3/12/15  11:01am The fallout from the Department of Justice's scathing report on the Ferguson, Missouri police force and judicial system continues to echo through the city as Ferguson police chief Thomas Jackson officially announced his resignation today effective immediately, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. "It...

3/10/15  11:47am R&B singer Angie Stone was arrested Monday in Georgia for domestic aggravated assault ... and the victim is her 30-year-old daughter. 53-year-old Angie told police her daughter Diamond punched her in the face. Angie then told police she defended herself with a metal stand, but accidentally hit Diamond in th...

3/6/15  9:49am Nick Gordon checked into rehab for drugs after ranting he might kill himself during a taped appearance with Dr. Phil. Bobbi Kristina's boyfriend sat down with Dr. Phil in Atlanta earlier this week for what he thought would be an interview -- but we're told it was more like an intervention organized by Phil and Gordon...

3/4/15  6:46am Rapper 2 Chainz has been offering the common folk a peek at a life of luxury in the lavishly named GQ web series "Most Expensivest Shit." He's chowed down on $1,000 ice cream sundaes, used a $5,000 toothbrush and gone to church in a $15,000 bulletproof suit, and in the Season Tw...

2/27/15  10:00am Leonard Nimoy, who famously played Mr. Spock, died at home Friday morning in Bel-Air... after battling chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The "Star Trek" star announced last year that he was battling the disease and attributed it to years and years of smoking. He had given up the habit 30 years ago. Nimoy checked in...

2/25/15  1:22pm Mirjana Puhar -- a recent "America's Next Top Model" contestant -- was killed Tuesday in a triple homicide at her boyfriend's home in Charlotte, NC ... TMZ has learned. A source who was very close to Mirjana confirmed to TMZ that she was one of the 3 victims found dead in a home that belonged to Mirjana's boyfr...

2/22/15  9:54am And you thought Michael Keaton not winning the Oscar was the biggest surprise ... the guy who won for Best Adapted Screenplay is not gay! Graham Moore did an interview after the awards in which he said, "I'm not gay, but I've never talked publicly about depression before or any of that and that was so...

2/10/15  10:07am Justin Bieber has been taking lots of anger management classes recently but he hasn't done a single hour of community service because of a soccer injury ... so says his lawyer. Attorney Shawn Holley was in court Tuesday morning for a progress report in his egging case. Justin has completed 9 out of 12 anger ma...

2/8/14  1:40pm The L.A. County Sheriff's Dept. will get a search warrant to determine if Bruce Jenner was texting at the time he slammed into a car, causing the driver to die ... TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, they will get warrants for both Bruce's phone records and the cellphone itself.  It's illegal to ...

2/7/15  3:47pm Brian Williams says he is taking himself off the nightly news for a short time ... while NBC investigates an apparent lie he told about his helicopter being shot at in Iraq. Williams said in a statement, "In the midst of a career spent covering and consuming news, it has become painfully apparent to me that I am presently...

1/20/15  9:47am   9:23 AM PT -- Law enforcement sources tell us ... Hope Solo was in the car with Stevens when he was pulled over for allegedly swerving on the road. We're told Solo was "acting belligerent" in the car ... and pulled out her cell phone to record officers during the stop. One source says "they wer...

1/5/15  5:13pm Johnny Manziel was attacked with drinks at a Houston nightclub this weekend ... after the Cleveland Browns QB got into it with a group of hecklers. It all went down at Dekan nightclub in Houston late Sunday night -- Manziel arrived with some friends looking to have a good time when things got chippy. We spoke wit...

1/5/15  2:11pm Eminem is NOT a rap God ... according to a MC who claims Marshall Mathers sampled his song "Lookin Boy" without permission -- and now he wants MILLIONS.Raymond Jones -- a rapper from the group Hotstylz -- is suing Em and his record label for $8 million over the song "Rap God" ... which he says feat...

12/17/14  9:13am Sony Pictures Chief Amy Pascal will NOT step down ... and we're told there has been a groundswell of celebrity support for her to keep her job.Our industry sources tell TMZ ... more than 50 showbiz bigwigs -- many of whom are celebrities -- have contacted Pascal and other honchos at Sony voicing support for her. Iro...

One of Bill Cosby's alleged victims not only plans to sue him ... she's trying to get all of his accusers in a single lawsuit to convince a jury ... all these woman just can't be lying.11/24/14  9:11am Louisa Moritz -- who claims Cosby stuck his penis in her mouth in her dressing room before a "Tonight Show" appearance in ...

11/24/14  7:34am Casey Kasem wanted to be buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in L.A. because he felt that was his path to reincarnation ... this according to his longtime friend and security guard.Rick Hernandez says he worked as the Executive Security Officer for Casey and his family for years, and became one of the famed DJ's closest frien...

11/19/14  11:44am Another woman who claims she was raped by Bill Cosby has spoken out about her encounter with the embattled comedian. The accusation is just the latest of numerous allegations of sexual abuse by Cosby, and follows the claims of another alleged victim who spoke out earlier this week. In an essay ...

11/18/14  9:27am "American Idol" singer Michael Johns died from an enlarged heart, but a "fatty liver" contributed to his death ... this according to the Coroner's report.The 35-year-old singer died suddenly Aug. 1 after his leg became swollen and bruised ... reportedly from a sprained ankle. Family sources claimed the inj...

11/18/14  7:23am Charles Manson knows a thing or two about "till death do us part," so he's taking the marriage plunge.The man convicted of slaughtering Sharon Tate and 6 others got a marriage license earlier this month. The 80-year-old murderer is marrying 26-year-old Afton Elaine Burton, who runs a Manson fan website.Burton says t...

11/13/14  10:10am Sean Penn and Charlize Theron had their morning hike interrupted by cops Thursday ... after another hiker accused them of possibly mistreating Charlize's toddler ... but we're told cops determined they did nothing wrong.The incident went down at Vasquez Rocks in Santa Clarita, CA. Charlize and Sean were having...