A special moment for Kobe Bryant’s family … when Vanessa and their children visited the NBA legend’s exhibit at the Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday … and it’s a pretty emotional sight. Bryant — who is being inducted into the Hoops Hall on…

Covering the White House looks way different today — there are very few face coverings in the Press Room as the government and the news biz react to the new CDC guidelines. During Friday’s press briefing at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., all staffers…

Whoopi Goldberg was blindsided when we told her Ellen DeGeneres is ending her talk show … it was news to her. We got Whoopi at a COVID vaccination site Friday in East Orange, NJ and when our camera guy asked her reaction to Ellen’s announcement,…

Tamika Mallory is urging activists and allies in the fight for social justice to keep their eyes on the prize in the wake of Derek Chauvin’s conviction for murdering George Floyd. The Until Freedom founder, who’s led and organized countless…

5/14 — De Niro’s rep tells TMZ … he injured his quadriceps muscle while he was at his on-location home in Oklahoma, and he’ll be treated medically in New York. The rep says the actor’s injury will not affect production, because he was not…

Amazon’s desperately trying to get to the bottom of how a bunch of nooses mysteriously appeared at one of its warehouses under construction in Connecticut. The e-commerce giant kicked in another $25k to double the $25k initially put up by developer…

Doug Kiker, the garbage man who brought Katy Perry to tears on “American Idol,” is in police custody after cops in Alabama say he was involved in a domestic violence incident. Mobile Police lieutenant Matthew James tells TMZ … Kiker was busted…

It’s official … Tessica Brown is now forever etched, or glued, into pop culture, now that Nicki Minaj is shouting her out on a new track, and Tessica’s flattered!!! The Harajuku Barbie just dropped her song, “Fraction” and it includes lyrics…

Lisa’s got the receipt to put this saga to bed once and for all. Lisa tells TMZ … she didn’t think she’d actually have to produce the evidence of her bank statement to dispel Kyle’s claim Lisa dined and dashed earlier this week … but here we…