Posted Nov 27th 2009 1:00AM by TMZ Staff
The United States government might have a bigger budget to work with -- if one bodybuilding governor would pay the back taxes it appears he never got around to paying.
According to documents filed in L.A. County Superior Court, Arnold Schwarzenegger owes the IRS $39,047 from 2004 and $40,016 from 2005.
In total the Guv owes $79,064.00 ... and as we all know, he's definitely not saving the money for rainy day traffic violations.
An official at the L.A. County Recorder's Office tells TMZ their system shows the lien is still active.
Calls to Arnold's office have not been returned.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Posted Nov 27th 2009 12:50AM by TMZ Staff
As if Michael Lohan could descend any lower on the crappy father scale, TMZ found out he's over $15,000 behind in child support.
According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, Michael has racked up $15,100 in unpaid child support to Dina for their three minor children: Aliana, Michael Jr. and Dakota Lohan.
Now how about this horrible scenario: If Michael profited off those audio tapes he released of Lindsay's lowest moments, he could actually pay off his child support with money he made from exploiting one of his children.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Lindsay Lohan, Exclusives
Posted Nov 27th 2009 12:45AM by TMZ Staff
Lamar Odom hasn't been able to move his $2.39 million pad, so he gave it a makeover to help sell it.
We're told Lamar wants to move the Manhattan Beach house ASAP -- so he cut the realtor a check to get the staging done it to make it more presentable. Lamar and his new wife Khloe just threw down a chunk of change on a place in Tarzana -- a cool $3.995 million.
BTW -- the furniture doesn't even come with the house. For $2.39 mil, you'd think he'd throw in a sofa at least.
Filed under: Khloe Kardashian
Posted Nov 27th 2009 12:30AM by TMZ Staff
Reality show judges Cat Deeley and Kara DioGuardi competed for face time at the same event in Beverly Hills the other night.
Question is ...
Filed under: Who'd You Rather?
Posted Nov 27th 2009 12:20AM by TMZ Staff
Posh Spice finally returned to the Medieval kingdom she once scorned -- but this time, the lady took proper steps to not screwth her waiter.
Take a journey back to September, when Posh failed to hand over a tip after a meal at the Medieval Times dinner theater in Southern California -- only sending the required gratuity after we reported her trifling ways on our webeth site.
Tuesday night, we're told the honorable Posh, accompanied by her husband Sir David Beckham, did nay make the same mistake again -- this time, the couple not only pre-payed the tip, but also left extra coin for their servers after the meal was completed.
Our spies say the Beckhams tip was worthy of the service provided. Hail their giving hearts!
Filed under: Becks & Posh
Posted Nov 27th 2009 12:15AM by TMZ Staff
With '90s hits like "Linger," "Ode to My Family," "Ridiculous Thoughts" and "Salvation," Dolores O'Riordan became famous as the lead singer of the Cranberries. Guess what she looks like now!
Filed under: Music, Beauty, 'Memba Them?!
Posted Nov 27th 2009 12:05AM by TMZ Staff
It's BLACK FRIDAY! Check out who's hittin' the stores!
Filed under: Holidaze, Photo Galleries
Posted Nov 27th 2009 12:00AM by TMZ Staff
Here's Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson (left) at an event in Rome Wednesday and back in 2004 (right) when he won multiple Oscars for "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King."
Success clearly has not gone to his head ... or waist.
Filed under: Hot Bodies
Posted Nov 26th 2009 2:41PM by TMZ Staff
Kate Hudson and Alex Rodriguez made separate exits from the gym this morning, so as not to be seen together. But inside the gym, it was a whole different story.
A spy inside tells us Kate & A-Rod had no trouble showing off their affections, with Kate giving A-Rod a smooch in front of the 200+ people working out on Turkey Day.
PDA in private, like strangers in public.
Filed under: A-Rod
Posted Nov 26th 2009 8:43AM by TMZ Staff
Tyler Perry used too much of the goodness of Jesus in his movie, "Madea Goes to Jail," at least according to a new federal lawsuit obtained by TMZ.
The suit, filed by the personal representative of deceased gospel singer/songwriter Bertha James, claims Perry lifted an entire verse from a song James wrote in 1950 -- "When I Think of the Goodness of Jesus."
The suit claims Perry pilfered the verse and used it in "Madea" -- specifically, "incorporating the entire Chorus in a monologue delivered by the main character in 'Madea" referencing her deliverance from a jail sentence and leniency for repetitive criminal conduct, in a staged court proceeding presided over by 'Judge Mabeline.'"
Bertha's estate, which is also suing Lionsgate Entertainment, wants unspecified damages for copyright infringement.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Posted Nov 26th 2009 8:40AM by TMZ Staff
The geniuses who own the rights to Albert Einstein are suing a cosmetics company for featuring a model whispering in Albert's ear, "Psst, Professor, I'm brighter than you are."
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem -- which owns the Einstein trademark -- claims Benefit Cosmetics had no right to use the image of the relatively brilliant man.
By the way, Forbes lists Einstein as the fourth highest-earning dead celeb ... pulling in $18 mil every year.
By the way, the book,"Einstein" by Walter Isaacson, is awesome.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Posted Nov 26th 2009 8:31AM by TMZ Staff
Britney Spears has lost it -- and by that, we mean all her touring equipment.
TMZ has learned a bus carrying all off Britney's tour equipment rolled off the road in Parkes, New South Wales in Australia.
According to police there, it happened around 4:30 PM during a bad storm. The winds became too strong and blew the truck off the road, rolling it over.
Police say the driver was taken to the hospital, but the equipment was undamaged.
So Britney has all the tools to lip sync tonight at the Rod Laver Arena tonight.
Filed under: Britney Spears
Posted Nov 26th 2009 6:18AM by TMZ Staff
Rihanna doesn't like being yelled at by her neighbors, according to a new lawsuit obtained by TMZ.
The owner of the L.A. house Rihanna was renting believes she would have bought his house outright but his neighbor was such a jerk ... she bailed on the deal.
The neighbor had actually sued Rihanna and her landlord, Stephan Yacobian, back in June, claiming the singer and her friends had a bad habit of parking their cars on his property. Rihanna eventually got so fed up with his complaints ... she moved.
Now, Yacobian is going after the neighbor -- claiming he had no right to yell at Rihanna and her friend over parking, because the two property owners had a specific agreement that RiRi could park in the neighbor's driveway.
Yacobian claims the neighbor's "harassing behavior" caused the deal to go south.
Yacobian wants the neighbor to fork over the profits he would have made from the sale.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Rihanna
