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Danity Kane's Dawn Richard sued Sean "Diddy" Combs before his arrest in 2024 and a new documentary is showing his reaction. Netflix’s Sean Combs: The Reckoning -- which premiered Tuesday, December 2 -- shows the 56-year-old reacting just moments after he received the news of the suit. In her filing, Richard claimed Diddy groped, terrorized, and belittled her while working on Making the Band; he has denied the allegations. "Dawn Richard just dropped a lawsuit on me. For $30 million," Diddy said in a clip from the new docuseries. Diddy -- who is currently in Fort Dix in New Jersey serving out his 50-month sentence for violating the Mann Act -- was seen walking outside in New York moments after hearing the news and then snaps a selfie with a fan. As the fan leaves, he continues discussing the lawsuit with his entourage. He referred to the accusations as "so fictitious and crazy." He added: "I'm like, 'What the f--k?'" "They're crashing out," he said. "This girl that was in my group that was on my last album -- you're on my last album, now all of a sudden I'm this person, I'm this monster. F--k that, man. Gloves coming off," he added. The documentary -- which is from executive producer Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson -- revealed that the footage was filmed by a videographer who Diddy hired to follow him shortly before his arrest. The filmmakers then "obtained this footage" after Diddy was arrested and taken into custody. Diddy was arrested on September 16, 2024. Before the doc was released, Diddy's spokesperson issued a statement slamming the project, via TMZ. "Netflix's so-called ‘documentary’ is a shameful hit piece ... Netflix relied on stolen footage that was never authorized for release. As Netflix and CEO Ted Sarandos know, Mr. Combs has been amassing footage since he was 19 to tell his own story, in his own way. It is fundamentally unfair, and illegal, for Netflix to misappropriate that work," said Juda Engelmayer. "Netflix is plainly desperate to sensationalize every minute of Mr. Combs’s life, without regard for truth, in order to capitalize on a never-ending media frenzy," the statement continued. "If Netflix cared about truth or about Mr. Combs's legal rights, it would not be ripping private footage out of context - including conversations with his lawyers that were never intended for public viewing. No rights in that material were ever transferred to Netflix or any third party." The statement also criticized 50 Cent's involvement in the doc, calling him a "longtime adversary with a personal vendetta who has spent too much time slandering Mr. Combs." In a further statement to Variety, Combs' legal team said they're "not going to comment on individual claims being repeated in the documentary. Many of the people featured have longstanding personal grievances, financial motives, or credibility issues that have been documented for years." Back in July, a jury found Combs not guilty on racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges. On the two counts of transportation for prostitution, Combs was found guilty. The judge later sentenced him to 50 months -- or a little more than four years -- in prison. He was also ordered to pay $500K in fines.

Simon Cowell is sharing his thoughts on his former American Idol co-star, Ryan Seacrest. During an appearance on The New York Times' The Interview podcast, the British TV personality reflected on his years as a judge on American Idol, and threw a subtle dig at the show's longtime host. Cowell, 66, and Seacrest, 50, worked together from the singing competition show's premiere in 2002 until Cowell's exit in 2010. When the NYT noted that American Idol launched Seacrest's career, and asked Cowell why he believes he's so "popular," Cowell replied, "I can't really answer that one. He does work hard." "He was very, very ambitious," he continued. "I didn't follow his career, so I don't know what he's done." "We rarely talk now," The America's Got Talent judge continued. "He was very steely about his career -- wanting to be famous. This massive, massive desire about being, you know, very famous." His comments aside, Cowell's rep said to Page Six that there has never been any bad blood between him and Seacrest. Meanwhile, during the same New York Times interview, Cowell admitted he regrets being so insulting to so many young hopefuls during his years on Idol. In fact, despite what some may have believed over the years, he insisted he "wasn't trying to be a dick on purpose." He went on to explain, "All I wanted with these shows was to find successful artists to sign to the label. So when all these people were coming in and they couldn't sing, I would be like when I used to audition people and someone would come in and they can't sing. We would say after 10 seconds, 'You can't sing.' Not, 'You're going to be brilliant.'" Cowell was part of the original judging panel on American Idol, alongside Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul, until his departure in 2010 to launch the short-lived U.S. version of his own singing competition series, The X Factor, in 2011.

Matthew Lillard is booked and busy. The actor -- who first rose to fame in the '90s and 2000s with roles in Scream, the live-action Scooby Doo movies, She's All That and Thirteen Ghosts -- is the first to acknowledge he's been having quite the career resurgence lately. Lillard credits that comeback to his role as the villainous William Afton in 2023's Five Nights at Freddy's -- which was a massive hit at the box office, despite a same-day drop on streaming. In the wake of that film's success came a wave of mainstream projects for Lillard, including roles in the Five Nights sequel, Daredevil Season 2 at Disney+, Cross Season 2 on Prime Video, a Tony Gilroy movie with Pedro Pascal and David Harbour, and two Mike Flanagan projects -- The Life of Chuck and the upcoming TV adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie. He'll also somehow return in Scream 7, despite his character -- and OG killer -- Stu Macher being taken out by a television set in the original movie. "It's crazy," Lillard exclaimed while chatting with TooFab's Brian Particelli about what feels different about this moment in time. "It's been a really strange moment. I think a lot of it stems from the success of Five Nights. I think that sort of reinvigorated my career in a really profound way." "And I'm here for it," he added, "I'm excited and just really grateful to get these opportunities again." For Lillard, now 55, with resurgence comes reflection. "For so much of my career, it was always about like, 'What's next? What's next? What's next?', climbing this ladder of like a career and success. And as you get older, it's nice to every now and then stop and just appreciate how far up you've come," he told TooFab. "Certainly in this moment, where I'm having all these things happening and having this like resurgence, you can't help but to be grateful and just to be here, still working, still doing the thing I love and getting more opportunities than I've ever had." While Five Nights may be the secret to the Lillard-aissance, it's Scream that really made him a household name back in 1996. As one of the first killers to rock a Ghostface mask alongside Skeet Ulrich, Lillard's zany presence and memorable ad libs -- "My mom and dad are gonna be so mad at me!" -- made him another standout in a cast full of them. With a seventh film out next year -- one, as we mentioned above, in which Lillard will appear -- the fandom for the franchise is stronger than ever, as is the bond between the OG cast members. "This last weekend, I was just in Michigan. We were just in Motor City Comic-Con and the moderator was like, the last question he asked is like, 'Is there a Scream text chain? And we're like, no, but we should start one. So literally we started one on WhatsApp like two days ago," Lillard revealed, after a fan convention appearance with Ulrich, Jamie Kennedy and Rose McGowan. "The funny thing is, listen, we all worked together. We were all friends. We've all been friends our whole lives," he continued. "But now I think we see each other 50 days a year, 60 days a year. We eat every meal together, we're inseparable on the road. And so that level of friendship, that level of commitment and how often we see each other has changed and sort of deepened the relationship, which has been really lovely." He noted, however, that his relationship with the franchise differs from the relationship fans have with the series. "For me, it was a job, a job that was very special in my life that had made a deep impact. I made deep, very interpersonal relationships to the point where they shaped who I am as a person," shared Lillard. "And some people go off to have college experiences. I went off and made a movie called Scream. So for me, it was a seminal moment in my life." "But then I went on to do other things and other movies and other films and had kids and family," he added. "And everyone that sort of adores that property and are fans of that, they all have those things too, but they have their…

Sarah Paulson Honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame Star

For years, music streaming services like Spotify and YouTube Music have dominated the end-of-year conversation with their colorful, shareable “Recaps” and “Wrapped” summaries. But if you are like me, you probably spend just as much (if not more) time watching videos on main YouTube as you do listening to music. Well, the wait is finally […]