Posted Dec 4th 2009 12:33AM by TMZ Staff
Sources tell TMZ Rachel Uchitel did not make any financial deal with Tiger Woods -- and there are two reasons she torpedoed her scheduled news conference yesterday -- fear and secrets.
Sources say in the wee hours of the morning yesterday, after many phone calls back and forth between Rachel, Tiger and their reps, Rachel decided not to come out fighting at a news conference. She walked away without taking a cent from Tiger Woods. One very connected source said, "This was absolutely not about money."
Sources say Rachel became "scared for her safety" because she knows so much about Tiger, his alleged affairs and a variety of other Woods matters. We're told Tiger confided in Rachel ... she knows specifics about "other women," as well as information about Tiger's marriage.
The sources were quick to point out, Rachel does not fear Tiger, as much as she fears all the other people caught in what is becoming a very large net.
Rachel, we're told, just wants to disappear for a while.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Tiger Woods
Posted Dec 4th 2009 12:31AM by TMZ Staff
We told you the story -- now we have the black and white proof that Tiger Wood's childhood friend and employee secretly flew Tiger's alleged mistress Rachel Uchitel to Australia to be with him.
TMZ has obtained the flight itinerary along with emails between Rachel and Bryon Bell -- detailing how Bryon organized a trip for Rachel to fly last month from New York to L.A. to Australia to Dubai and back to L.A.
In the emails, Byron wrote, "Here are the details for all the flights. Sorry for all the changes. I look forward to meeting you tomorrow. Byron." Rachel sent an email to someone afterward, forwarding the itinerary and saying, "My schedule so u have it in case the plane goes down."
As we first reported, Bryon Bell, President of Tiger Woods Design, purchased the plane ticket for Rachel and flew with her to Australia, where Tiger was playing the Australian Open. He also paid for Rachel's room at the Crown Towers Hotel in Melbourne -- the same place Tiger was staying.
Filed under: Tiger Woods
Posted Dec 4th 2009 12:30AM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has obtained police dash cam footage showing rapper Nas failing several DUI field sobriety tests back in September. He was cleared of the charges -- but does he look sober to you?
As we first reported, Nas -- aka Nasir Jones -- was pulled over in Georgia back in September after driving erratically. Cops say he was carrying a sack of weed and sporting a green tongue ... unfortunately, you can't see that part in the video.
But you can see Nas wobble during a balance test and take the wrong number of steps during the "walk the line" test -- yet still, authorities decided it wasn't enough evidence to convict.
What do you think?
Posted Dec 4th 2009 12:20AM by TMZ Staff
For Rihanna, it ain't the motion of the ocean -- it's the size of the wave.
RiRi was on BLI in the Morning yesterday where she confirmed every diminutive dude's worst fear: For her, bigger is better.
Filed under: Rihanna
Posted Dec 4th 2009 12:15AM by TMZ Staff
Orlando Jones -- the former 7-Up guy -- claims he was the victim of a major jewel heist, after someone jacked $48,000 worth of ice from his car.
Jones filed a report with LAPD Thursday, claiming he put the jewelry in the glove box of his car several weeks ago -- but when he went to retrieve the stash on Thursday, he noticed it was missing.
We're told the actor has no idea where or when he could have been hit.
No word on why Jones had the jewelry in his car in the first place.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Posted Dec 4th 2009 12:13AM by TMZ Staff
Steve-O isn't just happy because he's not going to jail -- after a judge dismissed a felony drug charge today for good behavior -- Steve-O's happy because now he gets to be sober just for himself. And it feels good.
The "Jackass" star stopped by the dreaded California DMV after appearing in court today -- where he proved to a judge he's been 100% sober for 18 months since his arrest in 2008. The judge was so impressed he dismissed the felony drug charge for cocaine possession ... and even took Steve-O's arrest off his record.
But some things never change -- Steve-O tells TMZ he was at the DMV because he lost his wallet after getting naked and donning a wrestling singlet for an upcoming Jackass 3D flick.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Steve-O
Posted Dec 4th 2009 12:11AM by TMZ Staff
Puerto Rican singer Jose Feliciano is best known for his 1970 holiday classic "Feliz Navidad." Guess what he looks like now!
Filed under: Music, Beauty, 'Memba Them?!
Posted Dec 4th 2009 12:10AM by TMZ Staff
Looks like Jaimee Grubbs has moved on from Tigers ... to rabbits! Yeah, we just made that joke.
The woman who claims she's one of Tiger Woods' mistresses was out in L.A. yesterday -- hare in Grubby hands -- where she said, despite her current situation, she wants to keep her job as a cocktail waitress.
Filed under: Critters, Tiger Woods
Posted Dec 4th 2009 12:05AM by TMZ Staff
Here's "2012" star Oliver Platt at some event in NYC on Wednesday (left) -- and Brittany Murphy's screenwriter husband, Simon Monjack, in Beverly Hills last year (right).
Believe it or not, Brittany and Simon have been married for over two years.
We're just sayin'.
Filed under: We're Just Sayin'
Posted Dec 3rd 2009 6:04PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has learned one of Tiger Woods' employees helped the golfer secretly rendezvous with at least one woman with whom he allegedly had a sexual relationship.
Sources say Bryon Bell, a childhood friend and President of Tiger Woods Design, bought a plane ticket for Rachel Uchitel to go to Australia in mid-November to secretly spend time with Tiger.
The ticket was purchased by Bell using a credit card. He also booked a room for Uchitel at the Crown Towers Hotel in Melbourne.
The trip coincided with the Australian Masters -- which Tiger won.
We've learned Bell actually flew with Uchitel to Melbourne and both had rooms at the hotel.
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Exclusives, Tiger Woods
Posted Dec 3rd 2009 5:45PM by TMZ Staff
Erin Andrews' alleged stalker may have another creepy Internet alias -- Breastboy -- which he allegedly used to upload Peeping Tom videos on the Web for all to see.
The FBI served search warrants on Yahoo and Google yesterday, asking the Internet giants to turn over every bit of information about a Flickr.com account associated with the perverted username "Breastboy."
The Breastboy account was allegedly accessed by someone with the equally perverted Yahoo username "Handsfouryou" -- which Feds think is suspect Michael David Barrett.
One of the major items the FBI wants Yahoo to turn over: a 42-second video entitled "Hot Blonde Out of Shower" uploaded on June 28, 2009 -- which appeared to be shot through the same type of hotel room peephole Erin fell victim to.
In the docs, it says the video was viewed 2,956 times ... and "49 people called this video a favorite."
The FBI wants the video -- along with "all messages, sent messages, deleted messages and messages maintained in trash and other folders" connected to Barrett's alleged accounts.
Barrett has already pled not guilty to interstate stalking.
Filed under: Erin Andrews
Posted Dec 3rd 2009 5:30PM by TMZ Staff
Adam Lambert's sexual orientation had nothing to do with ABC's decision to can him from two upcoming gigs on their network ... it was all because he can't stick to a script -- at least that's what ABC and GLAAD would like you to believe.
The nation's most outspoken gay rights group just released a statement in support of ABC's decision to boot Lambert from "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and an upcoming New Year's Eve special in the wake of his AMA performance -- the one with the man-on-man kiss.
ABC sent a statement to GLAAD, explaining how Adam's removal was "not a question of Lambert's sexual orientation" but was instead because his live performance at the AMAs differed "greatly" from rehearsals and "caught the network off guard" -- which is justification for dropping him from other live shows.
Today, GLAAD backed ABC's explanation saying, "It would appear that the kiss between Adam Lambert and his keyboardist did not factor into ABC's decision ... ABC has a history of positive gay and transgender inclusion that includes featuring kisses between gay and lesbian couples on-air."
For the record, neither Adrien Brody nor Halle Berry were banned from appearing on any ABC shows after their "unscripted" make-out session at the 2003 Academy Awards.
UPDATE: GLAAD tells us they have "asked ABC and calls on them for clarification on 'caught off guard' so that the community knows why Lambert is being denied the opportunity to perform on the network."
Filed under: TV, Adam Lambert
Posted Dec 3rd 2009 4:00PM by TMZ Staff
Harvey and Mike took your questions on everything today and Tiger was still the talk of the town -- from his alleged mistress canceling her big press conference today ... to why Woods told her to lie.
Plus: Kelis and Nas have a showdown in court, the odds Tiger will get a divorce and the potential of having John Mayer as a TMZ Live guest.
Also -- Harvey predicts the end of Britney's conservatorship.
Filed under: TMZ Live
