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Austin Aries, TNA wrestler, receives "severe fine" for crotch thrusting female announcer [VIDEO]

Austin Aries grew up in Milwaukee but is billed as being from Minneapolis and has spent lots of time here wrestling on the independent circuit. His rise from relative obscurity in the Midwest to the heights of professional wrestling has been remarkable -- last year, the 5'9", 35-year-old Aries won t ... More >>

Carolyn Moos, Jason Collins's ex-fiancée, is from Mpls, says she never suspected he's gay

In the Sports Illustrated piece in which he became the first major-sport male pro athlete to come out of the closet, NBA big man Jason Collins describes the gradual process by which he came to terms with his homosexuality. "When I was younger I dated women," Collins writes. "I even got engaged. I th ... More >>

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Paparazzo faceplants while hounding Adrian Peterson about gay NFL players [VIDEO]

Yesterday, Adrian Peterson was walking around in D.C. when he was approached by a TMZ videographer.SEE ALSO: Adrian Peterson talks about double-sided scooby snacks in "NFL: A Bad Lip Reading" [VIDEO] The TMZ guy was curious to ask AP about the race of the first NFL player to come out of the closet, ... More >>

X-Pac nearly dies after tearing his anus during wrestling match in Minneapolis [VIDEO]

Sean Waltman -- a.k.a. X-Pac and the 1-2-3 Kid of WWF fame -- is 40 years old, but he's still wrasslin' on the indie circuit.SEE ALSO: Shawn Daivari Hiawatha Line smackdown: The surveillance footage [VIDEO] On Saturday evening, the Minneapolis native was back in his hometown for a match during a tri ... More >>

Journey's Neal Schon sues former Waseca mayor Judy Kozan

In a tale ripped straight from the clutches of TMZ, Journey guitarist Neal Schon is involved in a legal battle with Judy Kozan, who used to be the mayor of the southern Minnesota town of Waseca -- and also used to be his mother-in-law.The rocker, who assured his place in the annals of gossip blog fo ... More >>

Why Prince should let Weird Al Yankovic parody his songs

The undeniably white and nerdy Weird Al Yankovic has received the blessing of umpteen pop musicians for his humorous pursuits over the past three decades. "Smells Like Nirvana" victim Kurt Cobain even called him "America's modern pop-rock genious [sic]" in his journals. As a result, we have a lifeti ... More >>

Country singer Mindy McCready dead in apparent suicide

The troubled life of country singer Mindy McCready has come to a close with the Cleburne County, Arkansas, Sheriff's Office stating that officers were dispatched to her home Sunday after neighbors reported hearing gunshots. There they found McCready on the front porch of her home, dead at the scene ... More >>

Dear Abby's original author, Pauline Phillips, dead at 94, lived in Minnetonka

Pauline Phillips, the original Dear Abby, died yesterday at the age of 94. She had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease.SEE ALSO: Bobby Vee: I have Alzheimer's Disease Phillips, a native of Sioux City, Iowa, began writing the Dear Abby column in 1956 under the name Abigail Van Buren. At the colum ... More >>

Kevin Garnett reportedly told Carmelo Anthony his wife "tastes like Honey Nut Cheerios" [VIDEO]

Kevin Garnett's reputation as a world-class trash-talker who likes to hit below the belt goes back to his days playing with the Timberwolves. To take one example, during a game against the Spurs on Mother's Day 1999, he reportedly barked "Happy Mother's Day, motherfucker!" to Tim Duncan, whose mom d ... More >>

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Plus, a WWE star fights on a light rail train

Metro Transit responds to security concerns following Shawn Daivari incident

A couple weeks ago, former WWE star Shawn Daivari choked out a belligerent passenger while riding on the Hiawatha Line to the airport.SEE ALSO:-- Shawn Daivari, former WWE star, chokes out belligerent racist on Hiawatha Line Daivari said numerous people on the train hit the train's emergency help bu ... More >>

Torii Hunter cleats umpire in the face, breaks his nose [VIDEO]

SEE ALSO:-- Ex-Twin Knoblauch is reportedly drunkenly riding NYC subways, hitting on young chicks-- Delmon Young allegedly yelled "F**king Jews!" at yarmulke-wearing panhandler before assault [UPDATE]-- Carlos Gomez, former Twin, blasts foul ball, takes home run trot [VIDEO]Torii Hunter booted umpir ... More >>

Jennifer Lopez and Enrique Iglesias at Target Center, 8/1/2012

Jennifer Lopez and Enrique Iglesias with Frankie JTarget Center, MinneapolisWednesday, August 1, 2012See Also: Slideshow: Jennifer Lopez and Enrique Iglesias at the Target CenterA couple of Latin musicians whose personal lives are more interesting than their musical lives took over Target Center on ... More >>

Adrian Peterson's arrest video surfaces [VIDEO]

SEE ALSO:-- Adrian Peterson doesn't look "heavily intoxicated" in his mugshot [PHOTO]-- Adrian Peterson arrested in HoustonIf you thought Adrian Peterson would simply plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest and move on with his life, think again.AP has hired superstar defense attorn ... More >>

Adrian Peterson doesn't look "heavily intoxicated" in his mugshot [PHOTO]

After he was arrested early Saturday morning for resisting arrest at Houston's Live! at Bayou Place, TMZ reported that Vikings superstar running back Adrian Peterson was "heavily intoxicated... which was very out of character."Today, Peterson's mugshot was released, and we gotta say... he doesn't lo ... More >>

Tim Poe defends against fake war injury charges as evidence mounts

Tim Poe has been through hell this week ever since the Minnesota National Guard issued a statement Tuesday that the singer was not injured in a grenade blast in Afghanistan as Poe had claimed the day before on America's Got Talent.Poe's Facebook fan page was hit with negative comments. His ex-wife, ... More >>

RIP, Donna Summer

Disco legend Donna Summer has passed at the age of 63 following a battle with cancer. TMZ reports that Summer was in Florida at the time of her death.She received opera training before she exploded onto dance floors around the world in the early '70s, and her voice is among sizzling best to groove t ... More >>

Weird Al Yankovic at State Theatre, 5/3/2012

Weird Al YankovicState Theatre, MinneapolisThursday, May 3, 2012Can anyone make the accordion look sexy? One man certainly can. With a production crew, band, and a collection of songs that spans 30-plus years in tow, Weird Al Yankovic shared with Minneapolis his comedic brand of parody music after s ... More >>

Bryant McKinnie was really, really bad with money while with Vikings

Former Vikings offensive lineman Bryant McKinnie has been ordered to immediately pay back a $4.3 million loan he took from Pro Player Funding on the eve of last year's NFL lockout. In court, Pro Player Funding argued that after he was cut from the Vikings last August, McKinnie missed a payment, trig ... More >>

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Kim Kardashian returns to Minnesota to face Kris Humphries

Together forever (whereas forever is equivalent to 72 days)​Kim Kardashian took a break from her divorce drama in Hollywood to whip up some divorce drama in "Yeehaw Minnesota" over the weekend, dropping in on estranged husband and occasional basketball player Kris Humphries at his Hopkins home. Th ... More >>

Kim Kardashian divorced Kris Humphries over... Minnesota?

Kim Kardashian, Kris Humphries: Divorced because of Minnesota?​Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries' fairytale romance -- okay, made-for-TV-movie romance -- came to a quick, tragic end yesterday.As the ink dries on the divorce papers, and Americans attempt to pick up the pieces of their shattered liv ... More >>

Kim Kardashian dumps Kris Humphries

Kim Kardashian, Kris Humphries: The end of the Great American Love Affair.​Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, the couple that stole America's heart and ate America's brains, are officially, finally done. The news broke today via TMZ, which has since obtained (read: got faxed from Kim's publicist a ... More >>

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Billie Joe Armstrong ejected from Southwest Airlines flight for least interesting reason imaginable

​Like the rest of us, celebrities and rock stars make stupid mistakes. But when mistakes are made on a high-profile, TMZ level, stupid isn't quite enough; they should also be avoidable, catastrophic, nonsensical, unusual, and hilarious, or some combination thereof. And so it is with no small amoun ... More >>

Soul Daddy's Jamawn Woods lays blame on Chipotle

Jamawn Woods of Soul Daddy blames Chipotle on his woes. ​Jamawn Woods, winner of America's Next Great Restaurant, and founder of three quickly-shuttered Soul Daddy eateries, including one at the Mall of America, is blaming his failure on one of his backers, Chipotle. Woods told the celebrity ... More >>

Vikings cut Bryant McKinnie for being chronic fat-ass [UPDATE]

You'll be missed, Big Mac, especially by the bartenders and strippers.​Bryant McKinnie, a big man with big appetites -- of all kinds -- was cut this afternoon by the Vikings for being too damn big. McKinnie had sort of fought a losing battle against his weight for years, and basically given up rec ... More >>

Bryant McKinnie runs up $100,000 bar tab in Hollywood

Impressive bar stats.​Vikings tackle Bryant McKinnie turned a lot of heads in a swank Hollywood nightclub the other night, reportedly running up a $100,000 bar tab during the NBA All-Star "Kick Off Party." According to TMZ, McKinnie's tastes ran to high-end champagne at MyHouse during the pa ... More >>

Bob Harper from Biggest Loser (rightly) denied a table at La Grassa, gets bitchy on Twitter

Not making his own phone call meant Bob missed out on La Grassa's deliciousness.​Another catfight went down two Saturdays ago in the ongoing and ever-more-ridiculous war between restaurateurs and tweeting foodies. The Star Tribune recounts Bar La Grassa's social media nightmare surrounding Bob H ... More >>

Sports Illustrated bids Brett Favre "A Long, Painful Farewell"

Brett Favre: Times change.​Piling on, or maybe not wanting to be outdone by the likes of Deadspin and TMZ, Sports Illustrated has officially fallen madly out of love with Vikings quarterback Brett Favre. The striptease-quality moments that led to his return in August. The penis pictures. The ... More >>

Jenn Sterger threatens to "go public" on Brett Favre

More evidence?​Jenn Sterger's manager says that unless the National Football League punishes Brett Favre over the sexting scandal involving the former Jets sideline host, she'll "go public." Phil Reese tells TMZ that the evidence Sterger handed over to NFL investigators a few weeks ago "prov ... More >>

Stanley Cup rides shotgun in Roseau

Screengrab via TMZThe Stanley Cup buckles up​Ah yes. The Stanley Cup, Holy Grail of the NHL. Just to see it, too maybe even touch it, is every rink rat's dream. Too bad none of them were loitering around the gas station in Roseau the other day when the Blackhawks' Dustin Byfuglien stopped by t ... More >>

El Meson and the Landscape Arboretum take on tapas this Week in Food

Enjoy some fruity sangria and be inspired to volunteer for Fruits of the City. ​It's July in Minnesota. The heat index is high, the humidity is heavy, and the happy hours are abundant. Get the scoop with your Week in Food . . . Tuesday 7/6 What goes great with wine? Prizes! Be rewarded for y ... More >>

Jared Allen cuts the mullet to prove love indeed conquers all

He cleans up pretty good, don't you think?​Say it ain't so! And, if it is so, what's going to become of that nifty mullet-izer on his iPhone app. Yes, Jared Allen has cleaned up his act. At least when it comes to his hair. "The things men do for love," Allen said on the Minnesota Vikings team bl ... More >>

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Jared Allen: I'll break your f*cking neck homeboy [VIDEO]

Jonathan Kaminsky/CP Jared Allen at the RNC, where he didn't kick any homeboy's asses Just because Jared Allen has an iPhone app doesn't mean he's going soft. The Vikings Pro-Bowl defensive end is all over TMZ for an altercation at the Grapevine bar in Scottsdale, Arizona, that was caught on ... More >>

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Brock Lesnar returns home from hospital

Wrestling champ Brock Lesnar is off the operating table and home in Alexandria.

Brock Lesnar may never fight again, says UFC president Dana White

The heavyweight champ is fighting an intestinal illness that may claim his UFC career.

Prince was supposed to be on Michael Jackson's "Bad"?

According to MJ's former dermatologist, anyway.

Michael Jackson dead at 50

Michael Jackson has died after suffering from cardiac arrest.