TMZ President Trump is sticking up for A$AP Rocky by dressing down the Swedish Prime Minister … the Prez says he’s very disappointed Sweden’s leader didn’t step in to help A$AP skirt an assault charge. POTUS just went on a Twitter tantrum against the European nation and its government … demanding the Swedes give A$AP
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TMZ A$AP Rocky has been charged with a crime after spending weeks in a Swedish jail … prosecutors just hit him with one count of Assault Causing Actual Bodily Harm stemming from a street brawl in the country’s capital .. and if convicted he could spend years behind bars. The prosecutor said A$AP will continue
Exclusive 12:41 PM PT — TMZ Sports has obtained Rhoden’s mug shot after he was booked Tuesday. Bodybuilding superstar Shawn Rhoden — the reigning Mr. Olympia — just turned himself in to authorities in Utah and pled not guilty to multiple felony rape charges, TMZ Sports has learned. As we previously reported, Rhoden — who
Justin Bieber is stoking the battle flames again by nominating Tom Cruise after doing the bottle cap challenge and saying the cap could be Tom’s dome, if he wants to join the party. JB threw up a video Sunday, showing himself doing the now-famous viral challenge that tons of celebs have taken part in. He
Exclusive TMZ Aretha Franklin‘s son says the rep who controls his mother’s estate is on a spending spree — with the singer’s fortune — and he wants a judge to put a stop to it … stat. Aretha’s son, Kecalf Franklin, wants a judge to grant a temporary restraining order against the estate’s rep, Sabrina
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Karlous Miller — an OG cast member on Nick Cannon‘s “Wild ‘N Out” — says his triumphant return to the show came as a result of a heart-to-heart with its host. The comedian — who got fired from the show last year after a reported falling-out with Nick — told
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Harvey Weinstein has an accuser who is coming after him a second time … Paz de la Huerta, who spent part of the day Monday with NYC prosecutors. We got Paz at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, flanked by her attorney, Mark Heller. As they were leaving, Paz and Mark
Breaking News Getty NFL superstar Odell Beckham is opening up on his nasty break-up with the NY Giants … saying he felt disrespected after getting shipped to Cleveland “after everything I’ve done for them.” OBJ was traded to the Browns back in March … and he says the move was like a slap in the
Breaking News TMZ UFC champ Jon Jones is denying allegations he slapped a cocktail waitress at an Albuquerque strip club back in April … and telling fans, “I’m definitely not in any trouble.” According to police, the alleged victim claims 32-year-old Jones not only slapped her inside TD’s Eubank Showclub, but kissed her neck without
Kamala Harris seems to have Hollywood squarely in her corner as she continues her campaign for POTUS — and she’s got manager-to-the-stars Scooter Braun to thank for it. The California senator attended a fundraiser that Scooter threw for her on Saturday, which took place at his own home in Los Angeles. Some very famous faces
Exclusive ‘The Chi’ star Sonja Sohn was arrested for cocaine possession … TMZ has learned. Sohn, who also starred in “The Wire,” was arrested Sunday at 2 AM in North Carolina for cocaine possession, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The paraphernalia charges are misdemeanors, but the cocaine charge is a felony. Police tell us
Exclusive Details TMZ Composite Jussie Smollett‘s lawyers say the Osundairo brothers misquoted alleged defamatory statements they thought his team made, but turns out … their own attorney said ’em. Mark Geragos — who repped Jussie during his criminal trial when he was still in the hot seat in Chicago — filed legal docs asking a
Exclusive TMZ As A$AP Rocky rots in a Swedish jail for weeks without being charged with a crime, you gotta wonder how another rapper — a white rapper — accused of the same crime and more spent a relative nanosecond behind bars before being allowed to go on his merry way and leave the country.
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Mod Sun says Bella Thorne getting up in arms over girl code is ridiculous … because she doesn’t play by the rules in any of her relationships. The rapper was out near Hollywood Thursday when we asked about his ex-girlfriend beefing on Twitter with her ex-girlfriend, Tana Mongeau — who’s
Breaking News TMZ 3:20 AM PT — Now check this out … Swedish prosecutors just issued a REVISED press release and have taken out the original statement that they will indict A$AP Rocky. Now it just says they need more time to investigate so he should stay in jail. So the question, was it a
Exclusive Getty Tyrone Crawford can head to Dallas Cowboys camp without the worry of a court case hanging over his head … TMZ Sports has learned he’s a cut deal to get his bar brawl charge dropped. We broke the story, the defensive end wrecked several bouncers at a Panama City Beach, FL bar on
Exclusive TMZ Cuba Gooding Jr.‘s motion to dismiss his groping charges doesn’t sit well with the D.A.’s Office, which is calling him out for using the alleged victim’s mental health as an excuse to toss the case. The Manhattan D.A. responded to Cuba’s motion to dismiss the case, saying the Oscar winner and his legal
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Quavo will think twice and maybe three times before ever stepping foot on Swedish soil again, because he says he — just like A$AP Rocky — was abused by Swedish cops. We got Quavo early Wednesday in WeHo leaving Bootsy Bellows, and the Migos star shared something he’s never talked
Play video content Breaking News TMZ.com Meek Mill is back in court trying to get his conviction overturned from over a decade ago — and he might have a shot based on who’s on the bench … a whole new set of judges. The Philly-bred rapper is appearing Tuesday in Pennsylvania Superior Court, asking for
Exclusive TMZ Soulja Boy skipping a gig might prove costly … ’cause he’s now being sued. William Hicks claims Soulja was a no-show after he booked the rapper to perform back in April in Birmingham, AL. According to legal docs obtained by TMZ … promoter Hicks says he paid Soulja a deposit of nearly $9k
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com R. Kelly‘s alleged sex slaves or, as they would say, girlfriends, are setting the record straight on where the hell they’ve been since the singer was arrested — and they say … nothing’s changed. A rep for Joycelyn Savage and Azriel Clary tells TMZ … the women were sitting comfortably
TMZ/Getty Composite Wonder why #RacistInChief is trending today? It’s because the President Trump suggested some American congresswomen to go back and fix the countries “from which they came.” DT went on an especially viscous Twitter rant Sunday morning, which many people have called out as flat-out racist and xenophobic … including some prominent members of
Exclusive TMZ The time is quickly approaching for Soulja Boy to turn his swag on again … he’s getting out of jail way early. According to jail records … the rapper’s set to be released today, after just a little more than 3 months locked up, despite being sentenced to 240 days for a probation
Exclusive TMZ DMX is off the hook for a potential probation violation … the feds found no wrongdoing on his part when he and his entourage mistakenly drove away from a restaurant in someone else’s Corvette. TMZ broke the story … DMX and his crew left a Los Angeles restaurant in another diner’s car following
Exclusive TMZ R. Kelly‘s behind bars thanks in large part to his own inner circle — enablers and ex-employees who handed the feds videos of Kelly having sex with underage girls, according to the attorney for multiple alleged victims. Gerald Griggs — who represents Joycelyn Savage‘s family among others — tells TMZ the federal investigation
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Farrah Abraham says all of Jenelle Evans‘ family and legal drama comes down to one thing — she’s a bad mother … but Jenelle’s got a harsh claim of her own about Farrah. We got the former ‘Teen Mom’ leaving Madeo in Beverly Hills Thursday night, and she cut right
Exclusive Getty Toni Braxton took an oath to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth Thursday, and told a jury she’s heartbroken that the guy on trial stole her engagement ring and other precious jewelry. A guy who works for an airplane cleaning service is on trial for allegedly rifling through
Exclusive TMZ/Getty Salt-N-Pepa‘s DJ, Spinderella, is really pushing it by suing her groupmates … mainly because she doesn’t even have her facts straight, at least according to people close to Salt and Pep. Sources connected with group tell TMZ … the ladies think Spinderella’s suit is really about her own insecurities — that she feels
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Busta Rhymes apparently wasn’t in the mood to mingle with a fan, and all hell broke loose when that fan got sour and used a homophobic slur while arguing with the rapper. TMZ’s obtained video that picks up in the middle of the heated confrontation that went down around 5
Play video content Exclusive TMZSports.com Heavyweight boxing champ Andy Ruiz says he’s already training for the rematch with Anthony Joshua … and tells TMZ Sports he’s calling the shots this time around!! Of course, Ruiz was a late replacement who stepped in for Jarrell Miller when “Big Baby” failed a drug test — with Andy