Posted Aug 9th 2006 5:27PM by TMZ Staff
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Jay-Z boycotted premium champagne Cristal at his clubs after the brand's owner made some remarks he didn't like. Now the rap superstar has a new favorite drink: water.
Jay-Z, president of Def Jam Records, teamed up with the United Nations and MTV on Wednesday to get children involved in the fight against the worldwide water crisis. He cited statistics that 1.1 billion people live without clean drinking water and 2.6 billion lack proper sanitation.
"I figure that once I stumbled upon that, if the information was out and young people knew that these problems exist while we're having Poland Springs at Cipriani and things like that, that we'll get involved," said the 36-year-old rapper, referring to the high-class restaurant chain.
Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, said he had been looking for a way to help people, and when he visited Africa on tour he was struck at how many of the world's poor lacked such a basic necessity.
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Filed under: Music, Life Style
Tags: Jay-Z
Posted Jul 24th 2006 12:40PM by Celly
Are cats the new dog? Both Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie were recently seen buying cats in Hollywood within days of each other, which is sure to set a new kitty cat trend.
And speaking of copycats, Paris is currently out and about promoting her album that drops on August 22. Nicole has now announced to Scotland's Daily Record newspaper that she has 6 songs done on her new album and she'll be ready to rock when she has about 10 songs finished.
Meow! More claws yet to come out in the ever-present Nicole/Paris cat fight.
Filed under: Life Style, Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie
Posted Jul 20th 2006 1:03PM by TMZ Staff
Paris Hilton has flaws -- lots of them. She has spoken ill of others, she is too deep into vanity for my taste, she arguably parties way too much, she's a really bad driver, and on and on. But does that mean she deserves to die?
I'm stunned by how many people react to Paris the way they react to Al Qaeda. By the way, TMZ has probably done it's share to make her life miserable. We put the Brandon Davis video out to the world, and the car crash, and the other car crash, and the dancing, and the PDA's, and... you get the point. But really? Comment #100? Calling her a "stupid, ugly slut." You can do better than that.
And # 76, calling her a "dumpster for semen." True, she made a sex tape. But honestly, so what? I can tell you this, Rick Soloman bought a $3.5 million house off that tape, but there's never been evidence that she got any money or had anything to do with releasing it. So she made a tape with some guy she was with, does that make her a whore?
I think there's lot of fair criticism in the Paris Hilton department. And she brings a lot of it on herself by creating the Paris marketing machine which, by the way, has been incredibly successful. But with success come lumps, and she deserves to take those lumps. But isn't there a difference between Paris Hilton and the shoe bomber? Just because they have shoes in common doesn't make them one.
Filed under: Life Style, Paris Hilton, H-Wood
Tags: Paris Hilton, ParisHilton
Posted Jul 19th 2006 2:28PM by TMZ Staff
It appears as if A-list celebs with ripped bodies have been keeping a stay-fit secret from the masses.
The Powerplate is a vibrating machine that says it can give you the results of a 60-minute workout in only 15 minutes. Although the machine has been a well kept secret, many pro athletic teams, actors, and models have been sculpting their incredible bodies with the Powerplate, including Madonna, Ben Affleck, Heidi Klum, Shaquille O'Neal, George Clooney and Claudia Schiffer. Powerplate claims by doing a series of exercises on the machine, you too can get that toned celeb look in only 15 minutes a day, 3 days a week. The vibration gives muscles a high speed workout and the user can change the frequencies on the machine for different intensity levels to increase strength, flexibility, range of motion, and bone density.
This kind of fitness does have its price though, and it ain't cheap. The large Powerplate goes for $9,250 and the personal Powerplate goes for $3,500.
Filed under: Beauty, Life Style
Tags: Madonna Ben Affleck Heidi Klum Claudia Shiffer George Clooney Sh, MadonnaBenAffleckHeidiKlumClaudiaShifferGeorgeClooneyShaquilO'ne
Posted Jun 10th 2006 4:16PM by TMZ Staff
The eldest Hilton sister and her mother Kathy were both sighted at The Hollywood Museum the other day. Of course, they weren't there trying to soak up anything intellectual, instead they were being honored as 'Idols of Gay Hollywood.'
Since the two were the Grand Marshalls of LA Gay Pride last year, the outfits they wore will be included in an exhibit on the gay pride movement, along with those of other gay icons like Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Bette Davis, and Joan Crawford.
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Filed under: Fashion Police, Life Style, Paris Hilton
Tags: Kathy Hilton, KathyHilton, LA Gay Pride, LaGayPride, The Hollywood Museum, TheHollywoodMuseum
Posted Jun 9th 2006 4:32PM by TMZ Staff
A-List celebs are usually shopaholics - buying everything in sight. It takes certain control to walk out of a store with only one item in your shopping bag when you have such deep pockets.
Christina Aguilera, Nicole Richie and Kristen Bell have exercised this control recently by only getting that ONE must-have item during their shopping excursions.
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Filed under: Life Style, Nicole Richie, Christina Aguilera
Tags: Christina Aguilera, ChristinaAguilera, Fashion, kristin bell, KristinBell, nicole richie, NicoleRichie
Posted Jun 8th 2006 7:30PM by TMZ Staff
Dave Navarro says he and wife Carmen Electra are open to having children -- once they have the time.
Navarro,
celebrating his 39th birthday at the Roxy in LA performing with his new band, says he and Electra won't rule out babies, but says, "With our schedules the way they are, it's very difficult to plan something like that ...We're just open."
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Filed under: Gossip/Rumors, Life Style, Kids, Carmen Electra
Tags: Carmen Electra, CarmenElectra, Dave Navarro, DaveNavarro
Posted Jun 6th 2006 11:00AM by TMZ Staff
Kristin Cavallari went from being your average high school senior to break out star on the hit MTV reality series 'Laguna Beach.' And by average we mean rich, spoiled and gorgeous!
Cavallari's on the cover of all the weekly mags, rumored to be dating some of Hollywood's most eligible bachelors, plastered on billboards for Bongo Jeans and starring in the upcoming thriller 'Fingerprints.'
TMZ just had to ask what is it about Cavallari that has put Hollywood under her spell?
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Filed under: Fashion Police, Beauty, Life Style, Kristin Cavallari
Tags: Bongo, kristin cavallari, KristinCavallari
Posted Jun 5th 2006 12:24PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ chatted with some famous faces to find out what hidden talents and secrets they would reveal.
Who would have known a certain rockstar just can't get enough American Idol, or that a blond bombshell would rather ride a dirt bike and go camping then wear makeup.
Check out all the unknown celebrity secrets!
Filed under: TV, Music, Life Style
Tags: anthrax, bai ling, BaiLing, evan seinfeld, EvanSeinfeld, jaime pressly, JaimePressly, jillian barberie, JillianBarberie, natsha henstridge, NatshaHenstridge, pat o'brien, PatO'brien, scott ian, ScottIan, Taryn Manning, TarynManning, tera patrick, TeraPatrick
Posted Jun 2nd 2006 6:19PM by TMZ Staff
She's got a CD that's about to turn six-times platinum, a summer-long tour and a new marketing deal, but there's one thing Kelly Clarkson doesn't have -- a love life.
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Filed under: Music, Life Style
Tags: Addicted, American Idol, AmericanIdol, Breakaway, Kelly Clarkson, KellyClarkson, love life, LoveLife, Thankful
Posted Jun 2nd 2006 4:42PM by TMZ Staff
Although the two are involved in a nasty split, Denise Richards still has one piece of Charlie Sheen with her at all time -- his name! Richards was spotted in Calabasas with Charlie's name still tattooed on the inside of her left ankle.
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Filed under: Life Style, Denise Richards, Dirty Divorces
Tags: Charlie Sheen, CharlieSheen, Christopher Knight, ChristopherKnight, Denise Richards, DeniseRichards, Dr. TATTOFF, Dr.Tattoff, James Morel, JamesMorel, Peter Brady, PeterBrady, tatoo, tatoo removal, TatooRemoval
Posted May 23rd 2006 4:58PM by TMZ Staff
Kiefer could almost pass for '24'.
Filed under: Life Style
Tags: Kiefer Sutherland, KieferSutherland
