Champagne Papi revealed the eye-popping wager on Friday ... saying, "THE MAC IS BACK?!?!?? The proper twelve drinking, tailored suit wearing, Lambo Yacht riding man with the Dubai tan that once had both belts in both hands … Say less @stake."
So, what would he rake in if Notorious is victorious at T-Mobile Arena?? Not much ... just a whopping $1.85 MILLION profit!!!
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce didn't leave the Big Apple with a massive bill from their wedding ... they forked over a sizable pile of dough to cover event permits and NYPD security.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani was asked Friday whether Taylor would pay for all the overtime put in by New York City's finest for her big day ... and he confirmed she didn't just shake off city officials -- she handed over $160K to cover both "that event and for the response to that event."
We reported the pair had to pay $60K for a city permit to close down the streets around Madison Square Garden on her wedding day ... so it seems they threw down another $100K to pay for police.
Newlyweds Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce flew to California days after their massive wedding bash in NYC ... and the couple's rumored new dog may have been on the private flight.
Taylor and Travis were spotted Thursday at the Burbank Airport, where they had their minions hold up black umbrellas to block photogs from getting the money shot ... but a key clue still emerged.
In the snaps, a large white object that appears to be furry is seen being carried out of the private jet ... and some folks think it's a dog!!!
Teddy Swims is now singing the blues ... because he and Raiche Wright are calling it quits a year after she gave birth to their son.
Upon the release of his new candid song Friday titled "Break Up in Reverse" ... Teddy confirmed he is no longer with Raiche, the mother of his son who was born in June 2025.
According to PEOPLE ... the two-time Grammy nominee says this new tune "really hits home for me right now and where I am in my life." The music video shows him singing the somber song in a lonely, empty space, with a bulldozer destroying a house in reverse behind him.
Bunnie XO insists she's single and enjoying herself after splitting with Jelly Roll ... and kissing Dylan Wolf in her ex's bar was just her version of fun.
Bunnie opened up on a new episode of her "Dumb Blonde" podcast ... addressing speculation that she's dating the "Calabasas Confidential" star after they were seen making out on the Fourth of July at Jelly Roll's Goodnight Nashville Bar.
Bunnie says she's NOT dating Dylan or anyone else.
She insists she just wants to have fun and not jump into a relationship ... and making out under fireworks was pretty damn fun for her! She also shrugged off haters who thought it was disrespectful to Jelly to play tonsil hockey at his biz ... saying she feels very "safe and protected" there.
Ariana Grande's viral look-alike Paige Niemann says she felt "misled" by the direct message the popstar sent her amid her rise to online fame years ago.
Here's the sitch -- Paige's new docuseries "Turning the Paige" debuted this week on Prime Video ... and fans are buzzing about the empowering message Ariana sent a teenage Paige as she was gaining traction for the uncanny impersonation and look-alike videos she was posting.
The message, which TMZ verified came from the Grammy winner, said that Paige was beautiful "without trying to make her face look more similar to someone else's." The DM wrapped up, "Always do what makes you happy of course but if I didn't say that to you, I'd regret it."
Now, Paige tells TMZ ... she had mixed feelings about the entire interaction.
She tells us it was an unexpected moment she shared in her doc to show the love and kindness Ariana sent her ... though she felt "led on" due to the social media narratives forming around the same time the DM found its way into her inbox.
The Sunset Strip got a serious dose of "Baddies" energy this weekend ... because DJ Sky High Baby dropped in to the TMZ Brunch Bus ... turning an already rowdy afternoon into a full-blown party, and giving Ray J a word of advice for his upcoming fight against Orlando Brown.
Sky -- accompanied by singer E.K.E. -- wasted no time bringing our guests to Beaches in WeHo ... where they got the surprise of the day when an epic drag show broke out as soon as the bus pulled up ... followed by some shots!
Everyone on board scored complimentary drinks ... and Sky celebrated by grabbing the mic to lead the entire bus in the viral "Baddie, baddie... shot o'clock!" chant before everyone threw one back together!
It turns out Ariana Grande's message to her viral look-alike is legit ... TMZ has confirmed its authenticity.
Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... the message is real ... meaning Ari DID reach out to Paige Niemann, the girl who's made a name for herself by making herself up to look like the pop star.
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As we previously reported, Paige shared the DM she got from AG in her new "Turning The Paige" docuseries.
A little nugget about Taylor Swift's wedding dress is being teased by Dior ... and it's enough to get Swifties in a tizzy.
A rep for the designer says Taylor -- and only Taylor -- will reveal the dress she wore for her wedding to Travis Kelce ... and she'll lift the curtain in an Instagram post ... when she's ready.
Robin Antin is opening up about the devastating loss of Lauren Bennett, sharing an emotional tribute to the late singer ... and remembering Lauren as far more than a collaborator and former protégé.
The Pussycat Dolls founder took to social media to honor Lauren, revealing the two had been inseparable since they first met when Lauren was just 16 years old.
Robin says Lauren was her "beautiful best friend," her chosen sister and creative partner ... explaining how they became family over the years while chasing dreams, performing together and building unforgettable memories.
A woman invited to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding was seeing "Red" when her music producer husband told her he deleted the invitation ... all because he thought it was spam!
Oh boy, get ready to cringe, Swifties ... because this "Red" producer -- named Garret -- totally mistook the text that contained Taylor's wedding invite for an attempt at hacking his phone and just straight up deleted it ... missing out on the biggest wedding of the century!
As you can imagine, Garret's wife, Melissa, was LIVID ... and she laid it all out in an essay for HuffPost.
When she asked her husband why he would delete an invite to Taylor's big wedding, he told her ... "I got a text but I thought it was spam ... Remember I told you I got a text from her manager? But I didn't respond to it. It didn't sound like him."
Black Sabbath Drummer Bill Ward has announced he's mostly confined to a wheelchair at this point in his life -- but he tells fans he's still one hell of a drummer!
The 87-year-old musician shared the life update on X Wednesday, telling fans they will be seeing him in a wheelchair in public more because although he can walk, he "can’t walk very far without needing to rest."
He explained, "We started using the wheelchair about 18 months ago, mostly in airports. I became 78 years old on May 5th 2026. I was a long distance walker, I’ve walked in many different parts of the world, and I’m still a drummer. I can still play pretty good for 78 years old."
Guess this Wolf is on the hunt for cougars ... that's what Dylan Wolf is doing when it comes to Bunnie XO.
We got the 24-year-old "Calabasas Confidential" star leaving Barney's Beanery in WEHO on Wednesday night, and -- of course -- we had to ask him about his seemingly ongoing fling with 46-year-old Bunnie and their July 4th makeout sesh in Nashville.
Dylan puts it like this ... "Sometimes a cowboy wants to hunt cougars."
The dude was wearing a cowboy hat as he got all philosophical ... and he also told us he's got a lot of love for both Bunnie and her estranged husband, Jelly Roll, and respects that they have "a lot going on right now."
Bonnie Tyler -- the legendary Welsh singer and 3-time Grammy nominee -- has died ... according to her manager.
Bonnie's manager, Matt Davis, tells TMZ her family and team "are heartbroken to announce that Bonnie unexpectedly passed away" Wednesday night in a hospital in Portugal "as a result of the illness that she was being treated for."
Tyler's death comes after she needed emergency surgery and was hospitalized in Portugal. Doctors put her into a medically induced coma to help with her recovery.
They don't call Paris the City of Love for nothing ... because Cardi B may have a new man ... he's an international soccer star, and her fans seem to be all for it!!!
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Check out this TikTok video from a Paris Fashion Week event ... the guy beside Cardi is Nigerian soccer goalkeeper Maduka Okoye ... and on top of making Bardi fans blush, he's quite the gentleman, helping her take a seat beside him.
Is this hunk of a man enough to get into the rapper's good graces? We'll have to see! But Cardi fans definitely don't hate the idea ... they've taken to social media to gush over the guy and are pointing out how comfortable the two look together.
