The Hollywood Reporter

Ryan Reynolds is arguing that he couldn’t have defamed Justin Baldoni because he genuinely believes the It Ends With Us director engaged in predatory behavior.

Leading up to the premiere of It Ends With Us last year, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni reached an uneasy truce in which it was agreed that neither side would bad-mouth the other to the press. As far as they were concerned, it was in their best interest to keep the peace in order not to undermine the movie.

Josh Wolf has a new home at Activist Artists Management.

Plans have been formally put on hold for a 91-acre film and TV soundstage complex outside of London that had been billed as a major foray for the Sunset Studios brand outside the United States.

Creator-driven media companies and golf-focused media companies are both having a moment, so it is only logical that the creator-focused golf media company Good Good Golf has been able to raise $45 million in a new funding round.

The Oracle of Omaha Warren Buffett is parting ways with Disney at his conglomerate’s only local TV station.

Disney CEO Bob Iger is giving in to popular demand and says he will consider doing more with the beloved EPCOT character of Figment.

Disney shareholders rejected proposals to sever ties with the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index; to issue a report on the risks of climate change to the company’s businesses; and to issue a report examining the risks related to ad buying and selling.

Disney CEO Bob Iger says generative artificial intelligence is an enormously powerful technology that the company is beginning to utilize, but he warned that it is also proceeding with caution to protect its trove of characters and stories, as well as its creatives and customers.

In a bid to dismiss Justin Baldoni‘s lawsuit, Blake Lively is pointing to a change in California law prohibiting the weaponization of defamation claims that concern accusations of sexual assault.