Hollywood actor Blake Lively ( Gossip Girl, The Age of Adaline) is facing a $7 million defamation lawsuit. The suit was filed by Jed Wallace, a Texas-based crisis publicist from Street Relations, Inc.
A luxury Dubai restaurant chain with plans to expand in the UK is eyeing a London listing. Fundamental Hospitality, founded by chairman Evgeny Kuzin, is in the early stages of gearing up to go public.
Jim Tauber, indie film producer who was co-president of Sidney Kimmel Entertainment for a decade after working at Fox, Propaganda and elsewhere, has died at 74.