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As they say, it’s the thrill of victory for Britney Spears — but the agony of defeat for her father, Jamie Spears, is potentially just beginning, and we’re explaining why on the new TMZ Podcast. Just moments after Britney’s conservatorship hearing ended, we got the team together for the inaugural episode of the pod. There’s

News The Meters’ Leo Nocentelli Announces Solo Album, Shares New Song “Thinking of the Day”: Listen Recorded in the 1970s, the master tapes for Another Side were thought lost until 2018 By Allison Hussey September 29, 2021 Facebook Twitter Leo Nocentelli, photo by Michael P. Smith, © The Historic New Orleans Collection Facebook Twitter Leo

The famous Folgers coffee jingle, “The best part of wakin’ up is Folgers in your cup” is up for grabs … the royalties for a piece of coffee history are on the auction block. The bidding started this week at $63,000 and we’re told there have already been 16 bids, with the auction entering its

News Bush Tetras Announce New Career-Spanning Box Set Rhythm and Paranoia: The Best of Bush Tetras features over 30 songs across 3 LPs By Madison Bloom September 29, 2021 Facebook Twitter Bush Tetras and Topper Headon, photo by Bob Gruen Facebook Twitter New York punk band Bush Tetras have announced a career-spanning box set. Rhythm

It is possible — POSSIBLE — the 13-year-long Britney Spears conservatorship could end today as everyone — with one big exception — appears in court via zoom for what promises to be an explosive showdown. Multiple sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Britney will not be present for the hearing, but Jamie and Lynne

News Bruce Springsteen Joins John Mellencamp on New Song “Wasted Days”: Listen A new collaboration between the two singer-songwriters is out now By Evan Minsker September 29, 2021 Facebook Twitter John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen’s “Wasted Days” single artwork Facebook Twitter John Mellencamp has shared a new song called “Wasted Days,” and it’s a collaboration

Bill Cosby thinks R. Kelly got a raw deal with a guilty verdict in his federal sex crimes case … and he’s blaming Gloria Allred and systemic racism. We got Cosby’s spokesman, Andrew Wyatt, at Avra in Beverly Hills and asked what his client’s reaction was to Kelly’s conviction on all 9 counts. He told

News Dr. Lonnie Smith, Hammond Organ Virtuoso, Dies at 79 The NEA Jazz Master recently released collaborations with Iggy Pop By Evan Minsker September 28, 2021 Facebook Twitter Dr. Lonnie Smith in 2015 (Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Dr. Lonnie Smith, the Hammond B-3 organ virtuoso who was named an NEA Jazz Master in 2017,

Britney Spears‘ lawyer has taken off the gloves in his war with Jamie Spears, calling him a “reported alcoholic and gambling addict,” and that’s just for starters. Attorney Mathew Rosengart has gone on the attack, after Jamie filed legal docs challenging the person Rosengart has tapped to replace Jamie temporarily as conservator of Britney’s estate.

News James Murphy Ousted DFA Records Co-Founder Jonathan Galkin Last Year. What Happened? Murphy responds to Galkin’s recent claim that he was literally locked out of the label he helped run for nearly 20 years, offering his account of last year’s behind-the-scenes shakeup By Evan Minsker September 28, 2021 Facebook Twitter James Murphy, photo by

Rick Ross just started cutting checks to his baby mama … the judge in his paternity case just signed off on his agreement to cough up monthly child support payments for their 3 kids. According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, the “Aston Martin Music” rapper will pay his baby mama, Briana Singleton, $11,000

News Dua Saleh Shares Video for New Song “Fitt” With Amaarae: Watch The first single from Saleh’s forthcoming Crossover EP By Matthew Strauss September 27, 2021 Facebook Twitter Dua Saleh, photo by Braden Lee Facebook Twitter Dua Saleh has shared the music video for their new song with Amaarae, “Fitt.” The visual, directed by DayDay,

Britney Spears is warning fans and viewers of a new documentary about her conservatorship to take it with a grain of salt … because she claims a lot of the information is untrue. According to our sources … Britney’s latest Instagram post is specifically calling out the CNN special — “Toxic: Britney Spears’ Battle For

News Cadence Weapon Wins 2021 Polaris Music Prize for Parallel World The Edmonton-born, Toronto-based rapper won the Canadian award for the country’s best record of the year By Allison Hussey and Matthew Ismael Ruiz September 27, 2021 Facebook Twitter Cadence Weapon (Rene Johnston/Toronto Star via Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Cadence Weapon (aka Rollie Pemberton) has

R. Kelly is so deep in the red, a lot of people are claiming to be richer than him — that is, if you believe a site’s estimation of his net worth … which has it pegged as a negative. At some point this year, Celebrity Net Worth updated R. Kelly’s page to list his

News J. Cole Announces Dreamville Festival 2022 The Raleigh, North Carolina event is scheduled for April 2 and 3 By Matthew Strauss September 27, 2021 Facebook Twitter J. Cole at Dreamville Festival 2019 (Greg Noire) Facebook Twitter J. Cole has announced that his Dreamville Festival will return to Raleigh, North Carolina. The two-day event will

Akon‘s wife — or at least one of them — will be filming for the upcoming season of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” … but it’s still unclear how much face time she’ll get. Sources close to production tell TMZ … Tomeka Thiam‘s agreed to be part of season 14 of ‘RHOA’ and will film

News Nick Cave Is H.G. Wells in Trailer for New Movie The Electrical Life of Louis Wain: Watch “A whole cat world,” Cave says in the trailer for the Benedict Cumberbatch–starring biopic By Matthew Strauss September 24, 2021 Facebook Twitter Nick Cave as H.G. Wells in The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, directed by Will

Play video content TMZ.com Kelly Price is finally addressing going MIA from her family and sharing an incredible story of her hospitalization with COVID … telling us at one point, she was medically dead. Price tells us she was never actually missing, despite some of her family members insisting she had vanished without a trace.

News Red Hot Chili Peppers Announce 2022 Tour With Silly New Video: Watch The band’s first tour since John Frusciante’s return to the group By Matthew Strauss September 24, 2021 Facebook Twitter Flea as Todd the Squirrel, John Frusciante as himself, and Anthony Kiedis as Johnson Hammerswaddle in “Red Hot Chili Peppers – Breaking News

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck were all about the Global Citizen Live concert in NYC … and she jumped on stage with a performance that definitely did not disappoint. The concert was part of a worldwide event, staged in London, Paris, Rio, Lagos, Nigeria and the Big Apple … all to put a spotlight on

News Pee Wee Ellis, Jazz Saxophonist and Bandleader, Dies at 80 The session veteran known for “brilliant arrangements” led bands for James Brown and Van Morrison By Matthew Ismael Ruiz September 25, 2021 Facebook Twitter Pee Wee Ellis performs at Grande Halle de La Villette in Paris, September 10, 2011. (Photo by Samuel Dietz/Redferns) Facebook

Lil Baby‘s celeb jeweler is doing more than just profusely apologizing to the rapper for selling him a fake Patek Philippe watch … he’s taking costly action so it never happens again. Gabriel Jacobs from Rafaello & Co. tells TMZ … moving forward he’s going to hire a professional watch authenticator who will inspect all

News Netflix Shares Teaser Trailer for Kanye West Documentary jeen-yuhs: Watch The three-part project, which sold for roughly $30 million, has been in the making for 21 years By Madison Bloom September 25, 2021 Facebook Twitter Kanye West, February 2020 (Karwai Tang/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Netflix has announced the release of a new multi-part Kanye

Sam Asghari ain’t a fan of the Britney docs, that’s for sure, because he shaded them all on the heels of the latest. Sam got a jump on “Controlling Britney Spears,” which aired on FX Friday night, saying, “Past docs left a bad after taste. I’m hoping this one will be respectful.” Sam wasn’t done,

News Christine and the Queens Share Two New Songs: Listen “Freedom” and “Comme l’oiseau” follow last year’s La vita nuova EP By Allison Hussey September 25, 2021 Facebook Twitter Christine and the Queens, September 2020 (Photo by Anthony Ghnassia/Getty Images for Dior) Facebook Twitter Christine and the Queens have shared two new songs following an

Bill Maher laid it all out Friday night … saying the United States is becoming a segregated nation again, and the latest evidence is the push for 2 National Anthems. The ‘Real Time’ host blasted the NFL for playing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — often called the Black National Anthem — in addition to

News Watch the 2021 Global Citizen Live Stream Featuring Lorde, Billie Eilish, BTS, Coldplay, and More Meek Mill, Green Day, Angélique Kidjo, Davido, Burna Boy, Christine and the Queens, Migos, Metallica, My Morning Jacket, and many others are participating in the 24-hour broadcast By Matthew Strauss September 25, 2021 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter The Global