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3:35 PM ET, January 1, 2025

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Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Justin Baldoni Files $250 Million Lawsuit Against New York Times Over Blake Lively Story: It Relied on Her ‘Self-Serving Narrative’ (EXCLUSIVE) … “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.
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Blake Lively Now Suing Justin Baldoni for Mental Anguish, Emotional Distress
People:
Meghan Markle Kicks Off 2025 by Rejoining Instagram in a Video Shot by Prince Harry!  —  The Duchess of Sussex is back on the popular platform years after logging off, and returned under a handle long suspected to belong to her  —  Meghan Markle is back on Instagram!
Heidi Parker / Daily Mail:
‘Catwoman’ Jocelyn Wildenstein dead at 84: Former billionaire was famed for extreme plastic surgery  —  Jocelyn Wildenstein has died at the age of 84.  —  The socialite, nicknamed Catwoman because of her many facial cosmetic procedures in the hopes of resembling a cat, passed away on Tuesday in Paris from a pulmonary embolism.
People:
Gypsy-Rose Blanchard Welcomes First Baby, Daughter Aurora, with Boyfriend Ken Urker  —  “Welcoming 2025 with the greatest gift of all 👼,” Urker wrote in a social media post  —  Gypsy-Rose Blanchard is officially a mom.  —  The reality TV star, 33 — whose experience as a victim …
Discussion: Suggest, Extra, Rolling Stone and Collider
Cassie Carpenter / Daily Mail:
Welcome to Plathville's Ethan Plath introduces his new girlfriend 10 months after divorce filing from Olivia  —  Ethan Plath celebrated New Year's Eve by introducing the world to his new girlfriend 10 months after filing for divorce from estranged wife Olivia Plath.
Discussion: Us Weekly and People
TMZ.com:
Sophia Bush Settles Divorce From Grant Hughes  —  SOPHIA BUSH SETTLEMENT REACHED IN DIVORCE FROM GRANT HUGHES … “One Tree Hill” actress Sophia Bush has reached a settlement in her divorce from entrepreneur Grant Hughes.  —  Court documents ... obtained by TMZ ... show Sophia and Grant entered …
Discussion: Us Weekly, Daily Mail, People and E! Online
People:
MrBeast Gets Engaged to Fellow Content Creator Thea Booysen on Christmas Day, Is Planning an ‘Intimate’ Island Wedding (Exclusive)  —  “We're thinking of doing it somewhere on an island where we're far away from just about everybody.  We're not going to try and have a big, extravagant wedding,” Booysen tells PEOPLE
Discussion: E! Online and Just Jared
Daniela Avila / People:
Gwen Stefani Spends New Year's Eve on Her and Blake Shelton's Oklahoma Ranch  —  Last year, Stefani and Shelton booked separate gigs and spent the holiday apart  —  Gwen Stefani rang in the New Year on her family's Oklahoma ranch!  —  On Tuesday, Dec. 31, Stefani shared a series …
Discussion: SheKnows
People:
Yellowjackets' Samantha Hanratty Welcomes Her Baby, a Boy, with Husband Christian DeAnda: ‘My World Got Brighter’  —  The actress shared in September that her son will be born with a cleft lip  —  Samantha Hanratty is a mom!  —  The Yellowjackets actress, 29, welcomed her first baby …
Discussion: Daily Mail and Just Jared
People:
Inside Angelina Jolie's Domestic Violence Advocacy Since Filing for Divorce and How Her Kids Got Involved  —  Since filing for divorce from Brad Pitt in 2016, Angelina Jolie has been an advocate on matters like reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act  —  Angelina Jolie shifted her focus …
Jack Smart / People:
Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun Spark a Post-Apocalyptic Romance in Love Me Trailer (Exclusive)  —  Writer-directors Sam and Andy Zuchero's ‘Love Me’ is about two robotic entities discovering “what it means to be alive and in love”  —  In their new movie, Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun prove you don't have to be human to be in love.
Discussion: Just Jared, Deadline and Collider
People:
Angelina Jolie Hopes Brad Pitt Will ‘Stop Attacking Her’ After Divorce as Pitt Source Blasts ‘Distortion of Facts’ (Exclusive)  —  A source says Angelina Jolie hopes ex Brad Pitt will “stop attacking her and instead help heal their family” as a source for Pitt blasts “a never-ending distortion of facts”
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Inside Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's Very Long Divorce Battle
 
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Just Jared:
Angelina Jolie's Brother James Haven Marries Romi Imbelli in Secret L.A. Ceremony (Exclusive)
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Prince William and Kate Middleton hope to ‘bypass gray men at palace’ in major royal shake-up
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Hannah Sacks / People:
Pregnant Gisele Bündchen Shows Off Bare Baby Bump While Posing for Photos on Beach with Boyfriend Joaquim Valente (Exclusive)
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Vanessa Serna / Page Six:
Sydney Sweeney rocks brown bikini while jet skiing with fiancé near $13.5M waterfront mansion
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Meghan McCain Reveals She Had a Mass in Her Breast Biopsied: ‘This Was a Scare for Me’
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From Mediagazer:

Ann Telnaes / Open Windows:
Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer-winning WaPo editorial cartoonist since 2008, quits after she says her cartoon criticizing CEOs currying favor with Trump was killed

Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
After backlash, Meta says newly viral AI profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in “an early experiment”, and it is deleting the profiles

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Apple offers Apple TV+ for free to anyone with an Apple ID this weekend, the first time it has offered such a promotion

 
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