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Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni get March 2026 trial date for her 'It Ends With Us' lawsuit NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has set a March 2026 trial date for actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni to resolve their claims stemming from their work on the movie “It Ends With Us.” Judge Lewis J. Liman set the date Monday and ordered a conference next week after Lively's lawyers said Baldoni's attorney tried to wreck Lively's career with a website to showcase communications between Lively and Baldoni.
Baldoni's lawyers say Lively has launched a “scorched-earth media campaign” against lawsuit defendants. Lively sued Baldoni in New York in December for harassment and attacks on her reputation. Baldoni sued this month, accusing Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, of defamation and extortion.
Just in time for Valentine's Day, trade dispute with Colombia threatens flower imports WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s threat to tax imports from Colombia comes at a most inauspicious time. Valentine’s Day is less than three weeks away, and Colombia is America’s No. 1 foreign source of cut flowers, including roses, orchids, carnations.
Colombia has an ideal climate and soil for growing flowers. Through November, the U.S.
had imported $1.14 billion worth of cut flowers from Colombia, more than it brought in for all of 2023, according to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture. Colombia is also America's No. 2 supplier of coffee and No.
6 supplier of crude oil. Coke jumps on a nostalgic trend with new Coca-Cola Orange Cream flavor Coke is adding a new flavor to its lineup. Coca-Cola Orange Cream is scheduled to go on sale Feb.
10 in the United States and Canada. The soda mixes cola with orange and vanilla flavors, and will be sold in regular and zero sugar varieties. Atlanta-based Coke said it developed the product in response to growing consumer demand for the comforting, nostalgic flavor.
The company says Coca-Cola Orange Cream won’t be a permanent flavor but will be sold at least through the first quarter of 2026. Coke introduced raspberry-infused Coca-Cola Spiced last February as a new permanent flavor, but pulled the soda off the market in the fall. Spectator is killed by a stray hammer thrown at a Colorado youth track and field meet A person is dead in Colorado after having been hit by an errant weight thrown by a competitor in a hammer throw event at a youth track and field competition.
The accident happened Sunday morning at a Colorado United Track Club meet at the University of Colorado's Colorado Springs campus. University officials say the weight cleared certified barriers before striking a man who died at the scene. KRDO-TV reports the man apparently tried shielding his wife and son.
His identity has not been released. The hammer in the hammer throw is a heavy ball on a chain that the athlete spins around before releasing. The Chiefs get more Mahomes magic and advance to 3rd straight Super Bowl, beating the Bills 32-29 KANSAS CITY, Mo.
(AP) — Patrick Mahomes accounted for three touchdowns and the Kansas City defense made big stops at key moments to help the Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills 32-29 on Sunday night and reach the Super Bowl for the third consecutive season. Now, they will face the Philadelphia Eagles and try to become the first team ever to hoist three straight Lombardi Trophies. Harrison Butker gave them the lead with his field goal with 3:33 left, and the Kansas City defense stopped Josh Allen and Co.
on fourth down, allowing the Chiefs offense to run out the clock on their ninth consecutive playoff victory. Hurts, Barkley each rush for 3 TDs to help Eagles reach Super Bowl with 55-23 win over Commanders PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Saquon Barkley dashed 60 yards for a touchdown on Philadelphia's first play and finished with 118 yards and three scores, Jalen Hurts rushed for three TDs and the Eagles soared into the Super Bowl with a 55-23 win over the Washington Commanders on Sunday. Hurts and the Eagles are in the Super Bowl for the second time in three seasons, and this time Barkley is along for the ride.
Philadelphia will play former Eagles coach Andy Reid’s Kansas City Chiefs in New Orleans on Feb. 9. ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ musical with Jennifer Lopez dazzles at Sundance PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Jennifer Lopez brought some Hollywood glamour to Park City, Utah, with the debut of her new film “Kiss of the Spider Woman.
” On Sunday, the Sundance Film Festival hosted the premiere of the film, which is part prison drama and part lavish MGM-style musical. “Dreamgirls” filmmaker Bill Condon wrote and directed this latest adaptation of the story. Condon quoted President Donald Trump's remarks on “two genders” before the screening, telling the audience that his film has a different point of view.
Lopez said it's been a dream of hers to be in a musical. “Kiss of the Spider Woman" does not yet have distribution. Taylor Swift watches boyfriend Travis Kelce and the Chiefs beat the Bills and get back to Super Bowl KANSAS CITY, Mo.
(AP) — Taylor Swift is likely headed to her second straight Super Bowl. The 14-time Grammy Award-winning superstar returned to Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday and watched her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and the rest of the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills 32-29 in the AFC championship game. Swift and Kelce began dating last season and they smooched on the field after the Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers for their second straight Super Bowl title.
Now the Chiefs will try to win their third in a row, which no NFL team has ever done. A Sundance documentary called ‘The Stringer’ disputes who took AP’s 'napalm girl' photo in Vietnam PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The authorship of The Associated Press’s renowned “napalm girl” photograph is being called into question in the new documentary “The Stringer,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. A freelance Vietnamese photographer named Nguyen Thanh Nghe claims that he took the iconic photo of Kim Phuc on June 8, 1972, not retired AP photographer Nick Ut.
Ut has long been credited for the image. Representatives for the AP, who saw the film for the first time at the premiere, are contesting the implication that the company reviewed their findings and dismissed them..
