What Is Jay-Z Accused Of? Breaking Down the Lawsuit — and How It's Linked to Diddy

Jay-Z attends the Los Angeles premiere of Sony Pictures' ‘The Book Of Clarence’ at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Jan. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles.Photo:Monica Schipper/WireImage Monica Schipper/WireImage Jay-Zhas been named in a lawsuit connected toSean “Diddy” Combs, accusing him of child rape over two decades ago. On Dec. 8, Jay-Z, whose legal name is Shawn Carter, was named alongside Combs as part of a federal lawsuit alleging that the two had raped a 13-year-old girl in 2000.

What Is the 'Sad Beige' Lawsuit? All About the First-Of-Its-Kind Case About Copying a Social Media Aesthetic

Alyssa Sheil, Sydney Nicole Gifford.Photo:Alyssa Sheil/Instagram; Sydney Nicole Gifford/Instagram Alyssa Sheil/Instagram; Sydney Nicole Gifford/Instagram Two content creators are taking a battle for an online vibe to court. This past April,Sydney Nicole Giffordfiled a lawsuit againstAlyssa Sheilalleging she “replicated” her “neutral, beige, and cream aesthetic” across various social media platforms. The lawsuit has been dubbed a first-of-its-kind case about content similarities between influencers, both of whom are fighting to prove that the photos and videos uploaded to their respective accounts online are uniquely their own.

What IsEmilia PérezBased On? All About the Surprising Inspiration Behind the Star-Studded Netflix Film — and How One Actress Made It Happen

Selena Gomez as Jessi in Emilia Pérez.Photo:PAGE 114/WHY NOT PRODUCTIONS/PATHÉ FILMS/FRANCE 2 CINÉMA PAGE 114/WHY NOT PRODUCTIONS/PATHÉ FILMS/FRANCE 2 CINÉMA The plot ofEmilia Pérezis so grand that even the cast had a hard time pinning it down. “You have an action movie that’s not an action movie, a drama that’s not a drama, a comedy that’s not a comedy,” lead actress Karla Sofía Gascón toldTudumin November 2024. “It is such a great gift, and I’m so proud to be part of it.

What IsMegalopolisAbout? Everything to Know About Francis Ford Coppola’s $120 Million Project

Adam Driver in ‘Megalopolis’.Photo:Francis Ford Coppola/American Zoetrope Francis Ford Coppola/American Zoetrope Francis Ford Coppolastarted working on his next film over 40 years ago. The iconic director began research on his Roman-inspired science fiction movieMegalopolisin the late 1970s after he finishedApocalypse Now. After many delays and false starts — including 300 script rewrites — Coppola’s dystopian film premiered at theCannes Film Festivalin May 2024. With an all-star cast includingAdam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel,Aubrey Plaza,Shia LaBeouf, Dustin Hoffman,Jon Voightand Laurence Fishburne, fans and critics have eagerly awaited Coppola’s first film in 13 years.

What It Was Like to Live Through 9/11, According to Shocked Survivor Interviews Right After the Attacks

Robert Giroux/Getty Ken White was chatting with an office temp at his job in the north tower of the World Trade Center when American Airlines Flight 11 struck at 8:46 a.m. local time on Sept. 11, 2001 —marking the start of a terror attackthat killed 2,977 victims and changed the country and the world. “All of a sudden the building shook, then it started to sway,” White told PEOPLE soon after,in an issue entirely devoted to 9/11.