Posted May 26th 2009 4:55PM by TMZ Staff
WANTED: Man who robbed a convenience store in Lincoln, Nebraska yesterday, making off with nine packs of cigarettes, worth a grand total of $50.
DESCRIPTION: Male, medium build ... and wearing an empty Bud Light box as a mask!!!!
Sure, he's a moron, but the stupid disguise worked -- cops are still looking for this idiot.
UPDATE: We just obtained this video of the beer box bandit in action, in which he uses a green towel to make the clerk believe he's carrying a firearm.
Anyone think he was actually packing?
Posted May 26th 2009 4:17PM by TMZ Staff
The only thing that hurts more than being shot nine times -- taking one shot with Bette Midler.
50 Cent and his cronies got a little testy when we brought up Fiddy's photo-op with the Divine Miss M, with one dude dropping the most hilariously un-gangsta line ever -- "F**k Bette!"
Filed under: 50 Cent
Posted May 26th 2009 3:30PM by TMZ Staff
By the look of his tight and toned physique, you'd never guess Jerry O'Connell's twin daughters were delivered just five months ago.
The 35-year-old showed off his buff bod -- and then some -- in a red bikini brief on Lake Havasu today.
The chubby kid from "Stand by Me" has left the building.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Hot Bodies, Stars in Heat
Posted May 26th 2009 3:00PM by TMZ Staff
The only thing bigger than Ryan Seacrest's smile in this photo ... is something you can easily figure out yourself.
Seacrest was spotted with his two new pals at the Tao Beach pool party in Las Vegas this weekend. If you happen to recognize the well-endowed chick in the photos, she's the famed ex-stripper known as "Leper" on theDirty.com.
Filed under: American Idol, Hot Vegas, Photo Galleries
Posted May 26th 2009 3:00PM by TMZ Staff
The people who own the mansion where Ed McMahon broke his neck are finally off the hook -- a judge dismissed the case one day before it was set to go to trial.
Ed filed the lawsuit back in 2007 when he slipped on a ramp-like staircase -- which Ed believed to be "unsafe" -- at a mansion owned by investment tycoon Robert Day and his wife Kelly.
But according to documents, filed in L.A. County Superior Court on Thursday, the Days were finally dismissed from the suit after the two parties reached a settlement -- the terms of which have not been made public.
Ed settled the other half of this lawsuit -- which was a malpractice claim against the doctors and the hospital Ed claimed failed to spot and treat his injury -- a few weeks ago.
The terms of that settlement has not been made public either.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Posted May 26th 2009 2:44PM by TMZ Staff
O.J. Simpson still thinks he's innocent -- 'cause the murdering murderer-slash-armed robber is playin' the race card in the hopes of springing himself from the bowels of a Nevada state prison.
Simpson filed an appeal Tuesday with the Nevada Supreme Court over that hotel room confrontation where he punked two sports memorabilia dealers. Simpson is crying that his conviction was tainted by judicial misconduct, a lack of racial diversity on the jury and errors in sentencing and jury instructions.
OJ is set to serve anywhere between 9 -33 years -- no word if he's still trying to hunt down the "real killer" from behind bars.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, O.J.
Posted May 26th 2009 2:35PM by TMZ Staff
The owner of this inked up back -- featuring a tat on his right arm similar to Angelina's -- soaked his bones at a hotel pool in Hollywood this weekend. Can you guess who the marked man is?
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo
Posted May 26th 2009 1:40PM by TMZ Staff
If you haven't gone to the gym lately, this dog named Kirin is about to make you feel even worse about it -- she does squats ... on two legs ... three to four times a week!
Squats -- so easy a Japanese Border Collie can do 'em. What's your excuse?
Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Critters
Posted May 26th 2009 1:24PM by TMZ Staff
Rapper T.I. has checked himself into the federal prison in Forrest City, Arkansas, according to one of his attorneys.
We're told T.I. reported to the minimum security prison prior to the 12 PM deadline. The 28-year-old rapper was sentenced to 366 days after he was busted trying to buy unregistered machine guns and silencers from undercover federal agents back in 2007.
Sources say the rapper spent his last day of freedom with close family and friends at his home in Georgia.
UPDATE: T.I.'s other lawyer told us the rapper was on time at the prison -- but after seeing the mob of media, they drove around looking for a better way to get in. This caused T.I. to be late 12 PM check-in. Not a good start...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Posted May 26th 2009 12:57PM by TMZ Staff
"Turns out those dumb commercials, that sing 'bout credit reports for free,
Are really full of crap and charge a 15 dollar fee,
The government took notice, and just passed a brand new bill,
Which stops those lying companies from lying to you still."
"The only place to get legit reports, so says the government,
Is to go to AnnualCreditReport.com, and to you they'll be sent.
Thanks a bunch to the FTC, but who we gotta thank the most...
Are the people who wrote about this first, over at the Huffington Post."
Posted May 26th 2009 12:45PM by TMZ Staff
When three time Olympic medalist in gymnastics Dominique Dawes told us she only works out "a little bit" yesterday in D.C, we think it was a little bit of an understatement.
No sleeves? No problem -- eat your heart out Michelle Obama..
Filed under: Hot Bodies, Talk Sports
Posted May 26th 2009 12:40PM by TMZ Staff
Chris Brown sat alongside Usher to watch the Orlando Magic put the smack down on the Cleveland Cavaliers in an NBA playoff game on Sunday in Orlando.
Fun fact #1 -- Usher is part owner of the Cavaliers.
Fun fact #2 -- Chris Brown was charged with felony assault for allegedly beating up his girlfriend Rihanna after attending a pre-Grammy party.
Filed under: Talk Sports, Chris Brown
Posted May 26th 2009 12:20PM by TMZ Staff
Post-Hefner, a slightly less trampy Holly Madison is emerging -- because girl's getting her Playboy tramp stamp removed!
Here's Holly this past weekend at the Wet Republic at the MGM (left), and the same pink bunny tattoo back in '05 (right).
This is one move we can really get behind.
Filed under: Wacky & Weird, Playboy
Posted May 26th 2009 12:05PM by TMZ Staff
Jose Canseco showed off his newly created punch-and-run technique during his Mixed Martial Arts debut last night in Japan -- and needless to say, it didn't work at all.
Canseco fought the superhuman-sized 7'2" 330-pound Hong Man Choi at the Dream Super Hulk tournament in Yokohama -- which mercifully ended after ONE MINUTE when Choi mounted the old "Bash Brother" and beat him to a pulp.
Unfortunately, they don't make a steroid that turns you into someone with fighting ability.
Filed under: Talk Sports
Posted May 26th 2009 11:15AM by TMZ Staff
The infamous house where Cameron Frye was savagely beaten by his father in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (they cut that part out of the movie) is now being unloaded to the highest bidder.
The sweet house -- which is in Highland Park, Illinois -- has 4 bedrooms, 4 bath, 5,300 sq. ft. and is up for grabs for $2.3 million, according to realtor.com.
Smashed up Ferrari in the woods not included.
Filed under: Movies, Celebrity Pay Dirt
