Degenerates hoping to make a quick buck on the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest are in luck ... TMZ Sports has learned there's a (b)unbelievable amount of prop bets on the board for Friday!! The guys over at BetOnline.ag tell us ... there are…

No need for lighting a match -- these spirited stars in American Flag swimsuits are so dang hot they'll ignite your fireworks! Can you guess the red, white and blue bikini babe in each photo? Approach these reality stars, athletes and everything in…

TMZ may collect a share of sales or other compensation from links on this page. "Life finds a way" ... and so does Universal when it comes to dropping new merch for the "Jurassic World" franchise. With "Jurassic World Rebirth" out in theaters now,…

American actress Marley Shelton was just 19 years old when she landed the role of Wendy Peffercorn -- the hot lifeguard in the red bikini ... and Squints' girl crush -- in the 1993 film "The Sandlot." Shelton shared the big screen with Mike Vitar…

Caitlyn Jenner's longtime friend and manager, Sophia Hutchins, is dead following a tragic ATV accident near Caitlyn's home ... TMZ has learned. Sophia was pronounced dead Wednesday morning in Malibu, according to law enforcement and family sources.…

Flavor Flav is calling for the United States to ban all firearms ... he says the country is caught in a "epidemic of gun violence with no sign we can stop or change course." The rapper called on a gun ban in an op-ed in Newsweek ... Flav says he…

A couple bonehead youth baseball coaches from Illinois got fired after getting buck naked and running the bases in the nude at a tournament in New York. Video circulating on social media shows two men streaking at one of the ballfields at…

It's monkey see monkey do for Tom Brady and his daughter Vivian ... because after she jumped off the top deck of a yacht, he followed suit ... and it's all on video. TB12 is doing the mega yacht thing off the coast of Ibiza and he just shared one…

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom haven't said a peep publicly about their split ... save for some cryptic social media posts ... but now they're having their teams do their dirty work. The former couple's reps just released a joint statement to Us…

Michael Madsen's sons are gathering outside his Malibu home where he was found dead ... the emotions are coming out, and it's all on video. The 'Kill Bill' actor's four sons -- Christian, Max, Luke and Kalvin -- hugged and embraced Tuesday at their…

Clayton Howard, one of the male escorts prosecutors say Diddy hired, is dragging Diddy and Cassie to court ... and he says Cassie gave him a sexually transmitted disease and got an abortion after he got her pregnant. Howard, who says he went by…

Michael Madsen's death is sending shockwaves through Hollywood ... and a bunch of celebs are remembering him with heartfelt tributes ... including his famous sister. "Sideways" star Virginia Madsen says of her late older brother, "He was thunder…

Lisa Bloom says the jury verdict in the Diddy sex trafficking trial is a gut punch she hasn't felt since O.J. Simpson was acquitted in his murder trial. The famed attorney, who represents Diddy's sexual assault accuser Dawn Richard, tells TMZ ...…

It's Tom Cruise's birthday today and we're celebrating his 63 trips around the sun with a look at some of his handsome shots and most amazing stunts through the years. Tom's been giving Hollywood its adrenaline and action fix for going on four…

Judge Mathis is reacting to the verdict in the Diddy trial ... and he's calling for Diddy to be sentenced like anyone else would. We got the Judge at Mountain Gate Golf Course on Wednesday and asked him about Diddy skating on the most serious…

Michael Madsen's health was cleared by doctors just days before his sudden death -- this according to his longtime friend and assistant, Dougie Smith. Dougie tells TMZ the 'Kill Bill' star was doing a routine hospital visit at UCLA last Friday to…

Orlando Bloom seems to be turning to psychology to analyze his split from Katy Perry. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" star posted a bunch of famous quotes from Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist Carl Gustav Jung on his social media. Orlando was…

A New Jersey man was met with a swift dose of karma to the face on his recent Florida-bound Frontier Airlines flight after allegedly attacking another passenger ... for absolutely no reason. Part of the wild altercation was caught on video ... and…

'Star Wars' actor Kenneth Colley, who played an Imperial officer in command of Darth Vader's ship in the hit movie franchise, is dead. Ken died peacefully in his home Monday after contracting COVID and developing pneumonia ... according to his…

2:35 PM PT -- Fox 11 LA obtained video of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.'s ICE arrest in Studio City, CA Wednesday. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., days after sharing the ring with Jake Paul, is locked in a jail cell ... after ICE agents arrested the former champ…