Posted Oct 20th 2008 1:20AM by TMZ Staff
The real dad of the Malawian boy Madonna adopted says little David might be "better off back" in Africa.
Yohane Banda tells Australia's Herald Sun, "If there is no love in the family, is there any love for him?" There was plenty of drama when David jetted to London to be with the Madge-clan, but not this kind of insanity.
Meanwhile, all that buzz you might be hearing about Guy Ritchie settling the divorce quickly for $60 mil might not be so true -- now his lawyers "are really playing hardball," a source tells the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Posted Oct 14th 2008 6:14AM by TMZ Staff
Not since Newton called Leibniz a fraud and a plagiarist has there been such a clash of the tit-ans.
Pam Anderson is throttling the Pam of the UK, Jordan -- Katie Price, to her parents -- for being a no-fame kid-pimp. "I have no idea how Jordan became famous," Pam tells something called New! Magazine, according to the tabs. "She shows her kids all the time in TV shows -- that's beyond low."
We also learn amidst the fray, however, Jordan's kids are named Harvey, Junior and Princess Tiaamii. Brilliant.
Rodman -- The Donald's Pet
Maybe there's a reason Dennis Rodman has been acting like a crazy man in Manhattan since "Celebrity Apprentice" began.
D-Rod and Donald Trump are becoming "BFs," a source close to the show tells the Palm Beach Post. "Trump likes hard-working people, and Dennis does work hard," says the source. We've spotted Rodman everywhere around NYC making his presence known.
Rodman also seems to have taken a liking to one Khloe Kardashian.
J. Lo's Midnight Vow Motive
Sometimes what happens in Vegas is specifically not supposed to stay in Vegas.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's very well-publicized 3:00 AM vow-renewal was carefully calculated to rebut stories the tabs have been working on about trouble in their marriage. The paper stresses "several very good sources close to the couple" say any suggestion there's a rift are laughable.
"They are very happy together," says a longtime associate.
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Posted Oct 13th 2008 3:00AM by TMZ Staff
Larry Craig and Vanessa Hudgens have something in common.
They're both experiencing action in public bathrooms -- though, in Vanessa's case, she's the one being solicited. The "High School Musical" star and her "HSM" pals say fans are so crazed they're asking for autographs "underneath the stall," reports People. For Zac Efron, his mid-micturition encounter came courtesy of a fan's dad.
The stars are out shilling for "HSM 3," which is already selling out tickets ... weeks in advance.
Brady Can't Dump Off Pricey Pad
Tom Brady just got his knee knifed, and he's had to slice a little more off the asking price for his NYC pad.
Gisele's EB lopped $540K off the $18.29 mil price for his 65th-floor pad in the Time Warner Center, reports the New York Post, so now it can be had for the bargain price of $17.75 million. He originally listed it for $16.5 million way back in Feb. 2007.
He also just bought a bunch of dirt in Brentwood for $11 mil.
J. Lo and Skeletor -- Crappy Wedding Vows
Unclear why this had to happen at 3:30 in the morning, but Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony renewed their vows in Vegas this weekend.
Just like any romantic evening, reports Us, the pair played craps and went to see the Pussycat Dolls show, followed by a visit to Pure, when they started asking a minister. And then, around 3:00 AM, they did a marriage renewal ceremony.
"The word 'forever' was used a lot!" says a source. Thank LRH for that!
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Posted Oct 10th 2008 6:00AM by TMZ Staff
Britney Spears has come to the ultimate realization about herself and the last two years of her life: "What the hell was I thinking?"
The question arises in a new documentary called "For the Record," in which Brit talks about K-Fed, the 5150, and the losing-custody situation. "I sit there and I'll look back and I'm like: I'm a smart person. What the hell was I thinking?"
She adds: "There's a lot that people don't know." Now that would be a revelation.
Sarah Palin's Guts Check
Sarah Palin has no problem handling balls -- eyeballs, people, eyeballs.
Her big sister Heather reveals to Glamour the veepseeker has no problem dealing with the most disgusting parts of an animal. The gov's pop was a science teacher and after hunting, says Heather, "He would show us the parts of the animal, like, 'Here's the brain, here's the eyeballs.'"
"I can remember my sister squealing when my dad handed her eyeballs," says sis.
Mickey Puts Himself Under Knife
Not that he needed any more plastic surgery, but Mickey Rourke is giving himself the blade.
On the set of his latest film "The Wrestler," Mickey went all Method and taped a blade to his forearm. "When the time was right," co-star Wass Stevens tells the New York Post, "[he] sliced his forehead." And Mick apparently hurt himself – he says he had three MRIs before the end of filming.
Rourke is getting serious Oscar buzz for the performance.
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Posted Oct 9th 2008 4:24AM by TMZ Staff
Unlike the second most famous teen mother-to-be of 2008, Bristol Palin, Jamie Lynn Spears won't be getting married anytime soon.
We told you yesterday how J-L is conclusively not preggers for the second time, and now the 17-year-old tells OK! she's not going to get hitched to Casey Aldridge. "We are engaged," she says, "and we are really happy ... There is no rush for anything."
Casey apparently also speaks: "I think you should try it out and see," referring to something, we think.
Hef -- No Baby, No Relationship
So TMZ broke the news about Hugh Hefner's breakup with Holly Madison, and now he's talking about just how limp he's been feeling in its wake.
"I had planned to spend the rest of my life with Holly," he tells Usmagazine.com. "I was road kill a couple weeks ago." Apparently one big issue was Holly's inability to have a kid with the octogenarian. "We tried to have a baby earlier this year and it didn't work out," said Holly. "She became very depressed."
Obama -- No I Can't ... Kick The Sticks
Barack Obama can't seem to shrug off William Ayres and Jeremiah Wright, but what's really bugging him? Smokes.
BO admits he's had difficulty quitting smoking on the campaign trail. "There have been a couple of times during the campaign when I fell off the wagon and bummed one, and I had to kick it again," he tells Men's Health.
Ever the candidate, Obama has a solution: Cut out "key connections -– that first cigarette in the morning, or after a meal, or with a drink."
Party Favors: Sharon O Washes Out Her Mouth ... Phelps GF Gets Snippy ... Diddy's Got Ol' Blue Eyes ... Nikki Blonsky "Completely Destroyed" by Turks Smackup
Famously potty-mouthed Sharon Osbourne is taking it to the "Rock of Love" girls one
Manner Must -- yes, she's teaching them manners -- at a time thanks to the guys at Bradley and Montgomery. ... Michael Phelps' girlfriend Nicole Johnson apparently didn't like having fans take snaps of her and her Aquaman, says Rush & Molloy, the other night in New York. ... Diddy is doing just about everything he can to sell Ciroc vodka, including going glam as Frank Sinatra in a new series of ads for the clear liquid. ... Nikki Blonsky tells People she's crushed after that airport brawl in the Turks and Caicos and says Bianca Golden started the whole thing.
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Posted Oct 8th 2008 6:19AM by TMZ Staff
And who can blame him?
Travis Barker tells Us Weekly he's "grateful to be here at all" after the plane crash that burned him severely –- and killed his assistant and bodyguard. "My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened," says Trav, "well, I'm just thankful to be alive!"
Barker reveals he's got third-degree burns from his feet to his waist and on one of his hands. He's still in treatment at an L.A. burn center.
Brinkley Ex –- Cheating Was Her Fault
Christie Brinkley's ex Peter Cook isn't just a perv, he's a world-class moron, too.
He's given a shocking sitdown to Barbara Walters in which he says he cheated on Christie Brinkley because he didn't get "the attention" and "the thank-you" he needed for his "efforts" and all the "tremendous work" he was doing for the family.
Pervy Pete says he hopes he won't be seen as a "scumbag pervert." Wrong on both counts.
Gisele's Fam -- We're Fine on Our Own!
She might have Tom Brady on the payroll -- sorta -- but Gisele Bundchen doesn't support her entire family back in Brazil.
So says the fam to the
Boston Herald, which says a recent report that she sends $10 mil back to them every year is totally false. "I have no idea who could have made up a story like that," says Patricia Bundchen, G's sister, adding the report could be "very dangerous for Gisele's family."
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Posted Oct 7th 2008 7:02AM by TMZ Staff
The Material Mom has a message for the Hockey Mom -- you bettah stay away!
In her first show in the US on her new tour, Madonna lashed out at the GOP veep wannabe, yelling, says the NY Post, "Sarah Palin can't come to my party. Sarah Palin can't come to my show." And she didn't stop with Sarah; she also took on the First Dude. "Here's the sound of Sarah Palin's husband's snowmobile when it won't start," she squawked, followed by a "loud screeching noise."
"It's nothing personal," Madge disclaimed.
Duchovny's Out There, Again
David Duchovny's stint in sex-addict rehab has come and gone.
After two months doing whatever it is people do to get over wanting sex all the time, DD is "out of rehab," says his lawyer, Larry Stein. "He successfully completed his treatment." Duchovny had gone into rehab in August.
The "Californication" star has also begun shooting a new movie, says Stein, and the new season of his Showtime show has begun.
Gyllenspoon -– London Calling
Don't believe what the tabs are crowing -– Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal are very much together.
So much so, reports the
Chicago Sun-Times, they're looking at real estate in London, scouting "posh apartments and town houses" in Mayfair. They're looking at pap-protected places where entrance and egress are restricted onto main streets.
A real estate firm source adds the pair look "very very much in love."
Party Favors: Now How Old is Catherine Zeta-Jones Again? ... Karan Gets Boxed in for Birthday ... Extremely Famous People Fill Out Philippe
Hasn't CZJ been 39 for about ten years now?
MomLogic investigates ... We're told Donna Karan rocked The Box with Billy Joel and Calvin Klein, among others, to the spinning of DJ Jeffrey Tonnesen until 2:30 AM ... Timbaland, Randy Jackson and Ryan Seacrest were at the VIP table the other night at Philippe Miami.
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Posted Oct 6th 2008 6:17AM by TMZ Staff
Think Sarah Palin wants a chance to get back at Tina Fey for her amazing "SNL" takedowns? You betcha.
Palin is more than winking at the possibility of appearing on "Saturday Night LIve" to skewer the comedienne. The Chicago Sun-Times hears a "tweak" of Fey's American Express commercials is in the works, and may appear on a "Weekend Update" prime time special.
Some McCain staffers want Palin to leave well enough alone, joking about it on the campaign trail – others think a "return punch" is well warranted.
Ali Lohan -- Toxic to Music Man
There's a polite disavowal of any involvement with someone – and then there's what Johnny Wright did to Ali Lohan.
Johnny Wright -- the guy who helped make JT and the Jonases famous -- was rumored to be helping AliLo with her "music career" (our quotation marks). Well, he tells the New York Post, he "has never met," "has never been introduced" and "has never had any intention of speaking" with Ali about her music.
Dina said she'd be interested in a meeting with Wright. Guess that's not happening.
Miley's Family Needs New Material
Miley Cyrus had her big not-quite-16th birthday party yesterday, and sounds like she wasn't going to let a lil' thing called midnight get in her way.
People reports the Mousekestar was still "raring to go" around midnight, saying it had been a "long night" but she was still ready "to party and ride some rides." Just like most not-quite-16-year-olds, the party started with pals like Tyra Banks, David Archuleta and Demi Lovato walking down a red carpet.
And, yes, she and her dad played "Achy Breaky Heart."
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Posted Oct 3rd 2008 6:17AM by TMZ Staff
Alex Rodriguez is so over Madonna. Next up: Tom Brady!
So says the Boston Herald, which is calling bromance on the pair. "Dugout spies" claim A-Rod was "antsy" for a rainout when the Yanks played the Red Sox last weekend ... so he could grab dinner with Tom. "He was all excited," says the spy, "and he was all worked up over his 'date' with Tommy."
The Herald says they don't know if they actually had dinner.
Brit's Next Gig: ThighMistress
Britney Spears is looking all toned and fit these days –- and she might want to make some coin from it.
"A close Spears pal" tells the Chicago Sun-Times Britney wants to go all Jane Fonda and put out a series of workout vids. The idea was inspired by Brit's love of dance and how it helped her get back into shape. It seems Brit found her mom's old Fonda tapes and "got a big kick out of watching them."
No deal's set, but a Jive rep says it "makes perfect sense."
Hasselbeck -- I'm Not Going Anywhere
Bad news for the Rosies of the world: Elisabeth Hasselbeck isn't leaving "The View" anytime soon.
Despite rumors she was going to the right-wing cocoon of FOX News, there is "absolutely no truth" to that, says her agent. And a show rep tells Usmagazine.com, "Barbara Walters and Bill Geddie ... consider Elisabeth to be vital to the program."
Hasselbeck has appeared on Gov. Mike Huckabee's new show on FNC.
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Posted Oct 2nd 2008 6:23AM by TMZ Staff
Britney Spears looks healthy and happy -– we've seen it with our own eyes -– but her dad Jamie is still keeping certain people from her past far far away.
One of those people is cousin Alli Sims, whose absence was notable this week in NYC: Last time Brit was in town, Alli was a constant companion, but she's cousina non grata now. "When [Jamie] gained control, he put some rules down," Alli tells the New York Post. "It's just best for her to not communicate with a lot of people."
Except, perhaps, for junior high schoolchildren.
"ANTM's" Bianca -- Nikki Crotch-Kicked My Mom
And now we get Bianca Golden's side of that Turks & Caicos bitchfight.
She tells Tyra Banks Nikki Blonsky got all up in her aunt's face, instigating a brawl that led to Nikki's dad punching her mom, and then, crazily, Nikki kicked her "mom in her vagina, and that's when my mom fell out completely." Eleine Golden says she suffered a fractured skull among other injuries.
The Blonskys are supposed to be back on the island in December to face assault charges. We hear Bianca's going to keep blabbing about it on Oct. 8, when the "Tyra" ep airs.
Naomi –- Then Just Don't Provoke Me!
Naomi Campbell isn't about to keep her Blackberry in its holster if someone gets her goat.
Naomi tells the Evening Standard, "I've always been chilled out, but if you were called a racial name you would get p***ed off," not so subtly suggesting the British Airways assault incident she was involved in recently had something to do with race.
BTW – She's being raked over the coals for blaming the incident on 9/11 somehow, but that quote looks bogus.
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Posted Oct 1st 2008 7:55AM by TMZ Staff
Jessica Simpson may have lassoed her favorite Cowboy after all.
Jess and Tony Romo were spotted in a Neiman Marcus in Dallas recently, reports the Chicago Sun-Times, and they were on the hunt for "big sparklers" (at Neiman Marcus?). The couple already are talking about a winter wedding, though "well after" the Super Bowl, should the Cowboys get that far.
Cue collective Cowboy fan coronary.
Janet's Rhythm Nation Excludes Boston, Philly
Ms. Jackson really is feeling pretty nasty after all.
JJ has postponed the next two dates on her Rock Witchu tour due to an "undisclosed illness," the same malady that forced her to ditch her Montreal show at the last minute Monday. Her reps say her Wednesday show in Boston and Thursday in Philadelphia are off "until further notice."
She was hospitalized at Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal for two hours after bailing on her show just minutes before it was supposed to begin.
Beyonce Skirting Album-Drop Deadline
Beyonce is supposed to deliver the tracks for her new album this morning to make its November release, but it's looking a little shaky.
A source tells Rush & Molloy it's going to be a close one, because of B's busy acting schedule, for one, and because a duet with Justin Timberlake took a lot of time to do. It's going to be an issue if she doesn't get it out early in the fourth quarter.
Her label chief at Sony says the album will come out on time and the first two singles off the new album will be "utterly huge."
Party Favors: Barker's Assistant's Mom Lost Two Sons in a Month ... Cruise Minimized in "Valkyrie" Trailer
The mother of Chris Baker -– one of the victims of the Travis Barker plane crash –- talks to
MomLogic about the terrible pain of losing two sons within a month. Her son Rob died in a motorcycle accident. ... There's less Tom Cruise in the trailer for "Valkyrie," that Hitler flick, says Fox News, since the last one.
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Posted Sep 30th 2008 4:00AM by TMZ Staff
Well, they sure weren't paying for the whole "I'm Gay" exclusive.
Clay Aiken's baby fetched a -- shocking -- $500K from People mag, reports the New York Post. Another glossy, OK!, was in the running but apparently they felt the story was just ... ok, because they passed on it. "We did bid on the Clay story but thought it was just all right, not phenomenal," says a mag rep. (Shiloh Jolie-Pitt hauled in a reported $4 mil, which went to charity.)
People didn't comment on the Parker pics.
Jimmy and Sarah -- Not Effing After All?
So we spotted Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel holding hands over the weekend, but they're saying that's all they're doing ... for now.
"They remain close friends," a rep tells
Usmagazine.com. But there's no romance, according to the rep, and any other suggestion is just f***ing ridiculous. This, though Sarah also just thanked Kimmel, kinda, at the Creative Arts Emmys earlier this month.
The funny pair broke up in July after dating for five years.
Carvey Brings Back Church Lady to Poke Palin
Ever notice how similar Sarah Palin's nasal intonation and lilting speech-rhythm are to that great "SNL" mainstay, Church Lady?
Dana Carvey -- the guy who created Church Lady -- tells the Las Vegas Review-Journal he's bringing her back in his stand-up act because Lady and Palin share a "kind of evangelical vibe." One big difference: "Church Lady doesn't have the hair that you would shake out and take the glasses off."
Wouldn't that be ... special?
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Posted Sep 29th 2008 2:20AM by TMZ Staff
Dennis Quaid has heard just about enough squawking from Meg Ryan about their messy divorce.
And now he's swinging back at her, telling Rush & Molloy she's "unbelievable" for dishing on the breakup while pushing her latest flick, "The Women." He's especially PO'd that their son Jack has to relive the whole thing again in the press.
Meg told mags and shows Dennis was unfaithful and wanted to "fill in the gaps" for people.
Hasselbeck "Really Upset" with Left Leaners
Not that she doesn't make this entirely obvious on the show, but Elisabeth Hasselbeck is apparently "really upset" with her left-field co-stars Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg.
Of course, as a "longtime staff member" tells the
Chicago Sun-Times, "It's not as bad as during the Rosie era," but Barbara Walters has had to intervene and call a "cooling off" meeting to keep things from boiling over.
Buzz is -- Elisabeth might spend some time over at FOX News, possibly anchoring her own show.
Dupri Gives Back on His Birthday
As TMZ knows – because we were there -- Jermaine Dupri had a great time on his birthday. And now we're finding out just how great.
Spies at Tenjune tell the
New York Post Jermaine was partying with Ne-Yo, Busta Rhymes, and Ice-T into the night, but things ended a bit abruptly for Dupri when he booted into Ms. Jackson's lap. Janet bailed immediately.
The poison of choice for revelers was Jay-Z's Ace of Spades and Patron. Jackson and Dupri's reps didn't comment.
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Posted Sep 26th 2008 5:31AM by TMZ Staff
Lindsay Lohan is so scared of what her dad might do right now she's going to court to make him stay away.
She hasn't done so yet but she's "contacted her lawyer to arrange" an order of protection, reports the New York Post. Dina and Ali already have one against Michael, and they're not talking to him "until he gets help." They've been troubled by his "erratic behavior."
That, supposedly, includes sending an email to a photo agency describing Samantha Ronson's toilet-paper predilections.
Clay Saves "Gassy" Claby
Clay Aiken has already racked up one good-daddy badge.
His baby Parker had a dangerous condition called pyloric stenosis and had to be rushed to the hospital for surgery. Clay took the kid early in the morning to the hospital and tells People he didn't think he'd be let in at 2 in the morning.
"Wait a second, I'm the father! Of course they'll let me in," says Clay. And that's when he realized he was a dad.
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Posted Sep 25th 2008 2:58AM by TMZ Staff
New details today about Travis Barker and DJ AM's narrow escape from that fatal plane crash.
A cop who found the accident says it's "divine intervention" the pair survived. Lt. Jason Shumpert says the guys slid down the wing and actually "jumped on each other" to quell the flames engulfing them and then rolled, just like they tell you to do, before yelling for help.
Travis and AM are still in an Augusta burn center and are expected to make a full recovery.
Charlize – "Hills" Is Just a Pile of ...
Charlize Theron is an Oscar-winner, dammit. And she'll tell you what's real about "The Hills."
And she does not have time for the manufactured and poorly simulated drama of LC, Audrina, and pals. "Why is it so big?" Charlize asked MTV News. "It's about nothing! ... When they cry their mascara runs and that's real, but I don't get it!"
Meanwhile, Charlize also says you can tell her "Reindeer Games" was "a piece of sh**." We'll keep that in mind.
Wino's Hubby –- No, No, No to Rehab
Bloody shocking, we know: Amy Winehouse's husband would rather be in jail than in rehab.
Blake Fielder-Civil just turned down the chance to get out of jail early (according to
the Sun), except he didn't want to go to rehab. Prison honchos said they would cut his stay at Edmunds Hill prison by more than two months if he would go to a clinic, but he refused.
It's the second time he's nixed early release with strings attached: last week he didn't want to wear an electronic tag.
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