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This is their first time facing off in court, in person, since this began.
Blake Lively showed up to the courthouse.
So did Justin Baldoni — in an oddly similar outfit, actually.
This hearing is one final chance to end their legal war.
This time, ‘see you in court’ means literally seeing each other in the courtroom
On Wednesday, February 11, Blake Lively arrived at the US District Court in Manhattan.
She was not alone.
Justin Baldoni also arrived at the courthouse that morning.
We have to acknowledge that the former co-stars who are now at odds in a legal battle were dressed oddly similarly.
Both opted for earth tones, with elements of green and a touch of warm colors, too.
Justin Baldoni arrives to Manhattan federal court on Wednesday morning for behind-closed-doors settlement talks in the Blake Lively “It Ends With Us” civil case.
— Josh Russell (@jrussjruss.bsky.social) February 11, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Maybe they have the same court prep consultants?
(In fact, some of the thumbnails of Baldoni and his wife, Emily, could almost be mistaken for the actor walking side-by-side with Lively — if you didn’t know better, of course)
The Baldonis have been married since 2013.
They share two children.
Clearly, Emily’s goal — doubtless on the advice of Baldoni’s team — is to make a visible show of support for her husband.
The man who once presented himself as the ultimate ally to women is having what you might call a ‘branding crisis’
Yes, Lively and multiple other actresses from It Ends With Us feel that her husband is a creep and have documented complaints on the subject.
He allegedly made comments on an Isabela Ferrer scene that seemed unprofessional and leering.
Baldoni made a much stronger impression upon Jenny Slate, who expressed her revulsion for him and his alleged feminist facade years ago, in writing, while filming the project.
Emily’s presence is meant to convey that there are women who like the guy.
Well, at least one woman. She even held hands with the guy!
HAPPENING NOW: Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni arrive in Manhattan for their closed-door mediation/settlement conference with Judge Sarah Cave. We are outside and learning this could last for three hours or three days! My favorite pool photographer, Curtis Means snapped much… pic.twitter.com/YVTtptjNp7
— Lauren Conlin (@conlin_lauren) February 11, 2026
Tongue-in-cheek speculation about Baldoni’s strategy aside, there’s only so much that we know about Wednesday’s hearing.
US Magistrate Judge Sarah L Cave oversees this particular hearing, where Judge Liman will preside over the actual trial.
(The trial begins on May 18, by the way)
Wednesday’s hearing is closed to the public.
That seems wise. There is already enough of a media circus surrounding this legal battle without cameras recording courtroom theatrics.
Despite mountains of evidence, this trial doesn’t have a certain outcome
This is a complex legal case — one involving allegations of sexual harassment, workplace misconduct, and an smear campaign intended to preemptively discredit Lively just in case she ever came forward.
The public has already seen communications from Baldoni’s team and strategists, which include conversations about how willing
That doesn’t mean that the trial itself will be a slam dunk.
If you’re looking to supplement your understanding of this legal war ahead of the trial, we’d recommend this (admittedly dated) deep dive by Matt Bernstein.
And, of course, we’ll keep you up to date here at The Hollywood Gossip.
Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni (Finally) Face Off in Court for the First Time was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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The past 24 hours have seen numerous breaks in the investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.
First, the FBI released video of a masked man at Nancy’s door the night of her disappearance.
Now, an informant has come forward offering to assist the investigation in exchange for one Bitcoin.
According to a report from TMZ, the outlet has received an email — which they have since forwarded to the FBI — by a person claiming to know the name of the person responsible for Nancy’s abduction.
“If they want the name of the individual involved then I want 1 Bitcoin to the following wallet. Time is more than relevant,” the email reads.
One Bitcoin is valued at about $66,000, and the reward for information about Nancy is currently $50,000.
So the demand is not outlandish from a price standpoint.
But investigators and the Guthrie family are left with the same problem that they had with the original ransom note — namely, they have no way of verifying the legitimacy of this message.
The kidnappers — or at least the people claiming to be the kidnappers — have demanded $6 million in Bitcoin in exchange for Nancy’s safe return.
The Guthries have posted numerous social media videos requesting proof of life from the personor people who claim to have abducted Nancy.
But thus far, they have not received the evidence they’ve asked for.
“We received your message and we understand,” Savannah Guthrie said in her most recent video.
“We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her. This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us, and we will pay.”
Sadly, the kidnappers have not had any direct contact with the Guthrie family, meaning Savannah and company have no way of verifying if Nancy is alive and well.
“We need to know without a doubt that she is alive and that you have her,” Savannah said in the video, which was captioned, “Bring her home.”
“She’s 84 years old. Her health, her heart, is fragile. She lives in constant pain. She is without any medicine. She needs it to survive, and she needs it not to suffer.
The 84-year-old Tucson resident disappeared from her home on Sunday, February 1.
Police found blood on the scene, and they’ve confirmed that they believe she was abducted.
We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.
Nancy Guthrie Informant Offers to Identify Kidnapper For 1 Bitcoin was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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It’s been 32 years since Kurt Cobain was found dead inside his home in Aberdeen, Washington.
And while the investigation into his death initially seemed to be open and shut — Cobain left a suicide note and appeared to have succumbed to a self-inflicted gunshot wound — many now believe there’s more to the story.
One of those people is forensic scientist Brian Burnett, who firmly believes that Cobain was murdered.
Burnett recently published a peer-reviewed paper exploring “10 points of evidence” regarding Cobain’s death.
And he says his findings couldn’t be more concrete.
“This is a homicide,” Burnett remarked to fellow researcher Michelle Wilkins (via The Daily Mail).
“We’ve got to do something about this.”
Wilkins went on to share some of the details of Burnett’s findings:
“There are things in the autopsy that go, well, wait, this person didn’t die very quickly of a gunshot blast,” Wilkins told the Mail.
“The necrosis of the brain and liver happens in an overdose. It doesn’t happen in a shotgun death.”
She went on to say that given his level of intoxication, it would have been impossible for Cobain to compose a suicide note or handle a gun in his final hours.
“He’s dying of an overdose, and so he can barely breathe, his blood isn’t pumping very much […] I mean, he’s in a coma, and he’s holding this up to be able to reach the trigger to get it in his mouth. It’s crazy.”
While numerous conspiracy theorists have suggested that Cobain’s widow, Courtney Love, played a role in his death, no one from Burnett’s research team has gone so far as to single out any suspects.
The team says their only goal is to convince the Seattle Police Department to re-open the investigation.
“If we’re wrong, just prove it to us. That’s all we asked them to do,” says Wilkins.
“Our office is always open to revisiting its conclusions if new evidence comes to light, but we’ve seen nothing to date that would warrant re-opening of this case and our previous determination of death,” said the King’s County Medical Examiner’s Office in a statement.
We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.
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On Super Bowl Sunday, Jill Zarin trashed the Halftime Show, loudly complaining that it didn’t feature enough white people or enough English lyrics for her tastes.
This isn’t exactly new territory for Zarin. She’s now fired from an upcoming Bravo project — one that feels increasingly cursed.
Other Housewives, past and present, spoke out immediately to condemn her racist rant.
But Brandi Glanville, for some reason, is actually defending her. Does she have a point?
Jill Zarin could have said nothing! It’s free!
“We all agree — it was the worst halftime show ever,” Zarin insisted in a swiftly-deleted Instagram rant, which you can view below.
“It’s 250 years that we’re celebrating right now in the United States,” she noted, bizarrely adding: “And I just don’t think it was appropriate to have it in Spanish.”
She also insisted that it “looked like a political statement, because there were literally no white people in the entire thing.”
(That was not true, and Zarin’s rant also complained about Lady Gaga, a white woman who took part in the show)
“I think it was a political statement, and I’m not taking a side one way or the other,” Zarin insisted. “I just do. I think it was an ICE thing.”
Jill Zarin’s review of Bad Bunny’s #SuperBowl Halftime Show… 🥴 pic.twitter.com/XH8f0HjQpI
— Gibson Johns (@gibsonoma) February 9, 2026
Producers for Blink49 Studios, behind the upcoming The Golden Life Bravo series, issued a statement on the following Tuesday.
“In light of recent public comments made by Jill Zarin, Blink49 Studios has decided not to move forward with her involvement in ‘The Golden Life,’” the production company shared.
The statement added: “We remain committed to delivering the series in line with our company standards and values.”
It is important to remember that Zarin was previously on The Real Housewives of New York City (pre-soft-reboot), which lapsed into a hiatus due to a racism scandal.
Even the reboot had a racism scandal early on. Lizzy Savetsky awkwardly declined to do matchmaking work for Brynn Whitfield followed by Savetsky’s husband reportedly using the N-word, to the horror for producers.
Why is Brandi defending Jill Zarin?
Late at night on Tuesday, February 10, Brandi tweeted an inexplicable defense of Zarin.
“OK #1 I have a HUGE crush on BadBunny,” she wrote relatably. “I wanna be his Mrs. Robinson.”
She gushed: “The 1/2 show rocked.” So far so good!
“My friend @Jill Zarin has her own opinion & I don’t agree with it AT ALL,” Brandi acknowledged.
“But opinions aren’t wrong they’re subjective,” she claimed.
“I want to watch Jill on TV explain herself & hopefully learn something,” Brandi expressed.
“Or,” she suggested, “we can just keep watching ‘yes people’ afraid to share.”
As many commenters pointed out in the replies, opinions can cover so many things — from taste in music and dances to pizza toppings to home decor and beyond.
However, Zarin very specifically complained about lyrics that were not in English and about there being “literally no white people” in the show.
Though her statement was factually untrue, that does not make it less racist. It is up to Zarin to interrogate whatever it is within her that leads to this gut response of feeling threatened or excluded when she sees multiple brown people performing. If music and joy upsets you, it probably means that you need to work on yourself.
Is the world a better place when racists speak freely and then get clapback?
To Brandi’s other point, we do see where she’s coming from when she talks about “yes people” who might simply withhold rancid comments instead of sharing them.
After all, people might keep silent about their abhorrent views about how people with brown skin should dance, what language they should incorporate in music, or what the minimum percentage of white people should be in any televised event must be. But will they learn anything?
But … are they actually going to change? Will them speaking out and being challenged actually change anything?
A half-dozen years ago, 2020 saw historic protests and a lot of conversation about long-overdue positive changes in our nation. The years that followed have been an intense and coordinated backlash against all decency, giving rise to once-fringe white nationalists like Charlie Kirk stepping into mainstream conservative spotlights.
If these past few years have taught us anything, perhaps it’s that the world is a better place when racists keep their awful opinions to themselves out of fear of societal judgment. The alternative, where they are unafraid to spew racist vitriol, leads to our nation’s current nightmare.
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