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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

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

Play video content @ryusei416japan/Instagram Bruce Lee might be dead, but his spirit is very much alive in this little boy from Japan … who knows one of the legend’s insane nunchuck movie routines like the back of his hand. Meet Ryusei — a legitimate Kung Fu prodigy who’s obsessed with all things Bruce … including

Exclusive The Rock owns the XFL and former L.A. Wildcats head coach Winston Moss has a message for DJ … GIVE ME A JOB!!! Moss lost his head coaching gig when the 2nd iteration of the XFL went under — largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic — leaving the former NFL player and coach without

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

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

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

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.

Child actor Kelley Parker gained fame at a very young age after she was cast to play the little, blonde homeless girl, Katie — who follows Michael Jackson around the city, dodges lethal injections from Mr. Big (played by Joe Pesci) and watches MJ turn into an epic, flying robot — in the ground-breaking 1988

Play video content @scottderrickson / Twitter Benedict Cumberbatch knows how to make friends and influence Marvel fans — try walking off the street into a comic book store while in his full Doctor Strange costume. Scott Derrickson, who directed the movie, posted a never-before-seen clip of the lead star popping into a Manhattan comic book

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Gary Busey can’t make up his mind about quarantine life — one minute he says it’s the best thing to happen to him … and the next, he’s calling it prison. We got GB Monday at the Malibu News Stand, where he chopped it up with us about how he’s

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 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

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

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

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

Play video content Антон Геращенко / Facebook A hostage situation in Ukraine ended safely when the country’s president met one of the gunman’s odd demands — posting a video encouraging folks to watch a Joaquin Phoenix movie. Here’s the deal … a heavily armed man took 13 people hostage on a bus in western Ukraine,

Jennifer Lopez said love don’t cost a thing, but getting her dune buggies out of the tow yard’s another story … as she quickly learned when her trip to the beach got cut short. So, here’s what happened … J Lo and her crew were dressed and ready for some fun in the sun Tuesday

Marilyn Monroe‘s pearls from her last ever photo shoot could be sitting in your collection — the historic jewelry is hitting the auction block. Marilyn wore faux pearl earrings and slipped on a faux pearl necklace for the photo spread — famously known as the “Last Sitting” — with legendary fashion photog Bert Stern. The

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

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