David Fincher recently revealed that he was considered for the franchise of 'Harry Potter' before he pitched his take on the material. In an interview with 'Variety', 'Seven' director said that he was asked for his take on the film Harry Potter and how would he approach it. "I remember saying, 'I just don't want to do the clean Hollywood version of it. I want to do something that looks a lot more like 'Withnail and I,' and I want it to be kind of creepy." said David Fincher. However, on the contrary, Warner Bros. had something more traditional in mind for their series of adaptations of author J.K. Rowling's best-selling young adult books about the eponymous wizard, as per the report of Variety. "They were like, 'We want Thom Browne schooldays by way of Oliver." said David Fincher. Harry Potter is a film series based on the Harry Potter series of novels by JK Rowling. The series was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and consists of eight fantasy films. The series starred Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson in lead roles. Fincher is reportedly working on an American adaptation of Netflix's popular Korean series "Squid Game," as well as a miniseries prequel to "Chinatown" that he co-wrote with the film's late screenwriter, Robert Towne. Discussing what draws him to new projects, he reflected on what appealed to him about past ones, several of which ("Dragon Tattoo," "Gone Girl") were based on material that had a pre-existing popularity. Looking back at his superhit film, "The Social Network", Fincher called "It's just a script that you couldn't put down." He also shared his love for the film 'Zodiac.' "[The Zodiac killer] was a boogeyman when I was a 7-year-old, and I was kind of going through the process the main character was going through -- what happened? I felt kindred to that. 'Benjamin Button,' I loved the idea of a romance with that kind of body count," he added, laughing. "There's different things about every movie." said Fincher as quoted by Variety. Fincher underscored the significance each project sparks from a unique combination of personal interest and professional opportunity. "There are different things about stories that resonate with you based on movies you love and the kind of movies that you made," he said. David Fincher is known for films like 'The Social Network', 'Zodiac', 'Fight Club' and others. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
03 January,2025 08:16 AM IST | Washington | ANIActor John Capodice, best known for his roles in 'General Hospital' and 'Ace Ventura', has passed away. He was 83. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed the demise of John Capodice. Capodice played Carmine Cerullo from 1994-1996 in six episodes of the soap opera General Hospital and appeared as a police officer who was dismissive of Carrey's pet detective in the 1994 movie. Capodice was also seen in Wall Street, The Doors, Honeymoon in Vegas, Speed and Independence Day. He had an extensive list of TV show guest-star credits including CSI, Seinfeld, Ellen, Another World, Knots Landing, Law & Order, Will & Grace, Spenser: For Hire, Kate & Allie, As the World Turns, Moonlighting, Murphy Brown, Melrose Place, Mad About You, Diagnosis Murder, Six Feet Under, The West Wing and Murder, She Wrote. His first TV role was in six episodes of Ryan's Hope as Lloyd Lord. He also made two memorable commercial appearances. In one for Polly-O String Cheese, he played Fred, a perplexed pizzeria worker who gets an order for pizza with extra cheese but to hold the tomato sauce and crust. Indeed, the kids ordering the pizza with "nuttin'" just wanted the mozzarella cheese, which Polly-O sells in stick form and called the "best part of the pizza." He is survived by his wife, daughters and four grandchildren. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
03 January,2025 07:58 AM IST | Los Angeles | ANIHollywood star Mark Wahlberg is ready for 2025. The Ted actor, his wife Rhea Durham and their four kids, Ella, Michael, Brendan and Grace, kicked off the new year while vacationing in St. James, Barbados. "HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025 lets go”, Mark, 53, captioned an Instagram Reel that featured a picture of him and Rhea, 46, and one of him and his children seated for dinner, reports ‘People’ magazine. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mark Wahlberg (@markwahlberg) Mark's son Michael, 18, shared a picture on Instagram from their sunny vacation sitting on the water. Ella, 21, also posted a carousel on Instagram, featuring pictures from fishing trips, dinners out and time spent lounging in the sun. As per ‘People’, Rhea shared some pictures from New Year's Eve while the family was out at dinner, along with a snap of her and a monkey she befriended while on vacation. "This guy comes to see me at 4:30ish every day. Made a lifer", she captioned her post. Another picture from their vacation featured her and Mark posing in front of a decorated tree on Christmas Eve. The Wahlberg family has been spending lots of time together during the holidays. Rhea shared pictures of everyone at Nobu in Las Vegas for Thanksgiving. "So grateful my whole family is home for the holiday”, she wrote at the time. The Fighter actor moved his family from California to Las Vegas in 2022. He spoke about the major shift in March 2024. "It's a place where my kids can thrive and do their thing and pursue their interests", he said of their new home base. "To be able to give my kids a better life and follow and pursue their dreams — whether it be my daughter as an equestrian, my son as a basketball player, my younger son as a golfer, this made a lot more sense for us”. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
02 January,2025 08:35 AM IST | Los Angeles | IANSOn the first day of 2025, Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, returned to Instagram after nearly five years. Her post included welcoming the New Year at the beach near their home in Montecito, California. She kept her username simple and small- @meghan. For her first post, Meghan can be seen dressed in a white dress running towards the waves on the beach. Meghan writes 2025 on the sand and looks towards the camera at the end of the video filmed by her husband Prince Harry. Markle disabled comments on the post but received “likes” from celebrity friends including Serena Williams, Chrissy Teigen, and Tan France. In August 2023, Page Six had reported that Markle had secured their handle @meghan for her returns to the social media platform. She closed all her personal social media accounts in 2018 ahead of her much-talked about royal wedding to Prince Harry. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (@meghan) Meghan's past journey with Instagram In April 2019, Harry and Meghan launched their joint account on Instagram where they would share important updates. Harry and Meghan used their account to announce the birth and name of their baby son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, to promote their own work and that of charities, and also release the statement after they left the royal palace in the UK which was famously called the 'Mexit'. The account was made after they split from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Kensington Palace household, which operates on social media as Kensington Royal. Harry and Meghan stopped using their original Sussex Royal account in 2020 when they quit as senior royals. In 20022, Meghan had teased her return to Instagram. “Do you want to know a secret? I’m getting back … on Instagram," she said in an interview with New York magazine's The Cut. Before launching her new personal Instagram account, Markle briefly returned to the platform in March 2024 with a page dedicated to her lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard. The account featured a bio reading, “By Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex. Established 2024,” and a photo grid displaying the brand’s logo. About Harry and Meghan and their rumoured divorce Harry and Meghan now live in a luxurious $14 million mansion in Montecito, California, with their children, Archie, 5, and Lilibet, 3. The couple have increasingly been appearing at events separately, sometimes in different countries. Reportedly, this has led to speculation that they have ‘professionally separated’, due to their differing interests, as Harry focuses on charity work and Meghan on their commercial interests. However, Harry recently laughed off the rumours about his and Meghan's separation, saying it was just the latest in a long line of rumours. "Apparently we’ve bought or moved house 10, 12 times," he said.
02 January,2025 08:08 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent29-year-old daughter of Eminem, Hailie Jade who is pregnant with her first child shared an emotional post on New Year's Eve with her husband Evan McClintock. While wishing her fans a 'Happy New Year', she also shared her excitement for new beginnings in her life. Taking to her Instagram handle, the influencer and daughter of Eminem, shared adorable photos in which Evan can be seen holding her baby bump as she stands in front of the Christmas tree. Hailie donned a white dress and paired it with blue jeans. Her husband, on the other hand, wore a black shirt, reported People. "Things are going to look so different this time next year & we can't wait Happy New Year everyone!!" she captioned the post. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hailie Jade (@hailiejade) Before the New Year's Eve post, the Just A Little Shady podcast host gave a peek into her Christmas and 29th birthday celebrations on Instagram on Dec. 25. In the video, her family sang "Happy Birthday" while she sat in front of their Christmas tree. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hailie Jade (@hailiejade) The influencer then blew out the candles from the cake that had "29" written over the top. "Last year in my twenties starts now ," she wrote in her caption, "Oh & of course, Merry Christmas." Earlier in October, Scott and her podcast co-host Brittany Ednie spoke about her pregnancy and revealed that "people did not know" she was pregnant when she and McClintock got married in May. "Whenever people were turned around, [Hailie] would hand me her drink, and I would chug so it looked as if she was continuously drinking throughout that night," Ednie recalled as Scott added that she was "taking one for the team." Scott and her husband shared that they started working on the nursery for their baby boy on Oct. 28, with Scott saying it was their "most special project yet." The couple later did a sex reveal for their baby on an episode of Just A Little Shady in November as per People. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
02 January,2025 07:28 AM IST | Washington | ANIIt Ends With Use actor and director Justin Baldoni has filed a 250 million dollar lawsuit against the New York Times over its reportage that followed Blake Lively's sexual harassment lawsuit. Baldoni filed the case at the Los Angeles Superior Court. The actor-filmmaker is among a group of 10 plaintiffs that also includes publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel who are suing the newspaper for libel and false light invasion of privacy over the Dec. 21 article titled “‘We Can Bury Anyone’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine.” The plaintiff also included 'It Ends With Us' producers Jamey Heath and Steve Sarowitz. The lawsuit has claimed that the Times 'cherry-picked’ and altered communications stripped of necessary context and deliberately spliced to mislead.” Out-of-context text messages Text messages to support The Times's claim against Baldoni was also included in the complaint. According to a report in Variety, on June 2, 2023, Blake Lively began a text exchange with her co-star Justin Baldoni that blamed her assistant for not getting her an updated batch of script pages. “She didn’t realize they were new,” Lively wrote. “New pages can always be sent to me as well please.” The actress signed the missive with an “X” — the universal symbol for a kiss. Lively followed up with another text shortly thereafter. “I’m just pumping in my trailer if you wanna work out our lines.” Baldoni responded: “Copy. Eating with crew and will head that way.” The text message was reportedly used out of context by the Times to portray Baldoni in a sinister light. This was one of the many discrepancy pointed out in the complaint. The 4000-word article for the New York Times was written by Megan Twohey, Mike McIntire and Julie Tate. The piece projected that Lively endured months of sexual harassment from Baldoni and Heath. It also claimed that the actress was subjected to a planned smear campaign when she voiced her concern against Baldoni. However according to the lawsuit, it was Lively who embarked on a “strategic and manipulative” smear campaign of her own and used false “sexual harassment allegations to assert unilateral control over every aspect of the production.” The suit also alleges that Lively's actor-husband Ryan Reynolds berated Baldoni in an aggressive manner during a heated meeting at their Tribeca penthouse in New York "accusing him of ‘fat shaming’” his wife. The suit claims that the A-list actor also pressured Baldoni’s agency, WME, to drop the director during the “Deadpool and Wolverine” premiere in July, well before Baldoni enlisted crisis PR. New York Times responds A New York Times spokesperson responded, “The role of an independent news organization is to follow the facts where they lead. Our story was meticulously and responsibly reported. It was based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents, including the text messages and emails that we quote accurately and at length in the article. To date, Wayfarer Studios, Mr. Baldoni, the other subjects of the article and their representatives have not pointed to a single error. We published their full statement in response to the allegations in the article as well. We plan to vigorously defend against the lawsuit.”
01 January,2025 08:37 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentMission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning Release Date: May 23Cast: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, In the two decades since the release of the original groundbreaking spy drama, the makers of the Mission Impossible franchise have managed to capture the attention of cinemagoers across generations. Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt for what is believed to be the final edition of the franchise as he prepares to fight against the powerful AI known as “the Entity”. In the month-old teaser-trailer that was cut for the film, the makers took fans on a nostalgic ride by featuring footage from the Brian De Palma-directed 1996 film Mission: Impossible. That the dialogue writers succeeded in teasing fans was evident in the outpouring of love that they received on social media, with fans reacting to Hunt’s concluding appeal: “I need you to trust me, one last time.” A direct sequel to 2022’s Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning, this edition has also been helmed by Christopher McQuarri, who has directed every Mission Impossible offering since 2015’s Rogue Nation. Accompanying Cruise in his final mission as an IMF agent will be Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Pom Klementieff and Greg Tarzan Davis. F1 Release Date: June 27Cast: Brad Pitt, Damson IdrisTop Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski joins hands with the International Automobile Federation (FIA) to present a sports drama that sees a retired Formula One racer, played by Brad Pitt, take a young rookie prodigy (Damson Idris) under his wing. Pitt’s Sonny Hayes was forced into retirement in the 1990s following a horrible crash. Given that the movie was shot during the Grand Prix races, real-life Formula One teams and drivers will also appear in it. Avatar: Fire and Ash Release Date: December 19Cast: Zoe Saldana, Sam WorthingtonJames Cameron is set to take viewers on another visually spectacular journey to the planet of Pandora with Avatar: Fire and Ash, his third film from the celebrated franchise that was introduced in 2009. While little has been revealed about the plot, Zoe Saldana gave fans a glimpse into her journey in the film as her character grapples with the loss of a child. While it isn’t until the end of 2025 that the film will be released, fans can rest assured that they have a lot more to look forward to from the stable--Cameron is shooting the fourth film, and a fifth one is in the pipeline. Superman Release Date: July 11Cast: David Corenswet, Rachel BrosnahanJames Gunn inarguably takes on a challenge in presenting an age-old superhero in a new avatar with the upcoming edition of Superman. While fans seemed weary on learning that their gritty Henry Cavill-led superhero was set to be replaced by a younger and optimistic avatar (helmed by David Corenswet), Gunn is set to welcome them to familiar territory with a film that inhabits the full spectrum of DC Comics characters. Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, join the actor in this endeavour. How to Train Your Dragon Release Date: June 13Cast: Gerard Butler, Mason Thames, Nico ParkerFifteen years after the animated feature was released, the adventure is set to return in a live-action format. Dean DeBlois, who co-wrote and co-directed the first instalment of the franchise before returning to helm the rest of the trilogy, is set to take charge of this project. Gerard Butler will reprise his role as Stoick the Vast, opposite franchise newcomer Mason Thames who stars as his overlooked son, Hiccup. The 2010 animated film How to Train Your Dragon was loosely based on the 2003 novel of the same name, by Cressida Cowell.
01 January,2025 07:19 AM IST | Mumbai | Sonia LullaHollywood actor Kate Beckinsale, known for films like "Pearl Harbor", "Van Helsing" and "Serendipity", has revealed that she was forced to do a photoshoot soon after suffering a miscarriage. Beckinsale's comments come days after Blake Lively filed a lawsuit against her "It Ends With Us" co-star and director Justin Baldoni on allegations of sexual harassment and about running a smear campaign against her. The 51-year-old actor shared a video on her Instagram handle on Monday saying she was assaulted at 18 while on set and subsequently dismissed by two female colleagues. Beckinsale said it becomes difficult when "a woman complains about something legitimately offensive, upsetting, harmful or whatever in this industry." "I've been forced by a publicist that I was employing to do a photo shoot the day after I'd had a miscarriage. I said, 'I can't, I'm bleeding. I don't want to go and change my clothes in front of people that I don't know and do a photo shoot. I'm bleeding out a miscarriage.' And she was like, 'You have to, or you'll be sued'," she said in the video. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kate Beckinsale (@katebeckinsale) The actor recollected how she once pointed out that her male co-star was coming late and drunk to the sets back to back but was abused in response. "My co-star is drunk every day, and he's obviously going through something, and I have full sympathy for that. But I'm also waiting, as is the whole crew, six hours a day for him to learn his lines, and it means I'm not getting to see my daughter in the evenings ever for the whole movie," she said. Beckinsale said everyone in every industry "should be taken seriously and not punished when something egregious happens to them at work." "Complaining about abuse should not beget more abuse, particularly at work where there should be inviolable safeguarding in place, and it should not be expected of women who have been harmed, insulted, hurt, shamed or in any other way abused (mostly with at least 100 witnesses) to have to be 'one of the boys' and take it on the chin or face retribution for having been abused in the first place," she captioned her post. While she was sharing these comments in light of Lively and Baldoni, the actor said she does not personally know either of them and cannot speak to what allegedly happened on set. "I don't want anybody, male or female who has a legitimate complaint to then have that weaponised against them in any industry, anywhere, and I mention this in association with Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni because our industry makes things more visible due to the press and the public getting deliberately involved and led towards an opinion they don't realise is deliberate." "There are far too many casualties of this, many of whom I know personally ,and it really falls to both men and women in our industry to be part of stamping this out for good," she continued in the caption. Beckinsale was last seen in "Canary Black", an action-thriller film directed by Pierre Morel.
31 December,2024 06:16 PM IST | Mumbai | PTIAfter more than eight years of their legal fight, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have finally settled their highly publicized divorce. As per People magazine, Jolie's lawyers confirmed on Monday, December 30, 2024, that both parties have agreed to terms, marking a significant chapter in the protracted legal saga that began when Jolie filed for divorce in September 2016. Jolie and Pitt had been married for two years and together for 12 before their relationship came to an end. Jolie filed for divorce on September 19, 2016, citing "irreconcilable differences," shortly after an incident involving a private plane flight that she claimed escalated into an abusive altercation between Pitt and their six children. Authorities investigated the matter, but Pitt was not charged, and Jolie later chose not to press charges. In a statement to People magazine, Jolie's attorney, James Simon, reflected on the journey, stating, "More than eight years ago, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr Pitt. She and the children left all of the properties they had shared with Mr Pitt, and since that time she has focused on finding peace and healing for their family. This is just one part of a long ongoing process that started eight years ago. Frankly, Angelina is exhausted, but she is relieved this one part is over." A source close to Jolie told People magazine that the actress has remained focused on moving forward, saying, "She doesn't speak ill of Pitt publicly or privately. She's been trying hard to be light after a dark time." The settlement concludes a highly complex and contentious divorce that involved significant disagreements, particularly over custody arrangements and their shared assets. In the years following Jolie's divorce filing, the couple had been embroiled in lengthy and sometimes bitter legal disputes. Early on, the former couple reached an agreement to handle their divorce proceedings privately, utilizing a private judge to resolve the legal details. They also sought to seal all records related to their children to protect their privacy, as per People magazine. Despite these attempts to keep matters out of the public eye, the divorce proceedings were far from smooth. Custody battles over their six children Maddox (23), Pax (21), Zahara (19), Shiloh (18), and twins Vivienne and Knox (16), were particularly contentious, with harsh accusations filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, as per People magazine. In 2017, Pitt and Jolie agreed to seal sensitive court records regarding their children, and they officially bifurcated their divorce, with their legal status as single being declared in 2019. Since then, both parties have continued to navigate a difficult path, with Pitt beginning a relationship with LA jewellery executive Ines de Ramon in 2022. Though the divorce settlement represents a resolution to one part of their legal battle, disagreements over their shared assets, specifically their French estate and winery Chateau Miraval, have continued. In 2022, Pitt filed a lawsuit against Jolie after she sold her stake in the estate to a third party. Jolie countersued, alleging that Pitt had been orchestrating a campaign to take full control of the winery following their split. As per People magazine, in the lawsuit, Jolie's business entity, Nouvel, argued that Pitt had been working behind the scenes to seize control of the property, which had been a symbol of their shared life and investments. A source close to Pitt countered the accusations, telling People magazine, "This is just the latest in a series of deliberate efforts to misdirect, recycle and reposition the truth of what has happened over the last six years." Pitt also sought to prove that there was a written agreement between the couple regarding the sale of their shares in the estate, a claim that was substantiated in a recent court ruling. In a significant legal victory for Jolie, a judge ruled in November 2024 that Pitt must disclose documents, including emails and texts, that might support Jolie's allegations of abuse, which she claims have been covered up for years. Both parties remain entrenched in the legal battle over Chateau Miraval, with Pitt's legal team referring to Jolie's document request as "a sensationalist fishing expedition," as per People magazine. Despite the ongoing litigation, the divorce proceedings themselves have now been officially concluded.
31 December,2024 05:54 PM IST | Mumbai | ANILinda Lavin, the celebrated stage and television actress known for her iconic role in the sitcom 'Alice' and her Tony-winning performance in 'Broadway Bound', passed away on December 29 at the age of 87. Lavin's death came unexpectedly due to complications from recently discovered lung cancer, as confirmed by her publicist to Deadline. Lavin's journey in showbiz began as a child stage actor, eventually making her Broadway debut in the 1960s. She gained widespread acclaim for her roles in the musical 'It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman' and the play 'Last of the Red Hot Lovers', earning her first Tony nomination in 1970. Lavin's crowning achievement came in 1987 when she won a Tony Award for her role in 'Broadway Bound'. On television, Lavin became a household name as the title character in CBS's 'Alice' (1976-1985), a sitcom that spanned nine seasons and 202 episodes. Her portrayal of a widowed diner waitress resonated with audiences and earned her several Emmy nominations. Lavin continued to be a consistent presence on TV, appearing in hit shows like 'Barney Miller', 'Sean Saves the World', and 'B Positive'. This year alone, Lavin showcased her versatility by guest-starring in CBS's 'Elsbeth', recurring in Netflix's 'No Good Deed', and playing a lead role in Hulu's upcoming comedy 'Mid-Century Modern'. Just weeks before her passing, Lavin attended the premiere of 'No Good Deed' on December 4, as per Deadline. She had also been actively filming episodes of 'Mid-Century Modern', which stars Nathan Lane, Matt Bomer, and Nathan Lee Graham. Production had completed seven of the show's 10 episodes before the holiday break. "Alice was one of the many sitcoms that made me fall in love with television," shared 9JKL producer Aaron Kaplan, who worked with Lavin, adding, "She was an amazing partner -- funny, talented, kind, and generous. Linda Lavin was and will always be Hollywood royalty," according to Deadline. Lavin's career extended to film, with roles in 'Damn Yankees!', 'The Ring', 'The Intern', and 'Being the Ricardos'. Her contributions to theatre and television established her as one of the industry's most respected talents. Lavin is survived by her husband Steve Bakunas. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
31 December,2024 08:55 AM IST | Washington | ANIDays after American actor Blake Lively sued her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni in a case that is now being termed as among the most defining ones on sexual harassment coming out of the Hollywood industry, questions were raised about the methods that Lively took to secure the texts messages of Baldoni and his team that she used in her complaint. The bombshell texts that point to an alleged ‘smear campaign’ against her, it is now being revealed, were sourced from a phone belonging to Baldoni’s former publicist Jennifer Abel, who subsequently quit her past job. According to The Los Angeles Times, Stephanie Jones, the founder of Jonesworks, which was previously representing Baldoni and his production company, outed herself as the source of the damaging communications in a lawsuit she filed on December 24. She disavows involvement in the campaign. In the interim, Baldoni’s team has vowed to bring out “the truth”, and has threatened to lodge a countersuit against Lively in 2025. The countersuit will reportedly claim that the text messages in question have been presented out of context and that Lively’s team planted stories to smear his reputation. Despite not outright confirming the countersuit, Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman warned that the contents of it would ‘shock everyone’. “I am not going to speak to when or how many lawsuits we are filing but when we file our first lawsuit, it is going to shock everyone who has been manipulated into believing a demonstrably false narrative,” he reportedly told Deadline. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
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