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Blake Lively’s lawyers declare ‘resounding victory’ after Justin Baldoni settlement despite no reported payout

Blake Lively’s lawyers declare ‘resounding victory’ after Justin Baldoni settlement despite no reported payout

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Blake Lively’s lawyers have declared a “resounding victory” over Justin Baldoni after their highly publicized legal dispute, even though no money has reportedly changed hands. The It Ends With Us stars announced they had reached a shock settlement on Monday, ending a contentious battle over accusations of sexual harassment and an alleged subsequent smear campaign during the production of their 2024 film. In a statement to Entertainment Weekly, Lively’s lawyers, Michael Gottlieb and Esra Hudson said: “This settlement is a resounding victory for Blake Lively. By agreeing to this settlement, and waiving their right to appeal, Justin Baldoni and every individual defendant now face personal liability for abusing the legal system to silence and intimidate Ms. Lively.” The statement continued: “And by admitting that Ms. Lively’s concerns ‘deserved to be heard,’ the defendants have ended once and for all the fiction …

American Pie’s Shannon Elizabeth figuring out ‘where I’m going to live’ following seven-figure OnlyFans payout

American Pie’s Shannon Elizabeth figuring out ‘where I’m going to live’ following seven-figure OnlyFans payout

Published by Daniella Wilson

Shannon Elizabeth is already reaping the benefits from joining OnlyFans. The American Pie star, 52, revealed last month that she had joined OnlyFans, in an effort to take narrative control of her life. She launched her page April 16, and reportedly earned a whopping seven figures already within the first week of the page being up. © WireImageShannon in March 2020 Now, speaking with PageSix, Shannon has revealed that she’s definitely planning to treat herself with the money, though first she is focused on finding a place to live, since she has been “staying with friends” since she and her estranged husband, Simon Borchert, quietly split in September 2025. “I haven’t figured out where I’m going to live and if I’m going to buy, if I’m going to rent, what can I do?” she mused, noting that she definitely plans to stay in South Africa, where she moved in 2016 and where her Shannon Elizabeth Foundation, which is dedicated to protecting endangered species, preserving critical habitats, supporting rangers on the frontlines, and conservation, is based. …

Woman questions Prudential’s head of life claims in lawsuit seeking brain surgery payout as insurer responds

Woman questions Prudential’s head of life claims in lawsuit seeking brain surgery payout as insurer responds

Published by Sam Flores

SINGAPORE: A woman who is suing Prudential Assurance Company Singapore for a payout of more than S$100,000 (US$78,500) for brain aneurysm surgery on Tuesday (Apr 28) questioned the insurer’s head of life claims on the language used in her policy documents. Concurrently, Prudential issued a statement on the case for the first time, saying that it had sought to resolve the matter with the woman to no avail. The claimant, 45-year-old Cai Yunhong, had a stroke in 2023 from a ruptured aneurysm and underwent endovascular repair, which is not covered under the policy she purchased. She alleges that Prudential denied her claim in September 2023 because of a “single, buried clause” that defined brain aneurysm surgery as only the open-skull procedure of surgical craniotomy, a procedure she said was riskier and more invasive, with higher mortality rates. Ms Cai, also known as Tania, claims that Prudential “manipulated” the language of the contract “with the sole purpose to make financial gains”. On Tuesday, Ms Cai questioned Ms Tan Kah Tin, head of life claims at Prudential, …

Insurer refuses top British cyclist’s £15k payout because bike thieves ‘weren’t violent enough’

Insurer refuses top British cyclist’s £15k payout because bike thieves ‘weren’t violent enough’

Published by Sam Flores

A budding Team GB cyclist who had £15,000 worth of bikes stolen from a van has been left out of pocket because insurers say the hooded thieves weren’t “violent” enough. Gabriella McHugh, 17 – part of British Cycling’s development team – was heartbroken after the break-in outside her family’s flat in Clapham, south London. A neighbour’s CCTV shows the moment two men stole three cutting-edge Pinarello Dogma models which sell for about £5,000 each in the early hours of February 2. The pair in tracksuits enter the vehicle before shamelessly strolling away with their haul, leaving tyre covers strewn across the quiet residential street shortly after 2am. Gabriella’s father Matt McHugh said he was stunned when he claimed on his home contents cover from AA Insurance. In a rejection letter, the firm said: “Having considered your claim, there is no evidence of forced violent entry. “With this in mind, as per the policy wording, we are unable to provide any cover for your claim. “We understand that this is not the news you were hoping …

Minister says Peter Mandelson’s £75,000 payout was ‘value for money’ | Politics | News

Minister says Peter Mandelson’s £75,000 payout was ‘value for money’ | Politics | News

Published by Sam Flores

A Minister has claimed that Peter Mandelson’s £75,000 taxpayer-funded payout for being sacked as US ambassador was “value for money”. Nick Thomas-Symonds expressed “moral outrage” over the payment to the disgraced Labour grandee, who was awarded the sum when he was dismissed over his ties to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. But he also tried to defend the amount given to the former diplomat, by pointing out that Lord Mandelson asked for his contract to be paid out in full, totalling more than £500,000. The settlement was revealed in the first tranche of Government documents published on Wednesday. Mr Thomas-Symonds, the Cabinet Office Minister in the Labour government, said: “You can look at the documents, you can see on a value for money basis why that decision was made. There was an original request for £547,000 that was negotiated down to £75,000.” There was a risk of an employment tribunal, he said, although Lord Mandelson has reportedly denied intending to go down that route after his September 2025 sacking. Mr Thomas-Symonds continued: “But from a moral point …

Disgraced Peter Mandelson demanded over £500,000 payout from taxpayers | Politics | News

Disgraced Peter Mandelson demanded over £500,000 payout from taxpayers | Politics | News

Published by Sam Flores

Peter Mandelson demanded a payout of more than £500,000 after being sacked in disgrace from his role as US ambassador. And while Sir Keir Starmer’s Government refused to pay such a large sum, it did hand the former Labour politician £75,000. The sums are revealed in newly released files that the Government was forced to publish, showing details of Lord Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to the US and his dismissal. The peer was told to leave Washington after it became clear he had remained close to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein even after the financier’s first conviction. A memo from civil servant Alice McCullough confirms an “agreement to pay the settlement of £75,000 within seven days of the agreed termination date”. The payment included £40,329.50 in lieu of notice and a special severance payment of £34,670.50, with the first £30,000 exempt from income tax. The note dated October 13, 2025, apparently sent to Lord Mandelson’s lawyers, stated: “It is in both parties’ interest to conclude this as quickly as possible and have therefore proposed a termination …

Spotify doubles down on -billion music industry payout

Spotify doubles down on $11-billion music industry payout

Published by Sam Flores

Back in the early 2010s, the music industry was at a low point. Piracy was rampant. Compact disc sales were on a steady decline. And the then-new audio streaming services, like Spotify, were taking hits from creators for paying low royalty rates. Today, Spotify has grown into the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service and the highest-paying retailer globally — paying the music industry over $11 billion last year, up from $10 billion in 2024. Nearly 14,000 artists earned $100,000 from Spotify royalties alone last year, the Swedish company said in a post Wednesday, adding that independent artists and labels accounted for about half of all payments. “A decade ago, a lot of the questions were really fair. Spotify had to be able to prove out if it could scale as an economic engine. People didn’t know if streaming would scale as a model,” said Sam Duboff, Spotify’s global head of marketing and policy of music business, in an interview. Duboff said Spotify’s payouts aren’t “plateauing — we’re still growing that royalty pool on …

Kalshi sued by traders over disputed Khamenei prediction market payout fight

Kalshi sued by traders over disputed Khamenei prediction market payout fight

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Two California traders have filed a federal class action lawsuit accusing prediction market operator Kalshi of misleading users and refusing to pay contracts tied to the reported death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The complaint, reviewed by ReadWrite and filed March 5 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, says the platform ran a market asking whether Iran’s supreme leader would leave office before certain dates, then changed how the contracts were settled after the triggering event occurred. According to the complaint, thousands of traders believed they had winning positions but never received the full payouts they expected. NEW: Class action alleges #Kalshi misled traders on “Khamenei out” market, hiding a death carveout and settling contracts below promised payouts after his death. @RWW pic.twitter.com/lC42yIaKgP — Suswati Basu (@suswatibasu) March 6, 2026 Plaintiffs Adam Risch and Yonatan Gliksman say they bought “yes” contracts in a market titled “Ali Khamenei out as Supreme Leader?” which launched on Kalshi in early January 2026. The market summary visible to users said the contract would …