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Blake Lively sued Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment months after the two co-stars of It Ends With Us reportedly fell out. In the lawsuit, filed on Friday, December 20 and acquired by Us Weekly after being published online by TMZ and The New York Times, Lively accused Baldoni of conducting a "social manipulation" campaign against her in order to "destroy" her reputation. Blake Lively , Justin Baldoni. Jeff Spicer/Getty; Bryan Bedder/Getty Baldoni's lawyer, Bryan Freedman, branded Lively's charges "completely false, outrageous, and intentionally salacious" in a statement to Us, saying that Lively brought the case to "fix her negative reputation" and "rehash a narrative" about the film's development. Freedman also alleged that Lively made "multiple demands and threats" while filming It Ends With Us, including "threatening not to show up to set, threatening not to promote the film, ultimately leadin...

Blake Lively has filed a lawsuit against Justin Baldoni, co-star and director of It Ends With Us, for sexual harassment and an alleged organized effort to damage her image, according to a document acquired by Above. Baldoni's legal team responded, criticizing her "shameful," "serious and categorically false accusations against Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios, and its representatives." Blake Lively. RW/MediaPunch/IPx According to Lively's lawsuit, things were so terrible during production that an all-hands conference was called to discuss her allegations of a hostile work environment. According to the filing first obtained by TMZ, the demands made at that meeting included not showing nude videos or images of women to Lively; no more mentions of Baldoni's alleged previous "pornography addiction"; no more discussions about sexual experiences in front of Lively and others; no more mentions of cast and crew genitalia; and no more inquiries...

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco are engaged! The singer, actress, and Rare Beauty entrepreneur shared the good news on Instagram, showing photographs of her engagement ring with the comment "forever begins now…". Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco. Amy Sussman/Getty Images Gomez, 32, disclosed she was dating record producer Blanco in December 2023, despite having been romantically together since June of last year. The two had previously collaborated on Gomez's 2023 track "Single Soon" and her 2019 song "I Can't Get Enough." selenagomez/Instagram In a November cover story for The Hollywood Reporter, Gomez said of her relationship with Blanco: "This is the safest I've ever felt in one, and I see a future with this person." selenagomez/Instagram Gomez has had an unbelievable year, with enormous success in cinema, television, and now her personal life. Gomez and her Emilia Perez co-stars Karla Sofía Gascón, A...

Jamie Foxx, an Oscar-winning actor, has spoken up about the medical emergency he had last year, disclosing that he suffered a brain hemorrhage that led to a stroke. The Hollywood actor discussed his health difficulties last year in a Netflix program titled "Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was." Jamie Foxx in Netflix special ' What Had Happened Was... ' at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta , Georgia. Parrish Lewis/Netflix © 2024 "It is a mystery," he said. "We still don't know exactly what happened to me." "On April 11, I had a nasty headache and begged my boy for aspirin. And I rapidly understood that when you have a medical issue, your lads don't know what the f**k to do," he said. "Before I could get the aspirin I went out," he said. "I don't remember 20 days." Foxx hailed his sister, whom he described as "4 foot 11 of nothing but pure love," for driving him across Atlanta to find a h...

A woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Sean "Diddy" Combs has updated her complaint to include allegations of assault by Jay-Z at the same party. The woman first sued Combs in October, but on Sunday she added Shawn Carter, the musician and businessman known as Jay-Z, as a defendant in the civil action. Jay Z attends the Los Angeles premiere of ' The Harder They Fall ' at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on October 13 , 2021 in Los Angeles , California. Rich Fury/GI Carter is the first celebrity to be accused of sexual assault related to Combs. In a statement to CNN, Carter described the charges as "so terrible in nature that I beg you to file a criminal complaint, not a civil one!! Whoever who conduct such a crime against a minor should be imprisoned, do you not agree?" Combs faces allegations of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and prostitution-related offenses. Combs pled not guilty to the charges and has denied any wrong...

Jay-Z and Sean Combs faced a civil lawsuit on Sunday for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000. The case, filed in October in the Southern District of New York, first named the Roc Nation entrepreneur, Shawn Carter, as an anonymous celebrity defendant. Carter has flatly refuted the accusation, accusing the lawyer who filed the action of attempting to extort him with bogus assertions. Jay-Z. Phillip Faraone/Getty Images The accuser, suing as Jane Doe, claimed she was raped by Combs and Carter while being transported to an afterparty for the MTV Video Music Awards in New York City. According to the amended lawsuit, Doe attempted to attend the VMAs but did not have a ticket. She was dropped off near Radio City Music Hall by a friend. She claims she contacted limousine drivers to ask for assistance in getting into the performance or afterparty. One of the drivers claimed to work with Combs and asked her to an after party. Per the lawsuit, he urged her to return to the pla...

Margot Robbie may be most recognized for her role as Barbie in 2023's summer blockbuster, but she previously played the female lead in The Wolf of Wall Street. Margot Robbie has opened up about one of her improvised scenes with her co-star Leonardo DiCaprio. Michael Buckner/Golden Globes 2024/Golden Globes 2024/Getty Images Robbie featured with Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2013 picture, which received many Oscar nominations. The part was crucial for the Australian actress, catapulting her to prominence - and everyone remembers the nursery scene. However, another moment has stuck with Robbie in the years after the film's triumph. During an appearance on the Talking Pictures podcast, the actress described a day when she was certain she was about to get in trouble... and not only from filmmaker Martin Scorsese. We are referring to legal difficulties. It occurred during a sequence in which she was supposed to kiss Jordan Belfort, played by DiCaprio. She recalled: "I ...

Debbie Nelson, Eminem's mother, has died. She was 69 years old. TMZ was the first to report the story. According to the publication, Nelson died in St. Joseph, Missouri, from symptoms connected to severe lung cancer. Billboard has contacted the Medical Examiner's Office. Reports of her cancer diagnosis emerged earlier in 2024. Eminem performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show at SoFi Stadium on February 13 , 2022 in Inglewood , California. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Nelson was the oldest of five children, born on a military installation in Kansas. She married Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. as a teenager and gave birth to Eminem (born Marshall Mathers) on October 17, 1972. Em and his mother had a tumultuous relationship throughout his youth and throughout his Hall of Fame career. On hits like "Cleanin' Out My Closet" and "My Name Is," the Detroit rap legend mocked his mother. Eminem 's mother Debbie Mathers during a...

Samuel L. Jackson is approaching the Academy Awards with a new viewpoint. Jackson, 75, was blunt in his assessment of the prized award, saying that Oscar nominations mean little to him. Samuel L. Jackson. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images "We've been in the business long enough to understand when people say, 'It's just an honor to be nominated.'" "No, it ain't," Jackson told the Associated Press during a joint interview with his "The Piano Lesson" co-star Michael Potts. "It's an honor to win," the "Pulp Fiction" star said, noting that most people forget Oscar-nominated performances. "You get nominated, and people say, 'Yeah, I remember that.' "Or most people forget," he remarked. The "Unbreakable" actor was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 1995 Academy Awards for his work as Jules Winnfield in Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction." He eventually lost ou...

Liam Payne died on October 16 while apparently attempting to flee his hotel room at CasaSur Palermo via the balcony, TMZ reports. After additional surveillance footage from the Buenos Aires hotel was revealed, which showed three men carrying the singer through the lobby and toward his room, it is now assumed that Payne was attempting to leave the property in some way. ' Liam Payne. ' Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images According to a police report obtained by TMZ, a black New York Yankees cap and a Louis Vuitton bag were found near to Payne's corpse after his death. Neither of these things can be seen on him in the previous security film, indicating that he put them on when he returned to the room. Per the report, a brown leather bag with a message that read, "For Liam," numerous pills, and a bottle of Jack Daniel's was also discovered by a hotel staff member on the balcony of the room directly below Payne's, according to the report. The bag is...

Drake has filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) and Spotify, alleging that the two businesses collaborated to artificially inflate the popularity of Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." Drake watches on as the Sacramento Kings play the Toronto Raptors during the second half of their basketball game at the Scotiabank Arena on November 2 , 2024. Mark Blinch/Getty Images In a petition Monday, November 25, in Manhattan court, Drake's Frozen Moments LLC accused UMG of starting an unlawful "scheme" including bots, payola, and other ways to boost Lamar's song - a single that severely attacked Drake amid the two singers' continuing spat. "UMG did not rely on chance, or even ordinary business practices," Drake's attorneys claim. "It instead launched a campaign to manipulate and saturate the streaming services and airwaves." Drake's lawyers accuse UMG of breaking the federal "RICO" act, which is f...

A woman who sued Conor McGregor for sexual assault may now put the court struggle behind her.  A High Court of Dublin jury decided in favor of Nikita Hand, a woman who claimed the mixed martial artist "brutally raped and battered" her during a 2018 meeting, in a November 22 ruling. Conor McGregor. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund According to the BBC, Hand told reporters outside the courthouse that the jury's verdict in the civil case was "a reminder that no matter how afraid you might be, speak up; you have a voice." According to the Associated Press, McGregor testified that he "never forced" Hand to do anything against her will, and that he and Hand had "consensual sex" in a Dublin hotel penthouse in 2018. In a statement to TMZ following the November 22 judgment, the UFC fighter said, "The judge's instruction and the modest award given were for assault; there was no award for aggravated or ...

British presenter Alex Scott has revealed that internet trolls threatened to throw acid in her face, making her afraid to leave her home. Alex Scott presents the BBC 's ' Football Focus. ' Getty Images Scott is a former England player with 140 caps who now presents Football Focus and has been on The One Show and Match of the Day. She told The Times newspaper that when she was named as a prospective replacement for another BBC sports program, her enemies raced to attack her online. She said:  "I've received lots of bigotry, insults, and even death threats. When I was mistakenly supposed to be replacing national treasure Sue Barker as the anchor of A Question of Sport, many said, 'She's only on TV because she's black, female, and younger. She's merely ticking boxes.'" Scott added: "I was terrified to leave the house because these trolls threatened to throw acid in my face, but thankfully, there are other people who keep me l...

Kanye West allegedly choked a model and subjected her to "pornographic gagging" during a La Roux music video shoot at Manhattan's Chelsea Hotel in 2010, a new lawsuit claims. Kanye West. Brad Barket/Getty Images for Fast Company Jenifer An, the plaintiff, claims in a lawsuit acquired by Rolling Stone that was filed Friday in federal court in New York that she was working as a background character and wearing lingerie for La Roux's "In for the Kill" video when West showed up on set, pointed to her, and said, "Give me the Asian girl." An, a past contestant on America's Next Top Model, claims West was "towering over" her and "breathing heavily" when he commanded the camera crew to close in on her face and produced "his own production" without opposition. "Defendant West began choking plaintiff with one hand while being captured on camera. The lawsuit claims that he then put his other hand around her n...

Jennifer Lawrence explains why she felt impelled to make the Taliban-focused documentary Bread and Roses, despite her family's advice to avoid it. Jennifer Lawrence. Leon Bennett/Getty Images The documentary, which premieres Friday on Apple TV+, recounts Afghanistan's women's lives under the Taliban after they gained control of Kabul in August 2021. Sahra Mani, the film's director, recently told CBS Mornings that the Taliban's control on Afghan women is so harsh that they are unable to work, sing, perform music, go to a restaurant, purchase food, or stroll down the street without a chaperone. "My first reaction when watching that [Taliban takeover] was to do what the Taliban did not want us to do, which was to give access and facilities to the people on the ground to capture what was happening on the ground in real-time," Lawrence said of her decision to be a part of the documentary, later adding, "I can't imagine not being able to tak...

One of Donald Trump's most ardent supporters has been appointed to one of the most crucial positions in his second administration. Trump chose Pam Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida, to be the nation's top law enforcement officer on Thursday, only hours after Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration due to Senate opposition. Pam Bondi is a longtime Trump ally and after he was elected in 2016 , her name was floated for various jobs in the administration but it never panned out. Mandel Ngan/Getty Images Bondi is a partner at Ballard Partners, the lobbying business previously led by Trump's incoming chief of staff Susie Wiles and whose founder, Brian Ballard, is a major Trump contributor. She co-chairs the law and justice section at the pro-Trump America First Policy Institute, which has been dubbed a Trump government in waiting. Bondi is a longstanding Trump supporter, and following his election in 2016, her name was circulated for a number of posit...

Lily-Rose Depp doesn't mind if people want to see her fail since she's aiming to "prove them wrong." The actress, the daughter of actor-musician Johnny Depp and French model-actress-singer Vanessa Paradis, recently spoke with Vanity Fair on her struggle to develop her own identity in Hollywood, amid criticism. Lily-Rose Depp. Joanne Davidson/Camera Press/Redux "I feel like people have been ready to see me fail, in a way, since I was a kid," she says. "That has just motivated me to strive harder and prove them incorrect. Not in a vengeful way, but rather as fuel for my fire. I want to establish that I am a hard worker, and I am only here to work hard. But Rob [Eggers, Nosferatu's director] was on my bucket list. I didn't expect to work with him so quickly, so early in my career." The Idol star added that she's accustomed to the continual pressure since "it's been my life" and she "comes from a family of art...

Blake Lively influenced the ending of Deadpool & Wolverine by leaving a letter for her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and director Shawn Levy. Lively had a brief appearance in the Marvel movie as Lady Deadpool, but the director's commentary revealed that the Gossip Girl star played a more significant part. Blake Lively attends the world premiere of ' Deadpool & Wolverine ' at Lincoln Center on July 22 , 2024 in New York City. Taylor Hill/WireImage via Getty Images The film concludes with Deadpool and Wolverine's destiny unknown after they destroy the time ripper, as Matthew MacFadyen's Paradox gives an awful speech. "Give credit where it's due." "There used to be no suspense; the power room blew up and our heroes survived," Levy says (via Games Radar). "It was Blake Lively who told us, You know, I've been with you the entire movie. I want to sit in worry that they've been lost. Allow me to remain in that state o...

A New York court has ordered prosecutors in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking case to erase any copies of almost 20 pages of evidence obtained during a recent raid of the performer's jail cell. Sean ' Diddy ' Combs at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards. Getty Images In a win for the 'All About the Benjamins' star, Judge Arun Subramanian has also told the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District that the video, or even snippets from it, cannot be utilized in any way in Combs' scheduled bail hearing later this week. In a roughly 90-minute hearing Tuesday, prosecutors and the defense argued over the nature of documents seized from Combs during the October raid at the Metropolitan Detention Center. The beleaguered and heavily accused rap entrepreneur has been imprisoned at the Brooklyn venue since his arrest on September 16 in the lobby of a Manhattan hotel. Combs is facing a slew of civil actions in addition to racketeering, s...

Jonathan Majors and Meagan Good have announced their engagement! The pair, who had been dating since May 2023, confirmed their engagement on Sunday, November 17, while walking the red carpet at the Ebony Power 100 Gala in Los Angeles. Good, 43, displayed her engagement ring while posing for photos with the Creed III star, 35, according to social media footage published by Ebony on Instagram. Jonathan Majors and Meagan Good. Michael Tran/AFP During a red carpet interview with E! News, the stars revealed their engagement. "[The] Ebony Power 100 is the event that we met at in the bathrooms, in the unisex bathroom," Good told the outlet, explaining why they opted to announce their engagement there. Good was married to producer DeVon Franklin from 2012 to 2022. Majors was convicted guilty of third-degree assault and harassment in December 2023, following a March 2023 arrest in New York. The actor from Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania was arrested for reportedly abusi...