Jada Pinkett Smith is asking a judge to order Will Smith’s former friend, Bilaal Salaam, to cover nearly $49,000 in legal costs after parts of his emotional distress lawsuit against her were dismissed.

According to court documents reviewed by TMZ, Pinkett Smith argued that Salaam should be responsible for the expenses she incurred defending herself.

Salaam had filed a $3 million emotional distress suit last year, claiming he was brought in to help Smith with damage control following the 2022 Oscars slap incident involving Chris Rock.

Salaam alleged that Pinkett Smith and members of her entourage threatened him after learning he was working on a memoir.

Allegedly, he was even warned that he could “end up missing” or “catch a bullet” if he continued “telling her personal business.”

He also claimed she pressured him to sign a nondisclosure agreement under implied threat.

Pinkett Smith categorically refuted all such claims calling them “false, uncorroborated and made to generate attention as part of an ongoing public campaign of harassment.”

She further argued that Salaam failed to provide evidence for claims that he lost a girlfriend, left the country, or suffered health issues due to distress.

While parts of the lawsuit have been thrown out, the case remains ongoing.

Denise Richards was able to make some lovely memories with Patrick Muldoon before his sudden death from a heart attack last week.

Muldoon and Richards — who dated in the 90s for five years and remained best friends for decades later — play romantic partners in the new action crime thriller film Dirty Hands, out in theatres on Friday, April 24.

“Pat & I were supposed to do press this week for Dirty Hands” Richards wrote on Instagram. “He was so passionate about this movie & worked so hard on it…We did our first movie together & I am so blessed & grateful I did his last movie with him.”

The post was accompanied by an emotional scene between their characters: Muldoon plays Chicago drug runner Patrick Muldoon and Richards plays his girlfriend Sheila, who is torn between her loyalties.

Richards, 55, and Muldoon, who was 57, first starred together in Starship Troopers in 1997, when they were 19 and 21 respectively. They formed a strong bond and dated for five years before deciding to remain friends.

Earlier this week, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star paid tribute to Muldoon on Instagram, admitting she’s “deeply heartbroken and devastated” losing her “best friend” and “family.”

“My whole adult life & I don’t know it without you. The friendship, love, support, respect & loyalty we we had was unconditional and rare,” she wrote. “You’ve had my back and protected me more than anyone. I don’t know what I’m going to do without you here.”  

Anne Hathaway has already established that she is a massive Taylor Swift fan, but in one of her latest interviews she looked back at what started it all.

The 43-year-old actress, who enthusiastically attended the pop superstar’s Eras Tour shows, shared that despite always being a fan, Anti-Hero was the one song which turned her into a Swiftie.

“I always really, really liked Taylor, but that was the song where I was like, oh no, wait, she’s taking hold of my brain. And then I got much deeper into her music. And then once you see it, you can’t unsee it. You’re just like, Oh, she’s a genius,” the One Day star noted.

Hathaway continued speaking of Swift’s discography, saying, “All of her eras ‘speak to each other.’ To have a retrospective like that at the age that she is, and to realize that she had a vision that didn’t exist in the world, and she literally made the space that she wanted for herself.”

The Devil Wears Prada actress made a wave with her comments, on social media, as other Swifties agreed with her, while many also expressed their shock at the choice.

“Well yes Anne!!!! I knew you would understand,” one fan wrote on X, while another added, “It’s takes time to understand that Taylor is a genius. And once you figure that out, there is no going back.”

A third chimed in and wrote, “‘and then once you see it, you can’t unsee it’ yep pretty much sums up what being a swiftie is.”

While another said, “omg finally justice for anti-hero, it takes a legend to recognise that.”