Posted Jul 4th 2008 11:50AM by TMZ Staff
Customs officials aren't the only ones interested in celebrity passports. State Department employees may be more interested in Britney Spears that you would ever have thunk.
An internal audit shows widespread, improper accessing of famous people's passports. The audit checked 150 notable celebs, including entertainers, athletes and politicos. 85% of them had been accessed 4,148 times between September 2002 and March 2008. State Dept. officials say that is way excessive and they smell a rat.
The audit doesn't mention specific celebs, but you gotta believe Britney is on the list. J. Edgar Hoover lives on!
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Posted Jul 4th 2008 11:00AM by TMZ Staff
Diana Bianchi tried to parlay the infamy from wrecking Christie Brinkley and porny Peter Cook's marriage into a music career -- right up until she got paid by Pervy Pete to keep her mouth shut.
Spies tell TMZ Bianchi stopped production on her big musical debut earlier this year because some of the songs contained specific references to her fling with Cook -- and that would've violated her deal with him.
Several people who worked long and hard to do videos and other parts of the project haven't been paid -- and they're PO'd.
As they wait for their coin -- they're considering legal action. Diana's mouthpiece didn't immediately return a call for comment.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Posted Jul 4th 2008 10:51AM by TMZ Staff
Why did Ashley Dupre drop her $10 million lawsuit against Joe Francis? It's simple really ...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Posted Jul 3rd 2008 5:30PM by TMZ Staff
Ashley Dupré -- aka Gov. Spitzer's fav girl -- has finally come to her senses.
The former call girl has dropped her lawsuit against Girls Gone Wild main man Joe Francis. She filed the suit back in April, claiming GGW used her name and likeness for profit. Dupre had claimed she was tricked into giving her consent for a GGW video -- but Joe long-claimed he had video evidence to the contrary.
Joe tells TMZ, "The filing of the lawsuit was a serious lapse of judgment on her part. I never did understand how I could possibly damage the reputation of a hooker ... This isn't the first time I've faced false allegations against me. But the truth invariably comes out, as I knew it would in this case. I am happy to, once again, be completely vindicated."
Her lawyer issued a statement, that said in part, "Ms. Dupré wants to eliminate all negativity from her life and focus on the positive. She has prospects for many exciting new projects and is looking forward to starting a new chapter."
Presumably one that doesn't involve selling herself.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Posted Jul 3rd 2008 3:40PM by TMZ Staff
Dr. Jan "Jailbird" Adams has flown the coop! He was released from Solano County Jail on Tuesday after posting $10,000 bail.
A pre-trial hearing is scheduled for July 7. We are told Dr.-just-not-right-now Adams will be present in court -- if he doesn't get arrested again before that!
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Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Posted Jul 3rd 2008 3:13PM by TMZ Staff
Oh no he didn't!! Christie Brinkley's ex Peter Cook just said that Shrek "was more believable" than his soon-to-be ex's tearful testimony. The nerve!
During a lunch break, the cheater's, er, Cook's lawyer told PEOPLE "I think her performance was a performance," adding, "She's a good actress. It's been two years. She should be past this by now." Let's look back -- she was in "Vacation" and said, like, seven words. She's a model, you douche, not an actress!
Stay tuned ... this is better than TV.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Break-Ups
Posted Jul 3rd 2008 1:25PM by TMZ Staff
Gym Class Hero frontman Travis McCoy was arrested at Tuesday's Warped Tour show in Missouri -- and now cops want to talk to him again.
Cops popped McCoy for third-degree assault after he allegedly roughed up a fan who called him "f**king ignorant n****r." He was released Wednesday morning on $500 bail, but now, after investigating, cops want to talk to him again.
The band released a statement Wednesday calling the incident "unfortunate" adding McCoy and the band are "anything but violent."
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music
Posted Jul 3rd 2008 12:31PM by TMZ Staff
On the second day of testimony in supermodel Christie Brinkley's super screwed-up divorce case, Brinkley says almost ex-hubby Peter Cook once called her threatening to kill himself by smashing his car into a tree.
Brinkley said she begged Cook not to do it because it would destroy their children. When asked why -- Christie responded "it was the right thing to do."
And -- if you can believe it -- the story gets better.
Click here... it's not over yet
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Break-Ups
Posted Jul 3rd 2008 12:15PM by TMZ Staff
An anorexic guy -- yes, you heard correctly -- says Rachael Ray's show spit him out because he blew the whistle on their skinny-hating ways.
Admitted anorexic Aaron Ferguson just filed suit in Manhattan, alleging that his boss -- the "Rachael" accountant -- slammed the show's executive-in-charge, Priscilla Taussig, as "too skinny to do her job," demeaned anorexics as "sick in the head," and even commented, "Did you see Priscilla today ... all you can see are her sickly bones."
Ferguson says when he went to HR to complain, they digested his complaints -- and then his boss promptly made his life "so miserable" that he had to bail. He claims he was offered $4K to sign a separation waiver.
Aaron wants $1.5 mil in damages. Rachael herself is not named in the suit. Rachael's peeps didn't immediately return a call for comment.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, TV
Posted Jul 3rd 2008 12:05PM by TMZ Staff
Someone call Barbizon! DMX has so many mugshots he could start a portfolio.
Madness really does have a name -- it's DMX.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music, Wacky & Weird
Posted Jul 3rd 2008 11:00AM by TMZ Staff
A guy who readily admits that his head ain't what it used to be wants a billion dollars -- a billion Earth dollars, that is -- from Disney because, he claims, they stole his version of "Toy Story." How do you milk a mouse, anyway?
George Horchak says he wrote a screenplay called "The Adventures of Johnny Justice" back in 1967 and that it had a spaceman-cowboy duo in it. And that's about where the similarity ends -- well, except for both cowboys' ability to "exhibit a fast draw," says Horchak.
It's kinda sad though -- Horchak had a debilitating brain tumor almost twenty years ago, lives on Social Security, has used seven different names -- one of which is Johnny Dollar.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Wacky & Weird
Posted Jul 3rd 2008 10:50AM by TMZ Staff
The ex-stripper who claimed to have cross-dressing shots of Oscar De La Hoya went all Winona yesterday at Macy's in NYC.
Now that Milana Dravnel's not going to get $100 mil out of Oscar with a lawsuit, money must be tight: The ex-Scores girl was nabbed Tuesday night after cops say she tried to walk out of the department store with as much as $1,000 in filched merch. Cops say she produced a receipt -- but not for all the loot. She's been charged with fourth degree larceny and possession of stolen property.
A call to her lawyer Salvatore Strazzullo was not immediately returned.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Posted Jul 3rd 2008 8:39AM by TMZ Staff
This does not put the prudence in jurisprudence: a judge actually has given convicted felon Wesley Snipes the OK to jet off to London and Bangkok.
Snipes had begged a Federal judge in Florida to let him go work abroad on a couple movies, and Judge William Terrell Hodges said he could go for three days this month and also to Thailand for eight weeks -- eight weeks. Wes is waiting for his appeal on his conviction on tax evasion charges.
How's this for hilarious: The two films he'll be working on are called "Gallowwalker" and "Chasing the Dragon."
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Posted Jul 2nd 2008 7:20PM by TMZ Staff
Rob Lowe's ex-nanny loves the word no. In a declaration filed today, Jessica Gibson goes line by line, denying every allegation Lowe, wife Sheryl and anyone on their side has made about her and her alleged behavior.
In court docs, filed today in Santa Barbara County Superior Court, Gibson says there is "animosity" between her and her sister Jamie, so you can't believe her yarn about demanding cash from the Lowes. She also adds she doesn't recall ever signing a confidentiality agreement to work for the Lowes.
Gibson says she had no clue she couldn't have visitors over to the Lowe house and "was not aware" that she needed permission for the visits.
And there's more ...
Click here... it's not over yet
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Rob Lowe
Posted Jul 2nd 2008 6:54PM by TMZ Staff
Knock knock -- that's not American Family Publishers at your door Ed. It's the bill collector. Pay your bills fool!
TMZ has obtained yet another lawsuit filed against Ed McMahon and his big spender of a wife Pamela, this time it's filed by Mickey Fine Pharmacy of Beverly Hills. In the lawsuit, filed last Friday in L.A. County Superior Court, the Pharmacy says the mortgagely-challenged duo owes them roughly $8200.
If Mickey Fine sounds familiar, it is. You may 'memba Fine also sued Michael Jackson, claiming Jacko owed more than $100k for prescriptions.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
