Posted Mar 27th 2010 3:00AM by TMZ Staff
The people who care most about Lindsay Lohan believe she desperately needs to get help, but she refuses to listen. A professional who is extremely to Lindsay confided in TMZ, "If she doesn't get help soon, she's going to die."
People who have been trying to help Lindsay over the last year -- both professionally and personally -- feel something terrible will happen unless she immediately gets help for substance abuse. We are not talking about Michael or Dina Lohan. These are people who have quietly been trying to convince Lindsay to go to rehab again.
Lindsay, we're told, is making excuses for her erratic behavior and refusing to acknowledge her problem. After falling Wednesday night when leaving a party, Lindsay Tweeted, "Only I would get pushed into a large, sharp plant by crazy paparazzi!!! I need to start wearing more flats:/"
Filed under: Lindsay Lohan
Posted Mar 27th 2010 12:15AM by TMZ Staff
Fat Mike from the band NOFX just learned a very important lesson: You can't piss where you play ... and expect to be invited back.
TMZ has learned the rocker has officially been banned from Emo's Annex in Texas where he recently pulled that whole "you think you're drinking tequila but it's actually my urine" stunt.
A rep for Emo's tells us "Emo's does not condone Fat Mike's actions, and we do not encourage or condone any acts of stupidity that Fat Mike may perform."
Think before you drink.
Filed under: Music, Exclusives
Posted Mar 27th 2010 12:12AM by TMZ Staff
Rapper Paul Wall got a few more buns than he bargained for at a Whataburger in Texas recently when some dumbass was de-pantsed in a late-night brawl over a cheeseburger.
According to World Star Hip Hop, Paul rolled through the fast-food joint after a reunion show with Chamillionaire, when some pissed off burger-eater started yelling at employees and patrons -- at one time screaming, "f**k you and your cheeseburger!"
Just watch.
Filed under: Fights
Posted Mar 27th 2010 12:10AM by TMZ Staff
Before Tiger Woods sinks his teeth into the field at the Masters -- dude is expected to sink his teeth into 5 different kinds of meats at a prestigious pre-tournament dinner just two days before tee off.
The event is called the Champions Dinner -- an annual event hosted by the guy who won the Masters the previous year -- and this year that guy is Angel Cabrera ... who's setting one of the most carnivorous menus ever.
Cabrera has announced that this year's menu will feature Argentinian Asado -- a 5-meat course consisting entirely of meats ... like fillets, short ribs and sausages.
We're told Tiger is expected to attend -- no word if he's bringing a guest.
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Tiger Woods
Posted Mar 27th 2010 12:08AM by TMZ Staff
"Dancing with the Stars" host Tom Bergeron helped get us abreast on the topic of "motorboating" -- and we're not talking water sports here!
Tom was in Calabasas yesterday, where he discussed contestant Aiden Turner dropping the move on his partner Edyta Sliwinska on live TV -- and then contemplated the idea of a butt cheek "motorboating" maneuver.
Who knew the "Dancing" host had it in him?!?
Filed under: TV, Dancing with the Stars
Posted Mar 27th 2010 12:06AM by TMZ Staff
The New York Yankees better clear out some space in their jewelery boxes -- TMZ has learned the team will be getting their World Series rings on April 14th ... when they play the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
We're told the design of the ring is being kept a secret -- but we can only imagine they'll be even more ridiculous than the 2000 rings, which included 22 major diamonds.
Filed under: TMZ Sports
Posted Mar 26th 2010 7:59PM by TMZ Staff
Bad news for the women claiming to be Michael Jackson's secret wives -- MJ's estate just filed legal papers declaring the King of Pop had no official queen when he kicked the bucket.
In the documents, filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, Jackson's lawyers state once and for all, "Michael Joseph Jackson did not have a surviving spouse. He was not married at the time of his death."
It's no coincidence the docs were filed now -- next week there are two separate hearings about "spousal property" -- presumably filed by women claiming to be Michael Jackson's widow.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Michael Jackson
Posted Mar 26th 2010 7:44PM by TMZ Staff
UFC fighter Thiago "Pitbull" Alves will undergo a minor outpatient surgery on Wednesday to correct an irregularity in his brain.
TMZ spoke with Alves moments ago, who told us, "I went and saw a specialist this morning who told me I need to have the minor procedure." We're told the procedure will be done in New York.
Alves says he expects to be sidelined from fighting for three weeks -- but expects to be back in the gym in two. We asked Alves if he thought a blow to the head from his recent fight with Georges St-Pierre may have caused his condition and he told us, "I don't think so."
TMZ also spoke with UFC president Dana White who told us, "He'll be back ... it's all good."
Pitbull -- who took this photo moments ago -- is expected to hold a news conference sometime later today at Sazon restaurant in NY.
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Exclusives
Posted Mar 26th 2010 7:22PM by TMZ Staff
LAPD detectives were on the hunt for Dr. Conrad Murray's communications with his baby mama, Nicole Alvarez -- a woman cops believe knows a lot about Michael Jackson's death.
According to documents just released, detectives obtained a search warrant in November, 2009 -- 5 months after Jackson died. They searched a Gmail account belonging to Nicole Alvarez, the woman who had a child with Murray. She's the same woman Murray was staying with in Santa Monica up to the time Jackson died.
Cops wanted records from May, 2009 through September, 2009. So it's now clear -- detectives wanted to know what Murray had been saying to Alvarez for two months before and two months after the singer's death. Cops say in the warrant, "During the course of the investigation [the lead detective] also learned that Dr. Murray made numerous telephone calls to Nicole Alvarez leading up to and including the day Jackson died."
The affidavit mentions a "shipment" that Murray may have discussed with Alvarez. As TMZ first reported, cops believe Dr. Murray had propofol delivered from a Las Vegas pharmacy to Alvarez's Santa Monica apartment.
Filed under: Michael Jackson
Posted Mar 26th 2010 7:10PM by TMZ Staff
A newly-released search warrant details what cops found at Michael Jackson's home in the wake of his death -- and the list is long. It includes:
- 3 - 10 mg/ml 1% lydocaine vials (2 empty, 1 3/4 full)
- 1 empty bottle propofol 200 mg
- 1 pulse monometer
- 1 empty vial lorazepam 4 mg
- 2 empty vials midazolam 10mg
- 1 empty vial propofol 1g/100ml
- 1 black nylon bag
- 1 dark blue costco bag
- 1 light blue canvas bag
- 1 pill bottle with 13 tablets containing 25 mg ephedrine, 200 mg caffeine, 80 mg aspirin
- 4 vials propofol 200mg/20ml
- 2 vials 5 mg flumazenil
- 1 vial lorazepam
- 1 vial lidocane
- 200mg vials of propofol (1 full, 1 1/4 full)
- 1 empty bag I.V. drip of sodium chloride with syringe
- 1 ziplock baggy containing 18 tubes of Benoquin
Note that one of the items seized was a canvas bag. Bodyguard Alberto Alvarez told cops Dr. Murray told him to put vials of propofol in a plastic bag and put that bag in a canvas bag.
Filed under: Michael Jackson
Posted Mar 26th 2010 6:14PM by TMZ Staff
Investigators for the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners have filed a formal complaint against Dr. Conrad Murray for allegedly lying ... but not in the Michael Jackson case ... according to documents obtained by TMZ.
According to the complaint, on June 13, 2007 and again on June 19, 2009, Dr. Murray applied for renewal of his medical license. One of the questions: "Are you out of compliance with court ordered child support?" In both cases Dr. Murray "answered in the negative" -- meaning he said he did not owe any child support.
According to the Medical Board investigators, in June, 2007 Dr. Murray owed $7,255.86 and in June, 2009 he owed $10,131.05.
Bottom line -- investigators say Dr. Murray lied.
You'll recall Dr. Murray was in legal hot water over back child support last year, but dodged a bullet when he became current.
The complaint makes no mention of Michael Jackson's death.
Investigators are asking the Medical Board to "determine what sanctions it determines to impose for the violations ... committed by Respondent."
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Michael Jackson, Exclusives
Posted Mar 26th 2010 5:47PM by TMZ Staff
Merlin Olsen's wife has amended the lawsuit she and Merlin filed while he was alive, claiming NBC Studios, 20th Century Fox Film Corp., Sherwin Williams and others cost the former Los Angeles Rams star his life.
Olsen and his wife, Susan, previously sued 38 defendants, alleging they exposed the NFL Hall of Famer to Asbestos, allegedly causing him to develop mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer.
The asbestos exposure included stints doing construction work in high school and college, and later on TV and movie sets.
Olsen died earlier this month.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives
Posted Mar 26th 2010 1:57PM by TMZ Staff
Dr. Conrad Murray not only has a right to remain silent ... he's exercising it.
Murray was at a 24 Hour Fitness in Las Vegas last night at around 7:00 PM. He worked out for about an hour with a spotter at the ready.
As far as we know, she didn't leave his side to make a phone call.
Filed under: Michael Jackson, Exclusives
