Legal issues Holiday Blake and a trial delay There was an update in the Blake Lively vs Justin Baldoni case today. Judge Liman is pushing back the start of the trial – it was originally supposed to begin in March and is now rescheduled to May because he has two criminal trials to preside over, explaining that "as By Lainey • Dec 09, 2025 04:35 pm
Music Taylor Swift: Beefs, Baubles, and Girl Sh-t in the Orchestra One of my favourite catchphrases from the early days of this website nearly 20 years ago is “girl sh-t is the best sh-t”. And, well, is there any other popstar who girl sh-ts as much as Taylor Swift? To be clear, nobody is complaining here. Taylor has always been good By Lainey • Oct 06, 2025 11:42 am
Douchebags Blake Lively’s temporary relief Blake Lively stepped out last night with her niece, Kate, at a Chanel event in New York just hours after news broke that the presiding judge in the legal dispute between her and Justin Baldoni had dismissed Justin’s countersuit against her. He was suing her for $400 million defamation By Lainey • Jun 10, 2025 11:58 am
Legal issues Blake Lively: The headline that counts The big news in entertainment today is about Blake Lively – and it’s been a while since there were any headlines in her favour. Even when there was a development in the legal situation that was in her favour, the coverage was muted. Which is what I noted a couple By Lainey • Jun 09, 2025 04:52 pm
Legal issues Lively vs Baldoni: medical records and emotional distress Another update in the legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. This one of course is making much bigger headlines than the update from last week – we’ll come back to that in a minute. The latest development concerns Blake’s emotional distress claim (one of many she makes By Lainey • Jun 03, 2025 09:49 am
Top Reads Blake Lively: The Quiet Brief(s) A noteworthy development yesterday in the Blake Lively/Justin Baldoni lawsuit. Here’s a quick(ish) summary on the situation since my focus is on the media and not the legal. Blake Lively is suing Justin Baldoni and his business partners for (among other things) sexual harassment. Justin Baldoni and By Lainey • May 28, 2025 01:29 pm
Top Reads The Taylor Swift Subpoena: Volunteer or Nothingburger? “Another day, another drama, drama…” But also… “I swear I don’t love the drama, it loves me” I don’t believe that lyric from Taylor Swift all of the time, but I do believe in the case between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. As I’ve been saying, Taylor By Lainey • May 23, 2025 12:08 pm
Top Reads Small win, big loss Blake Lively’s motion to strike a letter and an affidavit from Justin Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, was granted yesterday in New York. The letter and the affidavit became one of the most explosive twists in this crazy case, with Bryan Freedman alleging in both the letter and affidavit By Lainey • May 16, 2025 10:58 am
Legal issues Taylor Swift is the Main Character In the ongoing legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, in which she is accusing him of sexual harassment and reputational sabotage and he is counter-accusing her of sabotaging his reputation and taking over his movie, a main character has emerged…and it’s neither of them. The main By Lainey • May 15, 2025 12:51 pm
BFFs TNT break cover Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have kept a low profile since the Super Bowl. It’s been two months since they were seen together in public and even then it wasn’t like their pap walks in New York last year. The shots weren’t great because Taylor seemed determined By Lainey • May 12, 2025 10:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Another Simple Favor is the C-ntiest Movie Have you ever watched a movie and thought “what this needs is 500% more c-nt”? Well, Paul Feig, Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, and Jessica Sharzer sure have, because they’re all back for Another Simple Favor, a sequel to the 2018 dark comedy A Simple Favor. Feig once again directs; By Sarah • May 01, 2025 01:43 pm
BFFs Travis and Ryan: Unfollow or Never Follow? One of the offshoots from the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni legal mess is whether or not Blake and Taylor still have a relationship. The tabloids and social media have been obsessively trying to find out if Taylor’s cut Blake out of her life over all the details that By Lainey • Apr 29, 2025 11:56 am
Jock Smut Blake and Ryan: Friends, Favours, and the Championship Wrexham FC has been the story for a few weeks now ever since they were able to come down the home stretch in control of their own destiny. We’re talking about English football today, though, because the team is owned by Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds and the run By Lainey • Apr 28, 2025 12:25 pm
Jock Smut Blake & Ryan: Lists and Rankings Blake Lively was named to the TIME100 this year, with civil rights lawyer writing her endorsement. This, though, is really Blake’s only win of the year which is all the more reason she and Ryan Reynolds, along with her mother Elaine, stepped out last night for the TIME100 gala. By Lainey • Apr 25, 2025 11:27 am
Media Manipulation Blake Lively makes TIME TIME released its list of 100 Most Influential People of 2025 today… and there was a surprise on the list, at least to me: Blake Lively. The last 8 or 9 months or so have been the lowest of Blake’s career. Since the It Ends With Us press tour By Lainey • Apr 16, 2025 11:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews A Simple Little Murder Mystery If it was at all possible for me to be more seated for Another Simple Favor, I am. I liked the teaser, but the full trailer is here, and it looks like Paul Feig & Co are taking on the fun little murder mystery in the way the first movie By Sarah • Apr 15, 2025 11:14 am
