Play video content TMZ.com Cuba Gooding Jr. has just been charged with another crime, although the Manhattan D.A. is being super secretive over the exact nature of the charge and the alleged victim. Cuba showed up in court Thursday — everyone thought it was for his sexual assault case — but apparently that was not

Exclusive Getty/TMZ Composite The Joker is actually a good guy — at least in real life — because when Joaquin Phoenix hit a fire department vehicle, he tracked down the paramedics to confess. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … Joaquin was making a right turn out of a parking lot in West Hollywood Tuesday afternoon

Exclusive TMZ.com Kevin Hart‘s car crash was caused by the driver operating the vehicle in a reckless fashion … this according to the California Highway Patrol, which has just completed its report on the accident. Law enforcement sources tell us … Kevin’s 1970 Plymouth Barracuda crashed because driver Jared Black gunned the engine and lost

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com David Oyelowo says Charlize Theron‘s not shy about using colorful language, and if ya don’t believe him … check out this video. She proves his point, and then some. The actors — who costarred in the movie “Gringo” — were participating in a Q&A this week at a Bev Hills

Play video content Exclusive Details TMZ.com Stacey Dash says her husband and his 3 kids conspired to have her arrested … to cover up her husband’s alleged brutality. TMZ broke the story … Stacey called 911 Sunday, claiming her husband put her in a chokehold. When cops came out, they observed scratches on husband Jeffrey

Moviegoers in NYC will notice a hefty police presence when they go see “Joker” on opening weekend … cause the NYPD’s not taking any chances on someone acting out. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ …  the NYPD doesn’t want a copycat crime of what went down in Aurora, Colorado 7 years ago and is taking

Exclusive Grammy-award winning artist Louie Rankin — famous for his role as Ox in the movie “Belly” — died in a car crash in Canada … TMZ has confirmed. Details are scarce, but Louie died Monday in a fatal wreck in Ontario, Canada … the crash reportedly involved a transport truck and another vehicle. Louie

Breaking News Kim Shattuck — the lead singer and bassist for The Muffs — is dead after a two-year battle with ALS. Kim’s husband shared the sad news Wednesday in a social media tribute to his late wife … saying, “This morning the love of my life Kim passed peacefully in her sleep after a

Breaking News And, the Oscar goes to … KLAY THOMPSON?!?!? (Hey, Kobe Bryant did it). The Golden State Warriors superstar is kick-starting his campaign for Academy Award consideration for his breakout performance as Klay Thompson in “Space Jam 2” … saying he’s trying to add to his trophy case!!! Now that filming wrapped up …

Exclusive Gerard Butler‘s going after the driver who allegedly cut him off in traffic and caused him to crash … according to a new suit. According to the docs — obtained by TMZ — he was ejected from his Triumph Bonneville motorcycle when a woman “negligently pulled her vehicle off the curb” and cut across

Canadian-born Nicole Crimi was only 8 years old when she was cast as the easily influenced little sister, Kylie George — who drinks up Kelis’ “Milkshake” music video and ‘Girls Gone Wild’ commercials — in the 2004 high school movie masterpiece, “Mean Girls.” Nicole Crimi stars in the classic comedy alongside celebs like Amy Poehler,

Getty James Franco is being accused in a new lawsuit of pressuring his acting school students to get naked for auditions while he dangled promises of movie roles that rarely panned out. The suit, filed by Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, says that both women were students at the L.A. branch of the Studio 4

Mega George Clooney‘s just sittin’ around on his ass — alongside Brie Larson — and getting paid for it … good work if you can get it! The movie stars were riding through the streets of Madrid Wednesday — Clooney on a beautiful white donkey, and Larson on what looks like a white horse, of

Exclusive Paramount Pictures If you thought Taraji P. Henson‘s movie, “What Men Want,” was a new take on “What Women Want,” think again — a screenwriter says it’s really a rip-off of his script, and now he’s suing Paramount. Joe Carlini says he wrote a screenplay entitled “What the F Is He Thinking?” back in

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Boy George says he doesn’t care if the actor who plays him in a forthcoming biopic is of the same sexual orientation as him or not — just so long as they nail the part. The Culture Club frontman was at Rock & Reilly’s Irish Pub Tuesday night in WeHo,

Exclusive TMZ/Annapurna Pictures The real-life stripper who inspired Jennifer Lopez‘s character in “Hustlers” wants the studio to ante up some serious cash … or else. Samantha Barbash‘s legal team just fired off a letter to STX Entertainment — the studio behind the hit film — demanding it pay up for its use of Barbash’s likeness,

Exclusive TMZ.com The man convicted of wrecking Jaime King‘s car circled back to stalk her with pics of his junk and other weird stuff, according to cops. Now, he’s going away for a while. Paul Francis Floyd recently pled no contest to one count of felony stalking — a charge he was slapped with after

Warner Bros Joaquin Phoenix‘s performance as the Joker in Todd Phillips‘ dark take on the Batman villain is getting huge buzz, but at least one theater in Aurora, Colorado won’t be showing the film … the venue where the 2012 mass shooting occurred. The Century Aurora and XD is the remodeled site where James Holmes

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Box office numbers be damned, Jennifer Lopez failed in her “Hustlers” role because she didn’t do her homework … at least according to the real-life strip club host who inspired J Lo’s character. We got Samantha Barbash in NYC Tuesday and she went nuclear about the deal that was NOT

San Jose-born Kate Sargeant kicked her career off in Hollywood with the striking character, Emily — who is the friendly neighbor girl and subject of the classic line, “Rocky loves Emily” — in the OG 1992 kids karate movie, “3 Ninjas.” Kate Sargeant was alongside the butt-kicking cast including the three martial arts experts, Max

One of Eva Mendes‘ former rides is hitting the market … and it means you could scoot around in the car Eva was driving when she and Ryan Gosling sparked their romance. The whip is a rare 1982 Honda Prelude, and you might remember it from the 2012 film, “The Place Beyond The Pines” …

Exclusive TMZ.com Kevin Hart has checked out of his in-patient rehab facility and is back home where he’s receiving intensive physical therapy, but the big takeaway … he’s “grateful” and “shocked” he’s alive. Sources very close to Kevin tell us, he’s looked at the photos of the car crash and can’t believe anyone walked out

Exclusive Little person porn star Bridget Powers — who goes by “Bridget the Midget” in her movies — got in a nasty fight that ended with her in handcuffs and her BF with a stab wound … in the leg. Law enforcement sources tell us they were called to a home in Vegas early Wednesday

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Tommy Chong says banning flavored vapes is a fool’s errand, and the proper response to the recent spate of deaths has been right in front of us the whole time … marijuana!!! We got Tommy at the Daytime Beauty Awards in Los Angeles and asked about the federal government’s potential

Backgrid Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman are teasing the hell out of their superfans … giving us a glimpse into what never happened on film — Wolverine and Deadpool just kicking it over coffee. Can’t ya just hear the witty one-liners looking at Hugh and Ryan chumming it up Thursday in NYC? The duo had

Sid Haig — best known as Captain Spaulding in Rob Zombie‘s “House of 1000 Corpses” trilogy — has died. The horror icon’s wife, Suzie, shared the news Monday on Sid’s own social media account, writing … “On Saturday, September 21, 2019, my light, my heart, my true love, my King, the other half of my

Oklahoma native Cindy Pickett was in her late 30s when she took on the role of the gullible and loving mother, Katie Bueller — who can’t believe her ill son could be absent niiiiiine times?! — in John Hughes‘ 1986 classic movie masterpiece, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Cindy Pickett was in the sick flick with

Exclusive TMZ.com Kevin Hart‘s 1970 Plymouth Barracuda will be stripped down to nuts, bolts and metal pieces … courtesy of the California Highway Patrol, and what the CHP finds could result in new car safety laws. Our CHP sources tell us its protocol is often to dissemble cars involved in either fatal or major injuries

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Ben Stiller wants America to get something out of this 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that it hasn’t had in several years … and that is the unity we all felt after that tragic day. We got the actor Wednesday in his native NYC, and he shared what the

Canadian-born actress Martha MacIsaac is best known for her role as the Goldslick love interest, Becca — who parties too hard and pukes the bed — in the 2007 coming-of-age comedy, “Superbad.” Martha MacIsaac joined an awesome group of young actors for the high school party film including Emma Stone as the party-hosting hottie, Jules,