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.”

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) – The East Texas chapter of the American Red Cross had the grand opening of its renovated facility on Friday.

“We got new windows, new doors, new floors, new ceilings. “Pretty much everything you see here is brand new,” says Karen Holt, executive director of the American Red Cross East Texas Chapter. “Thanks to our wonderful team, our facilities team, we’ve managed in really record-breaking time to ensure that, as you know, we can continue to provide services to our community, so we’re just delighted to be open again and doing so to continue to serve the community.”

They also celebrated the 107th anniversary of the American Red Cross in Smith County and throughout East Texas since World War I.

They provide life-saving blood products to the community and offer CPR and first aid training. Additionally, they are responding to disaster relief efforts and are currently undertaking efforts to transport disaster responders and supplies to assist those affected by Hurricane Helene.

“There are currently over 400 Red Cross volunteers on site and hundreds more on the way,” says Holt. “We’re supporting 10,000 people in multiple shelters, hundreds of shelters there, and we’re going to be here for the long haul. We know this is Florida, we know this is Georgia, but we are on the ground supporting this effort.”

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When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) chips, Nvidia is rightly the focus. Its data center graphics processing units (GPUs) are the best in the industry for developing AI models and helped the company gain a whopping $2.6 trillion to its market capitalization since the beginning of 2023.

But the AI ​​landscape is growing rapidly and other semiconductor companies are also seeing significant demand for their hardware. Micron technology (MU -2.17%) is a leading provider of memory and storage chips, which are critical for the development of AI in the data center, but also for processing AI workloads in computers and smartphones.

Micron just released its latest financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024 (ended August 29), and saw incredible growth across the company thanks to AI-driven demand. The stock is currently trading 21% below its all-time high (set earlier this year). Now could be a good time to buy for the following reasons.

AI has increasing storage capacity

Memory chips complement the data center GPUs provided by Nvidia. They store information in an operational state so it can be accessed immediately, which is essential for data-intensive AI workloads. AI has extremely high capacity memory chips, and Micron’s HBM3E (High-Bandwidth Memory) solutions are among the best in the industry.

In fact, Micron’s latest HBM3E 36 gigabyte (GB) devices offer up to 50% more capacity than any other device on the market while using 20% ​​less energy. By 2026, the company’s data center storage solutions are completely sold out, which isn’t surprising since Nvidia is using its HBM3E in the new H200 GPU and possibly the upcoming Blackwell-based B200 GPU as well.

Micron believes it can maintain its technological supremacy in the HBM segment as the company is already working on HBM4E. The official launch is still a few years away, but it will provide a significant leap in capacity to drive the next stage of the AI ​​revolution. Staying ahead is crucial because the market for HBM in the data center was worth just $4 billion in 2023, but Micron expects it to exceed $25 billion in 2025 will – a whopping growth of 525% in just two years!

But Micron’s AI capabilities extend beyond the data center. Companies are racing to bring AI personal computers to market for consumers and businesses, and Micron says most of them have a DRAM (memory) capacity of at least 16 gigabytes, and up to 16 gigabytes in the premium models to 64 GB. Last year, the average DRAM content in the PC industry was 12 GB, so the capacity requirement is increasing sharply, which has a direct positive impact on Micron’s sales.

The smartphone industry is experiencing a similar change. Most Android-based device manufacturers have recently launched AI-enabled models, and in many cases they come equipped with it twice the DRAM capacity of last year’s models. Micron’s LP5X memory is used by all Tier 1 Android smartphone manufacturers worldwide, making it the leader in this segment by a wide margin.

Micron’s sales are increasing rapidly

Micron reported fourth-quarter revenue of $7.75 billion, up 93% from the same period last year. This represents an acceleration from the company’s 81% revenue growth in the third quarter, showing how quickly demand is increasing.

The result was even stronger beneath the surface, driven by $3 billion in computing and networking (data center) revenue, up a whopping 152% year-over-year.

Tight supply of HBM chips for the data center also contributed to a sharp increase in Micron’s gross profit margin in the fourth quarter. It stood at 35.3%, a sharp increase from 26.9% just three months earlier and an even larger jump of 10.8%. reduce in the same quarter last year (when the company was struggling with a supply glut).

As a result, Micron’s earnings per share (EPS) came in at $0.79, a significant improvement from $1.31 Loss per share compared to the same period last year.

Micron expects to achieve further strength across the board in the upcoming first quarter of fiscal 2025 (ending November 30). Revenue is expected to be $8.7 billion, up 85% year over year, with earnings per share of $1.54.

Micron stock looks like a great value right now

Micron posted total earnings per share of just $0.70 for fiscal 2024 as the company suffered losses in the first half of the year. Therefore, it is difficult to value the company based on its profit over the last 12 months. But Wall Street expects Micron’s earnings per share to rise to $8.79 in fiscal 2025.

Based on Micron’s share price of $110.64 as of this writing, this means the company is trading at a forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of just 12.6. From some perspective, that’s a 60% discount to Nvidia’s forward P/E ratio of 31.3.

I’m not trying to compare Micron to one of the hottest semiconductor stocks in history, but if you believe Nvidia will sell more data center GPUs, then Micron should also see parallel growth in its HBM3E solutions. Additionally, Micron has the added advantage of a potential AI-driven wave of demand in the personal computing and smartphone segments.

For these reasons, I think the valuation gap between the two stocks is likely to narrow. Ultimately, Micron shares would have to gain 28% from here to regain their all-time high of around $141, which they reached in June. Plus, loud The Wall Street JournalThe consensus price target for Micron shares is $157.71, implying even further upside potential beyond the record high.

Given the strong results Micron just reported and its guidance for the coming quarter, now seems like a good time to buy its shares.

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