Awards / Awards Shows

Hollywood's biggest stars were shining bright for the 2025 Governors Awards ... with A-listers flooding the red carpet to show off their best looks -- including Sydney Sweeney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Austin Butler, and many more.

The 16th installment of the awards show went down Sunday night at Hollywood’s Ray Dolby Ballroom ... and the fashion did not disappoint.

Ariana Grande is fully embracing the "Wicked" spirit ... stunning in an elegant "Glinda Pink" Dior gown, while her costar Cynthia Erivo made a bold statement in a striking Givenchy look.

Billy Bob Thornton is doubling down on his crusade against passionate speeches at award shows ... he says winners shouldn't be getting political or pushing causes they care about.

We got the "Landman" star in New York City on Tuesday and our photog asked him about something he said to Joe Rogan the other day.

Billy Bob told Joe about award show speeches, "Don't go up there and talk about saving the badgers in Wisconsin or something, you know what I'm saying?"

The 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees are leading the charge at tonight's ceremony ... with OutKast, Cyndi Lauper and more ready to bring the house down!

The ceremony's just kicked off at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles ... and, the night's guests of honor looked ready for their moment in the spotlight on the red carpet -- with Lauper blowing a kiss to photogs while André 3000 and Big Boi threw up peace signs to acknowledge onlookers.

Jack White, Salt-N-Pepa, Bad Company, Chubby Checker and Soundgarden are among the other inductees ... and, while Soundgarden's lead singer Chris Cornell passed away a few years ago, his kids Lillian, Chris and Toni did show up to represent him.

Robert Englund got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame ... and the dude totally paid spooky homage to the horror character he made an icon.

Here's the deal ... Englund was honored with a star on freakin' Halloween for his decades in the biz ... scaring the hell out of us as the nightmare-stalking serial killer, Freddy Krueger.

And Englund made sure to give Freddy his due ... sporting the trademark knife-claw glove!

Pharrell Williams says he'd be extremely grateful if Clipse's comeback album, "Let God Sort Em Out," won a Grammy -- unlike that ingrate Kanye West, who pissed on his award!!!

In a new interview with Billboard, Pharrell gushed over the acclaimed project that he, Pusha T and Malice pieced together in July, while aspiring for the VA-bred collective to take the center stage at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards next year.

And like Pusha T did during the album's rollout, Pharrell couldn't resist taking a swipe at Ye all the same.

Roxana Zal -- the youngest-ever Emmy winner, making history at the 1984 awards ceremony at age 14 -- couldn't be happier for first-time winner and history-maker himself, Owen Cooper, for his award at Sunday night's Emmys at just 15 years old.

Roxana tells us she was "blown away" by his "brilliant and truly mesmerizing performance" in "Adolescence" ... and she was rooting for him to win last night.

She shares how it’s such an incredible moment to see Cooper join the history books as the youngest male Emmy winner -- she knows how life-changing and surreal this recognition can feel -- and she couldn’t be happier for him.

Tony Todd's widow is once again beside herself, saying her late husband still isn't getting the recognition he deserves ... this time snubbed from the Emmys "In Memoriam" segment Sunday night.

Fatima Cortez Todd -- Tony's wife of 39 years -- tells TMZ ... she let out a deep sigh while watching the tribute, admitting it left her feeling hurt.

Considering Tony racked up roles on popular TV shows like "The Young and the Restless," "Hawaii Five-O," and "Matlock" ... Fatima feels like that should've warranted his inclusion.

Taylor Swift and Beyoncé are both on the hunt for their 31st career MTV Video Music Award ... and this year they're both nominated in the same category ... and a win by either would break a tie.

Here's the deal ... Taylor and Beyoncé are both sitting on 30 MTV VMAs ... and they're up for Artist of the Year. It's the only nomination for either singer.

The category also features Bad Bunny, Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, Morgan Wallen and The Weeknd ... so Taylor and Beyoncé are competing with some heavy hitters and huge acts in their own right.

Donald Trump says his longtime ally Rudy Giuliani has earned the Presidential Medal of Freedom ... while the latter recovers from a horrific car accident.

POTUS announced the news on Truth Social Monday ... calling Rudy the greatest mayor in the history of New York City and "an equally great American Patriot."

He says more details are to come, and he thanks people for their time and attention ... before finishing off the post with a hearty "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!"

The VMAs just dropped their lineup and it’s stacked -- but one fresh face is already making noise ... Sombr, who's got fans buzzing about a possible Addison Rae VMA cameo.

We caught up with the Billboard Hot 100 star at LAX on Monday, where he admitted he's still pinching himself over hitting the same stage as music's biggest names ... and on top of that, he's up for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Artist!

Of course, we had to ask about Addison ... and Sombr, who's new album "Called I Barely Know Her drops Friday, couldn't hide a sly smile before shutting it down, pointing out the pop princess is busy on tour. Still, the pause said it all -- maybe fans shouldn't give up hope just yet.

BET Networks has decided to suspend both its Hip Hop and Soul Train Awards as the streaming era surges -- an act of racially-divided gentrification in Fat Joe's eyes!!!

Fat Joe hosted the BET Hip Hop Awards for the past 3 years, and he didn't bite his tongue discussing his newfound job opening slot with Jadakiss on their podcast.

The way Joe sees things, BET's decline started all the way back in 2001 when Robert Johnson sold the network to Viacom for $3 billion.

Britney Spears will not be performing at this year's MTV Video Music Awards, despite a wave of online rumors ... TMZ has learned.

Sources with direct knowledge tell us Britney won't be hitting the stage at this year's VMAs -- not for a 10 minute set or any performance at all -- despite viral fan theories claiming she was secretly planning a surprise return, even bringing her son Jayden along for the big night.

The speculation kicked off after several Britney fan accounts teased a possible comeback performance, with some even claiming she'd be doing a medley of hits in a primetime slot.

Kendrick Lamar pushed his "Not Like Us" Drake diss to the forefront during his Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show in February -- and he's being honored for the performance with a pair of Emmy nominations!!!

On Tuesday, Kendrick earned 2025 Emmy Award noms for Outstanding Music Direction and Outstanding Variety Special (Live).

His performance in Apple Music's big set spliced together cultural innuendos, a PlayStation controller, women's jeans, and Samuel L. Jackson and Serena Williams ... 133.5 million viewers said it was one for the history books!!!

The Florida Panthers are gonna need sunglasses and Advil on Friday ... 'cause they partied their asses off to celebrate winning the Stanley Cup -- with a night out in Miami filled with fine dining and drinking!!

TMZ Sports has obtained footage of the whole victory tour ... which started off with a feast at new hot spot Maple & Ash, where the jocks chowed down on all the oysters, dry-aged meatballs, bluefin tuna tartare, bone-in ribeye, Mediterranean branzino and lobster spaghetti they could stomach.

Of course, the dudes in attendance -- Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk, Sam Reinhart, Sam Bennett, Aaron Ekblad, Niko Mikkola, Nate Schmidt, Carter Verhaeghe, Anton Lundellm and Sergei Bobrovsky to name a few -- were also offered plenty of wine and champagne to wash it down -- even taking swigs from the Cup.

Social media had a field day with Bow Wow during the performance of his cutesy classic "Like You" at the 2025 BET Awards last night -- the duet turned into a solo because Ciara was M-I-A onstage!!!

TMZ Hip Hop caught up with Bow Wow outside the Peacock Theater right after the awards ... the rap star started to blame himself for not having Ciara at his side, but tells us it was BET who didn't get their talent ducks in a row!!!

Fans were confused and cracked jokes ... the elephant in the room is they're former flames and now that she's married to Russell Wilson, such a performance is beneath her.