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8/21/2008 6:15 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
Lily Tomlin -- Hack

The cops have been summoned in Lily Tomlin's neighborhood war.

LAPD officers were called by Lily's neighbor in Sherman Oaks this morning, after Lily had her lumberjack goons chop down his trees. Lily has complained her neighbor's trees are overgrown and could fall on her house.

The cops stopped the men in trees from continuing. But when the police left, the tree dudes kept chopping away and the neighbor was piiiiised. L.A. tree officials came to scene and it looks like the guys Lily hired don't have a license to kill, so they've been stopped, at least temporarily.

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Lala:  1272 days ago

Yeah, well.......Lily is probably not making any friends this way - and it sux to have hostile feelings (towards others or them towards you) when that is where your home is. I don't know if she did or not, but hopefully she at least tried to contact her neighbors and come together with an agreement on the trees. Our neighbors trees and vines have leaped over our fence they hang everywhere and cover up our own bushes and flowers.....we spend a lot of time and energy gently trimming them back (they said we could, but it would be nice to have some help). Now they have poison ivy that is going EVERYWHERE......neighbors need to be aware of how their actions (or lack of) affect others

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Scouse:  1272 days ago

The neighbor was drunk!! Look at him again. I'm surprised the cops didn't take him away. No matter if what she did was right or wrong.

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treelawyer:  1272 days ago

The damages for intentionally cutting down a neighbor's trees must be trebled. If these trees added signficantly to the value of her neighbor's home she is cruising for a bruising.

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word.:  1272 days ago

L-I-L-Y. It's called copy editing. Try it sometime.

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Twinker:  1272 days ago

Lily, here's your standing ovation!
Thanx for saving Jenny the Elephant from eating tacos!

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Deborah:  1272 days ago

Oh my God..I can totally identify with Lilly! My neighbors trees are so ugly and diseased....AND the leaves fall in my pool! The neighbors are too cheap and jealous to get the trees trimmed or cut down! Good for you Lilly!!!

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BlueCircleGirl:  1272 days ago

1) This man is a homophobe and his rant is pure hate speech!

2) This clip does not allow us to see if the trees in question were a danger to her home .... ten to one they were!

3) Lily Tomlin has a great love for this planet and all the living things that grow and live here!

And another thing, Lily Tomlin is a major talent and a huge Star. Hollywood considers her to be a well rounded, loving person and she is respected and loved by all of Hollywood!

WE SUPPORT YOU ... love from the Belles!

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phdguru:  1272 days ago

From LA Times today:

"Los Angeles police responded to Lily Tomlin's home today after a neighbor mistakenly accused the actress of chopping down trees on the neighbor's property, a authorities said.

Officers were called to the 3000 block of Longridge Avenue in Sherman Oaks about 11:20 a.m. following a report of a neighbor dispute, said Officer Jason Lee, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department.

The caller mistakenly said that one of her neighbors, later identified as Tomlin, had workers cutting down dead trees on the caller's property.

Two officers and sergeant determined that there was no further issue after "reviewing the situation and determining that the trees were within Tomlin's property," Lee said."

Your story seems to be wrong TMZ.

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24.

smanhwood:  1272 days ago

They should make like a tree and leave!

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Joanne:  1272 days ago

Did you say "Sherman Oaks"??? I lived there while growing up. Went to Sherman Oaks Elementary. What a small world...

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Reta:  1271 days ago

what kind of freak hates trees?

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Michelle:  1271 days ago

My god TMZ....Use the flippin spell check!

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scissors:  1271 days ago

Soooooooo.....L.T is strip mining in Jupiter Hollow after all.

Good for her. A word to the wise: Lily Tomlin is ALWAYS right.

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Ahaha:  1271 days ago

WIkipedia has this incident listed in its entry on Lily Tomlin. WTF? Too funny.

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lixxygirl:  1271 days ago

How many friggin' idiots does it take to type this story???? TWO evidently....ONE WHO CAN SPELL LILY'S NAME CORRECTLY....AND ONE WHO CAN'T!!!

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