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Elizabeth Taylor snuck into the hospital to see Rock Hudson on his deathbed.The legendary actress - who herself died from heart failure at the age of 79 back in 2011 - had struck up a friendship with her Giant co-star Rock Hudson and rushed to his bedside with the help of his doctor Michael Gottlieb as he lay dying from AIDS at the age of 59 in 1985. 'I picked Elizabeth up in my old station wagon and we managed to get in through a loading dock at the back of the hospital to see him,'Dr Gottlieb told Closer Weekly magazine.

A judge in New York City has denied a motion from Universal Music Group (UMG) to delay discovery in the defamation lawsuit brought against the label by Drake. This ruling will allow the rapper's legal team to begin "deposing key executives and requesting document production," according to a statement sent by Drake's representative.

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.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music In the latest pushback from Universal Music Group in Drake’s defamation lawsuit against the company over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” diss track, UMG has asked a federal judge to stop all discovery in the case, which includes demands for “all contracts” between Lamar and UMG, as well as compensation and incentives — i.e. salary and bonuses — for Interscope CEO John Janick and other executives.

Justin Baldoni’s $400 million defamation lawsuit against him stemming from the “It Ends With Us” director’s feud with his wife, Blake Lively.Baldoni, 41, sued Reynolds, 48, and Lively, 37, in January following the actress’ own legal action against the “Jane the Virgin” alum, in which she accused him of sexual harassment and orchestrating a public smear campaign against her.In his defamation suit, Baldoni accused Reynolds of privately calling him a “sexual predator” and working to get his talent agency — WME — to drop him.However, Reynolds’ lawyers, Michael Gottlieb and Esra Hudson, told The Post on Tuesday that the “Deadpool & Wolverine” star could not have defamed Baldoni because “Mr. Reynolds genuinely believes Mr. Baldoni is a predator.”“The entirety of Mr.

Blake Lively is hunting down more “receipts” amid her legal battle with Justin Baldoni.

If Justin Baldoni thought his version of what went on during the making of It Ends With Us and the messy fallout from the film was going to go unchallenged, today Blake Livley gave her former co-star a lesson in hardcore lawyering.

Hours after Jed Wallace launched a $7 million defamation lawsuit against Blake Lively today, the lawyer for the self-described “human crisis” navigator has admitted the action is in no small part a response to his likely addition to the It Ends With Us actress’ ongoing bitter battles with Justin Baldoni, his company, his backers and his publicists.

Blake Lively has been sued by a crisis management firm.

his “It Ends With Us” co-star Blake Lively has left him “devastated financially and emotionally,” his lawyer Bryan Freedman said Monday at a pre-trial conference in Manhattan.Speaking in front of a judge assigned to oversee the stars’ warring lawsuits, Freedman added that the accusations Lively leveled against the “Jane the Virgin” alum and his co-defendants — “It Ends With Us” producers Jamey Heath and Steve Sarowitz, their production company Wayfarer Studios and publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel — have allegedly amounted to “hundreds of millions of dollars of prejudice.”“My grave concern is that my clients suffered hundreds of millions of dollars of prejudice as a result of actions they were blindsided by,” he said.Freedman also pleaded with the judge to fast-track the case, claiming his clients were “suffering greatly.”Michael Gottlieb, attorney for Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, insisted they were not dragging their heels.In her lawsuit filed in New York on New Year’s Eve, Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and, along with his associates, orchestrating a public smear campaign against her. The claims, which the “Gossip Girl” veteran first made in an interview with The New York Times, mirrored those included in the her California Civil Rights Department Complaint against Baldoni.He denied her accusations.

Blake Lively isn’t done fighting!

Court is in session for Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni! And there are a few key takeaways…

Blake Lively‘s legal team has released a statement after their first appearance in front of a judge today for the big It Ends with Us trial.

their bombshell Hollywood court battle.Manhattan federal judge Lewis Liman instructed lawyers for both Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds and for Baldoni not to make “extrajudicial statements” that could sway potential jurors in advance of a March 2026 trial.“You’ve got a lot in front of the court that gives, I think, the public plenty to feast upon,” Liman said at the end of the first court hearing in the dueling litigation fight over alleged harassment on the set of “It Ends With Us.”He noted that he wanted to avoid the case devolving into “satellite litigation involving the statements of a lawyer.”The agreement came after Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, admitted that his squabble with Lively’s lawyer Michael Gottlieb over what each side has said to the media was childish.“Not to sound like a four-year-old fighting a four-year-old with ‘They started it,’ but in these kinds of cases, once someone says something it becomes fact: There’s no way to fight against it,” Freedman said.But he still insisted: “This was not started by us, your honor.”Lively, 37, sued Baldoni, 41 — who’s also her co-star and director of last year’s “It Ends With Us” — for $250 million, claiming he sexually harassed her while filming and launched a smear campaign when she spoke out about her alleged treatment.

A federal judge is threatening Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni‘s legal teams to move up their March 2026 trial start date if the legal battle continues to be “litigated in the press.”

(Updated with statement from Lively/Reynolds lawyers) The first court hearing in the wide-ranging legal and media war between It Ends With Us stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni on Monday saw a federal judge threatening to move up the March 2026 trial-start date if the high-profile matter continues to be “litigated in the press.”

With the first actual hearing in the multi-million dollar lawsuits between It Ends With Us co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni coming up early next week, the Gossip Girl alum and spouse Ryan Reynolds have finally said the quiet part out loud.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are taking the latest legal action against Justin Baldoni amid their extended legal battle.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively could be headed for a trial on March 9, 2026, a judge said on Monday. The “It Ends With Us” co-stars are suing each other in federal court in New York. She sued him on Dec.

Elizabeth Taylor snuck into the hospital to see Rock Hudson on his deathbed.The legendary actress - who herself died from heart failure at the age of 79 back in 2011 - had struck up a friendship with her Giant co-star Rock Hudson and rushed to his bedside with the help of his doctor Michael Gottlieb as he lay dying from AIDS at the age of 59 in 1985. 'I picked Elizabeth up in my old station wagon and we managed to get in through a loading dock at the back of the hospital to see him,'Dr Gottlieb told Closer Weekly magazine.

Elizabeth Taylor was determined to see her beloved pal once more before he passed away. Rock Hudson’s doctor, Michael Gottlieb, said the actress was able to sneak into the hospital where the ailing actor was staying before he passed away in 1985 at age 59 from AIDS-related complications. The two stars, who appeared in the 1956 film "Giant," remained close over the years.