Check out the video -- Kendrick pulled up to his alma mater, Centennial High School in L.A. on Friday, where he shared a super sweet embrace with his former teacher ... who proudly told him how happy she was to see everything he’s accomplished.
Kendrick took his time chatting with her, listening closely as she explained her daughter actually convinced her to come to the event after hearing Kendrick would be there.
Investigators looking into the 1996 disappearance of California college student Kristin Smartsay they've found evidence of human remains on a property linked to her convicted killer.
This is a potentially huge deal ... because Kristin's body was never found.
She was declared legally dead in 2002, and Paul Flores -- who went to school with her and was the last person to see her alive -- was found guilty of first-degree murder 20 years later.
Investigators have been running soil tests on the home of Paul's mom, Susan Flores, for the past couple days ... and San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson told reporters they found compounds related to a human, decomposing body.
Jeffrey Epstein's brother says the disgraced financier didn't write the suicide note his former cellmate claims he did ... calling it a forgery.
Mark Epstein told Business Insider he's seen the note which a judge unsealed this week, and he's not buying it ... claiming it would be the "easiest f***ing thing" for a forger to whip up a fake one.
The note -- which his former cellmate Nicholas Tartaglione claims he found in a graphic novel after a July 2019 suicide attempt by Epstein, about a month before he died -- includes a line which reads, "Watcha want me to do -- Bust out cryin!!" seemingly a reference to "The Little Rascals." Jeffrey put a similar remark in emails he sent Mark and others.
Tyreek Hill is heading into the weekend with some weight off his shoulders -- the NFL superstar reached a settlement with the OnlyFans model who took him to court for a broken leg she suffered in 2023.
The free agent receiver was in the middle of a trial with Sophie Hall over a football training session gone wrong ... but it was announced Friday the two sides struck an agreement for an undisclosed amount to put the matter to rest once and for all.
As part of the deal, Hall agreed to dismiss her assault and battery claims ... and Hill settled the negligence claim.
Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix have officially cut the last string between them ... 'cause TMZ has learned their shared Los Angeles home has sold.
Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... the sale of the Valley Village farmhouse closed Friday ... with the former couple offloading it to new owners for $3.1 million.
Remember ... that's the price Tom swears he offered Ariana for the place ... but, she apparently didn't want to give it up to him. We told you last month the home was in escrow in an off-market deal.
Mother's Day is just around the corner, and Hollywood moms and their mini-mes are getting ready to celebrate ... so we're getting in the spirit by taking a look at our fave famous fams.
Erika Kirkis taking a walk down memory lane with her late husband, Charlie... posting an emotional tribute to their love story on their fifth wedding anniversary.
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Erika shared a deeply personal video montage Friday on X filled with family photos and intimate moments with Charlie ... pairing it with an audio track about their journey and the family they built together.
Take a look ... the tribute opens with a woman saying, "I want to show you some pictures of Mommy and Daddy and I want to tell you a story" ... before a child’s voice chimes in with a narration about "Mama and Dada" loving each other and wanting to build a family together.
Dorit Kemsley’s alleged texts to her estranged husband PK Kemsley about his new girlfriend were recently revealed in court docs from their messy divorce.
TMZ obtained the alleged messages, dated April 1, 2026, from "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star to PK, which reads “I don’t care that you have your girlfriend here. Haha she knows you have two children and an ex ex-wife. It’s OK I'm sure she can handle you being an adult and speaking to me even when she’s there.”
Dorit added, "You have to start being able to live an honest life. I thought you were finally ready to?”
Pooh Shiesty swears he's innocent in his federal kidnapping and robbery case involving Gucci Mane ... and he said as much in court.
The rapper was arraigned Friday in federal court in Dallas, Texas and pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him ... Pooh's lawyer, Kent Schaffer, tells TMZ.
As we reported ... federal prosecutors filed robbery and kidnapping charges against Pooh, his father, and 7 other defendants, claiming they robbed and kidnapped Gucci and others back in January inside a music studio in Dallas.
Katy Perry’s manager wants the disabled veteran -- who lost his fight against the singer over a Santa Barbara mansion he sold to her -- to cough up a 7-figure sum to cover her legal fees ... TMZ has learned.
According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, the lawyers for Katy’s longtime business manager, Bernie Gudvi, asked a judge to order Carl Westcott to pay more than $5 million in legal fees he racked up from 2020 to 2026.
Carl is an uber-successful businessman who sued to back out of the sale of his mansion to Katy. He claimed he was under the influence of painkillers from surgery when he executed the deal, but Katy refused to back out of the deal.
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin had a reunion of sorts this week ... all to celebrate their daughter's college graduation.
Apple got her diploma from Vanderbilt University in Nashville ... after majoring in law, history, and society. Smart (organic, gluten-free, grain-free, vegan) cookie!
The movie star and rocker share two kids ... Apple and her bro, Moses -- and the pair have said over the years they've maintained a friendly relationship since their split in 2014. Still ... it's rare to see them together out in public.
Hollywood got a full dose of chaos, comedy and freestyle bars when the TMZ Comedy Crawl tore through the city ... with Cat Celeading the charge from club to club.
Check it out ... the night kicked off with the Klein Boyz -- brothers Jeremyand Kyle-- jumping straight into rapid-fire freestyle rap ... pulling random topics out of thin air and turning them into punchlines on the spot. At first, the crowd didn’t totally know what hit ‘em ... but once people realized nothing was scripted, the energy ramped up fast.
Iyanna Dunnkept things rolling with stories about her childhood TV days ... reminding the crowd she got her start leading Nickelodeon's "Abby’s Friends" and weaving the throwback flex into her set.
Addison Rae's dad, Monty Lopez, accused his estranged wife of having a gun during a recent altercation, but now she's firing back and flatly denying the claim.
Kaitlyn Lopeztells TMZ ... she did not threaten anyone with a weapon as she speaks out publicly for the first time amid the escalating drama between the currently estranged couple.
"During an incident where law enforcement searched the residence, the situation escalated to the point where I felt like I was caught in something far more serious and dangerous than I ever understood," she tells us. "It felt unreal -- like I was suddenly in the middle of something much bigger than myself."
Jeremy Corbell is encouraged and optimistic about the first batch of alien and UFO files being released by the government ... he says the transparency here is a long time coming.
The UFO expert and filmmaker joined us Friday on "TMZ Live," and we asked him about the Pentagon releasing photos, videos and files on aliens and unidentified aerial phenomena.
Jeremy tells us the White House has told him more files will be released as part of a "slow burn" ... and he hopes that means they are easing people into the information. On the other hand, he says a slow rollout could mean President Trump didn't get the good stuff.
Todd Meadows -- the star of "Deadliest Catch" who died while filming Season 22 -- said fishing in Alaska was one of his "dreams" ... right before the tragedy that claimed his life.
Discovery Channel released a behind-the-scenes clip of Meadows on YouTube Friday ... in which he says it has "been one of my dreams and goals to make it up here. I’ve been to Alaska a few times, but never to fish, just to vacation and to hang out with family.”
He says he took the gig to teach his kids -- he was a father of three -- that if they work hard, they could achieve any goal they set their minds to.
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance pulled 128.2 million viewers -- but also garnered some intense backlash from people pissed off about the content of the performance.
TMZ obtained more than 2,000 complaints sent to the FCC following February's Super Bowl LX .... and more than 100 involved messages that the Puerto Rican superstar's performance was raunchy, full of dirty sex-talk, and all-around inappropriate.
Just check out some of the complaints in our gallery -- many people protested about his alleged gyrating ... with one viewer claiming they felt they were "forced to see a man's penis and balls." Others were peeved he grabbed his crotch, while another person complained dancers allegedly grabbed each other's breasts.
