Gossip / Rumors

Hustler Magazine publisher Larry Flynt is putting GOP Presidential candidate Rick Perry in his crosshairs ... he'll be offering up to $1 million for anyone who can prove Perry has had an illicit sexual liaison ... TMZ has learned.

The ad -- which Flynt will take out in various newspapers -- says, "Have you had a gay or straight sexual encounter with Governor Rick Perry?"

Flynt -- clearly not a fan of Perry, who opposes same-sex marriage and is generally very conservative on social issues -- has done this before, but didn't limit his targets to Republicans. In 1998, he offered a similar bounty for dirt on Bill Clinton. And he's made similar offers for info on all members of Congress.

Taylor Armstrong has sunk to a new low, according to her late husband's lawyer -- who claims the black eye photos she recently sold for 6 figures to E.T. are nothing but a shameless hoax.

The lawyer, Ronald Richards, tells TMZ ... the injuries depicted in the pictures were not inflicted by Russell.

According to Ronald, the injuries in the photos are either from plastic surgery ... or a recent incident involving a football to the face -- but not from domestic violence.

Richards tells TMZ, "If Mr. Armstrong was the cause of those injuries he would have been arrested and prosecuted." Richards also notes ... Taylor never filed a police report.

Sources close to Taylor insist the pics are legit -- claiming Taylor never reported any injuries because she was under enormous pressure to keep up appearances for the show.

We found out it was Marc Anthony who reached out to Will Smith ... inviting him into his luxury box at the Miami Dolphins game last night.

Dwyane Wade ... was also invited to hang with the superstars. After the game Wade told people that it was genuine friendship between Marc and Will, and not just mugging for the cameras.

That said, it's clear they wanted to make a very public point ... there are no hard feelings between them in the wake of rumors Marc had an affair with Jada Pinkett Smith.

Nothing like a nice cushy box to bring guys together.

Will Smith and Marc Anthony put the kibosh on all those affair rumors tonight -- by bro-ing out at the Miami Dolphins game.

Ryan O'Neal said he backed out of "Dancing with the Stars" because of a bad knee, but multiple sources connected with the show tell TMZ ... he REALLY backed out because he can't stand Nancy Grace.

Sources tell TMZ O'Neal feels Grace has been "disrespectful" to his family ... claiming she has gone after Redmond, who has had ongoing drug problems, and even suggested the reason Redmond is messed up is because Ryan is a bad parent.

Jennifer Lopez might be moving on from hubby Marc Anthony in a big way -- because last night she went out on a date with Bradley Cooper ... TMZ has learned.

We're told the two hit up Per Se, a restaurant located at Columbus Circle in New York City. We're told the dinner was "romantic" and was just the two of them.

George Clooney and his girlfriend du jour Stacy Keibler were photographed together last night ... leaving an event in Toronto.

We've heard it all before -- but this time Evelyn Lozada says NO AMOUNT of money can bring her back for season 4 of VH1's "Basketball Wives."

Sources close to Evelyn tell TMZ -- Lozada made up her mind yesterday, after VH1 posted a blog implying Evelyn may have cheated on Chad Ochocinco with his former teammate Terrell Owens.

We're told Evelyn is furious -- claiming the rumor is simply UNTRUE -- and she feels betrayed by the network. VH1 has since pulled the blog -- but Lozada has already decided enough is enough ... and she's told producers she won't be returning.

Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis believes Al Michaels secretly blames him for planting a FALSE news report about Michaels cheating on his wife a while back ... and suggests that's the REAL reason Michaels blasted him on TMZ over the weekend.

After the NFL announcer RIPPED Davis ... calling him a terrible owner who's probably gonna die soon ... Oakland Raiders P.R. Director Mike Taylor gave the following statement to TMZ:

"We have no idea what Michaels was blathering about. I do remember Michaels being associated with an ultimately bogus report about adultery and other misdeeds and he thought Al Davis had something to do with it. Al Davis had nothing to do with it."

"During the recent Raiders/Saints broadcast, Chris Collinsworth put Michaels in his place when Michaels was speaking about the Raiders. John Madden did the same thing when he was in the booth with Michaels."

"We do not know what started this."

Marc Anthony spoke out last night for the first time about the rumors he had an affair with his "HawthoRNe" co-star Jada Pinkett Smith ... calling the whole thing "laughable."

Anthony told the folks at "Nightline" he's heard all sorts of rumors as to why his marriage with Jennifer Lopez ended -- but he's upset at reports that Jada was involved because "we've been friends for years."

Anthony went on to say he was especially bothered by "the effect it has on family. To Will and Jada, and their children, and their relatives and their loved ones."

Marc Anthony says he'll "always love" Jennifer Lopez -- and wants everyone to know he NEVER, EVER cheated on her with any flight attendants.

The singer opened up about his divorce from Jennifer Lopez for the first time today on "Good Morning America," saying "nothing sensationalistic" happened to tear the two apart and there was no infidelity.

He says their split was just "a realization on both our parts ... these things happen."

Anthony had only good things to say about his estranged wife ... saying, "I'll always love Jennifer ... and she knows that, it's important that she knows it and so do my kids."

Despite breaking up earlier this year, former couple Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake reunited for a platonic afternoon bike ride in Toronto on Monday.

They're friends with exercise benefits.

"The Amazing Spider-Man" stars Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield enjoyed a little off-set one-on-one time and went to dinner at Nobu in Malibu on Thursday.

While there have been rumors that they are together, still no official word if they are really caught in each other's webs.

The Banks family still has each other's backs -- because last night in Hollywood, Alfonso Ribeiro went to bat for his TV cousin ... telling TMZ that Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are "all good" and definitely NOT getting a divorce.

Multiple members of the crew that work on "HawthoRNe" tell TMZ ... it was clear to everyone that Jada Pinkett Smith and Marc Anthony were not intimate on the set.

The crew members we spoke with say ... they never saw anything inappropriate occur on the set. They add ... it seemed as if Jada and Marc went out of their way to squelch rumors. They would never run their lines together in their trailers but rather would do it out in the open, with an acting coach present.

And 3 crew members noted that Will Smith would sometimes come to the set while Jada was filming and, as one of them put it, "It looked like they were on their honeymoon." No one we spoke with saw any conflict between the two.