Kim Kardashian hoped to buy a piece of family history from the O.J. Simpson estate ... asking to purchase her dad's Bible -- but, the estate's executor says it's too late to purchase it outside the auction.
Here's the deal ... Malcom LaVergne -- executor of the late controversial actor's estate -- tells TMZ Kim Kardashian's team reached out to him last month after we broke the story that some of O.J.'s personal effects were going up for auction.
Among them ... a Holy Bible gifted to Simpson by her father, Robert Kardashian -- with a note inscribed by the late Kardashian patriarch scribbled inside.
Austin Butler has joined an exclusive set of celebrities -- those who have had items swiped from their homes ... because TMZ has learned cops went to his pad recently after a break-in.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Austin's security discovered a glass door was shattered on Monday, and, when a guard went inside the house, he noticed the place was ransacked.
We're told responding cops searched the home but didn't find any suspects inside.
Bombshell in the Diddy prosecution ... CNN destroyed the only known copy of the 2016 video in which Diddy is seen beating Cassie in the hallway of an L.A. hotel ... this according to new court documents.
Diddy's defense team and prosecutors filed a joint letter about evidence in the case. According to the defense ... CNN purchased the video showing Diddy attacking Cassie in the hallway of the InterContinental Hotel in L.A. The letter claims "CNN purchased the only known copy of the Hotel's surveillance footage, uploaded that footage into a free editing software, altered the video and then destroyed the original footage, even though it knew about and repeatedly reported about the federal investigation."
The defense claims CNN altered and edited the footage by "covering the time stamp and then changing the video sequence. It also includes speeding up the video to make it falsely appear that the actions in the video are taking place faster than they are. As a result, the CNN videos do not fairly and accurately depict the events in question."
Teddi Mellencampis opening up about her slow realization that she was suffering from brain tumors ... and she says she's had some of the saddest and darkest days since her diagnosis.
The reality TV star dished on the "wild" lead-up to her brain surgery on her "Two Ts in a Pod" podcast, explaining she initially dismissed her symptoms as migraines or menopause.
Teddi says she was at a horse show when she had a terrible migraine, took some of her friend's migraine meds and instantly felt worse ... to the point where she forgot where she was.
Gabby Windey says she hasn't seen a dime from the prize money she won on "Traitors" ... but there's a paperwork issue holding up the payment and Gabby doesn't seem to be sweating it.
We got the reality TV star at LAX and our photog asked her about her claim that NBC has not paid her the $40,860 she won on the show.
Gabby tells us she still hasn't been paid since first raising the issue on "Watch What Happens Live" when she told Andy Cohen about it ... and she's hoping the deposit comes soon.
"American Idol" alum Doug Kiker -- known by the moniker "The Singing Garbage Man"-- has died ... TMZ has learned.
Kiker died Monday, according to his ex-fiancée, Valerie Cook, who tells TMZ she hates that her kids lost their father. An official cause of death has not been determined.
Kiker's brother William and his mother Joyce also confirmed Doug's death to TMZ ... and William shared a heartfelt message to Facebook saying Doug will always be his baby bro.
Matt Pinfield says he's recovering after ending up in a coma earlier this year ... and, he's crediting his daughter Jessica for his recovery -- despite his girlfriend and brother's misgivings.
The former MTV host spoke with The Hollywood Reporter...and, he says he's recovering after his scary hospitalization, which left him unresponsive for two months -- with doctors even fearing he'd never walk or talk again.
As we told you ... Matt's daughter Jessica filed for a temporary conservatorship to take guardianship of his financial and medical decisions -- and, Matt says Jessica is "the one who saved my life. She protected me.”
American actresses Joey Kingand her older sister Hunter Kingtook Paris Fashion Week by the reins -- riding into the City of Lights with their fashion game on point!
Both gals shared a series of shots on their social media pages -- enjoying each other's company, snapping lots of sister selfies and posing pretty in front of the Eiffel Tower.
Food before fashion, Joey and Hunter showed their sisterly love and chowed down on a big ole' baguette as they roamed the streets of Paris! 🥖
John Feinstein -- a longtime sports reporter and author -- has died at the age of 69 ... according to his employer, the Washington Post.
John's brother -- Robert -- confirmed his passing to the outlet on Thursday. His cause of death was not revealed.
Feinstein started his career at the Post in 1977 ... working as a night police reporter before joining the sports beat. He was the author of 48 books, 23 of which became a New York Times best seller. One of his most well-known pieces was "A Season on the Brink," which followed the 1985-86 Indiana University men's basketball team led by Bob Knight.
Cassie Ventura's lawyer is calling BS on Diddy's claim that the video of him beating her up in a hotel hallway is edited ... and, her attorney says he's sure the footage will be admitted into evidence.
Douglas Wigdor tells TMZ ... it's not surprising Diddy "would make a disingenuous argument to exclude the disturbing video from being shown to the jury in the upcoming trial."
Cassie's attorney adds ... "I am confident that the video fairly and accurately represents what happened, will be admitted into evidence" ... and Diddy "will be held accountable for his depravity."
Blake Lively is getting the protective order she wants in her war with Justin Baldoni -- but Justin's team is also celebrating the fact that ultimately, there will be very few secrets kept from the public in this case.
According to docs, the judge in Justin's lawsuit against Blake and Ryan Reynolds is issuing an order allowing Blake and Justin's legal teams to designate sensitive material as suitable for "attorneys' eyes only" -- meaning they can choose to keep certain details out of the public eye.
On the surface, this is a big win for Team Lively. As we reported, she and her attorneys wanted the protective order as a means to block Justin's side from continuing to release a slew of emails, texts, videos and other material related to their war over "It Ends With Us."
Xavier Worthy's fiancée made some shocking claims in her application for a protective order against the NFL star this week ... including allegations he choked and beat her on several different occasions.
TMZ Sports just obtained the court filing ... and in it, Tia Jones -- who got engaged to Worthy in July 2024 -- says the Kansas City Chiefs wideout violently put his hands on her at least five different times in the last year.
She stated in the documents the first incident took place in October 2024 -- after the two had quarreled over comments Worthy's mother had made to her. She alleges Xavier got so upset during the tiff -- he "pushed me to the ground with two hands." She stated he apologized shortly after.
Kim reveals Humphries proposed with an 18-carat emerald cut from Lorraine Schwartz ... a step up from the 14-carat cushion cut engagement ring she got from her first husband, Damon Thomas.
Something seems off between Sydney Sweeney and Jonathan Davino ... her fiancé was just spotted in Los Angeles, after she'd been hanging with her girlfriends in town for weeks, then left the country without him -- fueling speculation the couple is on the outs.
Jonathan was spotted Wednesday talking to construction contractors at Sydney's $6 million Los Angeles mansion and taking a phone call.
Sydney went to France this week for Paris Fashion Week without Jonathan ... and when she was in L.A. before her trip, she spent several weeks staying at the Beverly Hills Hotel without him too.
A police officer in Florida added "deliver" to the whole "serve and protect" motto ... 'cause he took a pizza the last few hundred feet to a house after an alligator in the driveway terrified the delivery driver.
The incident went down in Bradenton -- a suburb of Sarasota -- earlier this week ... when someone called the cops about a huge 8-foot-long alligator hanging out under a parked car in a residential neighborhood.
The responding officer -- identified by the department as Officer Tolson -- calls the Florida Fish and Wildlife department to remove the gator ... but, before they arrive, a pizza deliverywoman comes up -- with an order for the house with the gator in the driveway.
Former En Vogue and Lucy Pearl singer Dawn Robinson says she's been homeless for 3 years -- and her ex-husband is offering her an olive branch ... in the form of a job in the hospitality industry!!!
Andre Allen was married to Dawn from 2003 to 2010, and while their union ended in disaster, he tells TMZ Hip Hop he doesn't want to see her crash out ... and thinks she'd be a perfect inclusion into the Hilton Brands.
Andre says he orchestrated Dawn's short-lived reunion with En Vogue before things shuttered for good, but he tells us leaving the music industry actually saved his life, and finances.
