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‘Blake Lively Net Worth' Trend Explained Amid Justin Baldoni Legal Battle
The phrase 'Blake Lively net worth' is trending, and people want to know why. Lively, a prominent Hollywood actress, has appeared in projects such as the CW's Gossip Girl, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005), Green Lantern (2011), The Age of Adaline (2015), and the Simple Favor movies. She is married to fellow actor and producer Ryan Reynolds, and the couple shares four children. In 2024, Lively became involved in a legal battle with Justin Bladoni, with whom she worked on the romantic drama film It Ends with Us. The phrase 'Blake Lively net worth' has become a trend, likely because of the ongoing legal battle between Lively and Baldoni. The pair worked together on 2024's It Ends With Us, a project that eventually became riddled with controversies and legal disputes. While promoting the movie, Lively garnered criticism on social media for what was dubbed as not properly addressing the movie's themes of domestic violence and emotional abuse in her interactions with the media. At the same time, Baldoni seemed to be majorly absent from the movie's promotion. It Ends with Us debuted in U.S. theaters in August 2024, and was a massive hit. In December, Lively filed a complaint against Baldoni with the California Civil Rights Department, accusing him of creating a hostile work environment and sexual misconduct. In an article published that month, The New York Times claimed that Baldoni had employed a PR firm to target Lively. This prompted the Jane the Virgin actor to file a $250 million lawsuit against the outlet. Lively subsequently filed a federal lawsuit against Baldoni, reiterating what she mentioned in her complaint. Later, Baldoni sued Lively, Reynolds, and their publicist Leslie Sloan for $400 million, alleging extortion, defamation, and invasion of privacy. (via CNN Entertainment) Notably, Lively has a speculated net worth of $30 million. It's possible that her net worth was impacted by the ongoing legal battle. The post 'Blake Lively Net Worth' Trend Explained Amid Justin Baldoni Legal Battle appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More.
Belfast Telegraph
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Belfast Telegraph
Blake Lively has dominated headlines for months — but her future as a movie star is unclear
The litigious back-and-forth between the 'Gossip Girl' star and Justin Baldoni, who directed her in the cursed weepie 'It Ends with Us', has largely eclipsed her acting career since 2024, with her new film 'Another Simple Favor' currently caught in the crossfire. Where does she go from here, asks Adam White The supporting characters in Another Simple Favor, the psycho-drama comedy sequel that's streaming now on Prime Video, don't know what to do with themselves in the presence of Blake Lively. Dressed in a parade of rhinestone-studded, overly accessorised ensembles (one look involves dungarees, multiple earrings and a bowler hat), Lively's character Emily Nelson – a schemer, murderess and secret triplet who's offed at least one of her sisters – draws gasps and mild panic every time she enters a room. Lively's work, from the soaring melodrama The Age of Adaline to last year's cursed weepie It Ends with Us, tends to be maximalist like this. Everything goes big: the hair, the costumes, the ripple effect of her mere presence in a movie. It was Emily's sudden disappearance in 2018's A Simple Favor that transformed Anna Kendrick's anxious mommy blogger into a citizen detective, and it's Emily's shock return – and the mystery dead body that turns up soon after – that kickstart its sequel. But even for a star of her magnitude, Lively feels too big for Another Simple Favor. Arriving amid the messy legal battle between Lively and Justin Baldoni, the director and leading man of It Ends with Us, the new sequel gets sucked into the vortex of completely unrelated off-camera drama. You leave it pondering if every future Blake Lively role will follow suit.
The Independent
16-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
17 unfairly underrated performances by great actors
Great actors need great roles: they are the stuff from which icons are forged. Robert De Niro's Travis Bickle. Daniel Day Lewis's Daniel Plainview. James Gandolfini's Tony Soprano. Cinema is full of stars who have come to embody their best characters in the popular imagination. But what about all the stellar performances that manage to fall through the cracks? This piece is about those roles that, for one reason or another, failed to get the recognition they deserved. Often, it's a case of the work simply being overshadowed by some other, showier part in a more popular project – Samuel L Jackson's nuanced turn in Hard Eight, for instance, was never likely to usurp his famous Pulp Fiction persona. From Matt Damon to Robin Williams, here are 17 top actors who've delivered brilliant work that more people need to see… Michael Caine in Youth Much of Caine's later career has seen the Get Carter actor play it fairly safe – after all, this is a man who claimed to have mentally retired after 1983's Educating Rita. But his starring role in Paolo Sorrentino's funny, endlessly surprising Youth, playing an elderly music composer, is up there with his very best work. Matt Damon – Stillwater Damon has always chosen his projects deftly, increasingly balancing strong leading roles (The Bourne Identity; The Martian) with strong supporting turns (True Grit; Oppenheimer). But the 2021 drama Stillwater saw Damon try something entirely new, immersing himself completely in the character of an Oklahoma roughneck out of his element in urban France. It's a shame few saw it: Damon was transformed. Harrison Ford – The Age of Adaline Late-era Harrison Ford has always been a mixed bag to say the least; it's been a long time since the days of taut thrillers like The Fugitive and Witness. Now, 2015's The Age of Adaline may not be a great film, but it does feature what might be Ford's best performance in the last couple of decades: playing the former lover of the supernaturally ageless Adaline (Blake Lively). Walton Goggins – The Hateful Eight Over the past 20 years, The Shield star Walton Goggins has quietly been one of the best and most versatile actors on TV – a bona fide great of the medium. On the big screen, however, he's never quite popped in the same way. Even his most recognisable cinematic role, as one of the biggest parts of Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight, failed to really bring him recognition, with Goggins being overshadowed by better-known co-stars such as Samuel L Jackson and Kurt Russell. Make no mistake, though, Goggins pitches his performance as sheriff-in-waiting Chris Mannix perfectly – in many ways he is the film's unheralded standout. Elliot Gould – California Split Gould's work with Robert Altman in the neo-noir The Long Goodbye stands among his best and most recognised screen roles. But it was in this far lesser-seen Altman project that Gould produced his finest performance, as the captivating and shambolic gambler Charlie Waters. Tom Hanks – The Ladykillers The Coen brothers' Ealing Comedy remake is notorious within their filmography – a clear low point in an almost blemish-free oeuvre. But what gets lost in the stigma is just how great Hanks is, playing against type as a chuckling, dandyish villain. Samuel L Jackson – Sydney/Hard Eight Across the 150-odd projects he's appeared in, Jackson has naturally had some gems that have flown under the radar. A particular injustice was his role in Hard Eight, the debut feature of There Will Be Blood 's Paul Thomas Anderson. As the nefarious Jimmy, Jackson turned in a performance of considerable restraint, while losing none of his trademark charisma. Lisa Kudrow – Romy and Michele's High School Reunion All six mainstays on Friends spent years living in the shadow of the Central Perk cafe, such was the magnitude of the 1990s sitcom's success. There's a strong argument that Kudrow has enjoyed the richest career outside of Friends, with projects such as The Comeback proving she was more than just Phoebe Buffet. However, when it comes to underrated, she has few more overlooked parts than the wry, inventive Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, in which she and Mira Sorvino play co-dependent misfits confronting their wasted time. It's a cult classic for a reason – but it merits a bigger cult. Elisabeth Moss – Queen of Earth In Mad Men, Elisabeth Moss made her name as a world-class actor, with depth, nuance, and more gears than a Robot Wars competitor. She's been terrific in a plethora of subsequent projects, including The Handmaid's Tale and the oddly titled Her Smell, but her most unsung triumph may be the 2015 character study Queen of Earth. It's a taut, tense, low-budget work, with Moss playing a woman leaping off the verge of a nervous breakdown. Eddie Murphy – Bowfinger Former SNL star Murphy has a glut of famous roles, from early hits such as Beverley Hills Cop and 48 Hrs to later family fare such as Shrek. His part opposite Steve Martin in the 1999 comedy Bowfinger is comparatively obscure – but it definitely shouldn't be. In it, he plays Kit Ramsey, a paranoid, egotistical movie star who stars in a low-budget sci-fi film without his knowledge. Al Pacino – Scarecrow The 1973 road movie Scarecrow never enjoyed the success of some of its New Hollywood contemporaries (Easy Rider; Five Easy Pieces), but this cult film featured brilliant early turns from Gene Hackman and Al Pacino. The latter is particularly compelling, playing a naif who meets the brutality of the modern world. Adam Sandler – The Meyerowitz Stories Adam Sandler is a terrific dramatic actor. This statement is true, and the evidence people cite to support it usually consists of two films: the offbeat 2001 romance Punch-Drunk Love, and the propulsive 2020 drama Uncut Gems. Just three years before Uncut Gems, however, Sandler had quietly pulled his career from a real slump, with a role in Noah Baumbach's ensemble drama The Meyerowitz Stories. Playing a decent man living in the shadow of his artist father (Dustin Hoffman) and successful brother (Ben Stiller), Sandler manages to bring complexity and vulnerability to one of the film's less showy roles. Andy Serkis – Andor Thanks to his CGI-grafted roles in Lord of the Rings (as Gollum) and Planet of the Apes (as Ceasar), Serkis is perhaps often thought of as simply some kind of expressive mannequin, upon which motion-capture orbs can be globbed. But he's got some serious live-action chops too, never more on show than during his multi-episode arc in the Star Wars series Andor. Sadly, the show – the high point of Disney's take on the franchise – failed to find a mass audience, and Serkis's performance, as stolid prison leader Kino Loy, wasn't daubed with the attention it deserved. Meryl Streep – The Simpsons Sure, she may have 21 Oscar nominations to her name, but is there any greater honour than appearing on The Simpsons? Back when the animation was capable of coaxing great performances from high-calibre actors (Dustin Hoffman, Danny DeVito, Glenn Close, to name but three), Streep appeared on the series as a romantic interest of young hellion Bart. It's a remarkable turn from the thesp – funny, and credibly childlike – and endures as a strange curio amid a career furnished with more prestigious roles. Vince Vaughn – Brawl in Cell Block 99 Some people may baulk if you were to include Vince Vaughn on a list of great actors. But those people would have clearly never seen Brawl in Cell Block 99. The film is a grimy, horrifically violent, and sometimes very witty prison thriller, which sees the Dodgeball star beef up and shave his head to play a reformed convict forced against his will to sin again. The sheer face-shredding intensity of Cell Block 99 means this film will only ever be for genre purists, but Vaughn is fantastic nonetheless. Robin Williams – World's Greatest Dad It's probably no wonder that World's Greatest Dad wasn't a big mainstream hit: this Bobcat Goldthwait-directed comedy sees Williams play a father whose teenage son dies in a misjudged act of autoerotic asphyxiation, and procedes to find fame by forging his late child's writing. But the film is remarkable, and Williams turns in a performance of great dramatic aplomb. He bares all (quite literally). Forest Whitaker – The Shield Despite winning an Oscar for playing dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland, Whitaker has often done his very best work away from the spotlight, in indie films such as Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog. But nothing can top Whitaker's quirky, corruscating one-season turn as Internal Affairs detective Jon Kavanagh in FX's police drama The Shield. Whitaker's spiral into obsession and his escalating feud with Michael Chiklis's sewer-dirty cop Vic Mackey make for sensational viewing; that he was never so much as nominated for an Emmy is a travesty.
The Independent
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Every movie and TV series leaving Netflix in April 2025, including scariest horror of last 10 years
Netflix removes a large section of titles each month and, depending where you are in the world, you won't be warned. While in the US, the streaming service announces which films and TV shows will be taken down ahead of time, this does not happen in the UK. This means that, as well as the addition of a staggering amount of projects this month, a number of titles could vanish from your watchlist without you realising. Fortunately, The Independent has compiled a full list of every movie and TV show being removed from Netflix in April 2025, which includes Hereditary. The Independent called the movie, directed by Midsommar 's Ari Aster, 'the singularly most terrifying horror film in years' upon its release in 2018, which arrived months after a buzzy premiere at Sundance. Hereditary stars Toni Collette as a grief-stricken lady named Annie, whose family experience strange occurrences as the horrifying truth about her ancestry comes to light. Your last chance to watch the film on Netflix is 15 April. Movies 1 April An Affair to Remember – US The Age of Adaline – US America's Sweethearts – UK The Angry Birds Movie 2 – UK The Animal – UK Baby Driver – US Boyz n the Hood – US Bruce Almighty – US Captain Nova (Netflix Original) – UK/US Death Can Wait – UK/US Dr Seuss' The Cat in the Hat – US Dr Seuss' The Lorax – US Elysium – US The Equalizer 2 – UK Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – UK Faster – US 50 First Dates – UK Goosebumps – UK Halloween (2018) – UK Happy Feet – US Happy Feet Two – US How to Train Your Dragon – US How to Train Your Dragon 2 – US Interstellar – US It – US Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle – UK The Karate Kid (1984)– US The Karate Kid Part II – US The Karate Kid Part III – US Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV – UK The Last of the Mohicans – UK Legion – US Little Man – US Love, Actually – US The Menu – US Miss Congeniality – US Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children – UK Molly's Game – US The Mummy (2017) – UK The Nice Guys – US Punch-Drunk Love – UK Richie Rich – US Robin Hood (2018) Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves – UK Rush Hour – US Rush Hour 2 – US Rush Hour 3 – US Rust and Bone – US The Scorpion King (2002)– US Sethum Aayiram Pon – US Sex Tape – US Skyscraper – UK Space Jam – US The Sting – US Surf's Up: Wave Mania – UK This is the End – UK Tony Parker: The Final Shot (Netflix Original)– US Twins – US When In Rome – US 2 April Lake Kivu's Hidden Treasure – UK 4 April Blackfish – US I Love You, Man – UK Serena – US 5 April Coded Bias – UK/US Fix Us – UK/US 6 April Andala Rakshasi – US Kamalatho Naa Prayanam – US Orbiter 9 (Netflix Original) – UK/US She Said – UK Violent Night – UK Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody – UK 8 April The Addams Family (1991) – UK Addams Family Values – UK Born Beautiful – UK/US Megan Leavey – US 9 April Smile – UK 10 April Drive – UK LA Originals (Netflix Original) – UK/US Rough Cut – UK 11 April Pixels – US Scream (2022)– US 12 April Clifford the Big Red Dog – US Fate of Alakada – UK/US Pickpockets (Netflix Original) – UK/US A Quiet Place Part II – US The Tuxedo – UK 14 April Misconception – US 15 April Hereditary – US Shot Caller – UK Time Trap – UK The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent The Wolf's Call – UK 16 April Snake Eyes: GI Joe Origins – US 19 April The Fisherman's Diary – US Kuthiraivaal – US 20 April The Estate – US Ready – US Satya 2 – US Varane Avashyamund – US 21 April No Hard Feelings – US 22 April Ahead of the Curve – US 25 April Minions – US 26 April Knights of the Zodiac – US Yogi Berra: It Ain't Over – US 30 April Patriots Day – US Television 1 April Cleaning Up – UK Hitler: The Rise of Evil – UK How the Nazis Lost the War – UK Humans – UK Nickelodeon's House of Anubis – US Stunt Science – UK Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files – UK/US 3 April Surviving R Kelly – US Surviving R Kelly Part II: The Reckoning – US Surviving R Kelly Part III: The Final Chapter – US 12 April The Missing – UK 15 April KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World – US Law & Order: Special Victims Unit – UK 16 April The Legend of Korra – US Seraph of the End – UK 17 April Monzón: A Knockout Blow (Netflix Original)– US 24 April Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian – US Kids 1 April My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic – UK 3 April Magic Mixies – UK/US Powerpuff Girls – US The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!! – US Powerpuff Girls: 'Twas The Fight Before Christmas – US 5 April Motu Patlu: Deep Sea Adventure – US Motu Patlu in Dragon's World – US Motu Patlu in the Game of Zones – US Motu Patlu in Wonderland – US Motu Patlu: Mission Moon – US 15 April Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood – UK 19 April Chhota Bheem and the Return of Dragar – US Keymon and Nani in Space Adventure – US Motu Patlu Dino Invasion – US Motu Patlu in Octupus World – US Motu Patlu VS Robo Kids – US Rudra: Secret of the Black Moon – US Rudra: The Rise of King Pharaoh – US 24 April
The Independent
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
What's leaving Netflix in April 2025, including the best horror film of last 10 years
Netflix removes a large section of titles each month and, depending where you are in the world, you won't be warned. While in the US, the streaming service announces which films and TV shows will be taken down ahead of time, this does not happen in the UK. This means that, as well as the addition of a staggering amount of projects this month, a number of titles could vanish from your watchlist without you realising. Fortunately, The Independent has compiled a full list of every movie and TV show being removed from Netflix in April 2025, which includes Hereditary. The Independent called the movie, directed by Midsommar 's Ari Aster, 'the singularly most terrifying horror film in years' upon its release in 2018, which arrived months after a buzzy premiere at Sundance. Hereditary stars Toni Collette as a grief-stricken lady named Annie, whose family experience strange occurrences as the horrifying truth about her ancestry comes to light. Your last chance to watch the film on Netflix is 15 April. Movies 1 April An Affair to Remember – US The Age of Adaline – US America's Sweethearts – UK The Angry Birds Movie 2 – UK The Animal – UK Baby Driver – US Boyz n the Hood – US Bruce Almighty – US Captain Nova (Netflix Original) – UK/US Death Can Wait – UK/US Dr Seuss' The Cat in the Hat – US Dr Seuss' The Lorax – US Elysium – US The Equalizer 2 – UK Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – UK Faster – US 50 First Dates – UK Goosebumps – UK Halloween (2018) – UK Happy Feet – US Happy Feet Two – US How to Train Your Dragon – US How to Train Your Dragon 2 – US Interstellar – US It – US Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle – UK The Karate Kid (1984)– US The Karate Kid Part II – US The Karate Kid Part III – US Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV – UK The Last of the Mohicans – UK Legion – US Little Man – US Love, Actually – US The Menu – US Miss Congeniality – US Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children – UK Molly's Game – US The Mummy (2017) – UK The Nice Guys – US Punch-Drunk Love – UK Richie Rich – US Robin Hood (2018) Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves – UK Rush Hour – US Rush Hour 2 – US Rush Hour 3 – US Rust and Bone – US The Scorpion King (2002)– US Sethum Aayiram Pon – US Sex Tape – US Skyscraper – UK Space Jam – US The Sting – US Surf's Up: Wave Mania – UK This is the End – UK Tony Parker: The Final Shot (Netflix Original)– US Twins – US When In Rome – US 2 April Lake Kivu's Hidden Treasure – UK 4 April Blackfish – US I Love You, Man – UK Serena – US 5 April Coded Bias – UK/US Fix Us – UK/US 6 April Andala Rakshasi – US Kamalatho Naa Prayanam – US Orbiter 9 (Netflix Original) – UK/US She Said – UK Violent Night – UK Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody – UK 8 April The Addams Family (1991) – UK Addams Family Values – UK Born Beautiful – UK/US Megan Leavey – US 9 April Smile – UK 10 April Drive – UK LA Originals (Netflix Original) – UK/US Rough Cut – UK 11 April Pixels – US Scream (2022)– US 12 April Clifford the Big Red Dog – US Fate of Alakada – UK/US Pickpockets (Netflix Original) – UK/US A Quiet Place Part II – US The Tuxedo – UK 14 April Misconception – US 15 April Hereditary – US Shot Caller – UK Time Trap – UK The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent The Wolf's Call – UK 16 April Snake Eyes: GI Joe Origins – US 19 April The Fisherman's Diary – US Kuthiraivaal – US 20 April The Estate – US Ready – US Satya 2 – US Varane Avashyamund – US 21 April No Hard Feelings – US 22 April Ahead of the Curve – US 25 April Minions – US 26 April Knights of the Zodiac – US Yogi Berra: It Ain't Over – US 30 April Patriots Day – US Television 1 April Cleaning Up – UK Hitler: The Rise of Evil – UK How the Nazis Lost the War – UK Humans – UK Nickelodeon's House of Anubis – US Stunt Science – UK Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files – UK/US 3 April Surviving R Kelly – US Surviving R Kelly Part II: The Reckoning – US Surviving R Kelly Part III: The Final Chapter – US 12 April The Missing – UK 15 April KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World – US Law & Order: Special Victims Unit – UK 16 April The Legend of Korra – US Seraph of the End – UK 17 April Monzón: A Knockout Blow (Netflix Original)– US 24 April Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian – US Kids 1 April My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic – UK 3 April Magic Mixies – UK/US Powerpuff Girls – US The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!! – US Powerpuff Girls: 'Twas The Fight Before Christmas – US 5 April Motu Patlu: Deep Sea Adventure – US Motu Patlu in Dragon's World – US Motu Patlu in the Game of Zones – US Motu Patlu in Wonderland – US Motu Patlu: Mission Moon – US 15 April Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood – UK 19 April Chhota Bheem and the Return of Dragar – US Keymon and Nani in Space Adventure – US Motu Patlu Dino Invasion – US Motu Patlu in Octupus World – US Motu Patlu VS Robo Kids – US Rudra: Secret of the Black Moon – US Rudra: The Rise of King Pharaoh – US 24 April
