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LA Times columnist, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of the NYT bestseller "Bachelor Nation." My dog is named Riggins! https://linktr.ee/amykinla

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He dazzled them with celebrity endorsements. Then came the lawsuits, bankruptcy and voodoo Won-G Bruny sold himself as the rich, powerful force behind Tyga, Sean Kingston and Lil Mosey. But Mosey's mother, and many others, paint a darker picture.

@amykinla.bsky.social really dropped in all timer for her last ever LA Times story. Wow. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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Brett Ratner, who has not directed a film since 10 women accused him of sexual misconduct or harassment, is making a documentary about Melania Trump for Amazon.

Here are the two 2017 stories we published detailing the allegations: www.latimes.com/business/hol...

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Decorating cookies and playing board games: Never enjoyable after the first five minutes.

25.12.2024 03:50 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

All of these text messages are from Jones' lawsuit, which was filed in New York County Supreme Court today.

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Abel also allegedly said that Baldoni could not get magazine covers because he was "not a star."

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Abel also allegedly said that Baldoni was "so unlikable and unrealistic as a leading man" that her PR efforts on his behalf might prove ineffective.

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According to text messages included in Jonesworks' head Stephanie Jones' lawsuit, Justin Baldoni's publicist Jennifer Abel privately expressed that she couldn't "stand" him and found him "so pompous."

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"I will do anything short of sucking your d--k for a job, dude." --Armie Hammer on Taylor Sheridan www.instagram.com/reel/DD78WSs...

24.12.2024 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is correct: Lively's allegations were filed in a legal complaint. Earlier, I incorrectly called it a lawsuit.

22.12.2024 06:51 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Baldoni's crisis PR rep allegedly suggested bringing up Lively's "issues" with Leighton Meester, Anna Kendrick or Ben Affleck to distract from the situation with Baldoni.

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Lively apparently backed out of hosting the season premiere of "SNL" in September due to negative press.

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Baldoni's crisis PR team suggested an effective strategy to combat negative less could be the idea that Lively used Reynolds to create a power imbalance.

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Baldoni allegedly told his publicist that he was considering discussing how his apparent on-set behavior was due to his "neuro divergence," "social awkwardness" and "impulsive speech."

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Baldoni allegedly cried to Lovely that people online thought she looked "old and unattractive" in paparazzi set pictures.

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Another actress on the film besides Lively also filed a sexual harassment complaint about Baldoni.

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Baldoni allegedly told Lively he was once in a relationship where he did not always ask for consent or "listen when they said no."

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A producer on the film allegedly showed Lively a naked video of his wife giving birth and said it was OK for him to share because "she isn't weird about that stuff."

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Baldoni allegedly urged Lively to be naked in a birth scene in the film because "women give birth naked" and said his wife "ripped her clothes off" during the experience.

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Baldoni allegedly urged Lively to keep a scene in the script where their characters orgasm together because he said he and his wife did IRL. He then apparently asked if Lively and Ryan Reynolds "climax simultaneously."

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Baldoni allegedly told Lively "I'm not even attracted to you" after she objected to how he behaved in an intimate scene.

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Baldoni's crisis PR rep allegedly suggested planting negative opinions about Lively through "ordinary" people who were actually from a "particular company or political group."

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Baldoni's financial backer allegedly said he would spend up to $100 million to "ruin" Lively's life.

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Lively alleges Baldoni pressed her to "sage" her employees.

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Lively alleges that Baldoni told her he spoke to her dead father.

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πŸ‘€ moments from the Blake Lively lawsuit:

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I have SO many thoughts about the Blake/Justin lawsuit, but also: Why are the lawyers both referring to the movie as a failure? It grossed $350m worldwide and apparently cost $25m to make?

21.12.2024 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I am absolutely demolishing "Pop Culture Jeopardy," but I'm not proud, mostly just concerned.

15.12.2024 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Me

12.12.2024 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Water chestnuts are EXTREMELY underrated, and that's on that.

12.12.2024 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing as democratizing as a Hollywood premiere, where John Hawkes, Giovanni Ribisi and D.B. Weiss are all forced to wait in the same line at a mall with hundreds of others to get into the Bob Dylan movie.

11.12.2024 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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