Two AFC contenders face off in exciting action this week in Baltimore as Lamar Jackson and the Ravens host the undefeated Buffalo Bills. The Bills are on a short week after defeating the Jacksonville Jaguars 47-10 on Monday night. For the Ravens, Jackson and Derrick Henry led Baltimore to a 28-25 victory over the Dallas Cowboys. Things got tight late, however, as Dak Prescott’s offense scored 19 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to get within three points. It was a challenge for the Ravens to get a double-digit lead.

In fact, the last time Josh Allen and Jackson faced off was in Week 4 of 2022. The Ravens blew a 10-point lead in the second half as Buffalo scored 13 unanswered points – including a game-winning 21-yard field- Goal – win 23-20.

This will be a litmus test for both teams and a possible preview of this year’s AFC Championship Game. It is the highest scoring offense compared to the highest total offense. Let’s break down what promises to be an entertaining match, but first, here’s how to watch the game on Sunday night.

All NFL odds come from SportsLine Consensus.

Where to see

Date: Sunday September 29th | Time: 8:20 p.m. ET
Location: M&T Bank Stadium (Baltimore)
Channel: NBC | Electricity: fubo
Consequences: CBS Sports App
Opportunities: Ravens -2.5 O/U 46.5

Trends

• The Ravens have a 6-1 lead at home against the Bills
• The Under has scored in seven of the last eight prime-time games in which Buffalo plays on the road
• The Ravens are 14-7 ATS in primetime games started by Jackson

When the Bills have the ball

Some believed Allen would regress without Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis. It turns out he’s fine. So far, he has completed 75% of his passes for 634 yards, 7 touchdowns and 0 interceptions. Allen now has the most passing touchdowns without an interception through three games in Bills franchise history and has made two consecutive starts without a turnover for the first time since 2020.

While we don’t know exactly who the new “WR1” is, Allen leads the league with a passer rating of 133.7. Whether he’s throwing the ball to Keon Coleman or Khalil Shakir, Allen is a dangerous playmaker. He prepares for long drives, takes care of the football and still plays with his legs. That’s why Allen is currently the MVP favorite. With a win against the Ravens, he can equal the longest winning streak by a quarterback in franchise history. The record is nine consecutive yards, set by Jack Kemp in 1964. The Ravens have statistically had the worst pass defense in the NFL for three weeks, allowing 291.7 pass yards per game, so Allen will have his chances.

While the Ravens are vulnerable through the air, they currently have the No. 1 rush defense in the NFL with 50 yards allowed per game. Still, Allen’s No. 1 weapon could be running back James Cook. His 285 yards from scrimmage rank 14th in the NFL and his 4 total touchdowns rank fourth. He has become one of those dual-threat backs to be reckoned with, ranking second on the Bills in receiving yards with 97.

When the Ravens have the ball

Death, taxes and the Ravens playing football well. Baltimore has outscored teams by 460 yards this season and outscored the Cowboys 274-51 last week! In this win, Henry recorded his 12th game with 150 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns, which ranks second all-time.

Jackson has 254 rushing yards this season, more than any quarterback in the first three games of a season in NFL history. Entering Week 4, he ranks eighth among all rushing players. While Henry had a slow start with his new team, he is clearly starting to find his rhythm. This new version of Thunder and Lightning is the first duo to record 250 rushing yards and average five yards per rush in three games since 1960. The last duo to do this was Jim Brown and Bobby Mitchell for the Cleveland Browns.

The Bills beat the Miami Dolphins in Week 2, but running back De’Vachane had a day with 96 rushing yards and an average of 4.4 yards per carry. The Bills will need to keep Jackson and Henry in check if they want to win on Sunday night.

Another point the Ravens should keep an eye on is their inconsistency on offense. It will obviously be a challenge to build a lead over the Bills, but it’s worth noting that since 2020, Baltimore has lost 11 times by a touchdown lead in the fourth quarter. That’s the most of any team in at least five years, since 1991. Just last week, the Ravens nearly blew a 22-point lead in the fourth quarter.

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The plus money bills will be tempting for everyone. After all, Buffalo has looked like the best team in the NFL over the past three weeks. That being said, the Bills needed a double-digit comeback to beat the Arizona Cardinals in Week 1, destroyed the Dolphins – who have yet to lead a game with time on the clock this season – in Week 2 and then took care of it on “Monday Night Football.” “ about business against the Jaguars – who look like the worst team in the NFL.

Give me the Ravens in prime time at home, because they are easily the toughest test the Bills have faced this season. Justin Tucker is 0-2 on 50-yard field goals this season, but I predict he hits a 50-yarder in the fourth quarter to win.

Expected score: Ravens (-2.5) 24-21 over Bills

Bonus: SportsLine’s NFL expert Mike Tierney is 48-22-2 in his last 72 picks with the Ravens, and we can tell you he has the edge in this primetime showdown against the Bills. Check out who he’s facing against the spread at SportsLine.

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McDonald’s is notorious for its broken ice cream machines – there’s even an independent website that monitors broken McFlurry machines. So Wendy’s takes advantage.

Wendy’s is selling small, frozen dairy Frosty desserts for $1 through September 30 – and is partnering with McBroken, which is reporting which McDonald’s locations have broken ice cream machines.

The temporary price reduction could also attract price-conscious customers who don’t eat out as often and spend less, which could lead to a decline in fast food sales and a decline in restaurant dining.

The Wendy’s Frosty “was the go-to choice for sweet treats when fans had cravings while the other guys’ ice cream machines were offline – often for two to three hours at a time,” the chain said in a news release without directly mentioning McDonald’s .

According to McBroken’s data, nearly 15% of McDonald’s ice cream machines were broken as of Thursday. They are most often unavailable between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., with Chicago, Houston, Las Vegas, New York and Los Angeles being the hardest-hit cities.

Wendy’s has added its restaurant locations, represented by its logo, to the McBroken map to show fans where they can get a “reliable and delicious option.” There is also an ad at the top of the website promoting the $1 Frosty special.

McBroken was founded several years ago by Rashiq Zahid, who was also frustrated by the lack of working ice cream machines at McDonald’s. He previously told CNN that it works using data from McDonald’s iOS and Android apps.

If the ice cream machine is offline, the McDonald’s app will remove the ice cream order from the cart, he said. In this case, a red dot will appear on the mcbroken.com map indicating that the location is unavailable.

In response, McDonald’s previously told CNN: “It’s exciting to see customer passion translated into customer-innovated solutions to further make this experience a reality.”

The war between Wendy’s and McDonald’s over cold desserts has heated up in recent years. Wendy’s has added limited-time flavors, from pumpkin spice to peppermint, to boost Frosty’s popularity. McDonald’s also often promotes new flavors for its McFlurry, but recently added a miniature size as customers increasingly look for value.

Many historians have commented on the extent to which Abraham Lincoln centralized federal power during his war against the South. Less often mentioned is the fact that this trend continued during the Reconstruction period from 1865 to 1877. In his essay “Wichita Justice? On denationalization of the courts, Murray Rothbard notes that the Reconstruction era provided a convenient excuse for the expansion of federal powers and the further centralization of political power. A striking example of this was the new laws to combat “racial hatred,” particularly to counter the emergence of white militias such as the Ku Klux Klan.

The Ku Klux Klan Act was passed “to enforce the provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes.” Sometimes referred to as the Civil Rights Act of 1871, the law made it “a federal crime to deny to any group or individual ‘any of the rights, privileges, or immunities, or protections specified in the Constitution.'” To enforce this law, the President could exercise habeas Suspend Corpus, use the US military or “use such other means as he deems necessary.”

Since it was already a violation of the Constitution to deny an individual these rights, the significance of this law was not only that it made a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment a criminal offense – even more significant was the fact that the legislature gave power to the state We call on federal authorities to use the military to combat such violations. Objections that this was unconstitutional went unheeded because, after all, the KKK had to be eradicated. Just as the abolition of slavery provided a belated moral justification for Lincoln’s war, the eradication of the KKK provided a compelling reason for sending the military to enforce Reconstruction in the defeated South.

When government is given such broad powers, it is important to question the motives behind it and to examine more closely the root causes of the problem the government is trying to solve. In his book In the course of human eventsCharles Adams notes a universal truth about the local reaction to any postwar “foreign bureaucracy to rule over the conquered people”: that it breeds resentment among the occupied people. This resentment is not simply racial hatred in the usual sense, although that may be part of it. As Adams explains, history shows: “Once you disenfranchise a ruling population and bring into power a new government made up of hostile aliens of the past, an underground will develop that will destroy the alien rule.”

Paradoxically, the militant white organizations targeted by the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 had arisen in part in response to the crimes of the same federal authorities who were later sent to dismantle them. Adams points out that “Southerners, who had tolerated blacks for centuries, had zero tolerance for those who had joined the federal army and fought and killed Southerners.” In contextualizing the original motivation for the KKK, Adams notes that

The white population in the South saw and feared the advancing Northern occupation forces and bureaucrats determined to destroy the Southern establishment and install a new government with the ex-slaves having the right to vote to make this possible Ex-slaves would gain control of Southern society with the help of Northern carpet traders, which would mean the war’s ultimate permanent defeat. For the white population, this was an intolerable prospect, and one of the main purposes of these underground societies was to prevent this scenario from ever playing out.

Therefore, the motivation for the rise of the KKK was “to restore and preserve white rule in the South and to protect against militant ex-slaves bent on revenge for generations of servitude.” Adams points out that this is in a congressional minority report that “placed the blame for the Klan’s lawlessness on Northern Reconstruction practices, particularly the Union League” – the Union League’s goal was to convince former slaves, sometimes through coercion, to vote for their preferred candidates. In this sense, the problems that arose during Reconstruction were largely caused by federal authorities, which subsequently gave themselves new powers to solve the problems of their own creation.

What was presented as the need to eradicate militant white organizations served as justification for expanding the responsibilities of the federal police. These new powers ultimately transcended the context for which they were created. Rothbard gives the example of a judge sending federal marshals under powers granted by the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 to enforce anti-abortion protests in 1991. Time magazine reported:

Although the law was originally intended to protect freed slaves from intimidation by Southern whites, some federal courts have ruled that it can also be used to protect women seeking abortions from the wrath of abortion advocates.

Rothbard comments on these events:

And what about the old federal “anti-Ku Klux Klan law” from the 1870s that Judge Kelly invoked to send federal marshals? First, this was a Reconstruction era law, a period in which the Constitution was systematically violated and states’ rights were trampled upon. It is an outdated law that should be repealed rather than enacted. And second, the law was ostensibly aimed at preventing the KKK from “crossing state lines” to harass black people—a flimsy pretext for imposing federal jurisdiction.

This example shows that federal powers are inherently vulnerable to abuse and are endlessly expanded to address situations not contemplated when the original powers were delegated. Donald Livingstone argues that by centralizing more power in government to promote liberal values, in this context to enforce ideals that would today be called “anti-racism,” liberals are inadvertently contributing to authoritarianism. He argues that

The liberals themselves are partly responsible for this [20th] century, a fact they have not yet acknowledged. After all, such barbarism could not have occurred without the unprecedented centralization of power in modern, large-scale “unitary” states, first created and legitimized by the liberal tradition in the name of individual freedom.

Livingstone therefore argues that the better approach would be to “endow the periphery with some power to veto the center” rather than centralizing power to enable the government to protect liberal ideals. In the U.S. context, this approach to decentralizing power is found in the doctrine of states’ rights and the right of states to secede.

Seventeen restaurants, hotels and other businesses in and around Wichita were out of compliance during food safety and lodging inspections conducted by the Kansas Department of Agriculture from Sept. 15-21.

They were cited for a number of violations, including ongoing cockroach infestations, flies landing on food and surfaces that touch food, moldy bathtub caulking, water leaks, missing information and equipment, dirty equipment, missing smoke detectors and fire extinguishers, foods that weren’t stored at safe temperatures, an employee who didn’t wash their hands and more, according to inspection reports.

Information about the food establishments and hotels and motels, as well as a summary of their violations, appears below. All of the businesses listed are located in Sedgwick County. The list was compiled Sept. 25.

More than 40 establishments passed their inspections Sept. 15-21. A list of those also appears below. Some may have been non-compliant in previous weeks.

Business owners and managers can contact Eagle reporter Amy Renee Leiker at 316-268-6644 or [email protected] to comment on inspection results that appear in this story. Comments will be added to the online version of this article.

More details about inspections are in The Eagle’s searchable database of non-compliant restaurant and hotel inspections at www.kansas.com/databases.

Out-of-compliance inspections

54 Craft & Co., 549 S. Rock Road in Wichita — One violation on Sept. 16 during a follow-up inspection. Water wasn’t hot enough at a three-compartment sink. Next inspection: Nov. 16.

Andy’s Frozen Custard, 10788 W. 21st St. in Wichita — Three violations on Sept. 17 during a routine inspection. Water wasn’t hot at a bathroom sink, containers of brownies and candies didn’t have lids on them to protect them from contamination including from flies, flies in restaurant were landing on food and surfaces that touch food. Next inspection: Sept. 27.

Andy’s Frozen Custard, 3425 E. Douglas in Wichita — Three violations on Sept. 18 during a routine inspection. Water wasn’t hot at a bathroom sink, flies in the restaurant were landing on food and surfaces that touch food, a fly landed on brownies that weren’t covered. The next inspection date wasn’t provided.

Baymont Inn & Suites by Wyndham Wichita East, 12111 E. Central in Wichita — Sixteen violations on Sept. 17 during a complaint inspection. There was no cleaning or sanitizing solution in the fitness rooms for guests to use, no towels in the fitness room, no ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) outlets by sinks in some rooms, emergency lights didn’t work, carbon monoxide detectors weren’t checked every six months, smoke alarms didn’t work in two rooms, issue with smoke alarm testing logs, broken microwave, freezers in rooms had individual ice trays in them which isn’t allowed, moldy bathtub caulking, bottles of floor and surface cleaners weren’t labeled, the carbon monoxide detectors in the boiler room and the laundry room weren’t working, no carbon monoxide detector testing logs on site, smoke alarms aren’t checked every six months, no single-use gloves in laundry room. Next inspection: Sept. 27.

Chick N Max, 3520 N. Maize Road, Suite 200 in Wichita — Four violations on Sept. 18 during a routine inspection. Several foods including cheeses and chicken weren’t cold enough in a refrigerated preparation table, leaky carbonator below soda dispenser, hand-washing sink was blocked by a drink cooler and a bucket, equipment including lids and spatulas were still dirty even though they were in clean storage. Next inspection: Sept. 28.

Delux Inn, 8401 W. Kellogg Drive in Wichita — Nine violations on Sept. 17 during a complaint inspection. No records showing carbon monoxide detectors are checked every six months, bottle of air freshener wasn’t labeled, no single-use gloves in laundry room, leaky sink in laundry room, no fire extinguishers on the outside of the motel, no records showing smoke detectors are checked every six months, no emergency management plan available to employees, no smoke detectors in some rooms, battery is missing in a smoke detector. Next inspection: Sept. 27.

Economy Hotel Plus Wichita, 5805 W. Kellogg Drive in Wichita — Three violations on Sept. 17 during a follow-up inspection. Leaky pipe in laundry room ceiling and standing water in the basement, water was coming from under the door for the electrical and sprinkler room, standing water in the hallway, trash and dirt on carpets throughout the building. Next inspection: Nov. 17.

Fat Ernie’s Family Dining, 2806 S. Hydraulic in Wichita — Five violations on Sept. 18 during an inspection that was a follow-up to an administrative order. A pitcher was blocking hand-washing sink, cockroaches in cabinets and in dining room, cockroaches in kitchen, flies, large gap above screen door in kitchen, several dead insects in building including bugs next to bakery supplies and in clean containers, dead cockroaches, containers and pans soiled with sticker residue were in clean storage. Next inspection: Nov. 18.

Fish and More, 2021 S. Oliver in Wichita — Four violations on Sept. 17 during a routine inspection. Cooked food wasn’t held at a safe temperature, no probe food thermometer, catfish nuggets and catfish steaks weren’t kept hot enough, there isn’t a hand-washing sink in a shed where the restaurant prepares yams and cornbread. Next inspection: Sept. 27.

Jacky Chan Sushi, 7820 E. Harry in Wichita — Six violations on Sept. 19 during a routine inspection. Cooked rice left at room temperature, cabbage and cooked pork weren’t held at safe temperatures, no paper towels at bathroom sink, tuna was thawing in intact vacuum packaging, missing information related to cooking and storage procedures for cooked sushi rice, no soap at sink, sushi rice wasn’t labeled with the time it was made. Next inspection: Sept. 29.

Magnolia Cafe, 2424 N. Woodlawn, Suite 111 in Wichita — Nine violations on Sept. 19 during a routine inspection. Several containers of food including chicken salad and sausage gravy weren’t labeled with the correct preparation dates, sticker residue on pans in clean storage, sanitizer stored above uncovered containers of sugar and flour, pan of raw salmon was stored above pan of cooked sausages, bottle of degreaser wasn’t labeled, restaurant doesn’t have a disclosure on menu warning customers of the risks of eating undercooked or raw meats and seafood, cooked sausage wasn’t kept hot enough, the date wasn’t recorded on seafood shell stock tags, shell stock tags weren’t kept in chronological order. Next inspection: Oct. 19.

McDonald’s, 3430 S. Hydraulic in Wichita — One violation on Sept. 17 during a complaint inspection. Flies throughout restaurant. Next inspection: Sept. 27.

O.J. Watson Park Concession Stand, 2901 S. Old Lawrence in Wichita — One violation on Sept. 15 during a routine inspection. No test strips to measure the strength of chlorine sanitizer. Next inspection: Sept. 25.

Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom, 7626 E. Kellogg Drive in Wichita — Five violations on Sept. 17 during a complaint inspection. Gap in back door, flies throughout restaurant, restaurant had cans of insecticide that are rated for use in homes only, several foods including yogurt and meatballs weren’t kept cold enough in refrigeration, sticker residue on plastic containers in clean storage. Next inspection: Sept. 27.

Tom’s Lotus Garden, 822 S. Broadway in Wichita — Three violations on Sept. 19 during an inspection that was a follow-up to an administrative order. A gap around a screen door could let pests in the building, cockroaches in cooler and other areas including in kitchen and by ice machine, dead bugs and grease throughout the kitchen. The next inspection date wasn’t provided on the inspection report.

U Hungry Truck (mobile vendor/food truck), 4701 N. Glendale in Bel Aire — Four violations on Sept. 20 during an inspection that was a follow-up to an administrative order. Flies, lettuce and cheese weren’t cold enough in refrigeration, fly landed on serving spoon, employee didn’t sanitize spoon after washing it. Next inspection: Nov. 20.

Ziggy’s Pizza, 13605 W. Maple, Suite 111 in Wichita — Six violations on Sept. 16 during a routine inspection. No test strips to measure concentration of sanitizer, dirty can opener, no probe food thermometer, hard-boiled eggs weren’t labeled with their preparation dates, employee didn’t wash hands between handling dirty and clean dishes, pans of cooked chicken wings weren’t covered in the walk-in cooler. The business was in compliance during a follow-up inspection conducted the same day.

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How do businesses fail inspections?

Businesses fall out of compliance when they have too many violations, issues that can cause a foodborne illness, when a problem can’t be fixed right away, such as bug and rodent infestations, and more. But most violations are minor and are corrected while an inspection is taking place.

Typically, establishments are reinspected within 10 days to ensure they are following the rules.

It’s rare for a business to shut down over a failed inspection. But it can happen. Usually, closures are temporary, voluntary and due to major problems, such as sewage backups, pest infestations, and water or power outages.

The lists in this story include only businesses from Sedgwick County. But you can search food and lodging inspection results anywhere in Kansas at https://foodsafety.kda.ks.gov/FoodSafety/Web/Inspection/PublicInspectionSearch.aspx.

Complaint? Here’s how to submit it

If you see problems at a food or lodging establishment, you can file a complaint.

To notify the state about unsavory or questionable conditions anywhere that serves or sells food to the public, email [email protected] or call 785-564-6767. You can also file a complaint at www.foodsafetykansas.org.

To report an illness you think was caused by a restaurant, food or event where food is served, contact the Kansas Department of Health and Environment at 877-427-7317 or www.foodsafetykansas.org.

Complaints about conditions at hotels and motels can be submitted at www.agriculture.ks.gov/public-resources/comments-complaints/lodging-complaint.

For more information about foodborne illnesses, visit www.foodsafety.gov.

These businesses passed inspections

• Allen Elementary School, 1881 S. Elpyco in Wichita

• Artichoke Sandwichbar (mobile vendor/food truck), 811 N. Broadway in Wichita

• Breezy’s Snow Shack, 716 E. Dover Drive in Valley Center

• Calvin’s Hamburger Haven, 2417 S. Seneca, Suite 100 in Wichita

• Chisholm Trail Elementary School, 6015 Independence in Park City

• Clearwater Elementary School West, 100 S. Prospect in Clearwater

• Clearwater High School, 1201 E. Ross in Clearwater

• Culver’s, 3220 N. Maize Road in Wichita

• Dollar General, 3445 N. Womer in Wichita

• DZ Ice Cream & Frozen Treats (mobile vendor/food truck), 142 S. Meridian in Valley Center

• Friends University – Retail, 2100 W. University in Wichita

• Grace Market, 1030 S. Oliver in Wichita

• Haysville Middle School, 900 W. Grand in Haysville

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Wichita Northeast, 2340 N. Greenwich in Wichita

• Hong Kong Express, 7900 E. Harry in Wichita

• Lady Burritos, 204 W. Greenway in Derby

• Leeker’s Deli on the Go (mobile vendor/food truck), 6223 N. Broadway in Park City

• Lee’s Chinese Restaurant, 6215 W. Kellogg Drive in Wichita

• Maize Middle School, 4600 N. Maize Road in Maize

• Natural of Course, 8000 W. Central, Suite 100 in Wichita

• Ossman Concessions (mobile vendor/food truck), 1221 N. Curtis in Wichita

• Panda Express, 2760 N. Maize Road in Wichita

• Paradise Donuts, 612 E. Douglas in Wichita

• Pink Elephant Games and Cafe, 2431 W. Pawnee in Wichita

• Rex Elementary School, 1100 W. Grand in Haysville

• Riverside Cafe, 9125 W. Central in Wichita

• Round1 Bowling & Arcade inside Towne East Square, 7700 E. Kellogg Drive, Suite G03J in Wichita

• Scooter’s Coffee, 3123 N. Rock Road in Wichita

• Scooter’s Coffee, 13335 W. Maple in Wichita

• SnackShack and Us (mobile vendor/food truck), 9923 W. Binter Lane in Wichita

• Sonic Drive-In, 1024 E. Louis Blvd. in Mulvane

• St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School, 645 N. 119th St. West in Wichita

• Super 8 by Wyndham Wichita North, 3741 N. Rock Road in Wichita

• Supermercado Del Pueblo, 2128 N. Broadway in Wichita

• Taco Bell, 6515 E. 37th St. North in Wichita

• Taco Shop, 1652 S. Webb in Wichita

• Tacos Uruapan (mobile vendor/food truck), 1021 S. Topeka in Wichita

• Tanganyika Wildlife Park, 1037 S. 183rd St. West in Goddard

• Tiendita La Pelota, 2819 S. Fees in Wichita

• Viola Groceries, 26320 W. K-42 Highway in Viola

• Wadadli Island Cuisine (mobile vendor/food truck), 228 S. Ceymarie Circle in Wichita

• Walmart Supercenter, 501 E. Pawnee in Wichita

• Whiskey Dicks, 801 S. Seneca in Wichita

• Wichita Heights High School, 5301 N. Hillside in Wichita

• Ziggy’s Pizza, 13605 W. Maple, Suite 111 in Wichita

Note: Sometimes addresses listed — especially for mobile vendors and food trucks — are not where food is actually served to the public. Contact those establishments directly for specific service locations.

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The James Bond film series has been on the big screen for so long that thousands of names must have appeared alongside the legendary spy by now.

Since 1962, 007 has been known as “Dr. No” has appeared in no less than 25 films (plus two spin-offs) and has met countless allies and villains along the way.

Daniel Craig, Pierce Brosnan, Sir Sean Connery, Sir Roger Moore, George Lazenby and Timothy Dalton have all played Bond over the last 62 years.

But what about the cast around her? So many famous faces appeared in front of the camera during the Bond series that some of them have been forgotten.

The list of names includes one of the best-selling pop stars of all time, at least two Game of Thrones cast members and a star from one of Netflix’s biggest series.

Research from Betway has revealed that the top eight stars you’ve probably forgotten played major roles in one of the biggest film franchises of all time.

Madonna

Topping the list is legendary pop sensation Madonna, who briefly appeared alongside Pierce Brosnan as fencing instructor Verity in the 2002 film Die Another Day.

Not only did she sing the Bond theme song for the film, which reached number three in the British charts, but she was also one of the leading actresses.

Verity is introduced when James Bond is taking fencing lessons in London – training her protégé Miranda Frost, played by Rosamund Pike.

Her appearance was so brief that Betway discovered that Madonna was the biggest name from the Bond franchise that people had forgotten over the years.

Die Another Day, released to mark the franchise’s 40th anniversary, proved to be the last Bond film to star Pierce Brosnan; In 2005, Daniel Craig took on the lead role.

The film received mixed reviews – 56% on Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 6.1 out of 10 – but remains a favorite of Bond fans.

Charles Dance

Long before he played Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones, Charles Dance made his feature film debut playing Claus in the 1981 Bond film For Your Eyes Only.

In For Your Eyes Only, starring Roger Moore as 007, Bond fights against the Soviet Union to locate and secure a high-tech British Secret Service device lost at sea.

Claus is introduced as the henchman of the film’s main villain, Aristotle Kristatos (Julian Glover), when Bond is forced to escape on skis while Claus pursues him.

Throughout the rest of the film, Claus pursues Bond and attempts to fight him in other environments, but is ultimately killed before he can complete his mission.

For Your Eyes Only currently holds a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 69% and an average critic rating of 5.4 out of 10 – indicating more mixed reviews for the film.

However, the film was a huge success at the box office and grossed the equivalent of just over £500 million in 2024. And yet Charles Dance has slipped under the radar!

David Harbour

Before becoming James Hopper, police chief in Hawkins, Indiana, David Harbor was Gregg Beam in the 2008 Bond film Quantum of Solace.

Gregg was the head of the CIA’s South American division, but was secretly corrupt and turned out to be an ally of the main antagonist Dominic Greene (Mathieu Almaric).

In Quantum of Solace, Gregg is the boss of Bond’s close ally and friend Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright).

Eventually, after the death of Dominic Greene, Gregg’s ties to the Quantum businessman are exposed and Felix replaces him as department head.

Similar to Die Another Day and For Your Eyes Only, Quantum of Solace was released to mixed reviews, earning a 64% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

However, among Bond fans, the film is considered a long-awaited revenge-based sequel to 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

Minnie Driver

British-American actress Minnie Driver was just making her first steps into the film industry when she was cast in the 1995 Bond film GoldenEye.

GoldenEye was the first Bond film to star Pierce Brosnan as 007, in which he tried to stop a rogue MI6 agent (Sean Bean) from using satellite weapons against London.

Minnie plays Irina, the lover of crime boss Valentin Zukovsky (Robbie Coltrane) – she works as a singer in one of Zukovsky’s clubs, where Bond meets her.

However, her singing isn’t quite up to standard (“Who’s strangling the cat?”), and she was last seen leaving the stage shortly after Zukovsky ordered her, “Take a hike!”

“GoldenEye” did much better with critics than any other film we’ve covered before, earning an 80% “Fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average score of 6.8 out of 10.

The film also did well at the box office, grossing the equivalent of £550 million worldwide in 2024, making it the most successful Bond film since the 1970s.

Hugh Bonneville

Did you know that Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham, starred alongside Pierce Brosnan’s James Bond in 1997’s Tomorrow Never Dies?

Well, now do it! Hugh Bonneville was cast as an unnamed supporting character, known only as an Air Warfare Officer, just three years into his film career.

Hugh’s character, serving on the HMS Bedford, is attacked by the Chinese Navy at the end of the film and is last seen as part of the search party looking for Bond and Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh).

Despite the positive reviews GoldenEye received, Tomorrow Never Dies was considered another mixed outing, with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 57% and an average rating of 6.1 out of 10.

However, the film did well at the box office, and the eventual box office revenue only just matched the huge success of “GoldenEye” two years earlier.

Sammy Davis Jr

We could forgive you for not knowing, considering Sammy Davis Jr.’s cameo in Diamonds Are Forever was cut from the final cut of the film.

The 1971 film, which featured Dame Shirley Bassey’s classic theme song of the same name, is the last to star Sean Connery, who was convinced to return after exiting the franchise in the 1960s.

Davis Jr., once considered “the greatest living entertainer in the world,” arrived on the Bond set having previously been nominated for an Emmy and a Grammy in the 1960s.

He appeared at a roulette table in the early versions of Diamonds Are Forever, but did not appear in the final film – his scene can be viewed in the DVD extras menu.

“Diamonds Are Forever” marks the fifth time that Bond villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld has appeared – the last time until the 2015 film “Spectre” brought him back.

Tobias Menzies

Game of Thrones and Catastrophe star Tobias Menzies makes his first appearance in the James Bond series as Ms (Judi Dench) assistant Villiers in the 2006 film Casino Royale.

In the film, M is alerted by Villiers to Bond’s secret mission to track down the criminal mastermind Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), who is the main antagonist of the story.

Villiers is last seen when he comes across a corpse – that of Solange Dimitrios – and immediately leaves the room with his hand over his mouth.

Casino Royale marked a significant rebranding of the Bond franchise and is still considered one of the greatest James Bond films of all time, with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 94% and an average rating of 7.8 out of 10.

Joanna Lumley

The absolutely fabulous actress Joanna Lumley is a star on both the big and small screens, but did you know she had a supporting role in one of the earliest James Bond films?

In 1969, she appeared as The English Girl, one of Blofeld’s Angels of Death and the only Angel of Death without allergies (if you know, you know).

After her appearance in the film, Joanna returned to the Bond franchise and recorded abridged versions of the Bond books Casino Royale, Live and Let Die and Diamonds Are Forever.

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service has a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 81% with an average score of 5.7 out of 10, but has a good reputation among Bond fans.

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And just like that, Congress is out of session again and the elections are less than 40 days away.

Sorry for the Carrie Bradshaw-ism, but the government is now funded until December and all you have to do is see who wins. There will likely be a number of legislative efforts in the lame-duck session, but the Nevada delegation scored a major, bipartisan victory this week with the passage of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Reauthorization Act. Since this is a Nevada-related topic, let’s get straight to the Nevada Angle.

Let’s get into it.

The Nevada Angle

A bill that would keep federal funds flowing to Lake Tahoe for another decade is now awaiting the president’s signature after successfully passing both chambers.

The Lake Tahoe Restoration Reauthorization Act, introduced in March 2023 by Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and co-sponsored by Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Senators from California, is the third iteration of the original Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2000.

This bill, sponsored by the late Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Harry Reid (D-NV), established a $300 million fund for restoration projects around the lake, including removal of invasive species, new hiking trails, and conservation efforts Resilience to forest fires. Crucially, as approved programs, these projects do not have to go through the annual appropriations process and are not subject to the whims of partisan scrutiny or budget priorities. The funding is already in place – approval simply allows these funds to be used further.

In 2016, under the leadership of then-Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV), a reauthorization passed and appropriated $415 million. This reauthorization was scheduled to expire on September 30th.

The 2024 reauthorization does not include any new money — there is nearly $300 million left in the fund — but does extend the time for spending by another 10 years.

The bill was passed unanimously by the Senate in July and by a voice vote in the House on Tuesday.

“I am proud of our bipartisan work in providing funding for vital programs that keep the lake clean, support local jobs and support our tourism economy,” Cortez Masto said in a statement. “It is an honor to lead Team Tahoe and fight for the resources the basin needs to thrive.”

In the House of Representatives, the bill was supported by all four Nevada residents and Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA), who represents the California side of the lake. Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV), who led the effort in the House, said the coalition intentionally used the already-passed Senate version of the bill to avoid any administrative delays.

“We passed the Senate bill so you don’t have to go back and forth,” he said.

Tahoe advocacy has always been a bipartisan effort. The annual Lake Tahoe Summit, a tradition that began in 1997, traditionally includes speeches from lawmakers from both parties and both states.

Tahoe advocates testified on behalf of the bill before a House subcommittee in early September. They noted that federal funding is a critical component of the conservation program, which has implemented more than 830 projects since its founding in 1997.

“In the midst of election season, the entire country can celebrate the successful bipartisan effort to pass the Lake Tahoe Restoration Reauthorization Act,” League to Save Lake Tahoe CEO Darcie Goodman Collins said in a statement. “In every conversation we have with lawmakers, all we hear is a commitment to protecting this national treasure.”

Around the Capitol

🇺🇦From Las Vegas to Kyiv – Cortez Masto led all five Democrats in the Nevada delegation in a letter calling on the Biden administration to ease restrictions on Ukraine’s use of U.S.-made weapons.

President Volodymyr Zelensky asked President Joe Biden this week for the ability to use U.S.-made long-range missiles to attack targets deep inside Russia – a request that has divided Ukraine’s allies. Several members of Congress and government officials, including now Nevadans, have called on Biden to concede in the hope that it will end the war more quickly.

⚡The geothermal energy bill sponsored by Lee passes the House of Representatives — A bill to accelerate geothermal energy development co-sponsored by Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV) passed by voice vote in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. The bill creates a categorical exclusion from the environmental review process for permitting geothermal wells in areas where drilling has already been conducted or permitted within the last five years.

💰$$$ to ABTC — American Battery Technology Company (ABTC), a Reno company that manufactures and recycles lithium-ion batteries, will receive $150 million from the Department of Energy as part of the Biden administration’s efforts to advance the domestic lithium battery supply chain. ABTC has been the beneficiary of several federal grants and programs, including taking advantage of $60 million in tax credits from the Clean Energy Act signed by Democrats to build its battery recycling facilities. This grant will be used to build a second battery recycling facility.

What I read

The Washington Post: Harris is pushing to regain Latino support lost under Biden

The Biden 2020 number she’s tracking in Nevada: +26.

The Nevada Independent: Horsford wants to reprimand the Louisiana Republican for racist posts

This week it was heated on the floor of the house.

NPR: Q&A: Nevada Senator Cortez Masto on working with Vice President Harris as Attorney General

On a possible Cabinet position in a Harris administration: “I am a third-generation Nevadan, and my goal is to stay there and continue to represent the people of my state.”

Remarkable and quotable

“If you can connect with everyone there as a swing state, you’re well on your way to making that connection across the country.”

– Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), to NPR, explains why it’s so important to make sure a candidate plays in Nevada

Vote of the week

H.R. 9747 — For enactment: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025

The government will be temporarily funded – and supported by all Nevadans.

AMODI: Yes

HORSFORD: Yes

LEE: Yes

TITUS: Yes

The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents voted unanimously Friday to fire a communications professor who wanted to keep his job after he was fired as chancellor of one of the system’s campuses for producing pornographic films.

Joe Gow, who served as UW-La Crosse’s chancellor for nearly 17 years, argued last week that he should retain a teaching position on campus. But the university’s lawyers argued that he behaved unethically, violated the terms of his employment contract, damaged the university’s reputation and compromised its mission.

The regents met in closed session Friday morning before publicly voting to fire Gow. There was no public discussion before the board vote.

Gow said he is considering filing a lawsuit to keep his teaching job. He did not immediately respond to a message Friday morning.

Gow has been on paid leave from his faculty position since the regents fired him as chancellor in 2023, shortly after university leadership became aware of the videos posted on pornographic websites.

The case has drawn national attention both for the salaciousness of a high-ranking university official making and speaking publicly about pornographic films and for the questions it raises about free speech rights.

Gow argued that his videos and two e-books that he and his wife Carmen published about their experiences in adult films were protected by the First Amendment. The university’s attorney argued that Gow’s videos themselves were legal, but that they were not protected by his employment contract.

Zach Greenberg, an attorney with the free speech advocacy group Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, called the regents’ decision “a major blow to academic freedom and the right to free expression.”

“FIRE has said time and time again: Public universities cannot sacrifice the First Amendment to protect their reputations,” Greenberg said. “We are disappointed that the UW has caved to donors and politicians by alienating a tenured professor.”

Republican lawmakers already view Wisconsin’s university system as a liberal incubator. Last year they forced the company to scale back its diversity initiatives. System President Jay Rothman has tried to avoid further angering conservatives as he seeks approval for an $855 million increase in the next state budget.

Gow’s hope of teaching in the classroom again was rejected by his department head, Linda Dickmeyer. She said that because Gow had not taught in 20 years, he would be assigned general education courses, but she declined to allow him to return to teaching in any capacity.

Gow was criticized in 2018 for inviting porn actress Nina Hartley to speak on campus. She received $5,000 from tuition fees for her performance. The university said he came up with the idea of ​​bringing her to campus after filming a pornographic video with her.

Gow and his wife’s e-books were written under the pseudonyms “Monogamy with Benefits: How Porn Enhances Our Relationships” and “Married with Benefits – Our Real Adventures in the Adult Industry.” But they also star in a YouTube channel called “Sexy Healthy Cooking,” in which the couple cooks meals with porn actors.

Harris is out with a new ad in which she blasts Trump for his “broken promises” to auto workers outside his town hall in Warren, Michigan, and suggests she would try to scrap one of his key trade deals.

The digital ad presents a clip of Trump promising at a rally in 2016 that if elected, “he will not lose any plants, there will be new plants coming to this country and there will be jobs again,” the closure of a Stellantis compared to a factory in this city two years later. (Stellantis owns the Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge brands.)

In a statement overnight, Harris criticized the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the trade agreement that Trump renegotiated to replace the Clinton-era North American Free Trade Agreement.

“Once again, he’s repeating the same playbook, telling the same old lies about how he’s going to fight for working people, including those in Michigan,” Harris said of the former president. “But it was Trump’s trade deal that made it far too easy for a major auto company like Stellantis to go back on its word to workers by outsourcing American jobs. As one of only ten senators to vote against USMCA, I knew it was not enough to protect our country and its workers.

“Many who voted for this deal conditioned their support on a review process that I will use as president,” Harris said. The agreement is scheduled to be reviewed in 2026, at which point the parties can decide whether to extend it or not.

Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers, who endorsed Harris, told reporters Friday that her statement was “spot on.”

“It is criminal that Donald Trump shows up in places like Flint, Michigan and Warren, Michigan, or anywhere else in this country, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, and wants to tell workers how much he cares about them and that he has their back says Fain. “He doesn’t care about working-class people, especially auto workers.”

ABC News’ Fritz Farrow

As news of Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ arrest in New York City last week continues to grab headlines, some of Hollywood’s elite are gaining unwanted attention and scrutiny due to their recent and past ties to the music mogul despite not being implicated in Diddy’s criminal case.

Diddy was arrested and charged with racketeering conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and transportation to engage in prostitution. He faces a minimum of 15 years behind bars and a maximum sentence of life in prison if found guilty.

While some stars have spoken out, others — those who have been known to have close ties with Diddy — have remained quiet. Despite the immediate speculation surrounding their silence, not addressing the noise is actually “the best option,” according to Doug Eldridge, founder of Achilles PR.

“In high-profile situations like this, an informational vacuum creates an opportunity for that void to be filled with misinformation, driven by inaccurate assumptions, often based on speculation and lack of concrete evidence,” Elrdige told Fox News Digital. 

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​”For those in Diddy’s circle — no matter how tangentially they might have been affiliated — it’s​ guilt by association; at least in the court of public opinion. Innocent or guilty are objective outcomes; fair is a subjective sentiment that doesn’t really exist anymore.

Diddy has ties to many Hollywood elite, none of whom have been implicated in his criminal case.  (Getty images)

“A fire requires oxygen to survive; in this case, celebrities need to think twice about whether they want to blow on this flame and make it grow brighter,” Eldridge continued. “Right now, there is a dual consideration for celebrities who are being associated with Diddy — whether rightly or wrongly. The first is their legal liability and vulnerability; anything they put out in the public sphere will be admissible and relevant.

“The second goes more toward the court of public opinion; if there is no basis or validity to the speculation, then making a statement or addressing it publicly only serves to draw undue attention and possibly give unintended credence or legitimacy to otherwise baseless speculation,” he continued. “In other words, silence is sometimes the best option, especially in our current ‘fire hose’ media environment. While the Diddy storyline isn’t going away anytime soon, the individual speculation ebbs and flows.”

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Though these stars are not implicated in Combs’ criminal case, Eldridge said “social media prosecutors” are quickly “passing judgment,” which, in turn, is creating negative buzz surrounding their brand, career and personal lives. 

“It’s important to remember that Combs, like every American, enjoys a presumption of innocence, irrespective of the national sentiment or the severity of the allegations,” he said. “This case is still several months from being tried in a court of law. But, in the meantime, ‘social media prosecutors’ are taking the breadcrumbs and speculation and passing judgment in the proverbial court of public opinion.

“That’s less a statement about Diddy’s guilt, innocence or involvement, and more a fact about human nature — especially in the age of the internet and social media,” he added. “It’s a different world, and defendants now have to fight a battle (and present their case) on two fronts.”

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Here’s a look at stars who have yet to speak out who have gained unwanted scrutiny due to their past ties to Diddy. 

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis

Ashton Kutcher and wife Mila Kunis have recently been at the center of split rumors, which allegedly stemmed from Kutcher’s past ties to Diddy. (Kutcher and Kunis are not implicated in Combs’ criminal case.) (Getty Images)

Kutcher and Combs, who first met while hosting various TV shows on MTV, have had a yearslong friendship.

The “That ‘70s Show” actor first bonded with Combs over their shared love of pranking people. During an appearance on “Hot Ones” in 2019, Kutcher was overwhelmed with his memories and couldn’t pick one Diddy “party story” to share.

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“Wow, I’ve got a lot I can’t tell. I can’t tell that one either,” Kutcher said. “Actually cycling through them. … Our relationship is really bizarre because it started over ‘Punk’d’ cause he’s like, ‘Yo, you can’t punk me.’ I was like, ‘I don’t know what to tell you, everybody’s on the table,'” he said. 

Diddy apparently said, “Not me, I’m off the table.”

Recently, Kutcher and Kunis, who have been involved in sex advocacy through their work with Thorn, an organization that fights child sex trafficking and human trafficking, have been at the center of split rumors allegedly stemming from the actor’s past ties to Diddy. 

Kutcher attended Diddy’s infamous “white parties.” (Jason Merritt/Getty Images/Getty Images for Blueflame)

“This is absolutely ridiculous and false,” a source told People magazine of the speculation circulating online. 

“Ashton has no involvement in any of this,” another source told the outlet. “He doesn’t belong in this conversation about Diddy. Ashton has only seen Diddy in a handful of social and business events, all of which have been documented by the media.”

Kutcher and Kunis also caught heat earlier this year after writing letters of support on behalf of Danny Masterson during his sexual assault trial, for which they issued a public apology. 

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“We are aware of the pain that has been caused by the character letters that we wrote on behalf of Danny Masterson,” Kutcher said in a video posted online. 

“We support victims. We have done this historically through our work and will continue to do so in the future,” Kunis added.

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis issued an apology after their letters in support of Danny Masterson were released. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

“A couple of months ago, Danny’s family reached out to us and they asked us to write character letters to represent the person that we knew for 25 years so that the judge could take that into full consideration relative to the sentencing,” Kutcher said.

“The letters were not written to question the legitimacy of the judicial system, or the validity of the jury’s ruling,” Kunis said.

“They were intended for the judge to read and not to undermine the testimony of the victims or re-traumatize them in any way,” Kutcher added. “We would never want to do that, and we’re sorry if that has taken place.”

Representatives for Kutcher and Kunis did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. 

Usher

Diddy and Usher first met in 1994. (Usher is not implicated in Combs’ criminal case.) (Getty Images)

Usher and Diddy first met in 1994, after music executive LA Reid, who initially signed a 15-year-old Usher to his record label, sent him to live with Diddy, who was about nine years older.

During an interview with Rolling Stone in 2004, Usher said Diddy “introduced me to a totally different set of s—, sex, specifically. … There was always girls around. You’d open a door and see somebody doing it, or several people in a room having an orgy.” 

During an interview with Howard Stern in 2016, Usher admitted there were “very curious things taking place” that he didn’t “understand.”

“It was curious. I got a chance to see some things,” Usher said. “I went there to see the lifestyle, and I saw it. And it was. … But I don’t know if I could indulge and understand what I was even looking at. It was pretty wild. It was crazy.”

Usher worked with Sean Combs (pictured in 2002) in the beginning of his career. (Kevin Mazur)

While Usher and Diddy have been spotted embracing each other at various public events throughout the years, the “U Got It Bad” crooner has remained tight-lipped when it comes to his relationship with Diddy these days. 

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Days after Diddy’s arrest, the entirety of the “Confessions” singer’s social media history disappeared from X. 

“Account got hacked and damn y’all ran with it!” he wrote that day. “See you tonight at Intuit Dome.” He was referring to the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, the latest stop on his Past, Present, Future Tour.

A representative for Usher did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. 

Justin Bieber

Diddy first met Bieber when the “Lonely” singer first started his career. (Bieber is not implicated in Combs’ criminal case.) (Getty Images)

Diddy’s relationship with Justin Bieber dates to when the “What Do You Mean” singer first kick-started his career at a young age. 

In a resurfaced 2009 video from Bieber’s YouTube channel, “Bieber’s 48 Hours with Diddy,” Diddy tells the camera, “Where we’re hanging out and what we’re doing, we can’t really disclose, but it’s definitely a 15-year-old’s dream.”

In another video one year later, Diddy told the young star, “You starting to act different, huh? You ain’t been calling me and hanging out how we used to hang out.”

During his late teens and early 20s, Bieber was often spotted with Diddy at various parties. 

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In 2019, the “Lonely” singer opened up about childhood fame and the difficulties he endured, including addiction and mental health struggles. 

“I started doing pretty heavy drugs at 19 and abused all my relationships,” he wrote on social media at the time. “I became resentful, disrespectful to women … hiding behind a shell of a person that I had become.

Diddy and Bieber have been spotted attending multiple parties together throughout the years.  (Getty images)

“Have you noticed the statistics of child stars and the outcome of their life?” he added, explaining the pressure on a developing child and having everything handed to him.

“So, by this point, I was 18 with no skills in the real world, with millions of dollars and access to whatever I wanted,” Bieber said. “This is a very scary concept for anyone. I felt like I could never turn it around. It’s taken me years to bounce back from all these terrible decisions, fix broken relationships and change relationship habits.

“Luckily, God blessed me with extraordinary people who love me for me,” Beiber said, adding that the “best season” of his life, marriage, is teaching him “patience, trust, commitment, kindness, humility and all of the things it looks like to be a good man.”

A representative for Bieber did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. 

Jay-Z and Beyoncé

Diddy, Jay-Z and Beyoncé have all supported each other throughout the years. (Jay-Z and Beyoncé are not implicated in Combs’ criminal case.) (Getty Images)

Diddy, Jay-Z and Beyoncé all rose to fame in the ’90s with their respective careers. 

They’ve often supported each other throughout the years and have been spotted at various parties together. 

In 1997, Jay-Z and Diddy collaborated on a track, which was featured on Combs’ debut studio album, “No Way Out.”

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During a 2015 appearance on “Sway in the Morning,” Combs discussed his future plans to go into business with Jay-Z. 

“Me and Jay — we’ve talked about it. We said we want to pick the best one,” he said, via Vibe. “It’s going to have to be that one thing that gets it all the way popping. I think that’s the only way we’ll be able to get true economic power. If we do more things together. That’s the next level for Hip Hop.”

Representatives for Jay-Z and Beyoncé did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. 

Jennifer Lopez

Lopez and Diddy dated from 1999 to 2001. (Lopez is not implicated in Combs’ criminal case.) (Getty Images)

Combs dated Jennifer Lopez from 1999 to 2001 during one of his breaks from Kim Porter but called it quits due to his alleged infidelity.

In 2003, Lopez spoke about the breakup to Vibe, telling the outlet, “It was the first time I was with someone who wasn’t faithful. I was in this relationship with Puff [Combs] where I was totally crying, crazy and going nuts. It really took my whole life in a tailspin.

“I never caught him, but I just knew. He’d say he was going to a club for a couple of hours and then never come back that night.”

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Lopez, along with Diddy and former rapper Shyne, was present during a 1999 club shooting that wounded three people. 

Lopez, Combs and his bodyguard, Anthony “Wolf” Jones, fled in his Lincoln and were later pulled over by the NYPD for running a red light.

A gun was found in the vehicle, and Lopez and Diddy were arrested. Lopez was let go, but Diddy, Jones and Shyne were each charged with multiple offenses. Diddy and Jones were both found not guilty at trial, while Shyne was convicted on five of eight counts and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

The former couple reunited in 2018.  (Getty Images)

Lopez and Diddy reunited at the after-party of her Las Vegas residency in 2018. 

A representative for Lopez did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. 

The music mogul was charged with racketeering conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and transportation to engage in prostitution. He faces a minimum of 15 years behind bars and a maximum sentence of life in prison if found guilty.

Combs appeared in Manhattan federal court, where he pleaded not guilty. Not only was Combs denied the proposed $50 million bail, he was sent to jail immediately after the hearing.

He has been placed on routine suicide watch as he awaits trial in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, a source previously told Fox News Digital.

Sean “Diddy” Combs was indicted on racketeering and sex trafficking charges. (Shayan Asgharnia)

The source added that “this is common practice for high-profile individuals as they are admitted to a federal facility and not indicative of his mental state.”

Prior to the U.S. Attorney’s press conference last week, Combs’ attorney said they plan to fight for the rapper to be released.

“His spirits are good. He’s confident,” Combs’ attorney, Marc Agnifilo, said outside the courthouse Sept. 17. “He is dealing with this head-on, the way he’s dealt with every challenge in his life. And he’s not guilty. He’s innocent of these charges. He’s going to plead not guilty, obviously. He’s going to fight this with all of his energy and all of his might and the full confidence of his lawyers. And I expect a long battle with a good result for Mr. Combs.

“I’m going to fight like hell to get him released, and he should be released,” Agnifilo added. “With all that he’s done and coming here voluntarily.”