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Justin Baldoni is one of those rare people who’s done it all—acting, writing, speaking, and inspiring. You’ve probably seen him directing and starring in It Ends With Us, but Baldoni has a lot more up his sleeve!

Believe it or not, Baldoni wasn’t always sure he’d make it in Hollywood. Born in L.A., he wondered if acting or directing would ever be his thing. Then came Jane the Virgin, and boom—Baldoni was Rafael Solano. Fame hit fast, and so did the mental health juggling act, thanks to social media chaos.

Justin Baldoni in It Ends with Us (Credits: Wayfarer Studios)

Baldoni might have been a hot topic on the news these days for his feud with his co-star, Blake Lively but there is more to him than just a handful of legal controversies.

He then leaped by giving a Ted Talk in 2017 titled...

While Ross and Rachel’s kid Emma may have overshadowed him in the last two seasons, Ben Geller was the first Friends kid we fell in love with. Born to Ross and his lesbian ex-wife Carol, Ben’s birth itself was a great plot point of the first season. As an infant, Ben was portrayed by Michael Gunderson and later by twins Charles and John Allen.

From seasons 6 to 8, Ben Geller was played by Cole Sprouse before the character completely disappeared from the storyline. Since Sprouse played it last and had a memorable seven-episode run in these two seasons, fans quickly recognize him as Ben even in his adult life. Jennifer Aniston was shocked to learn a couple of years back that Sprouse was already in his 30s.

Cole Sprouse as Ben Geller and David Schwimmer as Ross Geller in Friends | Credits: NBC

Cole and his twin Dylan Sprouse were...

Will Smith’s confession about the perils of star life is the very reason why Justin Baldoni’s past lawsuits shouldn’t play a factor in his legal battle against Blake Lively. The ongoing legal battle between the two It Ends With Us co-stars is getting heated with each day.

Will Smith in a still from I, Robot | Credits: 20th Century Fox

As a result, both of them and the people around them have been constantly under public scrutiny for the past couple of months. Inevitably, old skeletons, and lawsuits in Baldoni’s case, have been dug up and brought to the spotlight.

However, as per Will Smith, facing various lawsuits comes with being in the public eye all the time. Something, he seems to be well acquainted with if an old interview is anything to go by.

Will Smith believes facing lawsuits comes with being in the spotlight all...

Justin Baldoni is currently battling Blake Lively in an ugly lawsuit where she has accused him of workplace harassment and he has pursued defamation charges. Both Baldoni and Lively’s personal and professional lives came under scrutiny after the legal drama. Now, former staffers of Baldoni have raised accusations against the “toxic positivity” culture at Wayfarer.

Justin Baldoni in a still from It Ends With Us | Credits: Sony Pictures Releasing

The claims from several employees were covered by an article in The Los Angeles Times. According to the employees, Baldoni’s attempts at making films about the terminally ill felt insincere to some degree. They even accused him of “evangelizing” his Baha’i faith in the workplace.

Former employees complain about Justin Baldoni’s toxic positivity in films Justin Baldoni as Rafael Solano in Jane the Virgin | Credits: The CW

The trial in the legal battle between Justin Baldoni and...

Justin Baldoni has steadily risen in his career, expanding his reach from acting and directing to hosting a talk show. However, his journey recently took a dramatic turn with the allegations and lawsuit surrounding It Ends With Us. The ongoing legal battle between Baldoni and his co-star, Blake Lively, has become a major topic of discussion.

Justin Baldoni in It Ends With Us | Credit: Sony Pictures Releasing

The lawsuit has also brought past controversies to light, revealing buried details from both actors’ careers. As Lively faces backlash over resurfaced remarks, Baldoni’s previous legal troubles, including two past lawsuits that he reportedly successfully navigated, have also resurfaced.

Justin Baldoni’s previous legal battles resurface amid It Ends With Us battle

Justin Baldoni has been under intense scrutiny since Blake Lively filed a complaint, accusing the actor and director of It Ends With Us of retaliation and s*xual harassement.

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Ever wondered how Justin Baldoni transformed from a struggling actor into one of Hollywood’s most influential multi-hyphenate talents? You’re not alone!

This versatile star has captured hearts not just through his acting chops, but also through his groundbreaking work behind the camera and his powerful advocacy for social causes.

Justin Baldoni | Credits: Instagram @justinbaldoni

From melting hearts as Rafael Solano to directing tear-jerking films that leave audiences speechless, Baldoni’s journey is nothing short of inspiring. Let’s dive into the five game-changing moments that turned this passionate creative into the powerhouse we know today. Trust us, his story is way more fascinating than you might think!

5. Launch of Wayfarer Entertainment (2013) Justin Baldoni | Credits: Instagram @justinbaldoni

Before he was Rafael Solano, Justin Baldoni made what might be the smartest move of his career – founding Wayfarer Entertainment. This wasn’t just another production company churning out content; it was...

The battle between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively continues, and this latest update is just bizarre, although it does offer a glimpse into his perhaps...not-so-great character. The director of It Ends With Us, who is currently in a battle with the film's star regarding a plethora of issues, is being represented by attorney Bryan Freedman in this case. However, in what sounds like a true movie moment, Freedman once represented someone else who had accused Baldoni of nefarious activities. In this case, stealing their screenplay.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Freedman filed a lawsuit on behalf of Travis Flores in 2021 after Flores made the assertion that he wrote a screenplay for a film called Three Feet Distance that was based on his life. If that title sounds a little familiar, it's because Baldoni made a film called Five Feet Apart in 2019, which served as his directorial debut and was said...

Justin Baldoni’s high-profile litigator Bryan Freedman has been on the warpath to defend his client in the evolving drama over It Ends With Us. Weeks after filing a $250 million libel suit against The New York Times for allegedly conspiring with the film’s star Blake Lively and her PR team to advance an “unverified and self-serving narrative” using “cherry-picked and altered communications stripped of necessary context,” the attorney’s firm on Jan. 21 highlighted a chunk of unedited footage featuring the actors in the hope of debunking claims of sexual harassment.

Yet Freedman, one of the entertainment industry’s most divisive attorneys (in a 2024 Hollywood Reporter profile he explained: “If you fuck with my client, you get what you get”), has gone after Baldoni, too. In a previously unreported 2021 case that’s since been settled, he represented a person with cystic fibrosis who’d appeared on the Baldoni-produced and -hosted docuseries My Last Days,...

Justin Baldoni returned to the directorial chair in 2024 with It Ends With Us, which was a smash hit. However, the actor and director had made his directorial debut a few years earlier with 2019's Five Feet Apart.

Justin Baldoni started his career in the film industry as an actor and his most defining role was the one of Rafael Solano in the CW satirical series Jane the Virgin. Following the end of the series, Baldoni made a career shift and focused more on work behind the camera. His directorial debut came in 2019 with CBS Films' Five Feet Apart, which is now streaming for free on Tubi amid the drama with It Ends With Us.

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It Ends with Us has generated a great deal of buzz. Being adapted from the beloved yet controversial book of the same name by Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us is a surprise box office hit, grossing over $50 million in its opening weekend, exceeding tracking expectations. Plenty of elements played into the movie's big opening, but one was buzz about behind-the-scenes conflict with star Blake Lively and director/co-star Justin Baldoni, as many noted neither did promotion for the film together and were not photographed at the film's world premiere. Some reports suggest that Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, overtook the production, taking control away from Baldoni, while other reports paint Baldoni as difficult to work with.

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YouTube Premium has unveiled the trailer for Claire -- a previously-announced documentary that will chronicle the late vlogger Claire Wineland’s fight against cystic fibrosis.

The 21-year-old, who spent thousands of hours in hospitals and even came back to life after being pronounced dead, also took to YouTube to share her story and advocate for others battling terminal illnesses, where her vlogs have garnered nearly 380,000 subscribers.

The film, premiering on Wineland’s channel on Sept. 2, was directed and produced by Academy Award winner Nicholas Reed (The Lady In Number 6) and Ryan Azevedo (Unpinned) and produced by Paul Foley (also of Unpinned). Christopher Garnett, Joel Bergvall, Erick Brownstein, Phillip B. Goldfine, and Tim Staples served as executive producers. Alongside the film, viewers will be able to access the YouTube Giving features to donate to Claire’s Place Foundation, a nonprofit that provides financial and emotional support to families affected by cystic fibrosis.

Hotel heiress, early ’00s “It girl” and The Simple Life star Paris Hilton is getting her own YouTube documentary which is set to premiere in 2020. The streaming video site also announced a deluge of original series and specials. That’s hot.

The yet-to-be-titled Parisl Hilton film will uncover the unfiltered side of the international icon and the as-yet-unheard story of Paris and her famous family, telling the real story behind all of the headlines as Paris speaks publicly for the first time about the heartbreaking moments in her life that forged who she is today. With unvarnished candor, Paris will open up about trying to make peace with her past while contending with the excitement and challenges of her current global endeavors. This deeply compelling portrait will reveal the woman behind the icon and shed new light on our view of fame, the power of social media, and our celebrity-obsessed culture.

For Jane the Virgin star Justin Baldoni, his feature directorial debut was much more than making his first film.

Five Feet Apart, starring Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse and hitting theaters March 15, explores a love story and the real pain and struggle of cystic fibrosis. Seven years ago, when filming his documentary My Last Days, a meeting with Claire Wineland "rocked" Baldoni's world, he says. 

"She was the one who told me that two people with Cf have to stay six feet apart. I'm a hopeless romantic and Romeo and Juliet was my favorite play ...

Jane the Virgin star Justin Baldoni admits that he “has no idea” how he convinced Hollywood to let him make his directorial debut Five Feet Apart —a romantic drama starring Haley Lu Richardson and Riverdale‘s Cole Sprouse.

“If this movie being made were a math equation, it wouldn’t add up,” he tells People.

That’s not technically true because Baldoni, best known for his work in front of the camera as reformed rich playboy Raphael on Jane the Virgin, was in the right place at the right time — with the right idea and genuine passion for the project.

In the upcoming movie Five Feet Apart, a pair of teenagers fall in love, even though they can't be together. Classic romantic movie trope - but this time, the reason they're kept apart isn't teen angst or family rules: it's an incurable genetic disease. If you're wondering what the meaning of the title is, look no further. We've got a crash course for you.

Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder that affects the cells in the body that produce the body's secretions, according to the Mayo Clinic. A defective gene causes secretions - such as mucus, sweat, and digestive fluids - to be thick, rather than the thin consistency they're supposed to be. As a result, these secretions start to plug up important pathways in the body, particularly affecting the lungs and pancreas. Because of this, people diagnosed with cystic fibrosis are prone to chronic infections - which is what...

“Riverdale” actress Hayley Law shared fond memories of her co-star Luke Perry, who died on March 4 following a stroke, and vowed the entire series would be dedicated to him.

“Every episode is for him. The whole show is for him. The show wouldn’t be what it is without him,” she told Variety at the premiere of “Five Feet Apart,” toplined by her “Riverdale” co-star Cole Sprouse.

Law plays Valerie Brown, a student at Riverdale High School and Archie Andrews’ (Kj Apa) ex-girlfriend. While her character dated Archie, she shared several scenes with Perry, who played Archie’s father, Fred Andrews. Law said she will cherish “every day on set” she had with him, adding, if she ever had a bad day, he would cheer her up.

“He was so kind to everyone, to fans, to co-workers, anyone. He used to show me pictures of comic conventions and pictures with people.

Claire Wineland, the social media phenomenon who shared her battle with cystic fibrosis in brutally humorous videos, will be the subject of a forthcoming documentary from Oscar winner Nicholas Reed.

Wineland, who died last week at age 21 after suffering a massive stroke on the heels of a double lung transplant, had been shadowed by Reed for the past 18 months, with the documentary slated to complete production in November. Reed, who produced the Oscar-winning The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life -- about one of the world’s oldest Holocaust survivors -- worked with producers Ryan Azevedo, Paul Foley, and Phil Goldfine on the project, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

All proceeds from the film will benefit Claire’s Place Foundation -- a nonprofit founded by Wineland when she was just 13 years old that seeks to help other families battling cystic fibrosis.

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Claire Wineland, the cystic fibrosis activist and YouTube star who died on Sept. 2 at age 21, is the subject of a new documentary from Oscar winner Nicholas Reed.

Wineland, who was taken off life support one week after suffering a massive stroke following a successful double-lung transplant, had been working with Reed on the film for the final 18 months of her life.

Wineland was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at birth and inspired millions of people through her popular YouTube channel, where she chronicled her battle with cystic fibrosis and helped “dignify people who are sick.” By Wineland’s own account, she spent nearly a quarter of her life in the hospital because of her disease.

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All proceeds from the untitled film, slated for completion this November, will go to Claire’s Place Foundation, the nonprofit organization Wineland started when...

A documentary about cystic fibrosis activist and YouTube star Claire Wineland, who died last week at age 21, is in production from Oscar winner Nicholas Reed.

Wineland was taken off life-support on Sept. 2, a week after suffering a massive stroke following a successful double-lung transplant. But for the previous 18 months, she had been working on a documentary with Reed, alongside producers Ryan Azevedo, Paul Foley and Phil Goldfine.

The film is slated for completion in November, with all proceeds going to Claire’s Place Foundation, the nonprofit organization Wineland started when she was 13 years old to help ...

A documentary about cystic fibrosis activist and YouTube star Claire Wineland, who died last week at age 21, is in production from Oscar winner Nicholas Reed.

Wineland was taken off life-support on Sept. 2, a week after suffering a massive stroke following a successful double-lung transplant. But for the previous 18 months, she had been working on a documentary with Reed, alongside producers Ryan Azevedo, Paul Foley and Phil Goldfine.

The film is slated for completion in November, with all proceeds going to Claire’s Place Foundation, the nonprofit organization Wineland started when she was 13 years old to help ...

Claire Wineland, who chronicled her lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis on a popular YouTube channel that counted more than 250,000 subscribers, passed away over the weekend from a massive stroke after undergoing a double-lung transplant. She was taken off of life support on Saturday, reports The Washington Post.

The 21-one-year-old was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at birth -- a life-threatening illness in which organs are beset with an excess of mucus -- and spent the majority of her life in hospitals. Roughly a year ago, Wineland began sharing brazenly honest videos on YouTube that showcased life with a chronic illness -- albeit with her singular sense of humor. Clips featured titles like I Don’t Want To Be Happy *Hospital Rant* and What It Feels Like To Die *Reupload*. On her popular Instagram page, Wineland also shared a humorous and heartwarming peek into her days.

Wineland’s health had taken a...

Cystic fibrosis activist Claire Wineland, the founder of non-profit organization “Claire’s Place Foundation,” died Sunday as a result of a stroke she suffered just over a week ago after a double lung transplant. She was 21.

The foundation’s chairman of the board Laura McHolm announced the news on Facebook on Monday, writing, “She was one red hot spark of inspiration and joy, wasn’t she? Rest In Peace Sweet Warrior Claire, we will continue where you left off.” The foundation, which Wineland started at the age of 13, is meant to provide support to children and families affected by cystic fibrosis.

Wineland brought awareness to the disorder, which affects mainly the lungs and makes breathing difficult, through her YouTube channel, which amassed more than 250,000 subscribers. Her candid posts on her social media touched on subjects surrounding living with cystic fibrosis such as her treatments and transplant. She also spoke at a Tedx talk,...

Dream Foundation will host Dreamland, its 16th Annual Gala, on November 18th at The Ritz-Carlton Bacara, to raise awareness about its mission to fulfill the end-of-life Dreams of terminally-ill adults.

Claire Wineland and Jim Mills will grace the stage to share their stories of inspiration.

Claire, 20, has been living with cystic fibrosis (Cf) for her entire life. At the age of 13, she founded Claire’s Place Foundation that provides support to children and families affected by Cf. Claire speaks across the globe, sharing her unique and inspiring outlook on life.

Dream Foundation had the honor of fulfilling the final Dream of Jim’s wife, Leeanne, when the couple enjoyed a Dream trip to Santa Barbara. Leeanne and Jim were married for 30 years and had five children. There is not a day that goes by that Jim does not think of his beloved.

The evening will include performances by one of...