Luke Kornet's passionate plea to the Atlanta Hawks isn't stopping them from hosting Magic City Night -- the team tells TMZ Sports its tribute to the local staple isn't going anywhere.
But don't worry, Luke -- not a single stripper will be working this party.
The San Antonio Spurs center spoke out on Monday ... calling on the Hawks to scrap its plan to honor the iconic strip club when they host the Orlando Magic on March 16 with wings, food, merch and a music performance from T.I. -- claiming it sends a bad message to women.
T.I.absolutely cooked 50 Cent with a recent barrage of diss tracks aimed at the rapper-turned-TV-mogul ... but T.I. downplayed the beef when our producer ran into him in NYC today.
We caught T.I. on the street with his wife Tiny, and when we asked Tiny about 50's posts mocking her, T.I. immediately stepped in.
"Man, that s***'s so last week, man," T.I. said. "We got the No. 1 song in the country -- 'Let 'Em Know.'"
Todd Meadows -- a rookie "Deadliest Catch" deckhand who died at sea last week -- was a determined dad to 3 boys ... and a new GoFundMe campaign will go a long way in supporting them in his absence.
As we reported ... Meadows diedat just 25 years old, going overboard while crabbing on the Aleutian Lady in the Bering Sea last Wednesday.
The GoFundMe is being organized by Todd's cousin, Paige Knudson, who tells TMZ ... the family is crowdfunding to help his kids with everything they need during a "horrific" timein their lives.
One week after Robert Carradine took his own life, his family will be able to get a little more closure, TMZ has learned.
According to a report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office, obtained by TMZ, Robert's body has been released back to the family after determining his cause of death to be suicide by hanging.
"American Idol" alum Caleb Flynn must be singing the blues behind bars ... TMZ has learned Caleb has been placed in solitary confinement after he was locked up for allegedly murdering his wife in Ohio.
In mid-February, Caleb was arrested for allegedly shooting his wife Ashley to death in their bedroom at their Tipp City home while their children slept in another room, according to police. Caleb called 911 to report an intruder broke in and shot Ashley.
Prosecutors charged Caleb with murder, felonious assault, and tampering with evidence for allegedly staging the crime scene. Caleb was booked into the Miami County jail on $2 million bail.
TMZ spoke with aveteran corrections officer at the jail who tells us ... Caleb was placed in a single cell in isolation to ensure his safety as he awaits trial.
We broke the story ... LAPD officers and LAFD firefighters responded to Katherine's Hollywood Hills home last week where they found her dead. Sources told us at the time Short took her own life.
According to her death certificate, she's been cremated.
Katherine -- the eldest child of Martin Short and Nancy Dolman -- was found behind a locked door in the home ... and a note was found on the scene. The contents of the note are still unknown to the public.
Michael Phillips -- the man who claims he has the world's smallest dong -- says he's sent unsolicited photos of his micropenis to women ... but he says it's not what you think ... and he's apologetic.
Michael tells TMZ ... he's sent the unsolicited nudes for dating purposes, to let women know upfront what he's working with ... kind of like a warning so they don't waste their time if they're not interested in his ... shortcomings.
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There's a viral video in particular with a woman claiming Michael sent her an unsolicited penis pic ... and he says that's mostly accurate ... with a few caveats.
Zara Larsson is going viral, and not for her vocals this time ... after the pop star left a comment online that raised plenty of eyebrows.
A fan shared a video from a Zara concert show, writing, “I didn't know I was pregnant here but at least my baby got to hear 'Midnight Sun' before I aborted it.”
The Swedish singer-songwriter fired back with a cheeky reply ... “I killed the performance and then you killed it after the performance purrrrrr” and reposted the video onto her TikTok account.
Podcast star Becca Moore didn't just host "TMZ After Dark" -- she turned it into full-blown chaos!
The "For the Girls" podcast host hit the Los Angeles nightlife scene arming everyone with “I Love LA” shirts, a party bus, and one mission ... “Make out with 4 people and text your exes!” In true Moore fashion, the night was loud, unfiltered, and completely unpredictable.
With March crowned the “Month of the Leprechaun,” the tour debuted a brand-new stop at Jameson Pub on Hollywood Boulevard. The bar rolled out its signature PB & Jameson shots while Moore jumped into a heated beer pong showdown with the bus crew. Shots were flying. The crowd was feral. Exactly as planned!
A suspected Iranian drone strike near the U.S. Consulate in Dubai sparked a raging fire Tuesday night, according to multiple reports ... and the aftermath was caught on video.
Footage of the explosion soon began flooding socials today, showing the building light up in an orange glow before erupting in a fireball in the UAE city.
The Dubai Media Office later confirmed that a fire resulting from a drone-related incident near the U.S. consulate had been successfully contained, NBC News reports.
Teen tech whiz Zach Yadegari is giving us a major update on his life after he sold his calorie-counting app a year after we first learned about it ... and he's now considering his options after half a year in college.
Zach stopped by "TMZ Live" Tuesday and spilled a few details about the multimillion-dollar deal selling the company he started at age 16 ... now 19, he's taking a "gap semester" after half his freshman year at the University of Miami ... one of the few schools that accepted him somehow, with his multimillion-dollar brain!
You might remember ... he told us last year he got rejected from most of the Ivies -- and now he admits his time at Miami could be wrapping up early ... after taking a cue from Steve Jobs and taking classes on just whatever he's found interesting. Watch the full clip for more on how that experiment's gone so far.
Kyler Murray's time with the Arizona Cardinals is set to end a week from Wednesday as the team plans to release him at the start of the new league year -- and the former first overall pick penned an emotional farewell to the city ... apologizing for not bringing home a Super Bowl.
The news broke on Tuesday that barring a trade between now and next week, the team will release him once the clock strikes 4 PM ET on March 11.
Not long after it went public ... Murray took to his X account to thank everyone who showed him and his family love during his time with the organization.
Christina Applegate gave an unflattering account of disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein in her new memoir "You With the Sad Eyes" ... and he had nothing but praise for her in return.
Here's the deal ... the actress and Multiple Sclerosis (MS) advocate wrote about a brief interaction with Harvey at a Hollywood party in her new book ... saying she called him out when she allegedly overheard him making distasteful remarks about another woman. She writes that Harvey was "definitely afraid" of her after that ... because she's a woman who doesn't mess around.
And, Harvey didn't deny a single thing about her account ... and is instead applauding her strength and honesty. Through a spokesperson, Harvey tells TMZ she's a "gifted actress and a powerful voice in Hollywood," adding ... "It’s good to see her sharing her story and her perspective in her own words." “I do not remember running into Christina Applegate or having that conversation.”
