Posted Nov 4th 2009 12:50AM by TMZ Staff
Ryan Jenkins -- the reality show contestant who killed himself after he was accused of brutally murdering his wife -- was mocked ruthlessly on Halloween with a display featuring the actual coat rack he used to hang himself.
Sometime last month, the coat rack was removed from the Thunderbird Motel room where Jenkins hanged himself, after the room's new occupant complained that the rack creeped him out and he couldn't sleep.
The manager gave the rack to a friend of his -- a friend who decided it was the perfect decoration for his Halloween party.
The friend labeled the rack as "Ryan Jenkins' Last Stop" and we're told, shockingly, it was a huge hit at the party ... with several people taking morbid photos with it like it was the Lincoln Memorial.
FYI -- For those of you with an eye for detail, that IS the same air freshener hanging from the rack in both pics.
So the question remains...
Filed under: You Might Want to Rethink, Exclusives, Ryan Jenkins
Tags: coat rack, CoatRack, halloween, hanged, jasmine fiore, JasmineFiore, killer, murderer, ryan jenkins, RyanJenkins, spooky, suicide
Posted Oct 29th 2009 12:46PM by TMZ Staff
UPDATE: Swift's rep just put together this swift explanation for TMZ, "Taylor took pictures with about 100 people that night ... she doesn't know who this guy is and she didn't realize what was on his shirt."
What the heil was Taylor Swift thinking?
During Katy Perry's birthday party in West Hollywood last weekend, 19-year-old Swift put her arm around a guy wearing a Nazi swastika -- a symbol of hate, murder and evil -- and smiled for a photograph.
There are rumblings that the "JH" on Swift's shirt stands for "Jew Hater" -- but it seems more likely it stands for Julianne Hough due to the fact that Hough had a "TS" painted on her outfit ... most likely for Taylor Swift.
Filed under: You Might Want to Rethink, Taylor Swift
Tags: holocaust, katy perry, KatyPerry, nazi, swastika, swwatika, taylor swift, TaylorSwift
Posted Oct 25th 2009 10:30AM by TMZ Staff
A college football broadcast came to a screeching halt yesterday because of announcer Bob Griese -- after he verbally vomited a highly inappropriate comment about Colombian NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya.
During the Ohio State/Minnesota game, the NASCAR promotion turned nasty when broadcaster Chris Spielman asked where Montoya was in the standings ... then Griese let this gem fly: "He's out having a taco."
At the end of the game, Griese issued a bland apology, saying, "Juan Pablo Montoya, he's one of the best drivers in NASCAR, I just want to apologize for the comment that i made earlier in the ballgame."
Filed under: You Might Want to Rethink, Talk Sports
Tags: abc, bob griese, BobGriese, football, juan pablo montoya, JuanPabloMontoya
Posted Oct 24th 2009 9:00AM by TMZ Staff
Ambre Lake from "Rock of Love" turned heads on Wednesday when she took her shirt off for gay marriage in front of a Mormon temple in L.A. -- and the cops were forced to intervene.
Ambre taped her mouth, scribbled "Legalize Gay" across her stomach, and then whipped her top off on Santa Monica Boulevard ... in front of the second biggest Mormon temple on the planet -- and it was all for a photo shoot in protest of California's recent ban on gay marriage.
The topless display didn't last long though -- she was forced to cover up after a police officer approached very nicely and said, "You are causing a traffic hazard."
Filed under: You Might Want to Rethink
Tags: ambre lake, AmbreLake, gay marriage, GayMarriage, prop 8, Prop8, rock of love, RockOfLove
Posted Oct 21st 2009 3:18PM by TMZ Staff
Brandy continues to have car issues. This is her yesterday in L.A. -- illegally talking on a handheld cell phone while driving -- nearly three years after causing a fatal car crash on an L.A. freeway.
We assume she wasn't on the phone with Maria Shriver, who surely would have told Brandy about the consequences of driving while talking on a handheld.
Filed under: You Might Want to Rethink, Exclusives
Tags: brandy car accident, brandy car crash, brandy norwood, BrandyCarAccident, BrandyCarCrash, BrandyNorwood, cell phone, CellPhone, maria shriver, MariaShriver
Posted Oct 1st 2009 4:28PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ found another shot of that potentially panty-less pirouette-er from "So You Think You Can Dance" -- and now we agree with Nigel ... that there was just "a crease" in her flesh-colored unmentionables.
Glad we got to the bottom of that.
Filed under: TV, You Might Want to Rethink
Tags: naked, panties, so you think you can dance, SoYouThinkYouCanDance, underwear
Posted Sep 22nd 2009 1:00AM by TMZ Staff
Evidently, "90210" star AnnaLynne McCord likes to blow on camera.
Since March, it seems the 22-year-old has been giving photographers the ultimate kiss-off, striking the same exact "spontaneous" pose time after time ... after time.
Stars who don't keep things fresh often lose their appeal...
Filed under: You Might Want to Rethink, AnnaLynne McCord
Tags: 90210, AnnaLynne McCord, AnnalynneMccord
Posted Jul 21st 2009 1:55AM by TMZ Staff
Can you guess who showed off their pretty sunburst ink on South Beach?
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, You Might Want to Rethink, Hot Bodies
Tags: bad tattoo, BadTattoo, celebrity, celebrity gossip, celebrity tattoo, CelebrityGossip, CelebrityTattoo, gossip, photos, pictures, Whose belly tat, WhoseBellyTat
Posted Feb 26th 2009 3:45PM by TMZ Staff
Where's an extra purity ring when you need one?! The eldest member of America's favorite evangelical Christian dandy boy band, Kevin Jonas, was forced to use an unsanitary port-o-potty while out at a baseball field in L.A.
Luckily neither the pomade in his hair nor his skinny jeans were injured.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, You Might Want to Rethink, Jonas Bros.
Tags: Jonas Bros, JonasBros, Kevin Jonas, KevinJonas
Posted Feb 26th 2009 11:52AM by TMZ Staff
Move over, A-Roid -- Jewel has now taken your place as the face of cheating in pro sports. Alright, it's dancing ... but still.
Jewel took to her blog yesterday to announce she is battling tendonitis in her knee as she prepares for the upcoming season of "Dancing with the Stars." But Jewel, unlike seemingly every baseball player, openly admits she is taking steroids to help her stay healthy. She writes, "Hopefully these steroids will really do the trick and I can keep bad flare ups at a bay in the future."
It is unknown what ABC's policy is on performance-enhancing drugs in reality dance competition shows. Certainly if Jewel should go on to win, "DWTS" purists will call for an asterisk next to her name....
Filed under: TV, Music, You Might Want to Rethink, Talk Sports, Dancing with the Stars
Tags: Dancing with the Stars, DancingWithTheStars, DWTS, injuries, injury, Jewel, knee, steroids, tendonitis
Posted Feb 22nd 2009 12:12PM by TMZ Staff
File this in the category of "don't trust the flacks who shovel B.S. about their clients": Contrary to the lies we got a few days back that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has not committed to doing a movie with Sylvester Stallone ... Ahnold himself says he is.
The Guv was on George Stephanopoulos' show today, saying he will indeed support his bud by shooting a scene in Sly's movie, "The Expendables."
A few days ago, the Guv's media hack double-talked us and said the only plan the Governor had was to get the Caleeefornia budget passed -- that he knew nothing about a movie. It was so obvious he was lying, but that was his story.
Ditto Sly's rep, said nothing was solid about the Guv doing the movie, even though a rep for the movie's own executive producer told us he was doing a scene.
People were giving Arnold heat for leaving the State to do a movie. Clearly his reps felt they could lie about it until the budget was approved, as if the State is no longer in crisis.
How stupid do they think we are?
Filed under: Movies, You Might Want to Rethink, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Tags: Ahnuld, Arnold Schwarzenegger, ArnoldSchwarzenegger, california, George Stephanopoulos, GeorgeStephanopoulos, Governator, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, GovernorArnoldSchwarzenegger
Posted Feb 21st 2009 9:15AM by TMZ Staff
"Saturday Night Live" will not let a silly little beating stand in the way of what could be a rating's bonanza.
Kenan Thompson told Us Magazine Chris Brown is more than welcome on "SNL" anytime, saying, "We don't care about scandal. We just care about what brings us ratings! If we had them both on the show, that would be crazy."
But wait, there's more. Kenan says, "I know how women can get when you get a text message from another female, so I'm just saying -- you have to learn that you can't put your
hands on a female."
Kenan calls the whole Rihanna thing "an unfortunate situation."
There's a Latin phrase, res ipsa loquitur. Translation: The thing speaks for itself.
Filed under: TV, You Might Want to Rethink, Rihanna
Tags: chris brown, ChrisBrown, kenan thompson, KenanThompson, lorne michaels, LorneMichaels, performance, performing, rihanna, saturday night live, SaturdayNightLive
Posted Feb 4th 2009 2:54PM by TMZ Staff
Things got pretty racial pretty quick last night when some guy asked "Benjamin Button" star Taraji P. Henson for an autograph ... on a picture of the other African-American Best Supporting Actress nominee, Viola Davis, from "Doubt."
Filed under: Movies, You Might Want to Rethink
Tags: taraji p. henson, TarajiP.Henson, viola davis, ViolaDavis
