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The legal drama between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni is far from over!

told Paula Froelich of NewsNation.“Blake apologized and they are talking again.”The pop princess was ruffled that her name was mentioned twice in Baldoni’s lawsuit against Lively.”Taylor is annoyed she was brought into this,” a source told Froelich back in January. “She was supporting her friend — and went to her house to hang out, and now that [hangout] is part of [Baldoni’s] lawsuit.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Justin Baldoni‘s lawyers responded Thursday to Blake Lively‘s attempt to throw out his defamation suit, arguing that a California law meant to protect harassment victims doesn’t apply to Lively’s “fabricated” claims. The actor-director filed a $400 million lawsuit against Lively, his co-star, and her husband Ryan Reynolds in January, arguing that they set out to destroy his career and hijack his movie, “It Ends With Us,” with false allegations of harassment on set.

Justin Baldoni is suing his former publicist Stephanie Jones.

Tatiana Siegel Justin Baldoni and Jennifer Abel have filed a lawsuit against publicist Stephanie Jones in the latest salvo in the dizzying legal battle between the “It Ends With Us” director and star and Blake Lively. Jones represented Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios last summer when press reports first emerged of a rift between the director and Lively.

Justin Baldoni is responding to Blake Lively‘s latest legal move.

the controversy between “It Ends With Us” stars Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively.“Well, I can’t retire now because now I’m gonna be in the hole by 5 p.m.,” she shared. “Even if you hate me, you should go buy a piece because it’s a very, kind of, bad thing.

Justin Baldoni‘s lawyer is reacting to the judge’s decision in the It Ends with Us lawsuits today.

Blake Lively‘s legal team made a case for a judge to grant additional limitations in the protective order amid their legal battle with Justin Baldoni.

A lawyer for Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds wants to hide their texts with celebrities from Justin Baldoni amid their bombshell Hollywood court battle — claiming Baldoni’s camp could leak them to the tabloid press.“There is a significant chance of irreparable harm if marginal conversations with high profile individuals with no relevance to the case were to fall into wrong hands,” Meryl Conant Governski claimed at a hearing in Manhattan federal court Thursday.“There are 100 million reasons for these parties to leak information because the PR value is greater than complying with the court’s orders,” the attorney added.The lawyer urged Judge Lewis Liman to create an extra layer of security, known as an “Attorney’s Eyes Only” category, for such texts, as well as information on the parties’ mental health, and security measures they’ve taken amid the feud.She noted that Baldoni’s co-defendants “include people whose businesses whose entire living is based on providing information to the press and content creators.”But Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman fired back that Lively and Reynolds’ proposal was “unnecessary,” and called it “offensive that anyone would suggest that we would disregard a protective order.”The attorney added that Lively and Reynolds’ plan would unjustly treat “celebrity people,” and “people who are powerful in the industry,” differently from other people.The hearing is ongoing and Judge Liman has yet to rule.Lively, 37, sued Baldoni, 41, in December for $250 million, claiming he sexually harassed her while filming “It Ends with Us” and launched a smear campaign when she spoke out about her alleged mistreatment.Baldoni — who co-starred in and directed the romantic drama — has denied her accusations, and he and

Blake Lively attempted to obtain “call logs, text logs, data logs and cell site location information” from Justin Baldoni as part of their legal battle and now the judge has issued a mixed ruling.

Brent Lang Executive Editor A federal judge delivered a mixed ruling in the ongoing legal battle between Blake Lively and her “It Ends With Us” co-star and director Justin Baldoni, granting part of her subpoena for phone records, while shutting down certain requests that he deemed “overly intrusive and disproportionate to the needs of the case.” Lively’s legal team had requested call and text logs between Baldoni, his PR team and other employees of Wayfarer Studios, the production company behind “It Ends With Us,” from Dec. 1, 2022, to the present.

Blake Lively is ending February on the up-beat, at least when it comes to her sprawling showdown with Justin Baldoni over sexual harassment and smear campaigns claims from It Ends With Us.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The battle between “It Ends With Us” co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni revolves around questions of harassment, consent, celebrity, and the rules of warfare over one’s public image. Little surprise, then, that it’s become chum for online content creators.

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Blake Lively has slammed a recent The Hollywood Reporter cover for its “sexist” depiction of her battling filmmaker Justin Baldoni.The artwork for a story promising an “exclusive look behind the battle lines” amid their ongoing legal row was shared on Friday (February 21). It sees the pair reimagined in a David and Goliath-esque scene, with Gossip Girl actress Lively slinging a cell phone at Baldoni, who is clutching an It Ends With Us book.Another landscape version illustrated by The Sporting Press includes Lively’s husband as Nicepool, a variant of Deadpool, who fans believe might be an unflattering portrayal of Baldoni.

Ryan Reynolds’ joke about his and Blake Lively’s legal battle with “It Ends With Us” director Justin Baldoni during the “SNL” 50th anniversary special was his idea, says the show’s cue card guy.The “Deadpool & Wolverine” star, 48, surprised viewers when he alluded to the ongoing drama an hour into “SNL 50: The Anniversary Special” on Sunday night in a segment where Tina Fey and Amy Poehler took questions from the star-studded audience in Studio 8H.“Ryan Reynolds, how’s it going?” Poehler, 53, asked.Reynolds retorted: “Why? What have you heard?”On Tuesday, veteran “SNL” cue card guy Wally Feresten, aka “Cue Card Wally,” revealed that the joke was entirely Reynolds’ idea.“He had a different line in rehearsal and he pitched that [line] to replace it,” Feresten said in an interview with Australian breakfast radio show “Fifi, Fev & Nick” when asked whether the quip was an improv on the “Free Guy” star’s part or if it was scripted. “So that was his idea to do it there,” Feresten continued.

Lively detailed allegations of sexual harassment, retaliation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, and more against Baldoni and film producer Jamey Heath in a complaint first filed with the California Civil Rights Department and later in federal court.Baldoni, in his own lawsuit filed in January, insisted that Lively “falsely” had accused him in an attempt to repair her reputation amid the fallout around the movie’s press tour after the actress took control of the film.

Justin Baldoni‘s lawyer is reacting to Ryan Reynolds‘ humorous moment at SNL‘s 50th anniversary special, where he seemingly referenced the It Ends with Us drama.

A post shared by E! Entertainment (@eentertainment)The “Kinda Pregnant” star is among those who have voiced their support for Lively. “I believe Blake,” Schumer wrote on her Instagram story on December 22, the day after The New York Times published an interview with Lively where she first leveled her claims against Baldoni.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds made their first big red carpet appearance together amid their legal battle against Justin Baldoni. The married couple were among the numerous celebrities who showed up at the “SNL50: The Anniversary Special” event in New York City Sunday night.

Justin Baldoni‘s lawyer is responding to Blake Lively‘s legal team’s latest legal request.