EXCLUSIVE
Hulk Hogan is taking his sex tape fight to the big dogs -- contacting the FBI this week to help him track down the low-life who leaked his naked fun time footage to the media ... TMZ has learned.
Hulk's attorney tells TMZ, the wrestler had previously attempted to file a police report in Florida -- but local police couldn't help him for two reasons:
1) Because the tape was recorded in 2006, the four-year statute of limitations had expired on the offense of unlawfully recording Hulk without his permission.
2) The other offense -- distributing the illegal footage to the media -- crosses state lines, so it's a federal problem ... not a local one.
As a result, Hulk's lawyer says he has contacted the FBI to track down the sex tape leaker ... and bring that person to justice.
We're told Hulk plans to meet with FBI agents on Monday.
Honey Boo Boo and Mama June are coming to TMZ Live Monday. We're excited, so we got to thinkin'...
EXCLUSIVE
Honey Boo Boo = GOLD MINE ... at least according to one Georgia store that's had a record-setting SALES BOOM after it was featured on the show.
TMZ spoke with the owner of
Lucy Lu's Boutique -- who began selling HBB-themed shirts after the Boo Boo clan stopped by to purchase a dress on the 4th episode of the show.
If you recall, Honey Boo Boo brought Glitzy the pig to get fitted for an adorable little piggy dress, but Glitzy went crazy ... and the store decided to implement a no-pig policy.
But right after the show aired, Lucy Lu says the store started selling bright-pink HBB t-shirts (
below) at $15 a pop ... and in less than a week, they SOLD OUT of all 350 shirts.
Lucy says it's BY FAR the store's fastest selling shirt of all time.
And get this -- Lucy tells us a percentage of the proceeds will benefit two charities: an anti-bullying group AND the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
Dolla make 'em holla!!!!!
EXCLUSIVE
"
Rack City" rapper
Tyga owes WAY more than ten, ten, ten, twenties, and them fifties on his rented Malibu mansion -- so says Tyga's landlord ... and now, the guy's suing to get his money.
A man named Gholamreza Rezai filed the lawsuit against Tyga and his music company, claiming Tyga signed a one-year lease in June, agreeing to pay $16,000 per month to live in the luxurious pad ... but he stopped paying rent last month.
Rezai claims Tyga expressed a desire to move out by September 30th -- informing Rezai that fans kept showing up at his front door ... and Tyga was worried the home didn't offer enough security.
According to the suit, Rezai refused to terminate the lease agreement and demanded September's rent -- but Tyga still wouldn't ante up.
What's worse, Rezai claims Tyga still hadn't vacated the premises by September 30th ... and the rapper allegedly continues to live there. We called Tyga for his side of the story, but were unable to reach him.
Rezai is suing for the past-due rent, plus damages, and he wants Tyga booted from the home ASAP.
Here's Michael Jackson's 14-year-old daughter
Paris Jackson at an event in L.A. on Thursday (
left) -- and '80s supermodel and former "Celebrity Apprentice" star
Carol Alt, 51, in NYC on Thursday (
right).
Pretty young things.
We're just sayin'.
EXCLUSIVE
Scott Storch is officially a wanted man -- a Florida court has ordered the legendary hip-hop producer to be arrested immediately for failing to pay over $20,000 in child support and other bills ... TMZ has learned.
According to court docs, Storch has failed to cough up $28,300 to his baby mama as ordered by the court -- then failed to appear in court to explain himself.
Following the missed court date, a judge issued an arrest order, directing cops to nab Storch asap and bring him to court.
Fun Fact -- Storch can make it all go away if he coughs up the $28,300 he allegedly owes.
Scott also has problems on the West Coast -- we've learned the Beverly Hills Hotel filed a police report this week, claiming the producer skipped out on a $4,000 bill ... and now cops are hoping for a chat. They even reached out to Bradford Cohen -- Stroch's former lawyer-- hoping to find him.
Calls to Storch's people were not returned.
Looks like an innocent game at first, but this lil' puzzle will mess with your mind! Are you sure you have the guts to go through with the rest of the gallery?
**HINT -- There are THREE differences in the above photographs!**
EXCLUSIVE
Lindsay Lohan is OFF THE CHATEAU MARMONT BLACKLIST -- which explains why she was there Thursday night -- and TMZ has learned it's all thanks to a Hail Mary phone call to the owner himself.
As TMZ first reported,
LiLo was BARRED from the legendary hotel after she didn't pay her massive $46,000 bill -- which she racked up buying cigarettes, mini-bar goodies and candles. Lindsay claimed she thought the production co. behind "
Liz and Dick" -- which she was filming at the time of the charges -- was footing the tab.
Sources close to Lilo tell TMZ ... the actress reached out to hotel magnate
Andre Balazs -- owner of the Chateau along with a slew of other properties -- in hopes to reclaim her stomping grounds.
We're told LiLo and Andre have been friends for years and she made it clear that the whole ordeal was a giant misunderstanding. Lilo offered to pay off the debt (which we're told she did) if Andre could have a chat with the Chateau staff.
Our sources tell us, Andre informed LiLo he had no idea she had been blacklisted and promised to remedy the situation ASAP.
Which
clearly happened.
Breaking News
Gary Collins, a legendary TV actor and host, died early this morning in Biloxi, MS at the age of 74.
Harrison County Deputy Coroner Brian Switzer tells TMZ he passed of natural causes just before 1:00 AM at
Biloxi Regional Medical Center.
Collins' resumé is a mile long ... having appeared on episodes of such hit shows as "Fantasy Island," "Charlie's Angels," "Alice," "The Love Boat," "Police Story" ... the list goes on.
Collins was also known for hosting the talk show "Hour Magazine" and from 1980-1988 and hosted the Miss America Pageant from 1985-1989.
He married former Miss America
Mary Ann Mobley in 1967 and the couple had one child together. They separated last year.
Collins also had two children from a previous marriage.
Over the last few years, Collins had several run-ins with the law, including a DUI arrest where his blood alcohol level
was a whopping .29.
Lindsay Lohan's nuclear fight with her mom this week -- with Lindsay alleging Dina was on coke and then recanting it -- proves this is one screwed up family. So we gotta ask ...
EXCLUSIVE
A man was arrested at the home of
Frances Bean Cobain today after a housesitter discovered him inside without permission ... TMZ has learned.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Cobain's housesitter came across the man when she returned home today. We're told the man -- a white male in his 20s -- claimed he knew Cobain and she had given him permission to stay there.
Our sources say the housesitter didn't buy his story, so she called police. When cops arrived, we're told he gave the same story.
Law enforcement sources tell us when cops reached out to Cobain, her people told them she had no clue who the man was.
He was subsequently arrested for burglary and is currently in custody.
EXCLUSIVE
Brian Keith Jones, the man who was busted aboard
Nelly's tour bus for drug possession, plead not guilty yesterday ... TMZ has learned.
As TMZ first reported, Nelly's tour bus
was pulled over on Thursday in Siera Blanca, TX and cops discovered 36 small baggies of heroin (totaling .64 ounces) and over TEN POUNDS of marijuana inside a large green duffel bag.
At the time of the arrest, law enforcement sources told TMZ that Brian Keith Jones admitted the drugs (as well as a loaded .45 caliber pistol) were his.
But it looks like Jones will try and fight the felony charges ... as law enforcement sources tell TMZ he pled not guilty last night. He was released on bond early this morning.
For his part, Nell previously told TMZ
he had no idea the drugs or the gun were onboard the bus.
EXCLUSIVE
Lindsay Lohan and her dad might be in the middle of a nuclear flight, but LiLo's still gotta start her sisterly duties in three months ... and TMZ has learned the new baby is gonna be a BOY (phew).
Sources close to
Michael Lohan tell TMZ he and his future baby mama,
Kate Major, found out the good news just days before LiLo said she was cutting all ties with her father and vowed to never speak to him again ... (again).
We're told the couple is still brainstorming ideas for names ...
... and how to raise a child.