while baldoni has denied this fiercely.he then filing his own suit against blake lively and her very famous husband, ryan reynolds. he's alleging that they actually took over creative control of the film and sought to destroy his career. so today, there is going to be a hearing, as you said, just moments away. and what this is about is blake lively is asking for a stronger protective order that she wants some information to be shielded from the public. now, i want to read you what her attorney had written last month to the judge. they said, quote, as detailed in miss lively's amended complaint, miss lively, her family and other members of the cast, various fact witnesses and individuals that have spoken out in support of miss lively have received violent, profane, sexist and threatening communication. so that is pertaining to this matter of the protective order. they are alleging that she, since she has filed this complaint, that she has been subjected to online threats and bullying. while baldoni's team. here's what they h

and justin baldoni, star and director was like not so fast.not cancelling me and i have receipts and put out text messages that sort of refuted the claims she made and people were giving the whole thing a rethink and like maybe we didn't know blake lively and ryan reynolds to begin with and maybe they're a bunch of bullies and maybe like two scorpions mating. stuart: what a thought. quick question, who's side are you on? >> i think they're both psych paths. i do. hollywood is a magnet for horrible people and it's like moths to a flame and the truly retched thrive. stuart: glad i asked the question. kennedy, thank you very much indis'd. always. get me out of this. hunter biden's legal team is asking a judge to dismiss his laptop case. on what grounds, lauren? lauren: he's broke. his legal team, the filing said in plain english. "plaintiff suffered a significant downturn in income and has significant debt in the millions of dollars range". now they're abandoned their lawsuit against the former white house aid who published the contents of hunter

baldoni's team saying the judge put a stop to the actress' egregious attempt to invade their client'sonding by asking, what are they hiding? >> janai: and get this, a seven-planet parade has ushered out february. so, mars, jupiter, uranus, neptune, mercury, saturn, and venus were all aligned and visible from earth after sunset last night. the event is known as a planet parade. all the stars align, and the spirits were out protecting us, right, whit? [ laughter ] >> whit: yeah, chris connelly here just said the planets align, and now the stars are about to align in hollywood. >> janai: there you go. >> whit: all coming together in your sort of way, janai, for sure. we are counting down, and just a day to go until conan o'brien takes the stage to host the oscars for the very first time, and as i mentioned, chris connelly joins me now with a look at the favorites to win and, chris, perhaps some surprises as well. >> that is correct. dunatics and wickedteers, whatever devoted fans of best picture nominees of "wicked" and "dune" briefer to call themselves, sunday's oscars should have plent

the article details lively's sexual harassment complaint along with internal communications with baldoni'sth his co-star. in a new filing they claimed the paper is protected by fair report privilege. that something that safe guards outlets from libel and reporting on official documents like legal filings, also noting the article included a response from baldoni's legal team. >> also exciting finishes in the nba last night. first with the knicks with the ball 2 points down to the memphis grizzlies with 7 seconds on the clock. >> just 7 seconds. runs it, from three and scores. >> the knicks nailathize three. the grizzlies could not answer giving them a 113-114 wen. in yut the jazz squeak out a victory with a game winning dunk. final score 117, t-wolves 116. >> and that's your sports center. >>> also this morning a big health scare. the measles outbreak in texas now spreading to new states this morning. this is a disease that was once considered eliminated, but now in the u.s. we are seeing it again amid rising anti-vaccine sentiment in many places. nbc's sam brock has the very latest. >> rep

and that's why i want to personally extend my gratitude to justin baldoni and blake lively. >> walk mehat. do you get on the stage and kind of read the room and decide, i'm going to drop this, or is it it's i'm planning to say it. i'm going to say it no matter what. >> no, that was written. i wrote that myself because. >> but do you but do you like, edit that on stage? you think? >> no. >> read the room. >> i think when you have a monologue, once you put a monologue together for a show like that, you have to commit to your material. you got to go for it. you have to. and it's such a big, crazy, messy news story. i mean, i had to say something. >> next, she says she might even try her hand at acting. well, of course, making us laugh. what is the one thing in life you know for sure, for which you have no doubt. >> that we will never know what the fck is going on here. there are no answers. you really have to live your life and be true to who you are. there's no time to waste being insecure and you just have to go and like, really get after life. >> our thanks to byron chelsea handler's b