Last Friday, we published a lengthy look at the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni saga based on documents they had filed heading into a trial. Today, Lively and Baldoni finally settled their dispute. Here's our account of how they got here: www.vulture.com/article/just...
The Hollywood Feud of the Century
How the fight between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni led to a $300 million trial that could torch both their careers.
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Also, is it a coincidence that the parties settled after @reeveswiedeman.bsky.social did the definitive blow-out piece on this whole affair for @nymag.com ? Maybe, but I'm gonna say, "No." Read (or listen to it) here: www.vulture.com/article/just...
The Hollywood Feud of the Century
How the fight between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni led to a $300 million trial that could torch both their careers.
vulture.com
Joe Adalian@tvmojoe.bsky.social · 3mo agoBlake & Justin settling and Britney taking a plea deal, both just hours before the Met Gala, made me wonder: Is Met Gala Day now pop culture's version of Lent or Yom Kippur, where all sins are atoned for and famous folks start fresh?
Wrote about David Ellison's ascension for next week's @nymag.com. He won the Hollywood crown. Now what? www.vulture.com/article/davi...
One Nepo to Rule Them All
David Ellison won the Hollywood crown. Now what?
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Brutal column in the Kansas City Star about a local real estate company trying to avoid public scrutiny for selling ICE a property for a massive prison camp: www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
I talked to @reeveswiedeman.bsky.social about his great David Ellison profile. Extremely happy with this headline. slate.com/podcasts/wha...
David Ellison, Eldest Boy
Something like a Succession character trying to buy HBO.
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Learned from this Vulture feature that David Ellison tried acting. Here's a still from a 2006 interview in which he's misidentified as "David Ellis." www.vulture.com/article/larr...
Only one Kennedy is in a position of power — and his family can only watch helplessly as he destroys much that they stood for. Read our latest cover story by @reeveswiedeman.bsky.social about the Kennedy family’s rift over RFK Jr. and Trump: nymag.com/intelligence...
There’s many good parts in this story, but this part killed me.
Reeves Wiedeman@reeveswiedeman.bsky.social · last yr.I went to Kyoto to figure out how to travel now that we live in the age of overtourism—too many people with too much money and too few places they all want to go. nymag.com/intelligence...
I went to Kyoto to figure out how to travel now that we live in the age of overtourism—too many people with too much money and too few places they all want to go. nymag.com/intelligence...
Kyoto Has Zero Zen
A great exchange rate, ChatGPT, and kimono-wearing bros have turned Kyoto into the loveliest tourist trap on earth.
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So many great/horrific details in this dispatch from Kyoto by @reeveswiedeman.bsky.social nymag.com/intelligence...
SNL 50 is over. What's next for the show and for Lorne Michaels? My @nymag.com feature on the show's present and future: www.vulture.com/article/snl-...
After Lorne
The ringmaster of Saturday Night Live is 80 years old. What happens to the show, not to mention American comedy, when he retires?
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I think @choire.bsky.social has the best gig in media right now and one reason it's so good is that he will ask @reeveswiedeman.bsky.social about his interview spreadsheets, this is peak performance link.nymag.com/view/5e304c7...
February 15, 2025
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SNL is 50, Lorne Michaels is 80, and I tried to talk to people in his universe to understand Lorne, his power and influence in the entertainment world—and what happens if and when he ever leaves the show he created: www.vulture.com/article/snl-...
After Lorne
The ringmaster of Saturday Night Live is 80 years old. What happens to the show, not to mention American comedy, when he retires?
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special appreciation to @bridgetgillard.bsky.social and especially @reeveswiedeman.bsky.social, who spent the end of negotations wearily explaining that he did not have endless time because he was also trying to close this great lorne michaels piece - www.vulture.com/article/snl-...
After Lorne
The ringmaster of Saturday Night Live is 80 years old. What happens to the show, not to mention American comedy, when he retires?
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Remember in October when @nymag.com published its annual Power Issue with members of the “media elite?" Well, @nymagunion.bsky.social thought you might want to hear from media workers themselves. Introducing our union Power Issue: MEDIA WORKERS TELL ALL!
