Justin Baldoni is asking a judge to shut down an attempt from Blake Lively to get legal fees and damages after their long-running dispute tied to It Ends With Us was settled. Baldoni’s side says Lively dropped her remaining claims and didn’t walk away with the $300 million she originally sought. Both sides are now saying they’re done fighting and want to move on, which in Hollywood legal terms usually means “see you in the next headline.”
Big music theft case now has a guilty plea. A man accused of stealing unreleased music from Beyoncé’s team in Atlanta has pleaded guilty after breaking into a vehicle and taking suitcases full of hard drives and tour materials. The bad news for fans: prosecutors say the unreleased tracks were never recovered. So yes, somewhere there’s a hard drive with Beyoncé music that basically vanished into the void.
Over in sports and celebrity crossover chaos, a Florida judge has allowed prosecutors in a DUI investigation to subpoena prescription records tied to Tiger Woods. It’s limited access, but still a legal headache involving pharmacy records and privacy arguments from Woods’ team.
And speaking of unexpected plot twists, reality star Spencer Pratt is now running for mayor of Los Angeles. Yes, that Spencer Pratt. He’s leaning hard into crime, homelessness, and city leadership criticism after losing his home in the 2025 wildfires. Critics are calling it unqualified, supporters are calling it “finally someone loud enough to be heard,” which is… a strategy.
Big franchise TV news: a Fast & Furious series is in development at Peacock, with Vin Diesel involved as executive producer. Diesel says multiple shows are coming, while NBC is only confirming one for now. Also, the final film is still locked for 2028, so yes, this franchise is still shifting gears.
Streaming also isn’t slowing down. Reacher has already been renewed for Season 5 on Amazon Prime Video, even before Season 4 hits. When a show gets renewed that early, that’s streamer language for “don’t worry, people are watching.”
Big teaser drop for a reboot of Little House on the Prairie, now set in a town called Independence, with a new cast and a July 9 premiere on Netflix.
And in late-night TV, Stephen Colbert is wrapping The Late Show soon, but last night he pulled off a reunion of the Strike Force Five with Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, John Oliver, and Seth Meyers. Even better, the podcast is coming back for a surprise episode right before Colbert’s final show on May 21. Basically, late-night is saying goodbye… but not quietly.
