A private jet reportedly crashed in North Carolina Thursday morning, leaving multiple people dead.
According to local news station WBTV, the plane -- a Cessna C550 -- exploded in a massive fireball after crashing at Statesville Regional Airport, about 50 miles north of Charlotte.
The FAA confirmed the plane went down while attempting to land at approximately 10:20 AM ET.
Business records indicate the jet was owned by a company affiliated with retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, WBTV reports.
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The woman made famous in a drunken San Francisco restaurant fiasco put up one helluva fight with staff before getting face-planted ... and she's only 5 feet tall, new dispatch audio reveals.
TMZ just obtained the audio from Broadcastify, which gives another window into what happened Saturday night ... when Shireen Afkari got into a battle with workers at Patxi's Pizza. Video gone viral shows a wasted Afkari getting tossed out of the joint with her boyfriend.
NEW: Drunk female customer attacks bar staff outside trendy San Francisco restaurant co-owned by celebrity chef Joey Altman
The unidentified couple had been cut off for being drunk and rude
In the audio, the dispatcher describes Afkari as a 5-foot-tall woman in her late 20s or early 30s, trying to get physical with the bar staff. But, as you know from the video, Afkari didn't "try" to get physical -- the pint-sized patron went all WWE on the workers, even pulling the hair of one employee.
''Teen Mom'' alum Jenelle Evans is basically a brand-new woman -- and we mean literally -- after undergoing a full-blown mommy makeover, with her before-and-after pics showing a jaw-dropping transformation.
Check it out ... just days before her 34th birthday, JE debuted her bangin' new bod, and we’re breaking down everything she had done -- starting with a full boob overhaul, swapping in some 400cc silicone implants.
Jenelle’s boob upgrade was paired with a full tummy tuck, repairing post-pregnancy abdominal muscle separation ... and docs also removed a whopping 4.8 pounds of excess skin to give her a snatched, sculpted waistline.
Either Jack didn't hear us, or he chose to stay positive and give us one of his favorites instead ... because he launches into the song with his usual enthusiasm and projection.
Wiz Khalifa is facing a potential 9-month stint in Romanian prison for weed ... but he's hoping to find an alternate solution to a definitive sentence just handed down by that country's government!!!
Thursday, Romania's Constanța Court of Appeal upheld an appeal filed by DIICOT Constanța Territorial Service -- a prosecutor's office in the country -- to sentence the "Young, Wild & Free" rapper to 9 months ... despite a previous citation that only fined him 3,000 lei -- roughly $700 USD.
Kanye West Posts Video of Bianca Censori Naked in Bathtub on Her Birthday
Bianca jumped out of her 20s and into a bathtub -- completely nude -- for her 30th birthday.
The black-and-white video, taken by husband Kanye, came just before the two reportedly split for a brief couple of months.
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Katy Perry & Justin Trudeau Seen on Dinner Date in Montreal
Before officially confirming their romance, the pop star and former Canadian Prime Minister were seen dining together at swanky Montreal hotspot Le Violon.
Nick Reinerdid NOT get booted from his parents' house the night before Rob and Michele Reiner were murdered in the Brentwood home where they lived with their son ... TMZ has learned.
There has been speculation online Rob kicked Nick out of the house Saturday night after returning from Conan O'Brien's Christmas party.
A source with direct knowledge tells TMZ, Nick left on his own accord. We do not know the circumstances under which Nick decided to leave. TMZ broke the story he and Rob got into a heated argument at Conan's party ... but it’s unclear if the exchange continued back at the Reiner residence.
Our sources confirm … Nick was not mentally sound in the period of time leading up to the murders. A source with direct knowledge tells TMZ … Nick's mental instability went beyond consuming illegal substances. We're told prescription drugs "messed with his head."
Kristin Cabot-- one half of the couple who went viral on social media this summer when they were caught getting cozy at a Coldplay concert -- has confirmed she and ex-Astronomer CEOAndy Byronare not dating ... and she blames the whole fiasco on alcohol.
The former "chief people officer" for Astronomer opened up about the life-changing ordeal in an interview with The New York Times published Thursday ... she confirmed she is not dating Byron. In fact, they barely have any contact at all. She reasoned ... "Speaking with each other was going to make it too hard for everyone to move on and heal."
Cabot told the NYT she understands she made a choice -- an alcohol-fueled one -- that has now impacted her career. She explained ... "I made a bad decision and had a couple of High Noons and danced and acted inappropriately with my boss. And it’s not nothing. And I took accountability, and I gave up my career for that. That’s the price I chose to pay."
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However, as she and her loved ones -- including her minor kids -- continue to heal from the traumatizing publicity, she is speaking out because she doesn't want her silence to become acceptance, noting ... "I want my kids to know that you can make mistakes, and you can really screw up. But you don’t have to be threatened to be killed for them."
Joran van der Sloot -- the man who confessed to killing Natalee Holloway after her 2005 disappearance -- reportedly tried to commit suicide in prison Saturday.
According to Peruvian news outlet La Republica ... Joran -- who is incarcerated at the maximum security Challapalca Prison -- was found hanging from a strip of blanket in his cell while guards were distributing breakfast.
The 38-year-old Dutch national was reportedly taken to the infirmary, where he was nursed back to stable condition.
According to the outlet, officials said the manner in which guards found Joran "suggested a possible suicide attempt."
Sherrone Moore's actual mugshot, a week after a fake photo circulated around social media, has finally been released by authorities ... showing the former head coach at Michigan in a seemingly emotionless state.
The photo, snapped by the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office after he was arrested on home invasion, stalking, and breaking and entering charges, shows Moore, rockin' a black shirt, looking tired and detached.
The 39-year-old coach was taken into custody last Wednesday.
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He went before a judge for the first time on Friday, where officials claimed he was involved in a relationship with a UM staffer for years, which turned ugly when the woman ended things, and Moore lost his job.
AEW Star MJF made his surprise return to the ring Wednesday night across the pond in England ... and not only did it shake up the championship scene -- but it also sent the internet ablaze when he compared a wrestler to Diddy.
The former AEW World Champion looked like he hadn't lost a step in the three months he was away from the company ... and unfortunately for Swerve Strickland, he found himself right in his crosshairs.
MJF JUST SAID SWERVE REMINDS HIM OF DIDDY???????????#AEWDynamite
"You really remind me a lot of this famous musician," MJF said. "You guys have a lot in common. You both call yourself moguls, you both rock chains, you both rock way too much baby oil and you're both dogsh*t rappers."
It was at that moment that the crowd realized where he was going.
Jane's Addiction is through ... with the band announcing they're done playing together after an onstage argument turned physical last year.
A statement was posted to the band's Instagram page Wednesday ... which seeks to further explain the immediate aftermath of the brawl between Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro in September 2024.
The band acknowledges members made "inaccurate statements" about Farrell's mental health at the time and apologizes to him ... before revealing the band recently reconvened in order to resolve their differences.
John Travolta and his late wife, Kelly Preston, had three children together ... but their youngest kid is biologically a Presley ... this according to a bombshell legal document.
Priscilla Presley's former business partner, Brigitte Kruse, is currently suing Priscilla's son, Navarone Garcia, for breach of contract ... but what's way more interesting in new legal docs filed in the case is that Kruse alleges John and Kelly used Riley Keough's eggs to give birth to their son, Ben.
In the papers, Kruse alleges Michael Lockwood -- Lisa Marie Presley's ex-husband -- told her Kelly had been unable to bear her own children. Kruse claims John and Kelly previously used Lisa Marie’s eggs to get pregnant ... but they no longer wanted Lisa's eggs because they did not want “eggs with heroin" on them.
It's unclear whether Lisa Marie's eggs ever produced a child.
However, Kruse claims a deal was orchestrated where Riley -- one of Lisa Marie's daughters -- gave her eggs to Travolta, so that Kelly could give birth to Ben, who is 15 now. Kruse claims Riley was given an old Jaguar and paid between $10,000 - $20,000 for the deal.
The heartbreak over Rob Reiner and his wife Michele's tragic deaths is felt far and wide, as is the appreciation for his impact on the entertainment industry ... and Tisha Campbell tells us Rob played a huge role in helping push her career forward.
We caught up with Tisha in NYC Wednesday, and she told us Rob helped kick off her career, as the first person to cast her in a comedy.
