Earlier than this candy boy carrying striped overalls become an American actor and comic, he was only a cool New York Metropolis child, cruising the concrete jungle with large desires of constructing it within the leisure trade.

After showing on “The Rosie O’Donnell Present” again in 1996, he went on to behave on “The Amanda Present” and made his movie debut in “Snow Day”.

Sure, he is in all probability most identified for his starring roles on Nickelodeon in the course of the early to mid-2000s, however he is additionally a preferred YouTuber typically discussing his comedic way of life to his 3.5 million subscribers.

Drug costs, an grownup leisure enterprise and a brand new shoe deal … all in a day’s work for TMZ! Take a look at the most effective clips from Wednesday.

On “TMZ Dwell,” Harvey and Charles focus on Diddy‘s affiliate Brendan Paul going through felony drug costs after his arrest final month.

Our “TMZ on TV” cred discusses Kanye‘s plan to launch an grownup leisure firm in session with Stormy Daniels‘ ex Mike Moz … Yeezy Porn!

And, the “TMZ Sports activities” workforce dives into Caitlin Clark‘s eight-year, $28 million Nike contract.

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Fantasy Soccer nerds, pay attention up … Jake Plummer says he is anticipating a monster yr from Justin Herbert — telling TMZ Sports activities he thinks Jim Harbaugh will get the perfect out of the Chargers star.

Plummer performed within the NFL concurrently Harbaugh within the late Nineteen Nineties — and it is clear as day he grew a ton of respect for the Bolts’ head man. A lot so, he believes Herbert’s sport will soar to new heights underneath his tutelage.

The previous Arizona State star quarterback says as a result of Harbaugh wasn’t essentially the most athletic signal-caller, he grew an enormous soccer IQ … and he anticipates that being handed on simply to Herbert.

Plummer mentioned one among Harbaugh’s most up-to-date hires — offensive assistant Marc Trestman — also needs to play a task in Herbert’s improvement … explaining to us the longtime coach will get the 26-year-old actually able to shred defenses.

In fact, Plummer was already excessive on Herbert’s sport earlier than the hires — however he advised us with the 2 guys on the Chargers’ employees, “Possibly we have not seen one of the best of him but!”

Plummer additionally spoke to us about this yr’s crop of NFL draft quarterback prospects … and he — like everybody else — says Caleb Williams ought to be the No. 1 general selection.

Donald Trump could go to jail in his hush cash case — however even earlier than that, he could get locked up over a gag order … one thing the Secret Service is prepared for, however not anticipating.

As chances are you’ll know, Trump is at present on trial in New York Metropolis … the place prosecutors are attempting to persuade a jury he broke the regulation by allegedly coordinating funds to Stormy Daniels to maintain her quiet forward of the 2016 election … one thing he is pled not responsible to.

Whereas he is technically going through a most sentence of as much as 4 years in jail if convicted — nobody actually expects that to occur, particularly for a first-time offender like Trump.

Nevertheless, a more likely state of affairs within the interim is the potential for DT being held in contempt for violating a gag order that is been handed down by the decide on this case … which prosecutors have argued Trump already did and needs to be punished for proper now.

“The Simpsons” killed off a longtime character this week, sparking shock and outrage amongst its followers … and one producer says he expects nothing much less from the present’s diehards.

Tim Lengthy, co-executive producer of the long-running animated sitcom, tells TMZ … the inventive crew meant for Larry “The Barfly” Dalrymple’s loss of life to hit the viewers arduous — although Dalrymple by no means had an enormous second on the present.

ICYMI … Larry was a background character on the present, first showing again in 1989 throughout season 1, and principally displaying up in Moe’s Tavern close to Homer Simpson and his associates. He often throws out a line or two.

Lengthy says it does not matter how small Larry’s function was, as a result of characters on “The Simpsons” do not die usually … so, it is an enormous deal after they do.

Tim provides he is sorry to these followers upset in regards to the loss of life, and the unhappy episode usually … however, he says he likes that followers appeared to take it as arduous as Homer and the gang did through the episode — as a result of it speaks to how beloved the present nonetheless is.

Plus, Lengthy jokingly says ‘Flintstones’ followers would not have flinched if the present killed off the reviled character, The Nice Gazoo … so, it is good to know followers care about all of the characters who make Springfield what it’s.

That mentioned, Lengthy’s telling individuals to cease freaking out — ‘trigger it is not like they killed off a serious character like Barney or Moe!!!

Owen Wilson needs nothing to do with a film leaning into the concept O.J. Simpson was harmless of the notorious ’94 murders — turning down a boatload for the lead half.

The partially completed flick’s director, Joshua Newton, admits he thought Owen was good for the function of legal professional Douglas McCann, however he says even dangling a whopping $12 million examine could not sway Owen to signal on the dotted line.

Newton tells Rambling Reporter talks initially went fairly deep with Owen about taking part in McCann … a real-life legal professional who obtained sucked into numerous conspiracy theories throughout Simpson’s 1995 prison trial.

He says they mentioned it over lunch, his agent was all in and the paycheck was the cherry on high to sweeten the deal. However, apparently, Owen hadn’t learn the entire script at that time — as a result of Newton says the actor later dropped the bombshell … “For those who suppose I will take the lead function in a film about how O.J. did not do it, you have to be kidding me!”

Whereas Newton’s dream casting hit a serious snag, he went on to seek out one other particular person good for the function — he hasn’t revealed who it’s but, however actress Charlotte Kirk is reportedly taking part in Nicole Brown Simpson.

Goes with out saying, Newton’s nonetheless pushing to get this flick throughout the end line by Oct 3 — virtually 9 years after it first began, and the twenty ninth anniversary of Simpson’s not-guilty verdict for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole and Ron Goldman.

Bear in mind, Simpson was later discovered civilly liable for his or her deaths, and ordered to pay Nicole’s property and the Goldman household greater than $33 million … which, with curiosity, has ballooned to greater than $100 million.

Matty Healy‘s lastly responding to Taylor Swift‘s diss observe geared toward him — however, followers aren’t gonna get the drama they could’ve hoped for from him … simply the other, in truth.

The 1975 singer stepped out in Los Angeles Wednesday … and, a photog requested him how he’d rank his diss observe in comparison with the opposite 30 on Taylor’s eleventh studio album “The Tortured Poets Division.”

Bear in mind … Taylor’s new music “However Daddy I Love Him” seemingly mentions Healy and the criticism surrounding their whirlwind fling following her breakup with longtime associate Joe Alwyn final yr. Extra of a diss observe to her followers, actually … however Matty’s central to all of it.

There have been really a couple of songs about Matty, together with the titular ‘Tortured Poets Division.’

On that one, Swift sings, “You smoked then ate seven bars of chocolate, we declared Charlie Puth needs to be a much bigger artist// I scratch your head, you go to sleep like a tattooed golden retriever.” Not essentially the most savage burn … however nonetheless, folks thought MH may need a response.

Like we mentioned, Healy performed dumb and mentioned he did not know what the photog was speaking about (after all, that is BS … he 100% does). Humorous sufficient, MH says he hasn’t really listened to most of Tay’s album — however says he is certain it is all stable. Touché, sir.

Variety phrases from Healy … who cut up with Taylor Swift after a few month of courting final yr — and the entire breakup appeared amicable, so not shocking he ain’t trash-talking T-Swizzle.

Truth is … there may not be something for him to react to — ‘trigger Taylor did not trash him on the album … so maybe that is why he is probably not stressing it.

The identical cannot be mentioned about Joe although — to not point out all the opposite exes she’s torched in her music. All issues thought of, Matty walked away from all of it comparatively unscathed … this although Swifties felt he was a foul man and never worthy of being together with her.

No, Devin Booker did NOT shoot his shot with a well-known actress in the midst of the playoffs … however his followers apparently had to ensure for themselves — dashing to “Squid Sport” star Hoyeon Jung‘s Instagram and leaving feedback after a faux meme made rounds this week.

The Phoenix Suns guard has been the butt of jokes all through the beginning of the playoffs … with some hoop followers criticizing Guide for capturing simply 25% from three within the first two video games towards the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The trolling continued on Wednesday … when a faux NBA information account shared an altered screenshot of Booker publicly hollering at Hoyeon on her most up-to-date publish — simply to get rejected.

“test your dm shawty,” the Photoshopped remark learn … with Hoyeon’s reply being a brutal, “No ❤️.”

Get it?? Dude cannot rating on or off the courtroom??

Naturally, a ton of followers hit up Hoyeon’s profile to see if it was actual or not … and left feedback of their very own asking if Booker deleted the flirty line.

Because it seems, there was nothing there to start with … and a few of us admitted they obtained duped over all of it.

There’s an opportunity Hoyeon will get confused with all of the Booker feedback — then once more, the actress/mannequin won’t even discover … ‘trigger she has a whopping 19 million followers on the platform.