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Denzel Washington wasn't supposed to say his potential position in Black Panther 3 — and he referred to as director Ryan Coogler to apologize for letting the cat out of the bag.

"I referred to as him the opposite day. I forgot what it was about — no, I referred to as him to apologize," Washington stated in a brand new interview on the Variety Awards Circuit podcast. "That's proper. I referred to as him. I stated, 'I'm sorry, man.' He's like, 'No, man, it's all good.' I FaceTimed, and proper there subsequent to him was his girl. They had been enhancing. They had been hanging out."

Washington stated he hasn't heard an replace in regards to the subsequent installment of superhero franchise, and made it sound as if plans for the movie are rather less concrete than he'd initially implied. "I don't know what he's received cooking for me," he stated. "I like Ryan, as a result of he's like, he gained't say issues. 'You realize what I'm saying? Like, you already know what I'm saying?' Nicely, not less than that's when he talks to me. It's like, 'You realize what I'm saying?'"

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"I'm like, 'No, I don't know what you're saying, Ryan, say it!'" Washington continued. "'Nicely, like, you already know what I'm saying? I'm doing a Black Panther.' That's how he sounds, proper? 'Yeah, you already know what I'm saying?' And like, I'm like, 'Man, are you kidding me? Simply write it! No matter you write, I'll do it.'"

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The Gladiator II star spilled the beans on the still-unannounced Black Panther 3 whereas discussing his slate of upcoming initiatives just lately, noting that he had "in all probability not that many" films left to shoot throughout an interview with Australia's Immediately present final month. "I've been speaking with Steve McQueen a few movie," he stated. "After that, Ryan Coogler's writing an element for me within the subsequent Black Panther. After that, I'm gonna do the movie Othello. After that, I'm gonna do King Lear. After that, I'm gonna retire."

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The actor shared particulars about just a few extra of his initiatives throughout the Selection podcast. "I'm ready for him," Washington stated of McQueen. "No matter he says, you already know. I stated, 'You go forward and name me if you're prepared.'"

Washington additionally stated he's laborious at work on overseeing an adaptation of August Wilson's play Joe Turner's Come and Gone. "I've talked with [Laurence Fishburne] and a pair different folks and that's all," he stated of the casting course of. "Plenty of nice actors to select from."

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The actor added that he hasn't considered the completed reduce of his subsequent movie, Spike Lee's reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa's Excessive and Low, which has been known as Highest 2 Lowest, High and Low Man, and easily High and Low in varied stories. "I haven't seen it but," he stated. "I'm going to see it this week after I go to New York." (The Selection interview befell in November, so it's possible the actor has seen the completed film at this level.)

He reiterated that his retirement will come finally, but it surely isn't proper across the nook. "Not tomorrow," he stated. "We're all retiring."

Larry Mullen Jr. retains time for one of many greatest bands on this planet, however he's all the time struggled with numbers — and now, he has a prognosis that explains why.

The U2 drummer has revealed that he was lately recognized with dyscalculia. "I've all the time identified that there's one thing not particuarly proper with the best way that I take care of numbers. I'm numerically challenged," he mentioned in a brand new interview with U.Ok. outlet The Times. "And I noticed lately that I’ve dyscalculia, which is a sub-version of dyslexia. So I can't rely [and] I can't add."

The Studying Disabilities Affiliation of America (LDA) defines dyscalculia as "a selected studying incapacity with an impairment in arithmetic, which might have an effect on calculations, downside fixing, or each." The situation is inborn and impacts an estimated 4-7 % of the inhabitants.

The LDA notes that dyscalculia typically manifests in math anxiousness, problem memorizing primary math, and struggles managing funds, instructions, and time.

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Mullen mentioned dyscalculia strongly impacts his work. "When individuals watch me play typically, they are saying, 'You look pained.' I’m pained as a result of I'm making an attempt to rely the bars," Mullen mentioned. "I needed to discover methods of doing this — and counting bars is like climbing Everest."

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Different entertainers have mentioned having dyscalculia. Robbie Williams mirrored on the situation in an Instagram submit final yr. "Telephone numbers give me anxiousness," he wrote. "No joke. In the event that they’re not spaced out I can’t learn them. A month or so in the past I used to be with some new buddies. And I supplied to pay for lunch. There was an possibility to go away a 15 % tip, 20 % tip, or 25 %. None of which I may work out. I began to sweat. Bought the sum unsuitable. Scribbled it out and ultimately I needed to ask for assist."

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Different celebs who’ve been reported to have dyscalculia embrace Cher and Mary Tyler Moore.

Mullen lately produced and composed music for Left Behind, a documentary a couple of faculty for kids with dyslexia. The drummer mentioned his son has that situation, which frequently goes hand in hand with dyscalculia. "Making the music via the eyes of my dyslexic son felt private and visceral," he instructed The Occasions.

The drummer lately underwent neck surgical procedure that prevented him from performing with U2 through the band's Las Vegas residency on the Sphere. Bram van den Berg served as his alternative for the exhibits.

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"Not since October 1978 have we performed exhibits with out Larry Mullen Jr.," Bono instructed the gang on the band's penultimate Sphere efficiency in March, reported Variety. "That’s the man who pinned the word on the discover board at Mount Temple Complete College all these years in the past. And we’re very grateful that he did and that he's right here with us tonight. We want him a speedy, speedy, speedy restoration. We love you, Larry Mullen Jr."

Warning: This text accommodates spoilers concerning the ending of Kraven the Hunter.

Cravin' solutions after seeing Kraven the Hunter? We've obtained you coated.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson's second Marvel outing brings to life the titular Spider-Man villain in his personal origin story. The story jumps round in time, spanning from when Sergei Kravinoff (Taylor-Johnson) obtained his powers throughout a looking accident as a youngster all the best way to when he proudly takes on the title Kraven the Hunter within the current day after killing his father (Russell Crowe). The film ends with Kraven reenacting the enduring comedian guide cowl, sporting a lion fur vest and lounging on a wood throne along with his numerous abs on full show.

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However how does Kraven the Hunter connect with the MCU? It's not formally a part of the long-running shared universe, because it's reportedly the ultimate standalone villain movie within the separate Sony Spider-Man franchise (which incorporates Morbius, Madame Net, and the Venom trilogy). We by no means see (or hear about) Tom Holland's Peter Parker (or some other web-slinging hero). And there are not any post-credits scenes that tease connections to future films in both universe — regardless of Taylor-Johnson telling Leisure Weekly that he sees "longevity" for the Kraven character. However except for a blink-and-you'll-miss-it Each day Bugle sighting, there are a number of references to main Marvel villains all through the film, some overt and others far more refined (for higher or for worse).

The primary massive dangerous is Aleksei Sytsevich, a.ok.a. the Rhino, performed with mustache-twirling glee by Alessandro Nivola. The Marvel villain was beforehand portrayed on display by Paul Giamatti, additionally with mustache-twirling glee, as a aspect character in 2014's villain-filled The Wonderful Spider-Man 2. Kraven the Hunter's model of the Rhino is a Russian wannabe kingpin who was changed into a human-rhino hybrid by a scientist in New York (extra on that in a bit). He needed to take over Sergei's father's drug enterprise, and tries to kill Kraven on the off-chance that he would finally find yourself on Kraven's looking checklist anyway. It's flimsy motivation, however he in the end fails and dies after getting trampled by bison (satirically, a predator killed by its prey).

One other massive Marvel villain that will get name-dropped is Chameleon. All through the whole film, Kraven's youthful brother Dmitri (Fred Hechinger) is described as a chameleon as a result of his supernaturally gifted talent of mimicking voices (don't get us began on that Harry Kinds karaoke scene). On the finish of the film, after a yr time bounce, he reveals to Kraven that he went to a scientist in New York (sound acquainted?) for a process to boost his talents, and he can now bodily turn into anybody else — which he proves by turning into Kraven. He accomplishes what the Rhino didn’t, and in the end takes over his father's drug enterprise. His determination to turn into a villain shocks and disappoints Kraven, who spent nearly all of the film attempting to save lots of Dmitri's life and spare him from the darkish world they have been born into.

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The opposite Marvel characters we see on display are Calypso (Ariana DeBose) and the Foreigner (Christopher Abbott). Within the comics, voodoo priestess Calypso is a widely known adversary of Spider-Man and a frequent accomplice (each professionally and romantically) of Kraven. Within the film, she proves to be a formidable ally to Kraven with sharpshooting archery expertise and numerous legal underworld contacts. As for the Foreigner, the murderer has no supernatural expertise within the comics, however within the film he can hypnotize his targets to paralyze them, making them simple to shoot and kill. He additionally makes use of poison to make Kraven hallucinate his best worry: Spiders (get it?).

Now, about that mysterious New York scientist … whereas we by no means see him on display, the Rhino mentions his title as soon as: Miles Warren. The scientist obsessive about genetics and biochemistry has a protracted historical past within the comics as Spider-Man villain Jackal after his first introduction in 1974, however has solely been proven on display in animation to this point. Clearly, Kraven the Hunter is trying to set him up as a future villain (nonetheless unlikely it’s that we'll see that come to fruition).

Should you're holding observe, which means Kraven the Hunter both reveals or teases six villains who’ve been in some type of the Sinister Six villain group within the comics. So if we by no means see an official Sinister Six live-action team-up film after years of Sony's failed makes an attempt, a minimum of we type of obtained it in Kraven the Hunter?

Kraven the Hunter is now taking part in in theaters.

Lower than a 12 months after Paula Abdul sued Nigel Lythgoe for sexual assault, the pair have agreed to achieve a settlement.

The “Rush Rush” singer and actuality TV decide, 62, and American Idol producer, 75, settled the case in an “unconditional” method on Monday, based on court docket paperwork obtained by PEOPLE. A listening to tied to the case beforehand set for Jan. 21, 2025, in addition to its August 2025 trial date, are each anticipated to be vacated as soon as the request, which was filed on Nov. 12, is permitted by a decide, the outlet experiences.

“I’m grateful that this chapter has efficiently come to an in depth and is now one thing I can now put behind me,” Abdul stated in a press release to Leisure Weekly concerning the settlement. “This has been a protracted and hard-fought private battle. I hope my expertise can serve to encourage different girls, going through related struggles, to beat their very own challenges with dignity and respect, in order that they can also flip the web page and start a brand new chapter of their lives.”

Representatives for Lythgoe didn’t instantly reply to Leisure Weekly’s request for remark.

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Abdul sued Lythgoe alleging sexual assault/battery, sexual harassment, gender violence, and negligence in a Dec. 29, 2023 lawsuit, claiming partially that Lythgoe sexually assaulted her throughout her time on American Idol within the early 2000s and once more when she starred as a decide on So You Assume You Can Dance. She additionally alleged that Lythgoe assaulted her assistant in 2015.

The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court docket beneath California’s Sexual Abuse and Cowl Up Accountability Act, which permits survivors to take authorized motion even after the statute of limitations has expired. Abdul later submitted a revised lawsuit in October 2024, the place she claimed that Lythgoe additionally assaulted her for a 3rd time through the incident along with her assistant in 2015, PEOPLE experiences.

Lythgoe denied the allegations made towards him in a Dec. 30, 2023 assertion to EW, calling them “false” and “deeply offensive to me and to every thing I stand for.” He added, "Whereas Paula’s historical past of erratic habits is well-known, I can’t fake to grasp precisely why she would file a lawsuit that she should know is unfaithful. However I can promise that I’ll combat this appalling smear with every thing I’ve.”

His attorneys later filed a response in March denying Abdul’s allegations, which they known as "pure fiction" and the "worst type of character assassination,” per PEOPLE. In response, Abdul’s staff fired again at him in a press release to EW, calling his reply to her criticism “traditional sufferer shaming.”

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“Mr. Lythgoe fails to understand that he held a place of energy over Ms. Abdul. He was a producer on American Idol and SYTYCD and she or he was the expertise,” Abdul’s attorneys continued. “He held the playing cards to her profession in his hand and he knew it. It thus is not any shock that Ms. Abdul placated to his ego with optimistic messaging and seeming adoration. These are the defenses that many ladies like Ms. Abdul needed to undertake to cope with males who abuse their energy.”

Their authorized battle continued when Abdul filed her amended lawsuit towards Lythgoe in October, with Lythgoe later submitting a response that argued that the timing surrounding her claims was “obscure” and criticize how she “instantly 'remembered' extra particulars” of the alleged incidents, per PEOPLE.

In paperwork obtained by the outlet, Lythgoe added that her recollection “stretches credulity that Abdul would supposedly keep in mind witnessing her assistant allegedly being assaulted by Lythgoe in April 2015 and but apparently ‘overlook,’ till the submitting of her FAC, that she additionally allegedly was assaulted at that very same time — not to mention have the ability to instantly keep in mind particular particulars of the alleged incident, as her FAC now alleges.”

In January, Lythgoe stepped down from his judging duties on So You Assume You Can Dance after two nameless girls filed a separate sexual assault lawsuit towards him along with Abdul's. A 3rd lawsuit was filed in February and a fourth in March, with 5 girls in whole accusing Lythgoe of sexual assault.

For those who or somebody you already know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.

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Actress Elle Fanning has revealed her dream man, and it's considerably surprising.

No, it's not PEOPLE's reigning Sexiest Man Alive John Krasinski and even one in every of his forerunners, together with Michael B. Jordan, Patrick Dempsey, Chris Evans, and Paul Rudd. As an alternative, it's the hilarious Jack Black, who's twice her age and higher recognized for being goofy than suave.

The topic got here up throughout her look this week on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, when the host requested her a few picture of the 2 that she posted on social media. (watch beneath.)

"We had been ready for our vehicles on the valet on the similar time, and my boyfriend was with me," Fanning defined of when the picture was taken. "He was like, 'Go as much as him. Go as much as him.' And he satisfied me to, and I did. After which my boyfriend yelled to him, he's like, 'You're her corridor go, by the way in which!'"

When Fallon requested, Fanning confirmed that Black "liked it" that her boyfriend joked he was the superstar that she's allowed to cheat on him with.

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"And he was along with his spouse, and, like, we had been laughing," stated Fanning, who's dated Rolling Stone CEO Gus Wenner since 2023. (Black married musician Tanya Haden in 2006.) "I imply, I used to be turning shiny crimson. I nonetheless am."

Although the encounter was embarrassing, the A Complete Unknown star thought it was price it.

"It has made my life," the 26-year-old stated, confirming what she had written within the caption concerning the 55-year-old Black. "So we now have a bunch chat, my sister and all my girlfriends, and it's mainly devoted to how scorching Jack Black is. Like, he’s our good man. Like, past. And like we … ship one another like clips of him on a regular basis and like particularly the saxophone clip of him on the present. It's iconic."

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The "saxophone clip" options the College of Rock actor and Tenacious D guitarist jamming with the present's in-house band The Roots on his Sax-A-Growth instrument.

Fallon quipped that Black, whose films additionally embrace the Kung Fu Panda franchise, Tropic Thunder, The Holiday, and this 12 months's Expensive Santa, is a "horny dude," to which Fanning agreed.

"So humorous. Like, good," she stated.

Conan O'Brien's parents, Dr. Thomas O'Brien and Ruth Reardon O'Brien, who were pioneers in their respective fields of medicine and law, died this week within three days of each other.

Dr. O'Brien, a forward-looking epidemiologist, died Thursday at 95. His wife, an attorney who broke barriers for women in the legal field, died Monday at 92. They were married for 66 years and both died at their home in Brookline, Mass.

Conan, 61, told The Boston Globe of his late father, "For the rest of my time on earth I will be hearing from people who want to talk with me about my dad. I've never met anyone like him, and he happens to be my father. If I met him randomly in a hotel lobby, I'd think, 'Who the hell is this guy? He's the most interesting person I’ve ever met.'"

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Thomas O'Brien and Ruth O'Brien were both born in Worcester, Mass. The couple married in 1958 and remained together until the end of their lives. They raised six children — Neal, Luke, Conan, Kate, Jane, and Justin — and at time of their passing had welcomed nine grandchildren.

Ruth O'Brien was one of four women in her graduating class at Yale Law School in 1956, and she went on to become the second-ever female partner at Boston's Ropes & Gray law firm.

Thomas O'Brien graduated from Harvard Medical School and spent much of his medical career there, serving as an associate professor until he retired in 2019. He also served as the the first director of the infectious diseases division at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

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The eminent doctor traveled the world helping to train other medical professionals on the use of databases that track antibiotic resistance, as a means of advancing response to viral outbreaks. He cofounded the World Health Organization's Collaborating Centre for Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance, which works to fortify the apparatus that surveils and responds to antimicrobial resistance around the world.

Conan remarked to the Globe that "Science has said there's no such thing as perpetual motion, but my father was proof that that was wrong… My father was in constant motion. And he was interested in everything — absolutely everything."

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The longtime late-night host also said his penchant for comedy traces straight back to his father, who introduced the O'Brien kids to famed funnymen like Jack Benny, Charlie Chaplin, and the Marx Brothers. "The loudest I've ever heard anybody laugh was sitting next to him in a theater watching Peter Sellers in a Pink Panther movie," Conan remembered.

Ruth O'Brien and several family members discussed her tenure at Ropes & Gray in 2017, on the occasion of her receiving a company award recognizing her impact and influence. "The other mothers thought it was a riot, that Tom O'Brien was doing these carpools and was one of the girls," she reflected on the hectic task of managing the parenting of six children between two working parents. "But some of the husbands I guess thought it was beneath his status to be doing some of this stuff. He just thought it was a joke, and the kids seemed to love it."

Conan recalled, "There were six kids, two dogs, a cat, my grandmother, a parakeet. I'm not kidding, that house was kind of madness sometimes. Lovely madness, but madness still the same. I don't know how they worked it out but they worked it out pretty well."

Randy Moss is undergoing treatment for bile duct cancer.

The legendary NFL wide receiver-turned-broadcaster announced his diagnosis in an Instagram live video on Friday afternoon. "Your boy is a cancer survivor," Moss said. "Been in the hospital for six days. I just got out today, thank God. So first and foremost, I'd like to thank God for really just blessing me and my family through this trying time, and me being able to come outta this surgery and fight and battle this cancer."

Moss went on to thank all of his doctors, his fans, his "prayer warriors," his family, and his ESPN colleagues. "It was a trying week, some trying times, so once again I thank you all," he said.

The former Minnesota Viking elaborated on his condition. "I did have cancer," he said. "They found it in the bile duct, right between the pancreas and the liver. And the cancer was sitting right outside the bile duct, so my doctors that I just named, they went in…I had a six-hour surgery."

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He specified later that he'd undergone a Whipple procedure, which the Mayo Clinic describes as "involving removing the head of the pancreas, the first part of the small intestine, the gallbladder, and the bile duct" to remove tumors. Moss also said that he had a stent put in his liver on Thanksgiving.

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"I didn't think I would ever be in a position like this, as healthy as I thought I was," he said. "But things took a turn for the worse."

Moss also said that he'll undergo chemotherapy and radiation as part of his continuing treatment. However, he resolved to return to work at ESPN: "My goal is to get back on that television with my team."

Moss had previously signaled said that he was experiencing health issues that affected his eyes, requiring him to wear sunglasses, during his appearance on Sunday NFL Countdown on Dec. 1.

"Me and my family, we are battling something internally," Moss said on the show. "I have some great doctors around me. I couldn't miss the show, I wanted to be here with you guys, I feel great. But if you see me with these Michigan turnover glasses I have on, it's not me being disrespectful because I'm on television. I'm battling something, I need prayer warriors. God bless you all, and thanks for the prayers."

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ESPN announced Moss' departure from broadcasting last week. "Pro Football Hall of Famer Randy Moss will step away from Sunday NFL Countdown for an extended time to focus on a personal health challenge," the network wrote in a statement on Dec. 6. "He briefly addressed the matter at the start of the show on Dec. 1. For nearly a decade, Randy has been an invaluable member of the team, consistently elevating Countdown with his insight and passion. He has ESPN's full support, and we look forward to welcoming him back when he is ready."

The parties at Dunder Mifflin have stopped, but The Office still had an unofficial holiday get-together.

Several stars of the NBC sitcom that aired from 2005 to 2013, including Jenna Fischer (Pam), Angela Kinsey (Angela), Ellie Kemper (Erin), and Mindy Kaling (Kelly), on Friday shared photos from a festive reunion.

"It's been 20 years since I first met these beautiful women!" Kaling captioned a snapshot of the four looking festive. "This year was a rollercoaster to say the least, and it’s so nice to be able to unpack life’s joys and challenges with people who knew me when I was a 24 year old customer service rep in the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin. I love you guys!"

Kemper, who joined the Emmy-winning series in its fifth season, playing the Scranton branch's new receptionist, after regular receptionist Pam left, noted that the other actresses had "welcomed me with warmth and kindness."

The reunion was impromptu, according to Fischer.

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"When we realized we were all in the same city at the same time we knew we had to make this happen," Fischer wrote. "Thank you ladies for making me laugh so much last night and for all being so real and amazing after a hard year. I love so much! (I also love that we all dressed up! Fashion show, fashion show, fashion show at dinner!)"

Kinsey shared a photo of the four friends sitting down, looking much more relaxed and happy than they were attending an Office fete coordinated by her bossy character Angela.

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She declared it "such a fun catch up dinner."

Although, Kinsey and Fischer at least speak often, for their popular podcast, Office Ladies, on which they rewatch and discuss episodes of the NBC favorite, as well as personal news, including Fischer's recent cancer diagnosis.

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On this week's episode, they interviewed award-winning actress Kathy Bates, who said it was tough adjusting to their way of doing things.

"I did have a problem transitioning from lines that were written and then the improvisation that we were allowed to do," Bates said. "I don't know if I ever really succeeded. I kept getting tripped up on that. But it was a wonderful experience."

She can relive it along with the rest of us during daily reruns.

Leave Sydney Sweeney alone! Or else she might have to take care of you herself.

The Euphoria and Anyone But You actress swung hard on her haters in a video posted to Instagram on Friday that begins by showcasing a slew of nasty comments about her appearance. Comments like "quite frumpy" and "she has a horrible body" flash across the screen, set to the Bloodstone song "Natural High." Then the video abruptly switches to an intense training montage, showing Sweeney lifting weights, boxing, and flipping gigantic tires, set to Joey Valence and Brae's "OK."

"Check this out," the duo rap, "I look good."

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The comments appear to be culled from responses to paparazzi photos published a day earlier. Taken from a far-off vantage point, the photos capture Sweeney in a bikini lounging around the pool of her Florida home. While some online trolls criticized the actress' appearance, other observers rushed to her defense, calling out the comments' lecherous and misogynistic overtones and reproaching the invasion of privacy represented by the photos themselves.

The final frame of Sweeney's video is the name "Christy Martin" spelled out in glittering pink letters. Sweeney has been promoting an upcoming biopic about the boxer for months, sharing an update in October that showed her in a crimped brunette wig flexing her newly earned biceps.

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Martin is a legendary figure in the sport, one whom the World Boxing Association records as having a career total of 49 wins, seven losses, and three draws. In November, Sweeney shared a picture with Martin herself with a caption that described the film as "a testament to resilience, survival, and finding the strength to keep fighting. I can't wait for you all to see it — not only because I'm proud of the transformation and the work I've poured into it, but because Christy's story deserves to be told.

"And yes," Sweeney concluded, "you'll get to see me kick some serious ass."

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Celeste O'Connor and Isabela Merced, who costarred with Sweeney in the superhero flick Madame Web, both showed Sweeney support in the comments of her Instagram post Friday. Merced wrote, "The thing is these people would never say it in person. Too scared. But if they ever did? best believe it's hands," while O'Connor simply commented, "SO baller omfggggggg."

In a group interview for Madame Web earlier this year, O'Connor shed some insight on Sweeney's diligence when it comes to preparing for her roles, quipping, "Sydney was our training outside of stunt rehearsal. She would send us a schedule of all the Pilates classes that she had reserved for the week, and she was like, 'All right, girls! This is what we're doing!' I have her to thank for this bod."

Will Smith wants no affiliation with Sean "Diddy" Combs.

The King Richard star took a moment between songs at a concert near San Diego on Friday to distance himself from the artist formerly known as Puff Daddy, who is incarcerated following federal charges of racketeering and sex trafficking. "I haven't addressed any of this publicly, but I just wanna say this very clearly: I don't have s— to do with Puffy, so y'all can stop all them memes," Smith said in a video acquired by TMZ. "You can stop all of that bulls—."

Rumors have swirled online about other musicians and entertainers attending Diddy's alleged "freak-offs" — that is, Combs-hosted gatherings that allegedly involved sex workers and/or sexual assaults, as described by Cassie Ventura in her now-settled lawsuit. (Combs has denied all allegations of sexual assault.) Smith said that he had no connection to those events: "I ain't been nowhere near no damn freak-off," he told the audience. "Listen, I do enough of my own s—, don't be putting me in other people's bulls—."

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Although Smith has been photographed alongside Combs at multiple industry events over the years, he said, "I ain't been nowhere near that man, ain't did none of that stupid s—. So whenever y'all hear it, if somebody say that, it's a damn lie."

Smith noted that he ordinarily doesn't like to address rumors or online chatter about him, but he thought it'd be worthwhile to distance himself from the conversation around Combs. "I usually don't respond to dumbass stuff, 'cause like, it's so many things," he said. "People say so much stuff. But that one, your memes was doing too much. Y'all was having me mad."

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Smith's comments come in the wake of Jay-Z being named in a new lawsuit accusing the "99 Problems" rapper of raping a 13-year-old girl alongside Combs at an afterparty for the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. Jay-Z denied the allegations and claimed the lawsuit was attempted extortion.

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs' kids are 'united' in support of him amid sex trafficking arrest: 'We love you, Dad'

Jay-Z is the first major star to be named as a co-defendant during Combs' recent legal battles, though prosecuting attorney Tony Buzbee implied that numerous other well-known celebrities may be implicated in future lawsuits against Diddy. "The names that we’re going to name, assuming our investigators confirm and corroborate what we’ve been told, are names that will shock you," Buzbee said at a press conference in October.

Combs was arrested in September on charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. His arrest followed several civil lawsuits that accused him of sex trafficking and sexual assault, as well as federal raids on his homes that he condemned as "excessive show of force."