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Play video content Exclusive The River at Tampa Bay Church The Florida pastor who got hauled in by cops for hosting a megachurch service despite quarantine and stay-at-home orders is doubling down … insisting he did NOTHING wrong. The Tampa-area minister is Rodney Howard-Browne, and he took to his own podcast/telecast shortly after being released

Exclusive R. Kelly‘s firing back at prosecutors who say he shouldn’t get released early due to coronavirus risks — arguing prison is a petri dish, and insisting he can’t properly prep for trial from jail. The singer’s legal team filed a reply to the feds’ response to Kelly’s original motion last week, in which they

Play video content Exclusive TMZSports.com The war between Claressa Shields and Laila Ali is even nastier BEHIND THE SCENES … with Claressa revealing all the trash-talking messages they’ve been sending each other — and it’s WILD!! Shields — BY FAR the best active female boxer on the planet — says she offered up an olive

Exclusive The bus driver in Lil Wayne‘s 2015 bus shooting thinks Birdman and Young Thug struck secret deals with prosecutors … and now he’s demanding to know why they’ve never been indicted. In docs, obtained by TMZ, Alvin Lewis says he finds it unusual Cobb County, Georgia prosecutors would describe Birdman and YT as co-conspirators

Play video content Breaking News C-SPAN Seems the ice has thawed between Tom Brady and Donald Trump — at least, according to POTUS — who says he spoke with TB12 the other day and they’re all gooooood! Trump busted out the humblebrag during a coronavirus update press conference Thursday while trashing the “fake news” media.

Play video content Jussie Smollett wants to move on from his alleged “attack” — despite a pending trial — and he’s singing about it while on coronavirus lockdown. Jussie just broke his social media silence Wednesday by singing and playing the piano. It’s the ex-“Empire” star’s first time posting anything in over 9 months, so

Exclusive Harvey Weinstein says the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic is seriously complicating one of his many legal matters, so he’s begging a judge for more time. According to a new legal doc — obtained by TMZ — Weinstein wants a 2-month extension for discovery in a civil case … specifically, “due to the current coronavirus crisis.”

Kim Kardashian West says Taylor Swift has left her no choice but to set the record straight about the phone call between Kanye and Taylor that led to years of conflict. Over the weekend, unseen footage from the 2016 call leaked online. In the call, Kanye tells Taylor about a song he’s working on —

Exclusive Los Angeles traffic cops are easing up on writing people tickets and towing away their vehicles … and you have coronavirus to thank for it. L.A. City Hall sources tell TMZ … the LAPD just issued new city-wide guidelines as a result of the state of emergency in California and because of what City

Breaking News Getty Life behind bars ain’t too bad for Ronaldinho … the soccer legend joined a prison league futbol tournament last week — and reportedly won a pig for dominating the games!! If ya missed it … the 39-year-old Brazilian has been locked away in Paraguay prison after officials say he entered the country

Exclusive Vanessa Bryant has filed legal docs to protect all of her children …she’s asking a judge to amend Kobe‘s trust so she can provide for their youngest daughter, Capri, who was born after the most recent trust document was drafted and signed. According to the docs, obtained by TMZ Sports, Kobe created a trust

Breaking News TMZ.com Linda Fairstein, the woman who helped prosecute the now-vindicated Central Park 5, is suing Netflix and director Ava DuVernay over her portrayal in “When They See Us.” Fairstein filed the federal suit Wednesday, saying she fired off a warning to DuVernay before her series was released. Fairstein says she was concerned she

Exclusive TMZ.com R. Kelly is a man truly trapped now that coronavirus lockdowns are in full swing — he can’t get to his lawyers … even though prison officials insist it ain’t personal. Kelly’s legal team tried going to see their client last Thursday at MCC Chicago — where he’s currently behind bars — but

Exclusive TMZ Composite Coronavirus seems to have folks thinking they can do as they please — one LAPD officer claims he experienced it firsthand with a rogue, and possibly contagious, car parker. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … a cop in L.A. came across a woman this weekend whom he says was parked in a

Exclusive Getty Jennifer Lawrence got a rude awakening to cap off her weekend — cops say a female intruder sauntered right into her crib … and the way she did it was too damn easy. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … a woman entered JLaw’s L.A.-area home Sunday around 9:15 PM PT. We’re told the

Exclusive Getty Nicki Minaj‘s husband really wants to get back to surfing the Internet … something he’s currently barred from doing due to his pending criminal case. Kenneth Petty just submitted legal docs, obtained by TMZ, begging a California judge to allow him to use the World Wide Web. Department of Justice As you know

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Diane Warren says nothing’s gonna stop Joe Biden‘s march towards the White House … and she’s offering up one of her #1 hits to help him get the job done. We got the legendary songwriter and staunch Democrat outside Madeo in Bev Hills and she couldn’t stop gushing over Biden

Exclusive Getty DaBaby just got slapped back … with a lawsuit from the woman who claims the rapper smacked the hell outta her at a recent concert. Tyronesha Laws just filed the suit, claiming she was minding her own damn business when the rapper, “suddenly and without any warning,” lashed out and brutally and violently

Breaking News Getty Harvey Weinstein is likely to die in prison — he just got sentenced to 23 years in his NY state criminal case. The 67-year-old disgraced movie mogul faced the judge Wednesday at his sentencing, and even spoke briefly. Several of his accusers, including the women who testified against him, were in the

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Kenya Moore says it’s far too late for her and costar NeNe Leakes to bury the hatchet off-camera — because too much bad blood has been spilled over the course of the show. We got the ‘RHOA’ star in Atlanta Tuesday at the premiere of the new show, “Waka and

Exclusive TMZ.com DaBaby is vehemently denying a woman’s claim she was on the receiving end of his vicious slap — the rapper admits hitting someone, but says alleged victims are coming outta the woodwork. We broke the story … DaBaby brutally assaulted a fan before his Saturday night gig in Tampa while walking through the

Exclusive City Girls member JT is tasting freedom … because we’ve learned the rapper is outta federal custody after spending the last part of her sentence in a halfway house. JT was officially released Friday, the Federal Bureau of Prisons tells TMZ. Remember, she’d been in custody since June 2018 after turning herself in on

Play video content @adamglyn You think Charles Barkley is just gonna let Draymond Green trash him all over TV without hitting back?? Don’t worry, Charles returned fire at the NBA star in NYC — and we’ve got the video! Remember, Green went off on Barkley last week over more harsh criticism — threatening to take

Breaking News Getty Harvey Weinstein is asking the judge who will sentence him Wednesday for mercy … a 5 year prison sentence. Weinstein’s lawyers filed legal docs late Monday, laying out personal matters they want the judge to consider in handing down the sentence. For starters, the lawyers honed in on the Ronan Farrow‘s New

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Tee Grizzley says he no longer has beef with Eminem and Royce da 5’9″ … and he’s chalking it all up to a classic case of a misunderstanding. Here’s the deal … Tee Grizzley blasted Royce after he revealed he’d advised Eminem to hold off on collaborating with the up-and-coming

Department of Justice Nicki Minaj‘s husband finally got his ducks in a row on the West Coast — getting himself registered as a sex offender, and looking kinda ticked off in the process. Kenneth Petty is now entered into the California Megan’s Law database, which tracks sex offenders in the state. We don’t know exactly

Play video content Exclusive TMZSports.com Ex-Knicks player Chris Childs says ever since Kobe Bryant‘s death, fans have been bringing up their fight from back in the day … but those fans need to chill — ’cause Chris says he and Kobe were cool!!! “Nah, it was never a beef,” Childs says, “It was just something

Exclusive Getty Composite Megan Thee Stallion will NOT be releasing new music this week, after all … not if her label gets its way, and 1501 Certified Entertainment wants an emergency court hearing on the matter. Label honcho Carl Crawford just filed a motion to dissolve the temporary restraining order Megan got earlier this week