Ray Rice's wife slams his punishment for violence against her

Janay Rice, wife of suspended NFL player Ray Rice, apparently posted a statement Tuesday on Instagram calling the situation a "nightmare."

"To take something away from the man I love that he has worked his ass off for all his life just to gain ratings is a horrific (sic)," she wrote.

The Baltimore Ravens released Ray Rice on Monday after a video surfaced showing him knocking her out with a punch in February.

The Instagram post, reported by various media, appeared to be authentic.

Rice was originally suspended for two games, a punishment that many saw as too lenient.

Rice was just weeks away from returning to the gridiron when the new video surfaced and the Ravens and the NFL acted more severely. More

Accuser: 'Sons of Guns' star Will Hayden raped me 22 years ago when I was 12

Another woman has come forward with allegations against former “Sons of Guns” star Will Hayden, prompting East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Detectives Monday to add forcible rape to the list of charges the 49-year-old is facing.

The victim told detectives she was allegedly raped 22 years ago—when she was 12 years old—while she was staying with the Hayden family at their apartment.

A source with the police told us though there has been speculation that Hayden’s older daughter Stephanie Hayden Ford was making claims against him, the woman who came forward to them is not Ford.

Hayden is still in custody and being held on $250,000 bond. More

Ravens terminate Ray Rice’s contract

The Baltimore Ravens terminated running back Ray Rice’s contract on Monday, hours after TMZ Sports released a video showing him punching his then-fiancée in the face in an Atlantic City hotel elevator in February.

The team had no other comment in its statement announcing Rice’s release.

Rice’s assault on Janay Palmer, who he married in March, drew a two-game suspension from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell — a penalty so severely criticized as too lenient that Goodell recently revamped the league’s personal conduct policies covering domestic violence and assault.

The NFL says it never saw the video until Monday. More Watch video at Nutty News Videos: RAY RICE THE PUNCH INSIDE ELEVATOR TO FIANCEE KNOCKED OUT NEW VIDEO

‘Thrown into jail': NFLers react with disgust to Ray Rice video

On Monday morning, TMZ released video footage of Ravens running back Ray Rice striking then-fiancee Janay Palmer in an Atlantic City elevator, knocking her unconscious.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell suspended Rice for two games, a penalty that was universally seen as too lenient at the time and looks dumbfounding now. More

NYPD Investigating Joan Rivers' Death

The New York Police Department is investigating Joan Rivers' death, a police source confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on Saturday.

The 81-year-old comedian passed away on Thursday after being taken off life support. 

The previous week, she had entered Yorkville Endoscopy for a routine procedure on her throat when she reportedly suffered cardiac arrest. She was admitted to Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan later that same day.

"Yes, NYPD is investigating," the police source told THR. "We investigate all such deaths, meaning 'not by natural causes.'  More

Stephanie Hayden is now claiming she too was sexually abused as a child by her father, Will Hayden

Stephanie Hayden is now claiming she too was sexually abused as a child by her father, Will Hayden and will be providing information to law enforcement to aid in the prosecution of her dad,TMZ has learned.

Stephanie - who appeared on the Discovery reality show "Sons of Guns" with her father - originally came to Will's defense last month after he got arrested for the alleged sexual abuse of his 12-year-old daughter.

We're told Stephanie is now recanting her original statement and plans on meeting with investigators in Baton Rouge as early as next week to provide specific details of the sexual abuse she allegedly suffered.  More

Celebrity matchmaker sued over fake dates

A former teen model has slapped a TV matchmaker with a lawsuit, calling him a “fraud” who failed to fix her up with a mate.

Julie Hyman, now a successful lawyer in her 40s, claims in a Manhattan civil suit that Matt Titus of the former Lifetime reality show “Matched in Manhattan” has “ripped off millions from . . . women by using his celebrity status to claim legitimacy.”

The Riverdale, Bronx, resident says she shelled out more than $16,000 to Titus, who has appeared as an expert on “The Tyra Banks Show,” “The Wendy Williams Show” and others.

But instead of the promised dates with “screened, highly educated [men] with entrepreneurial spirit,” Titus set Hyman up with paid employees, friends and reality-TV show pilot participants on “fake dates,” court papers allege. More

Joan Rivers had heart condition that frightened her

An eerily prescient video clip has emerged of Joan Rivers discussing her concerns about anesthesia and her heart condition reports People.
In 1985, the comedienne appeared on "Good Morning America" where Joan Lunden asked about her heart arrhythmia, a condition in which the heart unexpectedly beats out of sync.

“All of a sudden you’ll be on stage and hear ‘tha-thud!...It scares the hell out of me,” Rivers confessed.

She then went onto to explain her further worries. More

Man pays $81K to kiss Elizabeth Hurley

If you’ve got dreams of kissing Elizabeth Hurley, you’d better have a hefty bank account.

A banker by the name of Julian Bharti, 27, shelled out a whopping 50,000 British pounds, or roughly $81,000, on Thursday to plant a big, wet kiss on the 49-year-old,reports E! News.

Bharti earned the privilege to smooch the actress during the Woodside End of Summer party and auction benefiting the Elton John AIDS Foundation. More

Joan Rivers' Endoscopy Clinic Targeted with Death Threats

The clinic where Joan Rivers was undergoing a throat procedure last week is under fire, because fans are blaming the staff for her death ... and are making it clear they're out for blood.

Sources connected to the Yorkville Endoscopy clinic in NYC tell us death threats have been coming in droves since Joan was rushed to the hospital last week. 

Some of the threats have included -- "If Joan dies, so will you," ... and ... "I hope you people die, you killed an icon."

We're told the clinic has been shutting down early on some days to send employees home -- and additional security's been hired. More

Paris Hilton settles nasty lawsuit with shoe firm

Paris Hilton has settled a nasty legal battle with a firm she cut a deal with to hawk stilettos, court papers revealed Thursday.

Hilton and New York-based Antebi Footwear Group agreed to voluntarily dismiss dueling Manhattan federal court lawsuits against each other, lawyers for both sides confirmed without offering any details.

Hilton socked Antebi with a $1 million-plus lawsuit claiming she was unlawfully squeezed out of royalties after the firm allegedly failed to honor its licensing agreement. But a month later, Antebi — designer of the Paris Hilton Footwear collection — slapped the hotel heir head with a $2 million breach-of-contract suit. More

Gwyneth Paltrow is converting to Judaism

Gwyneth Paltrow is converting to Judaism after her conscious uncoupling with husband Chris Martin.

The actress is quietly converting after years following Kabbalah, which originated in Judaism, and being friends with Michael Berg, the co-director of the Kabbalah Centre.

While Paltrow’s rep didn’t respond to numerous requests for comment, her late father was film producer Bruce Paltrow, a Jew, while her mother, Blythe Danner, is a Christian. The “Iron Man” star has previously revealed that she was raised both Jewish and Christian, which “was such a nice way to grow up.” More

Scarlett Johansson, boyfriend welcome baby girl

LOS ANGELES – Scarlett Johansson is a first-time mom.

A spokesman for the 29-year-old actress told The Associated Press Thursday that Johansson and her fiance, Romain Dauriac, have welcomed a baby girl, whom they've named Rose.

Marcel Pariseau says mother and daughter are doing well.

He added that the couple is seeking privacy and are supporters of the No Kids Policy, the celebrity effort to keep famous folks' children out of the public eye. More

Joan Rivers, Legendary Comedienne, Dies at 81

Joan Rivers, the blunt, tart-tongued celebrity and talk show host who reconstructed her career time and time again en route to becoming one of the most memorable female comics of all time, has died. She was 81.

The breakthrough standup comic, writer, actress, fashion critic, red-carpet doyenne, gossip and businesswoman died Thursday at 1:17 p.m. local time at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, her daughter Melissa announced. She was rushed there Aug. 28 and placed on life support after she suffered from respiratory and cardiac arrest during surgery on her vocal cords in a doctor's office.

Can we talk? Starting out as a gag writer, the Brooklyn native poked fun at her fondness for plastic surgery, never pulled a punch in a bid for a laugh and insulted just about everyone — no one was off-limits — to forge an impressive, and somewhat notorious, show business legacy. More

Melissa Rivers facing decision of when to take mom Joan Rivers off life support

The only child of comedian Joan Rivers, faced with a heartbreaking decision, could take her famous mom off life support this weekend, sources said Thursday.

The “Fashion Police” host, staying in a private room at the Mount Sinai Hospital, is dependent on machines to stay alive eight days after going into cardiac and respiratory arrest, the sources said.

The 81-year-old star’s room was filled with flowers, and her hair and makeup were done as Melissa Rivers pondered her life-and-death choice.

Melissa could make the decision to remove the life support over the weekend, the source said. Joan Rivers was “being kept comfortable” in her new room after leaving the intensive care unit Wednesday, her daughter said. More

Justin Bieber -- Visits Hospital For Wrist Injury

Justin Bieber's homecoming trip to Canada has hit another snag. 

TMZ has learned that in addition to being arrested, he had to hit up a local hospital on Wednesday for a wrist injury. 

Sources say Bieber went to the Stratford General Hospital in Ontario to have his wrist checked which turned out to be a sprain. 

As TMZ previously reported, Bieber was arrested Friday for assault and driving dangerously following an accident between Bieber's ATV and a pap in a minivan. More

Did Kate Upton, other celebs fall for a phishing scam?

TMZ reports the FBI is investigating if a phishing scam could have caused the massive leak of celebrity nude photos. 

The site claims celebs may have been deceived by a very convincing fake message that appeared to come from Apple requesting they send personal information.

TMZ claims investigators are trying to determine if Upton-- along with other stars like Jennifer Lawrence, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Lea Michele-- could have been the targets of a phishing scam that eventually gave hackers access to their phones, causing nude snapshots of the actresses to leak.

Though initial reports pinned the blame on a security issue with Apple’s iCloud and Find My iPhone features, Apple has since said their systems were not breached. More

Joan Rivers' Doctor's Office, Yorkville Endoscopy, Under Investigation

The clinic where Joan Rivers was undergoing a procedure prior to her hospitalization is now under investigation.

The New York State Health Department told ABC News that it has opened a "full investigation" into Yorkville Endoscopy Center in New York City to determine whether the clinic would be cited for violations.

Investigators have already visited the clinic.

There are certain types of incidents that must be reported to the state and the events surrounding Rivers' emergency was one of those, though health officials declined to elaborate what specifically triggered the investigation. More