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Maria Shriver -- Look Matt, No Hands!

According to Matt Lauer, Maria Shriver finally moved out of the dangerous and illegal cell phone Dark Ages -- and texted him from her new "hands-free" device. This after her husband, Guv Arnold Schwarzenegger, promised "swift action" after seeing our footage of Maria illegally yapping away while driving in L.A.

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Of course, she needed to use her hands to text -- let's just hope she wasn't driving when she did it.

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Tags: arnold schwarzenegger, ArnoldSchwarzenegger, cell phone, CellPhone, law, maria shriver, MariaShriver, matt lauer, MattLauer, today show, TodayShow

Sharon Tate's Sis -- Polanski Didn't 'Rape'

Debra Tate -- the sister of Roman Polanski's second wife Sharon Tate -- doesn't want the director hauled back to the U.S. to be prosecuted.

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Tate went on the "Today" show this morning, claiming Polanski wouldn't get a fair trial stateside for the rape of a then-13-year-old-girl back in 1977 -- because our "system is broken" -- and the matter would be better served in France ... whatever that means -- France can't prosecute him.

Tate added there's a difference between "rape and rape" -- and this was "a consensual matter."

Filed under: Celebrity Justice


Tags: arrest, debra tate, DebraTate, matt lauer, MattLauer, rape, roman polanski, RomanPolanski, sharon tate, SharonTate, today

Lauer to Kathie Lee -- Don't Touch Me There!

Kathie Lee was scolded by Matt Lauer this morning after the ditzy diva leaned on his busted shoulder -- which is still very obviously recovering in a sling from surgery, after his infamous run-in with a deer.

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Tags: Kathie Lee Gifford, KathieLeeGifford, Matt Lauer, MattLauer, the today show, TheTodayShow, video, videos

Abrams to Lauer: I Gotcho' Nacho

The "Today" show booked Dan Abrams for a "serious" segment about Olivia Newton-John's "missing" ex-boyfriend -- but once Dan brought up an eyewitness named "Nacho" -- the banter got really, really cheesy.

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Enjoy! Al Roker sure did.

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Tags: dan abrams, DanAbrams, matt lauer, MattLauer

Lauer Abs-olutely Needs a New Swimsuit

Where in the world is Matt Lauer's new swimsuit?!

While in the Bahamas this weekend, the 50-year-old proved he's still got abs -- and two-year-old board shorts.

Although he still looks pretty good, it's clear Matt hasn't been hitting the gym -- or the mall -- as much as he should.

Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, TV, Beauty, Hot Bodies


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Matt Lauer -- Pulling a Britney with Thijs?

He gave Britney Spears a hard time for driving with her son in her lap -- but Matt Lauer did something similar this weekend in New York, though he wasn't breaking the law.


TMZ cameras caught Lauer with wife Annette and son Thijs outside the Marc Jacobs store in SoHo on Saturday, with Lauer holding his son on his lap as his SUV took off. No car seat in sight.

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Filed under: Wacky & Weird, Britney Spears


Tags: britney spears, BritneySpears, matt lauer, MattLauer

Lauer: I Haven't Googled Panty-Free Britney

Don't accuse "Today" host Matt Lauer of ogling Britney Spears' hairless nether regions. Lauer went out of his way on this morning's show to claim he'd never seen the infamous shots of the new mom as she went sans underwear on a string of partying nights.
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After talking with the folks from VH1's "Best Week Ever" about Britney, the topic changed to Madonna, but the married father-of-three steered the conversation back long enough to add, "Just for the record, I haven't seen the Britney pictures on the Internet."

Of course, Lauer doesn't need to. He had an up-close encounter with Spears this summer when she sat just across from him for a lengthy interview ... wearing a barely-there denim mini.

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Hottest Videos -- Week of 11/12

Tyra Banks
Tyra Banks pantsed her entire audience for one of her shows. Fortunately for viewers, most of the crowd was hot. Funny how that worked out.
Tom Cruise / Suri Cruise
You can say a lot about Tom Cruise, and we do, but he's definitely no K-Fed when it comes to his kids. See Tom and baby Suri rush past photogs for Italian dinner. Que bella!
Elisha Cuthbert
"24" star Elisha Cuthbert doesn't take kindly to mistakes. Just ask the valets at Hyde, who felt "The Wrath of Cuthbert" after they gave her the wrong keys to her car. Damn girl, chillax.

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Filed under: Celebs Caught on Tape


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"Glib" Lauer Takes a Shot at Cruise

Matt Lauer joked on "Today" this morning that he received an invitation to Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' wedding in Italy this weekend. Yeah, right.

When asked if he'd gotten his invite, Matt said, "I did. It was addressed to 'Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt.'" Hehehe.

Last year, in a highly publicized interview, Lauer and Cruise got into it over the use of prescription drugs and psychiatry. Besides uttering Matt's name over and over again, Cruise also gave us the memorable line, "Don't be glib."

It's good to see that Matt and Tom have buried the hatchet... where it belongs.

Filed under: Tom & Katie, Celebrity Feuds


Tags: katie holmes, KatieHolmes, matt lauer, MattLauer, today, tom cruise, TomCruise, wedding

'Tis The Season ... For Celeb Babies

Don't you think celebrities have enough to deal with over the holidays -- getting each other ridiculously expensive gifts, attending outrageously lavish galas, traveling incredibly long distances for vacation -- without having to deal with having a baby along the way?
Will Ferrell and Heidi Klum and Matt Lauer
Matt Lauer doesn't think so. The "Today" show co-host and his wife, Annette, will be having their third baby, a boy, at the end of November, it was reported today by Celebrity Baby Blog. (Lauer had told The New York Times back in August about his impending arrival.) Just this week, Heidi Klum told a German magazine that the due date for her third child was November 24 -- good thing that Germans don't generally celebrate Thanksgiving -- that would be a tough Turkey Day for Heidi.

A little later in the year, just before 2007, funnyman Will Ferrell and wife Viveca Paulin will welcome their second son, giving little Magnus a playmate. It might add a whole new level of complexity to the holidays but -- really -- won't it just be the greatest holiday gift ever? Maybe.


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NBC Mum on Lauer's Marital Woes

Matt and Annette LauerNBC is extremely concerned over reports that Matt Lauer's wife filed for legal separation, and the network is doing everything in its power to stop the story from spreading.

Annette Roque Lauer, who married Matt eight years ago, filed a petition for legal separation last month, according to Rush & Molloy. The columnists say Lauer withdrew her petition, but sources inside the network are on red alert to manage the story. Indeed, one source at a rival broadcast network tells TMZ that NBC is deeply worried that a messy break-up, especially involving the couple's two kids -- and another on the way -- could damage Lauer's image as morning TV's golden boy. A rep for the couple told Rush & Molloy that the pair is "not divorcing." It's unclear why Lauer had a change of heart and withdrew her petition.


Jessica Hooks Up with John Mayer


If a secret hotel tryst is any indication, Jessica Simpson and John Mayer appear to be making sweet music together, despite past protestations to the contrary. TMZ spies spotted Simpson and Mayer at the tony Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills last week. There's been considerable buzz about the story, and several reports suggested that it couldn't be so. Now, other sources have come forward saying that TMZ is right on the money.

Here's how it went down: Mayer was the first to arrive at the hotel's bar, and he actually chatted up one of our spies and asked her upstairs to "talk." She declined. Not long after, Jessica arrived and made a beeline for her friend and musical collaborator Romeo Antonio, who was sitting at a table. When Antonio subsequently hit the boys' room, Mayer was there and asked if any romance existed between Antonio and Jessica. Apprised that there was not, Mayer then returned to the bar, talked to Simpson for about ten minutes, and then the two left the bar together and disappeared into an elevator. They were never seen again -- that night, at least.

Don't Mess with Brangelina


At least, that's the message after their bodyguard allegedly manhandled a photographer who was waiting for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie outside their hotel in Pune, India, where she's shooting scenes from the forthcoming film about slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. It all went down Saturday afternoon, according to the Associated Press, when Pitt and Jolie were leaving their hotel, the Le Meridien. A British photographer was trying to snap shots of the couple, and that's when their bodyguard reportedly attacked. He grabbed the photog by the neck and started yelling at him-and it was all caught on tape by Indian television. "I couldn't breathe. He had his fingers on my windpipe and he knew what he was doing," the photographer told the Hindustan Times. That'll teach him to mess with Brangelina, no doubt.


Moss Kicks Doherty Back into Rehab


Amid reports that his girlfriend Kate Moss was not happy with his drug-addled ways, Pete Doherty has entered rehab once again and called off the remainder of his British tour with his band Babyshambles. Photos surfaced of the singer looking, well, very disheveled the other night, and reports said that he had been kicked out of Moss's house half-naked at 3:30 in the morning after the two got in a huge fight. Here's hoping that this latest round of rehab will finally set Doherty's ship straight.



Party Favors: Madge's Adoption Mystery, K-Fed's Acting Debut, "Trek" Model Ship Gets Over $500K at Auction


Madonna visited yet a third orphanage in Malawi on Friday, fueling more speculation that she's planning to adopt a child from the impoverished African country, despite her publicist's denials ... Kevin Federline makes his acting debut this week on "CSI," on an episode called "Fannysmackin'." (If only we were making this up.) He plays a teenage thug who harasses investigators while they work ... Yes, Captain, they are insane: A Star Trek fanatic purchased the 78-inch model of the Starship Enterprise used in the title sequence and pilot of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" for $576,000 at a Christie's auction Saturday. The sell-off of all kinds of Star Trek memorabilia, including set pieces and costumes, raked in more than $7 million.

Filed under: Jessica Simpson, Let's Get This Party Started


Tags: Jessica Simpson, JessicaSimpson, John Mayer, JohnMayer, Let's Get This Party Started, Let'sGetThisPartyStarted, Matt Lauer, MattLauer

Matt Lauer and Wife Flip-Flop on Divorce

So are they or aren't they? As they await their third child together, Matt Lauer and his wife Annette are trying to keep their marriage from dissolving completely.

On Sept. 13, Annette Roque filed a petition in Manhattan Supreme Court seeking a split from her husband, but, according to Rush & Molloy, the former model is withdrawing the petition, and a rep for the couple says today that they're "not getting divorced." Last spring, the Lauers separated, then reconciled. It is unclear when the Lauers will welcome their impending arrival.


K-Fed To Get $10 Million After Split


If you were K-Fed, would you be taking care of the babies? Page Six reports today that Kevin Federline's walk-away package, in the event that he and wife Britney Spears ever split up, is $10 million – much more than has ever been reported. "Britney was leaving Kevin but then got pregnant again," according to a "frustrated family friend." He would have gotten his $10 mil – but has apparently stuck around at least to reap the professional fringe benefits of his rather more famous wife, like cameo appearances on a TV show and a rap album.

Tori Preggers -- Will It Fix Feud With Candy?


Tori Spelling, as many had suspected, is pregnant with her first child, and according to several reports today, she's three months into bringing baby along.

But it's still too early to tell whether the impending arrival will have any warming effect on the glacial rift between Tori and her mother Candy, who have had a very public tiff over the past year over everything from Tori's wedding to her inheritance to a tribute to her late father Aaron at the Emmy Awards.

According to People, the former "Beverly Hills 90210" star already plays stepmom to her husband Dean McDermott's 8-year-old son by ex-wife Mary Jo Eustace. McDermott also has a 1-year-old adopted daughter with Eustace. A friend of the couple says, "They're so excited."


Did ABC Pay $1 Mil For Babwa's Irwin Interview?


Barbara Walters' interview last week with Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin's widow Terri was a very big get for Walters and her network ABC – but at what price? According to Rush & Molloy, "sources inside and outside" ABC News are wondering whether a "licensing fee" that the network paid to the Irwin family of as much as $1 million is ethically acceptable. An ABC exec insists that the fee was more like "mid-six figures."

Still, a rep for ABC News says it's all on the up-and-up. "We do not pay for interviews. Period," says Jeff Schneider. "We paid a fair license fee for hours of exclusive material of Steve Irwin. Compensating rights-holders for their video is something that is a standard industry practice."

Though some ABC staffers were "taken aback" by the shell-out, Rush & Molloy also report that CBS offered even more for the same interview, which would have been done by Katie Couric. Even though CBS was willing to shell out a hard mil, the Aussies declined because Barbara Walters is better-known Down Under – because they get "The View."


Party Favors: "Lost" Is Found, Finally ... Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Esposito To Wed ... Another Carrey Movie Kaput


The "Lost" boys and girls are finally back tonight, and the question that all the rabid fans of the show want answered, according to USA Today, is: Who are the Others, and what do they want with Jack? ... Actors Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Esposito, who've kept their romance very much under the radar, are engaged, says People. The marriage will be the first for both ... Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz' much-hyped reunion flick, "A Little Game Without Consequence," has been shelved, says the Hollywood Reporter, making it the third movie in a row for Carrey to stall or shut down completely. Problems with the script are thought to be the culprit.


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Filed under: Celebrity Feuds, Let's Get This Party Started


Tags: Let's Get This Party Started, Let'sGetThisPartyStarted, Matt Lauer, MattLauer

Battle of the Summer Beach Bods

It was the summer of hard bodies, as stars like Lindsay Lohan and Marcus Schenkenberg stripped down and showed off their sexy physiques.
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From St. Tropez to Hawaii and Malibu, stars are on a never-ending mission for the perfect tan. One thing's for sure -- the scenery is always nicer when celebrities wear next to nothing.

Check out TMZ's photo galleries of the gals who sizzle and the guys who make you sweat, then cast your vote for the best bods.

Filed under: Beauty, Lindsay Lohan


Tags: Beach Photos, BeachPhotos, Britney Spears, BritneySpears, Jesse Metcalfe, JesseMetcalfe, Kate Beckinsale, Kate Hudson, KateBeckinsale, KateHudson, Lance Armstrong, LanceArmstrong, Lindsay Lohan, LindsayLohan, Marcus Schenkenberg, MarcusSchenkenberg, Matt Lauer, Matt McConaughey, MattLauer, MattMcconaughey, Misha Barton, MishaBarton, Pam Anderson, PamAnderson, Steven Dorff, StevenDorff

Jess Coughs It Up on "Today"

Click to return to TMZ.comYou can't fault her for not giving it the old college try: Jessica Simpson, battling a throat injury and barely able to talk without a noticable croak, performed on the "Today" show this morning, almost in the exact same spot in Rockefeller Center that she was walking the red carpet at the MTV Video Music Awards last night.

The songstress wasn't exactly in full voice, but she gamely worked her way through two songs from her new album, "A Public Affair" on the chilly stage. She then told Matt Lauer that she did not in fact have laryngitis, but had suffered a burst blood vessel on her vocal cord. Jessica then revealed a homemade remedy given to her by her voice coach, of which Lauer took a sniff and identified, with mock shock, as "pure liquor."

Of course, it wasn't liquor at all -- just some form of cough syrup. But Jessica played along: "I'm gettin' a little buzz in the morning."

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Tags: Jessica Simpson, JessicaSimpson, Matt Lauer, MattLauer, Today Show, TodayShow

Matt Lauer's Pricey Pecs


The shirtless bod of Matt Lauer fetches more money than Matthew McConaughey's rippling chest -- or so the bidding on a recent photo of the "Today" show host proves.

The paparazzi pic of a well-sculpted Lauer frolicking in the surf with daughter Romy in Southampton, NY last Thursday triggered a bidding war. A day later, the first day the snap hit the market, the price was $5,000.



TMZ is also told that several tabloids that will hit stands Thursday scooped up the picture for a princely sum -- so you'll be able to see Lauer in all his glory at the supermarket checkout line tomorrow. By contrast, that other Matt -- McConaughey -- is legendary for his Adonis-like physique, but his shirtless pics typically fetch between $250-$1000 apiece.

Call it a lesson in scarcity value: It's not that the 36-year-old McConaughey is any less of a physical specimen, but when was the last time you saw a picture of Matt M. with his shirt actually on?

Man Takes Star House Tour and Sees Suri Cruise

TMZ has spoken to a man who got a lot more than he bargained for when he passed Tom Cruise's home on a Hollywood star tour.

The story was first told Tuesday on the popular "Kevin & Bean Show" on KROQ radio in Los Angeles. The man, who asked to be identified only as "Frank," and his girlfriend were visiting the girlfriend's brother and sister-in-law, who live two blocks from Cruise's Beverly Hills home, and went on a tour of some local stars' homes.

When they arrived at Cruise's house, one of them hit the buzzer on the security gate, and -- much to their surprise -- it opened. They started driving up the driveway and the first security guard waved them on. They couldn't turn around because the driveway was narrow, so they drove to the top.

When they arrived at the top, they saw Katie Holmes holding -- you guessed it -- the ever-elusive Suri in her arms. Frank says he and his companions were no more than five feet from the baby, and he tells TMZ that Suri looked "cute" and "perfectly normal." Tom, meanwhile, was playing with two older children (presumably Isabella, 13, and Conor, 11) on the lawn. Cruise may have a little more time on his hands to frolic in the grass with his kids, now that he no longer works for Paramount Pictures.

At that point, security descended on the stunned quartet in the car. The guards demanded to see copies of their driver's licenses, but Frank's sister-in-law refused to show identification and demanded the right to leave. Frank says that security held them for about half an hour, and then ordered them to leave the compound.

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