Full Analysis Summary
Lively-Baldoni settlement talks
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni attended a court-ordered settlement conference in Manhattan on Feb. 11, 2026, related to Lively’s lawsuit alleging sexual harassment on the set of the 2024 film It Ends With Us.
The Associated Press reports the mandatory talks lasted about six hours but, according to Baldoni’s attorney, did not reach a settlement.
AP also reported the private session was held ahead of a planned May trial.
NBC News says Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave convened the conference and attorneys indicated the parties will return to court on Thursday.
NBC quoted attorney Freedman saying a settlement remains possible and he is "very hopeful," while noting a trial date is set if the parties don't settle.
ELLE noted it did not have a full article to summarize.
Combined reports establish the hearing took place, produced no announced settlement, and left open the possibility of further negotiation or a May trial.
Coverage Differences
Contradiction
Associated Press (Western Mainstream) reports that, “according to Baldoni’s attorney, did not reach a settlement,” presenting the session as having failed to resolve the case; NBC News (Western Mainstream) quotes attorney Freedman saying a settlement “remains possible” and he is “very hopeful,” leaving more room for continued negotiation. ELLE (Western Mainstream) does not provide substantive coverage in the supplied snippet and explicitly states it lacks the full article.
Missed Information
ELLE’s supplied note does not include substantive reporting on the hearing; unlike AP and NBC, ELLE did not provide factual details in the materials given, which affects cross-source completeness.
Media impressions at courthouse
Eyewitness descriptions and reporting emphasize different immediate impressions as the parties left the courthouse.
The Associated Press notes that Lively and Baldoni left separately and did not comment, observing that Lively appeared stern while Baldoni was smiling.
NBC frames the conference as a focal point of public and industry scrutiny, quoting legal analyst Misty Marris who called it a 'critical leverage point' and said the judge will 'weigh the public spectacle'.
NBC also reports the dispute has 'rippled through Hollywood,' exposing private texts and studio conversations.
The ELLE snippet supplied does not include the article text and therefore contributes no on-the-ground observations.
Coverage Differences
Tone
Associated Press (Western Mainstream) highlights physical demeanor — ‘Lively appeared stern while Baldoni was smiling’ — emphasizing a human, observational detail; NBC News (Western Mainstream) emphasizes procedural leverage and the spectacle, quoting legal analyst Misty Marris calling the hearing a “critical leverage point” and noting the wider Hollywood ripple effects. ELLE’s supplied material does not provide such observational color.
Narrative Framing
AP frames coverage around concrete courtroom activity and visible demeanor, whereas NBC expands the narrative to industry-wide consequences and cultural debate; ELLE’s supplied note offers no framing due to missing content.
Court hearing and next steps
Legal analysts and attorneys in the available reporting highlighted procedure and next steps.
NBC quoted attorney Freedman saying the parties will return to court and that he was very hopeful a settlement remains possible.
NBC legal analysis framed the hearing as a point where the judge will consider public impact when weighing leverage.
The Associated Press reported Baldoni's attorney told reporters that a settlement was not reached after roughly six hours of talks.
The documents supplied from ELLE do not provide legal analysis or next-step reporting in the snippets given.
Taken together, the sources document procedural movement - another court date and a scheduled May trial if no settlement - and differing emphases between hope for settlement and a lawyer's statement that talks did not resolve the case.
Coverage Differences
Narrative Framing
NBC News (Western Mainstream) foregrounds attorney Freedman’s optimism — quoting him as “very hopeful” and reporting the parties will return to court — while the Associated Press (Western Mainstream) foregrounds the statement from Baldoni’s attorney that talks “did not reach a settlement.” ELLE again lacks substantive legal reporting in the provided snippet.
Missed Information
ELLE’s supplied material provides no legal detail, which means it neither corroborates nor disputes NBC’s and AP’s procedural points in the materials given.
Media coverage framing differences
Coverage differs in tone and emphasis across the supplied sources, which shapes public perception.
NBC's account situates the conference within Hollywood-wide consequences and culture-war debates, noting the dispute has rippled through Hollywood and even referencing Parrot Analytics data on Lively's public sentiment after her casting; that framing places the legal dispute into industry and cultural context.
The Associated Press sticks to the courtroom facts and observable departures (attendance, the six-hour meeting, no settlement reported by Baldoni's attorney, and physical demeanors) and offers a more narrowly factual tone.
ELLE's supplied note does not contain the substantive reporting needed to offer its own framing in the materials provided, which is itself a gap: the absence of an ELLE article in the supplied set means one mainstream outlet's possible perspective is missing from cross-source comparison.
Coverage Differences
Narrative Framing
NBC News (Western Mainstream) connects the case to industry and cultural debates, reporting the dispute “has rippled through Hollywood” and citing Parrot Analytics about Lively’s sentiment; Associated Press (Western Mainstream) keeps coverage focused on courtroom activity and demeanor, without placing as much emphasis on cultural ripple effects. ELLE (Western Mainstream) is absent in the supplied content and thus offers no framing here.
Missed Information
The ELLE snippet supplied explicitly requests the full text or a link and so does not present original coverage; that absence should be noted when comparing how comprehensively each outlet reports the hearing.
Court hearing coverage
The reporting shows uncertainty: the parties left without a public settlement, attorneys signaled both a lack of resolution and guarded optimism, and a May trial remains on the calendar if negotiations fail.
Associated Press reports the conference produced no settlement according to Baldoni's attorney and notes the actors declined to comment.
NBC highlights Freedman's hopefulness and a procedural return to court.
Both outlets describe the hearing as a meaningful moment in an ongoing dispute that has attracted industry attention.
The ELLE material provided contains no substantive article and thus neither confirms nor contradicts these points.
Across sources the confirmed facts are the date and location of the hearing, the lack of a public settlement announcement, and the possibility of further court dates, while the overall tenor—hopeful versus unresolved—varies by outlet.
Coverage Differences
Contradiction
Associated Press (Western Mainstream) reports the lawyer for Baldoni said talks “did not reach a settlement,” presenting the event as unresolved; NBC News (Western Mainstream) quotes attorney Freedman as saying a settlement “remains possible” and he is “very hopeful,” giving a more optimistic tone. ELLE’s supplied text provides no substantive update to corroborate either emphasis.
Missed Information
Because ELLE’s supplied snippet lacks the underlying article, it does not contribute corroborating eyewitness, legal, or cultural context that AP and NBC provide; that absence affects the completeness of cross-source comparison.