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Diddy is firing back at Rodney "Lil Rod" Jones ... saying his lawsuit is nothing more than a cash grab dressed up as a sex trafficking and RICO conspiracy.

The rap mogul and his attorney, Marc Agnifilo, filed a motion to dismiss Jones' second amended complaint in Manhattan Federal Court Monday, attacking all the claims against Diddy point by point.

But mainly, Diddy is accusing Jones of trying to score a quick settlement by throwing around salacious allegations just to hurt his reputation.

Lily Allen’s former pup has been rehomed and is living her best life with the new family ... TMZ has learned.

Animal Haven NYC tells TMZ ... Lily’s black Lab, Mary -- who she once shared with David Harbour -- has found a tail-wagging happy ending after the singer returned her to the rescue group months after her May 2021 adoption.

Tiffany Lacey, Executive Director of Animal Haven, tells us it's always their policy to take back animals if an adoption doesn't work out -- which is not uncommon with other pets too.

Drake's string of new song releases are just a smoke screen to cover his true plans to continue his lyrical beef with Kendrick Lamar ... at least, that's how fans are decoding his newest Instagram posts!!!

That's no conspiracy theory either ... an overnight post on Drake's @plottttwistttttt Finsta account shows a shootout from John Woo's 1987 flick "A Better Tomorrow 2" ... alerting fans he's coming back 2 guns a-blazin'.

To double down, Drake also posted former Detroit Pistons star Rasheed Wallace's infamous pregame prediction ... when he bet on his team to beat Reggie Miller in Game 2 of the 2004 NBA Eastern Conference Finals.

Ice Spice's dropping a bunch of photos, bringing the heat naturally, flexing her chiseled figure in an itty-bitty lingerie set -- and shutting down any talk she's relying on the latest weight-loss craze.

A racy mirror selfie displays her killer physique -- and she's making it clear she hasn't jumped on the Ozempic bandwagon

Everyone’s buzzing over the FDA-approved prescription diabetes medication's reputation for weight-loss success -- including celebs -- but not Ice.

Blake Lively's getting by with some help from her friend Taylor Swift, who's hosting a celeb-packed weekend celebration for Blake's 37th birthday at her Rhode Island seaside mansion.

TMZ got the first shots of Taylor and her man Travis Kelce chilling at the $17 million pad on Saturday. It looked like a romantic weekend getaway for them but turns out they were also prepping for their big-name guests to arrive.

Later in the day, birthday girl Blake showed up with hubby Ryan Reynolds -- and the couple shared a smooch outside on one of the home's many sun-kissed decks.

Chris Hemsworth's trading in Thor's hammer for a pair of drumsticks ... wielding the wood as he learns to play drums -- and testing his skills out behind Ed Sheeran.

The actor joined Ed during his show in Romania Saturday night ... and, Ed shared a vid to his IG detailing how their collab came to be -- explaining the actor reached out to him back in December.

ES says Chris has really been diving into cognitive health on his docuseries 'Limitless' ... and, he started learning an instrument because of the benefits that come along with it.

9:40 AM PT -- Nicki’s attorney, Judd Burstein tells TMZ … “Mr. Peak has been harassing Nicki on social media for years on end to no avail."

"He has now graduated to seeking to shake her down financially with manifestly false allegations and legally frivolous claims. He will regret having gone down this disreputable road when he is forced to pay her legal fees as required by California law.”

Nicki Minaj has a pissed-off Barb on her hands -- one of her avid fans claims Nicki publicly humiliated him by calling him a mentally unstable stalker and ... so, now he's suing.

The New York rapper was named as a defendant in the suit filed by plaintiff Tameer Peak in L.A. Superior Court – and the allegations paint Nicki as a full-blown bully.

According to the documents, obtained by TMZ, Tameer refers to himself as one of Nicki's most ardent followers for the past 15 years, and claims he helped her career by promoting her 2023 album, "Pink Friday 2."

T-Boz is gonna be seeing a lot of scrubs ... she's in a hospital after what she thought was food poisoning spiraled into something much worse, forcing TLC to pull the plug on its weekend shows.

The group says T-Boz, AKA Tionne Watkins, is suffering from an abdominal blockage that landed her in the hospital. The medical crisis meant TLC couldn't perform Saturday night at Foxwoods in Connecticut, and ditto for a Friday night gig at the NY State Fair in Syracuse.

After the Friday night cancelation -- which came just 30 minutes before the scheduled start time -- they said she had food poisoning, but 24 hours later they got a different diagnosis.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's love story's heating back up ... 'cause they're side-by-side again after weeks apart -- cuddling up at her beach house.

TMZ has obtained photos from Taylor's Rhode Island home ... capturing the pair appearing just over the edge of her balcony as they soaked in the salty air coming off the Atlantic.

The pics are taken pretty far away ... but, there's Kelce, recongizable mustache and longer hair slinging his arms around Taylor as the two reunited for some much-needed time together after weeks apart.

Kanye West's living it up in South Korea with his family ... taking his daughter North to a toy store for a little shopping R&R.

The doting dad of four hit the kids store with North Saturday ... checking out some of the hottest items South Korea has to offer together while North's little siblings and Ye's better half Bianca Censori were off on their own.

Unclear if this was just a Ye/North outing or if the rest of the group was in a different part of the store when these pics were snapped ... but, either way, it's some quality time for North and her old man.

1:56 PM PT -- Chappell Roan just responded to some of the blowback she's been getting from her recent message -- some telling her to "chill."

CR says that ain't happenin' ... the situation is serious and so was her message to back off!

That said ... Chappell says she loves her fans ... and always wants her shows to feel like a safe community.

Chappell Roan says just because you're a fan who loves her, it doesn't mean she owes you anything when she's not performing -- so she's issuing a new warning to those who creep her out.

The “Good Luck, Babe!” singer made headlines this week with a video rant against fan admiration that crosses the line -- and Friday night she added to her manifesto with more specifics about the kinda behavior that has her on edge.

Chappell wrote on IG, “I’ve been in too many nonconsensual physical and social interactions and I just need to lay it out and remind you, women don’t owe you shit. I chose this career path because I love music and art and honoring my inner child, I do not accept harassment of any kind because I chose this path, nor do I deserve it.”

Sid Wilson is recovering from severe injuries he got after messing with a burn pile ... and his partner Kelly Osbourne is pissed he put himself in harm's way!

As we previously reported ... the Slipknot DJ was badly burned on his face and arms ... and he shared some gnarly videos from his hospital trip while nurses and doctors were tending to his injuries.

Well, Kelly and the couple's toddler were also in the ER ... and KO did her own IG recording ... blasting her hubby for being so careless.

Katy Perry's putting it all out there -- just about -- to celebrate her new album dropping ... which is why she popped out in West Hollywood rocking a revealing snakeskin print for a very crowd-pleasing performance.

Katy's bod was on display as much as her voice Friday night at Beaches Tropicana nightclub where she and the crowd raised glasses in anticipation of her album, "143" -- and while the first single, "Women's World" isn't lighting the world on fire, she brushed that off onstage.

Flaunting her rock-hard abs in a micro miniskirt, she busted out her old reliable hits -- songs like "Teenage Dream," "I Kissed a Girl" and "California Gurls" -- to get the crowd pumped.

Kamala Harris is fully embracing the "Brat" tag Gen Z supporters, and Charli XCX, have put on her -- but Bill Maher just doesn't see it, and says the singer's actually describing Donald Trump to a T.

Bill dug into the Brat phenomenon on Friday's episode of 'Real Time' with his guest CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins -- fully unpacking the label for any boomers or Gen Xers who still don't get it. He read out Charli's definition ... “Just that girl who is a little messy and likes to party and maybe says some dumb things sometimes."

Maher argued all of that sounds way more like Trump, and, more to the point, he added ... "I don't want my president to be this!"

Eminem is bringing his daughter to tears with a couple of very personal songs he just dropped, and Hailie Jade Scott says the music videos are too much to watch -- but also very eye-opening about her childhood.

Hailie opened up about the tracks -- "Somebody Save Me" and "Temporary" -- on her podcast, "Just a Little Shady" ... saying she watched the 'Save Me' music vid once, but that'll be the last time.

She says, "I definitely cry every time I hear it at all. Between that and ‘Temporary’ … I audibly sobbed I think for both songs but especially ‘Temporary.’”

Donald Trump's habit of using famous artists' music at his rallies is about to backfire on him -- that's what the Foo Fighters are saying after he cranked one of their biggest hits ... without permission.

Trump brought out Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- who ended his campaign and endorsed Trump -- Friday evening in Glendale, AZ while blaring FF's 1997 hit "My Hero," and while the pyrotechnics and music fired up the crowd ... it simply pissed off Dave Grohl and company.

Once the Foo caught wind of the wild scene in AZ, the band sent Trump a clear message: Don't do that!