Primus Drummer Suffers Heart Attack ... Open Heart Surgery Scheduled

Exclusive Details Primus drummer Tim Alexander suffered a heart attack Thursday ... and now he's waiting for doctors to fix his ticker via open heart surgery.Alexander was rushed to a local hospital after he was hit with the attack ... according to a rep for his other band Puscifer.Tim was the original drummer for Primus ... but he took a 7 year break from the band in '96. Their biggest song was the...

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Kevin Smith -- TMZ Photog Melts Down On Podcast ... HYSTERICAL VIDEO!

EXCLUSIVE Kevin Smith invited a TMZ photog to ask him questions while he recorded a podcast in front of a live audience ... and the result was absolutely hysterical.Smith was heading into a recording sesh for his smodcast when our photog attempted to ask a question ... but Kevin refused -- and said if he wanted answers, he'd have to ask on stage.Eventually he talked our camera guy into it ... and...

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Hillbilly From 'Deliverance' -- Redneck Romance -- I'm Hooking Up With Mema

EXCLUSIVE The actor who played a backwoods rapist in "Deliverance" -- famous for his "purdy mouth" line -- may have finally found his true hillbilly love ... right here in Hollywood.TMZ has learned Herbert "Cowboy" Coward -- who now stars on the TV show, "Hillbilly Blood" -- is going on a blind date with Mema -- the matriarch of Reelz Channel's "Hollywood Hillbillies."Celebrity manager David Weintraub...

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Justin Bieber ATTEMPTS Cliff Dive

We have found something Justin Bieber is worse at than wearing shirts ... cliff diving.Bieber tries to do a flip off a rock Thursday in Malibu Creek ... but he doesn't quite stick the landing.You can't fully see Bieber hit the water, but based on the sound ... and the reactions of the people around him ... it wasn't good.It's been in the low 80s this week in Malibu, so the wetsuit seemed ... soft....

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Willie Tanner on 'ALF' :'Memba Him?

Max Wright is best known for place the out of this world patriarch Willie Tanner -- who plays host to the hilarious martian -- in the late '80s sci-fi comedy "ALF." Guess what he looks like now! ...

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Bill Russell -- Hospitalized In Lake Tahoe ... After Collapsing at Speaking Gig

Exclusive Details NBA legend Bill Russell is recovering at a hospital near Lake Tahoe after collapsing during a speaking gig early this morning ... the Boston Celtics tell TMZ Sports.Russell was doing a speaking engagement when he "fell faint" ... and collapsed. We're told an ambulance was called to the scene and transported the 80-year-old to a nearby hospital.The Celtics tell us Russell is being...

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Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign Song -- If I Run For Prez...

Hillary Clinton needs a campaign song -- get serious, she's running for President -- the question, what song?Clinton danced around Jon Stewart's questions about running, but on her way out of "The Daily Show," our photog pitched a great Q -- what song would she choose.Hill was non-committal, but it got us thinkin'......

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Taylor Swift -- Bares Back with Extra Leg

Taylor Swift and every inch of her ridiculous legs she can legally show strutted into her apartment building ... in a pretty hot open back blouse too.Taylor should never break up again ... with those short shorts....

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Gregg Allman Biopic Death -- Director, Producer Turn Themselves In to Police

breaking news "Midnight Rider" director Randall Miller -- along with the film's producer, Jody Savin -- surrendered to police in Georgia following their indictment in the death of Sarah Jones.The two have been charged with involuntary manslaughter and criminal trespassing. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Department tells TMZ they each posted $27,000 and were released after about an hour.Jones was a camera...

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US Attny Gen. Eric Holder -- REDSKINS NAME IS OFFENSIVE ... Change It!

breaking news ABC News | ABC Sports News The Redskins name is 100% OFFENSIVE ... and should be changed ASAP ... so says U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.Holder was speaking with ABC News when he was asked about the controversy;"I'm going to speak very personally now ... The name ought to be changed. It's an offensive name."He continued, "The Redskins, that organization is a great one. It's a team...

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Blac Chyna -- Cops Impounded My $300K Ride

Exclusive Details Tyga's baby mama has some 'splaining to do ... because Sunday in Malibu she got their Rolls Royce Phantom impounded -- for a really dumb reason.Law enforcement sources tell us Blac Chyna was pulled over after cops got complaints a matte black Rollie was being driven erratically ... and since there aren't too many of those $300k whips toolin' around, they quickly found Chyna and pulled...

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Olympic Swimmer Ian Thorpe -- I'm Comfortable Saying I'm Gay

Five-time Olympic swimming gold medalist Ian Thorpe confirmed he's gay during an Australian sit-down interview Sunday ... after years of speculation over his sexuality.Thorpe had denied he was gay for a long time, but told Network Ten he realized the truth about himself sometime in the past few weeks ... and started coming out to the people closest to him.The Thorpedo -- who dominated the 2000 Summer...

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'Jersey Shore' Ronnie -- Jwoww's Labor Induced

EXCLUSIVE It's only a matter of time now before Jwoww pushes a miniature guidette out of her lady parts ... at least according to "Jersey Shore" star Ronnie Magro.Ronnie was leaving Boa with a friend Saturday night when he not only confirmed Jwoww's labor has been induced ... but the reality star also gave us props for being the first to report the news.Our camera guy tries to come up with a possible...

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