Posted Aug 30th 2007 5:30PM by TMZ Staff
Club Avalon hosted "California Speedway's Running Wide Open" event last night, where Barbadian nightingale Rihanna hopped into a Hot Wheels Corvette with real life Speed Racer Jeff Gordon. The twosome opened the red carpet event by promptly peelin' out in the parking lot. Also attending was that David Weintraub guy -- who was probably there for the doughnuts!
"Monkees" maestro Micky Dolenz did his best paleolithic Dick Tracy impression at Hyde, and John Lovitz tried his hand at becoming a street performer -- human statue style. A penny for the pauper?
Stevie Wonder, 57, entered Mr. Chow with a curious hand gesture, David Spade grubbed at Koi, and the Dungeon Family's Big Boi was spotted outside of Area.
All this and more in today's Talladega frights edition of Star Catcher!
Filed under: Star Catcher
Tags: Area, Avalon, Big Boi, BigBoi, David Spade, David Weintraub, DavidSpade, DavidWeintraub, Dick Tracy, DickTracy, Dungeon Family, DungeonFamily, hyde, Jeff Gordon, JeffGordon, John Lovitz, JohnLovitz, Koi, Micky Dolenz, MickyDolenz, Monkees, Mr. Chow, Mr.Chow, Rihanna, Stevie Wonder, StevieWonder
Posted Jul 17th 2007 11:32AM by TMZ Staff
What a difference a TV show makes -- Rosie O'Donnell's two biggest nemeses of the last year, Donald Trump and Star Jones, are prepared to make nice with the acid-tongued talk titan, as long as she comes on their respective shows.
Trump said yesterday, as People reported, that he wants Ro for his new celebrity-infested "Apprentice" -- but 
Rosie already shot back, saying, through her rep, "It will not happen in this lifetime or beyond." Star, as Us reports, said Rosie's "the kind of guest you want" on her new Court TV series, even though she called her "a former fatty," and accused Star of "selling bulls**t" for pooh-poohing her gastric bypass surgery.
No word yet on whether we'll be seeing Star v. Rosie anytime soon.
Britney Spears -- Terrierist
Britney Spears sucks, at least according to the Humane Society.
H.S. honchos are pissed off after reading that Spears went to a pet store in fancy Bel Air, Calif., and dropped three grand on a Yorkshire Terrier. The Humane Society has been dogging pet stores, claiming many of the pups come from puppy mills.
H.S. is also really upset that Spears spent only 30 minutes before sealing the deal -- "Choosing a dog is a major lifestyle decision that should not be taken lightly." Apparently, the Humane Society thinks Brit might pull a Paris -- as in getting bored (after all, she does have ADD) and jettisoning one pooch for another.
Tara Breaks Out the Pigskin
Everyone's favorite ball-carrier, Tara Reid, busted out a little beachfront football game with a couple of tight ends in Malibu yesterday.
Her arm strength was good, but she could definitely use a little help around mid-field.
Check out the highlights. Da na na, da na na.
It seems that Jon Lovitz got to do last week what many comics have wanted to do for years -- bash Andy Dick's face in. Lovitz tells
Page Six that he confronted Dick at L.A.'s Laugh Factory after the cuckoo comic told him last year that he had put the "Phil Hartman hex" on him, referring to Hartman's murder by his wife Brynn in 1998, and suggesting that Lovitz might die soon. Lovitz expected an apology last Wednesday, but it wasn't forthcoming, so, says Jon, "I pushed him ... Then I pushed him again really hard. He's a disgusting human being." Adds Lovitz, "All the comedians are glad I did it because this guy is an ***hole."
Laugh Factory owner Jamie Masada saw the "pushing" slightly differently: "Jon picked up Andy ... and smashed him into the bar four or five times, and blood started pouring out of his nose." Dick's rep had no comment. The Laugh Factory, of course, is the club where Michael Richards went on the
infamous racist rant that TMZ showed you first.
Filed under: Let's Get This Party Started
Tags: andy dick, AndyDick, beach, brawl, britney spears, BritneySpears, celebrity feud, CelebrityFeud, comedian, dog, donald trump, DonaldTrump, feud, john lovitz, JohnLovitz, michael richards, MichaelRichards, pet owner, PetOwner, rosie, star jones, StarJones, tara reid, TaraReid, train wreck, TrainWreck
Posted Apr 22nd 2007 3:07AM by TMZ Staff
Here they are, the hot -- and not so hot under the sun!
Get your trunks on and swim on into our gallery of hunks with a view of their junk!
Still feel like a dip? Click on in to our "Hot Butts" and "Bad Asses" galleries!
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Hot Bodies, Stars in Heat
Tags: beach, gary glitter, GaryGlitter, hugh grant, hugh jackman, HughGrant, HughJackman, jesse metcalfe, JesseMetcalfe, john lovitz, JohnLovitz, leonardo dicaprio, LeonardoDicaprio, matthew mcconaughey, MatthewMcconaughey, men, orlando bloom, OrlandoBloom, owen wilson, OwenWilson, prince harry, PrinceHarry, rod stewart, RodStewart, speedos, steve martin, SteveMartin, steven dorff, StevenDorff, swimming, trunks
Posted Oct 12th 2006 12:29PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ's cameras and our very own Josh Levine hit the streets of Hollywood to catch all the action.
Michelle Trachtenberg celebrated her 21st birthday on Wednesday and we caught up with the stunning actress as she made her rounds, hitting up Hollywood hotspots Koi and Hyde. The "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" beauty had dinner with a few friends at celeb-friendly Koi then made her way to our favorite after party spot Hyde, where she can legally enjoy a cocktail for the first time?!
Also stepping out on Wednesday funny man Anthony Anderson, famous house guest Kato Kaelin, former "Lost" star Michelle Rodriguez, Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz, comedian Jon Lovitz and "Grey's Anatomy" star Sara Ramirez who hosted Tu Ciudad's Hip Hot Now 2006 Party.
Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Star Catcher
Tags: Anthony Anderson, AnthonyAnderson, john lovitz, JohnLovitz, kato kaetlin, KatoKaetlin, Michelle Rodriguez, MichelleRodriguez, Pete Wentz, Pete Wntz, PeteWentz
