Louis C.K. Said Right Things, But Failed Women ... Says 'OITNB' Star
Louis C.K. deserves to lose everything he's lost professionally, because no one should be rewarded for sexual assault ... according to "Orange Is The New Black" star, Lea DeLaria.
We got Lea at LAX Friday and asked her about the huge backlash C.K.'s faced since 5 women accused him of sexual misconduct ... to which he's since confessed. Lea says while he seemed to be "one of the good guys" who supported women in comedy -- C.K.'s behavior reveals something much darker.
He's been dropped by his management and publicist, lost his Netflix and FX deals, and had his movie release canceled.
You can tell Lea desperately wants to say something positive about Louis -- but ultimately has to admit it's nearly impossible now.
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'Little Women: LA' Star Breaks Up with Cheating Husband
"Little Women: LA" star Briana Renee was fed up with her hubby's cheating ways, so she's finally called it quits ... TMZ has learned.
A source connected to the former couple tells us Briana broke up with Matt Grundhoffer last month because there was no way of resuscitating their 3-year marriage. We're told they found it impossible to bounce back from Matt's constant cheating and flirting -- some of which was seen on the show.
Matt copped to straying at times, and it sparked multiple fights.
Now, the hard part. Briana and Matt have a 16-month-old son together, and 2 kids from previous relationships. They're still living together while they figure out new arrangements, but they sleep in separate rooms.
We're told there's zero chance of reconciliation, and divorce is looming.
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Ben Stiller Let's Build Homes for Our Troops In Honor of Veterans Day
Wanna hang on set with Ben Stiller? Score a pair of Cher's Louboutins or a golf bag signed by George Clooney? Ben's giving you a shot at all of the above.
Stiller and a bunch of other celebs are marking Veterans Day by supporting Homes for Our Troops with a massive online auction. Other available items include sneakers worn by Ellen Degeneres, lunch with CNN's Jake Tapper, courtside seats to a Mavs game from Mark Cuban or Beats headphones signed by Dr. Dre.
There's a ton more memorabilia you can check out before the November 14 deadline.
100 percent of the proceeds will go to Homes for Our Troops, which builds homes for wounded vets.
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French Montana Bday Party Gets Real Wild ... Cops Called for Chick Fight
11/10/17
French Montana's birthday celebration was interrupted by 2 women going off on each other, which prompted a visit from cops ... TMZ has learned.
Sources close to the situation tell TMZ ... the rapper took the party -- which started in Bev Hills Thursday night -- back to his Calabasas crib early Friday morning, and that's where the fight went down. We're told around 7 AM the women got into a fight ... one of them got booted, and then decided to call the po-po.
Cops and paramedics showed up, the women were evaluated but neither needed medical treatment. However, we're told booze was clearly involved. In the end ... no arrests and both women had to leave the property. Law enforcement say they had no interaction with French.
As we reported ... French had a star-studded 33rd birthday bash at a mansion Thursday night.
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Conor McGregor Slaps MMA Official, Pushes Ref In Crazy Post-Fight Scene
Conor McGregor just went NUCLEAR at an MMA event in Dublin ... slapping a regulatory official and pushing veteran UFC referee Marc Goddard for breaking up his post-fight celebration with training partner Charlie Ward.
It all went down after Ward won by 1st-round KO at Bellator 187 -- which prompted McGregor to jump into the cage to show his SBG Ireland teammate some love.
One problem -- Conor wasn't allowed in the cage since he wasn't a licensed cornerman for Charlie ... so Goddard and several fight officials stepped in to interrupt their bro moment.
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McGregor was PISSED -- pushing Goddard from behind and getting in his face ... before the officials and BFF Artem Lobov escorted him from the cage.
But Conor wasn't done. He came back, climbed back on top of the cage and straight slapped one of the officials upside the head.
FYI, Goddard ordered McGregor to leave cageside last time Lobov fought in the UFC ... so that's probably what set Conor off.
Still ... gotta think there's gonna be hell to pay for his actions.
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Hope Solo Says Ex-FIFA Prez 'Grabbed My Ass' ... Blatter Flatly Denies It
Hope Solo's adding her name to the mounting list of women alleging sexual assault at the hands of powerful men ... and she points the finger at former FIFA president, Sepp Blatter.
The USWNT star revealed the alleged incident in an interview with the Portuguese newspaper, Expresso, in which she alleges Blatter "grabbed my ass" right before presenting an award to Abby Wambach at the Ballon d'Or awards ceremony in January 2013.
Blatter -- forced to step down and banned by FIFA amid a corruption scandal -- flatly denied the claim, and through his spokesman told Expresso, "This allegation is ridiculous."
The news comes on the heels of another Team USA star alleging sexual abuse.
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Rob Kardashian Throws Dream's 1st Bday Party
Dream Kardashian turns one today, and Daddy's teaching her the family biz -- party hard on your birthday and whenever possible ... bring your famous aunts and cousins along, too.
Rob Kardashian was with Dream Friday morning to celebrate bday #1. Aunties Kim, Khloe and Kylie were also there, along with cousins North and Penelope.
It's the first time we've seen Rob in a while -- he's been keeping a low profile since that social media meltdown when he posted nude pics of Blac Chyna.
Speaking of Chyna ... there's no sign of her at Dream's party, but that's not a big surprise since she recently sued the whole Kardashian fam.
Happy birthday, Dream!!!
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Louis C.K. Confesses ... My Accusers Were All Telling the Truth
Louis C.K. has just addressed claims by 5 women that he either asked to expose himself, masturbated in front of them, or did so over the phone. He acknowledges the women were all telling the truth, and goes on to explain his conduct and the error of his ways.
"I want to address the stories told to the New York Times by five women named Abby, Rebecca, Dana, Julia who felt able to name themselves and one who did not.
These stories are true. At the time, I said to myself that what I did was okay because I never showed a woman my dick without asking first, which is also true. But what I learned later in life, too late, is that when you have power over another person, asking them to look at your dick isn’t a question. It’s a predicament for them. The power I had over these women is that they admired me. And I wielded that power irresponsibly.
I have been remorseful of my actions. And I've tried to learn from them. And run from them. Now I’m aware of the extent of the impact of my actions. I learned yesterday the extent to which I left these women who admired me feeling badly about themselves and cautious around other men who would never have put them in that position.
I also took advantage of the fact that I was widely admired in my and their community, which disabled them from sharing their story and brought hardship to them when they tried because people who look up to me didn't want to hear it. I didn't think that I was doing any of that because my position allowed me not to think about it.
There is nothing about this that I forgive myself for. And I have to reconcile it with who I am. Which is nothing compared to the task I left them with.
I wish I had reacted to their admiration of me by being a good example to them as a man and given them some guidance as a comedian, including because I admired their work.
The hardest regret to live with is what you've done to hurt someone else. And I can hardly wrap my head around the scope of hurt I brought on them. I’d be remiss to exclude the hurt that I’ve brought on people who I work with and have worked with who’s professional and personal lives have been impacted by all of this, including projects currently in production: the cast and crew of Better Things, Baskets, The Cops, One Mississippi, and I Love You Daddy. I deeply regret that this has brought negative attention to my manager Dave Becky who only tried to mediate a situation that I caused. I’ve brought anguish and hardship to the people at FX who have given me so much The Orchard who took a chance on my movie. and every other entity that has bet on me through the years.
I’ve brought pain to my family, my friends, my children and their mother.
I have spent my long and lucky career talking and saying anything I want. I will now step back and take a long time to listen.
Thank you for reading."
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Roy Halladay's Plane Climbing and Diving 2 Weeks Before Crash
New video has surfaced reportedly showing Roy Halladay performing concerning aerial maneuvers over water -- including extreme changes in altitude -- just 2 weeks before his fatal crash.
The video show's Roy's ICON A5 plane flying over the Gulf of Mexico on Oct. 20 -- it almost looks like he's practicing a water landing ... though he never lands on the water.
The person who shot the video told the NY Daily News he started recording because the plane was going so close to the water at a high rate of speed, he thought it was going to crash.
You can hear the man express concern as he watches Roy's plane.
Just 2 weeks later, the plane crashed near the very same area -- killing the ex-MLB star.
Multiple witnesses tell TMZ Sports Roy had been making similar changes in altitude -- just like in the video from Oct. One person described it as "aggressive flying."
Roy's family issued a statement saying he was not a reckless flyer -- and they're heartbroken over his death.
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Xscape Our TV Show's Good, But ... A Biopic's Better!!!
Xscape is striking while the iron is hot -- the R&B supergroup is inking a deal to make a movie about their lives and careers ... TMZ has learned.
Production sources tell us ... the biopic will air on Bravo, which is already home to the docuseries, "Xscape Still Kickin' It." We're told mega-producer Mona Scott-Young of 'Love & Hip Hop' fame is producing the movie.
As we reported ... all 4 members -- Kandi Burruss, Tiny Harris, LaTocha and Tamika Scott -- reunited this past summer for their first performance in 20 years, and they've been rolling ever since.
The TV movie is scheduled to come out next year.
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Louis C.K. Netflix Pulls Plug on Stand-Up Special
1:45 PM PT -- FX is giving Louis C.K. the boot too, cancelling the deal with his production company, Pig Newton. It released a statement saying ... "He will no longer serve as executive producer or receive compensation on any of the four shows we were producing with him – 'Better Things,' 'Baskets,' 'One Mississippi' and 'The Cops.'"
Louis C.K.'s publicist and manager have also severed ties with the comedian.
Louis C.K.'s second stand-up special with Netflix has been canceled in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations ... TMZ has learned.
A Netflix spokesperson tells us ... "The allegations made by several women in the New York Times about Louis C.K.'s behavior are disturbing. Louis's unprofessional and inappropriate behavior with female colleagues has led us to decide not to produce a second stand-up special, as had been planned."
The decision comes just hours after C.K.'s film distributor canceled the release of his movie, "I Love You, Daddy" ... which was supposed to come out next week.
C.K. was making 8 figures for each of his Netflix specials.
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Alexis Ren Straight Fire In Micro-Bikini Photo Shoot
It may be November ... but it's 74 degrees in Honolulu -- so Alexis Ren decided to put on her tiniest bikini and hit the beach.
The "Queen of Instagram" (she's got more than 11 MILLION followers) was climbing all over some volcanic rocks ... and still managed to be the hottest thing on the island.
By the way, Ren is a 2018 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition rookie ... and judging by the behind the scenes footage from her debut S.I. shoot -- she's gonna have a future in this biz.
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Louis C.K. Movie Yanked One Week Before Release
Louis C.K.'s movie, "I Love You, Daddy" will not hit theaters -- the distributor is pulling it in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against the comedian.
The Orchard announced Friday ... it would "not be moving forward" with the release, which was scheduled for Nov. 17. The decision is a huge shot to C.K. -- he wrote the film, starred in it and reportedly self-financed it too.
The movie's about a successful TV writer's daughter -- played by Chlöe Grace Moretz -- dating a much older filmmaker. Louis played the TV writer, and there's at least one scene where his friend pretends to masturbate in front of people.
As we reported, 5 women have accused C.K. of sexual misconduct, including masturbating in front of some of them.
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French Montana My Bday Guest List is Unforgettable!
French Montana's birthday shindig proved yet again to be a celebrity magnet ... drawing tons of them for his 33rd affair.
The rapper went all out -- with sponsorship help from Brother Love Diddy's CIROC French Vanilla -- for the festivities Thursday night at a Bev Hills mansion. A bunch of Montana's buddies rolled through -- DJ Khaled, The Weeknd, Lil Uzi Vert, Belly, OT Genasis, Cassie and producer Scott Storch among them.
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'Love & Hip Hop' star Miss Nikki Baby dolled up for the occasion but wouldn't reveal Montana's gift. Storch's gift is literally music to Montana's ears. We're told Jermaine Dupri was also there and DJ Marshmello spinned the night.
No choppers this year ... but the bash did include a dance performance that was lit(erally).
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Darius McCrary Hollywood Exec Inappropriately Touched Me But That's ALL I'm Saying
Darius McCrary says he was the victim of sexual misconduct when he was a child actor just getting his start in Hollywood, but what makes this allegation different is ... he's NOT out for justice.
Darius was leaving The Montage Hotel in Bev Hills when he dropped the bombshell. We probed for more details: How old was he? Did it happen on the "Family Matters" set? But Darius stood his ground, and refused to say more.
Here's what's interesting ... Darius is referring to the recent flood of sexual misconduct claims in Hollywood, but clearly questions the motives of some accusers.
He's declaring himself a victim AND, arguably, victim shaming others.
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Cuba Gooding Jr. To O.J. Simpson: You Can't Hide Dirt In 2017
O.J. Simpson is learning real quick ... it's WAY harder to hide your dirty laundry in 2017 -- so says Cuba Gooding Jr.
Case in point ... we broke the story ... O.J. was banned for life from a Vegas casino this week -- and Cuba says with everyone on the planet carrying a camera phone and having access to social media ... things like that don't go under the radar anymore.
Cuba's referring to the sexual misconduct and assault allegations surrounding some of the most powerful people in the business ... from Louis C.K. to Harvey Weinstein.
He clearly thinks it's a good thing for actors now that certain people are being exposed -- and says "it's just the beginning."