Month: September 2021

R. Kelly being found guilty on all counts in his federal sex crimes trial is something Lizzette Martinez never thought would happen, but after more than 25 years ... she's rejoicing justice has been served. Lizzette tells TMZ she was overcome with emotion when she heard the singer was found guilty, because she met him when she was 17 ... so she's spent more than half her life dealing with the aftermath of his abuse and the backlash of speaking out against him. Play video content TMZ.com ...

Alan Jackson revealed this week that he’s been living with a degenerative nerve condition for about 10 years, but vowed to continue performing as long as his health will allow.  Appearing on NBC’s “Today” show on Tuesday, the country superstar said he was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease a decade ago, noting it has impacted his ability to walk.  “It’s genetic that I inherited from my daddy ... There’s no cure for it, but it’s been affecting me for years,” said the two-time Grammy winner. “And it’s getting more and more obvious. And I know I’m stumbling around on stage. And now I’m having a little trouble balancing, even in front of the microphone, and so I just feel very uncomfortable.” According to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, CMT is one of the most common typ...

Photo: Charles Sykes/Invision/AP/Shutterstock Good news for anyone worried about World War III: Seems like the next big war will happen not on Earth but in space, caused by (who else?) Grimes and Elon Musk. While Musk and NASA are busy spending $178 million to reach one of Jupiter’s moons, Europa, Grimes apparently has her own plans for settling in space. Via an email to “Page Six,” Grimes seemed to confirm the couple’s breakup, informing the world that she will be “colonizing Europa separately from Elon for the lesbian space commune.” Is this … conscious uncoupling? Last week, Musk informed “Page Six” that he and Grimes are “semi-separate...

Some people really love their jobs. It’s been 50 years since Disney World in Florida first opened. During the time, a lot has changed as old rides were replaced and new characters were brought in. Throughout the years, however, some things have remained constant. Chuck Milam, Earliene Anderson and Forrest Bahruth have been working at Disney World since the park first opened 50 years ago. (AP Photo/John Raoux) Chuck Milam, George Kalogridis and Earline Anderson have been working at the park since its opening day. They recently spoke with the Associated Press about their time at one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world. Anderson, who works in merchandising at a hotel in the Magic Kingdom, said, "Disney has been my love, and it still is. I love Disney." ...

Prince Andrew has acknowledged through his lawyer that he has been served with a lawsuit by an American woman who claims he sexually assaulted her. The acknowledgment was confirmed in a joint agreement signed by a lawyer for the British prince. It was approved by a Manhattan federal judge and entered into the public court record on Tuesday. The court papers said that the 61-year-old had been challenging the acceptance of the lawsuit until lawyers spoke by phone on Sept. 21. An agreement was signed three days later, according to the order signed by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan. In the lawsuit, Virginia Giuffre claims Andrew abused her on multiple occasions in 2001 when she was under 18. His lawyer has called the allegations "baseless." Delivering a lawsuit to a defendant is usually a routine...