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second. >> accusing costar and director justin baldoni of sexual harassment, which he denies, the smear campaign she alleges was happening while promoting the film. >> the work that i did on screen was easier than the work that i did off screen in this movie because of all that went into it. >> the reverberations through hollywood tonight. plus, elton john still standing. i'm still standing. >> yeah, yeah yeah i'm still standing. and i am better than i ever did. and there's a lot more to come now. >> inspiring and mentoring a new generation. from dua lipa to lady gaga, i've always felt like i have someone looking out for me, and i've always felt like elton was willing to also say hard things to me and gaga. special relationship with his children. >> they do call me gaga mother. it's very, very cute. >> plus obsessed the year's biggest moments in pop culture. >> this ain't texas. >> ain't no hold em from beyonce topping the country charts with

texas hold em to taylor swift breaking records with the eras tour. listen, baby, you gotta fake it til you make it. >> and i felt very demure, very mindful, and a whole lot of demure social media films like wicked, showing how pop culture wicked, showing how pop culture defied gravity this year. - bye, bye cough. - later chest congesti hello 12 hours of relief. 12 hours!! not coughing? hashtag still not coughing?! mucinex dm gives you 12 hours of relief from chest congestion and any type of cough, day or night. mucinex dm. it's comeback season. the last minute. macy's has the gifts that say i knew exactly what you wanted. you've been on my mind for weeks. i saw this and thought of you. plus shop

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>> thanks for joining us tonight. blake lively, an a-list star and one half of one of hollywood's biggest power couples, alongside husband ryan reynolds, the mother of four now coming forward alleging she was sexually harassed by her director and costar, which he denies. blake lively shocking hollywood with a new, explosive legal complaint about what she says was happening behind the scenes of her film. it ends with us. >> stop walking through this party, following me around. just shut up for one second. >> she alleges a hostile work environment where she faced sexual harassment from her costar and director justin baldoni, and later retaliation in a smear campaign organized by publicists and a crisis management team hired by wayfarer studios, the studio behind the film that was co-founded by baldoni. the a-list actress, filing a complaint with the california civil rights department. she accuses baldoni of unwanted

discussions about porn, criticizing her body and weight and violating her physical boundaries. >> she alleges that he tries to input new sexual scenes that she never signed up for to begin with, and also improvising kissing scenes where she accuses baldoni of actually biting or sucking on her lip. >> baldoni denies the accusations, his attorney firing back in a statement saying these claims are completely false, outrageous, and intentionally salacious. when the film about a woman in an abusive relationship debuted in august, fans began to speculate online when neither lively nor other stars did press with baldoni. >> they won't even take a picture together at the premiere. >> both actors speaking to the hollywood reporter. baldoni describing the difficulties of playing an abusive character. >> i almost had to step out of my body. there were a lot of times, i mean, even thinking about it is hard. >> lively talking about overcoming challenges during production. >> honestly, the work that i did on screen was easier than the

work that i did off screen in this movie because of all that went into it. >> according to the complaint, lively faced a barrage of negative headlines created, planted and amplified by the studio's crisis management pr team. an attorney for baldoni and the studio behind the film said they proactively hired a crisis manager due to the multiple demands and threats made by ms. lively during production. threats, they say, included not showing up to set, threatening to not promote the film. the reverberations throughout hollywood has been swift. baldoni dropped by his agency. meanwhile, lively's costars from the sisterhood of the traveling pants, saying they stand in solidarity with her. >> it's no mystery that there is bad blood between blake lively and justin baldoni. the only question is which version of the facts are true? >> and we're going to turn now to a new chapter for the legendary elton john. he's written the soundtrack for many generations, and he's still doing it, mentoring younger superstars and helping them avoid the pitfalls of fame.

here's another look at abc's robin roberts behind the scenes with the 77 year old legend. good morning gentlemen. >> when you're an entertainer, when you play the piano, that's what you do. you entertain. and being successful as a piano player and being stuck at a piano, i had to be flamboyant. i had to be acrobatic. >> sir elton john, the rocketman, one of the greatest performers of a generation. than five decades since his debut in los angeles. so good to see you. >> great to see you. oh my god. >> the singer, baring his soul and looking back on his iconic career. >> i've had the most incredible life. and i was really proud of what we'd done as far as the records and the touring, going behind the scenes with never before seen footage of his new

disney+ documentary, never too late, i wonder what's going to happen to all this stuff when i finished. >> he had some of the highest highs, seven straight number one albums, over 70 top 40 hits, 36 studio albums and five grammys. >> it's not just that he's kept making songs. kept making hits. it's that those songs never went away. >> and some of the lowest lows, what he calls an abusive childhood and an addiction that almost brought him down when i was using it, was like i was so felt so bad about myself because i would just tell lies and just, you know, cheat. >> awful. and that's, you know, i've always tried to be the opposite of that. >> but he overcame it all, all the while writing the soundtrack to our lives. i remember when rock was young, crocodile rock. >> it's like this throwback 50s

song. la la la la. don't go breaking my heart. it was this disco song tacked on to rock of the westies. boy, was it inescapable. and jesus christ, is it good? >> don't go breaking my heart. i won't go breaking your heart. >> his songwriting capabilities are completely. otherworldly, and he has inspired generations and generations of artists to make music. >> elton john has mentored and inspired the next generation of artists. >> he provides a sense of stability to young artists that are coming into this industry, and their careers are taking off. >> lady gaga is one of his close friends and godmother to his sons. >> zachary and elijah are incredibly special and so smart and sweet and talented and full of life. they to call me gaga

mother. it's very, very cute with the accents, especially. >> gaga and elton have performed together many times, including at the grammys in 2010, you could tell everybody, oh, this is your song. >> i hope you don't mind. i hope you don't mind. >> yeah, my favorite elton song. is your song actually. like that moment. playing that with him meant so much to me. because sometimes in your life you hear something as a songwriter and you think, man, i wish i wrote that. >> gaga says elton has helped her navigate the notoriously tough industry. >> i've always felt like i have someone looking out for me, and i've always felt like elton was willing to also say hard things to me. he always wanted me to be okay, and i think that's really rare in a business where very often you're encouraged, you know, to just succeed and outdo

yourself. elton wanted me to be happy. >> there are a lot of artists that might not even be here right now if it weren't for elton taking their hand and walking them through some pretty uncharted territory. >> brandi carlile, known for her 2007 hit the story time. story of who i am, has worked with elton for years, most recently on a song for never too late. >> i've been friends with brandi now for over 20 years. she wrote the lyrics to this song, which encapsulate the whole documentary. and originally the documentary was going to be called farewell yellow brick road, which i thought was fairly boring. and then she wrote this song called never too late. you're an man, baby. >> to hell with heaven's gate. there's not a moment too soon. >> if it's never too, never too late. >> well, it's never too late to go shoot up the moon.

>> everything in the lyric encompasses what i've been through. and she says you're an iron man, baby. and i am a bit of an iron man. because i've been through so much. and i've come out the other side. >> and now his life since he stopped touring at home with his husband, david furnish, and their two sons, zachary and elijah. i'm still standing after all this time. >> yes, exactly. >> yes. those lyrics must mean more to you than. than ever. >> it does. i'm still standing. and i am better than i ever did. i'm singing better, i'm still playing better. and there's a lot more to come. but you know you have challenges along the way. i'm still standing. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> how has impacted you creatively and in other ways that you don't have that time on the stage anymore? >> it's wonderful. i want it to end at the top of my career by playing and singing it as well as i ever had, if not better. i

honestly don't miss going on tour. i have two young boys that need me. i have a partner, david, my husband rather that needs me, and i understand why people find it hard to stop, but i didn't find it hard at all. >> our thanks to robin. you can see more of her interview on impact by nightline. elton john still standing. now streaming on hulu. when we come back from moana two to demure, very demure. >> oh, look at those pop culture moments that had us obsessed in moments that had us obsessed in 2024. ♪ good to go binge-watch. ♪ good to go out even later. ♪ with cabenuva, there's no pausing for daily hiv pills. for adults who are undetectable, cabenuva is the only complete, long-acting hiv treatment you can get every other month.

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>> welcome back beyonce, the menendez brothers, and wicked. they've all got one thing in common. we couldn't get enough of them this year. >> very demure, very mindful. >> demure may be dictionary.com word of the year, but what comes to mind when thinking about our 2024 obsessions of the year 2024? >> are you kidding? >> i need tea for this. >> i think we are obsessed with obsessions. >> let's start with the show that captivated the country and stirred a reexamination of a real life case. you let her walk away. >> now it's just don't feel the

same. >> i mean, just when the kelsea brothers thought they were the most talked about brothers in pop culture, ryan murphy comes along and he's like, hold my beer and brought us monsters. the lyle and erik menendez story. >> this is 1990. it is a new era in this case is going to be on television, which means that the number one thing that i'm concerned about is how we look on camera. >> depending on what happens in the near future with the menendez brothers, the series may have played a role in helping to free the brothers, which is wild. >> and in 2024, we were going wild for kristen bell and adam brody in the netflix hit nobody wants this hot rabbi alert. >> adam brody, where have you been? >> sorry. i'm cute. i like when people notice. >> there you go. you are cute, i noticed it's the fact that it's based on a true story. i mean, my i'm a shiksa. my husband's jewish, i could relate. is that offensive or flattering? i can't tell. >> technically, it's a yiddish insult. that means you're impure and detestable, but these days,

it just means you're hot on non-jew. >> that's actually a perfect description of me. >> you see how i do my makeup for work? very demure, very mindful. i don't come to work with a green cut crease. >> tiktok was not demure with this trend at all. it went everywhere. it practically melted. >> tiktok. >> why haven't i been saying very demure, very mindful. >> i'm very mindful and very demure. supposedly i'm gonna drive, gonna drive all night. >> one of the most important questions in 2024. what kind of summer did you have? >> and you're going to ask me what bratz summer was? >> charli xcx not only went up the pop charts, she went on the pantone color chart as well. i think the apple is rotten right to the core. >> we were doing the apple dance, some of us better than others. it's five, six, seven hold, eight and one two, three four, five, six, seven, eight. and a lot of you girls were messing that up online and it

was pretty annoying. >> from brat summer to a country throwdown, maybe you're telling all your friends that i'm crazy. >> no one saw post malone making country music coming. i had some help. >> it ain't like i can make this kind of mess all by myself. >> no one really saw beyoncé making country music coming. >> this ain't texas. >> ain't no hold him coming out with cowboy carter and everybody immediately being like, why is beyoncé doing country music? you realize that we've had a history in country music since day one. >> that's just a fact. and a seismic shift for swifties at the grammys this year. >> i want to say thank you to the fans by telling you a secret that i've been keeping from you for the last two years. >> taylor announced a brand new album, the tortured poets department, and with the album came welcome to the eras tour. you guessed it, an additional era to the phenomenon that is the eras tour. you gotta fake it

till you make it. >> and i think i fear for what my personality might be. when the eras tour is over in 2025. like, what do i talk about? what do i do? >> well, right now, let's talk about when two of the biggest comic characters join forces deadpool and wolverine. >> it was basically this huge love letter to marvel and made so many people happy. and it grossed over $ box office. >> oh, on. yeah, i blew it. after all that, the only thing they're going to remember is that godawful dismount. >> if you were to finish the sentence, mona is mona's legacy. >> mona's soul in the just in the dna. >> mona, too is a mega hit. >> finally, we're back making a splash and making history with the best thanksgiving opening ever. >> and inside out two with heightened emotions, it should be nothing but smooth sailing from hello, i'm anxiety, where

can i put my stuff? and even higher box office numbers, making it the highest grossing animated movie of all time. >> and for anyone that grew up as a theater kid, this is a golden age of cinema. wicked is finally a hollywood film. three, two one action. >> can i call you elfie? it's a little bit perky, i know, and you can call me glinda. that is your name. let's not quarrel. >> if last year was barbiecore, this year's pink and green starbucks, mattel, legos, you name it, there's a wicked collaboration involved. >> oh, wicked flew in with the best opening of any broadway movie adaptation ever, making it clear this year pop culture defied gravity. and you can see much more of the year 2024 with robin roberts.

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been saved. >> and and finally tonight, like father, like son. a heartwarming moment between tiger woods and his son, charlie at the pnc golf championship in florida. the 15 year old hitting his first hole in one, getting a big hug from his golf legend dad, who called watching the shot the thrill of a lifetime. the duo finished in second place in the family tournament, where they were joined by tiger's daughter sam as caddie. a real family affair. that's nightline. you can watch all of our full episodes on hulu. we'll see you right back here tomorrow. thanks for staying up with us. good night. america. nightline. >> the stories that shape your world, that shape your life. dramatic. stunning. empowering. jaw dropping. the most powerful stories of our time. nightline on right after kimmel and streaming on hulu. abc's david

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