Overview
- Blake Lively attended the TIME100 gala on April 24, 2025, in New York City, celebrating her inclusion on TIME's 2025 list of the 100 most influential people.
- Accompanied by her husband Ryan Reynolds, this marked one of the couple's rare public appearances during her ongoing legal dispute with Justin Baldoni.
- Lively described the recognition as 'one of the most surreal and meaningful moments' of her life in an April 17 Instagram post, praising Sherrilyn Ifill for writing her profile.
- Her next film, Another Simple Favor, a sequel to the 2018 movie, is set to release on Prime Video on May 1, 2025.
- The civil lawsuit involving Lively and Baldoni is scheduled to go to trial in March 2026, with public interest continuing to grow around the case.