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Ryan Reynolds has been accused of secretly 'stoking harassment' on social media by Justin Baldoni's former publicist this week – even though the It Ends With Us legal battle is technically over.

Three months after the epic – and epically expensive – dispute between Reynolds' wife Blake Lively and her former co-star Baldoni finally staggered to a conclusion, Reynolds has returned to the fray and apparently liked a number of posts by two pro-Blake influencers, including one this week called 'Justin Baldoni's Problematic Behavior'.

Although Reynolds later 'unliked' the post, it appears he has liked a number of others by the 'anti misogyny educator' and 'men's advocate' Brent MacLerie, whose account, ExPatriarch, Reynolds follows.

Reynolds also follows legal commentator MorewithMJ (American lawyer Mary-Jane Morley) who, like MacLerie, advances a heavily anti-Baldoni narrative.

It's surprising to see an A-lister of Reynolds' stature stooping to engage with the 'legal commentary' crowd.

Even more so, given that one of his wife's key complaints was that she herself had been the victim of a 'retaliatory smear campaign' – which she said she was proud to have stood up against.

However it was revealed during the legal action that Reynolds was deeply invested in the fallout from the affair, sending long angry emails to the team at his agency.

In these, he described Baldoni as a 'predator', 'fraud', 'sociopath', 's***ball', 'human rounding error' and 'bucket of dumb dumb juice'.

Ryan Reynolds, whose wife Blake Lively had an epic dispute with Justin Baldoni during the making of the film It Ends With Us, has been accused of 'stoking harassment' on social media

He demanded that his agents secure a public apology and wrote that executives at Sony were 'f***ing textbook, ineffectual elderly people'.

Melissa Nathan, who was hired briefly by Baldoni after reports about a breakdown in relations between him and his leading lady, tells me that every post by the pro-Blake-fluencers results in an 'immediate spike in harassment' of her and her team at TAG PR.

She said: 'I have been attacked non-stop by these legal commentators, they literally incite people to come after me and they make up and misrepresent legal situations, day in and day out.

'It feels as if I have been bullied every day for two years. People actually take the word of these "advocates" as if it is true – and Ryan Reynolds is liking the posts.'

Sources close to the Deadpool star counter: 'It's important to note how many pro-Lively creators are attacked and harassed. All the pro-Baldoni accounts attack and harass Blake daily.'

A judge dismissed ten of Lively's 13 claims in April, including her sexual harassment allegations against Baldoni (pictured)

These influencers, few of whom have any legal background, pump out content based on one or the other viewpoint – and make a good living from whipping up hatred. The phenomenon took off during Johnny Depp's skirmish with ex-wife Amber Heard in 2022.

This April, a court dismissed ten of Lively's 13 claims, including her sexual harassment allegations against Baldoni.

The judge ruled she could not pursue the harassment claims under federal law because she worked on the film as an independent contractor, not an employee. Her remaining claims were allowed to proceed to trial.

The following month those claims, which revolved around 'retaliation', were settled out of court. A court filing later confirmed the settlement involved no financial payout.

It Ends With Us, which Baldoni also directed, was released in cinemas in August 2024, amid reports of tensions between Baldoni and Lively on the Press tour.

Amid the competing lawsuits, Baldoni was labelled a 'doofus director' and a 'clown' by his leading lady, who insisted on making changes to the script – and then asked to produce her own cut of the film ... which was used instead of his.

No sex, please: Why Gen Z are the new prudes

What if we made a sex comedy – and took all the sex out?

That seems to be what has happened with the critically panned film One Night Only, starring Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner, which comes out in the UK at the end of the month.

It's set in a dystopian future where premarital sex is banned except for one night a year – the night when Allie (Barbaro, left) and Owen (Turner) happen to meet.

There is no observable chemistry between the pair (pictured inset); and people who've seen the muddled romcom are whispering that it's so bad it might harm Turner's chances of playing the ultimate sex symbol, James Bond.

He's one of the favourites for that role at the moment.

One Night Only's director Will Gluck explained that he ended up with a no-sex sex comedy because young people – a prime target audience for this one – don't like to see sex on screen at all.

He said earlier versions of the film showed lots of people taking advantage of the 'one night'... but test screenings showed that audiences didn't want to see it.

He said that he 'just kept editing it out', and added: 'I believe it's been a societal shift, from taking nudity in adult situations and putting them on your phones at home for everybody.

'Now it's more of a private, intimate thing that people don't want to see when they're in a shared experience. Once I learned that, I applied it to this movie. I cut out so much.'

Timothee keeps us guessing on Wonka 2

Wonka will have to wait. Timothee Chalamet is delaying the start of filming on Wonka 2 – which had been pencilled in for the UK this November – while he decides what to do next.

Writer Simon Farnaby told Variety: 'He wants to do one, but he's not sure about timing or what he wants to do next.'

He added that the film was 'delayed indefinitely'.

Warner Bros took issue with this, saying that to speak of a delay was 'entirely false'.

A chastened Farnaby clarified: 'I 100 per cent did not say Wonka 2 wasn't happening. Everyone is working really hard on it. It's just about working out schedules.'

Timothee Chalamet's schedule is affecting the filming of the second Wonka film, Alison Boshoff writes

'Oh, do stop mumbling!' Wossy tells Woodall...

Jonathan Ross has an issue with Leo Woodall.

Ross, who has a film podcast called Reel Talk, said: 'I noticed a tendency, since One Day onwards – he is increasingly mumbling his lines and swallowing his dialogue.

'He's a sexy mumbler. He's a very handsome young man. But I struggle to understand what he's saying sometimes.

'He was in that Apple series – it was not very good – about some kind of secret code in mathematics [Prime Target, pictured]. And I was like, "Open your mouth, boy!" I like him. I just wish he'd have some diction lessons.'

Leo Woodall is a 'sexy mumbler', according to Jonathan Ross, who said he struggles to understand the young star at times

Rocket Man Taron to play speed king

Taron Egerton is being lined up to play doomed speed record-breaker Donald Campbell in a movie biopic.

The Welsh actor, who portrayed Elton John in Rocket Man, is set to take on the part of the daredevil Brit, who entered the history books behind the wheel of the iconic Bluebird vehicles.

He died in 1967 trying to break the 300mph barrier at Coniston Water in the Lake District, aged 45.

Taron, 36, is seen as the best choice to lead the film, which is in the early stages of development by movie executives at Fremantle.

Father-of-one Donald, who had three wives, broke eight absolute world speed records in the 1950s and 1960s. He remains the only person to set world records on land and water in the same year (1964).

In 1967 he was killed when the jet-powered hydroplane he was piloting – the Bluebird K7 – flipped while travelling at nearly 300mph.

Donald Campbell, who died trying to break the 300mph speed barrier in 1967, is set to be played by Taron Egerton in an upcoming biopic

Campbell's teddy bear mascot Mr Whoppit was found floating among the wreckage, as was his pilot's helmet; but his body, and the bulk of the Bluebird, was not recovered until 2001.

The as yet untitled movie looks at his complicated family life and his obsession with following in the footsteps of his father, Sir Malcolm Campbell.

Sir Malcolm diced with death attempting the same records between the wars and died in 1948 of natural causes, aged 63.

What is going on with Samantha Morton and her daughter Esme Creed-Miles?

The pair never like each other's social media posts, and Esme – an actress and singer – hasn't said a word about her mother's role in The Odyssey (she plays the goddess and sorceress Circe).

Or liked any of Morton's Instagram posts from that film's Press tour.

She didn't even 'like' her mother's post when she was given a Bafta fellowship in 2024.

Samantha Morton, star of The Odyssey, has been left hanging on social media by her daughter Esme Creed-Miles

Bafta awards? You can't give 'em away these days

They say no good deed goes unpunished. Just ask Bafta.

The US branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts – Bafta North America – has had to postpone plans to award three 'Bafta Honors' in Hollywood ... for a second time.

The academy announced last summer that it wanted to hold a ceremony in Los Angeles in the winter of 2025, at which it would recognise outstanding achievements in film, TV and gaming by handing over three of its iconic golden masks.

A few months later, the charity announced that the event would be put back to winter 2026.

And now it's looking like autumn 2027. A Bafta source said the latest delay was because the venue they wanted was not available.

Bafta's US branch has again delayed the awarding of three honours in Hollywood

In other news Stateside, they have packed up the tent and put away the bunting on The Great American Baking Show – the US Version of The Great British Bake Off.

The show, which saw Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith act as judges with two US presenters, has been cancelled by Roku after four series.

Prue announced in January this year that she was leaving GBBO, aged 86, and has been replaced in the forthcoming Channel 4 series by Nigella Lawson.

Homer is having a moment – and not Homer Simpson.

The success of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey has propelled a translation of the ancient Greek poet's epic story to the top of the paperback non-fiction charts; and it is sitting in second place in hardback non-fiction, too.