Posted Nov 23rd 2009 10:41AM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has learned San Diego Chargers star Antonio Cromartie is being investigated for assault with a deadly weapon over a bruising incident in a San Diego bar last night.
According to law enforcement sources, Cromartie -- a Pro-Bowl defensive back -- was out celebrating the Chargers win at a local San Diego bar when somebody threw a champagne bottle which hit a bystander in the head.
Witnesses claim there was champagne being sprayed back and forth between Cromartie's party and other bar patrons -- until the mood changed and someone threw a bottle.
We're told the bystander had a cut on his head -- but no ambulance was called to the scene.
Law enforcement sources tell us 25-year-old Cromartie was identified as the bottle-thrower by at least one person -- but there are conflicting stories from other witnesses.
Cromartie was essential in the Chargers' 32-3 win over the Denver Broncos yesterday, raking in a key interception in the second half.
Story developing...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Talk Sports, Exclusives
Tags: antonio cromartie, AntonioCromartie, bottle, denver broncos, DenverBroncos, nfl star, NflStar, san diego, san diego chargers, SanDiego, SanDiegoChargers
Posted Nov 23rd 2009 9:35AM by TMZ Staff
Jon Gosselin's finally going away ... from TLC -- and in one of the last clips from the series finale of "Jon & Kate Plus 8," Jon goes out sounding like more of a tool than ever.
During the show, which runs tonight at 9pm, the world's most irresponsible father of eight actually BRAGS about being able to get away from his family when the going gets tough.
Good riddance!
Filed under: TV, Jon & Kate, Exclusives
Tags: Jon Gosselin, Jon Kate Plus 8, JonGosselin, JonKatePlus8, Kate Gosselin, KateGosselin
Posted Nov 23rd 2009 7:45AM by TMZ Staff
The median household income in Tarzana, Calif. is a quite modest $73,195 -- and it's about to go up because Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom are movin' in.
Sources tell TMZ that Khloe and Lamar just bought a house in Tarzana for a cool $3.995 million. It's 8,347 sq. feet with seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms.
It's part of a gated community -- good for keeping the paps at bay for the five minutes a day they don't want to be photographed.
Filed under: Talk Sports, Exclusives, The Kardashians, Khloe Kardashian
Tags: home, house, khloe kardashian, KhloeKardashian, lamar odom, LamarOdom, tarzana
Posted Nov 23rd 2009 5:15AM by TMZ Staff
O.J. Simpson is a popular man while he's sitting behind bars. A slew of documentarians want to get a sit-down with The Juice.
Sources at the Lovelock Correctional Center tell TMZ at least 10 people who have never met O.J. have contacted the prison in hopes of landing an interview with Simpson. We're told all were shot down by Lovelock's PIO.
"If I Did It ... Again" would make a catchy doc title, don't you think?
Filed under: O.J., Exclusives
Tags: documentary, filmmaker, jail, lovelock correctional center, LovelockCorrectionalCenter, o.j., oj simpson, OjSimpson, prison
Posted Nov 23rd 2009 4:10AM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has learned Kevin Rudolf -- the dude who isn't Lil Wayne in that "Let It Rock" song -- pissed off a lot of high school students last month when his $7,000 homecoming performance turned out to be two lip-synced songs and a fast exit.
The ASB director at Valencia High School in California tells TMZ Rudolf was paid the $7k to sing at their homecoming dance ... but instead of singing, we're told he just popped in a DVD and lip-synced his two most popular songs -- "Let It Rock" and "Welcome to the World."
The ASB director tells us when he confronted Rudolf on his Britney-esque performance, some guy in the singer's entourage said, "Forget this place. Let's get out of here." And then left.
Filed under: Music, Exclusives
Tags: kevin rudolf, KevinRudolf, let it rock, LetItRock, lil wayne, LilWayne, valencia, valencia high school, ValenciaHighSchool, welcome to the world, WelcomeToTheWorld
Posted Nov 22nd 2009 5:00PM by TMZ Staff
Adnan Ghalib, Britney Spears' ex-boyfriend/paparazzo, was booked into jail on Friday -- and here's the mug shot. Soul patches are all the rage in prison.
He'll be doing 45 days in the pokey and was also on formal probation for 36 months and has to complete 52 weeks of anger management classes and 45 days of Caltrans (hard labor).
Back in October, Ghalib pled no contest to leaving the scene of an accident after he allegedly ran over a process server in February.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives
Tags: adnan ghalib, AdnanGhalib, britney spears, BritneySpears, jail, mug shot, MugShot, paparazzo, prison
Posted Nov 22nd 2009 8:10AM by TMZ Staff
Jon and Kate Gosselin's divorce is heading to a conclusion, after a contentious day Saturday at the arbitration table. We've learned even Jon isn't contesting that Kate should get primary custody and a decision on who gets what in the money department will be handed down within 30 days.
Sources tell us the two issues on the battlefield are the distribution of assets and child support. In Pennsylvania, the courts award "equitable" distribution when it comes to property, but that doesn't necessarily mean 50/50.
Sources tell us neither party asked for spousal support.
We're told Jon and Kate actually agreed to the amounts certain items were worth, but they were far apart on issues relating to how the assets should be distributed.
The arbitration was supposed to last two days -- today and Monday -- but it all got handled on Saturday.
Both Jon and Kate testified in the arbitration. The decision of the arbitration is binding on both of them.
Filed under: Dirty Divorces, Jon & Kate, Exclusives
Tags: arbitration, child support, ChildSupport, divorce, jon and kate, jon and kate plus 8, jon gosselin, jon kate plus 8, JonAndKate, JonAndKatePlus8, JonGosselin, JonKatePlus8, kate gosselin, KateGosselin, property
Posted Nov 22nd 2009 6:55AM by TMZ Staff
Jon Bon Jovi and Gwen Stefani are following in Taylor Swift's sports-bar-crushing footsteps -- because the two pop stars are also suing a hometown drinking establishment for allegedly jacking their music.
According to a lawsuit filed in Minnesota last month, several of Gwen and Bon Jovi's compositions were publicly performed at Sally's Saloon & Eatery -- and they claim the bar never got the licensing it needed. Now Bon Jovi, Gwen, and all the other people who own copyrights to their music want the bar to pay damages ... and stop playing their songs.
This could be a crushing blow to the local watering hole -- because as we all know, a bar without Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer" is like a bird without wings.
Calls to Universal Music Group weren't returned. A rep at Sally's wasn't even aware of the lawsuit.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music, Gwen Stefani, Exclusives, Taylor Swift
Tags: bon jovi, BonJovi, gwen stefani, GwenStefani, jon bon jovi, JonBonJovi, livin on a prayer, LivinOnAPrayer, sallys saloon and eatery, SallysSaloonAndEatery, universal music group, UniversalMusicGroup
Posted Nov 21st 2009 11:09AM by TMZ Staff
Howard K. Stern has settled his $60 million defamation suit against Rita Cosby ... TMZ has learned.
A dismissal was filed late yesterday. We know the case settled and the terms of settlement are confidential.
Cosby -- in her book "Blonde Ambition" -- said, among many other things, Stern and Larry Birkhead had a sexual encounter that was caught on video. Both Birkhead and Stern said Cosby made it up.
Birkhead did not file suit.
Thus another chapter in the Anna Nicole Smith saga comes to an end.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Anna Nicole Smith, Exclusives
Tags: anna nicole smith, anna nicole smith settlement, AnnaNicoleSmith, AnnaNicoleSmithSettlement, court, defamation suit, DefamationSuit, howard k. stern, HowardK.Stern, larry birkhead, LarryBirkhead, lawsuit, rita cosby, RitaCosby, settlement
Posted Nov 21st 2009 9:30AM by TMZ Staff
Carrie Prejean didn't wanna use her own noggin' when it came to filling out a very personal contestant questionnaire for the Miss California pageant back in '07 -- so she went to the guy who knew her inside and out ... her solo sex tape recipient.
TMZ has learned Prejean's former cross-country booty call received an email from Carrie on 11/7/07 -- when she was 20 -- in which Carrie asked for help answering several brain-busting questions such as:
If you could have lunch with any one (1) person, who would it be and why?
What is your career ambition?
Name one personal achievement that makes you especially proud.
What is your most treasured possession (tangible object) and why?
What is the most interesting or surprising thing about you or that has happened to you?
After all those "special" tapes she made, you'd think she'd know herself better.
Filed under: Pageantry, Carrie Prejean, Exclusives
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, miss california, MissCalifornia, pageant, questionnaire
Posted Nov 20th 2009 5:28PM by TMZ Staff
Cops tell TMZ a young girl was hospitalized this afternoon after fans went crazy ... anticipating the arrival of 15-year-old music star Justin Bieber at a Long Island mall.
Cops said the girl was taken out of the Roosevelt Field mall on a stretcher just moments ago.
Bieber never showed, because over 1,000 screaming girls showed up and mall security lost control of the crowd. The senior vice president for sales at Def Jam Records, 44-year-old James Roppo (mug shot, below right), ended up getting arrested.
Bieber posted the following message on his Twitter account, pleading with his fans to leave the mall:
"The event at roosevelt mall is cancelled. please go home. the police have already arrested one person from my camp. I dont want anyone hurt."
The injured girl should be okay.
UPDATE: Employees at Abercrombie Kids tell TMZ someone in the mall falsely screamed out that Justin was inside their store, so a ton of kids rushed the place. The workers said a fight broke out in front of the store -- and that it wasn't the only fight that occurred.
Filed under: Kids, Exclusives
Posted Nov 20th 2009 5:01PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has learned Heidi Klum was officially docked a few precious sexy points today -- because she just had her last name legally changed from "Klum" to "Samuel."
The Victoria's Secret supermodel filed papers early last month asking permission to take on the last name of her husband, Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adelo Samuel -- she was finally given the okay today.
It could have been worse ... she could have changed her name to Heidi Olusegun.
Filed under: Exclusives
Tags: heidi klum, HeidiKlum, name change, NameChange, seal, supermodel, victorias secret, VictoriasSecret
Posted Nov 20th 2009 4:18PM by TMZ Staff
The creator of "Entourage" is vowing to put a stop to the gay and racial "jokes" being thrown around on the set of his show, after one of the stars revealed he's "occasionally" targeted ... and unhappy about it.
Rex Lee -- who plays Lloyd on the show -- was out in L.A. yesterday, where he claimed certain members of the crew "occasionally" make fun of his ethnicity and sexuality on set. Rex added, "I try not to let it bother me."
After Lee's admission, the show's creator Doug Ellin told TMZ he's "shocked and horrified" to hear about the situation and "will be speaking to everybody before we start filming again in March. It's not something condoned or acceptable."
Ellin also told us he already spoke to Lee -- and during the convo, Rex re-confirmed that crew members had made "insensitive gay jokes."
Ellin claims he's now going to lay down the gauntlet, telling Rex if it happens again, the culprit will be fired.
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Tags: asian, creator, doug ellin, DougEllin, entourage, gay, jokes, lloyd, rex lee, RexLee
