NEWS OF THE WEEK: Justin Baldoni asks judge to deny Blake Lively's $8 million legal fee request.

In May, the actor-director and the former Gossip Girl actress announced that they had settled a lawsuit over allegations of smear campaigns and a hostile work environment on the set of the 2024 film. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. But the following month, Lively filed a request to a federal judge asking that she be awarded $8.04 million (£6.07 million) in legal fees and litigation costs, following the dismissal of the defamation-related lawsuit brought against her by her It Ends with Us co-star and his production company, Wayfarer Studios.