Posted Jun 24th 2009 12:10PM by TMZ Staff
The new Bravo show "NYC Prep" has got New York's real gossip girls and guys quaking in their Gucci loafers.
The show mimics "Gossip Girl" ... with a healthy dose of drugs and sex. Two of the show's stars, recent Dwight School grads "PC" Peterson and Jessie Leavitt, went on the air yakking about booze, sex, and smoking up -- and that was just the first episode.
The Dwight School is apparently panicked that other students will appear in similar shows exhibiting similar debauchery. So they sent a letter to the student body and alums, expressing a "zero tolerance." But the letter is so confusing, it's not clear if school honchos mean a zero tolerance for drugs and sex or a zero tolerance for appearing on reality shows.
The school is also concerned about perpetuating stereotypes. Hmmm ... spoiled rich kids screwing up. Is it a stereotype if it's true?
Filed under: Reality TV, The Rich Life
Tags: bravo, dwight school, DwightSchool, gossip girl, GossipGirl, jessie leavitt, JessieLeavitt, pc peterson, PcPeterson
Posted Apr 14th 2009 1:40PM by TMZ Staff
Ruth Madoff visited her embezzler husband Bernie Madoff at a federal correction center in Manhattan yesterday and left carrying a bag of money. Score!
Bernie has been incarcerated for over a month and is so good at what he does, looks like he's even swindling his fellow crooks. Now that's a professional!
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, The Rich Life
Tags: Bernie Madoff, BernieMadoff, embezzlement, jail, money bag, MoneyBag, ponzi scheme, PonziScheme, prison, Ruth Madoff, RuthMadoff
Posted Apr 10th 2009 3:00PM by TMZ Staff
Ahoy matey! Check out Johnny Depp's own personal Black Pearl, a luxury yacht called the Vajoliroja.
Named for the first letters of the names of his family (longtime GF Vanessa, Johnny, daughter Lily Rose and son Jack), Vajoliroja -- which includes a crew of seven -- is anchored off the coast of Puerto Rico while JD makes his latest flick in the area.
Eat your heart out, Jack Sparrow!
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Johnny Depp, The Rich Life
Tags: caribbean, jack sparrow, JackSparrow, Johnny Depp, JohnnyDepp, pirates, pirates of the caribbean, pirates of the carribean, PiratesOfTheCaribbean, PiratesOfTheCarribean, Puerto Rico, PuertoRico, Vajoliroja, yacht
Posted Apr 9th 2009 12:42PM by TMZ Staff
Check out all that plush gray hair on celebuchef Paula Deen ... and her 'do looks great too!
Animals were probably harmed in the making of this picture.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Critters, The Rich Life
Tags: animal, animals, celebrity chef, celebrity chef earnings, celebrity chefs, CelebrityChef, CelebrityChefEarnings, CelebrityChefs, celebuchef, chinchilla, cooking, food, food netowrk, food network, FoodNetowrk, FoodNetwork, fur, Paula Deen, PaulaDean, PaulaDeen, PETA
Posted Mar 10th 2009 12:25PM by TMZ Staff
How much is that baby daddy in the window?
No, Larry Birkhead didn't get a job, he just jokingly got into the window of an L.A. store on Monday.
Anna Nicole's millions are recession-proof.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Anna Nicole Smith, The Rich Life
Tags: Dannielynn, Larry Birkhead, LarryBirkhead
Posted Feb 22nd 2009 11:29AM by TMZ Staff
Check out David and Victoria Beckham's sons playing b-ball. Romeo and Cruz use their bodyguard as a human basketball hoop. It's nice to know they have so much money they can pay people to stand still.
Filed under: Kids, Becks & Posh, The Rich Life
Tags: becks, david beckham, DavidBeckham, galaxy, kids, posh, victoria beckham, VictoriaBeckham
Posted Feb 18th 2009 8:45AM by TMZ Staff
Relax. The headline is just a Marie Antoinette thing, because last night Sean Young bragged she hadn't invested in the stock market, so ... "I'm so rich now and everybody is just like, just dying."
In her defense, she is clearly doing a lot to stimulate the liquor industry.
Filed under: The Rich Life
Tags: bailout, economy, sean young, SeanYoung, stimulus, stock market, StockMarket
Posted Feb 17th 2009 3:30AM by TMZ Staff
The stock and housing markets have crashed, people are losing jobs by the thousands everyday. But now there is an undeniable marker of hard times: Part of The Donald has gone belly up.
Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. filed for Chapter 11 this AM in a New Jersey bankruptcy court. The company had until today to reach an agreement with bond holders to restructure $1.25 billion in debt.
D.T. resigned from the board on Friday.
Filed under: The Rich Life
Tags: bankrupt, bankruptcy, Chapter 11, Chapter11, Donald Trump, DonaldTrump, The Donald, TheDonald, Trump Entertainment Resorts, TrumpEntertainmentResorts
Posted Feb 5th 2009 12:30PM by TMZ Staff
"What the hell is this and how did it get in here?!"
Diddy's wallet manager is about to get fired for allowing this rogue bill past security.
It's all about the Benjamins, not the Washingtons!
Filed under: Music, The Rich Life
Tags: Diddy
Posted Jan 30th 2009 3:41PM by TMZ Staff
Financially-challenged stars MC Hammer & Ed McMahon are finally making bank ... pimpin' for Cash4Gold.com during the Super Bowl.
The cash-strapped duo will appear in a Super Bowl spot showing peeps how they can make ends meet by selling some of their mama's gold, silver and platinum bling for dollas.
U can't touch this, but you can sell it!
Filed under: Talk Sports, The Rich Life
Tags: Ed McMahon, EdMcmahon, Mchammer
Posted Jan 30th 2009 12:33PM by TMZ Staff
The dude's hair already looks like a million bucks -- and now the evil game show host from "Slumdog Millionaire" is making sure everybody in Hollywood knows he's frickin' rich, bitches.
Anil Kapoor -- aka Indian Regis -- was on a mission to flex his wallet last night, rollin' up to the most expensive Chinese restaurant in town ... in the most expensive car in town -- a sick Rolls Royce Phantom.
Total cost for the evening -- five billion dollars.
Filed under: Wacky & Weird, The Rich Life
Tags: anil kapoor, AnilKapoor
Posted Jan 13th 2009 6:55PM by TMZ Staff
The White House private quarters will be gussied up by interior designer Michael Smith. The dude has decorated the homes of Steven Spielberg, Dustin Hoffman and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Smith is big into antiques that feel "airy and family friendly" -- whatever that means.
So look at the gallery and tell us....
Filed under: The Rich Life, Photo Galleries, Politix
Tags: Inauguration, Michael Smith, MichaelSmith, White House, WhiteHouse
Posted Jan 10th 2009 2:00PM by TMZ Staff
There was a time you could score some tickets to Obama's Inaugural parade for just $25-a-pop -- but that was before the scalpers descended.
Loads of the 5,000 available bleacher seat tickets are being re-sold for ten times their $25 dollar ticket price. Some scalpers have even reported pulling in $600 per ticket.
Obama's camp is against the scalping -- but unfortunately the practice is legal.
Filed under: The Rich Life, Politix
Tags: Barack Obama, BarackObama, Inauguration, scalpers
Posted Jan 9th 2009 1:30AM by TMZ Staff
One of the most hoity-toity hotels in all of Washington DC is taking its rich and famous guests by the throat -- with a guy whose only job will be tying bowties for the fashionably defunct.
Starting next Friday, the Mandarin Oriental will have a full-time "bowtie butler" on staff to help any wannabe Tucker Carlson with all their neckwear needs. No clip-ons please! The service is complimentary for hotel guests and available until the night of the inauguration.
Unfortunately, after the 20th, fellow Americans, you're all on your own.
Filed under: The Rich Life, Politix
Tags: Inauguration, Mandarin Oriental, MandarinOriental
Posted Dec 24th 2008 8:00AM by TMZ Staff
Nicole Kidman is getting the serious stink-eye from her rich neighbors in a Sydney marina because she's left a big one in the water -- her yacht.
Nicole sold her apartment in fancy Walsh Bay and was supposed to take her boat, named Hokulani, when she moved. But a year later it's still there, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. The owners Nic left behind want it gone.
Some of them are bellyaching that Kidman is getting special treatment, and that she should have been fined.
A "rep" tells the SMH the boat will be moved next week.
Filed under: Nicole Kidman, The Rich Life
Tags: boat, neighbor, Nicole Kidman, NicoleKidman, Sydney, yacht
