Randy Jackson is the only judge returning to " American Idol " next season ... but that almost wasn't the case. Sources close to production tell TMZ there was "serious talk" of a clean sweep of the judge's panel ... but we're told Idol brass wanted to… Read more
By TIM MARTIN and JOHN FLESHER 2010-07-31T07:01:17Z
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) -- Officials investigating the cause of a huge oil spill along a major river in southern Michigan say it will take months to clean up the mess, and damage to wetlands and wildlife may last considerably longer....
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A state panel chose three finalists Friday for an upcoming vacancy on the Indiana Supreme Court and gave Gov. Mitch Daniels the opportunity to appoint the first woman to the state's highest court since 1999....
The race to get ready for Lindsay Lohan is on, as the rehab facility she will check into undergoes its own major rehabilitation -- one that cost nearly a quarter of a million dollars, we're told. As TMZ first reported, Lindsay will get her court… Read more
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A 4-year-old Indianapolis boy picked up a gun left lying on a kitchen table and fired a shot that killed the 3-year-old daughter of his father's girlfriend, police said Friday....
The locals in the town where Chelsea Clinton is set to tie the knot today are so fired up about the attention ... they're literally renaming their food in honor of the former first family. TMZ has learned The Rhinecliff -- a fancy restaurant in… Read more
'Dinner For Schmucks': The Reviews Are In!
Reviews for "Dinner For Schmucks," the new comedy starring Paul Rudd and Steve Carell, have hit the Internet. MTV News rounds up a few of them.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida State and the NCAA are paying $325,000 in legal fees to compensate the attorneys of news media companies that sued to force the release of documents in the Seminoles' academic cheating scandal....
Lindsay Lohan revealed her darker side recently during a photo shoot for her upcoming porn star biopic " Inferno " -- and she did it all wearing nothing but your grandma's underwear. The photos were taken by well-known photog Tyler Shields ... but… Read more
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) -- A transgender woman said she was ridiculed by hospital staff and eventually denied treatment when she went to a Muncie emergency room coughing up blood....
The bootyful photos poured into the TMZ newsroom for our Multi-Annual " Bangin' Backside " Contest -- so just sit on your butt and enjoys these plump rumps! Be sure to check back on Monday to vote for which bangin' backside should score the $250 prize… Read more
'Charlie St. Cloud': Dead Zone, By Kurt Loder
The storyline of "Charlie St. Cloud" has some nice twists, but it's becalmed by the star performance at its center, Kurt Loder writes.
Steven Tyler's 'A.I.' Move Won't Affect Aerosmith Tour
Steven Tyler will be crazy busy traveling the country if he becomes the next judge on " American Idol " -- but TMZ has learned the biggest show on TV won't get in the way of the rocker's concert tour. Aerosmith is currently in the middle of a nationwide… Read more
After being a movie star, music diva and fashion icon, Jennifer Lopez is ready to conquer the television world ... again. Here's the former Fly Girl on FOX's " In Living Color " back in 1990 ( left ) -- and twenty years later, at the London premiere of… Read more
Gaze upon these mystical pictures and spot the magical differences with thine eyes. ** HINT -- There are THREE differences in the above photo!** Read more
TMZ has learned rapper T.I. got married earlier today -- in a secret ceremony at a Miami Beach courthouse. The 29-year-old superstar -- real name Clifford Harris Jr. -- swapped I Do's with his longtime 35-year-old girlfriend Tameka "Tiny" Cottle . The… Read more
Michael Jackson cannot be stopped ... even in death -- the King of Pop is set to release a posthumous album of brand new songs this November ... and it's just the beginning. According to Rolling Stone, Jackson has approximately 100 still-unreleased… Read more
TMZ has obtained footage -- pretty painful footage -- showing a wobbly Snooki trying to get on a bicycle right before she was arrested earlier today ... and as you can imagine ... gravity wins. Some time after the faceplant ... Snooki did… Read more
Lindsay Lohan made a new best friend behind bars -- and jailhouse sources tell us LiLo actually wanted the woman to move into her jail cell. Linds and the inmate have a lot in common -- like a wall. A law enforcement source at Lynwood Correctional… Read more
Snooki from " Jersey Shore " was just arrested in Seaside Heights, NJ ... TMZ has confirmed. Law enforcement sources tell us the Seaside Heights PD busted Snooki moments ago for disorderly conduct. The details of that conduct are unclear. We're told… Read more
The producers of "Dark Tide" need only show this photo of Halle Berry -- shooting scenes off Seal Island in South Africa today -- to promote the upcoming movie. Worked for "Swordfish." Read more
Maybe the biggest move " American Idol " made this week is bringing back Nigel Lythgoe as executive producer -- which now explains why Nigel made this slip of the tongue on live TV. Wednesday night on " So You Think You Can Dance " Nigel seemed to forget… Read more
Heidi Montag is officially ending things with Spencer Pratt -- the MTV starlet has just filed for divorce at a Santa Monica courthouse. The move comes just six weeks after Heidi filed for separation ... citing irreconcilable differences.… Read more
Oksana Grigorieva took the opportunity to rip on Mel Gibson again today -- saying his people are "trivializing domestic violence" -- and in doing so, she lost her new PR rep. As TMZ first reported, famous crisis PR rep Howard Bragman quit working for… Read more
