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The Norwegian Journalist Caught in the Crossfire of the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni Battle Takes On Her Critics
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scrn loglineA Norwegian journalist gets caught in the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni feud, sparking a battle between Hollywood heavyweights and media giants over a viral interview video.beat sheet- The journalist, Kjersti Flaa, resurfaced a 2016 interview with Blake Lively where Lively snapped at her, and the video went viral, fueling allegations of Lively's insensitivity around the domestic abuse themes of Baldoni's film 'It Ends With Us'.
- The New York Times article on the Lively-Baldoni feud suggested Flaa's video may have been part of a 'smear campaign', prompting Baldoni's team to file a $250 million defamation lawsuit against the paper, claiming it ignored key evidence and context.
Read the sourcecall sheetBlake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Kjersti Flaa, Jamey Heath, Melissa Nathan, Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, Ryan Reynolds, Wayfarer, WME, The New York Times, Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), It Ends With Us, Cafe SocietyNo more articles
The Norwegian Journalist Caught in the Crossfire of the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni Battle Takes On Her Critics
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Scott Roxborough
scrn logline
A Norwegian journalist gets caught in the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni feud, sparking a battle between Hollywood heavyweights and media giants over a viral interview video.
beat sheet
- The journalist, Kjersti Flaa, resurfaced a 2016 interview with Blake Lively where Lively snapped at her, and the video went viral, fueling allegations of Lively's insensitivity around the domestic abuse themes of Baldoni's film 'It Ends With Us'.
- The New York Times article on the Lively-Baldoni feud suggested Flaa's video may have been part of a 'smear campaign', prompting Baldoni's team to file a $250 million defamation lawsuit against the paper, claiming it ignored key evidence and context.
call sheet
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Kjersti Flaa, Jamey Heath, Melissa Nathan, Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, Ryan Reynolds, Wayfarer, WME, The New York Times, Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), It Ends With Us, Cafe Society