"Deadliest Catch" cameras were rolling when deckhand Todd Meadows fell overboard off the coast of Alaska last week ... but his mother tells TMZ, she doesn't want the show to profit from her son's passing.
Angela Meadows tells us, "We don’t want to see any footage from the accident and do not want Discovery to air any of that footage or make money off of our son’s death. We hope they only air good things of Todd on that boat."
In fact, Angela says the family has asked for footage of Todd crabbing, so that they can watch him do what he loved and "have the videos for memories."
Bobby Khan -- a convicted ex-felon running for Congress in Nevada -- just got banned from every MGM Resorts property in Las Vegas and beyond ... and his team says it's because Bobby's been torching the casino giant on social media for their hotel prices.
MGM Resorts fired off a legal warning to Bobby, saying he could face arrest and a potential fine or jail time if he steps foot at the Bellagio, Aria, Cosmopolitan, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, Luxor, New York New York, Excalibur, or Vdara casinos.
The letter, obtained by TMZ, also warns Bobby to stay the hell away from T-Mobile Arena in Vegas ... plus Borgata in New Jersey, Beau Rivage in Mississippi, MGM National Harbor in Maryland, and MGM Springfield in Massachusetts ... among others.
Yvette Nicole Brown has a lot to say about Nicki Minaj and President Trump ... but she says it's all just noise compared to the real issues ... like the immigration enforcement crisis.
We got Yvette in New York City and our photog asked her about Nicki and some Deon Cole jokes from the NAACP Image Awards.
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Yvette ripped Nicki a few weeks ago -- claiming Nicki banned staff from using her bathrooms -- but here she says people should stop caring about Nicki supporting a "pedophile President" and instead focus on getting ICE out of American communities, and restoring voting rights.
Misty Roberts -- the former mayor of a small Louisiana town who was convicted of having carnal knowledge of a juvenile -- is not happy with how her trial turned out ... because she still says she did nothing wrong.
Misty's lawyer Todd Clemons tells TMZ ... Misty is "very, very disappointed" in yesterday's verdict.
Clemons said ... "At this particular point, there's no apology that I'm gonna give on her behalf," adding while Misty respects the jury, she plans to appeal their verdict.
Jon Gosselin sure as hell isn't tuning into the upcoming season of "The Real Housewives of New York City" ... but it's not for the reason most might assume.
A source close to Jon tells TMZ … the reality star is a hard pass on watching 'RHONY' … but it has nothing to do with his ex, Hailey Glassman, joining the Bravo series.
Our source says ... Jon's a guy from rural Pennsylvania … and they don’t watch "The Housewives," they watch sports. So, it's nothing personal -- there's just zero interest.
Former NFL first-round pick Robert Nkemdiche found himself in some trouble last week ... when cops say they saw him walking out of a store with groceries in his pants ... but it was past run-ins with the law that got him put in the slammer.
According to a police report, obtained by TMZ Sports, the former Arizona Cardinals' defensive tackle was exiting a Kroger in Georgia last week ... when an officer conducting a business area check says they observed the 31-year-old with "many large objects, square and rectangular shapes, consistent with concealed grocery items, inside his sweatpants."
The officer says they then called for backup as Nkemdiche walked to a gas station.
Ryan Reynolds is about to call his first professional soccer game with pal and team co-owner Rob McElhenney ... and the pressure's off because they ain't Tom Brady or the Manning Bros., who are expected to be experts behind the mic.
Here's the deal ... the UK's Sky Sports announced today the duo would be color commentators for the upcoming match between their club, Wrexham A.F.C., who are playing Swansea City A.F.C. in the English Football League Championship next week.
A source close to RR tells TMZ … Unlike NFL legends Brady and the Mannings, there’s no expectation of excellence in broadcasting, no matter the sport … so Ryan and Rob get to have fun -- and they're sure as hell going to.
Machine Gun Kelly seemed to be thirsting over his ex Megan Fox's thirst traps like everyone else yesterday ... but it still doesn't mean they're getting back together.
MGK commented under a particularly sultry post from Megan, writing ... "Stoked I have your phone number."
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The flirty message led some to wonder if the two had rekindled old flames ... but sources familiar tell TMZ that's not the case.
This past weekend delivered two unforgettable moments -- a surprise love confession and a supermodel striptease on the Sunset Strip!
Friday marked the return of the "TMZ Comedy Crawl" -- now happening every week -- and comedian Martin Morrow hosted ... bringing along fellow comedians Ann Flagg and Shane Hartline from the hit show "The Rookie."
Martin was the headliner, giving us nonstop laughs and story time that had us wheezing as we went to the Hollywood Improv for drinks, and sat in on a free show with Dane Cook at the Laugh Factory.
Still trying to figure out if Mr. Fantasy is actually KJ Apa? Yeah ... good luck with that -- 'cause when we asked him straight up, the guy got real weird.
TMZ caught up with the eccentric Brit in Hollywood Tuesday ... watch the video, as things quickly took a bizarre turn when we pressed him on the rumor he's the "Riverdale" star. Let's just let the video do the talking ...
We tried our best -- even asking how often people mistake him for KJ -- but he kept insisting he had no idea what we were talking about.
Tucker Carlson's dealing with a stressful situation, and he's got no nicotine pouches to calm him ... because hijackers stole a whole shipment of his product ... TMZ has learned.
We're told the former Fox News host's brand ALP Pouches was set to sell a limited-edition nicotine pouch line called "ALP Drifters" ... but a shipment containing 378,000 tins was stolen last week -- less than 24 hours after the company publicly announced the product.
The shipment of ALP Drifters -- which is said to be worth millions -- was picked up in Southern California logistics facility by someone who "presented what appeared to be legitimate operating credentials," the company told TMZ in a statement. Cameras caught the truck driving out of the facility.
Dennis Hopper’s family is locked in an intense legal battle … with the late actor’s daughter claiming his widow interfered with a binding deal to manage the Dennis' image rights and legacy.
According to the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Hayward Luxury -- a luxury goods brand founded by Hopper’s daughter Marin Hopper -- claims Victoria Duffy Hopperworked behind the scenes to derail a signed contract that gave Hayward the right to control Dennis Hopper's various trademarks and rights of publicity.
The suit says after Dennis Hopper died in May 2010, the Hopper Art Trust was created to promote and manage his artwork -- including photographs, paintings, and sculptures -- along with his intellectual property.
Hayward says it struck a deal in 2018 with the trust to purchase certain intellectual property rights tied to Hopper, claiming Hayward paid around $800,000 in the first few years of the agreement to invest in the rights it had purchased.
Actress and comedian Kerri Kenney-Silver tells us Pink would be a great replacement for Kelly Clarkson in NBC's impending daytime TV talk show vacancy ... as long as the singer wants to do it.
Kerri's been best friends with Pink for years ... and when we caught Kerri at LAX yesterday, she gushed, "I think she can do anything!" According to Kerri, Pink is "born for that kind of thing."
Watch the clip ... Kerri details how Pink is just a regular person, and how she'd be ideal for the soon-to-be-open gig.
James Marsters has been paying his ex-wife Patricia Jasmin Rahman thousands in spousal support for nearly five years ... but it appears the monthly payments will end soon.
According to the divorce judgment, the veteran actor agreed to pay a base payment of $4K every month to Rahman beginning August 1, 2021 ... which is set to continue until either one of them dies, Rahman remarries, or June 1, 2026 -- whichever comes first.
In addition, if Marsters' yearly income was to exceed a certain threshold in any year, the star would also have to make an additional payment to Rahman, according to the deal.
"The Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Porsha Williams called out her ex-husband Simon Guobadia’s “deceptive practices” as she continues to fight him in court, TMZ has learned.
According to court docs obtained by TMZ, Porsha scoffed at Simon’s effort to dismiss his own defamation lawsuit filed against her.
As we previously reported, Simon sued the Bravo star in November 2024 over a series of social media posts she made about erectile dysfunction. The businessman claimed Porsha made it appear he was the one suffering from the health issues, which he claimed cost him business and caused him emotional distress.
Rapper Quavo allegedly failed to pay a massive seven-figure tax bill ... and now the IRS has hit him with a massive lien over the unpaid amounts, TMZ has learned.
According to docs filed in January, Uncle Sam hit Quavo -- legal name Quavois Marshall -- with a federal tax lien for money they say he owed for 3 separate years.
