose” star Angelica Ross and Ariana Madix of “Vanderpump Rules.”
“‘Chicago’ is different,” says Barry Weissler, a lead producer with his wife, Fran. “It welcomes people constantly. There’s never a locked door where we’re concerned.”
Roxie isn't a cute role: She kills her lover and tries to get her dimwitted husband to take the blame. She grows insatiably hungry for fame and teams up with rival Velma to cash in. The revival's decades-long run is attributable in part to often casting celebrities to lead a show about the venality of celebrity.
“We talk about celebrity and how celebrity is glorified. And yet, in a way, we glorify it,” says choreographer Greg Butler, who helps prepare actors in Los Angeles.
Glorified though they may be, the stars still have to perform. So how does “Chicago” turn a reality star into Roxie?
Step 1: Find a Roxie
 
Once or twice a year, casting director Duncan Stewart spends $400 at a newsstand. He hands the trove of magazines — Ebony, People, Variety, you name it — to his staff.
His instructions: “There are no bad ideas. Circle everybody from these magazines and just write in black pen, ‘Roxie,’ ‘Velma,’ ‘Billy,’ ‘Amos,’ ‘Mama.’”
The names go into a spreadsheet, which goes to the marketing team and producers, who score the names from one to five. One is terrible. Three, four and five prompt pursuit.
Step 2: Pitch the Roxie
Stewart emphasizes the part’s glamour and relative ease in negotiations.
“You don’t have to dress up as a spoon or a fork. You don’t have to dress up in green paint and sing through the stratosphere,” he says, adding a celebrity can secure their Broadway legacy in essentially two months.
Some celebrities mull for years. Some need just days. They sign up for different reasons: Broadway is on their bucket list. Their latest tour sold poorly. They were recently divorced. They’re doing it for their kids.
“They need some way of saying to the world, ‘I’m worthy. I can prove my mettle,’” says Stewart.
The ARC vice president then delivers a dossier with the potential Roxie's background details and YouTube footage to the Weisslers, who give the green light.
Step 3: Roxie's boot camp
 
“We try to meet them where they are,” says Butler, an associate choreographer since 2005 who was a dance captain in the show.
“They have something that you can’t really teach them. They understand the idea of celebrity,” he says. Butler usually asks the Roxie-to-be to draw on what they know: red carpets, news conferences, paparazzi pictures. They go from there.
The original “Chicago” debuted on Broadway in 1975, directed by Bob Fosse. Butler credits Ann Reinking — the iconic Fosse collaborator who originated Roxie in the 1996 revival and created the Fosse-style choreography — with cracking how to accommodate each Roxie's skillset. An intricate sequence known as The Cakewalk in “Hot Honey Rag” can be modified into The Melanie, thanks to Reinking's work with Melanie Griffith.
“There’s new parts of my body that are sore that I didn’t know would actually get sore,” says Alyssa Milano, one of the newest Roxies, in the middle of her boot camp. “And I’ve been a dancer all my life.”
Step 4: Learn Roxie's secret
 
Each Roxie needs to memorize their lines, sing and make it down a ladder in heels. But there's a secret: She has two really big songs — “Funny Honey” and “Roxie” — but the role isn’t as physically taxing as Velma's. And Roxie will always be taken care of.
“I always say when we bring these celebrities in, we must protect them so that everyone around them and every other part is a full-blooded Broadway pro,” director Walter Bobbie reveals.
In “Roxie,” the merry murderess is surrounded by smitten, superb male dancers.
“Roxie could simply stand there and have seven men adore her and the number is delivered,” Bobbie says.
When Melora Hardin made her Broadway debut in late 2008, she laughs that the crowd seemed more impressed by her somersault than nailing her Fosse steps.
Step 5: Roxie takes the stage
For showtime, the team tries to incorporate the star's signatures. Underneath Pamela Anderson's dress, for instance, the costume shop added fabric that looked like a bathing suit bottom, a nod to “Baywatch.”
“No one in the show tries to imitate anybody else’s performance. I always try to say, ‘I don’t want you to play Roxie. I want you to find the Roxie in yourself,’” Bobbie says.
Roxie has been kicking for more than 11,000 Broadway performances, despite recession, storms, a pandemic and an Oscar-winning adaptation — making “Chicago” the second longest-running show in Broadway history.
Bobbie bristles at critics who deride the revolving door as a gimmick: “You can call it stunt casting all you want. There’s an authenticity to it.”
He argues that “Chicago” will always be different than other shows.
“The guy doesn't get the girl. The girl gets the girl,” he says with a laugh. “This is about a romance with show business.”
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Ryan Reynolds wants to give his children "as normal a life as possible".

The 'Deadpool' star is father to four kids with his wife Blake Lively – James, nine, Inez, eight, Betty, five, and son Olin, who was born in 2023 – and the actor has revealed he tries to keep them feeling humble and grateful even though their luxurious upbringing is completely different to how their parents were raised.

He told The Hollywood Reporter: "We try to give them as normal a life as possible. I try not to impose upon them the difference in their childhood to my childhood or my wife’s childhood.

"We both grew up very working class, and I remember when they were very young, I used to say or think, like: 'Oh God, I would never have had a gift like this when I was a kid', or: 'I never would’ve had this luxury of getting takeout', or whatever.

"Then I realised that that’s not really their bag of rocks to carry."

He added of the kids: "They’re already very much in touch with gratitude and understanding the world enough to have a strong sense of empathy.

"Those are the things that I would think [would indicate] we’re doing an OK job – if our kids can empathise with other people and other kids.

"But yes, it’s different. When I was a kid, you would just suck it up, get out of the house and be back by sundown, which I just can’t even imagine now."

It comes after Ryan recently admitted he had a "very complicated" relationship with his own dad.

The 48-year-old actor was raised in a "blue-collar home" and he recalled his father – who died in 2015, after a 20-year battle with Parkinson’s disease – communicating via "simple grunts".

The 'Deadpool' star told Variety: "My relationship with my father was very complicated.

"I come from a middle-class, blue-collar home, and my dad was of that generation where he was Clint Eastwood. Simple grunts is how he communicated."

Ryan has since reevaluated his relationship with his dad in recent years, adding: "People tell themselves stories, and we have some responsibility as we grow older to question that a little bit. I’ve done that a bit more in the last five years; I didn’t know myself until I was probably 40-ish.

"I ask that question often: 'Was my dad as challenging as I like to think? Or am I romanticising that to pave over all these other things with whatever the drug is.' The story is not true; nobody’s black and white like that."
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