7-23-25 Morning Rush - RIP Ozzy Osbourne & Bachelorette Hannah Brown's Surprise Marriage & Blake Lively Lawsuit Backfires & Trump's Lame Attempt TO Deflect From Epstein
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🗓️ 23 July 2025
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🎙️ Rush Hour Podcast — This Week’s Headlines
🔥 Hollywood Collision: New Lawsuits Rock the “It Ends With Us” Cast
The explosive legal battle continues: Blake Lively has filed sexual harassment claims against Justin Baldoni, alleging boundary-pushing on‑set behavior YouTube+3YouTube+3iHeart+3Spotify+9Wikipedia+9iHeart+9. In retaliation, Baldoni countersued Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and The New York Times for defamation and extortion, seeking $400 million ABC News+3Apple Podcasts+3Wikipedia+3. Both camps face mounting legal scrutiny, including PR tactics and HR complaint tactics exposed in recent filings.
💄 Blake Lively's Makeup Lawsuit
On top of on-set allegations, Lively has filed a separate lawsuit targeting a makeup artist linked to “It Ends With Us,” claiming unlicensed cosmetic procedures led to injuries and emotional distress. This marks yet another legal front for the actress as the public begins to see several layers behind her image.
💍 Surprise Engagement: Hannah Brown Ties the Knot
Former Bachelorette star Hannah Brown caught everyone off guard by announcing she’s secretly married to fiancé Adam Woolard. The pair recently wed in a private ceremony in France, just months after revealing their summer nuptials plans and choosing to live apart before the wedding for spiritual and personal growth reasons Legal Talk NetworkBachelornation+6Extra+6People.com+6.
🎸 Legend Lost: Ozzy Osbourne Passes Away
Rock icon Ozzy Osbourne passed away aged 76 on July 22, 2025, surrounded by family Vanity Fair+15Page Six+15People.com+15. His final performance at the “Back to the Beginning” farewell show on July 5 in Birmingham, England — held from his wheelchair — was a powerful, emotional send-off Men's Journal+11People.com+11New York Post+11. Tributes are pouring in from Elton John, Yungblud, Rolling Stones members, and more, celebrating his influence on heavy metal and pop culture People.com+1Reuters+1.
🏛️ Trump vs. Obama: Epstein Files Deflection
Former President Trump is stirring controversy by claiming the Jeffrey Epstein files were “made up” by Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and James Comey independent.co.uk+3politifact.com+3aol.com+3. This comes as Trump’s DOJ refused further release of Epstein-related docs — disappointing MAGA hardliners — and spurred tension within his own base time.comtheweek.comtheaustralian.com.au. Trump has also accused Obama of “treason” and orchestrating a coup, in an attempt to divert attention, though critics say it’s a distraction from unresolved Epstein inquiries thetimes.co.uk.
Rush Hour cuts through the noise — tune in for sharp takes, expert guests, and exclusive scoops on these explosive stories. You won’t want to miss it.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the rush hour, your daily dose of pop culture for your rush hour ride. |
| 0:07.7 | Buckle up and enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal. |
| 0:13.7 | Hello, everybody. Happy Home Day to you on this Wednesday, July 23rd, 2020-25. |
| 0:19.4 | I have all your stories for your rush hour ride to work. And on today's episode, |
| 0:23.6 | we've got Ozzy Osbourne passing away. We'll discuss that. And Hannah Brown surprises Bachelor |
| 0:28.9 | Nation, as she announces, she's actually already married. And speaking of weddings, we have |
| 0:33.5 | Zach Schall Cross saying how much his wedding cost to Katie Bigger. |
| 0:38.4 | And then after that, we got Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively. |
| 0:41.0 | Now, Blake Lively's got another lawsuit we're going to talk about. |
| 0:44.2 | She was slapped down by the lady her beauty company is suing. |
| 0:48.1 | And then Justin Baldoni is now being sued by his insurance company that doesn't want to pay to cover these lawsuits. |
| 0:54.8 | And then after that, more on Jeffrey Epstein, as Congress has basically taken a vacation for |
| 0:59.6 | the rest of the summer, all so that they don't have to vote on releasing the Epstein files. |
| 1:04.1 | Meanwhile, Trump is saying that Obama is going to be investigated by the Department of Justice, |
| 1:10.1 | says what he did was treason and has already said that Obama is guilty. be investigated by the Department of Justice says what he did was treason |
| 1:11.4 | and has already said that Obama is guilty. Absolute wild. I've got Obama's response. And then |
| 1:17.7 | more on the tariffs as we have one of the prized American car companies with a significant |
| 1:23.6 | loss in sales following the tariffs that have come out. |
| 1:29.2 | So wild time to be alive. |
| 1:31.1 | I can't believe those are all words that I said out loud. |
| 1:33.4 | All these stories and more, it starts right now on the rush. |
| 1:36.3 | So this story broke just after we wrapped up in the afternoon. |
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