President Barack Obama will set specific goals for economic growth, energy development and deficit reduction in his speech on Thursday night accepting his nomination for re-election by the Democratic National Convention.

According to excerpts of the speech released to reporters, the president will call for the nation to rally around “a real, achievable plan”…

Astronaut Neil Armstrong will be buried as far away from outer  space as possible ... at the bottom of the ocean -- this according to his  family. The family wouldn't specify when or where the burial at sea will  take place. In case you didn't know, Neil was a Navy fighter pilot before  he joined the space program in 1962 -- and burials at…

A private invitation-only memorial for Michael Clarke Duncan  has been scheduled for next week, the actor’s rep tells TMZ. According to  the rep, the memorial will take place on Monday led by famed preacher Bishop Charles Blake. Dr. H. Beecher Hicks will be doing the  eulogy. So far, no word on who’ll be attending. A public…

Heidi Klum and Seal are close  to settling their divorce … We have learned. Sources connected with  Seal tell TMZ … the singer is fully on board to end the marriage and now fully  recognizes that the postnuptial agreement he signed is enforceable and will  be “substantially honored.” As you know … Seal…

"American Idol" is in a pickle -- the judges start their on-air  auditions in New York City in 2 weeks, and only one judge has signed a deal ...  sources connected with the show tell TMZ. Our sources tell us ... only Mariah Carey has inked a deal ... and…

view video here ---> LL Cool J -- Back to Work After PUMMELING Alleged Burglar

Two weeks after he beat the living daylights out of an alleged bad guy in his  home, LL Cool J triumphantly returned to work yesterday …  where he beat the living daylights out of a fake…

view video here —> Dwight Howard -- I Was On the Toilet When the Earthquake Hit

The 3.2 earthquake that rocked Beverly Hills this weekend definitely scared the  crap out of Dwight Howard. The newest member of the Los  Angeles Lakers was leaving his Bev Hills hotel when we…

Introducing little Lorenzo Doninic LaValle! Snooki, fiance Jionni LaValle and their little meatball grace the pages of this week’s PEOPLE magazine — but MTV got a sneak peek at the issue a few days…

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Kanye West is finally talking about Kim  Kardashian's sex tape ... dropping a line about the infamous XXX video  in his upcoming single ... and it's obvious Yeezy is damn proud of his "perfect  bitch." TMZ has obtained Kanye's…

Michael Strahan and his fiancée Nicole Murphy are having the BEST WEEK EVER … We have learned Murphy’s reality show “Hollywood Exes” just got picked up for a 2nd season.

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Martin Lawrence has issued a statement on the death of his friend Michael Clarke Duncan … telling TMZ he had the privilege of working with the big man WAY before MCD became an actor.

Lawrence tells us, “From the days of him doing security on the ‘Martin’ show, to us working together on ‘Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins,’ I…

Chad Johnson desperately wants to let Evelyn Lozada know he still cares about her … so he went out and got an image of her FACE tattooed on his right leg with the name “Eve” underneath it.

Johnson posted the photo on his Twitter page today … the image is his new profile pic featured at the top of his page. It’s unclear if…

The dramatic minutes Michael Clarke Duncan was without oxygen during his heart attack damaged his organs so badly … he could never recover – We have learned.

Sources involved in Duncan’s treatment tell us … on July 13 the actor went without oxygen for more than 5 minutes before Omarosa was able to re-start his heart with…

Michael Clarke Duncan, nominated for an Academy Award for his role in the 1999 film “The Green Mile,” died Monday morning at age 54, according to a representative for his family.

Duncan “suffered a myocardial infarction on July 13 and never fully recovered,” a written statement from Joy Fehily said.

Clarke died at a Los Angeles hospital where he…