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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Posted Sep 24th 2008 6:22AM by TMZ Staff
Lynne Spears raises a very good point about her family and the Palin family's respective pregnancies: While Sarah and Bristol were celebrated, Lynne's lil' girl got "crucified."
"I just feel like it's been a very hypocritical situation," Lynne tells Newsweek. "Every woman in the world has applauded her strength and her convictions and poor little old Jamie Lynn, you saw how she was crucified." And yet, we've been told J-L has tried to reach out to Bristol in some way.
Let's ask Orrin Hatch what he thinks.
Lance -- Pulling Fast One on Tour de France?
This is weird – and intriguing.
Lance Armstrong is expected to announce his big comeback tomorrow, and the Los Angeles Times suggests he might actually be trying to BUY the French company that owns the race. That's like the Yankees buying Major League Baseball. The idea behind the purchase is apparently to help squelch speculation about Lance and steroids.
On the other hand, who would believe test results from a Lance-owned tour?
And Now, For Something Completely Obvious
Glad he cleared
that up.
Party Favors: Brangie Going to South America to Adopt Another Child? ... Q Says N to MJ ... Strange Lunchfellows at Phillippe
Brangelina could be headed to South America, like Bolivia or Paraguay, to adopt their next child, says the Chicago Sun-Times ... Quincy Jones tells FOX News he has no intention of producing Michael Jackson's next album ... Ever wondered what Roger Stone, Jalen Rose, Keith Ablow and Hank Sheinkopf might have in common? Perhaps not -- but they've been packin' them in at Ronn Torossian's lunches at Philippe Chow. So now you know.
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Posted Sep 23rd 2008 5:59AM by TMZ Staff
TMZ broke the big story yesterday about how Miley Cyrus wants off "Hannah Montana" -- and today's there's more juice on why the show's set is so icy.
Some traditional media have bought hook, line, and sinker Miley's story about all being sweetness and sunshine on the "Hannah" set. But the Chicago Sun-Times confirms what we said about her being "habitually late," and that's not all.
"t's become increasingly clear Miley has become jealous of [co-star] Emily [Osment's] rising profile and popularity," a source tells the paper. "Icicles form" on set when Miley and Emily have to talk, says the source. And daddy Billy Ray has been "severely dissing" Disney folks on set.
Perry "In Disbelief" About Crash
One rock star who was originally feared to have been on that South Carolina plane crash says he can't believe the tragedy.
"I was in disbelief to learn what happened to all of them," Perry Farrell, former frontman for Jane's Addiction, tells
Usmagazine.com. Farrell had played at the same gig in Columbia, SC as Travis Barker and DJ AM. It wasn't until the next morning that Farrell and Gavin DeGraw were revealed to be safe.
Perry says Barker and AM -- along with Travis' assistant and bodyguard, who were both killed -- had left the concert by the time he was done.
SamRo Won't Sit and Spin for Lesbian Club
A famed lesbian joint in New York wants Sam Ronson to DJ to help save its ass -- but Sam won't do it, despite her ... uh ... relationship with Lindsay Lohan.
Rubyfruit tells the
New York Post it wanted Sam to spin at a benefit to help save it after 15 years. They were told it would cost $8K for the night plus travel expenses. But then they were told Sam "doesn't do gay and lesbian" clubs. "It's really like betraying her sisters," says a DJ for the club.
Sam's guy (her rep) says the story's "not true."
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Posted Sep 22nd 2008 12:05AM by TMZ Staff
Oprah Winfrey didn't have much use for the Emmys last night.
"You can expect me to do my part, and then I will be home to watch the rest of it in my pajamas before the next commercial break," she told reporters Saturday. Well, she might've done just that: After helping to open the show, she wasn't spotted the rest of the evening.
Barker "Doing Good" Says Dupri
Travis Barker is still in critical condition in a Georgia burn center after Friday night's plane crash, but one celeb pal says he's "doing good."
Jermaine Dupri -- Atlanta-based producer and Janet Jackson's BF-- visited Barker in the hospital on Sunday and tells Usmagazine.com he's "doing good" but the crash is "a seriously sad situation." Mandy Moore, DJ AM's ex-girlfriend, was also seen at the Still Burn Center yesterday.
Barker and AM are expected to make full recoveries.
Michael Uses AIDS Charity to Get Off
George Michael got off with a caution over the weekend after getting busted with crack and pot, but Brits are buzzing he only got off because he's a celeb.
The Sun reports Michael "tearfully begged" not to be charged, claiming his career would be ruined and his charity would lose $4 mil if he couldn't fly to an AIDS event in America. The story apparently convinced cops -- they let him off and, says the tab, even chauffeured him home.
George apologized to fans for his loo-ny behavior in a statement last night.
Party Favors: Neil Gets a Little Lighter ... Conan Cuts Out ... Kanye Lip-synchs to Kanye
"How I Met Your Mother" star Neil Patrick Harris was seen leaving a pre-Emmy gifting lounge at the Four Seasons hotel in Beverly Hills with "more bags then he can carry." The highlight of his swag spree was a pair of headphone made by Klipsch, billed as the world's lightest. Whatever that means ... Conan O'Brien was seen at Koi in West Hollywood just about an hour after losing the Emmy to Stephen Colbert. The Emmys were tough enough to watch on TV, can't blame the guy for bailing early on the live show ... Kanye West hit up the Comedy Central post-Emmy bash at STK in West Hollywood. When the Madonna song "Beat Goes On" came on, Kanye rapped along to his verse in the song, much to the delight to the other people at his table.
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Posted Sep 19th 2008 1:07AM by TMZ Staff
You may have heard two of Paris Hilton's precious dogs were mauled by a coyote.
Well, it's a bunch of dogs**t. They're very much alive, and in case you wondered, a rep for Hiltie tells People the heiress "had a doggie mansion built for them and it is very secured." Somehow, they found their way Wednesday into Paris' recording studio.
The Internet was on fire with reports about the dogs being dinner.
Greasy Greasing Pals for Cash
Brandon Davis isn't just oily –- he's greasing his friends out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
That's what the New York Post is reporting, alleging Greasy has racked up charges on friends' credit cards and bookie accounts -- but he's still in the hole, and isn't crawling out of it anytime soon. He's allegedly fleeced a Mellon heir for almost $200K, a student pal for $100K, and has "ten credit-card numbers he uses," none of which are his.
And how does Greasy get out of payback? "He starts crying and gets them to feel bad for him," says a source.
Anne's Ex –- The Assistant Did It
Despite reports Anne Hathaway had some hand in ratting out her ex-BF Raffaello Follieri to the Feds, it looks like an aide to the convicted con man did it.
As a federal affidavit demonstrated, a Follieri assistant told investigators about a safe where Raffa kept documents. The feds then seized the safe in his $37,000-per-month apartment. Follieri just pleaded guilty to fleecing investors out of $2 mil and will serve at least four years in the big house.
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Posted Sep 18th 2008 6:27AM by TMZ Staff
Sarah Palin's personal email account got hacked into yesterday, and today the McCain camp is hopping mad about it.
Maybe they're PO'd because Palin, as Gawker suggests, got caught doing Alaska state biz using a personal email address and not an official one ... which could violate laws about retaining emails. (Fun fact: Palin's hubby's handle of choice is FeK9Wnr -– which is short for Iron Dog Winner. You figure it out.)
The Secret Service has already asked for some of the email messages, but so far news orgs haven't complied.
Babs Changes Tune on Barack
Barbra Streisand had a moment of serious stage fright at that big Obama fund-raiser the other night, and it wasn't because she was scared to sing for B.
No, apparently she decided to ditch her usual songlist for something unusual, reports the Chicago Sun-Times, and she was worried about how it would go over. Babs passed over "People," for instance, in favor of "Make Someone Happy" and "My Shining Hour." Yentl thinks "Shining Hour" should be the theme song for the campaign.
Somebody Likes Jess Simpson's Croonin'
Unlikely, yes, but Jessica Simpson's album is actually topping the country charts.
"Do You Know" has debuted in the top position, even though concertgoers and reviewers from around the country have been slamming her country stylings left and right. Apparently enough people were curious or bamboozled to sell 65,000 copies of the album. And who knew that Jessica had released six albums.
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Posted Sep 17th 2008 6:15AM by TMZ Staff
Lindsay Lohan apparently wants to help get Barack Obama get elected: B-O is telling her thanks, but no thanks.
Lindz was so hyped to help Barack, she offered to host "a series of events" for younger voters, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. But, according to a source, the rehabbing freckled freak "is not exactly the kind of high-profile star who would be a positive for us."
Unlike Barbra Streisand, of course, who just helped Obama raise $9 mil ... in one night.
Palin –- The Pig Wears Valentino
Sarah Palin's just your average hockey mom –- in silk shantung Valentino.
The Veep-seeker splurged for a $2,500 jacket from Saks designed by the fashion legend for her big RNC speech, reports the New York Post. It was at the urging of a team of stylists Palin's peeps have been trying to keep under the radar, so as not to confuse her hockey-mom, moose-hunting image.
The Gov's running mate's wife Cindy McCain recently took some flak for wearing big bling on stage.
Jamie -– Foxx Hunting in Vegas
Jamie Foxx, as we've pointed out before, does two things: He wins Oscars, and macks on chicks. That's it.
More evidence? He spent the weekend with pretty much every hot blonde in Sin City. First, Stacy Keibler, who was "bent over his lap" at Lavo, with a full massage in effect, according to Rush & Molloy. Stacy wasn't overly impressed – she "wandered off, leaving Foxx alone."
Jamie then went after Ashley Scott -– no dice. And finally, a non-famous blonde back at Lavo was Jamie's prize after a serious grind on her bumper.
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