Eva Longoria was reluctant to tell Meryl Streep that they are related.
The 50-year-old actress discovered she was connected to the 75-year-old Hollywood great when she took part in the 2010 documentary series 'Faces of America', but when they bumped into each other in a green room at an awards show and a pal urged her to explain their ancestral bond, Eva declined – but quickly discovered the 'Devil Wears Prada' star was well aware of their connection.
She said on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon': "I was at the Golden Globes or.. something backstage, in the green room.
"And my friend was like, 'There's Meryl. Go say you're her cousin!' I'm like, 'I'm not gonna go up to Meryl Streep and say we're cousins. It's not gonna make any sense. I don't know if she saw that part of the show.'
"As I'm like, 'No, I'm not gonna do it,' I hear, 'Cousin! Cousin!' Longoria recounted, acting out Streep's warm greeting. "I was like, 'Oh, my God!'"
After making a connection, the pair were quick to compliment one another.
Eva told Meryl: "Clearly you got the talent in the family."
The 'Mamma Mia' star replied: "Clearly you got the beauty."
After telling the 50-year-old TV host about the experience, Eva quipped: "So Meryl's Latina."
Meryl and Eva starred in the fourth series of the Disney+ mystery comedy-drama 'Only Murders in the Building' together, and the former 'Desperate Housewives' cast member previously shared how the acting legend introduced her to the cast – including Selena Gomez and Zach Galifianakis – and crew as her cousin during the first Zoom table reading.
She told DuJour in June 2024: "We actually call each other ‘cousin'. We’ll say, ‘How are you, cousin?’ and ‘I’m good, cousin.’”
But their unexpected connection has left a lot of people confused.
Eva admitted: “She tells the story and everyone’s so confused because I’m the most Latina person in the industry and she’s Meryl Streep."
The 49-year-old actress has loved working on the show, and she admitted the whole cast and crew felt like family.
She revealed “We talked a lot about democracy and politics. But when you have leaders like Steve Martin and Martin Short, you’re never not laughing.
"Watching them make a lunch order is a show in itself. It’s a constant roast about a sandwich, a 30-minute comedy about mustard.”
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Khloe Kardashian "hasn't had sex in so many years".
The 40-year-old reality star – who was previously married to Lamar Odom but has True, six, and two-year-old Tatum with her former partner Tristan Thompson – was chatting with her elder sister Kim Kardashian and hairdresser Chris Appleton on the latest episode of 'The Kardashians' when she made the revelation.
Chris said: "Let's get Khloé laid!"
Khloe replied: "You're obsessed with knowing that I haven't had sex. He loves that I haven’t had sex in so many years."
The Good American founder then explained in a confessional that she "hadn't been intimate" for some time so felt as if she was starting all over again when it comes to dating as she joked that she would be just as happy to "marry [her] bed" rather than find a partner.
She said: "I mean, I just haven’t been intimate in quite a long time. So we’re going back to square one.
"'I'll marry my bed. I know who I'm coming home to every night, I know you're just gonna be there for me and snuggle me whenever I want. And you won't talk back."
Khloe is thought to have dated a couple of men since the breakdown of her relationship with Tristan but she confirmed to Chris and Kim that things were "non-existent" for her at the moment when it comes to her love life.
She said: "I'm like, I can get someone to have sex with me, I just don't wanna have sex
"Guys, my love life is non-existent."
Just recently, Khloe received a pep talk from her mother Kris and sister Kim about the potential of finding someone special.
Kris said: "This is gonna be your decade."
Khloe replied: "I already know, I'm claiming it, .
"As long as you're healthy, I think it's great, getting older. Cause you just don't care about what people think about you — it's such a freeing feeling."
While Khloe is still feeling optimistic about everything in her life overall, she admitted in a confessional that she just wants to find the person she would want to spend the rest of her life with.
She added: "I feel like so much great [stuff] is coming right now, whether it be business or how I feel about myself.
"My next chapter is: I wanna find a forever partner. And to do that, I wanna shed everything that’s not serving me, not for me."
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Kylie Jenner would love to have her own spin-off TV show.
The 27-year-old make-up mogul stars on 'The Kardashians' alongside her family, but Kylie is open to the idea of shooting a spin-off show with her sister, Kendall Jenner.
Asked about having their own show on the latest episode of 'The Kardashians', Kylie replied: "It would be fun. What if it was like a three-episode spin-off?"
A producer on 'The Kardashians' suggested that the new show could follow "the adventures of Kylie and Kendall".
In response, Kylie said: "Yeah, I would do that."
Kendall, on the other hand, appeared to be much more sceptical about the idea.
The 29-year-old model asked: "What would we do?"
And then, Kylie replied: "Everything!"
During the episode, the sisters also reflected on their own similarities and differences.
Kylie said: "How are we opposite? I think I'm more free-spirited."
Kendall then replied: "Excuse me? I don't know if that was the right term…"
In reference to the free-spirited comment, Kendall added: "I’m gonna lose sleep over that."
Kylie and Kendall both have huge followings on social media platforms – but the make-up mogul previously admitted that she finds it "hard to keep up with the internet".
The brunette beauty – who has Stormi, seven, and Aire, three, with her ex-partner Travis Scott – revealed that she actually enjoys being offline these days.
Kylie told ELLE magazine: "My friends and I laugh because it’s hard to keep up with the internet now. It’s exhausting.
"When I was posting 24/7 – waking up, what I’m eating for breakfast, what I’m wearing for the day, the color of my nails, what car I’m driving, where I’m driving to – I didn’t have an intense schedule. I wasn’t working as much; I didn’t have kids and just had more time.
"If you’re not posting three times a day on TikTok, you fall behind."
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Blake Lively has asked a court to dismiss Justin Baldoni's defamation lawsuit.
The 37-year-old actress' legal team have argued that Baldoni's lawsuit is "baseless", accusing the 'It Ends with Us' director of trying to punish Lively for speaking out about workplace retaliation and sexual harassment.
Mike Gottlieb and Esra Hudson, the actress' attorneys, said in a statement: "This lawsuit is a profound abuse of the legal process that has no place in federal court.
"California law now expressly prohibits suing victims who speak out against sexual harassment or retaliation, whether in a lawsuit or in the press.
"This meritless and retaliatory lawsuit faces three insurmountable legal obstacles, including the litigation, fair report, and sexual harassment privileges. The latter contains a mandatory fee-shifting provision that will require billionaire Steve Sarowitz and Wayfarer Studios to pay damages.
"In an epic self-own, the Wayfarer Parties’ attempt to sue Ms. Lively ‘into oblivion’ has only created more liability for them – deservedly so, given their actions."
The legal team argue that Baldoni should be subject to a newly enacted law, known as California Civil Code Section 47.1, that prevents retaliatory lawsuits linked to the public disclosures of sexual harassment.
A spokesperson for the actress said: "The painful reality is that Ms. Lively is not alone in being sued for defamation after speaking up about workplace sexual harassment. That is exactly why California recently enacted AB 933, which codified Civil Code Section 47.1.
"While Ms. Lively has suffered greatly for speaking up and pursuing legal claims, it is important for others to know that they have legal protections. There is a specific law that shields them from being silenced or financially ruined simply because they had the courage to tell their truth."
The former co-stars are due to appear in court on March 9, 2026. However, if Baldoni's lawsuit is dismissed, he could be forced to pay Lively’s legal fees and punitive damages.
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A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Mariah Carey did not steal her perennial megahit “All I Want for Christmas Is You" from other songwriters.
Judge Mónica Ramírez Almadani granted Carey's request for summary judgment on Wednesday, giving her and co-writer and co-defendant Walter Afanasieff a victory without going to trial.
In 2023, songwriters Andy Stone of Louisiana — who goes by the stage name Vince Vance — and Troy Powers of Tennessee filed the $20 million lawsuit alleging that Carey's 1994 song, which has since become a holiday standard and annual streaming sensation, infringed the copyright of their country 1989 song with the same title.
Their lawyer Gerard P. Fox said he's “disappointed" in an email to The Associated Press.
Fox said it is his experience that judges at this level "nearly always now dismiss a music copyright case and that one must appeal to reverse and get the case to the jury. My client will make a decision shortly on whether to appeal. We filed based on the opinions of two esteemed musicologists who teach at great colleges."
Stone and Powers' suit said their “'All I Want For Christmas Is You' contains a unique linguistic structure where a person, disillusioned with expensive gifts and seasonal comforts, wants to be with their loved one, and accordingly writes a letter to Santa Claus.”
They said there was an “overwhelming likelihood” Carey and Afanasieff had heard their song — which at one point reached No. 31 on Billboard's Hot Country chart — and infringed their copyright by taking significant elements from it.
After hearing from two experts for each side, Ramírez Almadani agreed with those from the defense, who said the writers employed common Christmas cliches that existed prior to both songs, and that Carey's song used them differently. She said the plaintiffs had not met the burden of showing that the songs are substantially similar.
Ramírez Almadani also ordered sanctions against the plaintiffs and their lawyers, saying their suit and subsequent filings were frivolous and that the plaintiffs' attorneys “made no reasonable effort to ensure that the factual contentions asserted have evidentiary support.”
She said they must pay at least part of the defendants' attorney fees.
Defense attorneys and publicists for Carey did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Carey's Christmas colossus has become an even bigger hit in recent years than it was in the 1990s. It has reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart the past six years in a row — measuring the most popular songs each week — not just the holiday-themed — by airplay, sales and streaming.
Carey and Afanasieff have had their own public disagreement — though not one that's gone to court — over who wrote how much of the song. But the case made them at least temporary allies.
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“All of my ghosts are real, all of my ghosts are my home,” Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast sings in her singular way — sweetness laced with sorrow.
Four years ago, the release of her Grammy-nominated album “Jubilee” dovetailed with her bestselling memoir “Crying in H Mart” — chronicling her love of Korean food and loss of her mother — to produce a season of success. Then came a film adaptation of her memoir, for which she wrote the screenplay. With the Hollywood strikes, though, it came to a grinding halt (and later a full stop, when actor and director Will Sharpe left the project).
In the aftermath, Zauner recorded new tracks. She sidestepped the spotlight by moving to Seoul — where she immersed herself in Korean language and culture — the subject of her upcoming second book.
Zauner talked to The Associated Press about her fourth studio album, “For Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women).” Out Friday, it's that rare thing: a cerebral yet deeply felt album from an artist with just enough commercial success to secure resources for her still-quite-indie vision.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
AP: The album cover looks like a very sumptuous painting. It’s very memento mori with the skull and flowers — and then there’s oysters and a tray of bloody guts. Where did the idea come from?
ZAUNER: I really loved the idea of being on the album cover, but not showing my face. I was feeling pretty introverted after the years that followed “Jubilee.” It was a really natural desire to just focus more on the work and less on me as a figure.
I had noticed this kind of trope in many paintings of women collapsed over tables, overcome with melancholy. It looks like I’m this collapsed, spoiled prince just with a table full of excess, and still miserable.
I dressed the table with little Easter eggs from the album — almost like a still life where every object has some kind of meaning. There is a bowl of guts that is a line from “Here is Someone,” and there’s milky broth and oysters, which are lines on “Orlando in Love.” There’s flowers in a vase, which I mention in “Winter in LA.”
AP: Melancholy is a motif throughout the tracks. It feels like a different flavor or color of grief than your earlier work. How would you describe the kind of sadness you wanted to capture?
ZAUNER: At this time in my life and the way that I think about melancholy, it’s very intertwined with time and the passage of it. And this desire to get ahead of it and to keep it at bay — and the sort of melancholic reality that it’s forever passing. I think of it not so much as like a violent sadness or longing or heartbreak, but kind of this pensive, anticipatory grief about the passage of time.
It evokes a specific kind of feeling of being sort of on edge. Or, like, a taut feeling. Most of that dissonance, I think, comes from the chord changes or the progressions. I originally wanted to make a creepy album, and those sorts of changes felt really essential to achieving that kind of eerie sound.
AP: You recorded this album, shelved it, went to Korea for a year, came back to New York and are now releasing it. Why did you shelve it for a period of time and what’s it like now listening back to the recordings?
ZAUNER: My last record was also shelved for a year because of COVID, so I’m honestly used to that process now. I’ve actually found that I really love my records even more with time away from them.
There’s so much that goes into preparing for an album to come out, from the visuals to mixing and mastering to prepping for the tour that, honestly, that kind of separation is really nice.
I’m not someone that’s super precious. I have a very clear idea of what I want, and I am someone that is good at knowing when to finish.
AP: You’ve talked about the toll that touring takes on the body, and pressures that come with reaching a certain level of recognition. What are ways you’ve learned to take care of yourself?
ZAUNER: It’s so hard to just eat well on tour because you’re so confined to what’s around a venue. I eat a lot of Asian food and sometimes when you’re in the middle of America, there’s not a lot of options that are, you know, not Panda Express.
It’s so hard to just not eat a home-cooked meal for months at a time. I’m actually going to be bringing a rice cooker on this tour, which is something that I did at the beginning of my tour days that I’m returning to.
I bring a yoga mat and stretch. Your body just gets like, so f—-d from, like, sleeping in a moving bus in a tiny little coffin hole.
I probably am going to be sober for all of my tour time. I always really loved having a couple of drinks to get loose. But if you’re doing that every day, it takes a toll on you eventually. A lot of the women I know that tour regularly have all sworn off alcohol, and I was very obstinate about it, like “It’s fine, I can do both, I can have it all.” But this is the tour that I finally accept that there’s probably no drinking.
I’m also an only child and I need a lot of privacy and alone time. I think that my self-care is just like, “You are allowed to disappear.”
AP: You’re touring with the same musicians as the “Jubilee” tour, right? What are you excited about playing, venue-wise?
ZAUNER: I’ve somehow assembled 15 people that I happen to get along with really well, which is extremely rare for me. I feel like that’s the best thing that I could have ever done for myself is just find 12 to 15 people that you can spend an ungodly amount of time together with and still like each other at the end.
We’ve never played the Ryman in Nashville, and that’s something that we’re all just super excited about.
I’ve had such an allegiance to Union Transfer in Philadelphia because the coat check is named after me.
AP: The coat check is named after you?
ZAUNER: Before I became a professional musician, I used to work the coat check there. Once, someone gave me a fake hundred-dollar bill. I gave them like $98 of real change. And the manager was upset about that and told me that I was going to have to pay it out of my paycheck, which was like more than I made in the five hours that I had worked that shift. I had no money at this time.
Anyway, my boss was really cool about it and he stepped in and paid the $100 for me. I never forgot that. Years later, when we sold out five nights at Union Transfer as a band, I paid him back the $100 onstage. After the last night, they surprised me by naming that coat check “the Michelle Zauner's coat check.” There’s like a big hand-painted sign, which is very sweet.
AP: I think a lot of listeners will be surprised to hear actor Jeff Bridges’ voice on “Men in Bars.” Who would be a dream collaborator next?
ZAUNER: I really want to make, like, a sexy album and I really want to work with the band Air. I really love “Moon Safari.”
I think because I sort of disavowed synths for this album, I suddenly am like, “Oh, I want to make like a sexy, synth record.”
They write just such amazing bass lines and like, such cinematic music. Let’s just put that out into the world.
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Edmonton native Lisa Gilroy will host the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards.
Organizers of Canada's biggest film and television awards bash say the comedian and content creator will helm a live broadcast in Toronto, marking a partial return to form after two years of pre-taped shows.
However, unlike previous years, the Screen Awards will only stream live on CBC Gem and won't air on the public broadcaster's linear channels. A publicist for the Screen Awards says streaming the event exclusively on Gem will "make the awards more accessible to audiences across the country."
Gilroy is a Screen Award-nominated actor who most recently appeared in Taika Waititi’s Hulu drama "Interior Chinatown" and Seth Rogen's Apple TV Plus comedy "The Studio." She gained fame during the pandemic for her comedic viral videos on social media.
The comedian said in a statement that she's "over the moon to be hosting such an iconic Canadian event."
The Canadian Screen Awards will take place June 1. Nominees will be announced March 26.
Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television CEO Tammy Frick said Gilroy's "infectious energy, quick wit and undeniable charisma" make her the perfect choice to host the Screen Awards.
“With the show streaming live on CBC Gem and Lisa at the helm, the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards will be truly unforgettable," she said.
Last year's Screen Awards were hosted by Canadian comic Mae Martin, who emceed a gala in front of an audience in Toronto, which was then whittled down to an hour-long special that aired hours after the event on CBC and CBC Gem.
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A former Eminem studio engineer was charged Wednesday with stealing the Detroit rapper's unreleased music and selling it online, federal prosecutors announced.
Investigators say more than 25 songs have been played or distributed online without the consent of Eminem or Interscope Capital Labels Group, which owns Eminem’s music. The music was stored on password-protected hard drives kept in a safe at Eminem's studio in Ferndale, a Detroit suburb, according to an FBI affidavit.
Joseph Strange, 46, of Holly, Michigan, was charged via a criminal complaint with copyright infringement and interstate transportation of stolen goods, Acting U.S. Attorney Julie Beck in Detroit said. Strange, who lost his job at Eminem's studio in 2021, could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted of both counts.
Strange's attorney, Wade Fink, said in a text to The Associated Press that Strange is a married father of two “with decades of dedication to the music industry.? He called the charges “untested allegations” that haven't been vetted by a grand jury or a judge.
“We will handle the matter in a courtroom and we have great faith in the judges of our district,” he said.
Studio employees reported the theft to the FBI in January, saying unreleased music that was still in development was being played on various websites, including Reddit and YouTube.
A review showed someone transferred files from a hard drive in a safe to an external hard drive in October 2019 and January 2020, when Strange was a sound engineer at the studio.
Investigators found buyers after Eminem business associate Fred Nassar posted an online warning to fans not to distribute the music.
A Canadian resident who used the screen name Doja Rat told investigators he had purchased 25 unreleased songs from Strange for about $50,000 in Bitcoin. He said he raised the money from a group of fans of Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers III.
Strange also was trying to sell some of Eminem's handwritten lyric sheets, Doja Rat said.
Another group of fans organized by someone in Connecticut using the screen name ATL also purchased a “couple” of songs from Strange for about $1,000, according to the affidavit.
An FBI search of Strange's home in January turned up numerous handwritten Eminem lyric sheets and notes; a VHS tape of an unreleased Eminem video; and hard drives with 12,000 audio files. Some of the files contained music in various stages of development by Eminem and unidentified artists working with him, according to the affidavit.
Eminem won for best hip-hop act at the 2024 MTV EMAs and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.
The affidavit notes that Strange signed an agreement as part of his severance package that specifically prohibited him from electronically circulating Eminem's work.
“Protecting intellectual property from thieves is critical in safeguarding the exclusive rights of creators and protecting their original work from reproduction and distribution by individuals who seek to profit from the creative output of others,” Beck said in a news release.
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Calvin Harris has bought his favourite pub.
The 'Feel So Close' hitmaker – who is married to DJ Vick Hope – used to drink at the Coach + Horses inn in Dumfries, Scotland, before he found fame and now the producer, who no longer drinks alcohol, and his best friend Mark Irving have splashed out on the bar, with his pal taking over as landlord.
A source told The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column: “Calvin and Mark have gone into business together and created a company called To The Nines. They’ve now taken over the Coach Horses and Mark is in place as the landlord.
“It’s a gorgeous pub with a great atmosphere. It’s a great grass-roots music venue too, which is something they’re both really proud of.
“Calvin used to drink there before he got famous and there is a signed poster for his first album on the wall.
“It’s a hard time for pubs but the Coach + Horses Inn is thriving.”
The old landlord, John Owens, previously spoke of how Calvin – whose real name is Adam Wiles – would still go the pub when he visited his family.
He said: “Calvin, or Adam, is a pleasant chap, always has been. We’re all proud of him. When he’s home he’ll pop in if he gets the chance.”
The 41-year-old star also owns a farm in Ibiza and a townhouse in north London.
A year ago, firefighters were called to his home in the US after a huge blaze broke out.
A major fire erupted on one of the upper levels of the DJ's three-story mansion in Beverly Hills, California and emergency services rushed to the scene with TMZ reporting fire trucks ambulances and helicopters were all spotted at the house.
The website states firefighters had to cut through the roof of the building's second floor to get to the fire, which is said to have broken out close to the mansion's cinema room and they spent almost an hour working to get the blaze under control.
The fire is believed to have been caused by an electrical problem and caused around £100,000 in damage but no one was hurt.
Calvin – who is said to have been renting the house for the last few years – was not at home at the time of the incident.
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Kesha felt "pretty isolated" when she was questioning her sexuality.
The 38-year-old singer – who has dated both men and women – has always wanted her concerts to be somewhere that people felt free to be themselves because of her own experiences witnessing a "lack of inclusion and a lack of acceptance" at a young age.
She told People magazine: "I remember saying when I began, if I have to tour the world, I'm going to make sure that my shows are a place where people can come be in their sexuality, because growing up as a woman or a girl, questioning my sexuality, I didn't find community in that. I felt pretty isolated."
The 'Rainbow' singer found herself looking to suppress parts of herself to be accepted but soon realised that wasn't the right thing to do.
She said: "I decided that actually I might not be the best, I might not be for everybody, but I'm going to be the f****** best at being myself.
"And I think that was a beautiful lesson."
And Kesha argued sexuality shouldn't be "shrouded in shame".
She said: "Sexuality should not be something that's shrouded in shame. I am a really big proponent of just be who you are and give yourself the permission to be proud and authentic in that."
The 'TikTok' hitmaker insisted authenticity is much more "attractive" than perfection.
She said: "The most attractive vibration a human being can give off is not perfection, it's authenticity. Sometimes you look at pictures that have been photoshopped, and everything is so symmetrical and so airbrushed, and it just looks weird.
"That's because perfection is actually quite unnatural."
Kesha recently declared she is on the hunt for a "sugar daddy" to take care of her.
She told 'On the Red Carpet': "I have explored non-monogamy. I've been in love with many, many men and many, many women, and currently where I'm at is I am looking for a sugar daddy.
"I love being able to just be open and honest about it, because I'm f—ing into somebody taking care of me, putting me on a pedestal, taking me on their yacht and flying me on their plane. I'm just into it, and I will not feel shame about that.
"I've dated a lot of very cool, very broke hipsters with very bad attitudes, and so I'm trying to swing the pendulum 180 degrees and go in the entirely opposite direction.
"I want someone that goes to an office building because they own the office building."
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Gwyneth Paltrow thinks the #MeToo movement has "changed" Hollywood.
The 52-year-old star has recently returned to her acting roots in order to shoot 'Marty Supreme', a new sports drama movie, and Gwyneth believes that the #MeToo movement has helped to change the culture of Hollywood.
Speaking to Vanity Fair magazine, Gwyneth explained: "There are no meetings set up in hotel rooms, from what I understand, or if there are, it’s multiple people in the room. That bubble has definitely burst.
"I’m sure people still abuse power in Hollywood because they do everywhere, but it has definitely changed."
Gwyneth filmed some sex scenes with Timothee Chalamet for their new movie. But the Oscar-winning star opted against having an intimacy coordinator, because she feared that it could stifle her performance.
The actress shared: "We said, ‘I think we’re good. You can step a little bit back'.
"I don’t know how it is for kids who are starting out, but … if someone is like, ‘Okay, and then he’s going to put his hand here’?I would feel, as an artist, very stifled by that."
Gwyneth previously admitted that she achieved most of her acting ambitions before she turned 30.
The film star has largely focused her attention on her lifestyle brand in recent years, and Gwyneth confessed that she "doesn’t love acting that much".
The movie star – who is the daughter of filmmaker Bruce Paltrow and actress Blythe Danner – told SiriusXM: "I think that when you hit the bullseye when you’re 26 years old, and you’re a metrics-driven person – who, frankly, doesn’t love acting that much, as it turns out … I sort of felt like, well, now, who am I supposed to be? What am I driving towards?"
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Ryan Reynolds has rubbished Justin Baldoni's defamation lawsuit.
The 48-year-old actor has filed a motion to dismiss Baldoni's lawsuit, insisting that the 'It Ends With Us' director's allegations have no merit.
Mike Gottlieb and Esra Hudson, Reynolds' attorneys, said in a statement: "The entirety of Mr. Baldoni’s case appears to be based on Mr. Reynolds allegedly privately calling Mr. Baldoni a ‘predator,’ but here’s the problem – that is not defamation unless they can show that Mr. Reynolds did not believe that statement to be true.
"The complaint doesn’t allege that. In fact, it suggests the opposite: that Mr. Reynolds genuinely believes Mr. Baldoni is a predator."
Reynolds's legal team insist that the actor is entitled to "express his opinion of Mr. Baldoni".
They said: "Mr. Reynolds has a First Amendment right to express his opinion of Mr. Baldoni, which should be comforting to a group of people who have repeatedly called Ms. Lively and Mr. Reynolds ‘bullies’ and other names over the past year."
What's more, the director has been accused of trying to shame Reynolds "for being the man Mr. Baldoni has built his brand pretending to be".
A spokesperson for the actor said: "The claims filed against Mr. Reynolds are simply a list of grievances attempting to shame him for being the man Mr. Baldoni has built his brand pretending to be – a man who is ‘confident enough to listen’ to the woman in his life."
Blake Lively, Reynolds's wife, previously launched a lawsuit against her 'It Ends With Us' director and co-star, accusing him of harassing her while making the romantic drama film.
The actress accused Baldoni of causing her "severe emotional distress".
The Hollywood star – who played Baldoni's on-screen love interest in 'It Ends with Us' – previously told the New York Times newspaper: "I hope that my legal action helps pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and helps protect others who may be targeted."
Baldoni later denied the allegations, with his lawyer describing the claims as "categorically false".
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