Fights & Feuds

Blake Lively’s rumored feud with her "It Ends With Us" costar/director Justin Baldoni is all the buzz on social media -- and a video of them on-set is fueling those rumors, but one source says it's not what you think.

The clip, shot by a witness on May 17, 2023, shows Blake outside a Hoboken, NJ restaurant, looking visibly annoyed at Justin ... who we're told was directing, not acting in that particular scene with her.

It could've been creative differences or just a miscommunication ... but the clip seems to show them in the thick of some on-set drama.

Kanye West took a big L at the hands of someone he's had beef with for years -- one Taylor Swift!

Kanye's streak of 11 consecutive No. 1 albums was just broken, because "Vultures 2" fell short of the top spot by 1 ... and that 1 belongs to TS' "The Tortured Poets Department."

Taylor must be reveling in her latest win. Kanye's been a thorn in her side ever since 2009, when he hijacked her moment at the MTV Video Music Awards, telling the world Beyoncé was robbed and should have taken home the prize.

Israel Adesanya's returning to the Octagon for a scrap with Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 305 ... and the former champ is now breaking down exactly where his beef stands with the current middleweight title holder.

"It's not personal, I just want him to take accountability for his remarks," Izzy recently told TMZ Sports ... just days before his August 17 main event.

Said "remarks" go back to when Du Plessis -- who was born in South Africa -- said he was gunning to become the first "real African" champion in the UFC ... something Adesanya (born in Nigeria before ultimately moving to New Zealand for a better educational opportunity) took serious umbrage over.

Justin Bieber's definitely all grown up and sounding more like Clint Eastwood than a young pop star when some teens in Bev Hills ticked him off in a fancy hotel.

The new clip circulating on social media shows the singer-songwriter Thursday in the lobby of the Waldorf Astoria, a popular celeb hot spot, where he confronted the pack of teenagers.

In the vid, he's angrily asking the teens what they find so funny -- very Joe Pesci from "Goodfellas," we gotta say -- waving them away from him while hotel staff appears to be shooing them out the door.

Travis Kelce's dad is telling Kanye West to keep his son's name out of his f***ing mouth ... calling Ye out for talking about Trav and Taylor Swift -- saying it's all fueled by mental illness.

Ed Kelce -- pop to Trav and his former footballing bro Jason Kelce -- reposted an article from Daily Mail focused on some of Ye's new lyrics about the biggest celeb couple in the world.

In case you haven't listened to "Vultures 2" ... Kanye's new song "Lifestyle (Demo)" includes the lyrics, "I twist my Taylor spliffs tight at the end like Travis Kelce" -- a pretty innocuous line, until you remember Kanye and Taylor are sworn enemies.

J.D. Vance looked ready to pull a "Captain America: Civil War" Wednesday ... walking around an airport tarmac looking for VP Kamala Harris -- and talking smack to reporters.

Video from a gaggle of reporters on the Eau Claire, Wisconsin tarmac today captured Harris walking toward Air Force 2. That's when the Republican nominee for vice president rolls up and starts in on Harris.

Vance says he wants to speak outside AF2 'cause he's going to fly around in the vice-presidential plane in a few short months -- displaying an abundance of confidence in his Republican ticket's chances in November.

Things are not amicable between Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck ... the lines of communication are closed and it's making it difficult to hammer out a divorce agreement.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … J Lo and Ben are not speaking to one another -- in person or over the phone -- and it's really slowing down their divorce.

Ben and Jen's icy relationship is really the only thing preventing this from being a quickie divorce ... we're told they have a prenup and the only asset they have to divide is their Beverly Hills mansion, which is on the market.

Christine Lakin says a satirical video may have lost her a major role ... saying she was randomly booted from "Fuller House" -- and theorizing it had something to do with Candace Cameron Bure.

The actress opened up about her dismissal from the show before the first table read during an interview on Jodie Sweetin's "How Rude, Tanneritos" podcast ... explaining she was gearing up to meet the cast of the show when her agent called.

She says her agent told her they'd pushed the first table read back ... then called her the next day and told her she'd straight-up been dropped from the show.

50 Cent says his appearance at the 2022 Super Bowl Halftime Show almost didn't happen ... suggesting it was because Jay-Z tried turning his company Roc Nation into Block Nation.

In his new cover story with The Hollywood Reporter ... 50 claims Roc Nation attempted to keep him off the Emmy Award-winning spectacle alongside Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar.

In fact, 50 says Em turned renegade and threatened to remove himself if 50 got banned ... "Eminem wouldn’t do it without me," he recalled to the outlet.

Elon Musk's talking tough once again ... accepting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's invitation to brawl -- one year after he vowed he'd fight Mark Zuckerberg.

President Maduro called out Musk on national television this morning ... challenging Musk to fisticuffs in a bizarre rant where he told Elon anyone who came up against him "dries up."

You should watch the video for yourself ... but, ultimately Maduro's making it clear -- EM only needs to name a time and place for the brawl, and Maduro will come ready to kick his ass.

11:07 AM PT -- Seems Simone Biles was, indeed, talking about MyKayla Skinner with her post on X ... Jordan Chiles just shared a snap of a phone that appeared to show Skinner has blocked the gymnastics superstar on Instagram.

Simone Biles says she's been blocked on social media -- and while she didn't name any names ... just about everyone thinks MyKayla Skinner's the one who put the G.O.A.T. on mute.

Biles informed her 1.7 million followers on X of the block on Wednesday afternoon with a cheeky four-word post -- "oop I’ve been blocked."

Along with the sentence, the superstar gymnast added three emojis that all suggested she didn't mind it one bit.

Simone Biles paused her gold medal party Tuesday to take a shot at her former teammate ... and the troll job was executed so perfectly -- over TWO MILLION people threw it a "like."

The gymnastics G.O.A.T. hurled the barb at MyKayla Skinner hours after she, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey smoked the competition at the Olympics team final at Bercy Arena in Paris.

On IG, she posted four pics of her team celebrating their big dub ... with the caption, "lack of talent, lazy, olympic champions ❤️🥇."

Soulja Boy is beaming with Big Leo energy and it has nothing to do with his recent comments aimed at Drake -- in fact, he says they're actually on great terms now!!!

We caught Big Draco on his 34th birthday Sunday, and he was happy to reveal he's treated himself by hopping on the Tesla Cybertruck wave!!!

SB was impressed with his electro-whip's keycard access and openly called for an Elon Musk collab ... otherwise, he vows to be the first rapper with his own vehicle.

Prince William and King Charles don't always see eye to eye apparently ... with a new book claiming they've gotten into some major arguments -- over a helicopter.

In an excerpt from "Catherine, The Princess of Wales," obtained by The Daily Mail,  biographer Robert Jobson says Charles called out his eldest son over using his helicopter with his wife Kate Middleton and their three kids.

In fact, Charles was so concerned about all the flying, Jobson says, he demanded William sign a formal document acknowledging the risks and taking responsibility for his actions -- not exactly a warm, father-son bonding moment.

Rick Ross has both jokes and a business proposition for 50 Cent, but after clowning the G-Unit Films honcho over his ex-gf hanging with Travis Scott ... Rozay might have a hard time closing the deal!!!

On Friday, Rozay couldn't contain his excitement seeing Cuban Link, 50's ex, with Travis ... and ran up 50's music streams while teasing and tagging him on several IG posts.

The MMG rapper also rummaged through his extensive Travis Scott Nike sneakers collection to jab 50 further, and also shared the video DJ Akademiks had preset to Travis' booty-call theme "I Know?"

But when a fan asked Ross would he and 50 ever collaborate, Ross dropped the schtick and praised 50's spiraling television and film compound in Louisiana.

Ross told 50 that HE could change his life should he pull up to the Promiseland estate for a boss talk. Okay, so he only half dropped the schtick.

50 and Cuban Link split back in January without the usual messiness rappers deal in, and for what it's worth, she and Travis appear to be gelling pretty nicely ... for now, at least.

As for 50, he told us he's not dating last month when he dodged those Lauren Boebert dating rumors  ... so, he might have time to "entertain" Ross.

Grimes is making it clear where she stands in the public feud between Elon Musk and his transgender daughter ... and she's not on Elon's side of the fence.

The musician took to X -- notably, the social media platform owned by Elon -- and shared her support for Vivian Jenna Wilson ... who has been thrust into the spotlight after her dad said she'd been killed by the "woke mind virus" for seeking gender-affirming medical care.

Grimes -- who shares children X Æ A-Xii, Exa Dark Sideræl and Techno Mechanicus with Elon -- appeared to distance herself from him ... declaring her love for Vivian instead.