Posted Feb 5th 2010 2:12PM by TMZ Staff
Charlie Sheen's car that went over a cliff this morning on Mulholland Drive was ready to drive ... because law enforcement tells us the key was in the ignition and the garage door at his home was open.
Charlie lives in a gated community where other residents sometimes leave their garage door open as well.
Our law enforcement sources say when they arrived at Charlie's home he looked fine and told cops he had no idea who heisted his ride.
Cops say other cars in the gated community were burglarized.
Filed under: Charlie Sheen, Ride Me
Tags: car, charlie sheen, CharlieSheen, mulholland drive, MulhollandDrive, stolen, stolen car, StolenCar
Posted Feb 5th 2010 10:06AM by TMZ Staff
Charlie Sheen got one hell of a wake up call this morning when an operator from an OnStar-like service called to inform him that his SUV had crashed.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Sheen got the call around 4AM when his remote diagnostics company received an alert that the car had been involved in a wreck and the airbags had deployed.
We're told Sheen alerted his security team who inspected the home and confirmed that the car had been stolen.
Cops later found the wrecked SUV 100 feet down Mulholland Drive.
We're told the L.A. Fire Department used an infrared scanner to search for any victims, but the search came up empty.
Cops are still hunting for a suspect.
Filed under: Charlie Sheen, Ride Me, Exclusives
Tags: car, charlie sheen, CharlieSheen, crash, Mulholland Drive, MulhollandDrive, onstar, stolen, suv
Posted Feb 5th 2010 9:08AM by TMZ Staff
Charlie Sheen reported his SUV was stolen this morning, and hours later it was found on its side at the bottom of an L.A. cliff near famous Mulholland Drive.
Law enforcement tells TMZ Sheen reported the truck stolen from his house early this AM. We do not know if Sheen knew the suspect.
Cops tell us the fire department is on scene, looking to see if there's a body near the wreckage.
The suspect is not in custody.
Police are investigating.
Filed under: Charlie Sheen, Ride Me, Exclusives
Tags: charlie sheen, CharlieSheen, crash, mulholland drive, MulhollandDrive, stolen, suv
Posted Feb 3rd 2010 5:00PM by TMZ Staff
Vanessa Hudgens endured a small personal tragedy earlier today -- she severely scratched up the front of her very expensive automobile.
It's unclear how the damage to the front passenger side of her new Audi occurred -- but the "High School Musical" star was seen waiting in a West Hollywood supermarket parking lot while a AAA employee helped her get back on the road.
Fortunately, she can probably afford the repair bill.
UPDATE: Vanessa's rep tells TMZ she only suffered a flat tire and was not involved in any sort of collision.
As for how the scratches occurred -- the rep says it's a mystery to him.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Ride Me
Tags: audi, car crash, CarCrash, crash, damage, photo, picture, vanessa hudgens, VanessaHudgens
Posted Jan 28th 2010 12:38PM by TMZ Staff
Renee Zellweger got nailed today in Pacific Palisades.
For some reason Renee was visiting Bradley Cooper's new house sometime before 9 AM. Bradley hasn't even moved in yet and he was nowhere in sight.
Renee parked her Prius on the street and got out. When she eventually returned to the car at 9, she opened the driver's door to get in, when an elderly woman in a BMW almost took Renee and the door out.
Renee was unscathed but her door got nailed.
Fifteen minutes later Bradley showed up and Renee hitched a ride.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Nurse!, Ride Me, Exclusives, Renee Zellweger
Tags: bradley cooper, BradleyCooper, car crash, CarCrash, pacific palisades, PacificPalisades, renee zellweger, ReneeZellweger
Posted Jan 22nd 2010 7:01AM by TMZ Staff
Shanna Moakler and Stephanie Pratt were involved in a $100,000 mix up last night -- when they somehow got into the wrong cars at an L.A. valet stand and unknowingly drove off with each other's rides.
The two reality stars, who have the same white BMW SUV, were given each other's vehicles at the valet at Voyeur nightclub -- but neither woman noticed the screw up until they were miles from the club.
You'd think Pratt (left) would have noticed the baby seat in the back -- oh wait, no you wouldn't.
The two solved the motor mix-up over Twitter and plan on meeting up to trade cars.
Filed under: Ride Me, Shanna Moakler
Tags: bmw, cars, shanna moakler, ShannaMoakler, stephanie pratt, StephaniePratt, suv, valet
Posted Jan 21st 2010 3:50PM by TMZ Staff
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson was involved in a two-car accident this week -- involving another one of his ridiculously awesome vehicles.
TMZ has learned Rampage was driving a new black Audi R8 -- valued at more than $100k -- home from the Audi dealership in Orange County, California on Tuesday when he was hit by a woman driving a very not expensive black car.
We're told Rampage was not injured in the wreck, but the back end of his badass ride suffered some pretty extensive -- and expensive -- damage.
Rampage tells TMZ police arrived on scene and cleared him of all wrongdoing. The UFC fighter added, "I am thankful and happy no one was hurt. I tried to make sure the elderly woman that hit my car was OK ... she didn't speak much English, but I could see she wasn't hurt in any way."
As for his own condition, Rampage said, "I am fine, the little old lady is fine, but my car got hurt, and for that I'm sad."
Filed under: Nurse!, Ride Me, Exclusives
Tags: car crash, CarCrash, photo, picture, rampage jackson, RampageJackson, ufc
Posted Jan 18th 2010 2:10PM by TMZ Staff
Character actor Ed Lauter wanted to drive home from a Golden Globes party over the weekend -- but security thought the slurring star had one too many drinks to get behind the wheel and stopped him cold.
Lauter was getting into his car outside Chateau Marmont when security intervened and told the guy to take a cab instead ... a suggestion he was none too happy with.
Though Ed kept saying he was "fine" and even dropped coach Larry Brown's name in an attempt to win points with the guard, he eventually relented -- and got a taxi.
Attempts to reach Ed for comment were unsuccessful.
Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Drunks, Ride Me
Tags: drink and drive, DrinkAndDrive, drinking, dui, ed lauter, EdLauter
Posted Jan 18th 2010 4:15AM by TMZ Staff
Paul McCartney needed a little help from his friends ... particularly the ones with jumper cables -- after his car engine died during a hiking trip in Santa Monica this weekend.
Paul and his GF Nancy Shevell didn't exactly wait around for AAA -- we're told the pair was immediately whisked away by his waiting security team, while one of his assistants set up the jump and drove the car home.
Ah, the problems of the rich and famous.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Ride Me
Tags: nancy chavell, NancyChavell, paul mccartney, PaulMccartney, the beatles, TheBeatles
Posted Jan 16th 2010 12:08AM by TMZ Staff
Table flipping Teresa Giudice from "Real Housewives of New Jersey" just got one-upped by her husband -- because he flipped an entire pickup truck.
We obtained this shocking photo of Giuseppe "Joe" Giudice's completely demolished vehicle -- taken after cops say he struck a pole early Thursday morning in Montville, NJ.
As we previously reported, Giudice was taken to the hospital after the accident ... where he was charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, careless driving, and failure to maintain a traffic lane.
Filed under: Nurse!, Ride Me, Real Housewives, Exclusives
Tags: accident, bravo, careless driving, CarelessDriving, drunk, DWI, guiseppe joe guidice, GuiseppeJoeGuidice, intoxicated, real housewives of new jersey, RealHousewivesOfNewJersey, reckless driving, RecklessDriving, teresa guidice, TeresaGuidice
Posted Jan 15th 2010 5:12AM by TMZ Staff
Dick Van Patten got into a pretty nasty car accident in Los Angeles the other day -- but was so determined to get to a horse race, he rolled out before exchanging info with the other driver!
TMZ has learned the "Eight is Enough" star t-boned another car in his BMW (top) in the San Fernando Valley Wednesday afternoon -- but after the run-in, he couldn't find the other driver ... so he took off to the Santa Anita race track.
Turns out the woman in the other car pulled into a nearby gas station and called the police -- who then couldn't locate Van Patten.
Luckily, Dick's son showed up and smoothed things out with the cops, who were thisclose to calling the situation a hit-and-run. Police later interviewed Dick, and decided not to file charges -- allowing the two drivers' insurance companies to take it from there.
Jeff Ballard, Dick's rep, tells TMZ, "The only time Dick Van Patten runs is down the stretch at the race track when his horses are winning."
FYI -- On Wednesday, Van Patten's horse lost.
Filed under: Ride Me, Exclusives
Tags: car accident, CarAccident, crash, Dick Van patten, DickVanPatten, eight is enough, EightIsEnough, horse race, HorseRace, race track, RaceTrack
Posted Jan 14th 2010 12:10AM by TMZ Staff
A likely sober Barron Hilton is back behind the wheel -- and he wasted no time getting his sick new $60,000 ride on the road.
As TMZ previously reported, Paris' younger bro was given a 2010 Mercedes E550 Coupe by his dad as a reward for getting his license back after his 2008 DUI bust -- and it was delivered Wednesday afternoon.
Within an hour of the car's delivery, Barron was already seen driving it -- with Rick riding shotty.
Best DUI gift EVER.
Filed under: Ride Me, Exclusives
Tags: barron hilton, BarronHilton, car, dui, mercedes, paris hilton, ParisHilton, rick hilton, RickHilton
Posted Jan 13th 2010 6:20AM by TMZ Staff
Barron Hilton has shown he's not to be trusted behind the wheel of a car -- but that didn't stop his dad from buying him a $60,000 ride as a reward for getting his license back after a DUI bust in 2008.
Hilton got his driver's license back Tuesday ... it was yanked after he pled no contest in 2008 to DUI in Malibu, where he allegedly hit a gas station employee with his car.
The 20-year-old went to the DMV and had to re-take his road test. We're told he was sober and he passed. His reward from pops -- a black 2010 Mercedes E550 Coupe.
It may seem like Barron is spoiled, until you realize ... his 15-year-old brother Conrad gets to drive dad's $200,000 Bentley. It's all relative.
Filed under: Ride Me, Exclusives
Tags: barron hilton, BarronHilton, dmv, drivers license, DriversLicense, dui, e350 coupe, E350Coupe, malibu, mercedes, mercedes-benz
