Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are looking to dismiss Justin Baldoni’s defamation lawsuit against them. The couple informed a federal judge of their intentions on Thursday, January 30, just before their attorneys were set to appear in court for the case’s first hearing. Lively had previously sued Baldoni, her director and co-star in the film “It Ends With Us,” for sexual harassment in December 2024, alleging that he had created a hostile work environment on set. Baldoni denied the accusations and later filed a lawsuit against The New York Times for their reporting on Lively’s claims. In a separate suit, Baldoni accused Lively, her husband, and her publicist of civil extortion, defamation, false light invasion of privacy, and more. Lively’s legal team responded by calling Baldoni’s actions “desperate” and argued that the defamation suit was an attempt to shift the blame onto the victim. A trial date has been set for March 9, 2026.
In other news:
– Renée Zellweger was supported by her boyfriend, Ant Anstead, and his children at the London premiere of her new movie.
– The father of figure skater Brielle Beyer, who tragically died in the recent American Airlines crash, revealed that she was a cancer survivor.
– Taylor Swift and Beyoncé will both be competing in multiple categories at the 2025 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year.
– New court documents suggest that Prince Andrew had more extensive contact with Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender, than he had previously admitted.
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