Posted May 9th 2008 12:31PM by TMZ Staff
Looks like R. Kelly will FINALLY face the music. His motion to continue his kiddie porn trial was just denied.
Kelly has gotten a string of continuances -- six years worth to be exact, which he toured and made a pile of cash. But now jury selection is scheduled for Monday. Have a nice weekend.
In the sex video, prosecutors say Kelly is peeing on an underage girl. Kelly has pleaded not guilty.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music
Posted May 6th 2008 5:10PM by TMZ Staff
Here's Cher (left) turning back time two years ago (when she was just 59-years-old) at an L.A. event -- and a Cher doll (right) at a Caesars Palace boutique in Vegas.
One of these is manufactured completely out of plastic.
We're just sayin'!
Filed under: Music, Beauty
Posted May 3rd 2008 12:21PM by TMZ Staff
Kanye West is back to blogging, and as always he's extremely humble! Also, today is backwards day.
West's "Glow in the Dark" tour got less than an A+ review from Entertainment Weekly, and the rapper took to blogging it out, letting the critic know they're full of it:" Yo, anybody that's not a fan; don't come to my show ... Ya'll rated my album s**tty and now ya'll come to the show and give it a B+. What's a B+ mean? I'm an extremist. It's either pass or fail! A+ or F-! You know what, f**k you and the whole f**king staff!!!" Ya gotta respect a man that prefers an F- over a B+! College dropout is right!
Kanye ends his blog with a classy, "Never come 2 one of my shows ever again, you're not invited and if you see me...BOW!!" Maybe EW can grade on a curve next time!
Filed under: Music, Wacky and Weird
Posted Apr 30th 2008 12:30PM by TMZ Staff
Keep the wet-naps ready -- it'll be hard to sympathy clap for Chris Sligh with hot sauce on your hands.
Sligh, the Muppet-haired "Idol" wannabeen from Season 6, will be giving mouthwatering performances Thursday through Sunday at ... wait for it ... three different Wild Wing Cafes in South Carolina!
Does that count as a tour?
Filed under: Music, American Idol
Posted Apr 29th 2008 11:44AM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has obtained the 40-year-old sex tape featuring Jimi Hendrix and two brunettes.....shot decades before sex tapes were all the rage.
The tape is up close, personal and raunchy. A rock 'n roll memorabilia collector found and sold it to Vivid Entertainment. Here's the deal, during the threesome, Hendrix loses his clothes but never sheds his legendary headband!
Filed under: Music
Posted Apr 28th 2008 4:58PM by TMZ Staff
Rock star Scott Weiland has just been sentenced to 192 hours in county jail for his November DUI arrest. This is Weiland's second DUI offense. He has until May 28 to serve the sentence.
Scott, who was not present in court today, entered a no contest plea through his attorney, Anthony Brooklier. The former Velvet Revolver singer was also ordered to complete an 18-month alcohol program and pay almost $2,000 in fines. He will be put on a four-year summary probation.
Weiland was charged with one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of alcohol with a prior conviction, and with an allegation that he refused a chemical test as required by law. We are told he was over the legal limit of .08%, but not by much.
According to the police report, he failed the field sobriety tests and refused to take a blood or urine test. He was booked for DUI and released on $40,000 bail.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music
Posted Apr 28th 2008 3:05PM by TMZ Staff
Film and television writer, producer and director J.J. Abrams (left) at the Hollywood Life Magazine's 10th Annual Young Hollywood Awards in L.A. on Sunday -- and Canadian singer/songwriter Kathryn Dawn Lang, aka k.d. Lang (right).
One of them released an album in 1997 called "Drag."
We're just sayin'!
Filed under: Music, We're Just Sayin'
Posted Apr 27th 2008 10:07AM by TMZ Staff
Fans at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Fl. were evacuated from last night's Bon Jovi concert because of a bomb threat. Don't worry -- Tico Torres and company are just fine.
Several bomb-sniffing dogs were sent in after police received a phone call threatening to blow up the arena with two bombs. After determining the threat was a hoax, fans were let back in at 9:30 for the show.
The state of New Jersey can rest easy.
Filed under: Music
Posted Apr 25th 2008 4:53PM by TMZ Staff
In the '70s, Alice Cooper (aka Vincent Furnier) became famous for songs likes "School's Out" and his creepy heavy metal theatrics. Guess what he looks like now!
Filed under: Music, Beauty, 'Memba Them?!
Posted Apr 24th 2008 5:30PM by TMZ Staff
The paparazzi are done being mad at Mariah Carey's ultra-diva antics -- now they're trying to get even.
Mimi's been unofficially placed on a paparazzi blacklist after breaking unwritten fame game rules at a CD signing event last week.
After Mariah showed up two hours late (bad), sprinted down the red carpet (even badder), and wore sunglasses on the red carpet (huge no-no), paparazzi nation decided to unofficially boycott the singer -- that means no pictures, no coverage, no love. Surely, she will plummet into obscurity.
We're hearing the photogs are planning to ignore the singer as long as it takes to prove their point ... or until Mariah wears another slutty outfit (tomorrow?).
Filed under: Music, Mariah Carey
Posted Apr 24th 2008 12:30PM by TMZ Staff
Rapper Snoop Dogg is one step closer to getting his UK visa. Fo' shizzle.
A British court has rejected the government's decision to deny Dogg a visa after he -- and his entourage -- were involved in a fight at Heathrow airport in 2006. Although Snoop and his posse were arrested for the brawl, judges said the gangsta rapper cooperated with the police and didn't retaliate during the altercation. He's a lover, not a fighter.
The British government has a week to appeal the court's decision.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music
Posted Apr 23rd 2008 7:58PM by TMZ Staff
Paramount Pictures is suing Mr. Soul Train -- Don Cornelius himself -- or at least, Don's production company.
TMZ obtained the lawsuit, filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, for $293,961.50, "for services, goods, and/or merchandise sold and delivered by plaintiff to defendants." The suit doesn't specify what the alleged debt is for, but "Soul Train" specials have been shot on the Paramount lot. We're told it is "Soul Train" related.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, TV, Music
Posted Apr 23rd 2008 11:58AM by TMZ Staff
British popmess Amy Winehouse completely out wrecked herself last night in England. Looks like that whole rehab thing really worked!
Anyone know where you can get a gurney and a conservatorship in Britain?
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Music, Natural Disasters, Nurse!, Amy Winehouse
Posted Apr 22nd 2008 5:03PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has learned Richie Sambora just plea bargained his DUI case. He pled no contest to driving with a blood alcohol level of .08 or higher. The driving under the influence charge was dismissed. And, prosecutors did NOT file child endangerment charges.
Sambora was popped for DUI last month. His 10-year-old daughter Ava was in the car at the time. We're told Sambora had a .13 blood alcohol level. Although the brass at the Laguna Beach Police Dept. recommended that prosecutors file child endangerment charges, we're told the rank and file cops felt the evidence didn't support the charge. Prosecutors agreed.
It's an interesting behind-the-scenes plea. Sambora got one of the most effective criminal defense lawyers in America on his side -- Blair Berk, who has repped scores of celebs, from Mel Gibson to Lindsay Lohan. The stars aligned in his favor, because prosecutor Dennis Conway is considered pretty fair and therefore didn't file child endangerment to get some PR. And Judge Craig Robison didn't do the whole "I'm so frickin' tough with celebrities" act.
Sambora will pay a $390 fine plus penalties -- total damage is around $1,600. He'll be placed on three years informal probation and must attend an alcohol education course. He cannot drink or do drugs during his probation.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music
Posted Apr 22nd 2008 2:45PM by TMZ Staff
Convicted female rapper Lil' Kim Remy Ma Foxy Brown has been freed -- and saved!
Just two days after being released from Rikers, a demure Foxy, decked out in a convent dress, ponytail and hearing aid, visited her newest hot spot on Sunday -- a NYC church.
Manicurists have mercy!
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Paparazzi Photo, Music
