Death toll rises to 32, including 14 children, in Texas flooding
The death toll from flash floods in Texas has risen to at least 32, including 14 children, officials said on Saturday....
Actor Justin Badldoni, who also directed the hit Hollywood movie “It Ends with Us” is now suing The New York Times for $250M, launching a counter attack in an escalating controversy with his co-star, Blake Lively.
Baldoni and his team say the newspaper was party to a “vicious smear campaign “ by Lively who filed an earlier complaint accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment on set and retaliation during the promotion of the film.
It is just the latest salvo in an ongoing dispute between the two actors that erupted during the production of the film, in which Baldoni plays Lively’s on-screen abusive husband.
The complaint filed by Baldoni and a total of ten plaintiffs, including his producing partners and publicist stated “the [New York] Times relied almost entirely on Lively’s unverified and self-serving narrative, lifting it nearly verbatim while disregarding an abundance of evidence that contradicted her claims and exposed her true motives.”
Lively’s original complaint was filed with the California civil rights department almost two weeks ago and it was first obtained by The New York Times.
It alleges Baldoni and his team tried to destroy Lively’s reputation after she raised concerns “about repeated sexual harassment and other disturbing on-set behavior by Mr. Baldoni”.
The times published their article on December 21st highlighting excerpts from the civil rights complaint including messages from a crisis PR Manager for Baldoni that say “we can bury anyone”.
The New York Times stated that they will “vigorously defend against the law suit” saying “our story was meticulously and responsibly reported. It was based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents including text messages and emails.”
Baldoni’s complaint alleges the paper omitted text messages to serve Lively’s narrative, saying ”the article’s central thesis, encapsulated in a defamatory headline designed to immediately mislead the reader, is that the plaintiffs orchestrated a retaliatory public relations campaign against Lively for speaking out about sexual harassment”.
It further says “Lively’s cynical use abuse of sexual harassment allegations to assert unilateral control over every aspect of the production.” And that Lively’s public image suffered as a result of a series of high-profile blunders.
Attorneys for Blake Lively sent a statement to the press on Tuesday saying “nothing in this [Baldoni’s] lawsuit changes anything regarding her claims.”
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck off Japan’s Tokara Islands on Wednesday, with no tsunami warning issued but residents advised to remain vigilant.
The United States has rescinded licensing restrictions on ethane exports to China, allowing shipments to resume after a temporary halt and signalling progress in efforts to ease recent trade tensions.
Italy plans to grant approximately 500,000 work visas to non-EU nationals between 2026 and 2028, as announced in a cabinet statement. The initiative aims to address labor shortages by expanding legal immigration pathways
Following a deadly glacier collapse in Blatten, near the Swiss Alpine village of Kandersteg, the town is on high alert as melting permafrost and shifting rock threaten another potential disaster after it was buried a month ago.
A malfunction in the radar transmission system at the Area Control Center in Milan suspended more than 300 flights at the weekend, across northwest Italy since Saturday evening according to Italy's air traffic controller Enav (National Agency for Flight Assistance).
Türkiye has extended condolences to the families of those killed in severe flooding in the U.S. state of Texas.
The death toll from flash floods in Texas has risen to at least 32, including 14 children, officials said on Saturday.
Posting on X on Saturday evening, Musk wrote: “By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it! Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom.”
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei appeared in public for the first time since the recent conflict with Israel, attending Ashura commemorations in Tehran on Saturday night.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that Kyiv has signed new agreements with international partners to boost joint arms production amid ongoing Russian attacks.
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