On Friday, the TMZ cycle whirled on, when Romney's name got pulled into a petty crime. A man wearing a Romney mask robbed a bank in Sterling, Virginia, Point Break-style.
Early this afternoon, the world was briefly confronted with the horror that gossip gulag TMZ had applied for a drone license. Thankfully, TMZ has denied the rumor in the most TMZ way possible.
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The man who is third in line to the British throne might want to re-think some of late-night party antics — or find more discreet friends — after TMZ gets a hold of photos of Prince Harry stark naked in a Las Vegas hotel room.
On Monday, when The New York Times wrote about hot politicians snapping at everyone some folks called shenanigans, however, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie really is having a tough time of it in this heat, as we can see in a TMZ video of him getting in a guy's face on the Jersey Shore.
Jim Paratore, a founder of TMZ--the site which consistently beats everyone to the punch when it comes to reporting celebrity deaths--has apparently died of a heart attack at the age of 58.
An important update to our morning gossip: Lindsay Lohan may be missing her date with Greta Van Susteren to the White House Correspondents Dinner because, TMZ reports, she seems to have missed her flight from LAX.
Tareq Salahi, one half of the couple that famously crashed a White House party while filming for The Real Housewives of D.C., has once again forced his way into our collective consciousness by announcing that he's considering a run for the Virginia governorship.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are officially inseparable, Mark Bellas engages in a hilariously public couple fight, and John Kerry got way too into opening day.
Don Cornelius, creator of Soul Train, was found dead in his home this morning. TMZ is reporting that his death is believed to be a suicide.
ABC News had to deny rumors, potentially started by someone in the White House, that Barbara Walters will be retiring next year, in an affair this afternoon that raises many rather fun questions.
Anderson Cooper's daytime talk show, Anderson, which recently featured segments such as "Plastic Surgery Gone Wrong" and "Hoarders & How to Free Your Life From Clutter," is one of the newsier shows the FCC has ruled a bona fide news program.
Plus: Michael Jackson's "Thriller" jacket fetches $1.8 million at auction
Also in today's Smart Set: Could a misheard acronym have caused a budget flap?
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