An "America's Got Talent" contestant's emotional story of getting hit by a grenade in Afghanistan is not backed up by military records. And now, questions surround whether he embellished his heroic tale.
Acura apologized Wednesday for a casting document that called for an African-American actor who was "not too dark" in the car company's Super Bowl ad.
Questions swirled Sunday about what caused iconic singer Whitney Houston's sudden death, with authorities offering little information at a time when many were still struggling to come to grips with the news.
During his annual pre-Grammy party, Clive Davis joined with other artists to speak about the loss of Whitney Houston.
A number of websites including TMZ and YouTube posted a video Wednesday showing four men dressed in U.S. Marine Corps combat gear urinating on the apparently dead bodies of three men sprawled on the ground in front of them.
Erin Andrews has filed a lawsuit over her September 2008 stay at a Nashville, Tennessee, hotel where a man altered a peephole so he could shoot video of the ESPN sports reporter while she was nude.
I am a big-time news junkie but there are days in which I don't turn on the television because I don't want to find out who's next.
LZ Granderson says we're living in a new America; one without gods, role models or heroes.
All the world's a stage for Kim Kardashian, and we are merely players.
Howard Kurtz addresses the media's coverage of the Kardashian divorce.
The faithful walk past a Charlie Chaplin who twirls his cane, a Marilyn who shows off her cleavage while blowing kisses and a ranting, Jheri-curled Samuel Jackson (a la "Pulp Fiction") who flashes his Bad Mother F**ker wallet.
The TMZ Tour visits the Hollywood sites where celebrities have shopped, stumbled and been arrested.
Bristol Palin was caught having a heated exchange about her mother over the weekend as she reportedly taped her upcoming BIO Channel reality show.
However, the woman the actor allegedly attacked is suing him for assault and battery
The former reality star cites adultery and abandonment in his filing against Michaele
It turns out the Real Housewives star is reportedly with Journey guitarist Neal Schon
The Oscar winner's private cell phone was reportedly hacked
The actress inks lyrics from the singer's 1989 song "I Go to Extremes"
Charlie Sheen's character is reportedly laid to rest while Kutcher's is introduced
Maria Shriver has not left 13-year-old Christopher's side since Sunday
The heads of both major political parties battled Sunday over the handling of Rep. Anthony Weiner's scandal, with the Republican Party boss accusing Democrats of inaction and the Democratic Party leader accusing Republicans of a "double standard."
Weston Cage is reportedly taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center following a fight in Hollywood
"I recognize that there are certain issues that I need to work on," he says
The wrestling champion suffered a heart attack and crashed his car into a tree
The singer voluntarily entered an out-patient rehab program, says her rep
The "Jessie's Girl" rocker reportedly had a blood alcohol content of .10 when officers pulled him over Sunday night
"I'm exhausted," she says after an ambulance ride to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
The judge overseeing the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray -- Michael Jackson's doctor -- pulled back the curtain a bit Thursday on the sometimes surprising ability of celebrity news website TMZ to publish confidential court documents.
The actor has been married to Tracy Danza for 24 years
The actor is "fine," but was taken to the hospital after the accident in L.A., says his rep
Despite stopping production on the sitcom "Two and a Half Men," Warner Bros. Television said Tuesday it will pay the show's crew for the four episodes initially set to begin production this week.
The singer and her ex will reportedly share joint custody of their son
The Backstreet Boys member says he wants "to be healthy and at my best" for his upcoming tour
Chael Sonnen is smarter than you. It doesn't matter if you're a Nobel laureate, the brightest light in Mensa or even Yogi Bear. The self-satisfied UFC middleweight is smarter than the average bear, too, and he's certain he is brainier than you as well. That is what gets the man in trouble.
"In 2011, we go our separate ways," the rocker says
A Seattle Seahawks supporter says Shaun Ellis's antics caused him physical and mental pain
Police were called to break up a scuffle between a photographer and a bodyguard
The actor is photographed with his 13-month-old with Oksana Grigorieva after church services in Malibu
The TV star has a bacterial infection and is on antibiotics but is "fine," he rep says
In court documents, TMZ.com found that Mel Gibson acknowledged slapping his ex-girlfriend for their child's sake.
The judge overseeing the Mel Gibson child custody case ordered a probe into the leak of sealed court documents published on celebrity news website TMZ, a lawyer in the case said.
A rep for the Desperate Housewives actress denies a report that Tony Parker filed papers
The guitarist is not splitting from his wife, Perla Ferrar
Reports identify the TV star's companion as erotic actress Christina Walsh aka Capri Anderson
Former TV chef Juan-Carlos Cruz faces nine years in prison after pleading "no contest" Tuesday to a charge of soliciting two homeless men to kill his wife, the prosecutor said.
The legendary Star Trek actor reportedly undergoes "benign abdominal surgery"
Harper cites irreconcilable differences and seeks joint custody of their two children
You've got a letter from Marty Singer.
The actress has filed a court petition to legally change her name to Portia Lee James DeGeneres
Could this be the end of "Snooki" and "The Situation?"
Lindsay Lohan has been dumped once again. This time not by a girlfriend, but by a film director.
Lindsay Lohan's father will "pursue any and all appropriate legal action" to prevent his daughter from becoming "another Hollywood statistic" because of alcohol and substance abuse, Michael Lohan's lawyer said Monday.
Lindsay Lohan's battle with her father took another turn this week when Michael Lohan persuaded a sheriff's deputy to help him enter her Hollywood home to check on the welfare of her 16-year-old sister.
A $35,000 Rolex was allegedly left at the starlet's house - but she denies that she stole it
He says he wants to make sure his 16-year-old daughter, Ali, is okay
"A very close friend" of a woman killed at a Cancun, Mexico, resort sold e-mails purportedly exchanged between the dead woman, her husband and his alleged mistress to a gossip website, the website said.
The talk show host's attorney says counseling would probably be for the sake of the children, not marriage
The talk show host is focused on the "welfare of his children," his rep tells PEOPLE
If you're curious how Tiger Woods morphed into the sports world's version of the E! True Hollywood Story, the Los Angeles office of Harvey Levin is a good place to start. Levin is the managing editor of TMZ.com, a celebrity website that has proved more difficult for the golfer than any bunker blast from a downhill lie. Staffers of the TMZ newsroom mockingly call themselves members of TNN -- as in the Tiger News Network. The site has published nine Woods stories since April 1 alone, and it's sure to have at least one more after Woods holds a news conference Monday afternoon, his first meeting with a room of reporters in months.
Despite rumors, a source close to the singer says she is not pregnant
Baby boy Nixon is reportedly born to Matthew Knowles's former mistress
The James Beard Foundation Awards are often referred to as the "Oscars of the food world," but the honorees are more frequently photographed in chefs' whites and clogs than tuxes and red carpet couture, and they're hounded for hot dish from diners rather than the staff of TMZ.
In the first unstaged photos of Woods, he practices his swing for hours
Before he committed suicide, Michael Blosil reportedly left a note for a friend
Bronze medalist Scott Lago apologized to U.S. officials and volunteered to leave the Olympic Games after racy pictures of him, his medal and a female fan showed up on the Internet, a spokesman for the U.S. ski and snowboard team confirmed Saturday.
Maddox, Zahara and Shiloh will each inherit $100K in trust fund set up by Marcheline Bertrand
The singer claims an agreement to name a building after his mother was never met
Kobe Bryant was given an "excused absence" from the Lakers' practice this morning after an armed robbery in his Newport Beach neighborhood Tuesday night, reports TMZ.com
AOL begins a new chapter Thursday, a day after it completes its spinoff from one of the worst mergers of all time. The question on everyone's mind is: What will the newly single AOL look like?
Rudeness isn't contagious -- but we all may be carrying the virus. Has rudeness become a chronic condition?
Sarah Palin's almost son-in-law will reveal the "Full Johnson," his rep says
The photographer claimed she intentionally ran over his foot in 2007
A celebrity gossip Web site has caught Maria Shriver a third time apparently violating California's law against using a cell phone while driving.
A magistrate judge on Monday granted bail for an Illinois man accused of surreptitiously taping sports reporter Erin Andrews in the nude and posting the videos on the Internet.
Even the police have the Eric Dane nude tape on replay.
1. eBaum Nation, entertainment style Web site: The scrappy Rochester, N.Y.-based Web site outflanked Web giant TMZ by securing superior-quality footage of Jordan Crawford's much-talked-about but ultimately mundane flush over LeBron James. About two weeks before the release of the video, representatives of a local cameraman who had taken footage of the dunk at James' Nike camp in Akron, Ohio, contacted eBaum Nation (which offers humor-based viral videos, among other features). The site finalized the deal after learning that TMZ had lesser-quality video.
It's the dunk "Team LeBron" didn't want you to see.
A bank that received $1.6 billion dollars of the government's bailout money sponsored what reports are calling a lavish series of events in Los Angeles, California, last weekend.
CNN's Ted Rowlands looks at parties thrown by Northern Trust, which has received bailout money.
It's official: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's adoption of 4-year-old Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt was approved Wednesday by an L.A. County Children's Court judge, her rep confirms to PEOPLE.
Actress and June 2005 Playboy cover girl Bai Ling was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday for allegedly shoplifting $16 worth of celebrity magazines and a package of batteries from a terminal convenience store, TMZ.com reports, quoting law enforcement sources.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Tom Brady walked in New York without the protective boot that he had worn on his right foot, increasing the likelihood that his injury was not serious.
Zac Efron was hospitalized Tuesday for an appendectomy, his rep tells PEOPLE.
Michelle Rodriguez was released from the Lynwood, Calif., jail Wednesday night after serving just 17 days of her 180-day sentence, TMZ.com reports.
Video courtesy APLindsay Lohan suffered a setback in her sobriety over New Year's, but is back on track, her lawyer said Thursday.
Risky Business star Rebecca De Mornay was formally charged Thursday by the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office with two counts of misdemeanor driving under the influence related to her Oct. 30 arrest in Beverly Hills, TMZ.com reports.
Stephen King knows a horror show when he sees one.
Foxy Brown is back in the general prison population at New York's Rikers Island after serving 40 days in solitary confinement for violations that included shoving another inmate, according to reports.
Kevin DuBrow, the lead singer of the 1980s heavy metal band Quiet Riot, has died, CNN has confirmed. He was 52.
The plastic surgeon who operated on hip-hop star Kanye West's mother the day before she died abruptly walked off the set of CNN's "Larry King Live" Tuesday, saying he was honoring a request from her family.
CNN's Brooke Anderson has the latest on the death of Kanye West's mother Donda.
Capt. Ed Winter of the L.A. County coroner's office has the latest in the investigation into the death Kanye West's mom.
An autopsy on the body of Donda West, mother of hip-hop mogul Kanye West, was inconclusive pending the results of toxicology tests, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Coroner said Tuesday.
The doctor who performed a cosmetic procedure last Friday on Donda West, the mother of rapper Kanye West, is facing scrutiny following West's death on Saturday from possible complications from the surgery.
Memorabilia collector Bruce Fromong discusses O.J. Simpson's role in an alleged theft.
Prosecutors said they anticipate filing charges "within the next few days," against O.J. Simpson and other defendants in an alleged armed robbery involving sports memorabilia.
CNN's Ed Lavandera has the latest on Simpson's arrest and hearing from Las Vegas.
Jodie Sweetin and her new husband are on the way to having their very own Full House: The couple are expecting a baby, TMZ.com reports.
Rapper Foxy Brown has been sentenced to one year in jail after she was found guilty of violating her probation, TMZ.com reports.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office is disinclined to charge Lindsay Lohan with three drug-related felonies, a decision that could spare the troubled actress from a prison sentence, celebrity news outlet TMZ.com reported on Tuesday.
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