Jennifer Lopez‘s 50th birthday party was insane — with huge stars, a huge mansion, a huge cake … and a 6-figure birthday present courtesy of her fiance, Alex Rodriguez!!! It all went down Wednesday night at Gloria Estefan‘s waterfront mansion on Star Island in Miami … where J Lo’s famous friends like DJ Khaled, Fat
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Amber Portwood‘s making her priorities clear … as she waltzed into an Indiana courthouse to learn if she would lose access to her one-year-old child in her domestic battery case, an MTV camera crew was there lapping it all up. Amber was back in Marion County Court on Thursday …
Play video content Exclusive TMZSports.com The NHL is working to get the “Jackie Robinson of Ice Hockey” the Congressional Gold Medal — and Willie O’Ree tells TMZ Sports he’s THRILLED to be considered for the recognition. O’Ree is a sports legend — he became the first African-American NHL player back in 1958 when he took
Exclusive TMZ/Getty Fabolous and his long-term girlfriend, Emily B, have called it quits … and Fab has rebounded by breaking bread with another hottie. Sources close to the former couple tell TMZ … Emily and Fabolous recently split, and the Brooklyn rapper is actively dating other people. LionsShareNews.com Fabolous ate lunch at a Mexican restaurant
We are huge fans of Shelly Laurenston here at BookPage HQ, so we were pretty much over the moon to learn that she’ll be releasing a new fantasy romance series under her other pen name, G.A. Aiken. The Scarred Earth Saga will kick off with The Blacksmith Queen on August 27, and it sounds like readers who
Like any other medium, books have their tried and true conventions. Generally speaking, when one sits down with a novel or an essay collection, they can expect blocks of text broken up into paragraphs, sections, chapters, and so on. There is nothing wrong with having expectations of how a reading experience will go, otherwise reading
2019 Lariat Reading List Posted by Stephanie, Director of Strategic Marketing on April 24, 2019 Recently, our BookPage marketing team spent time in Austin, Texas, at the Texas Library Association’s annual meeting. We made new friends, ate our weight in tacos and discovered the annual Lariat Reading List, which calls attention to outstanding adult fiction
It’s summer and that means daily ice lollies, obsessively monitored mosquito bites, artfully curated Bookstagram posts, and dickheads pointing out that I haven’t shaved my legs. This year the body hair police have mainly confined themselves to pointing out the existence of hair on my legs (unlike previous years, when they’ve had recommendations re: what
2019 Edgar Awards honor BookPage cover star Walter Mosley Posted by Cat, Deputy Editor on April 26, 2019 Fans of crime stories, we all have our own favorite mysteries from 2018 (our Best of 2018 list is here!). But it’s so rewarding when the winners of the Edgar Allan Poe Awards, selected by the Mystery Writers
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Exclusive A big rapper says Coachella’s to blame for an unprovoked attack by the music festival’s security that left him with with some serious and lifelong injuries … thus, a new lawsuit. Belly just filed against the famous festival, claiming it caused the incident by hiring a security company that WAILED on him back in
Exclusive Details Bill Cosby has settled a defamation lawsuit filed by Janice Dickinson … and he’s NOT happy about it. Dickinson claimed Cosby’s lawyer slandered her when he said her claims of sexual assault by the comedian were false. She also claimed the lawyer made his remarks at Cosby’s behest. Cosby fought the lawsuit, but
Breaking News Fox Nation Arian Foster says the NFL was “logically inconsistent” for outlawing Colin Kaepernick‘s kneeling protest … and he’s ripping Donald Trump for labeling protesting NFL players as “sons of bitches.” The progressive ex-Houston Texans RB faced off with Fox News conservative Tomi Lahren — where Foster tee’d off on the idea that
Backgrid Diddy and Steve Harvey‘s 22-year-old daughter were out and about in NYC again Wednesday night … this time in matching outfits, further fueling dating rumors. Diddy and Lori Harvey were strolling in SoHo around midnight … and while Lori was all smiles, Diddy, who is 49, couldn’t look more shocked running into paps. As
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 Alamy Margot Robbie‘s portrayal of Sharon Tate in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” is so spot-on it’s surreal … according to someone who would know — Sharon’s sister. Debra Tate tells TMZ … after attending the premiere of Quentin Tarantino‘s 9th film Monday, she can officially say Margot nailed it. She tells us
Seth MacFarlane just made a young fan’s dream come true … and the kid’s whole family joined in on the Hollywood adventure. Thanks to Seth and the Kids Wish Network … Chance Yon — who has cerebral palsy and suffers from ROHHAD — got to spend the day with his hero at the animation studios
Play video content Exclusive TMZSports.com Good news for Manny Pacquiao … Adrien Broner says Floyd Mayweather will ABSOLUTELY agree to a rematch soon!!! Bad news for Manny? “Floyd going to f**k buddy up,” Broner says. Manny-Floyd rematch talks have been swirling since the second the final bell rang after Pacquiao’s somewhat surprising win over Keith
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Nicole Murphy trying to steal away married men from their wives is nothing new — so says LisaRaye McCoy, who claims to have personal experience with her … but NM’s calling BS, denying all of it. We got the ‘Players Club’ actress Wednesday in L.A. — shortly after Nicole issued
TMZ has the audio of Pete Davidson skillfully handling a heckler who tried to jab at the comedian’s personal life by yelling out Mac Miller’s name at a highly inappropriate time. SUBSCRIBE: http://po.st/TMZSubscribe About TMZ: TMZ has consistently been credited for breaking the biggest stories dominating the entertainment news landscape and changed the way the
Exclusive Getty Composite One of R. Kelly‘s live-in girlfriend is looking a lot like her old self on social media — which has her family incredibly encouraged they can get her back. Azriel Clary — one of the singer’s girlfriends, who’s stood by his side to this day — has been popping up A LOT
Rutger Hauer — the Dutch actor best known for costarring with Harrison Ford in the classic film “Blade Runner” — has died. The veteran actor died at his home in the Netherlands last week after a short illness, according to his agent. His funeral was held Wednesday. Hauer’s Hollywood career spanned over 5 decades, and
Exclusive TMZ Adrianne Palicki is waving the towel on her marriage to another actor … she just filed for divorce after only a couple months as husband and wife. According to legal docs obtained by TMZ … the “Friday Night Lights” star is calling it quits on her union with Scott Grimes. The couple had
Breaking News Sunreef Yachts Rafael Nadal just bought a fully decked-out custom yacht … and it’s AWESOME!!! The 33-year-old tennis superstar (he’s only 33!) is a huge fan of luxury floaty boats — he’s in the middle of selling his OTHER yacht, Beethoven, for $3 million … but he just couldn’t wait to get the
Exclusive Backgrid Eddie Murphy‘s ex-wife, Nicole Murphy, is now clarifying and apologizing for locking lips with a very married man. Nicole was spotted kissing director Antoine Fuqua over the weekend while vacationing in Italy, and was photographed doing so on at least two occasions. They were definitely getting cozy and appeared to be interacting romantically.
Work hard, yacht harder!!! After wrapping up a few DJ performances in Europe, NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal decided to relax a bit on a big, ass yacht off the coast of Formentera, Spain. The pics are great … look at Shaq DWARF the regular-sized people on the ship! Also, weird that he’s diving into the
Breaking News TMZ/Getty Composite Wesley Snipes says there’s absolutely no bad blood over losing his famous “Blade” role to Mahershala Ali … it’s just show business, baby! Snipes admits the news — which was just announced at Comic-Con last weekend as part of the next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe — came as a
Los Angeles native Paul Butcher was only eleven years old when he gained fame as the genius younger brother, Dustin Brooks, in the 00’s Nickelodeon think piece, “Zoey 101.” Paul Butcher was cast alongside stars like Sean Flynn as the PCA friend, Chase Matthews, and Christopher Massey as his BFF roomie, Michael Barret … and
Breaking News TMZ Joe Rogan didn’t deserve this. The UFC commentator/podcast titan/comedian had parked his truck at LAX during his Summer vacation to Europe … and when he got back, he noticed the whip was covered in cat logs. “I parked my truck for 11 days at LAX and cats decided to sh*t and piss
Exclusive Getty Kanye West wants to be holier-than-thou when it comes to hawking apparel embossed with his now-famous Sunday Service, because he’s asking the feds to allow him to corner the market. Ye just filed legal docs asking for exclusive ownership of clothing, dresses, footwear, headwear, jackets loungewear, scarves, shirts, socks and clothing tops. If