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Fantasy football trophies are such a niche business that it might not sound like the next big thing, but for the founders of TrophySmack, i.e. Matt Walsh and Dax Holt, it became a million-dollar idea. They did not just pitch a product, but a vision on Shark Tank, and it impressed Mark Cuban.

Matt Walsh and Dax Holt in Shark Tank | Shark Tank Global / YouTube

The company sold victory, bling, and bragging rights in the form of custom-designed trophies rings, and belts. What followed on the show was a tense negotiation that left one Shark out in the cold, and the founders with a deal they couldn’t refuse.

Mark Cuban’s $600k ultimatum on Shark Tank Mark Cuban in Shark Tank | Credits: Shark Tank Global / YouTube

When Matt Walsh and Dax Holt entered Shark Tank in season 12, episode 10, they came prepared. The founders brought their A-game to the...

Don Lemon has gone to bat for his friend and former Today host Matt Lauer, claiming that “women love him” and the “general public would accept [him] back” on television. The former CNN anchor talked about Lauer on a recent episode of the Hollywood Raw Podcast with Dax Holt and Adam Glyn, where he said if the former NBC News anchor came “back to digital,” he could “set his own course” for returning to the media. Lauer joined NBC in 1992 as the co-anchor of the early weekday news show Today in New York before joining the Today show full-time in 1994. NBC News terminated Lauer’s contract in November 2017 after an unidentified female NBC employee accused him of sexually harassing her during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The accuser was later revealed as former NBC News producer Brooke Nevils, who went public with her story in 2019 in Ronan Farrow’s book Catch and Kill.

Don Lemon is defending his friend Matt Lauer and shares how the former Today host could return to media after his firing from the NBC morning show.

The former CNN anchor revealed that he has seen the public’s reaction to Lauer and believes that he could stage a comeback.

“I think that if he could come back to digital, he can set his own course,” Lemon said on the Hollywood Raw Podcast with Dax Holt and Adam Glyn.

“I only got to know Matt after, you know, the whole situation happened, because we live in the same town and we have mutual friends,” Lemon said. “Whenever I see Matt out and about — or you know, if we go out to dinner, my husband and I go out to dinner with him and his fiancée — and people love him.”

Lemon added, “Women love him! They’re like, ‘Man, oh my God,...

Don Lemon appeared on the “Hollywood Raw Podcast” with hosts Dax Holt and Adam Glyn (via Entertainment Weekly) and shared his belief that “the public misses” Matt Lauer, who served as the co-anchor of NBC’s “Today” from 1997 to 2017. Lauer was fired in 2017 after an NBC employee accused him of sexual assault. Several more women then came forward with sexual misconduct claims against him. Although Lauer denied the sexual assault allegations, he did admit in a statement at the time that “there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed.”

When asked on the podcast if Lauer could mount a comeback to the news industry, Lemon answered: “If he could come back to digital, he can set his own course.”

“I only got to know Matt after, you know, the whole situation happened, because we live in the same town and we have mutual friends,...

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The Real Housewives of Orange Country stars Tamra Judge and Vicki Gunvalson have had many ups and downs in their decades-long friendship. The reality TV duo hit it off when they first met during Season 3 of Rhoc, which aired back in 2008. The pair originally bonded over their dislike of their co-star, Gretchen Rossi, but they soon became close friends.

Their first fall-out was over Vicki's former boyfriend, Brooks Ayers, after it was revealed that he faked cancer for empathy from the women. The two women found their way back to each other when Vicki and Brooks broke up, but recently, the drama involving co-star Shannon Beador put a huge crack back in their friendship.

The Moment That Ended Vicki Gunvalson's Long Friendship With Tamra Judge

Tamra Judge and Vicki Gunvalson's relationship has been rocky for years but hit a breaking point while...

, Former Real Housewives of Orange County stars Vicki Gunvalson and Tamra Judge’s feud continues to play out publicly. After Tamra’s latest video aimed at her former bestie, Vicki calls her an “actress” and says her requests are “bulls—.”

Vicki Gunvalson Struck First In Her Latest Feud With Tamra Judge

For fans who may not be completely up-to-date, the former Rhoc stars’ latest fight started when Vicki talked about Tamra’s estranged daughter on her podcast.

On her new podcast, My Friend, My Soulmate, My Podcast, Vicki bashed Tamra, claiming she is not doing enough to mend her relationship with her estranged daughter, Sidney.

The Og of the Oc alluded that if Tamra really wanted to fix things with her daughter, she would quit the show and stop “embarrassing” her family.

In response, Tamra posted her own video while recovering from plastic surgery. In the post, a crying Tamra...

After almost 15 years on The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Teresa Giudice likes to keep it real.

The Bravolebrity is no stranger to speaking candidly about her past.

That’s why she has a legion of fans who will follow her wherever she goes, whether on TV or podcasts.

In a recent appearance on Hollywood Raw, the topic of the paparazzi came up, and the 51-year-old dropped quite the bombshell on hosts Adam Glyn and Dax Holt.

Teresa recalled making a deal with the paparazzi in the past because they wanted a photo of her leaving prison.

Giudice served almost a year in prison on fraud-related charges in 2015. Because people are obsessed with their favorite celebrities, she understood there would be interest in the first look of her emerging from her 11-month sentence.

Teresa knew the photo would be in high demand

“They wanted the first photo, and I did it,...

After years of drama, these two stars are truly in a good place. Earlier this month, a photo surfaced of Eddie Cibrian celebrating his son Mason's 18th birthday with his wife LeAnn Rimes and ex-wife Brandi Glanville. While the trio has found themselves making headlines over the years for their feuds, Brandi is happy to report things really are drama-free between everyone. "I think we both grew up a lot because obviously, it was a decade of fighting," the former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star shared on the Hollywood Raw podcast with Dax Holt and Adam Glyn. "I think our kids had a lot to do with it because the kids love when we're all together, and it's so obvious....

How does one go from being “canceled” to returning to the public square, or even just your neighborhood coffeehouse? For that to happen, not only does the canceled person need to reflect on their actions – but so does the group that’s doing the canceling: the social media mob.

“We talk about the Twitter mob as if it’s not us,” Joan Ball, a marketing professor at St. John’s University who also consults social influencers said during TheWrap’s final “Conversations on Cancel Culture” roundtable. “But the Twitter mob is us. Right? Every retweet. Any ‘Can you believe that this happened?’ And so it may not be us in one circumstance, but it’s us in another circumstance.”

The path to reconciliation in the current cancel culture environment was the central topic debated by Ball and other panelists — communications professor Gabrielle Gambrell (New York University), crisis PR manager Matthew Hiltzik...

Remember when Audrina Patridge and Chris Pine dated? Yes, you read that right. Back in 2009, The Hills star and the Star Trek actor sparked romance rumors when they were spotted spending time together in Los Angeles. At the time, Patridge played coy when asked about Pine during an interview with Ryan Seacrest, telling the host on his radio show, "Ryan, my lips are sealed. I am not talking about this!" However, now that it's been over a decade, Patridge is finally ready to dish about the duo's brief romance. On the latest episode of the Hollywood Raw podcast with Dax Holt and Adam Glyn, Patridge was asked to name the "biggest celebrity" she's ever gone on a date with...

Are Dale Moss and Clare Crawley back together? Are they still engaged? It's complicated. Last November, The Bachelorette viewers watched Clare, the season 16 star, get engaged to contestant Dale, after which she exited the show prematurely. In January, it was revealed that the two had split. A month later, they were spotted walking hand-in-hand in Florida. In March, Clare and Dale celebrated her 40th birthday together on a vacation in Napa Valley, Calif. This week, Dale spoke about the pair's relationship status in an interview on the Hollywood Raw podcast. When asked if he could confirm that he and Clare are back together, he told co-hosts Dax Holt and Adam Glyn,...

Fifth Harmony's Ally Brooke opened up about being a virgin at 27 and the way it has affected her dating life. In a new interview with Hollywood Raw's Dax Holt and Adam Glyn, Ally—who will release her inspirational memoir Finding Harmony on Oct. 13, 2020—revealed that she does not plan to have sex before marriage. "I put that in my book, and I opened up about that. I was brave to share that," Ally said. "I was really happy to be able to share that with my fans and readers, and show them the choice that I made, and have them receive it however they want to receive it. Letting my true heart shine was the goal of this book." When asked by the...

Kristen Doute spoke out about her Vanderpump Rules firing in her first interview since the termination on Wednesday's episode of the Hollywood Raw podcast with Dax Holt and Adam Glyn. During the chat, the former Bravolebrity claimed she learned about the firing after receiving a call from her lawyer, who "dropped the note" saying she was "no longer going to be on the show." E! has reached out to Bravo regarding these claims. "I never got to speak to anyone, which is really hard because I would have liked to have a conversation," she said. "In turn, I really wished that they would have talked about this publicly." Doute then admitted that the weeks...

Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green are teaming up for a new film.

The couple, who have been married for nearly 10 years, is costarring in their first feature film together Dakota, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Fox, 32, will portray Kate, a widow who loses her husband in the war in Afghanistan and struggle to maintain their family farm while being a single mother to her daughter.

Meanwhile, Green, 45, will play a soldier who reunites her husband’s best friend, a combat dog named Dakota, with her and her daughter.

Directed by Kirk Harris, this will be Fox and Green’s...

Megan Fox is getting some marital advice from the beyond with the help of Tyler Henry.

On the latest episode of E!’s Hollywood Medium, the 31-year-old actress talked about her ups and downs with husband Brian Austin Green — whom her spirit guides were calling forward.

“I’m seeing green, green, green. Does that mean anything to you at all?” Henry, 22, asked at the top of their reading, to which the Transformers star responded, “That’s my husband’s last name.”

Henry explained, “For some reason they’re having me talk about you. They’re having me talk about the past two years.

Brian Austin Green isn't worried about internet trolls. In a wide-ranging interview with Hollywood Pipeline's Straight From the Source, the 44-year-old actor answered a number of popular questions about himself that appear in search engines like Google and Yahoo!. While scrolling through his Instagram account (@arent_you_that_guy), he offhandedly mentioned one photo, which showed his son Noah Shannon Green wearing a wig. Host Dax Holt asked Brian whether he's bothered by people who have criticized him and wife Megan Fox for letting Noah wear dresses and wigs. "My son, he's 4. I've heard from some people that they don't agree. They don't agree with him wearing dresses," the Beverly...

Brian Austin Green has a message for anyone who has a problem with his son Noah Shannon wearing dresses: “I don’t care.”

The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum spoke out in a series of candid interviews with Hollywood Pipeline’s Straight from the Source in August, opening up about the way his eldest son’s chooses to express himself.

Noah — one of four of Green’s sons, three of whom he shares with wife Megan Fox — has often been seen out and about with his parents wearing a dress.

“Does it affect you guys if you see people talking crap on it?...

Brian Austin Green dropped by to chat with Dax Holt at Hollywood Pipeline, where he gamely took part in spinning the “Rumour Mill.” What’s the “Rumour Mill,” you ask? It’s a special “Price Is Right”-style wheel loaded with various topics — such as “90210”, “Hate” and “Tori” — that lead Holt to ask questions about […]...

Brian Austin Green has no problem saying yes to the dress, even if that dress is on his four-year-old son. “Beverly Hills, 90210” alum recently sat down with TMZ alum Dax Holt to discuss, among other things, the criticism he’s encountered for allowing his son Noah to wear a dress. “My son, you know, he’s four. And I’ve heard from some people that they don’t agree with him wearing dresses. To them I say, ‘I don’t care,'” Green said of Noah, his eldest son with actress Megan Fox. “He’s four, and if he wants to wear it,...

[[tmz:video id="0_7wso1jyw"]] Brian Austin Green is incredulous at people who have gone after his 4-year-old son who routinely goes out in public wearing dresses. Brian was interviewed by TMZ alum Dax Holt, who now runs Hollywood Pipeline, and the former 90210 star says choosing to wear dresses, goggles ... who cares? And then Brian gives a rare, candid peek into controlling the paparazzi by actually tipping them off to where he, Megan Fox and their brood are heading. He...

Megan Fox‘s trim and toned body may look effortless, but the 31-year-old actress says she actually put a lot of work into slimming down after the birth of her third son, Journey River.

During a chat with Extra on the set of her shoot for the fall lingerie campaign for Frederick’s of Hollywood, Fox revealed her secrets to getting her body back after baby.

“I worked out really hard,” the star admitted. “This time, it was a struggle for me. There was a lot of walks and very long runs. It was awful.”

Of course, having three sons at home — including 13-month-old Journey,...

Brian Austin Green has babies on the brain. The actor invited Dax Holt to his home Monday to film Hollywood Pipeline's Facebook Live, where he mulled adding to his family with Megan Fox. The 44-year-old actor and the 31-year-old actress have three sons—Noah Green, 4, Nodhi Green, 3, and Journey Green, 1—and Brian is also a father to son Kassius Green, 15, from a prior relationship. When a fan asked if he wants another child with Megan, he said, "I don't know. I have four boys now; a fifth is a basketball team. So, that would kind of be awesome." Speaking candidly, Brian admitted, "I want a girl. I really want a girl." "I'm worried that if I try I'll just get...

Brian Austin Green wants a daddy’s girl! The 44-year-old actor opened up to Dax Holt on “Hollywood Pipeline’s” Facebook Live about potentially expanding his family with Megan Fox. The couple already have three sons – Noah, 4, Bodhi, 3, and Journey, 1 – and Green is also dad to 15-year-old son Kassius from a previous relationship. […]...

Skylar Holt has some explaining to do!

The young girl had an awkward exchange with her teacher when she spilled the beans that her family was growing weed at home — only the kind of weed she was referring to is of the garden variety!

“When I got to your school, your teacher said, ‘I heard you have a lot of weed at your house,’ ” Skylar’s dad, Dax Holt, says in a video he posted to Facebook. “Are we growing weed at our house?”

“Yeah,” says Skylar.

“A lot of it?” asks her father, to which Skylar responds, “Yeah, just a little bit,...

Almost six months have passed since Kelly Ripa‘s former co-host Michael Strahan left his seat at Live, and the race to fill the position is still ongoing.

While the list of potentials is made up of some pretty major names, one unexpected contender has popped up in recent weeks: Introducing Richard Curtis, a high school teacher from Perkasie, Pennsylvania, who won a social media contest to co-host Live for one day earlier this month.

Curtis, who guest co-hosted the ABC talk show on Oct. 21, has since returned to his hometown — but curiosity about the surprise favorite is still brewing,...

Dax Holt, a producer and correspondent for TMZ who has been on its TV show since its 2007, is leaving, TheWrap has learned. Besides appearing on air chatting about which celebrities were spotted where — and what they said to TMZ’s ubiquitous camera crews — Holt often represents the company on radio and news programs. Word of Holt’s departure quickly spread through the TMZ newsroom on Wednesday. TMZ is run by legal journalist Harvey Levin. Also Read: Did TMZ Pay to Get Its Big Prince Death Scoop? Holt, 34, has appeared on shows including “Good Day L.A.” and “Showbiz Tonight.” He has also appeared on “Lou Dobbs.

[[tmz:video id="0_hfsatod4"]] ** Warning -- you're About To See Something Absolutely Disgusting ... But Kinda Awesome. Okay, You've Been Warned ** So, we were talking to "House of Cards" actor Jimmi Simpson about a report that John Travolta will only stay in hotel rooms that have been vacant for 24 hours ... when something gross came up.  Not about John. Not about Jimmi. It was a revelation about the wife of a TMZ staffer who got a Super Gnarly virus on her...

We have our first Adele Dazeem of 2015. During Thursday morning's Oscar nominations announcement, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs accidentally mispronounced one of the nominees in the Best Cinematography category. While presenting with Chris Pine, Isaacs inadvertently nominated a man named "Dick Poop" for his work on Mr. Turner, instead of Dick Pope - the British cinematographer who actually worked on the film. The president quickly fixed her slip, but not before the Internet took notice. Twitter now has a bad case of the giggles thanks to Isaacs. Hundreds of Tweets proclaiming Dick Poop, who is now a trending Twitter topic,...

Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs accidentally referred to Richard Pope as "Dick Poop" during this year's Oscar nominations.

The cinematographer - known as Dick Pope - received a nomination for his work on period drama Mr Turner earlier today (January 15).

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Boone Isaacs quickly corrected herself after the mistake, but struggled to remain composed as she continued announcing this year's nominations.

Pope has previously been nominated for an Academy Award in 2007 for his work on The Illusionist.

Boone Isaacs's mistake didn't go unnoticed as film fans across the world tuned in to watch the announcement online, and #DickPoop almost instantly became a trending topic on Twitter.

Check out a selection of reactions to the gaffe below:

And for Richard Pope, today is the day he inevitably relives the worst four years of his high-school life. #DickPoop

— Dan Cooper (@danielwcooper) January 15, 2015

I don't care what anyone thinks.

Gary Coleman is currently hospitalized in Utah and is reported to be in critical condition. Sources report to TMZ that Coleman was admitted May 26, Wednesday after he was taken from his home in Utah around 12:50 Pm. TMZ says that Coleman's brother-in-law claims that Coleman suffered a head injury after a fall. Dr Drew Pinsky took to his Twitter account @drdrew and released this retweet from TMZ's Dax Holt: Rt @daxholt Gary Coleman hospitalized - we're told he is in Surgical Icu http://bit.ly/bYOVNJ Prayers go out for Gary 6 minutes ago - via Twitter for iPhone...