By Drew Grant 4/19 2:24pm

Das Racism

Great headline, great everything. (TMZ.com)

New Hashtag Pokes Fun at TMZ’s Racist Coverage of the Boston Bombers

TMZ.com, your trusted source of all the news that’s fit to vomit, had a hard-hitting exclusive today. “The older brother who was killed and suspected in the Boston bombings was deep into hip hop, and it appears he belonged to a fan website that touted that genre of music,” read a post that was titled “Dead Bombing Suspect Heavy Into Hip Hop.” The “article” then elaborated on what this relationship could mean:

What’s interesting … hip hop lyrics are notoriously violent and often degrading to women.  Tamerlan Tsarnaev has a boxing profile in which he says he doesn’t take his shirt off much because he doesn’t want women to get bad ideas, adding, “I’m very religious.”  This statement is significantly more conservative than the hip hop genre.

Unfortunately, this brilliant extrapolation has not been lauded for its hard-hitting investigative process. Instead, a new trend on Twitter–#TMZReports– has emerged, mocking the site’s perceived racism. Read More

By Drew Grant 11/19/12 10:46am

Sesame Street Sex Scandal

Sheldon Stephens (The Smoking Gun)

Not This Again: Elmo Accuser Still Accusing Elmo

It was only last Monday (though it feels like forever ago) that 23-year-old Sheldon Stephens accused the voice of Elmo, Kevin Clash, of starting an inappropriate relationship with Mr. Stephens when he was 16-year-old. And while we thought all that ugliness was behind us after Stephens retracted his allegations and took a $125,000 out-of-court settlement, he is now rescinding his recant, claiming that he was “pressured” to drop the case. Read More

By Steve Huff 9/20/12 3:42pm

Celebrity Arrests

Lindsay Lohan, American Disaster.

NYPD Video of Lindsay Lohan vs. Pedestrian Incident May Help Starlet’s Case [Video]

Today the NYPD released surveillance footage of the Wednesday-night incident that left actress Lindsay Lohan accused of striking a pedestrian then leaving the scene. The video may be more useful in defending Ms. Lohan than prosecuting her. It shows a typical late-night street scene, several people milling around a parking area entrance. Ms. Lohan’s vehicle noses through then leaves the frame and no one seems alarmed or concerned. Take a look: Read More

By Steve Huff 9/19/12 8:33am

Celebrity Arrests

Lindsay Lohan (Getty Images)

Lindsay Lohan Arrested, Accused of Hit and Run in Manhattan

We know everyone will be deeply shocked to learn this morning that actress and Worst Case Scenario of the Decade Lindsay Lohan has been arrested in Manhattan after police say she struck a pedestrian while parking her vehicle, then left the scene. TMZ, that Grim Reaper of celebrity gossip websites, tells us what happened after Ms. Lohan allegedly struck the 30-year-old male around 2 a.m. ET: Read More

By Drew Grant 8/16/12 4:20pm

The Canyons

James Deen, over-sharer (TMZ)

Lindsay Lohan ‘Super Professional,’ According to Confused Porn Star James Deen

James Deen may be a porn star, but he’s still a babe in the woods when it comes to being a celebrity. After being accosted by a TMZ paparazzo outside Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills last weekend, Mr. Deen–who just finished filming Bret Easton Ellis and Paul Schrader’s The Canyons with the “super great” Lindsay Lohan–was more than happy to give the digital tabloid some amazingly doofy soundbites.

(This, despite the fact that his lawyer was present, and Mr. Deen seemed to be aware that he shouldn’t be talking about the film.)

Let’s look at the transcript, shall we? But a quick word to the wise: Don’t be fooled by TMZ’s headline … Mr. Deen never mentioned that Ms. Lohan helped him climax. Read More

By Drew Grant 2/27/12 4:36pm

Celebrity Arrests

Sean Young, not doing so great (Getty Images)

Sean Young Drunkenly Fights After Award Ceremony, As Per Her Wont (Video)

Award season must officially be over, because actress Sean Young has emerged, seen her shadow, and drunkenly tried to fight with it. The Blade Runner actress, who infamously tried to boo Julian Schnabel off the stage at the 2008 Directors Guild Awards, was arrested last night for slapping a security guard when she wasn’t allowed into the Governors Ball without a ticket. Read More

By Drew Grant 2/17/12 12:47pm

Sheenstorm

Charlie Sheen refuses to sip from Ashton's Appletini

Charlie Sheen Betrays Two and a Half Men Successor by Courting Demi Moore, TMZ: ‘I’m Tired of Pretending Ashton Doesn’t Suck’ (Video)

Backstabber! Just last month, Charlie Sheen was praising his Two and a Half Men replacement, Ashton Kutcher, for following in his footsteps and completely falling apart the classy way he was handling tabloid pressure. (Since joining the show, Mr. Kutcher has separated from wife Demi Moore after illicit, drug-fueled photos of him with other women began cropping up.)

“I was kind of impressed… I thought, ‘Hey, man, make it colorful!’” Mr. Sheen said about Mr. Kutcher’s exploits. He’d previously given Mr. Kutcher his blessing on taking over for him on the show as well.

But Charlie Sheen, truth-sayer that he is, couldn’t contain his contempt for Kutcher and CBS during a TMZ phone interview yesterday. Read More

By Drew Grant 1/25/12 5:38pm

viral videos

"Randall" from the Honey Badger series (TMZ.com)

Does Randall Exist? Meet the Man Behind the Honey Badger Phenomenon (Video)

Last week were shocked to learn that our favorite viral video of 2011, “The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger (Narrated by Randall),” was not, in fact, the creation of a man named Randall. According to a press release about a new animated project based on the YouTube series, the man behind the Randall videos was actually named Christopher Gordon.

So we were very confused by this TMZ video interview with the purported “Randall” (no last name given), who looks like an extra from Boogie Nights. Is this Mr. Gordon’s alter-ego? Or does Randall actually exist? Read More