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Amy Kaufman

@amykinla.bsky.social
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LA Times columnist, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of the NYT bestseller "Bachelor Nation." My dog is named Riggins! linktr.ee/amykinla

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Franklin Leonard @franklinleonard.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
@amykinla.bsky.social really dropped in all timer for her last ever LA Times story. Wow. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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He dazzled them with celebrity endorsements. Then came the lawsuits, bankruptcy and voodoo
Won-G Bruny sold himself as the rich, powerful force behind Tyga, Sean Kingston and Lil Mosey. But Mosey's mother, and many others, paint a darker picture.
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Brett Ratner, who has not directed a film since 10 women accused him of sexual misconduct or harassment, is making a documentary about Melania Trump for Amazon. Here are the two 2017 stories we published detailing the allegations: www.latimes.com/business/hol... www.latimes.com/business/hol...
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Decorating cookies and playing board games: Never enjoyable after the first five minutes.
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
All of these text messages are from Jones' lawsuit, which was filed in New York County Supreme Court today.
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Abel also allegedly said that Baldoni could not get magazine covers because he was "not a star."
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Abel also allegedly said that Baldoni was "so unlikable and unrealistic as a leading man" that her PR efforts on his behalf might prove ineffective.
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
According to text messages included in Jonesworks' head Stephanie Jones' lawsuit, Justin Baldoni's publicist Jennifer Abel privately expressed that she couldn't "stand" him and found him "so pompous."
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
"I will do anything short of sucking your d--k for a job, dude." --Armie Hammer on Taylor Sheridan www.instagram.com/reel/DD78WSs...
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
This is correct: Lively's allegations were filed in a legal complaint. Earlier, I incorrectly called it a lawsuit.
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Baldoni's crisis PR rep allegedly suggested bringing up Lively's "issues" with Leighton Meester, Anna Kendrick or Ben Affleck to distract from the situation with Baldoni.
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Lively apparently backed out of hosting the season premiere of "SNL" in September due to negative press.
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Baldoni's crisis PR team suggested an effective strategy to combat negative less could be the idea that Lively used Reynolds to create a power imbalance.
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Baldoni allegedly told his publicist that he was considering discussing how his apparent on-set behavior was due to his "neuro divergence," "social awkwardness" and "impulsive speech."
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Baldoni allegedly cried to Lovely that people online thought she looked "old and unattractive" in paparazzi set pictures.
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Another actress on the film besides Lively also filed a sexual harassment complaint about Baldoni.
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Baldoni allegedly told Lively he was once in a relationship where he did not always ask for consent or "listen when they said no."
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
A producer on the film allegedly showed Lively a naked video of his wife giving birth and said it was OK for him to share because "she isn't weird about that stuff."
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Baldoni allegedly urged Lively to be naked in a birth scene in the film because "women give birth naked" and said his wife "ripped her clothes off" during the experience.
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Baldoni allegedly urged Lively to keep a scene in the script where their characters orgasm together because he said he and his wife did IRL. He then apparently asked if Lively and Ryan Reynolds "climax simultaneously."
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Baldoni allegedly told Lively "I'm not even attracted to you" after she objected to how he behaved in an intimate scene.
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Baldoni's crisis PR rep allegedly suggested planting negative opinions about Lively through "ordinary" people who were actually from a "particular company or political group."
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Baldoni's financial backer allegedly said he would spend up to $100 million to "ruin" Lively's life.
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Lively alleges Baldoni pressed her to "sage" her employees.
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Lively alleges that Baldoni told her he spoke to her dead father.
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
👀 moments from the Blake Lively lawsuit:
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
I have SO many thoughts about the Blake/Justin lawsuit, but also: Why are the lawyers both referring to the movie as a failure? It grossed $350m worldwide and apparently cost $25m to make?
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
I am absolutely demolishing "Pop Culture Jeopardy," but I'm not proud, mostly just concerned.
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Me
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Water chestnuts are EXTREMELY underrated, and that's on that.
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Nothing as democratizing as a Hollywood premiere, where John Hawkes, Giovanni Ribisi and D.B. Weiss are all forced to wait in the same line at a mall with hundreds of others to get into the Bob Dylan movie.
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Deeply scary.
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oliver 🌊 @ogettell.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
from "A Visit With Joan Didion," New York Times, 1977 www.nytimes.com/1977/04/03/a...
Screenshot of newspaper scan:

Q. There's a certain esthetic to the way you live. You once talked about using good silver every day.
A. Well every day is all there is.
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
♥️♥️♥️
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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Los Angeles Times Guild: Our commitment to journalistic integrity latguild.com/news/2024/12...
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LAT Guild statement: Our commitment to journalistic integrity — L.A. Times Guild - Los Angeles Times Guild
Journalists of the Los Angeles Times are committed to shining a light on injustice, exposing wrongdoing, and seeking the facts. We speak truth to power, regardless of which party is in power.
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
They simply must change the ad break intro on "Smartless." The pre-recorded "...and we will be right back" is so awkward EVERY time.
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Nathan Solis @tarantulaarms.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
If you're in Los Angeles and in need of a hot Thanksgiving meal, we put together a very basic list. Some spots are doing their giveaways this weekend. @latimes.com @karenmg.bsky.social
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Here are 6 Thanksgiving food giveaways across Los Angeles
Anyone looking to pick up a meal should confirm with each location before heading out to a giveaway.
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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
NEW: The judge in Danny Masterson’s trial is “troubled” that his attorneys tracked down jurors at their homes and jobs, and prosecutors are now seeking sanctions, the latest round of alleged misconduct by the actor’s lawyers or supporters. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Judge 'troubled' by Danny Masterson's attorneys tracking down jurors after rape trial
Attorneys working to appeal Danny Masterson's rape conviction approached jurors at their homes and workplaces despite a judge's order meant to limit publicly available information about their identiti...
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Meg James @megjames.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
"They came to do the movie and destroyed everything.” How an HBO production starring Mark Ruffalo turned into a raging inferno and then a lingering health disaster for residents of a small town in the Hudson Valley. @latimes.com www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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A small New York town played host to Hollywood. Then something terrible happened
HBO's alleged role in a raging fire on the set of its miniseries "I Know this Much is True," starring Mark Ruffalo, still upsets residents of a small New York town who say they've been neglected amid ...
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Hiers
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Wasn't able to watch the Golden Bach finale until tonight and I didn't even have to try to avoid spoilers because they just...weren't anywhere? Not a great sign.
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
🥰🥰🥰
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
OH WOW COOL DRESS 😍😍😍
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Can't believe I got scooped on this
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Today I tried on the dress that Lana Del Rey wore to her 🐊 wedding and they started playing "Margaret" in the store while I had it on. When you know, you know...that you look absolutely nothing like LDR in that gown, hunny.
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Hiersssss
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Amy Kaufman @amykinla.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Hiii. I'm Amy. I'm a journalist at the LA Times, where I have a column called "For Real" that examines the lives of people shaping our culture. I also investigate alleged bad behavior in Hollywood. I love my Aussie Shep Riggins, reading, Taylor & Travis, the redwoods and ordering off the kids menu!
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