TMZ.com Home

Former President Barack Obama just made a splash in New York City, drawing big crowds after apparently meeting with a foundation that has a connection to the planned Obama Presidential Library in Chicago.

Obama was at a building where the Simons Foundation is headquartered. James Simons and his wife, Marilyn, are big-time philanthropists who reportedly donated around $700,000 earmarked for the Library.

Check out the security in the video ... there is a phalanx of Secret Service surrounding the former prez in multiple vehicles, as the crowd hailed the former chief.

Lionel Richie's knee is recovering and his 35-show concert tour with Mariah Carey has been put on hold ... TMZ has learned.

We're told Lionel had a preexisting knee problem that was causing him pain and he underwent surgery last month. We're told there were complications and the injury did not heal correctly so Lionel is still recovering.

He and Mariah were scheduled to hit the road March 15 in Baltimore. There were 35 shows in all, including Chicago, New York, Boston, Detroit and the Hollywood Bowl.

Jose Fernandez was divorced at one point in his life, but it's unclear to whom he was married ... according to his death certificate.

Amber Rose and her mouth went too far when it comes to one of L.A.'s most famous strip clubs ... according to a lawsuit filed by the owners of Ace of Diamonds.

Amber bragged to the audience at the All Def Movie Awards Wednesday night that she'd bought AoD. The crowd -- clearly fans of the club's fine product -- cheered wildly, and Amber's purchase was reported by multiple media outlets.

But the owners of AoD -- SKWS Enterprises -- say Amber hasn't put a dime into ownership of the club. They say her comment is "unequivocally false" and they haven't sold to anyone.

Chris Brown was partying Thursday night with a Karrueche look-alike, but he was in no mood to talk about the real Karrueche's claim he brutalized her and threatened to kill her.

Floyd Mayweather wanted one gift for his 40th birthday in L.A. Thursday night ... not to have to talk about Conor McGregor... the question is, did he get it?

TMZ Sports got Mayweather leaving Roku in Hollywood, the first stop on his weekend-long massive 40th birthday blowout celebration.

Floyd talked to our cameras about the chinchilla floors in his whip, the RIDICULOUS watch on his wrist, even about his nephew, who he says is gonna run all his companies.

What he wouldn't talk about? Conor, saying he wanted to take his bday off from all the madness.

Happy birthday, champ (please, please get the fight made).

"The Dudesons" star Jukka Hilden is at it again ... with another insane stunt that ends with a SCORPION TRAPPED IN HIS MOUTH!!

Jukka -- a member of the four-man stunt group from Finland -- was the lucky loser who had to stuff a live scorpion in his mouth, and attempt to duct tape the sucker in there for a full minute.

Why? Because playing with alligators is so last week.

When Milo Yiannopoulos quit Breitbart News the clock started ticking on his employment visa, but sadly, for his millions of haters ... he's already figured out a way to stay in America.

Milo is here under an O-1 visa for "aliens of extraordinary ability" -- his being journalism, we're guessing -- but without a U.S. employer to sponsor him, he'd be deported in 60 days. Sources in Milo's camp tell us he's not sweating deportation, because he's lined up a new sponsor.

We're told the people behind a secret new media venture Milo will be working with have agreed in principle to file the necessary paperwork. It's not a done deal yet, but as usual ... Milo's cocky confident he'll close the deal.

On the heels of taking multiple L's -- resigning from his senior editor gig at Breitbart, losing a book deal and a national speaking role -- Milo's trying to bounce back by releasing his book through a new publisher.

Long story short -- we're most likely stuck with him, America.

Chief Keef took a leap onstage that turned into him taking a huge dive offstage ... and coming dangerously close to busting his ass and his head.

If not for the speedy reflexes of a dude working security, Keef would be in a hospital right now. As it is he survived to finish his show Wednesday night in Grand Rapids.

The rapper better have put his ass on a jet right after the show, in order to avoid big legal trouble. Keef's supposed to be in an L.A. courtroom Friday morning -- he's being arraigned robbery and assault charges for allegedly attacking a producer.

It's a felony, so he's gotta be there. If Keef misses the court date, he might wish he'd taken the dive -- at least he'd have a doctor's note.

1:00 PM PT -- Keef made it to his court date, and even spoke briefly about his fall.

Neil deGrasse Tyson says there's a chance the newly discovered cluster of Earth-sized planets could harbor life, but there's something big (yet small) they haven't told you about.

Dr. Tyson told us the science community is ecstatic over NASA's discovery. Truth is, even non-scientists are geeking out. Sooo ... here's the bad news.

The 'Cosmos' host has issues with the sun. Not ours, but the red dwarf star next to the newfound planets ... because it's creating a seriously hostile environment. Neil's explanation is awesome!

Better news? He's got a great idea about naming the cluster, as long as Disney doesn't get in the way.

Caitlyn Jenner broke in a big way with President Trump over his intention to lift federal protections on equal access to bathrooms for transgender students.

Caitlyn spoke to Trump "from one Republican to another," calling Trump's move "a disaster." She adds, "You made a promise to protect the LGBTQ community."

Usain Bolt got a sweet welcome to Carnival in Trinidad & Tobago -- a human sacrifice ... on the dance floor!

The world's fastest man jumped onstage at a concert called TRIBE Ignite, and yelled ... "I love this country so much!" Trini obviously loves him back because the MC quickly offered him "something special" ... with much junk in her trunk.

It was immediately clear this ain't Usain's first rodeo!

No sign of his longtime gf during this awesome display, but we hear she is on the island too.

Julie Chen has mastered the art of negotiating ... she knows the first and most important rule for women -- and for that matter, men -- when they're not getting what they want from their boss.

Patricia Arquette tore President Trump a new one over the transgender bathroom issue.

The "Boyhood" star was leaving Chateau Marmont in WeHo Thursday night when we asked her about Trump's plan to lift federal protection for transgender students.

Pics have surfaced of Robin Thicke and his son, Julian, at Nobu in Malibu ... the lunch Paula Patton claims was essentially an attempt to bribe the Dept. of Children and Family Services with sushi.

As we reported, Robin's team has scoffed at Paula's claim, and says the monitor -- Mike, who's wearing the hat -- sat at a separate table and only drank water. The monitor is required by the judge to be present the entire time Robin is with his 6-year-old son.

We're told the monitor was sitting at a table with someone from the Dept. of Children and Family Services, who was actually there to monitor the monitor after Paula complained about him. He too, we're told, only drank water.

As for why they went to Nobu ... it's Julian's fav.

Vicki Gunvalson says she caught an employee red-handed stealing thousands of dollars from her business and reported him to the police.

Sources close to the 'Real Housewives of Orange County' star tell us she recently noticed huge discrepancies in the books of her insurance brokerage -- a few thousand dollars at least. We're told she did some digging, and it led to a guy who was hired just 2 months ago.

Our sources say Vicki believes the employee embezzled sales commissions to his personal account and poached clients from Vicki's son, Mike, who's a VP at the brokerage.