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2:05 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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TMZ.com:
Blake Lively Now Suing Justin Baldoni for Mental Anguish, Emotional Distress  —  BLAKE LIVELY NEW LAWSUIT VS. BALDONI Alleges Emotional Distress, Mental Anguish … Blake Lively has just filed a lawsuit making a formal demand for money, suing Justin Baldoni and others for mental pain and anguish …
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!
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 and Rolling Stone
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:
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: Just Jared
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: 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 …
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
Nicholas Hautman / Page Six:
Rihanna reveals she 'didn't drink all year' as she rings in 2025: ‘New Year, New Me’  —  Go on and take a bow.  —  Rihanna revealed she abstained from alcohol for 12 months while celebrating New Year's Eve with friends Tuesday night.  —  “Y'all, I didn't drink all year!
Discussion: Daily Mail, Rolling Stone and People
Kelly Williams / Daily Star:
Sam Thompson and Zara McDermott ‘end five-year relationship’ after spending Xmas apart  —  Made in Chelsea stars Sam Thompson and Zara McDermott have reportedly called it quits after five years together, following a Christmas break apart from one another  —  Sam Thompson and Zara McDermott …
Discussion: The Mirror and The Sun
 
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Tracy Schaverien / HELLO!:
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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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Sydney Sweeney rocks brown bikini while jet skiing with fiancé near $13.5M waterfront mansion
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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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