Taking a victory lap by any other name, Blake Lively showed up at the Met Gala tonight just hours after Justin Baldoni settled the It Ends With Us star’s retaliation lawsuit against him, his company and PR firm. The actress wore a pastel-colored gown of peaches, purples and yellows with a bejewled bodice and a long, flowy train, not unlike her Statue of Liberty gown at the 2022 celebration. The theme of this year’s Met Gala is Costume Art with a dress code direction of “Fashion Is Art.” In a way, the move makes sense as Another Simple Favor (2025), the sequel to the Paul Feig-directed A Simple Favor (2019) starring Lively and Anna Kendrick was released on Prime Video, and Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sánchez are honorary co-chairs and lead financial sponsors of this year’s gala. “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.…