Posted Nov 18th 2008 3:30AM by TMZ Staff
The kid bro of "Dancing with the Stars" -- Cody Linley -- has gone from boy wonder to ... oh boy.
"Perhaps there was a touch of the diva there all the time," a show staffer tells the Chicago Sun-Times. "But it sure has come to the surface now -- in a major way. He's always whining about something or someone." As for reports of on-set boozing or happy hands, sources say it isn't so.
But resentment still lurks: "After working with him for a couple months, you learn he isn't sweet at all."
Filed under: Gossip/Rumors, Dancing with the Stars
Posted Nov 14th 2008 2:45PM by TMZ Staff
Britney Spears is talking to NBC about performing live at the Rockefeller Center tree lighting ceremony on December 3.
Our spies say the deal isn't sealed yet, but it's close.
Finally, in Britney's world, Blitzen is just a reindeer again.
Filed under: Gossip/Rumors, Britney Spears
Posted Nov 13th 2008 8:00AM by TMZ Staff
Brad Pitt allegedly was none too happy about Jen Aniston slamming his baby mama in Vogue mag.
The Chicago Sun-Times cites a "very close source" of Brangelina who says AJ and BP were "totally thrown" by the Aniston interview, in which she said Ange was "uncool" for yapping about the beginnings of Brangelina in public. So much so, a source tells the paper, Brad actually called Jen to complain.
Aniston's people say any communication between Brad and Jen is "nobody's business."
Filed under: Gossip/Rumors, Brad & Angelina
Posted Nov 13th 2008 2:05AM by TMZ Staff
Now that she's back to being just a housewife -- with a day job running Alaska -- Sarah Palin could be perfect for "Desperate Housewives."
A source tells the New York Post the creator of "DH" is "very hot to trot" to get Palin on the season finale of the show. "Marc [Cherry] is highly enamored of Sarah and sees her as the ultimate guest star," says the source. "The idea has gone over surprisingly well with execs at Disney."
Cherry himself declined to comment, and an ABC rep says there's "no truth" to the rumor.
Filed under: Gossip/Rumors
Posted Nov 10th 2008 5:09AM by TMZ Staff
What if a sublebrity's name got called in an airport -– and nobody cared?
Such was Lauren Conrad's conundrum the other day at JFK, when an airline attendant called out her name to direct her to a counter ... for a standby ticket. LC was none too pleased: She "pitched a fit," a spy tells the New York Post, "and was almost driven to tears because she thought people would start talking to her and bother her."
Ah, but: "No one even cared." The end.
Filed under: Gossip/Rumors, The Hills
Posted Nov 5th 2008 2:00AM by TMZ Staff
He didn't get close to the White House and now things are real stinky for John Edwards.
According to the New York Daily News, a poopy diaper snatched by a National Enquirer reporter from the Beverly Hilton could be the evidence that proves Edwards is the father of his mistress Rielle Hunter's baby. "All they need is a cup he drank from," says a source, to prove he's the baby daddy, which he's steadfastly denied.
In August, Edwards' former finance chairman admitted paying Hunter $15K a month. We can only speculate what the money was for.
Filed under: Gossip/Rumors, Prez Election 2008
Posted Oct 22nd 2008 12:17AM by TMZ Staff
George Clooney could have just about any woman in the world, but there is just something about Krista Allen he can't resist.
Or so say Rush & Molloy, who report "friends" of George say he's back with Allen, whom he dated from 2002-04. He moved on to Lisa Snowden (pretty brunette) and then Sarah Larson (pretty brunette), and now he's returned to ... yes, the pretty brunette.
Krista "admits she just can't get over him," says a pal. Reps were mum.
Filed under: Gossip/Rumors, George Clooney
Posted Oct 21st 2008 12:28AM by TMZ Staff
Blimey! Could Oprah Winfrey give up her post as Queen of All Media to be ... Barack Obama's British ambassador?
Yeah, we know it sounds ridiculous -– and the Financial Times admits it does, too –- but "well-placed sources" are floating the rumor. They argue since O's been such an ardent B.O. proponent, she could have her pick of plum embassy jobs.
The FT also says the smart money is on Caroline Kennedy, whose granddad also served in the post -- if ingloriously.
Filed under: Gossip/Rumors, Oprah, Prez Election 2008
Posted Oct 20th 2008 9:11AM by TMZ Staff
Travis Barker just can't break that Shanna Moakler spell. One of our staffers spotted them last night eating dinner together at an Italian restaurant in the San Fernando Valley, just days after he returned to L.A. Travis even took a picture with our dude.
Travis, who was limping badly, told us he's just happy to be alive after the plane crash. Shanna says she's been very emotional and "crying a lot."
You'll recall, last week Travis blogged that he hadn't seen Shanna since the week he checked into the hospital (September 20). For her part, last week Shanna not-so-cryptically said "With great tragedy comes great truths. These truths either bring people together or tear them apart."
Italian food apparently brings people together. When you're here, you're family.
Filed under: Gossip/Rumors
Posted Oct 17th 2008 1:00AM by TMZ Staff
It's a celebrity wedding with invited guests like Tom Brady and John Travolta, and Coldplay as the houseband. So which mega-couple is getting hitched? Sara Blakely and Jesse Itzler.
Um, who?
Blakely was the runner-up on the short-lived Richard Branson reality series, "The Rebel Billionaire." Jesse Itzler was once a rapper known as Jesse Jaymes. He had mild success with something called "Shake It (Like A White Girl)" -- he also wrote the New York Knicks theme song, "Go New York, Go!"
Both have gone on to have crazy success -- Blakely owns a women's undergarment company called SPANX and Itzler is Co-Founder and Vice-Chairman of Marquis Jet, a leading private jet company.
We're told their wedding, set to go down this Saturday in the posh Florida community of Boca Grande, will have 350+ guests. We hear they booked up nearly all the rental houses around town and reserved hundreds of golf carts -- because that's how they roll in Boca Grande.
Filed under: Gossip/Rumors, Wacky & Weird
Posted Oct 15th 2008 2:45AM by TMZ Staff
Janet Jackson has already bailed on ten concerts since Sept. 29, and now it looks like the rest of the dominoes could fall as well.
She's also going to pull out of shows in DC, Jersey, and Atlanta this week, reports the New York Post, and a source says Ms. Jackson "should cancel all her dates now." All the cancellations have been very last minute.
And there's still no official word from her reps on what's ailing JJ.
Filed under: Gossip/Rumors, Music
Posted Oct 14th 2008 8:00AM by TMZ Staff
Nothing like an Italian restaurant to clear the air. With all those rumors that there's trouble a brewin' in Avril Lavigne's marriage to her Sk8er Boi hubby, they made a pilgrimage to Madeo to show solidarity. You buyin' it?
Filed under: Gossip/Rumors
Posted Oct 6th 2008 7:58PM by TMZ Staff
So there's a rumor out there that Kim Kardashian may be back on "Dancing with the Stars" after Misty May tapped out with an Achilles tendon injury.
Here's what we know. Kim is flying back from New Orleans tomorrow. Our source in the know says she's coming home "to meet with ABC execs about her future with the show."
Here's the weird part: We're told KK's partner, Mark Ballas, has not been contacted about coming back.
Stay tuned ...
Filed under: Gossip/Rumors, Dancing with the Stars, Kim Kardashian
Posted Sep 27th 2008 10:00AM by TMZ Staff
After a family brawl left former WWE legend Ric Flair with a black eye and his daughter tased by police, wrestling blogs have been laying the Smackdown on TMZ.
Wrestling fans are buzzing that our stories put the kibosh on an endorsement The Nature Boy had with Coke. Whoa Nelly! Flair never had an endorsement with Coke -- at least that's what Flair's peeps say.
But think about Flair doing a concealer ad for Revlon. Now you're talkin ...
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Filed under: Gossip/Rumors, Talk Sports
Posted Sep 25th 2008 9:20AM by TMZ Staff
Miley Cyrus says she's not trying to get out of her "Hannah Montana" contract, notwithstanding our spies on the set -- who say she's been vocal about it. Our sources, as well as the Chicago Sun-Times, say Miley has been habitually late and has pissed off other cast members.
And speaking of pissed off ... we got her at Universal Studios Hollywood -- Disney will love that.
Filed under: Gossip/Rumors, Miley Cyrus
Cody Linley -- Cutie to Douchey on "DWTS"
