Guitar Center is speaking out after pro-Palestine submissions swamped its contest to pick an opener for Ed Sheeran ... and the company says those folks won't be considered.
Here's the deal ... Guitar Center's "Open for Legends" contest -- which offers one artist a spot opening for Ed in Mexico City -- was flooded with pro-Palestine submissions after going live.
The entries were initially visible on the contest page before disappearing ... and Guitar Center tells TMZ the people responsible don't have a shot at taking the stage with Ed.
The company tells us ... "As with any open submission process, we received entries that were not legitimate applications to participate in the program."
Judge Judy says there could be real danger in letting Lindsay Clancy's murder case end with a hung jury ... and she thinks Lindsay should be back before a judge.
We got the famous TV judge out in NYC and asked what she made of Clancy's mistrial and whether she thinks the Massachusetts mom is guilty of murder.
Two women are suing Jeffrey Epstein's estate ... because they say their photos were found in his collection of child pornography.
A Jane Doe and a woman only identified as "Amy" filed the lawsuit in federal court earlier this week ... claiming they found out Epstein had half-naked photos of them in his collection after federal prosecutors seized them.
They're seeking class-action status for their lawsuit ... and calling on the feds to create a system of notifying the women in the photographs.
Tay Keith died from the toxic effects of drugs ... including ketamine and an active ingredient in kratom, TMZ has learned.
According to the Nashville Medical Examiner's Office ... Keith had ketamine and mitragynine in his system when he died. Mitragynine is a chemical compound found in kratom -- a tree from Southeast Asia that affects the brain's opioid receptors.
It's unclear if he was using kratom -- a federally legal substance -- at the time or if he somehow came into contact with the drug another way.
Mel B scored a legal victory earlier this month ... because her ex-husband's defamation case against her has been dismissed -- for now, at least.
According to court documents obtained by TMZ, a Florida judge dismissed the case last week ... finding Mel doesn't have enough ties to the Sunshine State to justify litigating the case there.
Basically, the judge ruled that just because people in Florida might've read the claims in Mel's book -- which Stephen Belafonte claimed caused him to lose business deals and otherwise harmed his reputation in the state -- it wasn't sufficient for Florida to handle the proceedings.
A Florida mom allegedly confessed to having sex with her adult son about 100 times after a domestic violence call blew the lid off their disturbing relationship ... and now they're both facing incest charges.
Check out the new YouTube collab between TMZ and the New York Post, "The Low Down," where we bring you stories that are gripping, outrageous, and sometimes scandalous.
Dave Portnoy is firmly backing Robert Kraft in his feud with Macklemore... calling the rapper antisemitic and praising the Patriots owner for standing up to Macklemore and stopping Macklemore from spitting in his face in his own stadium.
A judge has granted Haley Kalil's request to throw out her ex-husband Matt Kalil's lawsuit ... after she claimed his huge penis ended their marriage.
Haley tells TMZ ... "I am so relieved this is over. I never wanted to be in a courtroom discussing matters of my own life. I think this ruling is important and I hope it encourages women everywhere to speak openly about what they've been through. Your story belongs to you and you shouldn’t fear sharing it."
Haley's attorney, Matthew Bialick, tells TMZ ... "We are very pleased that the Court dismissed every count against Haley."
A.I. researchers are having a "Jurassic Park" moment ... watching rogue agents get smarter, bolder, and harder to contain ... and this analogy compares robots to fictional velociraptors.
Jeffrey Ladish, a former Anthropic security engineer and now executive director of Palisade Research, joined "TMZ Live" Thursday and said people inside A.I. companies are getting seriously freaked out.
Ladish compared it to "Jurassic Park" ... saying researchers are having that "clever girl" moment as bots figure out how to get around the fences.
Ms. Rachel is joining Macklemore's initiative to help raise money for Palestinians ... she committed to matching his $1 million donation and says "every wealthy white celebrity" should join the cause.
The popular children's creator revealed Thursday that she'd be donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund -- which totally makes sense ... she's one of their ambassadors!
Ms. Rachel wrote ... "I will match Macklemore's donation and I invite every wealthy white celebrity to match it and speak out against the genocide in Gaza."
Mike Sweetney, the Georgetown big who was an NY Knicks lottery pick in 2003, has died.
He was 43 years old.
Sweetney's wife, India, announced the tragic news on social media on Thursday, writing her family was “deeply saddened” over the loss of her best friend of 30 years and hubby of 20.
“His children were the light of his life,” India said.
The Florida mom who told cops she engaged in sex with her son about 100 times used sex toys during the disgusting acts ... according to an arrest report.
The police report, obtained by TMZ, lays out all the dirty little details of Shane Clemens' incestual relationship with his mom, Christina Clemens, before they were arrested back in August after police were called to the home during a heated argument between the two.
According to cops, Shane told officers he was tired of having sex with his mom in various rooms inside their Polk County, Florida, house.
Clavicular's prescribing lookmaxxing advice for TMZ ... doling out tips and tricks to his viral trend with ... and dishing on the plastic surgery trend he just can't stand.
The streamer joined us in the office on Wednesday ... and he sat down for a wide-ranging chat with our own Charlie Neff for "The TMZ Podcast" ... taking us into his mind for his infamous rating system, which he says starts with the face.
Clav says he's a master of rating someone's attractiveness because he's got facial ratios down ... but, even if you don't, he says ya just need to look around to hone your rating skills.
Neil deGrasse Tyson wants A.I. doomsday worriers to slow their roll ... he says we shouldn't pull the plug on A.I. just because there's a chance robots will kill us all ... telling us there are still lots of ways the fancy tech can improve our lives.
We got Neil in New York City on Thursday and asked him about whistleblowers saying A.I. could wipe out humanity by the end of the decade.
While acknowledging the new technology has the "risk of taking us all over," Neil stressed there's still a lot of positive ways to use A.I. -- and it's not all doom and gloom.
Sen. John Fetterman says Macklemore missed some brutal irony by shouting "Free Palestine" at a concert ... pointing to Hamas massacring Israelis at the Nova music festival.
Jacob got the Senator from Pennsylvania on Capitol Hill and asked him about Macklemore's recent pro-Palestinian comments on Ed Sheeran's tour ... and Fetterman immediately zeroed in on the forum.
Fetterman says he doesn't understand making that statement at a concert when Hamas-led militants attacked the Nova music festival on Oct. 7, 2023, killing hundreds of people.
