tmz

tmz (TMZ) stands for Thirty Mile Zone, ideally from the center of Hollywood, California outward. In the 1960s any type of entertainment production done outside of that limit was considered to be out of town, also known as "on location."

In current terms, it is an online tabloid calling itself a site for entertainment news that is also a television show of the same name. These joint efforts between Telepictures Production and America Online, more often then not, choose to show notables at their very worst. Under the Blogsmith umbrella, the website contrives to be a high-profile blog.  In reality, it is shaped around photographs and video clips collected by paparazzi. While the site proclaims to get their materials for free, it usually mirrors programming seen on the tv show. TMZ does admit to buying the rights to the photos, videos and interviews that they air.

Categories the news stories fall under include "Breaking News", "Celebrity Justice", "Gossip/Rumors", "Train Wrecks" and "Wacky & Weird." 

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• in Entertainment
  Dancing With The Stars' Joanna Krupa Almost Starred In A Girls Gone Wild Video
  Swimsuit model and Dancing With The Stars competitor Joanna Krupa is caught making a pretty wise choice, but still looks dumb doing it.
  by dmdo / on Nov 6, 2009

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• TILA TEQUILA, Bizarre Naked Ustream Video Rant, She Gets Sexy With Herself, and Wants to Save the World!!!

  
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• TMZ Live -- You Got Questions, We Got Answers!

  
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• Morning Links - Oprah Explains Ending Her Show in 2011

  
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• Oprah -- Tears, Drama, Shameless Promotion

  
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• Britney Has SP and JJ to Round Out Another Big Week

  
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• Tequila -- Flashbacks Caused Me To Flip Out

  
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  Filed under: Exclusives , Tila Tequila With her clothes on -- and forming coherent sentences -- Tila Tequila explained that her naked late night meltdown was caused by flashbacks from her alleged violent run-in with NFL star Shawne Merriman.Still tired from all the one woman action, Tila ...  ... Jezebel found this ...
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