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Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds turned up at the SNL 50th special on Sunday
Added 16 days agoSource: CeleBitchy
Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds turned up at the SNL 50th special on Sunday
Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds attended the Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary show on Sunday night. This is their first red carpet together since all of the Justin Baldoni lawsuits. I think ?body language analysis? has been hijacked by tabloid idiots, but I did find their body language and red-carpet moves very interesting. They made a point of posing separately and together and in many photos, they look the same as they always do. But something has shifted, imo. Blake and Ryan even approved of a ?joke? on the show:

Ryan Reynolds during #SNL50

?Ryan how?s it going? Great? why, what have you heard?? pic.twitter.com/8a4A6NIU2D

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) February 17, 2025

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Blake Lively did not get a gag order on Justin Baldoni & his lawyers
Added 29 days agoSource: CeleBitchy
Blake Lively did not get a gag order on Justin Baldoni & his lawyers
Over the weekend, Justin Baldoni and his lawyers launched the much-anticipated website. For weeks, they?d promised to publish all of the communications between Baldoni and Blake Lively, and relevant communications around the film. I have not gone through all of the documentation Baldoni has provided, but I?ve seen the coverage lots of texts from Blake which definitely chip away at her claims that Baldoni was being overly familiar or inappropriately flirty with her. Baldoni also included at least one text from Ryan Reynolds. You can see the website here.

On Monday, Blake?s lawyers and Baldoni?s lawyers were in court for another hearing. Top of Blake?s agenda was getting a gag order on Baldoni and his lawyers. She didn?t get that, but the judge did warn both sides to stop with the pre-trial PR war, and the judge also threatened to expedite the trial if both sides didn?t shut up.

A New York judge cautioned Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni?s lawyers not to litigate their legal battle in the press as the two sides faced off in court for the first time since their clients sued each other. Lively, 37, is accusing her It Ends With Us costar and director Baldoni, 41, and others of damaging her reputation in the press after she reported sexual harassment on set. In turn, Baldoni has filed defamation lawsuits against her, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and The New York Times. His lawyer, Bryan Freedman, is also running a PR campaign to fight back against her claims.

Livelys lawyers attempted to limit Freedman, asking the judge to stop him from speaking to the press in ways that could influence the jury. They also expressed worries about a website Baldoni and his team recently launched in an apparent attempt to bolster his accusations against Lively.

At the Monday, Feb. 3 pretrial conference at United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Lewis Liman addressed the issue. He threatened to expedite the trial if the parties do not rein in the public relations war outside the courtroom. The judge also instructed both parties to comply with the New York Rules of Professional Conduct, which prohibit attorneys from making comments that could have a substantial likelihood of biasing a jury.

Freedman said his ?clients are devastated financially and emotionally.? The It Ends With Us actors are preparing to head to trial in March 2026.

Michael Gottlieb and Esra Hudson, attorneys for Lively, said in a statement, ?We are pleased with the result of today?s hearing and eager to move forward immediately with discovery in this case. The court granted our request that all attorneys in the matter actually follow the rule of law and not make any statements that could prejudice a jury, they continued. This case deals with serious allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation. We will hold the defendants accountable, and we are confident that once all the evidence is submitted in this matter, Ms. Lively will prevail.

Freedman told reporters outside court, according to The Hollywood Reporter, ?I couldn?t be more pleased with how the case was handled today. We?re going to move as quickly as possible and prove our innocence.

[From People]

Blake?s side is trying to put a happy face on the fact that they didn?t get what they wanted, a gag order on Baldoni and his lawyers. They also didn?t get Baldoni?s website shut down, although who knows, that might work in their favor (it doesn?t seem like many people are willing to dive into all of the documentation and annotated legal filings). To celebrate the lack of gag orders on either side, Blake?s team ran to People Magazine with another exclusive. A ?source close to Lively? told People that ?Blake is surprisingly calm and just tries to focus on family life. Shes in constant contact with her team. She sees the whole lawsuit drama as a necessary bump, but shes not letting it take away from her main focus, which is her children.?

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Backgrid, Cover Images.

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JAN
23
Blake Lively wants a judge to issue a gag order on Justin Baldoni's legal team
Added 41 days agoSource: CeleBitchy
Blake Lively wants a judge to issue a gag order on Justin Baldoni's legal team
On Tuesday, Justin Baldoni?s team released ?raw footage? from It Ends With Us, a ten-minute clip of Baldoni and Blake Lively shooting a ?slow dancing? scene at a crowded bar. The scene was supposed to be used in a montage about their characters falling in love. Blake cited the filming of that particular scene in her sexual harassment complaint and her lawsuit against Baldoni. Baldoni added context for what actually happened within his lawsuit, then he released the footage to prove his point. There were obviously a lot of interpretations about what the video actually showed, but that didn?t stop Blake?s team from claiming that her visible discomfort (within the 10-minute video) proved that this was one instance of Baldoni sexually harassing her. Team Lively must have been unsettled by the fact that so many people actually watched the video and debated what it really showed about her dynamic with Baldoni though, because it looks like Team Lively is trying to make sure that Baldoni isn?t allowed to provide any more context or evidence of Lively?s misrepresentations or exaggerations.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds want a judge to gag Justin Baldonis lawyer claiming hes making false statements about the case.

The megastars filed a letter in court Tuesday and, in it, they ask the court to issue a protective order to stop Baldonis lawyers led by Bryan Freedman from engaging in improper conduct including going on an alleged harassing and retaliatory media campaign against Blake and Ryan.

They say hes violating court rules that stop a lawyer from making statements to the press that are irrelevant to a case and might prejudice the jury. In it, Blake and Ryan specifically mention the release of unedited footage from It Ends With Us filming which Blakes team claims corroborates, to the letter, what Ms. Lively described in her initial complaint back in December.

Remember, Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and engaging in a coordinated effort to destroy her reputation. Baldoni has since filed his own $400 million lawsuit against Lively accusing her of defamation, civil extortion and other allegations.

Baldonis team released the behind-the-scenes footage from the movie to prove he never made harassing comments while Blakes team pushed back and said Baldoni never discussed or choreographed the intimacy here and, it made her uncomfortable.

Sources connected to JB tell TMZ they believe its grossly unfair to impose a gag order after Justin has been defamed by the New York Times in an article that they say has cost him three jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars. All Justin wants to do, the source says, is release videos and text messages to prove the allegations are false.

The source adds, it is unbelievable that Blake Lively would go on a takedown campaign against Justin and then immediately turn around and say she wants a gag order so that Justin cant defend himself.

[From TMZ]

I actually understand Team Lively?s point Baldoni and his legal team are absolutely waging a trial in the court of public opinion, and given the multiple lawsuits involved, I?m sure gag orders will eventually be issued (hopefully to all sides). That being said, Team Lively is mad that they?re losing in the court of public opinion, let?s be clear. Blake, Ryan and their team have been waging their own campaign to win over the public, establish their narrative and rebrand Blake. They?re the ones who went to the New York Times, they?re the ones who immediately ran to People Mag for a sugary, sympathetic cover story about poor Blake, they?re the ones who have loudly screamed ?DARVO? every time Baldoni pointed out an inconsistency or provided receipts to dispute Blake?s story. All of their efforts have been hampered by Baldoni refusing to just roll over. I?ve been asking this for weeks, but it?s still so striking to me did Blake honestly think that Baldoni wasn?t going to fight back? Did she really think that he would not defend himself?

Photos courtesy of Backgrid, Cover Images, cover courtesy of People.

18-Feb-2025 :Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds turned up at the SNL 50th special on Sunday
5-Feb-2025 :Blake Lively did not get a gag order on Justin Baldoni & his lawyers
8-Jan-2025 :Blake Lively?s lawyer: This is not a he said/she said situation or a feud
23-Dec-2024 :Blake Lively is suing Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment & ?social mani...
17-Aug-2024 :Sony fully supports Blake Lively after she screened ?IEWU: The Lively Cut...
16-Aug-2024 :Sony full supports Blake Lively after she screened ?IEWU: The Lively Cut?...
9-Aug-2024 :Blake Lively wore Tamara Ralph in London & she?s beefing with Justin Bald...
8-Aug-2024 :Blake Lively wore Britney Spears? 2002 Versace to the ?It Ends With Us? p...
5-Aug-2024 :Blake Lively is obviously wearing a lot of florals to promote ?It Ends Wi...
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JAN
8
Blake Lively's lawyer: This is not a he said/she said situation or a feud
Added 57 days agoSource: CeleBitchy
Blake Lively's lawyer: This is not a he said/she said situation or a feud
On December 20th, Blake Lively filed her bombshell complaint with the California Civil Rights Department, accusing Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment and waging a ?social manipulation? campaign to destroy her. Her team provided emails and texts to the NYT, communications between Baldoni?s publicist and crisis manager, to authenticate Blake?s claims. Baldoni was also dropped by WME and his publicist. On New Year?s Eve, Baldoni and his team responded by suing the New York Times for $250 million. They?ve also promised to countersue Blake and release all of the texts & communications between Blake and Baldoni, but that hasn?t happened yet. Alongside all of these legal issues, there?s been a large-scale PR war happening across the trade papers, news outlets and beyond as regular gossip-watchers try to follow the ins and outs of the situation. Both Blake and Justin have fully engaged in the PR war. But according to a new statement from Blake?s legal team, Justin?s side needs to stop?

Blake Lively?s legal team is condemning what they call more attacks from Justin Baldoni. On Dec. 20, Lively, 37, who starred in Baldoni?s film It Ends with Us, filed a complaint against Baldoni and others, including his producing partners and publicists, alleging sexual harassment and a retaliatory smear campaign to tarnish her reputation. Baldoni?s lawyer Bryan Freedman called the claims ?false, outrageous and intentionally salacious, and on Dec. 31, the actor-director also filed a $250 million lawsuit against The New York Times over the newspapers Dec. 21 article about Livelys complaint, alleging it was the actress who engaged in a calculated smear campaign.

On Monday, Jan. 6, Lively?s legal team told PEOPLE in a statement that her ?serious claims of sexual harassment and retaliation? are ?backed by concrete facts.?

?This is not a ?feud? arising from ?creative differences? or a ?he said/she said? situation,? her lawyers statement read. ?As alleged in Ms. Lively?s complaint, and as we will prove in litigation, Wayfarer [Studios] and its associates engaged in unlawful, retaliatory astroturfing against Ms. Lively for simply trying to protect herself and others on a film set. And their response to the lawsuit has been to launch more attacks against Ms. Lively since her filing.?

The statement continued: ?Sexual harassment and retaliation are illegal in every workplace and in every industry. A classic tactic to distract from allegations of this type of misconduct is to ?blame the victim? by suggesting that they invited the conduct, brought it on themselves, misunderstood the intentions, or even lied. Another classic tactic is to reverse the victim and offender, and suggest that the offender is actually the victim. These concepts normalize and trivialize allegations of serious misconduct.

?Most importantly, media statements are not a defense to Ms. Lively?s legal claims, Lively?s legal team wrote. We will continue to prosecute her claims in federal court, where the rule of law determines who prevails, not hyperbole and threats.

[From People]

It?s true that Baldoni?s lawyer issuing briefings and threats is not a countersuit. It?s true that Baldoni?s team is trying to muddy the waters and cast doubt on certain aspects of Blake?s claims. But it?s also true that Justin Baldoni has every right to fight back and sue and wage a battle in the court of public opinion, just as Blake is doing. Did Blake think Baldoni was just going to roll over? Did she think that he would have no power to fight back? From what I?ve seen, there are absolutely issues that need to be dealt with in court, with both sides providing evidence and receipts.

Photos courtesy of Backgrid, Cover Images.

18-Feb-2025 :Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds turned up at the SNL 50th special on Sunday
5-Feb-2025 :Blake Lively did not get a gag order on Justin Baldoni & his lawyers
23-Jan-2025 :Blake Lively wants a judge to issue a gag order on Justin Baldoni?s legal...
23-Dec-2024 :Blake Lively is suing Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment & ?social mani...
17-Aug-2024 :Sony fully supports Blake Lively after she screened ?IEWU: The Lively Cut...
16-Aug-2024 :Sony full supports Blake Lively after she screened ?IEWU: The Lively Cut?...
9-Aug-2024 :Blake Lively wore Tamara Ralph in London & she?s beefing with Justin Bald...
8-Aug-2024 :Blake Lively wore Britney Spears? 2002 Versace to the ?It Ends With Us? p...
5-Aug-2024 :Blake Lively is obviously wearing a lot of florals to promote ?It Ends Wi...
13-Sep-2023 :Blake Lively glowed in a bellbottom jumpsuit at the NYFW Michael Kors sho...
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DEC
23
Blake Lively is suing Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment & 'social manipulation'
Added 73 days agoSource: CeleBitchy
Blake Lively is suing Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment & 'social manipulation'
A few days ago, I finally watched It Ends With Us, and it is quite easily one of the worst movies I?ve ever seen in my life. A nonsensical plot, one-dimensional characters, actors who are incapable of acting their way out of a paper bag it was like a Lifetime movie with a bigger budget. The worst part was the ending, in which a victim of domestic violence uses logic to try to convince her abuser to leave her and their daughter alone and ? it works?? Yeah, that would totally happen in real life. All I can say is that this abhorrent film does not deserve the months of drama swirling around it. Everyone involved in IEWU should be deeply ashamed and they all should have made a pact to never speak of it again. Instead, we got months of drama over the summer, and now Blake Lively is suing Justin Baldoni, who directed IEWU and starred as Ryle Kincaid. Blake is suing Baldoni for sexual harassment and waging a PR campaign against her during and after the films promotion.

Blake Lively is suing her It Ends with Us costar Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment. Months after rumors of behind-the-scenes discord on the set of the adaptation of the Colleen Hoover novel, the actress, 37, said in the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, that Baldonis alleged behavior caused her severe emotional distress. (Baldoni, 40, also served as It Ends with Us director.)

Per the outlet, the lawsuit states there was a meeting held to address Livelys claims and her demands for working on the film. It was attended by various figures, including Livelys husband, Ryan Reynolds.

Some of the demands that were addressed, according to the lawsuit cited by TMZ, included no more showing nude videos or images of women to Blake, no more mention of Baldonis alleged previous pornography addiction, no more discussions about sexual conquests in front of Blake and others, no further mentions of cast and crews genitalia, no more inquiries about Blakes weight, and no further mention of Blakes dead father.

No more adding of sex scenes, oral sex or on camera climaxing by BL outside the scope of the script BL approved when signing onto the project, were other demands mentioned in the lawsuit, according to TMZ.

According to TMZ, the lawsuit states that Sony Pictures, who distributed the film, approved of Livelys requests. However, Lively claims in the lawsuit that Baldoni then took part in a social manipulation campaign to destroy her reputation soon after.

Bryan Freedman, Baldonis lawyer, tells PEOPLE in a statement that Livelys lawsuit was to fix her negative reputation. He also said that her allegations are false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt.

Freedman added that Lively caused problems on set of the film, which is currently streaming, threatening to not showing up to set, threatening to not promote the film, ultimately leading to its demise during release. Representatives for Lively, Baldoni and Sony did not immediately respond to PEOPLEs request for comment.

[From People]

Some of Lively?s accusations against Baldoni were previewed months ago, when well-informed sources insisted that everyone on set hated Baldoni (for unspecified reasons) and that Blake was hurt that Baldoni asked someone how much Blake weighed (Baldoni apparently has a bad back). We were also told that Blake thought Baldoni ?lingered too long? during a kissing scene. I?ll admit, back in August and September, it felt like Blake and Ryan Reynolds were the ones targeting Baldoni. But if Baldoni was doing even some of the sh-t she?s now accusing him of, he absolutely created a toxic work environment. His on-set behavior was absolutely inappropriate, if any of this is true. It also feels like this might answer the questions I had about why Sony was going above and beyond to make Blake happy and give her everything she wanted, including allowing her to bring in her own editor to create a ?Lively Cut? of the film.

As for the social manipulation part of Blakes legal action more information came out in the NY Times, which I will cover separately. All Ill say in this post is that it looks like Blake has a really good case against Baldoni and his production company.

Photos courtesy of Backgrid, Cover Images.

18-Feb-2025 :Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds turned up at the SNL 50th special on Sunday
5-Feb-2025 :Blake Lively did not get a gag order on Justin Baldoni & his lawyers
23-Jan-2025 :Blake Lively wants a judge to issue a gag order on Justin Baldoni?s legal...
8-Jan-2025 :Blake Lively?s lawyer: This is not a he said/she said situation or a feud
17-Aug-2024 :Sony fully supports Blake Lively after she screened ?IEWU: The Lively Cut...
16-Aug-2024 :Sony full supports Blake Lively after she screened ?IEWU: The Lively Cut?...
9-Aug-2024 :Blake Lively wore Tamara Ralph in London & she?s beefing with Justin Bald...
8-Aug-2024 :Blake Lively wore Britney Spears? 2002 Versace to the ?It Ends With Us? p...
5-Aug-2024 :Blake Lively is obviously wearing a lot of florals to promote ?It Ends Wi...
13-Sep-2023 :Blake Lively glowed in a bellbottom jumpsuit at the NYFW Michael Kors sho...
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17
Sony fully supports Blake Lively after she screened 'IEWU: The Lively Cut' in Texas
Added 200 days agoSource: CeleBitchy
Sony fully supports Blake Lively after she screened 'IEWU: The Lively Cut' in Texas
What does this Blake Lively stuff remind you of? For me, it?s sort of like the Hilaria Baldwin stuff in late 2020 and early 2021 suddenly, people were going back through all of Hilaria?s old interviews and doing deep dives on all of the Hilaria-was-never-Spanish lore. While Blake Lively never lied about being ?from Spain,? there is a similar deep-dive into the gossip history around Blake. Like? what was up with Blake and Leighton Meester on Gossip Girl? They apparently didn?t get along at all towards the latter part of the series, so much so they the would barely even speak to each other. The Mail is on the case go here to read.

Meanwhile, the current Blake situation is that we still don?t know exactly what went down between Blake, Justin Baldoni and the cast of It Ends With Us. Many people around the production maintain this idea that Baldoni and Lively?s larger falling out happened in postproduction, especially when Blake brought in her own editor to create IEWU: The Lively Cut. It was also clear (to me) that Team Blake had already started an increasingly loud whisper campaign about Baldoni, one which scared him enough to hire a crisis management team this week. Well, speaking of all of that, the Hollywood Reporter has an interesting piece about the studio giving a lot of full-throated support for Blake, especially after she screened IEWU: The Lively Cut to Colleen Hoover?s groupies in Texas in June.

In mid-June, star-producer Blake Lively traveled to Dallas to attend author Colleen Hoover?s Book Bonanza for a Q&A in the lead-up to the August release It Ends With Us. Lively surprised the 2,000-plus attendees when she announced they could screen a rough cut of the movie adaptation the following night. The screening of the movie ? the first of Hoover?s popular novels to hit the screen ? proved to be a stroke of marketing genius for Sony, which bought rights to release the movie from Wayfarer Studios, whose co-founder, Justin Baldoni, both directed and stars in the film.

?Colleen Hoover?s Book Bonanza and her fans sparked the fire that was the beginning of the cultural movement,? says Josh Greenstein, a veteran marketer and president of Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group.

Absent, however, from the Dallas gathering was Baldoni. The version shown that night was Lively?s preferred rough cut of the movie.

By the time the movie opened Aug. 9, an ugly war had erupted on TikTok and other social media platforms pitting Baldoni and Lively against each other. Many took aim at Lively, despite reports that some cast and crewmembers, including Lively, felt uncomfortable over Baldoni?s behavior on set.

Sony is fully in sync with Lively. ?Blake, Colleen and so many women put so much effort into this remarkable movie, working selflessly from the start to ensure that such an important subject matter was handled with care. Audiences love the movie. Blake?s passion and commitment to advancing the conversation around domestic violence is commendable,? Sony Pictures Entertainment Chair-CEO Tony Vinciquerra told The Hollywood Reporter. ?We love working with Blake, and we want to do 12 more movies with her.?

Sony?s marketing campaign ? in staying true to Hoover?s book ? conveyed that It Ends With Us isn?t a story of victimhood, but a story of redemption. It traverses falling in love, becoming an entrepreneur, friendship and family, alongside pain and trauma. ?Lily is a survivor and a victim, but that doesn?t define her, as she is in charge of her identity and her story. These themes were important to the campaign,? says one source connected to the film?s rollout.

Sources have told THR that there was a fracture between Baldoni and Lively in the postproduction stage, wherein two different cuts of the movie emerged. Lively commissioned a cut of the movie from editor Shane Reid, who was an editor on Deadpool & Wolverine, according to multiple sources.

[From THR]

This reads to me like why Baldoni hired crisis managers in the first place, because he was afraid he was going to get squished by the studio taking Blake?s side and throwing him under the bus. Sony is obviously doing the most to stay on Blake?s good side, and not only that, Sony is seemingly doing a lot (here and behind-the-scenes) to keep the arguments from devolving into petty, personal attacks. It suits everyone involved if the story is ?Blake and Justin disagreed about which edit to use, that?s the big problem? rather than ?Justin fat-shamed Blake and gave her a lingering kiss? or ?Blake is a mean-girl bully.?

Photos courtesy of Backgrid, Cover Images.

18-Feb-2025 :Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds turned up at the SNL 50th special on Sunday
5-Feb-2025 :Blake Lively did not get a gag order on Justin Baldoni & his lawyers
23-Jan-2025 :Blake Lively wants a judge to issue a gag order on Justin Baldoni?s legal...
8-Jan-2025 :Blake Lively?s lawyer: This is not a he said/she said situation or a feud
23-Dec-2024 :Blake Lively is suing Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment & ?social mani...
16-Aug-2024 :Sony full supports Blake Lively after she screened ?IEWU: The Lively Cut?...
9-Aug-2024 :Blake Lively wore Tamara Ralph in London & she?s beefing with Justin Bald...
8-Aug-2024 :Blake Lively wore Britney Spears? 2002 Versace to the ?It Ends With Us? p...
5-Aug-2024 :Blake Lively is obviously wearing a lot of florals to promote ?It Ends Wi...
13-Sep-2023 :Blake Lively glowed in a bellbottom jumpsuit at the NYFW Michael Kors sho...
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AUG
16
Sony full supports Blake Lively after she screened 'IEWU: The Lively Cut' in Texas
Added 201 days agoSource: CeleBitchy
Sony full supports Blake Lively after she screened 'IEWU: The Lively Cut' in Texas
What does this Blake Lively stuff remind you of? For me, it?s sort of like the Hilaria Baldwin stuff in late 2020 and early 2021 suddenly, people were going back through all of Hilaria?s old interviews and doing deep dives on all of the Hilaria-was-never-Spanish lore. While Blake Lively never lied about being ?from Spain,? there is a similar deep-dive into the gossip history around Blake. Like? what was up with Blake and Leighton Meester on Gossip Girl? They apparently didn?t get along at all towards the latter part of the series, so much so they the would barely even speak to each other. The Mail is on the case go here to read.

Meanwhile, the current Blake situation is that we still don?t know exactly what went down between Blake, Justin Baldoni and the cast of It Ends With Us. Many people around the production maintain this idea that Baldoni and Lively?s larger falling out happened in postproduction, especially when Blake brought in her own editor to create IEWU: The Lively Cut. It was also clear (to me) that Team Blake had already started an increasingly loud whisper campaign about Baldoni, one which scared him enough to hire a crisis management team this week. Well, speaking of all of that, the Hollywood Reporter has an interesting piece about the studio giving a lot of full-throated support for Blake, especially after she screened IEWU: The Lively Cut to Colleen Hoover?s groupies in Texas in June.

In mid-June, star-producer Blake Lively traveled to Dallas to attend author Colleen Hoover?s Book Bonanza for a Q&A in the lead-up to the August release It Ends With Us. Lively surprised the 2,000-plus attendees when she announced they could screen a rough cut of the movie adaptation the following night. The screening of the movie ? the first of Hoover?s popular novels to hit the screen ? proved to be a stroke of marketing genius for Sony, which bought rights to release the movie from Wayfarer Studios, whose co-founder, Justin Baldoni, both directed and stars in the film.

?Colleen Hoover?s Book Bonanza and her fans sparked the fire that was the beginning of the cultural movement,? says Josh Greenstein, a veteran marketer and president of Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group.

Absent, however, from the Dallas gathering was Baldoni. The version shown that night was Lively?s preferred rough cut of the movie.

By the time the movie opened Aug. 9, an ugly war had erupted on TikTok and other social media platforms pitting Baldoni and Lively against each other. Many took aim at Lively, despite reports that some cast and crewmembers, including Lively, felt uncomfortable over Baldoni?s behavior on set.

Sony is fully in sync with Lively. ?Blake, Colleen and so many women put so much effort into this remarkable movie, working selflessly from the start to ensure that such an important subject matter was handled with care. Audiences love the movie. Blake?s passion and commitment to advancing the conversation around domestic violence is commendable,? Sony Pictures Entertainment Chair-CEO Tony Vinciquerra told The Hollywood Reporter. ?We love working with Blake, and we want to do 12 more movies with her.?

Sony?s marketing campaign ? in staying true to Hoover?s book ? conveyed that It Ends With Us isn?t a story of victimhood, but a story of redemption. It traverses falling in love, becoming an entrepreneur, friendship and family, alongside pain and trauma. ?Lily is a survivor and a victim, but that doesn?t define her, as she is in charge of her identity and her story. These themes were important to the campaign,? says one source connected to the film?s rollout.

Sources have told THR that there was a fracture between Baldoni and Lively in the postproduction stage, wherein two different cuts of the movie emerged. Lively commissioned a cut of the movie from editor Shane Reid, who was an editor on Deadpool & Wolverine, according to multiple sources.

[From THR]

This reads to me like why Baldoni hired crisis managers in the first place, because he was afraid he was going to get squished by the studio taking Blake?s side and throwing him under the bus. Sony is obviously doing the most to stay on Blake?s good side, and not only that, Sony is seemingly doing a lot (here and behind-the-scenes) to keep the arguments from devolving into petty, personal attacks. It suits everyone involved if the story is ?Blake and Justin disagreed about which edit to use, that?s the big problem? rather than ?Justin fat-shamed Blake and gave her a lingering kiss? or ?Blake is a mean-girl bully.?

Photos courtesy of Backgrid, Cover Images.

18-Feb-2025 :Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds turned up at the SNL 50th special on Sunday
5-Feb-2025 :Blake Lively did not get a gag order on Justin Baldoni & his lawyers
23-Jan-2025 :Blake Lively wants a judge to issue a gag order on Justin Baldoni?s legal...
8-Jan-2025 :Blake Lively?s lawyer: This is not a he said/she said situation or a feud
23-Dec-2024 :Blake Lively is suing Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment & ?social mani...
17-Aug-2024 :Sony fully supports Blake Lively after she screened ?IEWU: The Lively Cut...
9-Aug-2024 :Blake Lively wore Tamara Ralph in London & she?s beefing with Justin Bald...
8-Aug-2024 :Blake Lively wore Britney Spears? 2002 Versace to the ?It Ends With Us? p...
5-Aug-2024 :Blake Lively is obviously wearing a lot of florals to promote ?It Ends Wi...
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Blake Lively wore Tamara Ralph in London & she's beefing with Justin Baldoni'
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Blake Lively wore Tamara Ralph in London & she's beefing with Justin Baldoni'
Here are some photos of Blake Lively and Isabela Ferrer at the photocall and premiere for It Ends With Us in London on Thursday. Blake?s white suit at the photocall was Stella McCartney? which makes sense (awful sense). For the premiere, Blake wore Tamara Ralph Couture, and Isabela wore Burberry. I think it?s interesting that Blake chose Tamara Ralph (formerly of Ralph & Russo) Blake doesn?t have one go-to designer for every carpet, but usually she goes for bigger name labels or designers. That being said, the dress is blandly pretty, so much so that I thought this was Elie Saab or Monique Lhuillier. The furry coat/cape.stole is interesting but not with this dress. At least Blake?s hair looks good?

Meanwhile, it appears that Justin Baldoni did not make the trip to London to promote the movie. That?s weird he was in New York and he attended the NYC premiere a few days ago. He didn?t pose with anyone from the film though. In case you?re wondering, Baldoni plays the domestic-abuser husband in the film AND Baldoni also directed this mess, with Blake and Colleen Hoover stepping in as co-executive producers. Since IEWU?s promotion ramped up, people have been noticing that Blake and Justin are not interacting on the promo tour at all, not even to pose together on a red carpet.

Social media users are convinced that It Ends With Us costars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have become embroiled in a fierce feud after they noticed some suspicious behavior between the two cast members. The highly-anticipated movie, based off Colleen Hoovers novel of the same name, is set to hit theaters on Friday, August 9. But some fans believe Blake, 36, has beef with Justin, 40 who on top of acting in the film, also directed it after claiming they spotted some tension between the stars at the New York City premiere earlier this week.

Blake and Justin didnt pose for any pictures together at the event, despite playing the two main characters and love interests in the flick. She happily took photos with her other costars like Jenny Slate and Brandon Sklenar, but not Justin. Two days later, Blake attended a photo call in London for the film with some of the other stars but Justin was mysteriously absent.

In addition, the two havent done any press together in the weeks leading up to the films release. Instead, Blake sat down for an interview with her costar, Brandon, last month; she and Brandon also participated in a promotional video with It Ends With Us stars Alex Neustaedter and Isabela Ferrer, but Justin had no part in it.

Eagle-eyed social media users also noticed that both Blake and author Colleen unfollowed Justin on Instagram recently. Between their lack of interactions and the social media move, many people on the web are wondering if there was drama between Blake and Justin on set.

[From The Daily Mail]

Two things make me believe the beef is real: not posing together on the red carpet in NYC AND Lively and Hoover unfollowing him. Even when costars hate each other, producers will convince them to pose together (however briefly) at the premiere, even if it?s part of a larger group. There was none of that at the NYC premiere, and obviously, he didn?t even come to the London leg of the promotion. Something absolutely went down. Ive seen some people theorizing that Baldoni didnt appreciate Blake trying to whitewash the domestic violence storyline? There are rumors about Ryan Reynolds getting too involved in the production too.

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.

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Blake Lively wore Britney Spears' 2002 Versace to the 'It Ends With Us' premiere
Added 210 days agoSource: CeleBitchy
Blake Lively wore Britney Spears' 2002 Versace to the 'It Ends With Us' premiere
Here are some photos from last night?s New York premiere of It Ends With Us. I?m also including some of Blake?s flower-intensive promotional looks from this week too. As we discussed, Blake?s IEWU character is named Lily Bloom. She works as a florist. Blake is Captain Obvious. Blake chose a very special ?floral? look for the premiere a vintage Versace dress once worn by Britney Spears in 2002. Blake told People Mag at the premiere that it was actually the same dress Britney wore. The fact that Blake can fit into that dress after four kids? Kind of amazing. Sidenote: this early-2000s Versace era was so good, Donatella had taken over from her late brother and she was really going lighter and brighter.

As always, Ryan Reynolds joined Blake at her premiere. Hugh Jackman came out as well, because I guess Hugh is part of the Lively-Reynolds family now (lucky him). I don?t begrudge Blake the support she?s the executive producer on this film, the source material for which (arguably) romanticizes domestic violence and she?s really trying to hype it.

I?m not looking up the fashion IDs on all of Blake?s floral looks but the ensemble with the chaps is insane. All of these looks are pretty tragic, actually.

Photos courtesy of Backgrid and Cover Images.

18-Feb-2025 :Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds turned up at the SNL 50th special on Sunday
5-Feb-2025 :Blake Lively did not get a gag order on Justin Baldoni & his lawyers
23-Jan-2025 :Blake Lively wants a judge to issue a gag order on Justin Baldoni?s legal...
8-Jan-2025 :Blake Lively?s lawyer: This is not a he said/she said situation or a feud
23-Dec-2024 :Blake Lively is suing Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment & ?social mani...
17-Aug-2024 :Sony fully supports Blake Lively after she screened ?IEWU: The Lively Cut...
16-Aug-2024 :Sony full supports Blake Lively after she screened ?IEWU: The Lively Cut?...
9-Aug-2024 :Blake Lively wore Tamara Ralph in London & she?s beefing with Justin Bald...
5-Aug-2024 :Blake Lively is obviously wearing a lot of florals to promote ?It Ends Wi...
13-Sep-2023 :Blake Lively glowed in a bellbottom jumpsuit at the NYFW Michael Kors sho...
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Blake Lively is obviously wearing a lot of florals to promote 'It Ends With Us'
Added 212 days agoSource: CeleBitchy
Blake Lively is obviously wearing a lot of florals to promote 'It Ends With Us'
I know there are a lot of big Blake Lively fans out there, so I?ll try to be as nice as possible, even though Blake and her allure of antebellum pluck my last nerve. Blake?s promotion for It Ends With Us began last week, and she?s using the movie promotion to also launch her haircare line, Blake Brown. Blake stepped into an executive producer role for It Ends With Us, and she?s actually co-EP with author Colleen Hoover. Meaning, Hoover had a big say in how her book was adapted for the screen. This should make fans of the book happy. Months/years after BookTok made IEWU into a massive hit, I was basically the last one to figure out that the core story is actually about domestic violence. Like, it?s not a straight romance it?s a story about abuse.

Blake?s character in IEWU is named Lily Bloom. Guess what Lily Bloom does for a living? She co-owns some kind of florist?s shop. If you need to be bashed over the head with this, Blake?s promotional fashion tour features a lot of florals and flowery designs and prints. Last week and over the weekend, Blake did a promo blitz which included some cute dresses and one completely wacky ensemble which involved clashing prints. Awful.

Here?s a Dauphinette look this is one of her few looks we have access to, photo-wise. You can see the Mail?s fashion coverage here. I wonder if Blake thought she was doing a really big fashion tour which would dominate the celebrity/fashion media, but not enough paparazzi turned up? Because that?s what it feels like.

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18-Feb-2025 :Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds turned up at the SNL 50th special on Sunday
5-Feb-2025 :Blake Lively did not get a gag order on Justin Baldoni & his lawyers
23-Jan-2025 :Blake Lively wants a judge to issue a gag order on Justin Baldoni?s legal...
8-Jan-2025 :Blake Lively?s lawyer: This is not a he said/she said situation or a feud
23-Dec-2024 :Blake Lively is suing Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment & ?social mani...
17-Aug-2024 :Sony fully supports Blake Lively after she screened ?IEWU: The Lively Cut...
16-Aug-2024 :Sony full supports Blake Lively after she screened ?IEWU: The Lively Cut?...
9-Aug-2024 :Blake Lively wore Tamara Ralph in London & she?s beefing with Justin Bald...
8-Aug-2024 :Blake Lively wore Britney Spears? 2002 Versace to the ?It Ends With Us? p...
13-Sep-2023 :Blake Lively glowed in a bellbottom jumpsuit at the NYFW Michael Kors sho...
Blake Lively photos
Blake Lively videos
Blake Lively news

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