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Fox Corp.’s entertainment division has closed its acquisition of TMZ from WarnerMedia, confirming that founder and managing editor Harvey Levin will continue with the newly situated company. Terms were not disclosed, but the deal is believed to be worth less than $50 million. Reports earlier this year in several press…

AT&T is in talks to sell WarnerMedia’s celebrity gossip site TMZ to Fox, Deadline has confirmed, in yet another deal paring down the telco’s entertainment assets, one that comes as it prepares to spin off Warner and merge it with Discovery. That $43 billion-deal was announced in May and may not close until the middle…

Fox, the network that brought us The X-Files, is investigating the current frenzy around UFOs in a one-hour special from TMZ next week. The broadcaster says that it has entirely new footage of UFOs from the deck of a U.S. Navy ship that will air as part of the special. TMZ Investigates: UFOs: The Pentagon Proof will…

A former TMZ production assistant and on-air contributor filed a federal discrimination and retaliation complaint Tuesday against Harvey Levin and Warner Bros Entertainment that could lead to a lawsuit down the line. "Ms. Zilio, along with her female colleagues, was belittled and abused, held to different and more…

Ellen Pompeo has blasted TMZ for breaking the Kobe Bryant crash story, conflating the media outlet’s news-gathering abilities with allegedly “exploiting women.” The longtime Grey’s Anatomy actress tweeted out her attack on Tuesday, asking her following to sign a petition that would cancel the celebrity news outlet. "I…

In a syndication deal with a novel twist, Fox and Warner Bros. have reached multi-year renewals for Extra, TMZ, TMZ Live and The Real, with new formatting that eliminates the commercial breaks at the ends of each show. The hope is that by adjusting the timing of ad breaks — in a way that preserves the net ad load but…

Quibi is taking its Daily Essentials to the Thirty Mile Zone. Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s shortform digital platform is teaming with Harvey Levin’s TMZ on two daily celebrity news shows curated for millennials. Quibi said the untitled pop culture shows will be rich with news from hip-hop and basketball to…

Several prominent National Football League quarterbacks have gone down from injury and illness in the first two weeks of the season. But still, no one has called on former 49er Colin Kaepernick. Despite his agents contacting such teams as the Pittsburgh Steelers, New Orleans Saints, Indianapolis Colts and New York…

Pop singer Britney Spears is not going to work until her mental health improves, says her longtime manager Larry Rudolph, telling TMZ that her medications have “stopped working.” Spears canceled a residency in Las Vegas in January and later checked into a mental health facility. She is now out of the facility but…

Updated with Griffin apology: Kathy Griffin has apologized for her photo shoot in which she held up a “decapitated” head of President Donald Trump, after being blasted both by the left and the right. "I sincerely apologize. I am just now seeing the reaction of these images,” Griffin says in a video released Tuesday…

Warner Bros Domestic Television Distribution has renewed Telepictures' daily syndicated TV series TMZ and TMZ Live through the 2019-20 season on Fox Television Stations. The extension includes all of the owned-and-operated Fox affiliates, such as WNYW New York, KTTV Los Angeles and WFLD Chicago. TMZ debuted in…

Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this weekly column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business. BART: It's Oscar time in LA, which translates into hell week for publicists but a moment of delicious opportunity for bartenders…