Posted Sep 5th 2008 10:27AM by TMZ Staff
There is a war brewing behind the scenes at the Oprah Winfrey show, one that could force Oprah to break her allegiance with Barack Obama -- so Sarah Palin can get some face time.
According to the DrudgeReport.com, members of Oprah's sharply-divided staff are putting serious pressure on the talk show queen to book the first woman on a Republican ticket -- but not everybody is on-board.
A Winfrey insider tells Drudge, "Oprah's website is getting tons of requests to put her on, but Oprah and a couple of her top people are adamantly against it because of Obama."
But after Sarah's star-making coming-out party, how can Oprah NOT book her? Decisions... decisions...
So far, O's peeps refused to comment.
Posted Sep 5th 2008 10:25AM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has learned Marion Jones has sprinted out of Federal prison.
She just left a halfway house in San Antonio at 8:44 AM CT after serving her six month sentence for perjury.
Details to come ...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Talk Sports
Posted Sep 5th 2008 9:10AM by TMZ Staff
Struggling to keep his eyes open, a trashed Lil' Wayne spewed some serious hate language in NY last night when he noticed one of the photographers trying to get a shot of him was a black guy.
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Filed under: Wacky & Weird
Posted Sep 5th 2008 8:00AM by TMZ Staff
Ann and Nancy Wilson are pissed at the Republican Party and have fired off a cease and desist letter to the McCain/Palin campaign.
Specifically, the Heart women are upset that the GOP has used their classic "Barracuda" as a theme song for Sarah Palin. TMZ obtained a statement from Heart's rep, who says "The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission."
The statement goes on: "We have asked the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music. We hope our wishes will be honored."
We're told Ann was watching TV today and heard the song at the convention when Palin was touted.
UPDATE: Twenty minutes after we posted this story, the GOP ended the evening after McCain's speech with the song, "Barracuda."
Stay tuned.
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
Posted Sep 5th 2008 7:42AM by TMZ Staff
Just 14 days after giving birth to son Zuma Nesta Rock, Gwen Stefani was snapped at an L.A. hospital on Thursday, looking better than ever. Fourteen days!
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Beauty
Posted Sep 5th 2008 7:40AM by TMZ Staff
How many famous people -- and their kids -- do you see in this picture?
Romeo Beckham's 6th birthday party at Universal Studios on Thursday was more star-studded than a movie premiere. Besides Romeo's mama Posh and his bros, Heidi Klum was there with her adorable brood, as well as Gavin Rossdale and his prince, lil' Kingston. No signs of angry Seal, new mom Gwen Stefani or daddy David.
Having famous parents must suck.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Becks & Posh
Posted Sep 5th 2008 7:35AM by TMZ Staff
After watching Mariah Carey's shadow of a mancessory, Nick Cannon, at Radio City Music Hall last night, we're thinkin' he'd be a great addition to "Desperate Housewives."
Filed under: Mariah Carey
Posted Sep 5th 2008 7:34AM by TMZ Staff
If you've got tickets for this weekend's Amy Winehouse show on the Isle of Wight, you may want to make other plans.
According to a story in today's Sun, Amy ordered 48 -- forty-bloody-eight, people -- bottles of Jack Daniel's in advance of her gig at the Bestival in the UK. Our math isn't awesome, exactly, but Amy Winehouse plus 48 bottles of Jack Daniel's = refund.
This, after she bailed on a Paris gig last weekend.
Filed under: Amy Winehouse
Posted Sep 5th 2008 7:17AM by TMZ Staff
Lance Armstrong gives new meaning to soft-pedal.
He might've won the Tour de France 20 gazillion times, but he's hardly an endurance champ in the sack, he tells Men's Journal. "The fact is that if you are riding your bike five, six, seven hours a day, you are not a sex champion. You're just not," he proclaims. "You have fatigue, low testosterone and a lower libido."
Having said all that, Lance also says, "I never got any complaints."
Hayden P. is Missing in Manhattan
And not just Hayden –- but other "Heroes" stars as well.
TMZ has learned that someone's been lifting some of the biggest "Heroes" posters in NYC, all over town. SoHo, Chelsea, and the East Village have been hit, and over 50 posters have been thieved – they're the ones reading "Heroes/Villains" and "Good Will Battle Evil."
Predictably, the Claire Bennet posters have been the most popular and more predictably they're already up on eBay.
Lindsay Only Strips for Sam
Lindsay Lohan could've made a quick $700K to take it all off for Playboy.
But it's no go for LiLo, according to her rep, who tells the
New York Post, "If there's nudity, then the answer's no ... She's not going down [that] road again." Lindz did her best Marilyn Monroe impression for New York mag earlier this year. Playboy's creative consultant Hal Lifson says he wanted to do a tribute to Ann-Margret's "Kitten with a Whip" in his spread.
Party Favors: MJ and Vivica O-blige Iman with Biz Advice ... Tiger Getting Treatment in Vegas ... Tea-Time for SamLo
Our spies spotted Mary J. Blige, Vivica Fox, and Chanel Iman (no, not that one) at Phillippe Chow in New York, plying the young model with industry advice all night – and Grant Hill walked in too. ... Daddy-to-be Tiger Woods was spotted, reports Vegas Confidential, getting his knee rehabbed in Sin City, working with Las Vegan Keith Kleven. ... Lindsay Lohan and Sam Ronson were spied drinking matching Bombilla Pure Tea at a Hamptons party last weekend.Next up: matchy-matchy madras pants.
Filed under: Let's Get This Party Started
Posted Sep 4th 2008 5:45PM by TMZ Staff
In just a matter of minutes, Jeremy Jackson went from making triple-Xcuses to riding the momentum from his newly-found relevance ... the same way Sky Lopez tried to ride him in that sex tape we told you about. Anyone surprised?
Just moments ago, the guy who played Hobie on Baywatch was caught posing with his shirt off at a beach in Santa Monica, along with model Danielle Lloyd. Funny, we haven't heard a peep from this guy in years ... then all of the sudden ....
Posted Sep 4th 2008 5:15PM by TMZ Staff
Everyone is entitled to a bad hair day and outfit every once in a while, but Helena Bonham Carter has completely used up all of her get out of styling cards!
After being spotted dressed like this, and this, and this, and this, and this, and this, the 42-year-old mother of two once again orthopedically stepped out in London on Wednesday, looking like a homeless aristocratic 19th Century vagabond loon.
Someone please tell Helena she's not contractually bound to dress like she's in a Tim Burton film in her real life too. Or is she?!
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Wacky & Weird, Fashion Police, Full Throttle Fashion, Nurse!
Posted Sep 4th 2008 4:10PM by TMZ Staff
There are two things about Sarah Palin that impress Robin Williams, and they both have to do with pump action.
Posted Sep 4th 2008 2:37PM by TMZ Staff
Even though Rihanna is one Federline, two babies and multiple vadge flashes away from a Britney breakdown -- she does have one thing is common with Spears (other than an umbrella) -- she loves her some greasy meat.
Posted Sep 4th 2008 2:02PM by TMZ Staff
Legal papers have just been released in the Hulk/Linda Hogan divorce case, and poor Hulk is getting poorer by the month.
According to the documents, first obtained by the St. Petersburg Times, Hulk pulls in $56,708 a month. Problem is -- he's spending $104,451 a month, which means he's in the red each month by $47,443.
Don't feel too sorry for Hulk -- He puts his net worth at $32.4 mil.
As for Linda, she says she spends $7,258 on clothes, $7,502 in maid service, and, of course, $6,100 a month on vacations. Linda drops $2,464 on pool and lawn service (not including the pool boy) and $1,374 in pet expenses. She's currently pulling in $40,000 a month in support.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, The Hogans
