James Van Der Beek’s wife Kimberly said “reality is settling in” three months after the death of the actor, who died on Feb. 11 at the age of 48, just over a year after being diagnosed with Stage 3 colorectal cancer.

In an Instagram post on Tuesday, Kimberly shared an emotional tribute to her late husband and said that “words just don’t capture what grief is.”

“Yesterday was three months since we lost @vanderjames. To say I’m heartbroken is a severe understatement. Words just don’t capture what grief is. The comforts of shock have worn off. The reality is settling in… and I miss him,” her post began.

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“We all miss him. Yet, there is a different kind of magic in the air. I feel him. I know him more deeply. My conscious connection to God has deepened. The veils of the universe have thinned. And I trust that this is the path me and my family have always been intended to walk.”

Kimberly said the “outpouring of support has been tremendous.”

“It’s held our family in the most beautiful ways. You all went absolutely above and beyond anything I could have ever expected in supporting us and honoring James. I am deeply grateful. There is so much more to share. And in time — I will,” Kimberly’s post concluded.

Van Der Beek’s wife announced his death in an Instagram post on Feb.11, writing, “Our beloved James David Van Der Beek passed peacefully this morning. He met his final days with courage, faith, and grace.”

“There is much to share regarding his wishes, love for humanity and the sacredness of time. Those days will come. For now, we ask for peaceful privacy as we grieve our loving husband, father, son, brother, and friend,” the statement continued.

A week after his death, Kimberly shared that they had renewed their wedding vows during an intimate bedside ceremony days before the late Dawson’s Creek actor’s death.

She revealed the details in an interview with People, and said they held a “simple and beautiful and moving” vow renewal ceremony with close family and friends.

“We decided two days beforehand and our friends got us new rings, filled our bedroom with flowers and candles and we renewed our vows from bed,” she said.

One of the couple’s friends, instrumentalist Poranguí, played the “most beautiful music” and closed the ceremony with Somewhere Over the Rainbow while other friends watched the ceremony over Zoom.

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In a photo shared with People, Kimberly holds Van Der Beek’s hand on a pillow with their matching gold bands on display.

The vow renewal came six months after Van Der Beek shared a post on Instagram celebrating 15 years of marriage.

“15 years ago today, this woman agreed to be my bride. @vanderkimberly you are the most extraordinary human I’ve ever met,” he wrote in a post on Aug. 1. “One day I’ll tell the story of what you’ve endured these last two years and how you’ve shown up, time and time and time again. You have not only saved my life … you’ve shown me what it is to live.”

Van Der Beek and Kimberly tied the knot in August 2010. They share six children together: daughters Olivia, 15, Annabel, 12, Emilia, 9, and Gwendolyn, 7, and sons Joshua, 13, and Jeremiah, 4.

Following Van Der Beek’s death, friends of the late Varsity Blues actor created a GoFundMe page for his wife and their six children.

Kimberly shared the link to the fundraising page on her Instagram stories, writing, “My friends created this link to support me and our children during this time. With gratitude and a broken heart.”

The GoFundMe page said the Van Der Beek family “faced not only emotional challenges but also significant financial strain as they did everything possible to support James and provide for his care” throughout his illness.

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The Van Der Beek family asked for the “support of friends, family, and the wider community” as they navigate the road ahead. Donations to the page will help cover “essential living expenses, pay bills, and support the children’s education.”

The GoFundMe post had raised more than US$2.8 million of its $1.5-million goal from more than 50,000 donations as of Wednesday morning.

Several notable people in Hollywood have donated to Van Der Beek’s GoFundMe, including Wicked director Jon M. Chu, who donated $10,000, and Cameo co-founder Martin Blencowe, who also donated $10,000. Oscar-winning actor Zoe Saldana donated $2,500 on a monthly basis and Lyn Lear, Norman Lear’s widow, also donated $5,000 on a monthly basis.

A preliminary hearing for the murder case against singer D4vd, legal name David Anthony Burke, has been delayed until the end of June due to the amount of new evidence in the case, prosecutors said.

Burke appeared in court for a status hearing on Tuesday when the decision to delay the hearing until June 29 was announced, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman told the court that prosecutors have already turned over more than 10 terabytes of digital evidence, including materials found as part of a series of search warrants that were executed on the 21-year-old singer’s phone and iCloud account.

Silverman said prosecutors are continuing to upload evidence and added that the overall discovery could exceed 40 terabytes.

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Burke has been charged with murder in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose decomposed body was found in the trunk of a Tesla registered to the singer last year.

He pleaded not guilty to the charges last month and is being held without bond ahead of his trial.

When asked if he agreed to the new preliminary hearing date of June 29, Burke replied: “Yes, your honour.”

Burke is due back in court for a status conference on June 17 before the June 29 preliminary hearing, which is expected to last five to six days.

Burke’s preliminary hearing was previously rescheduled for May 26 after it had originally been set to begin on May 1.

The hearing comes after prosecutors alleged last month that Burke killed 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez by stabbing her multiple times.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office shared what it said the evidence would show in a document that provided the first detailed allegations of efforts to dismember Rivas’s body and get rid of evidence, according to The Associated Press.

The court filing, viewed and obtained by The Associated Press, alleges that Burke began a sexual relationship with her when she was 13 and he was 18, and killed her when she threatened to reveal their inappropriate relationship.

“Knowing he had to silence the victim before she ruined his music career as she had threatened, very soon after her arrival at his home, defendant stabbed the victim to death multiple times and stood by while she bled out,” the filings allege.

Prosecutors obtained text messages between the two from April 22, 2025, the night before all her phone activity went quiet and they believe she was killed.

“The messages reveal the victim’s jealousy over defendant’s relationships with other women, as defendant led her to believe they had a future together. She became extremely upset and threatened to disclose damaging information about her relationship with defendant to end his career and destroy his life,” the document says.

The document alleges that Burke bought two chainsaws online that he used to cut apart her body in an inflatable pool. They said Rivas’s DNA was found in his garage, where they allege the dismemberment occurred.

“Defendant took horrifying measures to destroy and discard the victim’s body,” prosecutors said in the brief.

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Rivas’s death was ruled a homicide in the report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office that had been blocked from release for months.

The autopsy was limited by “extensive postmortem changes” to the body that was dismembered and decomposing when it was found in two bags in the trunk of a Tesla parked in the Hollywood Hills in September 2025.

The examination revealed “two penetrating wounds of the torso with smooth edges that may represent sharp force injuries.” One wound on the upper abdomen penetrated the liver. Another, on the left chest, damaged her ribs. The tube top she was wearing appeared to be cut in three places.

A judge had ordered the report sealed late last year at the request of law enforcement, but prosecutors agreed to allow its release in April.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office previously announced that Burke was charged with first-degree murder, lewd and lascivious acts with an individual under 14 and mutilating a body in the killing of Rivas. She was reported missing by her family in 2024, when she was 13. Authorities say she was 14 when she died.

The murder charges included special circumstances — lying in wait, committing a crime for financial gain and murdering the witness in an investigation — that could carry the death penalty. Prosecutors haven’t announced whether they will seek it.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said Rivas was last heard from on April 23, 2025, after she went to Burke’s home and “she was never heard from again.”

“A parent’s nightmare is a situation where your daughter goes out one night and never comes back,” Hochman said.

“Celeste was just a child, under 14 years old, when David Burke allegedly engaged in repeated lewd and lascivious sexual relations with her,” Hochman continued. “But Burke’s actions did not allegedly stop there. When she threatened to expose his criminal conduct and devastate his musical career, Burke allegedly murdered her, cut up her body and stuffed her body in two bags that were placed in the front trunk of his car.

“There the dismembered body sat for over four months, decomposing until it was found at a tow yard on Sept. 8, 2025. This horrific and gruesome murder committed by the charged sexual predator is shocking and appalling. To Celeste’s loved ones, we will get the justice you seek and deserve.”

— with files from The Associated Press

Lawyers for It Ends With Us actor Justin Baldoni asked a judge to deny any future proceedings related to Blake Lively’s request to recover legal fees and damages that resulted from the legal dispute against Baldoni and his company, Wayfarer Studios.

This comes after the It Ends With Us co-stars agreed to resolve their legal differences, following Lively’s claims that Wayfarer Studios retaliated against her for complaining about misconduct and organized what she refers to as a “smear campaign” aimed at destroying her reputation and career prospects through negative social media posts.

Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios denied Lively’s allegations and Baldoni was dismissed as a defendant in U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman’s April 2 ruling, when he threw out Lively’s sexual harassment claims.

In a letter filed on Friday, Baldoni’s lawyer, Ellyn Garofalo, wrote, “The Wayfarer Defendants respectfully request that the Court deny Plaintiff’s request for further briefing, an evidentiary hearing or other proceedings on whether Plaintiff is entitled to a recovery.”

“After agreeing to a settlement in which she dismissed her three remaining claims without the Wayfarer Defendants paying a cent of the $300 million in damages she was demanding, Plaintiff Blake Livley seeks leave to submit further briefing ‘to address any impact of the Court’s intervening rulings,'” Garofalo added.

Baldoni’s legal team said that Lively was asking for “the compensatory and punitive damages, attorneys’ fees, and costs issues in light of these developments.”

His lawyers argue that Lively failed to explain why further arguments were necessary “‘to address any impact of the Court’s intervening rulings’ since the dismissal of the Wayfarer Complaint.”

His legal team also claims that Lively did not give any insight into the potential “impact” of post-dismissal rulings or developments.

The request for denial comes after a year and a half of legal battles between Baldoni and Lively.

In a joint statement released last week, lawyers for Lively and Baldoni shared their feelings about moving on from the legal battle.

“The end product – the movie It Ends With Us – is a source of pride to all of us who worked to bring it to life. Raising awareness, and making a meaningful impact in the lives of domestic violence survivors — and all survivors — is a goal that we stand behind,” both parties’ lawyers said in a statement to Variety.

“We acknowledge the process presented challenges and recognize concerns raised by Ms. Lively deserved to be heard. We remain firmly committed to workplaces free of improprieties and unproductive environments. It is our sincere hope that this brings closure and allows all involved to move forward constructively and in peace, including a respectful environment online,” Bryan Freedman, Garofalo, Michael Gottlieb and Esra Hudson said.

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The settlement comes after a three-hour hearing earlier this month, where both parties’ legal teams discussed arguments over the admissibility of an expert report commissioned by Lively’s lawyers estimating that she suffered as much as US$230 million in lost earnings and profits due to the alleged smear campaign, and at least $40 million from reputational harm, according to Reuters.

A lawyer for Lively, Naeun Rim, claimed that Wayfarer’s attacks on Lively erased years’ worth of investment in her hair care product line and other companies that were built on her reputation, per Reuters.

Lively’s lawyers reportedly argued that she missed out on the opportunity to make up to $35 million directing and acting in a sequel to It Ends With Us.

Wayfarer lawyer Fabien Thayamballi reportedly called those “pie-in-the-sky” figures that did not reflect Lively’s past earnings.

Jury selection for the civil trial was scheduled to begin May 18, with opening statements scheduled to be heard the same day.

Lively and Baldoni’s legal drama began in December 2024, when Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and retaliation, first in a complaint. Then, in a lawsuit about a week later, Baldoni claimed in a January court filing that he felt pressured by Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds’ “megacelebrity friend” to approve scene revisions after a meeting at Lively and Reynolds’ home.

Baldoni sued Lively and Reynolds for defamation in January 2025. That lawsuit came the same day that Baldoni sued the New York Times for libel, alleging the paper worked with Lively to smear him.

In late March, Lively asked a judge to dismiss Baldoni’s countersuit, calling his claims “vengeful and rambling,” after she filed the lawsuit against him for sexual harassment and retaliation.

Last June, a judge dismissed Baldoni’s $400-million defamation claim against Lively and Reynolds after finding that her accusations of sexual harassment were legally protected, making them exempt from libel claims.

—with files from Reuters and The Associated Press

Pop star Dua Lipa is suing Samsung for US$15 million, accusing the technology company of using her likeness on television packaging without her permission or offering the appropriate compensation.

According to legal documents filed in California on Friday, the One Kiss singer cited copyright infringement, trademark infringement and “violation of her right of publicity in order to obtain redress for the massive, continuing, unauthorized commercial exploitation of her valuable image and likeness by Samsung on cardboard television boxes,” as reasons for the lawsuit, the filing says.

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The court documents state that her image appeared on a “significant portion” of Samsung’s television packaging last year, “without her knowledge.”

When the 30-year-old singer became aware in June 2025 that her likeness was being used by the company, she demanded that it immediately cease production of the packaging, it added.

“Samsung has repeatedly refused to do so, and instead has continued to willfully, intentionally, and purposefully infringe on Ms. Lipa’s rights for its financial benefit,” the filing says.

The image in question was taken backstage at the 2024 Austin City Limits Festival before Lipa went onstage, according to the filing, which states that she owns the copyright to the photograph.

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In addition to copyright and trademark infringement, the filing accuses Samsung of breaching publicity rights, saying that the company benefited financially from pasting her image on its product, citing social media comments suggesting that people bought the televisions because the three-time Grammy winner appeared on the box.

“I wasn’t even planning on buying a tv but I saw the box so I decided to get it,” one social media comment said, the documents state.

“Indeed, another fan commented that they would ‘get that tv just because Dua is on it.'”

“Yet another aptly noted, ‘if you need anything selling, just put a picture of Dua Lipa on it.’”

The documents say that Lipa, who is tied to several high-profile endorsements, including with Nespresso, Apple, Porsche, Versace and Bulgari, among others, is “selective” about which brands she allows to use her likeness and that Samsung’s conduct “makes a mockery of her hard work in establishing a successful brand and has deprived her of the ability to control and monetize her assets.”

Samsung’s alleged unauthorized use of Dua Lipa’s image has “caused and continues to cause dilution” of the pop star’s “brand ⁠identity ​and commercial goodwill by falsely conveying to the ​consuming public that she approves of and endorses” the products in question, her lawyers added.

Lipa is seeking “no less than” $15 million” in damages and a permanent injunction against Samsung, according to the filing.

A spokesperson for ​Samsung Electronics declined to comment, Reuters reported, saying it was unable to speak on pending ​litigation, while Lipa’s lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the ‌case, the British outlet said.