Dina's Dirt for April 16, 2025

A crew member from "It Ends with Us" has come out to publicly support director Justin Baldoni in his legal battle with Blake Lively. Talia Spencer, a storyboard artist for the movie, sat down with "60 Minutes Australia" and said she believes Blake "smelled [Justin's] kindness, mistook it for weakness and tried to take advantage and take power." She added that it was "very hard to believe" Blake's allegations against Justin, pointing out his intent to make a film portraying domestic violence and to empower women who were experiencing it.

Crumbl Cookies is getting heat for their collaboration with the Kardashian family. For those who have tried the KarJenner collab, they're getting mostly positive reviews, except for Kourtney's gluten-free flourless chocolate cake. And, maybe the haters are hating, but not enough to stop some of the cookies from selling out, like Kendall Jenner's cookie dough and Khloe Kardashian's cookies and cream creations.

"Jurassic Park" star Sam Neill took to social media to rant about self-checkout at the grocery store. He pointed out, "Every time I check out something for myself...I'm doing someone out of a job." He dded, "And if robots and self-serving are gonna do all the work everywhere...who's going to be buying the groceries at the checkout? Think about that. It's an old-fashioned question." That's almost as deep as his questions about raptors in Jurassic Park.

"Beverly Hills, 0210" star Brian Austin Green is recovering after being hospitalized for a perforated appendix. He told fans, "Last week, I started feeling some pain in my stomach and ended up going to the emergency room and I had a perforated appendix. Not quite burst, but just before it [was going to]."

Kesha may have thrown some shade at Katy Perry, who recently completed a trip to space alongside famous names like like Gayle King and Lauren Sánchez. After it was reported that Katy Perry had returned from space, Wendy's tweeted "Can we send her back." A bit after that, Kesha just happened to post a photo of herself smiling and drinking from a Wendy's cup. Fans think it could be because Katy Perry worked with Dr. Luke on her recent album (Kesha previously accused him of abuse).

Others have come forward to bash the flight itself, like Olivia Munn, who previously said "What's the point? Is it historic that you guys are going on a ride? I think it's a bit gluttonous." And Olivia Wilde who joked, "Billion dollars bought some good memes, I guess." Online commentators also hit out at the space ride, wondering why there was so much hype about an event that lasted just over 10-minutes.  Speaking with People, Gayle King hit back, "We can all speak to the response we're getting from young women from young girls about what this represents." Lauren added,  "I would love to have them to…see the thousands of employees that…put their heart and soul into this…it's really eye-opening." I think that's the point people are trying to make – thousands of employees and millions of dollars for what? That's one expensive symbolic moment.