Posted Jul 8th 2008 8:10PM by TMZ Staff
Kelsey Grammer is being sued by a company that installed his kitchen -- not once, not twice, but, we're told, three times.
In the suit, filed last week in L.A. County Superior Court, The Last Detail claims it did a ton of work for Kelsey and Camille but got stiffed to the tune of $148,135.52. Sounds like a lot of money -- even for Malibu -- except our spies say Kelsey and Camille kept changing their minds. She didn't like the color, he didn't like this and that ... blah, blah blah. Plus, they kept expanding the scope of work.
We're told they kept promising to pay and at one point the company was allegedly told they would pay when Kelsey was in a "good mood." Apparently, she has irritable bowels ... he's just irritable.
Grammer could not be reached for comment.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Posted Jul 8th 2008 7:28PM by TMZ Staff
The apartment manager in the Dane Cook Poopfest '08 eviction trial apparently has a "smoking" gun.
Tomorrow at 10 AM, jurors will watch video of Dane's dog, Beast, s**ting in the common area of the complex. This, after the manager testified that he posted signs and even slipped a note under Dane's door outlining the pooping rules.
In Feburary 2007, the manager delivered a letter to all pet owners in the building saying 10 piles of "little black poo" were found in the common area. Beast is a miniature pinscher. If the stool fits.....
Is this a smear campaign? Stay tuned.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Posted Jul 8th 2008 6:10PM by TMZ Staff
Dane Cook's lawyer has dog s**t on the brain. He's grilling prospective jurors about their views on dogs and excrement.
Cook's landlord has gone to court, trying to get the "comedian" evicted because his dog habitually craps in the public areas of the apartment building. Dane's lawyer is asking prospective jurors a number of revealing questions, including:
- What's worse. Stepping in gum or stepping in dog poop?
- If you live next to a park and saw dog poop, would you avoid that park?
- Would you confront someone about spitting out gum on the sidewalk or not picking up dog poop in a public place?
- Would you confront a neighbor about picking up after their dog?
UPDATE: -- The s**t has hit the fan! The jury has been selected.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Posted Jul 8th 2008 6:00PM by TMZ Staff
Dennis Rodman has got more legal trouble than he can shake his extremely long tongue at -- but as Wesley Snipes will attest, this is one problem that won't go away. Always bet on the IRS!
A couple of outstanding tax liens show that the Worm owes well over $400K to the IRS, and they don't appear to have been paid. Rodman's peeps say it was a mistake by Dennis' old biz manager, and that when all is said and done he'll owe "a very small balance" -- which he'll pay.
As they say, stay tuned.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Posted Jul 8th 2008 5:24PM by TMZ Staff
Gary Condit didn't get slandered by Dominick Dunne.
Condit's federal lawsuit against the famed author was thrown out today, after a judge ruled Dunne's comments on "Larry King Live" -- intimating that Condit had something to do with the presumed murder of Chandra Levy -- did not rise to the level of slander.
U.S. District Judge Peter Leisure ruled, "The context in which Dunne's statements were made demonstrate that they were part of a discussion about 'speculation' in the media and inaccurate media coverage."
Dunne is finishing up a highly-anticipated novel. We have no idea what Condit is up to.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Posted Jul 8th 2008 3:40PM by TMZ Staff
In news more surprising than that time he dipped his junk into concrete, Steve-O showed up to court today and told us he hasn't touched a drug in four months.
The "Jackass" star, real name Stephen Glover, was in court to update his progress after his cocaine bust -- and even though a "suffering" Steve-O talked about living in a looney bin, it didn't stop his lawyer from cracking a few A-Rod jokes.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Posted Jul 8th 2008 3:00PM by TMZ Staff
A jury is about to decide if Dane Cook lets his dog s**t where he lives.
Cook's landlord is in court trying to evict him because his chihuahua mix -- named Beast -- had been pooping with abandon in the common areas of the building.
Dane still lives in the West Hollywood apartment. Sources say he was warned three times to pick up after Beast, but the dog still allegedly uses the common area as his own craperia. We're told the landlord has video of the B.M.
The landlord's lawyer tells us the only problem they have with Dane is the dog. We're hearing that it was Dane who pushed for this jury trial -- not the building.
Dane is in court right now, ready for what could be the first "not my poop" defense.
We're in court. Stay tuned.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Wacky & Weird
Posted Jul 8th 2008 2:20PM by TMZ Staff
Some of the singers whom Phil Spector made famous are saying they've lost that paid feeling -- because they're not getting their fill of Phil's jack.
Members of The Ronettes, The Crystals, and even Bobbie Soxx and the Blue Jeans want their royalties from Phil. They say he's supposed to shell out their share twice a year, but hasn't. Ronnie Greenfield, once Phil's wife and the lead singer of the Ronettes, has her hand out too.
Like most of Spector's tunes, the lawsuit itself is short, sweet, and tight.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Posted Jul 8th 2008 2:00PM by TMZ Staff
Vegas police have arrested another man accused of breaking Javon Walker's face last month.
Cops say Deshawn Thomas took part in the insane robbery and beatdown that left the Raiders wide receiver unconscious on a street near the Las Vegas strip last month. Thomas will be charged with kidnapping, robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery with substantial bodily harm.
Another suspect, Arfat Fadel, was arrested two weeks ago.
Thomas is being held without bail.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Talk Sports, Fights
Posted Jul 8th 2008 1:48PM by TMZ Staff
Unless he was ironically calling the cops on himself, Al Pacino pulled a big California no-no yesterday -- as he yapped on a cell phone while pulling out of a parking garage.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Movies
Posted Jul 8th 2008 1:20PM by TMZ Staff
Nobody knows the trouble Michael Vick's seen. Now the star of the prison football team says he's broke as a joke!
Vick, who's currently serving a karma-endorsed 23-month sentence in the Federal pen, filed for Chapter 11 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court Monday. In the papers, he says he owes between $10 and $50 million to creditors.
In the docs, the convicted animal abuser says he hopes he can "rebuild his life on a personal and spiritual level, resurrect his image as a public figure, and resolve matters with the NFL such that he can resume his career."
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Talk Sports, Critters
Posted Jul 8th 2008 11:50AM by TMZ Staff
The Game has pissed off his fam bam -- big time! His family says the rapper had promised to finance part of his cousin's funeral -- but when it came time to pay up, they got stiffed!
Robert "Kirky" Kirkwood tells TMZ that when his sister died, The Game -- who he says is his first cousin -- volunteered to pay half of the $14k it cost to bury her. But after making the commitment, Kirky says The Game changed his phone number and went underground!
That's when the blood started to boil ...
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Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music
Posted Jul 8th 2008 8:42AM by TMZ Staff
A bunch of Boston nightspots are getting stilettoed after they tried to stop other bars from holding "Sex and the City" parties -- by pretending to be HBO.
The network filed suit in New York against a group of unnamed party promoters in Beantown, pretending to be HBO. The phonies allegedly sent cease-and-desist letters on fake HBO letterhead to other bars, trying to intimidate them from throwing "Sex and the City"-themed parties around the time of the movie's release.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Posted Jul 8th 2008 8:18AM by TMZ Staff
At long last, the rest of the world will get to see what Eliot Spitzer thought was hot enough to ruin his career over.
Now that Ashley Dupre has dropped her $10 mil lawsuit against Joe Francis and "Girls Gone Wild," Joe says he's got "the green light" to release the skin show Dupre gave him during Spring Break 2003. The porntrepreneur adds that he's got Dupre in "some very interesting sexual situations."
She'll also be appearing in his magazine.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Wacky & Weird
Posted Jul 7th 2008 7:16PM by TMZ Staff
You know how it is with child stars -- they grow up so fast before our eyes and before you know it ... they're being tased by hotel security.
Zachery Ty Bryan, who played Brad Taylor on "Home Improvement" -- is suing Choice Hotels International over an incident back in April 2008. Zach claims he was staying at a hotel in San Diego when he and a few friends went across the street to grab a Gatorade. When he came back just after midnight, Bryan's lawyer claims the hotel wouldn't let him upstairs, since the room wasn't in his name.
Then things went really bad ...
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Filed under: Celebrity Justice
