Justin Baldoni's lawyers say he and the other defendants in Blake Lively's lawsuit can't be held responsible for her businesses going belly up ... because she's not a marvelous mogul.
The two sides were in court Tuesday to discuss pretrial issues ... and, damages came up --specifically, Lively arguing Baldoni and others damaged her public reputation, which caused her brands to take a beating.
Baldoni's lawyers disagreed, firing back that Blake has a poor track record of running businesses ... and companies like her liquor brand Betty Buzz failed because people just don't like her.
Lisa Kudrowsays life behind the cameras of the "Friends" set wasn't always as warm and fuzzy as it looked onscreen ... claiming the show's writers' room could be downright toxic -- and even included alleged sexual talk about her costars.
The actress -- who played Phoebe Buffay for all 10 seasons of the hit sitcom -- opened up in a new interview with The Times of London ... revealing the off-camera environment could get "mean" and "brutal."
"There was definitely mean stuff going on behind the scenes," Kudrow said.
Laura Dern is joining the cast of "The White Lotus" ... a major development that took very little time to happen after Helena Bonham Carter's abrupt departure last week.
A source with knowledge tells TMZ ... Dern is not playing the same character as Helena ... that role has been scrapped -- and a new one is being crafted amid production.
As we reported ... Helena left the show all of a sudden .... with filming starting about a week ago in France.
Eureka -- a drag performer best known for competing on Seasons 9 and 10 of "RuPaul's Drag Race" -- says she didn't feel so free at Madonna's album teaser event over the weekend ... because she says she got the boot for no reason.
The reality star aired her grievances on social media ... saying she was forcefully removed from the event for Madonna's new album "Confessions On A Dance Floor: Part II."
Eureka claims she was "treated like trash at the door" of The Abbey -- the famous West Hollywood club where the teaser event took place.
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Jessica Alba is turning 45 … and we're honestly impressed by all that she's managed to squeeze into four decades.
One of her biggest business moves? Founding The Honest Company. Since 2012, the brand has been focused on clean products for the whole fam … so we've rounded up some skincare favs to celebrate Jessica's big bday.
Whether you're looking for ageless skin or just a new moisturizer, Jessica's got you covered.
Diddyis drawing a hard line against Jonathan Hay's explosive lawsuit ... filing a response in court that basically says the publicist's shocking allegations are flat-out false.
The music mogul just filed his official answer to Hay's amended complaint -- and he starts by "generally and specifically" denying every single allegation in the lawsuit. He also denies Hay was harmed at all and says Hay isn't entitled to a dime.
That's a major response to a lawsuit packed with jaw-dropping accusations.
Barry Keoghanis finally setting the record straight on those Sabrina Carpentercheating rumors ... and he says the whole thing was bogus.
The actor popped up on the latest episode of Benny Blanco's "Friends Keep Secrets" podcast alongside Lil Dickyand Kristin Batalucco ... where he opened up about why he pulled back from social media and public appearances amid speculation he was unfaithful to Sabrina.
Barry says he completely stepped away from Instagram, social events, and even hanging out in the public eye because he felt buried under a narrative he says wasn't true.
Don't you just hate when you show up to an event wearing the same outfit as someone else ... and that person turns out to be the Queen Consort of the United Kingdom? That's the exact situation First Lady Melania Trump found herself in with Queen Camilla and King Charles visited the White House Tuesday.
Check it out ... the two most powerful ladies in the house wore all-white outfits with huge hats to keep the sun out of their eyes -- and the ensembles are so similar ya gotta wonder how their respective teams didn't coordinate on this.
Of course, we've got a far more important question ... who'd you rather???
Dianna Russini tried to help Mike Vrabel get over a four-game losing streak with a mediocre Spotify playlist ... at least that's what the internet believes after the NFL insider's streaming activity surfaced on Monday.
David Covucci of FOIAball brought the wild development to light on Monday ... posting screenshots of an account belonging to the former Athletic reporter, which featured a collection of songs titled "TURNIN THE PAGE."
Dianna Russini made a Spotify playlist called "TURNIN THE PAGE" that she shared with a user named "Mike" on December 19, 2022.
It was shared with a user named simply "Mike" on December 19, 2022 ... the day after Vrabel's Tennessee Titans lost their fourth-straight contest that season.
A Trump official decided the truce over nasty rhetoric is officially over, because he came out swinging Tuesday, calling Jimmy Kimmel a "s*** human being."
White House Communications Director Steven Cheung ferociously reacted to Kimmel's comments Monday night, not just for defending his joke about the First Lady, but also for attacking Donald Trump over his rhetoric.
It seems like Donald Trump and King Charles IIIare more than just allies ... they're reportedly (very distant) cousins.
According to "detailed research" from Daily Mail, Trump and Charles are 15th cousins ... because they share a common ancestor from the late 1400s/early 1500s.
The UK paper reports that their family trees overlap thanks to John Stuart, the 3rd Earl of Lennox and great-grandson of Scotland's King James II.
It turns out John had a son named Matthew, whose own son went on to become the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Superhero, businesswoman, and mother of 3 -- Jessica Alba is the whole package! It's the famous actress' birthday and it's only right to kick off the day with showin' off her best angles ... which happens to be all of them!
Of course Jessica has been workin' hard, but she sure knows how to relax, oftentimes heading to the beach to flaunt her bikini bum!
Don't be shy, scroll though her hot shots through the years and find the word in this fun game of bubble pop!
Red Coats have taken over the White House lawn ... a crazy visual, especially considering we're coming up on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence from England.
The late night host clapped back Monday night, opening his monologue with a jab ... joking sometimes you wake up and "the First Lady puts out a statement demanding you be fired" ... adding, yeah, we've all been there.
He made it crystal clear he wasn't calling for violence, insisting the bit was just a "pretend roast" ... clearly a dig at the couple's age gap, not anything darker. Kimmel doubled down that it was a "very light roast joke" about Trump nearing 80 and Melania being significantly younger.
An actor who appeared in the Oscar-winning film "Dances With Wolves" has been sentenced to 37 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls over a period of 2 decades.
A Las Vegas jury found Nathan Chasing Horse guilty of 13 of 21 charges he faced in January following an 11-day trial on Friday. He was originally arrested for the crimes by a SWAT team in 2023 and was booked in the Clark County Jail for child abuse or neglect, sex assault, sex assault against a child and sex trafficking of an adult.
Chasing Horse was accused of using his influence in the Native American community to take advantage of his victims. He was convicted of 10 counts of sexual assault of a minor under 16, 1 count of open/gross lewdness, 1 count of sexual assault, and 1 count of possession of visual presentation depicting sexual conduct of a child, local outlet KTNV reported.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib thinks Senator Lindsey Graham is living in Fantasy Land by asking taxpayers to foot the bill for the White House ballroom, because she says it's the LAST thing Americans want.
Charlie got the Congresswoman from Michigan Tuesday on Capitol Hill, and she gave him an earful over the proposal that your tax dollars could pay $400 million for the structure.
As for the argument it's a secure location, thus preventing another shooting at an outside venue ... Tlaib says this is the first time there's been such an incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, and she blames it on lax security measures. She says there was no metal detector -- in fact, there was, but the shooter sprinted past it.
