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Blake Lively has filed a lawsuit against Justin Baldoni, co-star and director of It Ends With Us, for sexual harassment and an alleged organized effort to damage her image, according to a document acquired by Above. Baldoni's legal team responded, criticizing her "shameful," "serious and categorically false accusations against Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios, and its representatives." Blake Lively. RW/MediaPunch/IPx According to Lively's lawsuit, things were so terrible during production that an all-hands conference was called to discuss her allegations of a hostile work environment. According to the filing first obtained by TMZ, the demands made at that meeting included not showing nude videos or images of women to Lively; no more mentions of Baldoni's alleged previous "pornography addiction"; no more discussions about sexual experiences in front of Lively and others; no more mentions of cast and crew genitalia; and no more inquiries...

There is no doubt that MrBeast makes a lot of money. The YouTuber, actual name Jimmy Donaldson, earns hundreds of millions of dollars with his YouTube channel and Feastables food line. But, despite earning between $600 million and $700 million every year, Donaldson says he is not wealthy. Jimmy ' MrBeast ' Donaldson. Michael Tran/AFP/Getty Images His enormous channel has 239 million subscribers, and his videos consistently receive more than 100 million views. "Each video does a couple million in ad revenue, a couple million in brand deals," he told Time Magazine, adding that businesses spend between $2.5 million and $3 million for a mention in a video. However, that money is not deposited into his bank account. And even if it did, the 26-year-old asserts he does not have access to it. "I don't have access to any of my bank accounts," he said. "I have a CFO and everything, but [my mom is] the one who has access to the master bank account...

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco are engaged! The singer, actress, and Rare Beauty entrepreneur shared the good news on Instagram, showing photographs of her engagement ring with the comment "forever begins now…". Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco. Amy Sussman/Getty Images Gomez, 32, disclosed she was dating record producer Blanco in December 2023, despite having been romantically together since June of last year. The two had previously collaborated on Gomez's 2023 track "Single Soon" and her 2019 song "I Can't Get Enough." selenagomez/Instagram In a November cover story for The Hollywood Reporter, Gomez said of her relationship with Blanco: "This is the safest I've ever felt in one, and I see a future with this person." selenagomez/Instagram Gomez has had an unbelievable year, with enormous success in cinema, television, and now her personal life. Gomez and her Emilia Perez co-stars Karla Sofía Gascón, A...

A woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Sean "Diddy" Combs has updated her complaint to include allegations of assault by Jay-Z at the same party. The woman first sued Combs in October, but on Sunday she added Shawn Carter, the musician and businessman known as Jay-Z, as a defendant in the civil action. Jay Z attends the Los Angeles premiere of ' The Harder They Fall ' at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on October 13 , 2021 in Los Angeles , California. Rich Fury/GI Carter is the first celebrity to be accused of sexual assault related to Combs. In a statement to CNN, Carter described the charges as "so terrible in nature that I beg you to file a criminal complaint, not a civil one!! Whoever who conduct such a crime against a minor should be imprisoned, do you not agree?" Combs faces allegations of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and prostitution-related offenses. Combs pled not guilty to the charges and has denied any wrong...

Jay-Z and Sean Combs faced a civil lawsuit on Sunday for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000. The case, filed in October in the Southern District of New York, first named the Roc Nation entrepreneur, Shawn Carter, as an anonymous celebrity defendant. Carter has flatly refuted the accusation, accusing the lawyer who filed the action of attempting to extort him with bogus assertions. Jay-Z. Phillip Faraone/Getty Images The accuser, suing as Jane Doe, claimed she was raped by Combs and Carter while being transported to an afterparty for the MTV Video Music Awards in New York City. According to the amended lawsuit, Doe attempted to attend the VMAs but did not have a ticket. She was dropped off near Radio City Music Hall by a friend. She claims she contacted limousine drivers to ask for assistance in getting into the performance or afterparty. One of the drivers claimed to work with Combs and asked her to an after party. Per the lawsuit, he urged her to return to the pla...

Taylor Swift went to the venues of her record-breaking Eras Tour aboard her private plane.  Swift flew her plane 98 times in 2024, according to the aviation magazine Simple Flying. Her overall flight time came to almost 225 hours. Taylor Swift performs onstage during ' Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour ' at Rogers Centre on November 14 , 2024 in Toronto , Ontario. Emma McIntyre/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management The popular musician has a reputation as a frequent user of private jets. Throughout the year, she utilized her jet to go to various tour locations, visit her boyfriend (Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce), and fly back to her residences in Los Angeles and Nashville.  Her plane's most frequent stops were Nashville International Airport, Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport in Kansas City (where Kelce lives), and Hollywood Burbank Airport in Southern California.  Swift flies a Dassault Falcon 7x, a three-engine aircraft capable of flying m...

Debbie Nelson, Eminem's mother, has died. She was 69 years old. TMZ was the first to report the story. According to the publication, Nelson died in St. Joseph, Missouri, from symptoms connected to severe lung cancer. Billboard has contacted the Medical Examiner's Office. Reports of her cancer diagnosis emerged earlier in 2024. Eminem performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show at SoFi Stadium on February 13 , 2022 in Inglewood , California. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Nelson was the oldest of five children, born on a military installation in Kansas. She married Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. as a teenager and gave birth to Eminem (born Marshall Mathers) on October 17, 1972. Em and his mother had a tumultuous relationship throughout his youth and throughout his Hall of Fame career. On hits like "Cleanin' Out My Closet" and "My Name Is," the Detroit rap legend mocked his mother. Eminem 's mother Debbie Mathers during a...

Zayn Malik honored his late friend, Liam Payne, in his birthplace of Wolverhampton, England. As part of his Stairway to the Sky tour, the artist visited the English city and spoke with the crowd about Payne, who died on October 16 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Zayn Malik. Getty Images for ABA "So, at the end of each event, I've been doing something special for my brother Liam Payne. Rest in peace. I hope you're seeing this in your hometown tonight, Wolverhampton; this is for you, Liam," Malik stated in a fan video from the event on Friday, before playing "it's YoU." The Room Under the Stairs artist already honored Payne in his Leeds show earlier this week, displaying the words "Liam Payne, 1993-2024." "I love you bro," he said on stage, holding a heart. Prior to the gigs in England, Malik had postponed the U.S. portion of the tour due to the death of a friend and former One Direction member. "Given the heartbreaking los...

Liam Payne died on October 16 while apparently attempting to flee his hotel room at CasaSur Palermo via the balcony, TMZ reports. After additional surveillance footage from the Buenos Aires hotel was revealed, which showed three men carrying the singer through the lobby and toward his room, it is now assumed that Payne was attempting to leave the property in some way. ' Liam Payne. ' Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images According to a police report obtained by TMZ, a black New York Yankees cap and a Louis Vuitton bag were found near to Payne's corpse after his death. Neither of these things can be seen on him in the previous security film, indicating that he put them on when he returned to the room. Per the report, a brown leather bag with a message that read, "For Liam," numerous pills, and a bottle of Jack Daniel's was also discovered by a hotel staff member on the balcony of the room directly below Payne's, according to the report. The bag is...

Drake has filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) and Spotify, alleging that the two businesses collaborated to artificially inflate the popularity of Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." Drake watches on as the Sacramento Kings play the Toronto Raptors during the second half of their basketball game at the Scotiabank Arena on November 2 , 2024. Mark Blinch/Getty Images In a petition Monday, November 25, in Manhattan court, Drake's Frozen Moments LLC accused UMG of starting an unlawful "scheme" including bots, payola, and other ways to boost Lamar's song - a single that severely attacked Drake amid the two singers' continuing spat. "UMG did not rely on chance, or even ordinary business practices," Drake's attorneys claim. "It instead launched a campaign to manipulate and saturate the streaming services and airwaves." Drake's lawyers accuse UMG of breaking the federal "RICO" act, which is ...

Kendrick Lamar surprised fans with an early Christmas present: a new album. On Friday, the rap superstar released GNX. It includes 12 tracks, the most of which are produced by longtime collaborator Sounwave and hitmaker Jack Antonoff, with SZA appearing on the soulful ballad "Luther." The album comes months after his stellar chart run with Drake's diss single "Not Like Us," which topped the Billboard Hot 100 list and received five Grammy nominations, including song and record of the year. He also topped the mainstream charts with "Like That," a duet with Future and Metro Boomin. Kendrick Lamar 's ' GNX ' album cover . Dave Free Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, released in 2022, was Lamar's last album and won numerous Grammys. His 2017 album, DAMN, earned the Pulitzer Prize for Music, becoming him the first non-classical or jazz musician to receive the coveted award. He has 17 Grammy Awards and was nominated for the best or...

The 2024 MAMA Awards have arrived! aespa is the leading nominee for the three-day international K-pop awards ceremony, which will be held at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre (November 21) and the Kyoawea Dome in Osaka, Japan (November 22-23), with eight nominations, including multiple recognitions in the night's "Grand" awards such as Visa Artist of the Year, Visa Song of the Year, and Visa Album of the Year. Following the girl group, JENNIE has seven nominations, with the BLACKPINK star's solo efforts winning her acclaim in Grand prize categories such as Artist and Song of the Year. Jennie and aespa are leading nominees this year for the major K-pop ceremony , but which artists will emerge the night's big winners? PG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Girls' Generation's TAEYEON, SEVENTEEN, (G)I-DLE, IVE, LE SSERAFIM, and RIIZE all received many Grand Award nominations. The MAMAs officially began in Los Angeles on Thursday, November 21, with a morning me...

It's Domingo live from the Short n' Sweet Tour. On Sunday night, November 17, at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, Sabrina Carpenter welcomed a special visitor direct from Miami for her tour segment in which she arrests an audience member for being "too hot" before of her racy song "Juno." This time, it was Domingo, the sexy Saturday Night Live character portrayed by Marcello Hernandez, who first appeared in a viral skit last month set to Carpenter's popular song "Espresso." Sabrina Carpenter performs on stage during the Short N ' Sweet Tour held at Madison Square Garden on September 29 , 2024 in New York City. Christopher Polk for Billboard "My name is Domingo," Hernandez announced from the audience to huge shouts after catching Carpenter's attention. When Carpenter asks where he is from ("I'm from Miami, baby," he growls), she says, "I wish you were from my bedroom." Hernandez th...

Victoria Kjaer Theilvig of Denmark has been crowned Miss Universe 2024, making her the first Dane to win the competition. The 21-year-old competitive dancer, entrepreneur, and aspiring lawyer beat over 120 other participants to win Mexico City's annual beauty pageant on Saturday night. Miss Denmark , Victoria Kjær Theilvig , is crowned Miss Universe 2024 in the 73rd Miss Universe Competition in Mexico City on November 16 , 2024. Hector Vivas/Getty Images Other contenders on stage congratulated her as she took the tiara from Nicaragua's reigning titleholder, Sheynnis Palacios. This year's finale included a performance by musician Robin Thicke and was hosted by Mario Lopez from "Saved by the Bell" and former Miss Universe Olivia Culpo. The extravagant pageant kicked off with contenders being reduced to a shortlist of 30, based on the results of Thursday's preliminary event, which featured a showy national costume competition. The semi-finalists th...

John Krasinski has been crowned People's Sexiest Man Alive for 2024. The announcement was made Tuesday night on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert." "It was just an immediate blackout. I had no thoughts," Krasinski told People about his reaction to learning he would be this year's recipient. "Other than that, perhaps I'm being punked. That is not how I wake up, wondering, 'Is this the day I'll be asked to be the Sexiest Man Alive?' And yet, it was the day you two did it. You've truly elevated the bar for me." John Krasinski. Mike Coppola/Getty Images Krasinski said his wife Emily Blunt was "very excited" when she heard the news. "There was a lot of joy involved in me telling her," he told People. Krasinski is best recognized for his roles as Jim Halpert in the American version of the mockumentary sitcom "The Office" and as the titular CIA analyst in the Prime Video series "Jack Rya...

Song Jae-rim, a South Korean actor and model, was discovered dead at his home in Seoul, authorities said on Tuesday, November 12. He was 39 years old. His cause of death remains unknown. Song Jae-rim showcases designs by Songzio during the Seoul Fashion Week 2020 at Dongdaemun Design Plaza on October 17 , 2019 in Seoul , South Korea. The Chosunilbo JNS/Imazins via Getty Images Jae-rim's funeral is set to take place in Yeouido St. Mary's Funeral Hall, according to The Korea Herald. According to the publication, a police spokeswoman has stated that there is presently "no evidence of foul play." According to numerous sources, a letter was found at his residence. The late We Got Married alum had not posted on social media since at least March of this year. Jae-rim's most recent roles were in the South Korean TV series My Military Valentine as Sung Jae-hoon and the musical La Rose de Versailles. According to The Korea Herald, the actor's most recen...

Karol G responded in detail Monday, November 11, to criticism of her new song "+57" — which features J Balvin, Feid, Maluma, and other Colombian performers — for lyrics that some have interpreted as sexualizing youngsters. Karol G. Amy Sussman/Getty Images Her post comes four days after the release of the reggaetón tune featuring Colombia's top hitmakers, including Ryan Castro, Blessd, and newcomer DFZM. Produced by Ovy on Drums – Karol's longtime producer — and co-written by Keityn, the song was dubbed a new Colombian anthem even before it was released. However, the song's lyrics were criticized online quickly after its release on Thursday, November 7, with some individuals pointing out that it oversexualizes children. (In one sentence, they discuss a lady who has been a "mamacita," or "hot mama," since the age of 14.) Rolling Stone En Español published a column titled "The Disaster of +'57′," and the Instituto Colomb...

BLACKPINK's LISA will make her acting debut in season three of HBO Max's The White Lotus. The HBO 2025 teaser, which includes scenes from the upcoming season, gives viewers their first glimpse at the K-pop sensation as Mook, a resort manager who greets new visitors with a friendly, "Welcome to The White Lotus in Thailand, ka." Lisa of BLACKPINK. Han Myung-Gu/WireImage The third season of White Lotus, which will air next year, was recorded across Thailand, making the production a homecoming for LISA, who has previously expressed her pleasure about sharing the beauty of her hometown with fans. LISA recently talked about her first thoughts on getting cast by Mike White, the creator of The White Lotus, whom she referred to as "a genius," in an interview with ELLE. "I believe I sobbed [when I received the part]. I was with my pals, my mum's friends, and my mother, but I didn't tell them I auditioned for it," LISA said. "I'm...