Michael Bay Briefly Offers $50,000 Reward for Puppy-Thrower’s Arrest

If you have not yet seen it, you’d probably be horrified to learn that there is a video circulating (don’t watch it!) of a Bosnian woman tossing cute puppies into a river. Well, Michael Bay to the rescue, sort of! Yesterday, on his official website, the Transformers director offered $50,000 ...

War Goes Nuclear on Pepsi — You Stole Our Song!

9/1/2010 3:19 PM PDT by TMZ Staff   The guys from War claim Pepsi stole their “signature song” for a national ad campaign … and now the band is opening a $10 million can of whoop ass to make things right. Ironically, it’s all over the song “Why Can’t ...

‘Idol’ Reject Refiles Lawsuit, Now Only Wants $100 Mil

8/31/2010 2:30 PM PDT by TMZ Staff   Ian Benardo — the former “American Idol” contestant who sued the show for $300 million — has withdrawn that lawsuit … only to refile a new one for $100 million. Benardo refiled his lawsuit for work place discrimination and sexual harassment ...

Vanishing on 7th Street Trailer, or a Flashlight Probably Can’t Protect You From Evil

Poor Hayden Christensen. He goes to sleep one night as Anakin Skywalker and wakes up to find he has arisen in an apocalypse B-movie: Everyone’s dead, the sun’s blacked out, and he and a scrappy few survivors (Thandie Newton, John Leguizamo) must band together, flashlights in hand, to battle the ...

Sam Ronson Dog Attack — The Alleged ‘Victim’

8/30/2010 4:40 PM PDT by TMZ Staff   TMZ has obtained this pic of tiny Tiger — the two-year-old Maltese pooch that was allegedly mauled by Sam Ronson’s bulldog, Cadillac, earlier today. As we first reported, authorities received a 911 call from a person who claims Tiger and Tiger’s ...

Meet SNL’s Three New Cast Members

How many young comedians does it take to replace a Will Forte? Three, apparently. The Post reports this day that a trio of relative unknowns is joining Saturday Night Live for the show’s upcoming thirty-sixth season: Scrubs’ Taran Killam (babydaddy to How I Met Your Mother’s Cobie Smulder), and Paul ...

2010 Emmy Fashion — Who Wore What!

8/29/2010 3:50 PM PDT by TMZ Staff   TV’s biggest night is ready for its fashion close-up. Check out who scored and who tanked in the style ratings at the Emmy Awards. Tags: Fashion, Beauty, Photo Galleries, Emmy Awards Email Print

Jill Zarin’s Reportedly Playing Hardball with Bravo

Wahhhhh. The full Real Housewives of New York City cast has been asked back for a fourth season, but they are holding out for more money, the Post reports. Jill Zarin, Kelly Bensimon and Alex McCord reportedly make $4k per episode, but they want to make the same bank as ...

Paris Hilton Arrested — Photos and Video

8/28/2010 9:50 AM PDT by TMZ Staff   TMZ has obtained pics of Paris Hilton as she was being arrested by Las Vegas police last night. Hilton and her boyfriend, Cy Waits, were arrested a tiny before midnight last night. Waits was booked on charges of DUI, while Hilton ...

Stony Award Nominee John Cusack To Portray Edgar Allen Poe in The Raven

John Cusack announced last night that he will star in James McTeigue’s The Raven, a film not actually based on the famous Poe poem of the same name. Instead, the fictional thriller takes place over the last five days in Poe’s life, with a serial killer running around 1849 Baltimore ...