Our "TMZ After Dark" tour took things up a notch this weekend ... with our first-ever rave bus!!!
TMZ partnered with The LA Raver for a wild night on our "TMZ After Dark" tour bus ... members of the Los Angeles raver community piled on our bus to do their thing ... dancing to rave music from two DJs ... all fueled by Monster Energy!
DJ Palina La Diva and DJ XVIRAD hopped on the 1s and 2s and kept the party going as the bus made stops at Hollywood hot spots ... the rave first went to Rainbow Bar & Grill, where we had a dance party in a private room, plus free shots.
Rapper POORSTACY took his own life in a Florida motel room in front of his baby mama and toddler last month ... and TMZ has now obtained new photos of the eerie scene.
The pics were taken by a source who was staying in a room adjacent to POORSTACY at the Boca By the Sea Hotel on the day the rapper killed himself.
In the photos, you can see the outside of the building cordoned off with yellow tape. Children's plush toys lie strewn on the lawn outside the door as an officer stands nearby, appearing to take notes.
Jessica Simpson ain’t one to quit ... she’s giving her Hidden Hills, California crib another shot on the market -- relisting it after a quick month-long timeout.
The singer’s trying to offload the 7-bedroom estate for a cool $17.9 mil -- the same price she dropped it to back in January when she first tried to move it ... smack in the middle of those L.A. wildfires tearing through the region.
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Nearly a whole year’s passed, but the place must’ve kept some bad mojo 'cause it’s still struggled to sell ... especially since Jessica first listed the mansion for $22 million back in September '23, and it’s been fighting for a buyer ever since.
IsMatthew Stafford a Hall of Famer?? If you ask his favorite target in Detroit, Calvin Johnson, we will absolutely see the quarterback in Canton one day ... but he tells TMZ Sports an MVP trophy on his résumé solidifies his chances.
We spoke with Johnson amid one of Stafford's best seasons ... and he said the game "looks easy to him right now."
"He's playing good football. He has some great receivers around him. Seems like the offensive line is doing a great job as well."
Shaquil Barrett isn't reconsidering his decision to retire ... telling TMZ Sports he's done with football -- and NFL teams don't need to waste their time trying to change his mind.
The two-time Super Bowl champ made it clear this week after announcing his decision ... even though he worked out with the Indianapolis Colts just over a month ago.
"I'm not really chasing the NFL dream anymore, so I'm not just gonna be out there doin' NFL workouts every day to stay ready because I'm not that hungry for it anymore," Barrett said.
Cops investigating the break-in at former Lakers player Christian Wood's rental home believe the intruders used a pizza delivery method to see if anyone was home before making a move ... this according to a search warrant obtained by TMZ Sports.
According to the search warrant, a Domino's pizza delivery driver walked up to the residence -- an Airbnb in Sherman Oaks -- at around 12:30 PM on November 5 ... the day of the break-in.
Cops say Wood, who was home at the time, did not answer ... as he was not expecting a pie to be dropped off on his doorstep.
Rising country star Tucker Wetmore sings that a lady in his life kept on doing him wrong in his new track ... and, we now know who he means -- his model ex!
Here's the deal ... "Proving Me Right" -- the singer-songwriter's newest single -- came out Friday, and Wetmore airs some grievances in it, calling out a woman in his life who's been jerking him around.
For example, Tucker singer, "Yeah, I saw what you was just chasin'/Queen bee, the game that you're playin'/Ain't worth the whiskey I wasted" and "Keep on doin' me wrong now, baby / Bout time they get to know ya, baby."
Diddy is furious at Netflix for dropping the 50 Cent documentary on his legal troubles, but some of the video shot at Diddy's behest almost certainly has his criminal defense lawyer enraged.
There's a video in the doc shot by a guy Diddy hired to chronicle his life ... where he's talking to his lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, about his impending arrest. Diddy is enraged at Agnifilo and the entire legal team, barking that they're losing the case.
Diddy has fired off a demand letter to Netflix, claiming the streamer is screwing him over by releasing a video that Diddy -- not the videographer -- owned. But here's the deal. There's a true victim in all of this -- the man who won the criminal case for Diddy -- Marc Agnifilo. We're told he did not know Diddy had someone recording their conversation when they spoke on the phone.
Lea Blackjust cashed out of her Los Angeles perch ... unloading the luxe hillside estate for millions ... TMZ has learned.
Real estate sources tell TMZ ... "The Real Housewives of Miami" alum sold the property off-market for $6.6 million on Friday, teaming up with luxury real estate power duo Bianca Fields and Adriana Yedidsion of The Agency to seal the deal.
The hillside stunner, perched above the Sunset Strip, features 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, and more than 4,000 square feet of prime living space.
Panoramic views pour through floor-to-ceiling glass walls. The double-lot compound blends clean modern architecture with warm, luxe finishes ... French White Oak floors, Italian marble, and a seamless indoor/outdoor flow built for Hollywood caliber entertaining.
We've got shocking new details regarding the potential origins of the apartment fire that sent soul singer and former Prince collaborator Alexander O'Neal to the hospital early Friday morning.
The musician's wife, Cynthia, tells TMZ ... she recalls being woken up to Alexander frantically alerting her about a fire "with his arms in the air," which is when she noticed "a bubble of fire" in the cord attached to his oxygen machine. He was on oxygen because he had just been released from the ICU hours before, following a nearly 2-week stay.
Cynthia says she noticed a separate fire on the floor that Alexander had tried stomping out with his bare foot and burned himself doing so. That blaze grew to the mattress, and that's when they decided to leave their residence and call 911.
Bryan Kohberger is spending Christmas behind bars -- and the murderous Grinch of 4 college students is getting a much-deserved lump of coal this year instead of the average holiday prison perks, except for some cookies.
Here's the scoop ... Idaho's most infamous mass killer is incarcerated in long-term restrictive housing at Idaho Maximum Security Institution, so he has very little access to any activities, according to Sanda Kuzeta-Cerimagic, a spokeswoman for the Department of Correction.
Kuzeta-Cerimagic said Kohberger and his fellow inmates in the restrictive unit are shuffled around in shackles, making it harder for correction officers to move them about the prison for special Xmas activities.
JaMarcus Russellknows a thing or two about Lane Kiffinand LSU football, and the former number one overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft is pumped to see what the polarizing head coach has in store for his alma mater!
TMZ Sports chatted it up with Russell and Dwayne Bowe -- former star teammates at LSU -- about their school's hiring of Kiffin, and both are pumped to see how he makes his mark on one of the country's top programs.
Russell, in particular has a unique view of the 50-year-old ... since Lane was his head coach in Oakland with the Raiders until Al Davis fired him four games into the 2008 season.
Lamont Roach is totally unbothered by rival Gervonta Davis ... the boxing star tells us he's completely focused on putting Isaac "Pitbull" Cruz's lights out, and doing it quickly!
"Nobody wants to be in there for a long time, so hopefully I catch him with one that's gonna make him go to sleep. If not, I'll just beat him up for 12 rounds straight," 30-year-old Roach (25-1-2), told TMZ Sports ahead of Saturday's highly anticipated bout.
27-year-old Cruz (28-3-1) is no walk in the park, and Roach knows it.
Klay Thompson might be having a slow start to his season, but it's by no means due to his love life -- so says Isaiah Thomas, who tells TMZ Sports the outside noise means nothing to a Hall of Famer like the Mavericks hooper.
Klay's averaging just 11 points on 37% shooting so far in his second season in Dallas ... career lows in both categories.
Some folks think the slump could be due to his high-profile relationship with Megan Thee Stallion (we're looking at you, Jason Williams) ... but I.T. says there's simply no way.
Merab Dvalishvili began his UFC career with two consecutive losses before winning an astounding 14 straight fights (and counting), putting him among the very best MMA fighters ever ... a fairy tale The Machine describes as the "American Dream."
"This is unbelievable," Dvalishvili told TMZ Sports ahead of his UFC 323 main event fight against Petr Yan.
"I am the American Dream. Now, when I see other Georgians also willing to come here to America, they think they can do like I do, but it's very hard. It's not only hard work, you have to get lucky, too, and I'm lucky. I'm lucky."
12/8/25 -- 1:18 PM PT -- Attorney's John W. Harris tells TMZ ... "Unfortunately, Mr. Frost's characterization is entirely misleading and factually incorrect. Despite the defense attorneys' attempts to distort the record, these devices are being provided by our clients pursuant to a voluntary agreement between the parties, not under compulsion.
He adds, "As we have consistently stated, the Robinsons' victims have nothing to hide. They look forward to their day in court and to seeing justice served."
Smokey Robinson's attorney Christopher Frost tells TMZ ... "We are pleased with the Court’s ruling. Plaintiffs’ motives have been clear all along. File a vile and salacious complaint, and then bring these plaintiffs out a handful at a time so it looks like there are new and independent allegations, when the truth is that these people all worked together to contrive this lawsuit."
He continues, They are now keeping the public in the dark about the truth by hiding behind a confidentiality order and refusing to produce any documents at all. We know the types of communications these plaintiffs had with our clients prior to deciding to sue them, so we are pleased to finally be able to access information that will help the court, a jury, and the public know the truth.”
Smokey Robinson won a legal battle in his legal war against his sexual assault accusers ... a judge granted the singer's request for the anonymous accusers to turn over their cell phones.