Celebrity Feuds

Ryan Reynolds has resurfaced for the first time since getting caught up in all the legal drama involving his wife, Blake Lively, and Justin Baldoni.

The actor showed up Tuesday night at the National Board of Review Awards in NYC to introduce the wildly popular "Wicked," which was picked for best movie of 2024 by the members.

Missing from Ryan's side was Blake, who, as everyone knows, filed a California Civil Rights Department complaint and a federal lawsuit accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment on the set of their film, "It Ends With Us," as well as smearing her good name in the press.

Justin Baldoni's accusation Ryan Reynolds berated and screamed at him in a house full of stars in an ambush meeting is way overblown ... this according to a source who was in the meeting.

Baldoni made several accusations against Blake Lively and husband RR in a $250 million lawsuit against The New York Times ... claiming the "Deadpool" star was aggressive toward JB at a meeting that took place in the couple's NYC home, as celeb pals came and went.

Our source tells TMZ ... the meeting did go down last January, as "It Ends With Us" was to resume production after it was stalled by industry strikes ... and everyone in attendance knew Baldoni's alleged behavior would be addressed ... so, there was zero blindsiding.

Justin Baldoni is suing The New York Times for $250 million over the publication's bombshell article, in which they alleged the actor and others coordinated a smear campaign against his "It Ends with Us" costar, Blake Lively.

Baldoni, who directed and starred in the romance drama with Lively, was accused of sexual harassment by the actress in a legal complaint -- and subsequent lawsuit -- which was featured heavily in The Times' piece.

However, according to Variety, Baldoni has now accused the paper of libel, invasion of privacy, promissory fraud and breach of implied-in-fact contract over the article ... alleging the Times "cherry-picked" details and altered key communications to "deliberately" mislead readers.

Blake Lively has just filed a lawsuit making a formal demand for money, suing Justin Baldoni and others for mental pain and anguish, severe emotional distress, and lost wages.

The lawsuit mirrors the complaint filed with the California Civil Rights Commission -- but this action has been filed in federal court in New York.

In addition to Baldoni, Blake is suing Baldoni's crisis managers, Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel, along with Wayfarer Studios, which produced the movie "It Ends with Us."

Whitney Cummings may not know Justin Baldoni personally ... but that sure didn't stop her from opining that she knows his type -- and she thinks there were clearly warning signs that align with allegations in Blake Lively's recently filed complaint.

Here's the deal ... Blake sued costar Baldoni for sexual harassment and alleged he took part in a coordinated effort to destroy her reputation ... all stemming from their work together on "It Ends with Us."

Since news of the shocking complaint broke ... Justin has been dropped by his talent agency ... and a number of stars -- including SAG and Sony Pictures -- have expressed strong support for BL.

Drake and super streamer Adin Ross played Santa Clauses on their 'Drizzmas' stream the day after Christmas … plenty of cash for their home teams, and coal for the foes!!!

The 6 ½-hour stream leveraged plenty of Kick and Stake promos while emulating Drake's legendary "God's Plan" video, where he gave away thousands of dollars in charity to the community ... but he also had some fun leaning into the mega rap beef sparked by Kendrick Lamar that dominated this year!!!

Drake spent plenty of time scanning fan mail and almost caught himself saying “F*** Kendrick” while reading one fan's letter ... and then later laughed off Kendrick's "Euphoria" diss lyrics aimed at his Sexyy Red friendship.

Sleepy Hallow and Sheff G are living proof that drill music can sustain a rap career -- even if their legendary counterpart Jadakiss doesn't agree!!!

TMZ Hip Hop caught up with the Winners Circle twins at The Million Dollar Giveback: Hip Hop Holiday in NYC and they thought Jada's commentary on drill -- BK, sexy, fires -- was funny but they understand where he's coming from!!!

ICYMI, Jada threw the entire drill movement under the bus in an interview as his son Jaewon laughed on.

Viral rapper Dave Blunts wasn't about to let Antonio Brown turn him into a Star Wars meme -- and got personal with his response by throwing the former footballer's legal issues in his face!!!

In case you haven't seen him on your timeline, DB's the reportedly 500lb+ rapper from Delaware whose melodies have drawn comparisons to golden-age Texas hip hop ... and his inability to perform standing up also whiffed Snoop Dogg's radar.

AB randomly took a lightsaber-sized swipe at Dave on a pic from a recent performance, "N**** really is the black Jaba the hutt…."

10:21 AM PT -- In a statement to TMZ, Blake Lively says ...  "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.”

Blake Lively has declared legal war on her former "It Ends with Us" costar/director Justin Baldoni, laying out her allegations of sexual harassment and what she claims is a coordinated effort to destroy her reputation, but Baldoni's team has fired back calling the allegations a false attempt to rehab her reputation.

According to the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, things got so bad during filming, there was an all-hands-on-deck meeting to address what she claims was a hostile work environment. Ryan Reynolds, Blake's husband, was among the attendees.

The lawsuit lists the demands that were addressed ... she says because of Baldoni's conduct. Among those demands -- no more showing nude videos or images of women to Blake, no more mention of Baldoni's alleged previous "pornography addiction," no more discussions about sexual conquests in front of Blake and others, no further mentions of cast and crew's genitalia, no more inquiries about Blake's weight, and no further mention of Blake's dead father.

Lil Baby stayed quiet behind the scenes throughout the entire 2024 Rap Wars where Kendrick Lamar and Drake battled it out ... turns out, he's not a fan of being one of K. Dot's "examples" on "Not Like Us!!!"

The Atlanta rap star broke his silence in a one-on-one sit-down with Charlamagne Tha God on Thursday ... Kendrick accused Drake of exploiting A-Town rappers Baby, Young Thug, Future, 2 Chainz, Quavo and his "Her Loss" collaborator 21 Savage.

Kendrick rapped, "Lil Baby helped you get your lingo up" on the heavily promoted record but Baby disapproved -- "If you and him [Drake] was arguing why the hell you gotta say me, you know?"

Bhad Bhabie says she's breaking up with her baby daddy Le Vaughn ... and she says Alabama Barker is to blame.

The "Gucci Flip Flops" rapper ripped into Alabama in a social media rant Wednesday, calling Travis Barker's daughter a "homewrecker" and accusing her of hooking up with Le Vaughn.

Bhad Bhabie says it all started one night when she got drunk with LV and they got into a fight ... she says she called another man and then got into a physical exchange with LV ... ultimately leading to them spending a couple weeks apart.

Snoop Dogg doesn't have any pride to hide when it comes to Eazy-E's diss track "Real Muthaphuckkin G’s" being a stone-cold classic ... and he got dusted on the song!!!

Tha Doggfather got the honor of headlining the 500th episode of "The Bootleg Kev Podcast" Wednesday and came clean about Eazy's infamous 1993 missile aimed at him, Dr. Dre and Death Row Records as a staff, record label and crew.

Snoop tells Kev his "Cadillacc Radio" plays "RMG" daily like clockwork and he always sings along ... "[Dre] and your Doggy Dogg think that y'all hoggin' shit / Both of you bitches can come and suck my doggy 🍆!!!" Burnnn.

Lil Wayne's ick over getting "snubbed" for Super Bowl 59 in his New Orleans hometown seems to have blown over ... Wayne is now cheering on Kendrick Lamar to have a helluva halftime show!!!

Skip Bayless made attempts to push Wayne over the edge on his show on Monday, claiming to be "baffled and angry" there wouldn't be Young Money emblems inside Caesars Superdome come February -- but Wayne said it's all g-double-o-d.

“I’ve spoken to him, and I wish him all the best and I told him he better kill it,” Wayne told Skip. "For whatever reason I believe it’s over my head. I don’t know why, period. Obviously, I believe that it’s perfect. I do not know why.”

Kendrick Lamar opened the door for California rapper Lefty Gunplay to make history -- a move Wack 100 is calling a historic FAIL!!!

While speaking on 'Back on Figg's podcast, Wack expressed his disgust for Lefty's feature on Kendrick's "TV Off" from his chart-topping "GNX" album.

Lefty closes the track with the adlibs, "S**t gets crazy, scary, spooky, hilarious" ... Wack calls it a laughable attempt at emceeing. Wack's trained studio ear tells him Kendrick's engineer simply looped one of Lefty's takes to make it sound clean.

Jay-Z is getting no mercy from 50 Cent, who pounced on the RocNation honcho for stepping out in Hollywood amid the lawsuit claiming he raped a 13-year-old girl.

50 wasted no time trolling ... moments after he saw Jay not only show up at Monday night's premiere for 'Mufasa,' but he happily posed for photos alongside Beyoncé and Blue Ivy, who are both in the 'Lion King' prequel.

In a post he's since deleted, 50 Cent captioned an image of the Carters at the premiere with ... "Jay said they said I rapped [sic] a kid, everybody get dressed we going to see Mufasa LOL.”