Blake Lively Shocks at Met Gala Hours After Justin Baldoni...

Blake Lively is starting a new chapter at Met Gala 2026. Hours after announcing that she and It Ends With Us costar Justin Baldoni had reached a settlement in their yearlong legal battle, the actress stepped out at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4. (Click here to see all the celebrity arrivals.) Clad in a colorful halter gown made by Versace in 2006, Lively evoked the pastel sky depicted in Venetian Rococo paintings and Baroque churches in keeping with the night's "Fashion Is Art" dress code. She paired the ball gown—which featured pale purples and yellow fabrics and intricate beading on the bodice—with Lorraine Schwartz chandelier earrings baring sapphires and yellow diamonds, as well as other costume jewelry pieces as a nod to the fashion fundraiser's "Costume Art" theme. Indeed, the outing marked a new era for Lively, whose trial against Baldoni over allegations of retaliation and breach of contract was scheduled to begin later this month. "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," Lively and Baldoni’s lawyers said in a joint statement to NBC News May 4. "Raising awareness, and making a meaningful impact in the lives of domestic violence survivors — and all survivors — is a goal that we stand behind."