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Play video content EXCLUSIVE TMZ.com T.I. grabbed the mic at his daughter's birthday bash, but instead of dropping lines ... he got sentimental talking about the "apple of my eye." Tip threw the huge party for his 16-year-old daughter Deyjah at Bianco Ultra Lounge in Atlanta Thursday night ... which included appearances by rappers Joe Gifted, Dada, Young Dro and Silento. We're told Tip dropped $50k on the event and hired MusicBusinessPolitics to plan it. And yes, it was a full family affair -- Tiny was there for her daughter's bday too. Gallery Launch Gallery TMZ … [Read more...] about T.I. Gives Sentimental Speech at Daughter Deyjah’s Sweet 16 Birthday Party

I was terrified at the Academy Awards,” screenwriter Ted Tally says. “I can’t describe how nerve-racking it is. You go in the bathrooms, and people are boozing it up, smoking, doing lines of coke. You never saw so many famous people so nervous.” On Valentine’s Day in 1991, The Silence of the Lambs opened in movie theaters. An intense, gritty crime odyssey, in which an FBI cadet ( Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling) hunts down a serial killer (Ted Levine as Jame “Buffalo Bill” Gumb) with the help of another, more lascivious serial killer ( Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter), the film was director Jonathan Demme ’s masterwork in suspense, full of uncomfortable close-ups and discomfiting dialogue. Thanks to its mix of stunning performances and an claustrophobic feeling of dread, it became an instant classic. Although Tally, a North Carolina–born playwright, had written for screen before, The Silence of the Lambs established his career. On March 30th, 1992, it became one … [Read more...] about ‘Silence of the Lambs’: ‘It Broke All the Rules’

Gallery Launch Gallery Your eyes and mind are not deceiving you ... Kim Kardashian is turning 40, and to celebrate, here are 40 of her best hot shots. Not that ya needed an excuse. Yes, Kim K is celebrating the milestone bday Wednesday, which might have some of you wondering where in the hell the time goes. Thankfully, this gallery should help ease the sting of Father Time ... and just about anything else that's got ya down, really. Check out the pics for the best possible hump day celebration most of us will muster today. It's a sweet stroll down memory lane that definitely includes Kim dressed to the nines. Play video content TMZ.com BTW, a huge shout-out and big thank you to Paris Hilton for introducing Kim K to the rest of the world back in August 2006 as they sauntered into the Hyde nightclub in WeHo. Unforgettable moment ... even if you're not Tara Reid . Happy birthday, Kim!!! … [Read more...] about 40 Birthday Hot Shots Of Kim Kardashian

Editor’s note: In RS 1137, we published “ Beyond Relief ,” a report that examined the failure of international efforts to rebuild Haiti following last year’s devastating earthquake. Sean Penn, a leader in the reconstruction effort, sent us a lengthy and passionate critique of the story. His full letter is presented here. To read our response, click here . S hame on me. It is not narcissism that leads me to this statement, for I have no shame in recognizing the well-populated club in which I now see I can count myself as having been a member for most of my adult American life. As a person invested in, and having benefited from, the film industry since about 1980, of course, I’d had some peripheral awareness years ago that filmmaker Jonathan Demme was a voice in our own wilderness screaming, “There is a country of people down here in total poverty (call that: no emergency rooms when their children are sick with fever) only a one-and-a-half-hour flight from Miami … [Read more...] about Sean Penn Responds to Rolling Stone’s Haiti Story