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Justin Baldoni ‘devastated financially and emotionally’ by Blake Lively legal battle

Justin Baldoni’s ongoing legal battle with his “It Ends With Us” co-star Blake Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, has allegedly taken its toll.
During a pre-trial conference on Monday, Baldoni’s attorney Bryan Freedman claimed the actor-director has suffered hardships due to the litigation.
Freedman said that the “Jane the Virgin” alum and his other clients “are devastated financially and emotionally,” per People.
Along with Baldoni, Freedman is representing Baldoni’s production company, Wayfarer Studios, “It Ends With Us” producers Jamey Heath and Steve Sarowitz and publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel.
“Not to sound like a 4-year-old fighting a 4-year-old with ‘they started it,’ but in these kinds of cases, once someone says something it becomes fact,” the attorney added, referring to Lively’s sexual harassment allegations.
“There’s no way to fight against it.”
Meanwhile, Lively’s attorney Michael Gottlieb claimed Baldoni’s alleged “retaliation campaign” against the “Gossip Girl” actress has been “devastating” for her, per CNN.
While Judge Lewis Liman denied Lively and Reynolds’ gag order request, he told both sides to avoid making public statements about the case because it could interfere with a fair trial, which has been scheduled for March 2026.
Liman also recommended that Baldoni, 41, and Lively, 37, consider an earlier trial date.
Lively’s attorneys Gottlieb and Esra Hudson were “pleased with the result of today’s hearing,” telling Page Six in a statement that they are “eager to move forward immediately with discovery in this case.”
“The Court granted our request that all attorneys in the matter actually follow the rule of law and not make any statements that could prejudice a jury.”
“This case deals with serious allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation. We will hold the defendants accountable, and we are confident that once all the evidence is submitted in this matter, Ms. Lively will prevail,” they added.
Reps for Baldoni weren’t immediately available to Page Six for comment.
Lively filed a sexual harassment complaint — which was published by the New York Times — against the “Five Feet Apart” director on Dec. 21, 2024.
Baldoni denied the allegations before filing a defamation lawsuit against the Times, shortly before Lively filed a formal lawsuit against him.
Baldoni later responded by filing a $400 million lawsuit against Lively and Reynolds, 48, on Jan. 16.
Baldoni has continued to make public attempts to refute Lively’s claims by releasing raw footage from the “It Ends With Us” set and launching a website with alleged correspondence regarding the film production.
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Knicks star Jalen Brunson reveals he looks for Mariska Hargitay every game

This friendship is a slam dunk.
Jalen Bruson confessed that he looks for “Law and Order: SVU” actress Mariska Hargitay at every New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden.
The point guard, 29, made the revelation on “The Richard Jefferson Show,” calling her his “No. 1.”
“Love her to death [and] she knows it,” he added in the resurfaced episode ahead of Wednesday’s Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals, where the Knicks will once again take on the San Antonio Spurs.
He then named Knicks celeb row staples Ben Stiller, Spike Lee and Tracy Morgan as some of his other favorite spectators.
The love is mutual between Brunson and Hargitay as the Emmy winner, 62, gushed about being Brunson’s “good luck charm” during Monday’s episode of “Today with Jenna & Sheinelle.”
Ahead of attending Game 3 with former “SVU” co-star Christopher Meloni, Hargitay said of the Knicks player, “I love him.”
She also admitted to using Brunson as her “inspiration” while prepping for her Broadway debut in the one-person show “Every Brilliant Thing.”
“I just thought about him and his inspiration and his humility and his work ethic, to say, ‘You can do hard things. No matter what, you can do hard things,’” she explained.
Calling him “so singular,” Hargitay added that Brunson is “a magnificent human” who promised to come see her play.
Additionally, during a June 2025 appearance on “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” she explained how their friendship blossomed.
“Ben Stiller — who’s a fan and also has very nice seats like you — said all the celebrities are jealous because Jalen Brunson only hugs you after games,” Seth Meyers said, approaching the subject.
“And this was a choice Jalen Brunson made,” he added. “You didn’t storm the court and hug him! So how did your first postgame embrace with Jalen come to pass?”
Hargitay then explained, “I think Jalen sort of grew up on ‘SVU’ … I think he felt this, as many people do, intimacy and safety that one does growing up on ‘SVU.’”
In fact, Brunson has previously admitted that “SVU” is “a pregame show” for him.
“I’ve always loved that show,” he said, noting he’d “never” been “super starstruck” until meeting Hargitay in person. “I saw her, I was like ‘Oh s–t.’ The first time we met, it was awesome. We talked and everything,” he told Stiller on the “Roommates Show” podcast.
Since then, the unlikely duo has been supporting each other on and off the court.
Brunson and his wife, Alison Marks, made an appearance at the premiere of Hargitay’s film “My Mom Jayne” at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival.
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Beau Bridges says Tom Cruise ‘gets better with age’ as ‘Top Gun’ star keeps defying Hollywood odds

Tom Cruise’s “Jerry McGuire” costar Beau Bridges thinks the 63-year-old actor is getting better and better with age.
“I really appreciated working with him,” Bridges, who starred alongside Cruise in the 90s romcom, told People while attending the “Matlock” For Your Consideration event last week. “He’s a wonderful actor and just gets better with age. I mean, he’s still doing all those crazy stunts and stuff. Yeah. And I like working with him. I thought he was great.”
Bridges isn’t the only actor who has thoughts on Cruise’s legendary stunts.
Earlier this year, Ethan Hawke revealed that he has grown “angry” with Cruise, explaining that the “Mission: Impossible” star’s high-risk stunt work has changed what audiences and studios expect from actors across Hollywood.
“Tom Cruise has totally changed what’s expected for actors,” Hawke told Variety at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival in February. “Some part of me is getting angry over the years because everyone somehow feels like they’re less if they use a stunt team.”
While Cruise — who is returning for “Top Gun 3” — has never appeared in a superhero movie from Marvel, DC or any other comic-book franchise, the actor cemented his status as an action movie icon by insisting on performing increasingly dangerous, real-world stunts himself in blockbuster franchises including “Mission: Impossible,” “Top Gun” and “Jack Reacher.”
Last year, Cruise nearly broke his back while performing a stunt for “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.”
In bonus content from the digital release of the film, Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie detailed one of the film’s most harrowing sequences: a high-flying biplane battle between the actor’s character, Ethan Hunt, and Gabriel, portrayed by Esai Morales.
The scene showed Ethan leaping from one plane onto another, as he clung to the wing midair.
“Oh, this almost broke my back,” Cruise said, per Entertainment Weekly.
“You’re talking about a lot of pain here,” McQuarrie chimed in.
Cruise’s character was seen in the video clip grabbing a seat belt, holding on for dear life, as the plane flipped upside down.
“Now watch this, the thing we haven’t talked about, holding on to this belt,” McQuarrie described, while Cruise said, “Oh God, that was brutal.”
The director continued to explain, “This separated the joints in Tom’s fingers from the force, so by the time we finished this sequence, your hands were absolutely swollen – oh my God, it was so painful to watch.”
During the intense scene, Cruise’s character was forced to crash into the side of the aircraft. As he remembered the pain, the Hollywood actor said, “Oh, that was brutal. That hit, that was a hard one.”
McQuarrie joked, “And you improvised that, thank you very much. I appreciate that. You were like, ‘I think we’re gonna need that,’ and I was like, ‘I didn’t ask you to do that.’”
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Jack Schlossberg wears grandfather John F. Kennedy’s tie for ‘good luck’

Jack Schlossberg brings a piece of his grandfather with him whenever he suits up.
In an appearance on “Radio Andy” on Tuesday, he kept it politically formal, wearing a light blue button-down shirt under his navy suit and adding a blue printed tie with a personal connection.
When host Andy Cohen asked what Schlossberg counts as his “favorite family heirloom” from late grandfather John F. Kennedy or uncle John F. Kennedy Jr., the budding politician pointed to his very own neck.
“This is my favorite tie. It’s JFK’s tie,” Schlossberg replied.
“I wear it for good luck,” he continued, laughing, “Today was a big day for me because I am with Andy Cohen. That’s the coolest.”
Always well dressed, one might think Schlossberg has an overflowing wardrobe to pull from for formal occasions.
However, he stated, “I have five ties. I only wear five ties ever,” adding, “This is one of them.”
While the 33-year-old has worn the special neck accessory on many a TV appearance, rally and the like, he’s also chosen it for a number of poignant events.
Through the years, he’s worn the tie to mom Caroline Kennedy’s nomination hearing for US Ambassador to Japan in 2013, a White House appearance in 2024, the “Today” show announcement of the JFK Profile in Courage Award in 2023 and more.
When it comes to his late uncle, the heirlooms are few and far between.
Schlossberg said, “I have like a watch that doesn’t work.”
“He lost most of his clothes apparently. He was given a lot of like JFK heirlooms, and I think he lost them all,” he added.
Page Six Style exclusively reported earlier this year that the location of John F. Kennedy Jr. and wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s wardrobe is largely a mystery, though some items have been sold at auction posthumously or given away before their deaths.
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