Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Hulu Reality Series update… Madonna angers fans… North West raps… Oprah Winfrey SLAMMED… and Taylor Swift stuns on her 34th birthday!

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A reality show following the family of Sean Combs was in the early stages of development. But with multiple women filing lawsuits against him for alleged sexual assault, Hulu has decided to scrap all plans for Diddy+7, which was the working title for the project, which was being produced by James Corden’s company. His ex-girlfriend Cassie was the first to sue Diddy, but about 24 hours later, they settled out of court. But other women came forward to file their own lawsuits, but Diddy hasn’t settled with them. After a fourth woman came forward to accuse Diddy of sexual assault, 50 Cent announced his plans to produce a documentary about all of this, with all proceeds going to victims of sexual violence. We have no information how far along he’s gotten on that project.

Back in June, we almost lost Madonna. That is not an understatement. She was found unresponsive and rushed to ICU where she was diagnosed with a bacterial infection and had to be intubated for 24 hours. But Madonna recovered, and by October she was well enough to kick off her delayed tour at the O2 Arena in London. Last night, Madonna kicked off the US leg of her tour at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn…..but she was almost THREE HOURS LATE. Fans were livid. They were tweeting their disgust over Madonna’s rudeness, threatening to leave and demanding refunds as chants of “Bulls***!” filled the arena. But she finally hit the stage around 11pm and afterward, many were tweeting that it was worth the wait. No word yet on why there was such a huge delay.

Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign’s Vultures album drops sometime on Friday….we think. Kanye has been known to change his mind if he thinks it needs more tweaking. As one of the collaborators on the album, Kanye’s 10-year-old daughter North was at the listening party in Miami this week. She has a verse on one of the songs, and she was jumping up and down lip-syncing along as we heard North reveal her rapper name in the lyrics. “I love it here / We gonna take over the year for another year / It’s your bestie, Miss Miss Westie / Don’t try to test me / It’s gonna get messy/ It’s gonna get messy / Just bless me.” Miss Westie is getting a lot of love on social media. One commented, “North really ATE that verse!” and another called her “a musical genius.”

Earlier this year, Oprah caught a lot of flak for saying she thought taking drugs like Ozempic to lose weight were the “easy way out.” Well, Oprah showed up for the LA premiere of The Color Purple and she has lost a LOT of weight. Reportedly she dropped 40 pounds in just a few months. Red carpet reporters couldn’t help but comment. And when Entertainment Tonight asked her secret, Oprah said, “It’s not one thing, it’s everything.” But she was saving the big reveal for People. Oprah said she consulted her doctor, who went on to provide a weight-loss medication. She didn’t flat out say the word “Ozempic,” but it was implied. She said, “The fact that there’s a medically approved prescription for managing weight and staying healthier, in my lifetime, feels like relief, like redemption, like a gift, and not something to hide behind and once again be ridiculed for. I’m absolutely done with the shaming from other people and particularly myself.” And while Oprah says, “It’s not about the number,” she said she’s 7 pounds away from her goal weight.

Taylor Swift walked into her 34th birthday dinner last night hand-in-hand with her true love, Blake Lively. No, Travis Kelce couldn’t make it. He’s stuck in Kansas City for mandatory football practice, but we’re sure he will MORE than make it up to Taylor as soon as football gets out of the way. Other celebrities photographed popping into and out of Taylor’s dinner at Freemans and then clubbing later at The Box included Miles Teller and his wife Keleigh, who had a pre-birthday dinner with Taylor the night before. Also celebrating Taylor were her good buddies Este and Alana Haim — if their sister Danielle was there, I didn’t see a picture of her. Gigi Hadid was there. She was photographed leaving with Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski. The newly engaged-to-Channing-Tatum Zoey Kravitz was there, along with Sabrina Carpenter and Jerrod Carmichael.

 

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