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Sean Combs has filed his formal denial of claims he “gang raped” a 17-year-old girl at his Manhattan recording studio in 2003. In new court paperwork submitted Tuesday, Combs refuted accusations that he, his longtime lieutenant Harve Pierre and a third unidentified man trafficked the teen across state lines, plied her with “copious amounts of drugs and alcohol” and took turns raping her in a bathroom of his Daddy’s House Recording Studio. “(Combs) never participated in, witnessed, or was or is presently aware of…

Sean Ono Lennon may have initially rejected the astrology his family embraced growing up, but when it came to his new album, it felt like the very stars were against him. “I just felt like there was too much cosmic interference,” he tells Rolling Stone of Asterisms, a genreless wash of instrumental music that flirts with jazz, rock, and electronic. In the end, though, the planets aligned, and the record dropped Friday on John Zorn’s Tzadik label. But back in the days when Covid was rampant, the fate of the…

Released in 1962, Dr No starred Connery as the British secret agent in a groundbreaking action film that became a worldwide hit. It also established one of the longest-running and highest-grossing film franchises. Here we go behind the scenes, with Connery, Ursula Andress and author Ian Fleming • James Bond: Dr No is published by Taschen on 1 March Released in…

Let’s play a game. Let’s see how long I can talk about No Man’s Sky without bringing up its redemptive arc (this doesn’t count, by the way). The universe-exploration game with the chill soundtrack has certainly found its home among sci-fi enthusiasts, and the developer’s co-founder is, once again, up to his old tricks. Sean Murray recently tweeted something that has No Man’s Sky fans pretty hyped up. What is it? Oh, it’s just an Omega symbol he posted on Twitter/X. Why is that a big deal? Because Murray always tweets a…

Seán Hewitt made his name with an arresting debut collection, Tongues of Fire, and an unforgettable memoir, All Down Darkness Wide, an account of his life as a young gay man and a moving exploration of his relationship with a depressed partner, a book that doubled as a homage to Gerard Manley Hopkins. In the memoir, he described himself, at one point, as a ghost looking on to his own life. Rapture’s Road, his stunning second poetry selection, is a continuation of that haunting and Hopkins’s influence is again present,…

SANTA CLARA —  Matthew Stafford will return to Detroit, but that story already is written.Stafford has won.He became a Super Bowl champion with the Rams and remains beloved in his previous hometown. That won’t change, regardless of whether he leads his current team to an upset against his previous one.The more compelling subplot in the NFC wild-card game between the Rams and Lions isn’t as heartwarming.Sean McVay and Jared Goff will go head to head Sunday.They will stake their reputations in ways Stafford won’t have…

Sean McVay for seven years held the mantle as the youngest coach in the NFL.On Friday, the Rams coach passed the torch to Jerod Mayo, who will replace Bill Belichick as coach of the New England Patriots.McVay, 37, was born on Jan. 24, 1986, Mayo on Feb. 23, 1986.Friday also marked the seven-year anniversary of McVay’s hiring, at age 30, by Rams owner Stan Kroenke.“I was certainly really young, 30 was young,” McVay said. “That’s crazy when you think back. Sometimes I look at Mr. Kroenke, I say, ‘What the hell were you…

Four women have sued Combs in recent months, all alleging that he sexually assaulted them Sean “Diddy” Combs will not attend the Grammy Awards this year, a rep for the rapper told The Hollywood Reporter, with Combs sitting out for music’s biggest night as he faces several allegations of sexual abuse. A rep for Combs did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone’s request for comment. Combs received a nomination for Best Progressive R&B album for the 2023 project The Love Album: Off…

On a late afternoon in April, about two dozen music-industry tastemakers gathered at the 17,000-square-foot Holmby Hills mansion of Sean “Diddy” Combs for a preview of his first studio album in nearly two decades.In one of his living rooms, attendees sipped cocktails as they admired a striking painting by Kerry James Marshall titled “Past Times,” which Combs purchased in 2018 at auction for $21.1 million. Combs amassed his fortune first through music, as a hip-hop producer, artist and founder of Bad Boy Entertainment,…

As Sean Combs faces a growing list of sexual-abuse lawsuits and steps aside from his chairman role at Revolt, fallout is mounting in another corner of his empire, with more than a dozen companies distancing themselves from his recently launched e-commerce platform Empower Global. A total of 18 brands have confirmed to Rolling Stone that they have severed ties with the online marketplace for Black-owned businesses after R&B singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and three other women accused the producer turned…