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Posted Sep 3rd 2009 9:59PM by TMZ Staff
UPDATE 8:10 PM PT: The Jackson family has arrived -- only an hour and ten minutes late.
Rest in peace, Michael Jackson.
UPDATE 8:00 PM PT: The Jackson family has still not arrived ... the service was scheduled to begin an hour ago. Some of the guests arrived around 6:30.
UPDATE: Lisa Marie Presley -- Michael's ex-wife -- just arrived. Corey Feldman is there too.
The star-studded crowd is arriving at Michael Jackson's funeral -- Liz Taylor, Barry Bonds, Macaulay Culkin, Mila Kunis, Chris Tucker, Al Sharpton and more...
Meanwhile, the family has still not left their Encino compound.
Does the fashionably late rule apply to a funeral?!
Filed under: Michael Jackson, Photo Galleries
Tags: al sharpton, AlSharpton, chris tucker, ChrisTucker, corey feldman, CoreyFeldman, elizabeth taylor, ElizabethTaylor
Posted Jul 28th 2009 12:01AM by TMZ Staff
California's $31 billion debt crisis is all Chris Tucker's fault -- at least some of it is. Records show the actor owes Cali over $3 million worth of back taxes.
According to The Detroit News, the state filed a $3,594,409 lien against Tucker on June 24 -- four years worth of unpaid taxes.
Tucker better watch out -- or Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will come after him with his giant budget slashing hunting knife.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: california taxes, chris tucker, ChrisTucker
Posted May 27th 2009 12:00PM by TMZ Staff
Shaq invited him to play basketball in his private gym, Usher took him to an NBA playoff game, Bow Wow even helped him shoot a YouTube video -- seems like Chris Brown is finally out of celebrity exile.
At first it was hard to find a celebrity who would take a stand on the incident at all, but now -- just three months after he allegedly beat the crap out of Rihanna -- he's back in the "in-crowd," like the whole thing never happened. He's even dropping an album.
We don't expect Chris is gonna have a sit-down dinner with Jay-Z any time soon... but at this point, would you really be surprised?
Filed under: Talk Sports, Shaq Attack, Chris Brown
Tags: chris brown, chris tucker, ChrisBrown, ChrisTucker, rihanna, shaq, shaquille oneal, ShaquilleOneal
Posted Nov 5th 2007 3:22PM by TMZ Staff
Reformed playboy and newlywed Usher hosted a fundraiser to support Katrina victims at club LAX at Luxor in Las Vegas this weekend. Hurricane shots on the house!
Playas on hand to punch up the night included; music legend Quincy Jones, R&B superstars Jon B and Babyface, Doug E Fresh and Chris Tucker.
Tucker showcased his, er, vocal stylings to some Jackson Five. Easy as ABC! TMZ recently caught Chris out with Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie -- could a possible album be in the works? Let's hope not. But anything's better than another "Rush Hour" sequel.
Filed under: Hot Vegas, Usher
Tags: chris tucker, ChrisTucker, quincy jones, QuincyJones, usher
Posted Oct 31st 2007 5:15AM by TMZ Staff
After a post-dancing shopping trip to her new favorite store in the Valley -- named Index -- Lindsay Lohan emerged to the usual paparazzi crush, this time congratulated by a photog for her sobriety.
Also in L.A. -- Lionel Richie, Clive Davis and Chris Tucker having a power dinner at Orso, Mario Lopez getting swarmed on Robertson Blvd., and Cheryl Burke dressed-like-a-granny, and Elisha Cuthbert at Hyde.
In New York -- Mario Batali rocked his orange Crocs at a basketball court, Diddy and Busta Rhymes enjoyed themselves at Butter, Aretha Franklin went geisha outside Trump Towers, and Robin Thicke got a horrendous curbside serenade of his own song.
All this and more in today's "Sobriety Rules" edition of Star Catcher.
Filed under: Star Catcher, Lindsay Lohan
Tags: aretha franklin, ArethaFranklin, busta rhymes, BustaRhymes, chris tucker, ChrisTucker, clive davis, CliveDavis, diddy, lindsay lohan, LindsayLohan, lionel richie, LionelRichie, mario batali, MarioBatali, robin thicke, RobinThicke
Posted Feb 5th 2007 12:43PM by TMZ Staff
Chris Tucker was caught doing his best Michael Jackson impression while shooting scenes for "Rush Hour 3" in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday.
While shooting continues today, the squeaky-voiced funnyman gets to enjoy the beautiful L.A. weather, while office workers in the area aren't so lucky; some won't be allowed to leave their buildings all day!
Tucker is making a cool $25 million on this film, guaranteeing an extra-squeaky performance.
Filed under: Movies, Wacky & Weird
Tags: Chris Tucker, ChrisTucker, dancing, downtown los angeles, DowntownLosAngeles, la, michael jackson, MichaelJackson, Rush Hour 3, RushHour3, silly
Posted Nov 15th 2006 9:46AM by TMZ Staff
Is Justin Guarini related to any celebrities? --Amy
Amy, get ready for a schooling in Justin Guarini! Justin's father, Eldrin Bell, has a first cousin named LaTanya Richardson, an actress who is married to Samuel L. Jackson. Guarini's mother, Kathy, was a CNN anchor and journalist with whom President Jimmy Carter was once acquainted. Carter called to congratulate Kathy on the birth of Justin -- direct from Air Force One! Guarini's godparents are Prince Faisel and his former wife, Princess Azia of Saudi Arabia. And just for the heck of it -- Justin was in the same choir as P!nk at Lenape Middle School in Bucks County, PA.
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Filed under: Music, Movies, I Just Gotta Know!, Christina Aguilera
Tags: celebrity relatives, CelebrityRelatives, Chris Tucker, Christina Aguilera, ChristinaAguilera, ChrisTucker, country singer, CountrySinger, Gerard Butler, GerardButler, Jackie Chan, JackieChan, Justin Guarini, JustinGuarini, Rush Hour 3, RushHour3, Samuel L. Jackson, SamuelL.Jackson, Spanish CD, SpanishCd, Tanya Tucker, TanyaTucker
Posted Nov 13th 2006 1:32PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ was all ovah the place this past weekend, hitting up all the hotspots to bring you this jam-packed weekend edition of Star Catcher.
We stopped by the celebs' favorite mess halls; the Ivy and Mr.Chow. At the Ivy, we caught up with the new and slightly improved Nicole Richie, seen making her way past a throng of paparazzi. At Mr Chow, it was all femmes fatales; we saw classy Sharon Stone and a pigtailed Jessica Alba.
From there it was off to the club scene; stopping by Republic, Area and Hyde -- where we saw the usual faces and some new ones. Celebs on the guestlist included comedian Andy Dick, Sean Patrick Thomas, hip-hop producer Suge Knight, "Rush Hour" star Chris Tucker, Robbie Williams, up-and-comer Won G, Stavros Niarchos --and what's a weekend without TMZ's favorite party girl, Lindsay Lohan?
All this and much more in the weekend Star Catcher.
Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Star Catcher, Lindsay Lohan, Nicole Richie
Tags: Andy Dick, AndyDick, Chris Tucker, ChrisTucker, Jessica Alba., JessicaAlba., Lindasy Lohan, LindasyLohan, Nicole Richie, NicoleRichie, Robbie Williams, RobbieWilliams, Sean Patrick Thomas, SeanPatrickThomas, Sharon Stone, SharonStone, Stavros Niarchos, StavrosNiarchos, Suge Knight, SugeKnight, Won G, WonG
Posted Jul 20th 2006 6:09PM by TMZ Staff
Your average celebrity is capable of doing a multitude of things: star in a blockbuster film, release a number one album... or maybe even both! But it seems like for all their "star powers" they seem to lack one essential skill (at least if you live in Hollywood) - they can't f'n drive!!!
Not to make light out of potentially harmful incidents, but seriously, what is going on in Tinseltown? With the recent incidents of Daniel Baldwin and Haley Joel Osment, it made us think back to some other recent celebrity car mishaps, a lot of which were caught on tape.
The Lohan Family
Like father, like daughter. Michael Lohan escaped death after crashing his car into a pole and it burst into flames. He had been driving with a suspended license at the time and had a blood-alcohol level nearly double the legal limit. Check out the video of his charred Volvo - hard to believe he walked away unscathed.
And his daughter has been involved in not one, but two vehicular mishaps. In the second one, Lindsay crashed her Mercedes on Robertson Blvd. in a trendy area of Los Angeles - and right near celebrity hotspot the Ivy. After the crash, Lohan ran into the nearby Hideaway House Antiques shop to hide from the paparazzi. While plenty of photogs were on the scene, as one eyewitness would tell TMZ, they were not responsible for this accident.
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Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Features
Tags: chris tucker, ChrisTucker, lindsay lohan, LindsayLohan, paris hilton, ParisHilton, tyson beckford, TysonBeckford
Posted Dec 31st 2005 4:53PM by TMZ Staff
'Cause they can't all be Tom Hanks
By TMZ.COM STAFF
(Dec. 31) -- We're pretty sure that there were plenty of people who threw phones and drove drunk in 2005. But it's just more fun when famous people do those things.
So in keeping with that theory, let's take a look of the best celebrity run-ins with the law.
Russell Crowe: Reach Out and Touch Someone
When some people get mad at hotel employees, they might express their disdain by complaining to the manager, or perhaps by not tipping. Other people throw phones. Ok, maybe not a lot of other people. Ok, maybe just Russell Crowe.
In June, the Oscar-winning actor was staying at the Mercer Hotel in New York City when he became so angry about not being able to get a call through to his wife in Australia, he threw a phone at hotel concierge Nestor Estrada. According to the complaint, Crowe's toss hit Estrada in the face and caused "a laceration and substantial pain."
Crowe pled guilty to third-degree assault in November, admitting to a judge that he threw the phone. Crowe was sentenced to a conditional discharge, which means he must not get arrested for one year. We're guessing that's a good deal for Crowe, but the odds on him getting arrested are certainly higher for him than most Oscar-winning actors -- though we hear you don't want to get Roberto Benigni all riled up.
The incident dogged Russell for the rest of the year. He complained to Australian press that the media blew the incident "out of proportion," but then later joked about it at the Australian Film Industry Awards.
Maybe fatherhood will finally mellow Russell out.
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Kate Moss: Hey, What's With the Camera?Who knew that multi-million dollar companies frowned upon their spokespeople doing cocaine? While Kate Moss never actually admitted to drug use, the Daily Mirror published photos of the 31-year-old supermodel doing cocaine.
It didn't help her cause when the accompanying video made the Internet rounds -- not that we watched it or anything. Or downloaded it. Or e-mailed it to friends.
Moss lost modeling deals with Rimmel London, Burberry, H&M and Chanel. She later issued a statement that said in part, "I want to apologize to all of the people I have let down because of my behavior, which has reflected badly on my family, friends, co-workers, business associates and others."
But Moss proved you can never count a supermodel out. She has appeared on three magazine covers since the incident (W, Vanity Fair and Vogue), while filming a commercial for Virgin Mobile that poked fun at the incident.
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Christian Slater: 'I Didn't Do Anything'Let Slater's battle cry ring throughout the land! Christian was arrested on May 31 in Manhattan for allegedly sexually harassing a woman on the street. In this case, the alleged harassing was a butt grab.
Slater was arrested after the victim ID'd Christian later on at the scene of the crime. Slater cried out to anyone who listen, "I didn't do anything," while being led into the back of a squad car.
Christian held strong to his convictions and refused a plea bargain that called for him to plead guilty to second-degree harassment, rather than third-degree sexual abuse. The plan worked and a New York judge later agreed to dismiss the charges, provided Slater stays out of trouble for six months. (Crowe should have used
his attorney.)
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Michelle Rodriguez and Cynthia Watros: Don't They Watch 'Lost' in Hawaii?Either they don't or the police force in Honolulu is controlled by The Others. How else can you explain two stars of the hit show, Michelle Rodriguez and Cynthia Watros, being arrested for drunk driving in Hawaii?
What makes it particularly interesting is that the pair wasn't even together; they were arrested in two separate incidents, 15 minutes apart! Seems like some folks were having a darn good time at the same party.
Both women failed field sobriety tests and were taken into custody. Rodriguez had a blood alcohol level of 0.145, nearly twice the legal limit of 0.08, according to documents obtained by KITV-TV, the ABC affiliate in Hawaii.
Apparently Rodriguez tried to play the "I'm on TV card" with police. "I don't (expletive) belong here!" KITV reported she said. "Why don't you just put a gun to my head and shoot me! You've already taken my freedom! You might as well take my life too!"
Rodriguez will apparently try and find the charges, while Watros will not. Rodriguez entered a "not guilty" plea through her lawyer on Dec. 29. Watros' attorney was granted a continuance of the arraignment to Jan. 12, when she will plead guilty and take "full responsibility."
Hopefully by then Watros will have settled her case and we'll all find out what the hell happened to Walt.
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Chris Tucker: In a Hurry to PrayAnd the Lord said, "Don't be late to church!"
Apparently we missed that sermon in bible study class -- but Chris Tucker didn't. The 'Rush Hour' star was arrested in Georgia in April for speeding. He was allegedly clocked doing 109 miles per hour in his 2005 Bentley. So where was Tucker in such a hurry to get to? Why, church services in South Carolina, of course.
According to cops, he was arrested for reckless driving and fleeing to elude after he did not pull over right away. The 32-year-old comedian told authorities that he didn't hear their sirens, presumably because the Lord was already talking his ear off.
Tucker released a statement to the television show 'Celebrity Justice' that said, "All I wanted to do is get to the 11 AM church services on time."
Tucker pled guilty to speeding and eluding police and paid a fine of $6,999. A small price to pay to stay in the good favor of the Lord.
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Filed under: Train Wrecks
Tags: Chris Tucker, Christian Slater, ChristianSlater, ChrisTucker, Kate Moss, KateMoss, Michelle Rodriguez, MichelleRodriguez, Russell Crowe, RussellCrowe
