Cuba Gooding Jr.‘s lawyer is making what sounds like, on its face, an odd argument in his sexual assault case — claiming women with small breasts tend to be delusional. The actor and his legal team appeared in a Manhattan courthouse Thursday for a preliminary hearing in his trial, and things took a strange turn

Viola Davis is coming full circle for her birthday by buying the house (and property) where she was born — a place that was formerly inhabited by slaves. The actress celebrated her 55th Tuesday by posting a photo of what she calls her birthplace — an old rundown house on what’s been said to be

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Akon is turning his dreams into reality — building a futuristic city in Senegal, which he says will resemble Wakanda from “Black Panther” … in more ways than just its futuristic appearance. The singer, who hails from Senegal, joined us on “TMZ Live” Tuesday for an update on “Akon City,”

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are looking to live large — as in a much larger house as their first baby’s about to arrive. The couple’s been making the rounds in the exclusive, celebrity-enclave of Montecito where they spent the weekend looking at a variety of massive homes. Based on the 3 they toured, it’ll

The world’s last remaining Blockbuster store is getting an extreme makeover … it’s converting into a rental property for an epic end-of-summer sleepover!!! Here’s the deal … Sandi Harding, the manager of the only surviving Blockbuster in Bend, OR, is converting the store into an Airbnb for 3 nights only … and the once-in-a-lifetime experience

Exclusive Ryan Reynolds or Sir Paul McCartney could become the next chief of a First Nation in Canada … the native community has spoken, and the famous non-natives are up for election. Ryan and Paul have been nominated as Chief for Walpole Island First Nation, a reservation nestled on an island bordering Michigan and Canada

Breaking News Patrick Schwarzenegger spilled the beans, possibly unintentionally, but his sister, Katherine, and her hubby, Chris Pratt, have had their baby. The news came after a photographer spotted Patrick Sunday and congratulated him on becoming an uncle and then asked how Katherine and the baby are doing. PS responded, “Doing great, just got her

Sylvester Stallone is rarely EVER down for the count … but when it comes to his tricked-out Escalade, he’s decided it’s time to hang up the gloves and sell the whip for a small fortune. The folks over at Becker Automotive Design did the customization and now are handling the sale of Sly’s 2019 Cadillac

Child actor and Pennsylvania-native Robert J. Steinmiller Jr. (now goes by Bob Steinmiller) was only a teenager when he shot to stardom after playing the brave young boy, Jack Leary — who deals with life in his dysfunctional family and navigates through his strange neighborhood — in the 1993 Marshall Herskovitz film, “Jack the Bear.”

Brooklyn-based singer and actor Ellen Greene is best known for her role as the blonde-bob babes and shop assistant, Audrey — who is the love interest (and meal interest) of the skid row plant shop — in the plant-based 1986 musical, “Little Shop of Horrors.” Ellen Greene was cast alongside an epic group of actors

Exclusive Daisy Coleman — one of the teenage girls featured in “Audrie & Daisy,” the Netflix documentary about multiple rape cases — has died by suicide … according to her mother. Daisy’s mom, Melinda, says her daughter took her own life Tuesday night. Her body was discovered after Melinda called the police to do a

Exclusive Zac Efron is formulating a plan to escape from Los Angeles … and he’s got his eyes set on a big move down under!!! Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Zac plans on listing his L.A.-area home in the very near future, and he wants to move full-time to the Byron Bay area

Happy Friday … here’s a filthy, but happy, Jason Momoa getting hosed down after riding on a dune buggy. The Hollywood hunk and star of the upcoming “Dune” remake flaunted his hot bod in a series of photos … where he’s caked in mud … giving a thumbs up while trying to clean him off.

Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas are looking madly in love these days, and they’re even doing steamy double dates with Matt Damon and his wife. Ben and Ana packed on some mouth-on-mouth PDA Monday in Malibu, rolling around in the sand, and taking a romantic stroll down the coastline. Typical hot date — lots

The friendly neighborhood home of the Boggs family in “Edward Scissorhands” is on the market, and though there’s no sign Edward’s been trimming the hedges … there’s still plenty to like about the place. The outside of the Florida house — featured in the 1990 Tim Burton cult classic, starring Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder

New York City-native Mercedes Ruehl gained fame in the ’80s when she landed the role of the distraught mother, Mrs. Baskin — who wields a knife and chases her big son out of the house and later threatens him on the phone — in the classic 1988 over-grown comedy, “BIG.” Mercedes Ruehl shared the screen

Shia LaBeouf doesn’t need a bumper sticker to show his support for Joe Biden … a face covering will do just fine. The actor was out Monday morning in L.A. arriving at a film set while also doing his part to stem the spread of the coronavirus. But, Shia’s face mask is doing double duty

Play video content Tomas Maidana/LaStarPix Gerard Butler had himself quite the weekend — one second he was putting on a show for his buddies, and the next he was getting stopped to pose with an adorable pooch. Quite the life! The “300” star was hanging out Sunday at a cafe in the Marina del Rey

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Disney princesses are returning to work in the middle of the pandemic … but they’re not going back to Disneyland … they’re hitting the road to do social distancing gigs for kids. Here’s how the folks who dress up as children’s favorite Disney characters are earning a living these days

Exclusive “American Crime” actor Johnny Ortiz is facing a real-life attempted murder charge for his alleged role in an L.A. drive-by shooting … TMZ has learned. We broke the story … Ortiz and another man, Armando Miguel Navarro, allegedly tried to kill a man named Brian Duke in a gang violence-related incident. Though Navarro’s the

Marlon Wayans is remembering his late mother on what would have been her 82nd birthday, and revealing the Wayans family matriarch, Elvira, has died. We’re told Elvira passed away a couple weeks ago, but Marlon waited until her birthday to share the somber news. He posted a touching tribute to his mother Thursday, on what

Breaking News Somebody get Liam Neeson … ’cause it’s time to release the Kraken!!! Seattle’s new NHL team just revealed it’s new name and look on Thursday … officially going with the legendary sea monster. FYI, a “kraken” is like a giant, angry octopus. Other options were thrown around — including the Sockeyes — but

Play video content @KrissyLionz / Twitter Because Gotham hasn’t been through enough in 2020 … the Joker’s popping up his colorful head for some summer hijinks. Naturally. Somebody dressed as the Clown Prince of Crime himself was spotted this morning riding a jet ski on the East River, in broad daylight no less. He cruised

Exclusive Any Jimi Hendrix collectible is significant, but this rare electric guitar oozes with so much history … it’s no wonder it’ll fetch a HUGE sum of money when it goes up for auction. The folks over at Kruse GWS Auctions are in possession of Buster’s early 1960s Japanese Sunburst electric guitar that’s expected to

Breaking News Olivia de Havilland, the last surviving star of “Gone with the Wind,” has died. The actress played Melanie Hamilton Wilkes, who squared off with Scarlett O’Hara to gain the affection of Ashley Wilkes, played by Leslie Howard. The 1939 movie became one of the icons in cinema … played and replayed every year

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Kim Zolciak says she’s smoothed things over with Marlon Wayans over his infamous “White Chicks 2” diss … it’s all water under the bridge now, but masks almost got in the way!!! We got Kim and hubby, Kroy Biermann, at LAX Wednesday and our camera guy wanted to talk about

New York-native Rory Cochrane was only 20 years old when he landed the role of the long-haired high school burnout Ron Slater — who gets stoned and sits shotgun with Matt McConaughey‘s cool character David Wooderson — in the classic 1993 throwback film “Dazed and Confused.” Rory Cochrane was cast alongside a laundry list of

Exclusive Mark Wahlberg dropped a fat stack on a new set of quarantine wheels … a custom 3-wheeler that’s eco-friendly AND street legal!!! Marky Mark’s newest ride is an Arcimoto FUV — Fun Utility Vehicle — which retails for just under $20,000 … and it’s super cool. Sources connected to the deal tell TMZ …

Exclusive Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are going back to work on the Puerto Rican movie set where they first met … and set in motion her split from Brian Austin Green. Megan and MGK arrived Thursday in San Juan after flying in together from the mainland, ready to get back to business on

Play video content AP These coffee beans are GUARANTEED to wake you up. Italian police thwarted drug-smugglers who sliced hundreds of coffee beans open, stuffed them with cocaine and carefully encased them with dark brown tape. The perps might have gotten away with it too … if it wasn’t for that darn John Wick. According