"I'm 57, how much longer can I be a sex symbol? If people think I still look good, well, that's because I have a lot of plastic surgery." Richard Gere jokes about his age-defying good looks.


Ving Rhames was "stunned" when he read that his caretaker had been mauled to death by his dogs, because the employee had looked after the animals for years.


One of the greatest comic minds of his generation, Rowan Atkinson is best known for his unforgettable characters and inventive physical humor. Now, the star of "Blackadder," Mr. Bean, and other television and film gems, performs his world-famous sketches and rare standup comedy routines in front of a live audience in Rowan Atkinson Live!"


A judge has permanently blocked the sale of master recordings made by former Sun Records artists including Johnny Cash Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis, it was announced on Thursday.


BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Hollywood stars fondly remembered Merv Griffin at his funeral Friday, including Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger who credited the creator of ''Jeopardy!'' and ''Wheel of Fortune'' with jump starting his own acting career.


Illusionist Criss Angel has dismissed reports he's romantically involved with Britney Spears insisting he has been working with the pop superstar on her upcoming MTV Video Music Awards performance.


Mandy Moore is planning a move to France so she can lead a peaceful life where she is unknown. The star likes the idea of learning another language and hopes to make France her new home sooner rather than later.


Filed under: Let's Get This Party Started TMZ's favorite mindfreak Criss Angel tells People that he is not hooking up with Britney, insisting he was just helping her plan for a possible performance at the upcoming VMAs. Shazaam! "We were talking about how she wants to do something more with...
David Hasselhoff and Pamela Bach attended an event together in L.A. last night - and it wasn't a court hearing! The feuding former couple put their differences aside (by avoiding each other) for one night as they showed up to watch daughter Haley...
Filed under: Hot Bodies Rumer Willis eat your heart out! Finally some proof that hot celebrities have hot children!A.J. Lamas, son of "Falcon Crest" hunk Lorenzo Lamas, was spotted by TMZ cameras at Venice Beach on Thursday, showing off his killer bod as he walked around...
Filed under: Train Wrecks, Wacky and Weird Thanks to Bobby Trendy, nipple shots have officially jumped the shark.TMZ caught the taffeta lovin' Anna Nicole Smith hanger on, sporting one of his "original" designs outside a fashion show at the Highlands. Spotting the camera -- and a chance for...
Filed under: Celebs Caught on Tape Brad Garrett bitch slapped a TMZ photog after confusing him with another photog who called him a racist. Bad Garrett!...
AP - Hollywood stars fondly remembered Merv Griffin at his funeral Friday, including Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger who credited the creator of "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune" with jump starting his own acting career.
From our friends at Bricks and Stones...   Ryan Phillippe hasn’t exactly offered a warm welcome to ex Reese Witherspoon’s off-again, on-again guy, Jake Gyllenhaal, 26. “Ryan is pissed about Jake,” a Phillippe insider tells Us Weekly, adding that Phillippe, 32, told Witherspoon, 31, “he didn’t want ‘that guy’ around their kids [son Deacon, 3, and daughter Ava, 7] and then made some crude Brokeback Mountain remark.” However, a Gyllenspoon source tells Us that “Reese doesn’t have Jake spend the night when the kids are around.” And though the actor may be angry that Witherspoon is moving on, his feelings for Aussie...

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From Celebrity Warship...   Paris Hilton’s clothing line, “Heiress,” made it’s debut her at Kitston yesterday. For reasons I’m not entirely sure of, fans lined up around the Los Angeles block to catch a glimpse of Paris and her tacky sequin minidress, which also came in children’s sizes, in case you’re interested in whoring up your kiddos. Inside the store, Hilton was all smiles. “It’s a dream come true to have my own clothing line,” she said. “It’s just Paris style: fun, bright and flashy.” The collection, which Hilton described as “really comfortable” and “really affordable,” includes...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man who died at the home of action star Ving Rhames most likely did not die from bites from Rhames' dogs, county coroner's officials said Friday.


NEW YORK (AP) - Method Man is going back to school. As part of a plea deal reached following a marijuana arrest earlier this year, the hip-hop star was ordered to visit 15 city high schools to warn students about the dangers of drugs.


NEW YORK (AP) - ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart '' whose phony news coverage has long included phony ''remotes'' from war-torn Iraq, will be reporting from Iraq for real next week.


RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Uncle Kracker, a former disc jockey for Kid Rock was released on $75,000 bond following his arrest early Friday on a second-degree sex offense charge.


A judge has permanently blocked the sale of master recordings made by former Sun Records artists including Johnny Cash CARL PERKINS and JERRY LEE LEWIS, it was announced on Thursday (16Aug07).The ruling was made by a federal judge in Chicago, Illinois on 23 July (07) after Sun Entertainment, which used to be Sun Records, took
Veteran jazz trumpeter HERB POMEROY has died after a long battle with cancer.He was 77.Born Irving Herbert Pomeroy III in Augustus, Georgia, he passed away at his home in Gloucester, Massachusetts on Saturday (11Aug07).Best known for playing with jazz greats including Charlie Parker, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins and Stan Kenton, Pomeroy also backed Frank Sinatra
MOTLEY CRUE rocker NIKKI SIXX was so infuriated when a bottle of urine was thrown at singer Vince Neil during a gig, he punched the fan responsible backstage after the show.Wildman Sixx stopped the concert and asked the audience to point out the person who threw the bottle, then arranged for security to allow the
Rapper Kanye West has ditched the idea of multiple costume changes at the MTV Video Music Awards next month (Sep07) - he plans to wear the same outfit and "stink" like a rock star instead.West has five nominations and wants to dazzle the Las Vegas awards ceremony with just one, well-selected set of clothes.He tells
LATEST: Actor Ving Rhames was "stunned" when he read that his caretaker had been mauled to death by his dogs, because the employee had looked after the animals for years.Jacob Adams, 40, was pronounced dead in front of Rhames’ Brentwood, California home earlier this month (Aug07). He was first thought to be the victim of
Illusionist CRISS ANGEL has dismissed reports he’s romantically involved with BRITNEY SPEARS, insisting he has been working with the pop superstar on her upcoming MTV Video Music Awards performance.Angel, who recently dated Cameron Diaz was spotted having dinner with Spears in Hollywood on Wednesday (15Aug07) night, before the pair headed into a nearby hotel.But Angel
A filmmaker is suing Hollywood star David Arquette and his company Coquette Productions Inc. for copyright infringement.Legal papers filed by screenwriter Fritz Junker in Los Angeles on Thursday (16Aug07) claim recent movie The Tripper, which Arquette wrote, directed and starred in, ripped off the 2002 film The Truth About Beef Jerky.The lawsuit states: "A reasonable
Actress Brooke Shields has blamed the legal troubles of stars such as LINDSAY LOHAN, PARIS HILTON and NICOLE RICHIE on bad parenting.Shields, who has two children and admits she’s a strict parent, believes Hollywood’s young celebrities would be better behaved if their mothers had brought them up properly.The former child star says, "I think a
LATEST: Ving Rhames is planning to relocate his dogs, who were recently reported to have mauled his caretaker to death, to a friend’s estate in Canada - because keeping the animals in his care would leave him vulnerable to lawsuits.The Pulp Fiction star’s caretaker and friend Jacob Adams, 40, died in front of Rhames’ Brentwood,
American actress/singer Mandy Moore is planning a move to France so she can lead a peaceful life where she is unknown.The License To Wed star likes the idea of learning another language and hopes to make France her new home sooner rather than later.She says, "I want to live in France and learn to speak
Actress Jessica Biel has again quashed speculation she’s hoping to wed her new boyfriend JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, insisting the "paperwork of marriage" is not for her.The 25-year-old is unsure if she ever wants to walk down the aisle.She says, "I don’t feel the need to settle down right now. And if I do meet somebody, I
AFP - A Ferrari once owned and raced by "King of Cool" Steve McQueen has sold at auction in California for just over 2.3 million dollars, auction house Christie's said Friday.
AP - Lindsay Lohan estranged parents settled their long-simmering divorce Friday, winning praise from the judge who presided over their case.
AP - Steven Seagal wants an apology from federal investigators he says wrongly implicated him in a plot to scare a journalist who was working on a story about the actor's possible ties to organized crime.
Reuters - Steven Seagal whose action movies once were major box-office attractions, believes false allegations by FBI agents ruined his career, the Los Angeles Times reported on Friday.
Reuters - Hundreds of friends, family members and dignitaries gathered in Beverly Hills on Friday to mourn the death of entertainer Merv Griffin, including California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and former first lady Nancy Reagan.
AP - A man who died at the home of action star Ving Rhames most likely did not die from bites from Rhames' dogs, county coroner's officials said Friday. Jacob Adams, 40, was living on Rhames' Brentwood property as a caretaker for the actor's dogs when he was bitten Aug. 3, police said.
AP - "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart " whose phony news coverage has long included phony "remotes" from war-torn Iraq, will be reporting from Iraq for real next week.
AP - Uncle Kracker, a former disc jockey for Kid Rock was released on $75,000 bond following his arrest early Friday on a second-degree sex offense charge. Authorities said Kracker was arrested after a 26-year-old woman alleged that a man had committed a sexual act against her at the Ess Lounge, a downtown nightclub.
AP - Method Man is going back to school. As part of a plea deal reached following a marijuana arrest earlier this year, the hip-hop star was ordered to visit 15 city high schools to warn students about the dangers of drugs.
AP - Ethan Hawke whose split from Uma Thurman caused a tabloid frenzy, says being part of a celebrity couple can be hard on the ego.
Lily Allen battle to renew her U.S. visa has forced her to cancel a series of concerts next month. The singer was allowed to enter the country earlier this month, but officials refused to renew her visa, reportedly because of her assault on a photographer earlier this year.


Julia Stiles has vowed to keep her private life out of the media because she believes the attention would damage her credibility. Unlike many other young actresses, Stiles has managed to grow up in the public eye without her social life being splashed across the tabloids.


NEW YORK (AP) - Ethan Hawke whose split from Uma Thurman caused a tabloid frenzy, says being part of a celebrity couple can be hard on the ego.


MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - Lindsay Lohan estranged parents settled their long-simmering divorce Friday, winning praise from the judge who presided over their case.


LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jamie Foxx will play a brilliant but mentally troubled musician in a movie based on the true-life friendship between Skid Row prodigy Nathaniel Anthony Ayers and Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez.


Steven Seagal is seeking an apology from the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI), for allegedly harming his career by implicating he hired a private detective to intimidate journalists from writing unflattering stories about him.


Tom Cruise film fortunes have just been given a big boost - bosses financial firm Merrill Lynch have handed over $500 million to the movie star's United Artists company.


British pop star Lily Allen has found an ingenious new way to avoid the paparazzi - getting her friends to carry her out of a nightclub in a huge plastic bag.


CNN host Larry King is slated to be among the guest stars in the season finale of TNT's hit series "The Closer." The episode will also feature Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez of California, as well as author and Court TV personality Dominick Dunne and Court TV legal analyst Rikki Klieman.


Music mogul Damon Dash has cashed in on his Los Angeles villa for a bank account boosting $3.6 million. The hip hop entrepreneur and his wife Rachel Roy have barely used the pad since it was built in 1999 and spend almost all their time in New York City.


Wrestler-turned-reality TV star Hulk Hogan Miami Beach, Florida home has been burgled. Thieves reportedly stole $100,000 worth of jewelery after breaking into the star's family home on Thursday night.


American Idol winner Jordin Sparks has signed to Britney Spears record label Jive. The teenager - the TV talent show's youngest winner ever - has become the first Idol winner to join the label. Her first single, Tattoo, will be released at the end of August, and her debut album is slated for a November release.


Matt Damon is keen to revisit the Bourne film franchise - in a decade. The actor has played on-the-run assassin Jason Bourne in three hit action movies, and isn't ruling out a fourth film.


Studio bosses have unwittingly placed a giant 50-foot-tall poster for Matt Damon latest movie The Bourne Ultimatum on the side of the actor's apartment building in New York City.


Ozzy Osbourne Ozzfest tour has been hit with tragedy after two fans were killed during Thursday night's show in New Jersey. According to reports, both deaths were alcohol and drug-related.


Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger has ditched her toyboy lover, Talan Torriero, because she hasn't got time for romance. The sexy Don't Cha singer, 29, and Laguna Beach star Torriero, 20, have been an item since the reality TV star split from former fiancee Kimberly Stewart last year.


One of the undisputed legends of Country Music, Reba McEntire has sold more than 60 million records in a career that spans three decades, 29 albums, 33 No. 1 singles, 15 American Music Awards, 12 Academy of Country Music Awards,


Eddie Murphy is threatening legal action against his former Spice Girl lover Melanie Brown and demanding she stop talking about him. Murph says she is disseminating "disparaging, negative and defamatory statements" to the media about him, and making "unreasonable extortionate demands" regarding the care of their daughter Angel Iris.
Lauren Conrad feud with fellow "The Hills" star and former-BFF, Heidi Montag, is still going strong, but Conrad says she misses her friend - sometimes.

"I miss her personality ? because she is not the same person anymore," Conrad told Ryan Seacrest on his radio show. "I was best friends with her for two years and now I feel like I don't even know the same person anymore."
Jessica Biel will be giving fans an eyeful of what she looks without a stitch of clothing when she bares all in her new movie 'Powder Blue'.

 

The actress, according to Us Weekly, has agreed to show off her assets in the movie, in which she stars alongside Forest Whitaker and Ray Liotta.

 

She will be playing a "stripper trying to earn money to raise her terminally ill son."

 

And, she's even signed a contract that states the bare minimum that she will be showing off.

 

"(She) signed a contract that explicitly details the bare minimum fans will see - including shots of her breasts and butt," New York Post quoted a source, as telling the mag.

 

Biel in the meantime, has also admitted that she is dreading posing in the buff.

She revealed that what made the prospect all the more daunting was the possibility that the footage could end up on the internet, and be available for the whole world to see unedited.

"It definitely feels vulnerable to be naked in front of anybody let alone a film crew. And it's scary because of the internet - you don't know where it's going to end up. It's a moment that could be exploited," she added.
Filed under: Wacky and Weird Ever wonder where Reverend Al Sharpton got that silvery sleek, decidedly un-nappy coiffure? The good Rev. tells TMZ that it was an edict from none other than music legend James Brown and that he's keeping the coiffure to honor the late Godfather of...
Filed under: Celebrity Feuds Read Lauren Conrad's freshly-glossed lips: No singing from me.Demonstrating Socratic volumes of self-awareness and spewing more than a little betch-venom Heidi Montag way, L.C. tells In Touch magazine, "I promise you: I'll never release an album!"...
Filed under: Train Wrecks Cancelled performances be damned - a girl's gotta get her beer on!Gamey Amy took a break from her Essex rehab facility yesterday to pop down to London and, according to reports, get some beverage refreshment at not one, but two pubs. She's...
Filed under: Wacky and Weird "Dancing with the Stars" loser Ian Ziering is a couple of inner thigh calluses away from starring in "Wild Hogs 2: Worse than the First." The 43-year-old polka-pusher left Les Deux last night and hopped on his monstrous motorcycle, which looks as...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Britney Spears TMZ has learned famed divorce lawyer Laura Wasser wants to quit Brit.Sources connected to her divorce case tell us Wasser is about to resign as Spears' attorney. The disso-queen, who has repped scores of stars including Angelina Jolie and Nick...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Movies TMZ has just learned that actor/producer David Arquette and his company, Coquette Productions, Inc. are being sued for copyright infringement.In the lawsuit, filed yesterday in Federal court, Fritz Junker is accusing Arquette's movie, "The Tripper,"...
Filed under: Wacky and Weird Ladies and gentlemen, boys and (underage) girls....the wait is over!The Independent Film Channel finally released the next ten chapters for R. Kelly "Trapped in the Closet" video series -- and, ever the shameless self-promotionalist, R. Kelly ..
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, TV, Music Three-nippled Brit songstress Lily Allen probably won't be able to do the MTV Video Music awards in a few weeks, but TMZ has learned it's not because MTV pulled her from the show, as recent rumors suggest.A source close to the show tells us that the...
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Paris Hilton Some photogs go to serious lengths to get their shot. Others, like this degenerate, just take the lowest road possible, literally.Paris strolled through a parking lot with the usual retinue of snapperazzi, but most of them, with the exception of this...
Filed under: Gossip/Rumors, Britney Spears Britney Spears and mindfreak Criss Angel went into the W Hotel in Westwood last night around 3:00 AM -- and didn't emerge until this early morning. *shuddering at the thoughtThis is the second night in a row we've spotted the unusual duo at a hotel...
Julia Stiles has vowed to keep her private life out of the media, because she believes the attention would damage her credibility.Unlike many other young actresses, Stiles has managed to grow up in the public eye without her social life being splashed across the tabloids.She says, "I live in New York and have my fair
Matt Damon has laughed off claims his training for the BOURNE left him with a deadly weapon for a body.The actor learned a number of combat skills for the films, including the Israeli martial art Krav Maga - but he insists his teaching only touched the surface.Damon says, "I learned just enough to avoid getting
Matt Damon is keen to revisit the BOURNE film franchise - in a decade.The actor has played on-the-run assassin Jason Bourne in three hit action movies, and isn’t ruling out a fourth film.He says, "If (director) Paul Greengrass calls me in 10 years and says, `I have a way to bring him (Bourne) back,’ well,
Pussycat Dolls star NICOLE SCHERZINGER has ditched her toyboy lover, TALAN TORRIERO, because she hasn’t got time for romance.The sexy Don’t Cha singer, 29, and Laguna Beach star Torriero, 20, have been an item since the reality TV star split from former fiancee Kimberly Stewart last year (06).But Scherzinger has ended the romance because she’s
LATEST: The judge at the Phil Spector murder trial has ruled the jury can ponder the implications of defence misconduct when they decide the music producer’s fate.On Tuesday (14Aug07), Judge Larry Paul Fidler ruled - with the jury not in the Los Angeles court - that the defence violated evidence regulations when criminologist Dr. Michael
Music mogul Damon Dash has cashed in on his Los Angeles villa for a bank account boosting $3.6 million (£1.8 million).The hip hop entrepreneur and his wife Rachel Roy have barely used the pad since it was built in 1999 and spend almost all their time in New York City.The Spanish-style property includes four bedrooms,
Actor Steven Seagal is seeking an apology from the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI), for allegedly harming his career by implicating he hired a private detective to intimidate journalists from writing unflattering stories about him.The 56-year-old has made 12 movies since 2001’s Exit Wounds - all have been released directly onto DVD, bypassing cinemas, and
Wrestler-turned-reality TV star HULK HOGAN’s Miami Beach, Florida home has been burgled.Thieves reportedly stole $100,000 (£50,000) worth of jewellery after breaking into the star’s family home on Thursday night (16Aug07).Hogan and his family are currently in the middle of moving house.Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)
Controversial Bollywood star Salman Khan used his star power to avoid a legal hassle in a recent bicycle accident.The actor rode his bicycle into a car in Juhu, India, but used his charm to escape a fine and possible legal action.The owner of the car was more than a little upset upon inspecting the dent
ETHAN HAWKE’s marriage to Uma Thurman floundered when her career took off and his began to fail, the actor has confessed.The pair ended their six year marriage in 2004, when Thurman’s career was on the rise and Hawke’s was beginning to wane.Speaking on U.S. talk show Sunday Morning Shootout - due to air this weekend
AMERICAN IDOL winner JORDIN SPARKS has signed to BRITNEY SPEARS’ record label Jive.The teenager - the TV talent show’s youngest winner ever - has become the first Idol winner to join the label.Her first single, Tattoo, will be released at the end of August (07), and her debut album is slated for a November (07)
British pop star Lily Allen has found an ingenious new way to avoid the paparazzi - getting her friends to carry her out of a nightclub in a huge plastic bag.The singer stunned partygoers and photographers outside the hotspot Punk when she emerged, being hauled by three friends submerged in a Habitat shopping bag.The pals