Manti Te'o Hoax — All Scams Lead to Ronaiah Tuiasosopo  —  RONAIAH TUIASOSOPO  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  The Manti Te'o not-really-dead-girlfriend hoax was perpetuated by a man named Ronaiah Tuiasosopo — who served as a representative for the family of the fake “Lennay Kekua” ... and TMZ has the photo proof.

nylon + selena gomez  —  Meet our February cover star!  —  Selena Gomez: Disney star, pop singer, good girl, right?  —  Well, kind of; though she's not ditching her squeaky clean image just yet—"I think [the paparazzi] are over me because I'm so boring[...] I get to Topanga Mall …

DEAD AT 94  —  Pauline Phillips —the woman who founded the “Dear Abby” advice column — died yesterday at the age of 94.  —  A rep for Phillips tells TMZ ... Pauline had been battling Alzheimer's disease.  —  Pauline's daughter, Jeanne — who took over the “Dear Abby” column — says …

‘American Idol’ season premiere recap: Mean Girls  —  Nicki Minaj somehow manages to render Mariah Carey the beta diva.  Plus, contestants!  —  Welcome back to Mr. Dawg's Wild Ride, one of the longest-running attractions in this fantasyscape we call Reality!

Pawn Stars's Rick Harrison Sets Wedding Date  —  Rick Harrison has gone from pawning to planning.  —  After months of going back and forth, the Pawn Stars ringleader and his fiancée, Deanna Burditt, have finally set a date for their wedding: July 21.

Zac Efron freaks out after being photographed near an array of dildos  —  Zac Efron was mortified to be caught hanging out at “Fantasy World” sex shop in NYC yesterday - even though he was just filming scenes for his new movie, “Are We Officially Dating.”  When he realized a photographer …

Porn Star James Deen on His ‘Canyons’ Experience With Lindsay Lohan  —  Following a scandalous exposé of Lohan's outrageous behavior during the making of Paul Schrader's film The Canyons, her costar, porn legend James Deen, tells Marlow Stern what it's really like working with LiLo—four-way sex scenes and all.

American Horror Story Scoop: Evan Peters and Sarah Paulson to Return for Season 3  —  Evan Peters and Sarah Paulson will check back into American Horror Story for Season 3.  —  Peters and Paulson, who both appeared in the original run and the current Asylum incarnation …

Sharon Osbourne — Candle Sets Beverly Hills Home on Fire  —  Candle Sets Bev Hills  —  Home on Fire  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  First Heather Graham ... then Skrillex ... now Sharon Osbourne has fallen victim to the terrifying fire power of CANDLES — after falling asleep last night before extinguishing a candle in her home.

The ‘Karlie’ Is Turning Heads  —  THE haircut of the year has arrived.  Yes, already.  Vogue is calling it the Chop, others have named it the Karlie, after the model Karlie Kloss.  —  Ms. Kloss, already a fashion world veteran at age 20, cut off about seven inches of her dark hair late last year.

Lindsay Lohan The Prostitute Tried To Talk S**t On Jennifer Lawrence The Oscar Nominee  —  When Jennifer Lawrence won her Golden Globe for Silver Linings Playbook she joked at the podium, “I beat Meryl!” a line from The First Wives Club which everyone made a big deal about because Meryl Streep's name …

LeAnn Rimes says “her body wouldn't let her stop” having an affair with Eddie  —  By now you know that I'm a big fan of celebrities simply coming clean with their fans and with media.  I think when celebrities attempt ham-fisted “damage control” when they've misbehaved or done something wrong or criminal …

LATEST SWATTING VICTIM  —  Police just swarmed Tom Cruise's Beverly Hills estate after someone placed a 911 call saying there was an armed intruder on the property.  —  Beverly Hills cops were all over the property and found nothing.  —  Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... it appears to be the latest incident of celebrity swatting.

Jenelle Evans Confirms Second Pregnancy, Debuts Baby Bump in Bra  —  Bump alert!  Early Thursday, Jan. 17, Jenelle Evans confirmed the news that she's pregnant with her second child with photographic proof on Instagram.  Clad in a bra and sweatpants, the 21-year-old Teen Mom 2 star posed …

Barney the Dinosaur — Creator's Son ARRESTED for Attempted Murder  —  BARNEY THE DINOSAUR  —  Creator's Son ARRESTED  —  for Attempted Murder  —  BREAKING NEWS  —  So much for the “happy family” ... 'cause the son of the woman who created “Barney & Friends” has been arrested …

Channing Tatum Shaves His Head Bald, Steps Out With Pregnant Wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum  —  Daddy-to-be Channing Tatum is trying out a new look.  The Magic Mike actor stepped out for a quick bite with wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum in Beverly Hills Wednesday, Jan. 16, and offered a glimpse of his totally bald, shaved head.

On my own?  Not any more, says Les Miserables' Eponine!  —  Samantha Barks, who plays Eponine in the hit movie Les Miserables, wasn't able to join in the film's triumph at the Golden Globes because she's in a touring production of Oliver!  —  But the young actress will be given permission …

IN BIDDING WAR!  —  There is a raging war among 3 Las Vegas properties to snag Britney Spears as their headliner ... TMZ has learned.  —  TMZ broke the story last week ... Britney was in serious negotiations with one of the Caesars properties to perform several nights a week on a regular basis …