David Tutera, Former Partner Split Babies in Half
David Tutera -- the host of "My Fair Wedding" -- followed the biblical path in his split with Ryan Jurica -- he gets one of their twins, and Ryan gets one.
The two men had a 10-year domestic partnership that blew apart in January ... and it got UGLY. And there was a big complication -- they had fraternal twins through a surrogate in July, and that triggered a bitter custody battle.
Now here's the complication. Each man fertilized an egg that was then implanted in the same surrogate, who gave birth to the two babies at the same time. It appears the eggs are from the same biological mother.
Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... a judge has issued a temporary custody arrangement in which David gets custody of his biological child, baby girl Cielo, and Ryan gets custody of his biological child, Cedric.
We're also told the two men are getting along. It's unclear if they will each get visitation rights of each other's kid. So we gotta ask ...
FYI, Tutera had a chance to explain himself on "The View" this morning. Check the clip.
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Tom Hanks Newbie Lawyer Tanked Domestic Violence Case
The person who torpedoed the domestic violence case in which Tom Hanks sat as a juror is a rookie lawyer, fresh out of law school ... TMZ has learned
The lawyer is a 31-year-old woman who graduated last year from an L.A. law school. TMZ broke the story ... she approached Tom Hanks in the stairwell of the courthouse and started gushing about what a great guy he was to sit on a jury -- a BIG no no. Once the judge found out, the case fell apart.
Turns out ... she's part of a volunteer program in the L.A. City Attorney's Office, where newbie lawyers work for up to one year and get experience trying real cases. It's great for them. As for what the City Attorney gets -- cheap labor, because the lawyers don't get a cent for their work.
Sources inside the City Attorney's Office tell TMZ ... there's a lot of controversy over the program. Some of the seasoned lawyers are grousing that the younguns are not experienced enough to handle criminal cases.
As for the starstruck lawyer in the domestic violence case -- we're not using her name because it's unfair to taint her for a rookie mistake.
After all, it WAS Tom Hanks.
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Mumford & Sons Booted from ATL Strip Club
NO CAMERAS ... it's one of the biggest strip club rules there is (after "no touching") ... and folk band Mumford & Sons allegedly violated it big time in Atlanta Tuesday night -- resulting in the entire group getting the boot.
Here's how it started: the band had just performed at ATL's Centennial Olympic Park and decided to hit up the famous Clermont Lounge to celebrate. It was karaoke night, and we're told band member Ben Lovett took the stage to belt out a few tunes.
According to strip club sources, Ben's bandmates decided to document the occasion with their camera phones, and strip club officials freaked out, demanding they put their phones away (per the club's strict rules).
We're told the DJ had to lower the music several times to ask the band members to put their cameras away, and that really pissed off Ben ... who loudly accused the DJ of ruining his song.
Our sources say the other band members chimed in at that point, cursing out the strip club staff -- so the club manager kicked the whole group out.
TMZ has obtained grainy video shot in the wake of the incident, in which you can hear a strip club employee shout, "Everybody out! Go go go!" It's pretty nuts. We called a rep for the band for comment -- so far, no word back.
2:34 PM PT -- Turns out it WASN'T Ben who was on stage when hell broke loose, it was WINSTON. All those English people look the same.
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Kendall Jenner Driving While Fame Whoring
Kendall Jenner could end up killing herself or someone else on the road if she keeps dancing and singing into a video camera ... WHILE SHE'S DRIVING!!
Kendall -- the older, clearly-not-wiser Jenner chick -- was tooling around in her Range Rover yesterday and mugging into a camera while she was behind the wheel ... barely keeping her eyes on the road. She later posted the video on social media.
Here's the thing ... it's a dumb, dangerous, reckless move for any teenager (or person for that matter) to do while driving.
This seems especially stupid because Kendall's little sis Kylie wrecked her SUV 2 weeks ago in an accident she admitted causing.
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Gwyneth Paltrow A-HOLE DRIVER OF THE YEAR Cuts Off School Bus On Vespa
Gwyneth Paltrow might be the worst driver in all of Los Angeles (and that's saying a lot) 'cause she CUT OFF A SCHOOL BUS ON HER VESPA WITH HER KID ON THE BACKSEAT ... and it was all caught on tape.
Paltrow and husband Chris Martin were picking up their kids from an L.A. school last week on their respective Vespas ... when Paltrow (with one of her young kids on the back of her scooter) darted out into traffic ... right in front of an oncoming school bus.
The bus driver had to slam on the brakes to stop from plowing into the actress ... and GP scooted away as if she didn't just put a bunch of people's lives in danger.
FYI -- school buses are giant and yellow and generally pretty hard to miss ... so we can't really understand why Gwyneth didn't just wait the 2 minutes for traffic to slow down before leaving the school.
We called Gwyneth for comment -- so far, no word back.
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Fox Sports Commentator FIRED For Homophobic Comments ... BUT
Craig James -- a star at SMU and a former member of the New England Patriots in the '80s -- ran for a senate seat in Texas. During a 2012 debate, he had some choice words: Gay people "would answer to the Lord for their actions," and being gay was a choice.
James was hired last month by Fox Sports Southwest and then reportedly fired after just one appearance. According to the Dallas Morning News, an unnamed Fox Sports honcho said, "We just asked ourselves how Craig's statements would play in our human resources department."
Apparently Fox didn't fully vet the dude. The question -- should he be sacked for statements he made before coming on board?
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Mel Gibson Goes Off On Malibu Cops 'Why Are You Harassing Me?'
Mel Gibson had an angry encounter with Malibu cops last Saturday -- the good news ... he was sober and left the Jews out of it.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... just after 1:00 AM Mel and a female passenger rolled up to a DUI checkpoint on Pacific Coast Highway -- the same road where Mel was famously busted for DUI in 2006 -- where he ranted against the Jews.
We're told deputies asked Mel if he had been drinking. He said no and cops had no reason to suspect otherwise.
But there was a problem ... Cops asked Mel to produce his license, and Mel didn't have it on him. At that point deputies told Mel to go to a secondary screening spot, and that's when Gibson got angry. We're told Mel yelled, "Why are you harassing me?" Deputies asked why Mel was screaming and he responded, "I have had problems with you Lost Hills [Malibu] deputies in the past."
Things cooled down when deputies let Mel off with a warning.
Mel drove off and did not blame deputies or Jews for the whole Syrian thing.
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Dave Chappelle RIPPED BY HARTFORD MAYOR 'Quit Whining'
The mayor of Hartford, Connecticut is firing back at Dave Chappelle -- telling the comic to QUIT BITCHING about his city ... and get on with his life.
"Dave Chappelle needs to quit whining, do his job and try some yoga," Mayor Pedro Segarra tweeted this morning.
The Mayor is clearly referring to Chappelle's anti-Hartford rant ... when he called for North Korea to hit the Connecticut city with a nuclear strike after the "young, white alcoholic" crowd heckled him during a show last week.
"His recent remarks were immature and inappropriate," Segarra tells TMZ ... adding, "[He] should stick to his job, give the fans what they paid for and not disparage the good people of Hartford."
Snap.
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Rory Mciiroy & GF Matching Pink Outfits for NYC Shopping Spree
Sporting his and hers hot pink shirts, golf superstar Rory McIlroy and his tennis superstar girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki hit the streets of NYC together yesterday for a couples shopping spree ... packed with PDA.
They held hands ... they sucked face ... she put his hand on her ass ... it was actually kinda cute.
There's only one problem -- he's got a Nike contract ... and she's an Adidas girl.
Deal breaker?
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Anthony Weiner Celebrates Rosh Hashanah ... By Screaming at Jew [Update]
Anthony Weiner isn't just an a-hole to Brits and women and school teachers ... he's also a prick to Jews -- and today in NY, he screamed at one inside of a Jewish bakery.
Weiner was being his typical unlikable self ... when a voter made a comment about why he thought the habitual self-dong photographer should fold his campaign.
Weiner, unhappy with the comment, called the guy a jackass ... and went off on another condescending attack ... proving, once again, he's the worst campaigner of all time.
Happy Rosh Hashanah everybody.
9/5/13 -- Turns out, the guy Weiner was screaming at had talked smack about Anthony's wife right before the eruption ... and it was all caught on tape.
In new footage, you can hear the Jewish man tell Weiner, "You're a real scumbag" .... and, "You're married to an Arab."
That's when Weiner lost his cool.
So, now that we know this information, do ya blame Weiner for going ballistic on the guy?
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John McCain iPhone Poker Downloads Skyrocket After Senator Scandal
John McCain's little iPhone poker fiasco this week had a MASSIVE ripple effect on the mobile card shark community -- a rep for John's poker game of choice tells TMZ, the company saw a huge increase in downloads after the Senator's mishap.
You'll recall, a photo surfaced Tuesday showing McCain secretly playing a game called VIP Poker during a heated Senate hearing, while John Kerry was passionately arguing about taking military action in Syria.
And it apparently got people in the poker playing mood -- because a rep for TinyCo (the company behind VIP Poker) tells us, daily installations of the app increased by 30% since the incident.
The rep adds, "Senator McCain has great taste in mobile apps."
For the record, McCain supports Kerry's position, so it's not like playing a little poker during the hearing was THAT big a deal ... but we still gotta ask ...
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Gilbert Arenas CHARGED FOR ILLEGAL FIREWORKS Faces Jail Time
We broke the story ... Arenas was pulled over by the California Highway Patrol on June 27 for speeding ... and during the bust, cops say they found more than 100 pounds of fireworks.
Arenas was arrested -- and now, we've learned he's been charged with misdemeanor possession of dangerous fireworks without a permit.
Law enforcement tells TMZ ... because he had more than 100 pounds of bang bang, he faces up to 1 year in county jail and up to $10,000 in fines.
TMZ cameras were rolling during the bust -- as the LAPD bomb squad (carefully) removed the explosives from Gilbert's Ford truck.
Arenas is due in court for the matter next month.
JUNE 2013
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Dave Chappelle Hartford Crowd Was Evil, White I Wanted to Pull a 'Reverse Kramer'
Dave Chappelle is lashing out about the people who heckled him in Hartford, CT last week ... calling the crowd a bunch of "young, white alcoholics" and saying he wanted to pull a "reverse Kramer."
Chappelle took the stage at a show in Chicago last night ... and immediately went off on Hartford -- where he engaged in a nasty stand-off with the crowd after several loudmouthed fans heckled him during his set.
"I don't want anything bad to happen to the United States," Chappelle said ... "but if North Korea ever drops a nuclear bomb on this country, I swear to God I hope it lands in Hartford, Connecticut."
Chappelle then called the crowd "evil" ... and described them as a bunch of "young, white alcoholics."
"I wanted to pull a reverse Kramer and call them all crackers or something crazy like that."
Chappelle was obviously referring to the TMZ footage of Michael Richards during his insane N-bomb tirade at the Laugh Factory back in 2006.
NOVEMBER 2006
In the end, Dave says the crowd in Hartford was lucky to see him "freak out" that night -- explaining, "That s**t's like being at a f**king tiger show the night Sigfried and Roy got their throats bit out by the tiger ... you don't go to see somebody be safe."
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George Zimmerman Need for Speed Gets Him Busted Again
George Zimmerman's got a real issue with guns ... radar guns -- 'cause he got pulled over for allegedly speeding for the second time in just over a month ... Tuesday in Florida.
Zimmerman was busted in his Honda Ridgeline doing 60 mph in a 45 mph zone, according to cops in Lake Mary, FL ... outside Orlando -- who released video of the pullover.
Zimmerman was also pulled over for speeding in Texas on July 28. During that traffic stop he told the officer he had a weapon in his truck.
He did not mention having a gun during this latest stop.
Zimmerman got off with a warning in Texas. No such luck this time ... his ticket lists the fine as $256.
Stars and Scars You Be the Judge
Lots happened this week ... most notably Lamar Odom slipping deeper into trouble over his addiction. So we gotta ask ...