Celebrity Feuds

Blake Lively's lawyer says his client isn't backing down in her legal battle now that Justin Baldoni's lawsuit has been dismissed ... 'cause she's taking this one all the way to trial.

We spoke with Michael Gottlieb on "TMZ Live" Wednesday ... and, we asked him about Bryan Freedman -- Baldoni's top attorney -- claiming Blake's team is celebrating too soon.

Remember, Bryan came on "TMZ Live" Tuesday and said he and his team absolutely plan to refile the four claims against Lively that weren't dismissed with prejudice ... and repeatedly said he looked forward to deposing Lively sometime this month, provided she doesn't drop her lawsuit.

President Trump's sounding like a guy who wants his ex, Elon Musk, to come groveling back to him -- which seems to be happening -- but instead of welcoming him with open arms, he's putting him on the back burner.

Trump claimed he has no hard feelings with Musk, but on Wednesday's "Pod Force One" episode, he admitted he was "not a happy camper" when his former head of DOGE trashed his spending bill.

Trump said he was shocked by Elon’s outburst because, as he put it, his so-called "big beautiful bill" is so phenomenal. Taking a cue from every guilt-tripping parent in history, the prez very calmly said, "I was disappointed in him."

In a classic flip-flop move, Elon Musk just admitted he feels regretful about his bashful tweets about President Donald Trump last week -- well, mostly.

The Tesla CEO hopped on X in the middle of the night and gave a vague apology to Trump ... saying he regrets "some" of his tweet about the prez, reasoning they "went too far."

He did not elaborate on which tweets he deemed unnecessary, and Trump has yet to respond to his public declaration of remorse.

Gavin Newsom says Los Angeles is just the start of President Trump's plan to tear down Democracy across the whole country ... and he's urging all Americans to stand up against POTUS.

The Cali governor issued his alarming address Tuesday evening ... a few hours after a federal judge refused to grant an emergency restraining order to block Trump from federalizing the CA National Guard, and from deploying U.S. Marines on the streets of Los Angeles.

Newsom said, "This isn't just about protests here in Los Angeles. When Donald Trump sought blanket authority to commandeer the National Guard, he made that order apply to every state in this nation. This is about all of us."

California Governor Gavin Newsom has taken a swipe at President Donald Trump ... using pop culture to make his message loud and clear.

As demonstrations against ICE continue across Los Angeles in protest of aggressive immigration enforcement, Newsom jumped on his TikTok to throw shade at Trump in a slideshow post featuring photos of the two men together -- all set to Taylor Swift’s hit track "You Need to Calm Down."

The slideshow highlighted a specific verse from the song with the lyrics, "Say it in the street, that's a knock-out ... But you say it in a tweet, that's a cop-out ... And I'm just like, ‘Hey, are you okay?'"

11:12 AM PT -- Riley Gaines got wind of Simone Biles' latest remarks ... accepting the Olympian's apology for her "personal attacks," but making it clear they still do not see eye to eye on the core issue.

"Women's sports can't be used as an excuse for girl's to center the feelings and validation of men and boys," Gaines said ... along with several other points.

"I welcome you to the fight to support fair sports and a future for female athletes. Little girls deserve the same shot to achieve that you had."

Simone Biles is in retreat mode -- apologizing for disparaging comments directed at Outkick's Riley Gaines last week ... while also attempting to clarify her stance on trans women in sports.

The seven-time Olympic gold medalist went to social media to address her budding feud with the former college swimmer, a strong advocate against trans women competing in women's sports, on Tuesday ... saying she let her frustrations get the best of her after throwing herself into one of the most heated debates in athletics.

Biles broke down her stance on the whole topic ... saying she doesn't have the answers, but the first step in reaching a conclusion is approaching the matter with empathy and respect.

8:00 AM PT -- In an earlier version ... TMZ inaccurately reported that Justin Baldoni's lawyers filed a motion to dismiss Blake Lively's claims in her lawsuit.

Blake Lively may have thought her legal drama with Justin Baldoni was finally behind her after her stunning court victory ... but JB's lawyer says the case is just getting started.

As you know ... Blake scored a big win Monday when a judge tossed out the claims Baldoni made against Lively, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and the New York Times in a $400 million lawsuit.

Baldoni accused them of defamation over an article about Justin's ugly feud with Blake behind the scenes of their 2024 film, "It Ends With Us." He insisted it was all part of a smear campaign against him.

6/10 8:00 AM PT -- In an earlier version ... TMZ inaccurately reported that Justin Baldoni's lawyers filed a motion to dismiss Blake Lively's claims in her lawsuit.

Justin Baldoni just lost BIG in his legal war with Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds and The New York Times ... because all of his claims against them have been dismissed.

A judge threw out the lawsuits filed by Baldoni and his Wayfair production company Monday, according to new legal docs obtained by TMZ, dealing a huge blow to the Baldoni camp.

As you know ... Justin and Wayfarer were suing Blake and Ryan for $400 million and the New York Times for $250 million, alleging defamation over an article about all the drama on the "It Ends With Us" movie set ... a story Baldoni alleged was a part of a smear campaign against him.

Diddy allegedly used to tell his ex-assistant Capricorn Clark that he had hot heat to cool off his "beef" with 50 Cent ... which would've been a big no-no according to Tony Yayo.

The G-G-G-G-Unit crew were all about their g-g-g-guns as well!!!

If you remember, Capricorn claimed Diddy wanted her to know that he was strapped and tooled up for his next encounter with Fif, but Yayo doesn't buy it.

President Trump took his Border Czar's comments about arresting California officials -- including the state governor and the mayor of L.A. -- to the next level Monday, declaring he would have Gavin Newsom arrested immediately.

On Saturday night, the second night of street protests -- some quite violent -- against ICE arrests of undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles County, Trump's Border Czar Tom Homan appeared to threaten to put California Gov. Gavin Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass in handcuffs if they got in the way of the federal raids.

“I’ll say it about anybody,” Homan said, responding specifically to whether his threat of detaining any obstructionist included state officials like Newsom and Bass. “You cross that line, it’s a felony to knowingly harbor and conceal an illegal alien. It’s a felony to impede law enforcement doing their job.”

Ted Cruz says he had a front-row seat to the explosive fallout between Donald Trump and Elon Musk -- revealing he was in the Oval Office with the President when it all went down.

The Senator revealed the news on his podcast saying ... "I was literally sitting there watching it happen. Trump was furious. Elon wasn’t holding back, and the tweets just kept coming."

According to Cruz, the now-public feud between Trump and Musk boiled over after Musk blasted Trump’s proposed reconciliation bill, branding it "disgusting" and urging lawmakers to reject it. Musk also claimed that without his support in 2024, Trump would have lost the election, and Republicans would have fumbled control of Congress.

Donald Trump's sharing a stern warning with Elon Musk ... implying he's better off staying out of politics entirely than supporting Democrats in the upcoming midterms.

The President of the United States drew the line in the sand for his former advisor during a phone interview with NBC News ... telling them he would bring the smackdown on EM if he supports Dems instead of Republicans that vote for Trump's tax and spending bill.

DJT said, "He’ll have to pay very serious consequences if he does that."

Vice President JD Vance is not here for the Elon Musk vs. Donald Trump beef -- calling it a "huge mistake" for the Tesla CEO to go after 47.

JD makes his viewpoint crystal clear while sitting down with Theo Von for his "This Past Weekend" podcast, released Saturday ... warning Elon's several digs at the prez are not good for America, and certainly not good for him.

He also takes issue with EM's social media claim that DJT is named in the still-secret Epstein files, arguing ... "Absolutely not. Donald Trump did absolutely nothing wrong with Jeffrey Epstein."

Elon Musk might have some regrets about claiming President Donald Trump is named in the Epstein files ... 'cause it appears he has deleted his bombshell tweet that shook the internet to its core.

Remember ... the Tesla founder dropped the allegation on Thursday as he and 47 were going at it on social media ... claiming the reason the Epstein files have not been fully revealed is because DT's name is hiding somewhere in them. That tweet has seemingly been scrubbed as of Saturday morning, however.

Trump’s attorney-general Pam Bondi released a slew of files related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's case in February ... but there was zip on any Trump involvement in Jeffrey's sick and twisted criminal endeavors.

Elon Musk and President Trump's epic, "Mean Girls"-esque breakup isn't just entertaining, it's a giant opening for Democrats to win back voters ... according to Bill Maher, who fears the party's gonna miss the boat. Again.

Maher dropped a "new rule" for Dems Friday night on his HBO show 'Real Time' ... as he urged left-leaning leaders to pull the plug on "idea-a-thon" think tanks, and focus on winning back guys like Musk and Joe Rogan.

In the wake of Elon choosing the nuclear option -- aka the 'Epstein files' -- in his war with Trump, Bill sees a chance for the Dems to swoop and scoop up former liberal thinkers who jumped to the GOP ... a move he says they gotta stop calling, "going to the dark side."

Simone Biles somersaulted her way over to shade Riley Gaines on social media Friday night -- slamming the conservative activist over her "sick" comment about a trans high school athlete.

Here's what went down ... Riley reacted to the Minnesota State High School League turning off their comments for a photo they posted on X celebrating Champlin Park High School winning their state championship with a shutout thanks to a trans pitcher.

She quoted the snap of smiling state champions, writing ... "Comments off lol ... To be expected when your star player is a boy."