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A$AP Rocky is spending the day on set!

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer “The Sandman” author Neil Gaiman fired back at his former babysitter on Tuesday, calling her a “fantasist” and producing WhatsApp messages that he says refute her sexual abuse claims. Gaiman and his estranged wife, Amanda Palmer, were sued in federal court last month for alleged sexual assault and trafficking. The plaintiff, Scarlett Pavlovich, had previously raised the allegations in a Tortoise Media podcast and a New York magazine feature story.

Almost a month to the day that Neil Gaiman was hit with a trio of rape, human trafficking and more allegations in three separate states by a former nanny to his son, the Good Omens showrunner and Sandman creator says the claims are “a sham,” and shouldn’t even be addressed by U.S. courts.

The New York Times isn’t yet out of the legal fight between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, but the paper now doesn’t have to worry about lawyers for the It Ends With Us director rooting around their business.

Jay-Z is lying and “reeks of desperation,” says the lawyer representing the Jane Doe who accused the Grammy-winning rapper and the incarcerated Sean “Diddy” Combs of repeatedly raping her in 2000. In an already pugilistic case that was dismissed by the plaintiff on Valentine’s Day after it was played out in court and in the press for months, Tony Buzbee today claims things have turned even more “nasty” in recent weeks.

The Associated Press emphasized that the White House ban on its access to presidential events extends beyond pool opportunities in limited spaces but to larger events open to all credentialed journalists.

As the Chateau Marmont staff this morning were cleaning up after Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s annual post-Oscars Gold party, the “Empire State of Mind” superstar was doubling down against the Jane Doe and the lawyer who accused him and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping her as a minor in a now-dismissed case.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Jay-Z has filed a defamation lawsuit against attorney Tony Buzbee, David Fortney and a Jane Doe over a previously dropped suit that alleged sexual assault. The suit, filed in Alabama and reviewed by Variety, comes a few weeks after Doe dropped her case against Jay-Z (real name Shawn Carter) and Sean “Diddy” Combs.

It was a big night for Baltic countries at the 2025 Oscars. Latvia, population 1.9 million, walked away with the Best Animated Feature award for indie Flow over boxoffice hits from Hollywood’s biggest animation studios.

Carolyn Giardina Accepting the visual effects Oscar for “Dune : Part Two,” production VFX supervisor Paul Lambert acknowledged the contributions of the film’s VFX vendors, including DNEG and Wylie Co. as well as the “wonderful MPC.” MPC – whose work has included “Mufasa” The Lion King,” “The Lion King,” and “The Jungle Book” – is the VFX company that closed on Monday when its parent company Technicolor ceased operations.

Russell Brand has been sued in London’s High Court over allegations of sexual abuse.In the first ever known lawsuit brought against the comedian in his home country, an individual reportedly filed a “personal injury sex abuse” case against him on February 6 (via The Sun).Further details of the case are not known, with the claimant remaining anonymous, although it is believed they are claiming damages.A wave of accusations against Brand emerged in September 2023 following an investigation by Channel 4, The Times and The Sunday Times, which saw him accused of multiple counts of rape, assault and emotional abuse between 2006 and 2013.He has strongly denied all of the allegations, saying at the time: “Amidst this litany of astonishing, rather baroque attacks are some very serious allegations that I absolutely refute”.In November last year, police asked the Crown Prosecution Service to consider bringing criminal charges against Brand. The case is currently being reviewed.

Russell Brand is being sued over sexual abuse allegations in a lawsuit filed in London’s High Court, the first-known lawsuit brought against him in the UK.

Elon Musk received a summons to court amid a custody dispute with Ashley St. Clair, the mother of his alleged 13th child.

A frail pensioner died after falling and breaking his neck during an eight hour wait in A&E, an inquest heard.

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A$AP Rocky of firing a semiautomatic pistol at him has said he will pursue a civil lawsuit, even after the rapper was found not guilty in court earlier this month.After a nearly month-long trial in Los Angeles, A$AP Rocky was found innocent on all counts by an LA jury after being charged for allegedly firing a gun at his former friend A$AP Relli in the Hollywood area in 2021.Rocky faced 24 years in prison after the rapper turned down a plea deal for 180 days in jail.Now, Terell Ephron’s lawyer has appeared remotely at a court hearing in downtown Los Angeles, where she confirmed that the former A$AP Mob member was not abandoning the assault and battery lawsuit that he filed against Rocky in August 2022. A judge then lifted the stay that had placed the civil case on hold. The court set a trial date of January 12, 2026, for the lawsuit.“We intend to continue litigating this case,” Ephron’s lawyer, Melissa Mikail, told the court.

(Updated 4:46 pm PT with Blake Lively statement) The New York Times‘ December 21 exposé headlined “We Can Bury Anyone: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine” turned up the heat on Justin Baldoni and his PR team over sexual harassment and retaliation allegations made by Blake Lively surrounding the making of It Ends With Us.

Justin Baldoni‘s defamation suit against the paper for its role in publishing a bombshell report that ignited his legal battle with Blake Lively. Baldoni has accused the Times of working in coordination with Lively and her PR team on the Dec.

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.

Medication found at Gene Hackman‘s Santa Fe home may provide more information on how the Oscar winner and wife Betsy Arakawa died.

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.