Play video content TMZ.com Big Daddy Kane is starring in a theater production of ‘New Jack City’ — which he says is touring now … and which is going to be hosting the director of the cult classic in due time. We got the rap legend in New York this week … where our photog
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Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds‘ longtime family home in Central California has a brand new owner … we’ve learned it just sold. Real estate sources tell TMZ … Debbie and Carrie’s ranch in Creston — which is about 3 hours north of L.A. in San Luis Obispo County — sold Thursday for the asking price
The controversial, antisemitic film Kyrie Irving shared on Twitter — “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America!” — is not being removed from Amazon … says company CEO Andy Jassy. “As a retailer of content to hundreds of millions of customers with a lot of different viewpoints, we have to allow access to those viewpoints,
Play video content TMZ.com Comedian and actor Affion Crockett thinks Will Smith has another Oscar contender on his hands for his work in “Emancipation” … and says it would be unfair if the “mistake” of slapping Chris Rock leads to award season snubs. We got Affion Thursday at LAX, where he told us about getting
Play video content BACKGRID Will Smith is all smiles again … he and Jada Pinkett Smith were back doing movie star stuff for the premiere of the new film days after he called his Oscars slap on Chris Rock a burst of anger years in the making. Will and Jada got all done up Wednesday
Actor Frank Vallelonga Jr., famous for his work in the Oscar-winning “Green Book,” has died … TMZ has confirmed. The NYPD tells TMZ … police responded Monday morning to a 911 call about an unconscious man in the Bronx, and when they got there they found a dead body in the street, which was later
Play video content TMZ.com Bobby Brown has a lot to look forward to next year … especially hitting the road with his New Edition brothers Ralph, Ronnie, Mike, Ricky and Johnny for a new world tour!!! We linked with Bobby Wednesday at LAX, and he was eager to spill the tea on their upcoming shows.
Play video content Raising Cane’s Chevy Chase is going full Clark Griswold and plugging in to recreate one of the funniest ‘Christmas Vacation’ scenes for a fast food chain … and once again, it’s a real beaut!!! The actor teamed up with Raising Cane’s founder Todd Graves Tuesday night in the Chicago suburb of Morton
The scooter rider who fatally struck “Gone Girl” actress Lisa Banes in a hit-and-run accident will do hard time … a judge just sentenced him to at least a year behind bars. Lisa’s killer, 27-year-old Brian Boyd, was sentenced Wednesday to 1 to 3 years in prison in New York County Supreme Court. Boyd had
Jonah Hill is gunning to legally change his name, but you won’t need to call him anything different — it just means lots of paperwork for him … or his assistant. According to docs, obtained by TMZ, the actor — whose real name is Jonah Hill Feldstein — filed a petition this week in L.A.
Metro Boomin is treating his upcoming album “Heroes & Villains” like a movie premiere — and he’s got quite the blockbuster cast ensemble for his new short film!!! Staged in Superman’s hometown of “Metropolis,” the “Heroes & Villains” mini-movie stars Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox the trusty narrator, LaKeith Stanfield as a deranged driver of
Clarence Gilyard, the actor who played the wisecracking computer hacker in the film, “Die Hard,” has died. Gilyard passed away after a long battle with an unspecified illness, according to media reports. His death was announced Monday by the University of Las Vegas, Nevada, where he had worked since 2006 as a Fine Arts professor.
Eric Fleishman, AKA “Eric The Trainer,” famed celebrity trainer, unexpectedly died at the age of 53 on Thanksgiving, TMZ Sports has confirmed. Fleishman passed Thursday morning at his home in Glendale, CA. Eric served as a personal trainer to many big stars in TV, movies and the music industry, working with everyone from Def Leppard,
Disney’s newest animated movie — which features an openly gay character — got crushed at the box office … and the LGBTQ crowd is worried this might’ve been the plan all along. We’re talking about “Strange World,” which came out this weekend to abysmal ticket sale numbers — raking in just $18.6 million over the
Play video content TMZ.com “A Christmas Story” actor Yano Anaya is no longer welcome at the iconic home from the movie … the homeowner made that more than clear in this video of an expletive-laden tirade. Yano, who played Grover Dill in the 1983 film, was taking photos with fans on the Cleveland-area home’s front
Irene Cara, the singer behind huge ’80s hits from “Flashdance” and “Fame” has died. Cara passed away in her Florida home Friday, according to her rep. Details surrounding her death were not disclosed. Irene won an Oscar for Best Original Song for “What a Feeling” — the iconic song from “Flashdance” which made her a
Japanese-Canadian actor Hiro Kanagawa was 37 years old when he was cast as the stoic yet gentle and patient pet shop owner in the comedy/mockumentary and Thanksgiving classic film “Best In Show” back in 2000. Hiro shared the big screen with a star-packed cast including Christopher Guest as Harlan Pepper, Eugene Levy as Gerry Fleck,
Celebrities like R. Kelly and Harvey Weinstein are spending another Thanksgiving behind bars … while Josh Duggar and Fetty Wap are spending the holiday in prison for the first time, but their menus are mostly traditional and plentiful. TMZ obtained prison and jail menus from across the country — specifically from spots where big names