Jake Owen and Luke Bryan are a little bit country and little bit surfer dude — at least for this weekend — while they’re partying on la playa in Mexico.
The country superstars attempted to catch some waves — on paddleboards, not surfboards — in Tulum, where...
Luke Bryan & Jake Owen First, We Catch Some Waves ... THEN We Hit the Stage!!!
Friday, January 25, 2019
Luke Bryan & Jake Owen First, We Catch Some Waves ... THEN We Hit the Stage!!!
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Kanye West Coachella 2019 Negotiations Collapse ... Over Stage Design
EXCLUSIVE
Kanye West will NOT be performing at Coachella in April, because negotiations fell apart … TMZ has learned.
Multiple sources tell us, the sticking point was the stage. Kanye made it clear he wouldn’t perform on a traditional 60×40 foot stage because it was ...
Kanye West Coachella 2019 Negotiations Collapse ... Over Stage Design
Sunday, December 16, 2018
"ANTM" Alum Jael Strauss Dead at 34 2 Months After Stage 4 Breast Cancer Diagnosis
EXCLUSIVE
Former ‘America’s Next Top Model’ contestant Jael Strauss has died just two months after announcing she’d been diagnosed with cancer.
Sources close to the model — who competed on season 8 of the reality show — tell us she died in hospice Tuesday...
"ANTM" Alum Jael Strauss Dead at 34 2 Months After Stage 4 Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
"ANTM" Alum Jael Strauss Lived Like a Saint in Recovery Efforts ... Before Stage 4 Cancer
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Former “America’s Next Top Model” contestant Jael Strauss dedicated her life to helping people struggling with addiction before she lost her battle with cancer earlier this week.
An employee at Solstice Recovery Foundation near Austin, TX, who worked there ...
"ANTM" Alum Jael Strauss Lived Like a Saint in Recovery Efforts ... Before Stage 4 Cancer
"ANTM" Alum Jael Strauss Dead at 34 2 Months After Stage 4 Breast Cancer Diagnosis
EXCLUSIVE
Former ‘America’s Next Top Model’ contestant Jael Strauss has died just two months after announcing she’d been diagnosed with cancer.
Sources close to the model — who competed on season 8 of the reality show — tell us she died in hospice Tuesday...
"ANTM" Alum Jael Strauss Dead at 34 2 Months After Stage 4 Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Lorde Accuses Kid Cudi, Kanye West of Stealing Floating Glass Box Stage
Lorde is calling out Kid Cudi and Kanye West for allegedly stealing her idea to perform in a floating glass box — something she did BEFORE Cudi and Ye. The “Green Light” singer posted photos on her Instagram story Monday, displaying her floating…
Sunday, November 11, 2018
Morrissey Attacked on Stage During Concert Performance
Morrissey was swept off stage Saturday night after a bunch of concertgoers rushed the stage. It went down at the San Diego Symphony Hall, as the singer was about to do an encore at the end of his performance. One of the people who rushed him struck…
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
"All That" Stage Manager is All for Nickelodeon Rebooting Show
A Nickelodeon exec recently expressed interest in rebooting “All That” … and a former (adult) cast member thinks the idea is brilliant for more reasons than just nostalgia. Kevin Kopelow — who used to play the stage manager on Nickelodeon’s…
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
The Weeknd Narrowly Avoids Being Hit by Falling Object from Stage
The Weeknd avoided near disaster when an unsecured object fell from the top of a stage and landed just feet away from the singer. Abel posted a clip from his performance in Mexico City Sunday night that shows a piece of equipment come loose…
Sunday, October 21, 2018
Paula Abdul Falls Off Stage During "Straight Up" Tour
Paula Abdul took a tumble Saturday night during her show … but she was a true trooper. Paula went down during her concert at Hard Rock Live in Biloxi, Mississippi. Watch the video, as she saunters from the back of the stage to the front … then…
Monday, October 15, 2018
Orlando Brown Heads to Rehab After Friends Stage Intervention
Orlando Brown is finally getting the help he needs … thanks to friends who never gave up on him and staged an intervention to get him into a rehab facility. We’re told, Orlando’s friend Danny Boy — the owner of a Vegas restaurant that…
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Drake Brings LeBron James on Stage During L.A. Concert
Two titans shared the stage Saturday night as the king of Toronto brought out the newly minted king of LA. Drake invited LeBron James on stage with Travis Scott at the L.A.’s Staples Center during his Aubrey and the Three Migos Tour. The trio…
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Jael Strauss, America"s Next Top Model Alum, Has Stage IV Breast Cancer
I don’t want to die.
These are the heartbreaking words penned by Jael Strauss on her Facebook page in a message to fans that relayed the most painful news imaginable:
She has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer.
“I was gonna write some long thing but some of you guys deserve to know,” the 34-year old wrote last week, four days into Breast Cancer Awareness month.
She then added very simply:
“On October 2nd I was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer. It has aggressively spread throughout my body and is incurable.”
Stage IV is the final and most serious stage for cancer.
It is not always a death sentence, but as Strauss writes here, there is rarely any treatment options for someone that has contracted such an illness.
Strauss later confirmed that the name of her illness was rapidly progressive metastatic inflammatory breast cancer.
She went on to explain that undergoing chemotherapy and treatment may help extend her doctors’ original prognosis.
“With treatment it may prolong my life longer than the “few months” doctors said I could make it,” she added.
“I don’t want to die. I need another one of those miracles that I got back in 2013.”
Strauss competed on the eighth season of America’s Next Top Model in 2007, finishing six among all contestants.
Just this past August, she celebrated five years of sobriety, writing at the time on Instagram;
“Today I have 5 years sober. Good God!
“I know a few things to be true: Miracles are real, Recovery is possible for everyone no matter how far gone you think you are, We are never too broken to be put back together.”
She talked years ago with Dr. Phil about how an intervention by her loved ones allowed her to overcome her addiction.
(Hence the reference above to the year 2013.)
“Service work feels better than the greatest high, Sobriety makes you weirder not normal,” she continued last month.
“And I’d be dead if it weren’t for all the love and forgiveness I’ve been showered with by my friends and family. Thank you to anyone that’s ever let me sponsor them.”
To help offset some of the medical costs, Strauss’ friends have set up a GoFundMe page on her behalf, confirming that the former model has already started chemotherapy.
“What we do know is that Jael is putting all of her energy and drive into fighting this insidious disease and can use as much support and love as possible,” reads the fundraising page, noting that:
“Jael is in tremendous pain right now and is unable to work. In a month, she will be let go from her job and lose her health insurance.”
It adds:
Jael, being the selfless person that she is, has helped countless people throughout her life as an advocate for recovery and social justice.
She has offered everything she has to people in need; no matter what their situation, she is always ready to help with an empathetic heart and nonjudgmental spirit.
She has created “gofundmes” for literally dozens of her friends, and it is now time for us to pay her back.
We have the chance, and honestly the obligation, to step up and return the favor.
You can donate to her cause HERE.
The campaign has since raised over $ 7,800 in three days.
“Currently fighting stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer,” reads Jael’s Instagram bio. “Plz send miracles.”
We are doing just that.
Sunday, September 30, 2018
Chris Martin Takes Stage to Assure Global Citizen Crowd No Shots Were Fired
A brief moment of panic broke out at the Global Citizen Festival in NYC when the crowd thought they heard gunshots, but Chris Martin came to the rescue … by grabbing the mic to calmly explain it was just a barrier collapse. WATCH: Chris…
Sunday, September 23, 2018
Jennifer Lopez Falls On Stage During Vegas Residency Performance
Everyone tends to fall for Jennifer Lopez — just ask A-Rod — but this weekend was different, ‘cause she was actually in Vegas falling for us … and bouncing back gracefully. J. Lo was performing Saturday at her Vegas residency show when…
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Glenn Weiss Wins Emmy, PROPOSES ON STAGE!
Barry, Game of Thrones and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel all had big nights at the 2018 Emmy Awards.
But no one had a bigger night than Glenn Weiss.
First, the heretofore little known director won Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special due to his work at the Academy Awards.
Then, he won the eternal love of girlfriend Jan Svendsen.
After hearing his name called, Weiss walked up to the stage and he thanked his daughters and friends at ABC. The acceptance started out as your typical speech.
From there, he started speak about his mother, who died just two weeks ago, telling the audience:
“Part of my heart is broken. I don’t think it will ever be repaired. But she’s in me and she always will be."
Weiss explained how his mother always believed in “finding the sunshine,” leading him to denote Svensen as “the sunshine in my life," as he continued:
"And Mom was right, don’t ever let go of your sunshine. You wonder why I don’t like to call you my girlfriend? Because I want to call you my wife."
At this word, the crowd erupted in a loud cheer and Svensen shouted "yes."
It really was an awesome moment.
Svendsen was quickly ushered up to the stage by Milo Ventimiglia and a few other stars until she reached the arms of Weiss.
As she was walking up, he joked that “I didn’t ask yet. I didn’t ask yet."
But once she was in front of him, Weiss pulled out his dad"s engagement ring and got down on one knee.
"Jan, I want to put this ring that my mom wore on your finger in front of all these people and in front of my mom and your parents watching from above. Will you marry me?" he asked.
And you can guess how she responded, right?
By saying YES!
Later on, backstage, the newly-engaged couple told reporters how they met 10 years ago and both have daughters and both produce television shows and how Jan had no idea this was going to happen.
“I had no suspicions whatsoever, I had no idea,” she said. “I really hoped he was going to dedicate the award to his mother, and he did, and then some.”
Really beautiful stuff.
Check out video of the proposal here!
Saturday, September 8, 2018
NBA Youngboy"s Security Pulls Fan On Stage, Then Throws Him Back Off
NBA YoungBoy gave a fan who allegedly chucked something at him a taste of his own medicine … by having his security chuck the guy off the stage! The rapper was performing at the Skyway Theatre in Minneapolis Friday night when we’re told the young…
Monday, August 27, 2018
Beyonce and Jay-Z: Fan Rushes the Stage, Gets Clobbered by Dancers
Beyonce and Jay-Z were on stage when a man from the audience rushed on stage, where he allegedly made some sort of physical contact with Jay-Z.
Security whisked Beyonce away and rushed to help, but not before Beyonce"s backup dancers rushed into action.
We"ve merged a few fan videos of the incident so that you can see what went down from multiple angles.
A man later identified as 26-year-old Anthony Charles Thomas Maxwell allegedly raced onto the stage on Saturday night during Beyonce and Jay-Z"s performance.
Remember their joint album? The couple is doing their "On The Run II Tour."
TMZ reports that Maxwell made some sort of physical contact with Jay-Z, but did not appear to be able to reach Beyonce.
Eyewitness reports from the audience (which we should always take with a grain of salt) say that the man punched or otherwise struck Jay-Z.
Whatever the man was expecting … what happened next was probably not it.
Going by what various eyewitnesses reported on social media, it sounds like a bodyguard whisked Beyonce away immediately, leaving Jay-Z behind.
People have joked about this, but we would speculate that this is the standing order with their security team. If they"d had their children with them, getting the kids to safety would certainly be the priority.
Before numerous black-shirted security members could rush onto stage, it looks like a score of backup dancers rushed in.
When you see someone charge onto the stage, you don"t know if they"re an obsessed fan who wants to touch someone or an obsessed fan who wants to stab someone.
It looks like these dancers weren"t taking any chances with Beyonce or Jay-Z, and it appears that they totally clobbered Maxwell in order to protect the stars.
Police arrived and, TMZ reports, merely detained Maxwell and wrote up a ticket for disorderly conduct.
He was then reportedly released, with a hearing scheduled for Monday.
Since Jay-Z was reportedly not injured, Maxwell may have gotten very lucky and avoided assault charges — but that remains to be seen and will ultimately be up to prosecutors.
A rep for Beyonce shared that this will not halt the tour, but that they may have tighter security going forward.
That sounds like a good plan. Sometimes, these scary incidents invite copycats.
People who are already unbalanced and considering doing something drastic can draw inspiration from other people"s bad behavior.
What really makes this is the video — or, rather, the series of videos — that fans have of the backup dancers breaking formation.
We"re sure that Beyonce and Jay-Z"s security team is as good as it gets, but no one can plan for every contingency.
And, unfortunately, the "lone lunatic with nothing to lose and no plan to escape" is considered all but impossible to counter unless you want to live in a bunker.
Thankfully, it does not appear that Maxwell was in any way armed.
Thanks to that and the quick reaction of both the dancers and security people, this story has a happy ending.
Beyonce"s rep, Yvette Noel-Schure, shared a photo of the couple on stage
"Thank you to all the fans for your concern," she wrote in her captions.
Her captions continue: "They are fine and looking forward to the show tomorrow."
It is great to have confirmation of their well-being.
Sunday, August 26, 2018
Fan Rushes Stage At Beyonce, Jay-Z Concert in Atlanta
A fan learned the hard way … it may be fun to rush the stage during the concert of various musical acts, but when it’s a Beyonce/Jay-Z concert it’s serious business. 26-year-old Anthony Charles Thomas Maxwell caused a major panic Saturday night…
Sunday, August 19, 2018
Teyana Taylor Takes Nasty Fall Off Stage at NYC Concert
We’re so used to seeing Teyana Taylor absolutely SLAY when she’s busting a move … except when she runs out of real estate, which is what led to a nasty-looking tumble off stage. The crazy fall went down at PlayStation Theater in NYC…