{"id":37853,"date":"2026-05-06T08:58:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/?p=37853"},"modified":"2026-05-06T08:58:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:58:54","slug":"celebrity-status-friends-dolly-parton-and-the-lawsuit-that-just-wont-go-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/blogs\/mornings\/2026\/05\/celebrity-status-friends-dolly-parton-and-the-lawsuit-that-just-wont-go-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Status – Friends, Dolly Parton, And The Lawsuit That Just Won’t Go Away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For Wednesday, May 6th:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Bryan Freedman, Justin Baldoni<\/strong>‘s lawyer, the actor\/director\u00a0scored a ‘huge victory’ in the\u00a0settlement of the lawsuit with Blake Lively<\/strong>. Of course, no terms of the settlement were — or likely will ever be — disclosed, so I guess he can boast all he wants. Apparently, there is still a pending motion for him to pay Lively’s attorney’s fees. The parties released a joint statement which said, in part: “It is our sincere hope that this brings closure and allows all involved to move forward constructively.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personal items from Matthew Perry<\/strong>‘s estate are headed to auction next month in partnership with his foundation, which aims to reduce the stigma around addiction. Among the \u201cFriends\u201d-related items up for purchase are a collection of 26 scripts including \u201cThe One With Ross\u2019s Tan\u201d and the two-part series finale, \u201cThe Last One\u201d plus two other scripts signed by\u00a0all the cast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On another Friends-related note, were Ross and Rachel really on a break<\/strong> on Friends? It’s one of the most contentious and enduring debates. Lisa Kudrow<\/strong> was asked about it on Jimmy Fallon<\/strong> this week and she said “Well, no. But it\u2019s beyond that \u2014 he was a bad boyfriend.” To her surprise, the audience erupted in agreement. When David Schwimmer, aka Ross, was on Fallon in 2020 he definitively said they WERE on a break.

Dolly Parton<\/strong> has\u00a0canceled her\u00a0Las Vegas residency<\/strong> for a second time\u00a0due to treatment for kidney stones and related health issues. In a video on social media she says ‘Some of the meds and treatments make me a little bit ‘swimmy headed.’ \u00a0She is, however,\u00a0currently working on writing a Broadway musical \u2014 ‘Dolly: A True Original Musical’\u00a0opening in New York\u00a0this fall or winter, and she’s also opening a museum and a hotel in Nashville later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three years after Season 1 of ‘Citadel’ <\/strong>debuted, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Richard Madden and Stanley Tucci<\/strong> return as spies who are pulled back into action to stop a conspiracy. Season 2 arrives\u00a0on Prime Video today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For Wednesday, May 6th: According to Bryan Freedman, Justin Baldoni‘s lawyer, the actor\/director\u00a0scored a ‘huge victory’ in the\u00a0settlement of the lawsuit with Blake Lively. Of course, no terms of the settlement were — or likely will ever be — disclosed, so I guess he can boast all he wants. Apparently, there is still a pending","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":37617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[1710,6141,4585,6616,3717,4589,4203,2950,1812,8107,1356,4212,4214,4802,872,4233,8375,4277],"class_list":["post-37853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mornings","category-the-daily-scoop","tag-blake-lively","tag-canceled","tag-celebrity-status","tag-citadel","tag-dolly-parton","tag-entertainment","tag-friends","tag-jimmy-fallon","tag-julie-b","tag-justin-baldoni","tag-las-vegas-residency","tag-lisa-kudrow","tag-matthew-perry","tag-nick","tag-priyanka-chopra","tag-richard-madden","tag-stanley-tucci","tag-the-one-morning-show"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-14 08:16:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/1017theone.ca\/blogs\/mornings\/2026\/05\/celebrity-status-friends-dolly-parton-and-the-lawsuit-that-just-wont-go-away\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37855,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37853\/revisions\/37855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}