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Dr. Salvador Plasencia leaves federal court on July 23 in Los Angeles

Doctor who sold ketamine to ‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry before his overdose death gets 2 1/2 years in prison

By The Associated Press A doctor who pleaded guilty to selling ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the “Friends” star’s overdose death was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on Wednesday. Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence plus two years of probation to 44-year-old Dr. Salvador Plasencia in a federal

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers send cease-and-desist to Netflix, claim docuseries produced by 50 Cent uses ‘stolen’ footage

By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — On the eve of Netflix releasing a highly anticipated docuseries about Sean “Diddy” Combs — produced by his longtime foe Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson — the embattled mogul’s lawyers have sent a cease-and-desist letter to the streaming giant, demanding it not release “Sean Combs: The Reckoning.” In a statement

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50 Cent mercilessly trolled Diddy and now has a doc about him. Here’s the history of the beef between them

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — There is no love lost between hip-hop moguls 50 Cent and Sean “Diddy” Combs. 50 Cent has long trolled Diddy on social media, especially after CNN’s publication of surveillance video showing Combs assaulting his then-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, in 2016. Now the rapper turned actor and producer has taken

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Akira Montague

A TikTok influencer’s affair with a married man cost her $1.75 million in court. Other influencers couldn’t stay away

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Strangers rallied behind Akira Montague when she took on a woman in court whom she had believed was one of her closest friends. Montague, a 27-year-old mother of two, won a $1.75 million judgment this month against the TikTok influencer Brenay Kennard, after accusing Kennard of having an

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Liniker Barros performs live during the second day of Primavera Sound Porto 2025 at Parque da Cidade.

Brazilian pop singer Liniker’s voice is reaching the world, but her community is still fighting to survive

By Julia Vargas Jones, CNN (CNN) — The moment Brazilian pop sensation Liniker walked into Amoeba Music in Hollywood, the crowd roared. Fans lifted their phones, snapping pictures with one hand and clutching her Latin Grammy-winning record on the other, many still buzzing from watching her performance at the awards show days earlier. The Latin

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