Money

Death and taxes are unavoidable, but Britney Spears is trying to get out of making a $600,000 payment to the IRS ... and she says the tax man is grossly mistaken.

According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, the IRS sent Britney a Notice of Deficiency for the tax year ending 2021, claiming she owes over $600K.

Britney is disputing the figure ... and she filed her own legal response claiming the IRS miscalculated and that she doesn't actually owe the tax man so much as a dime.

Milana Vayntrub is known for two things ... being the former face of AT&T's Lily Adams commercials, and her rack ... and she used both to raise a bunch of money for folks reeling from the Los Angeles wildfires.

The actress joined us on "TMZ Live" Wednesday and told us how she used some tastefully risqué photos to donate more than $500,000 for Altadena fire relief.

Milana says she was brainstorming ways to help victims back in January when a light bulb went off ... she would offer her fans sexy photos of her body in exchange for relief donations ... starting at one photo for $69 -- a "funny number," she says.

The old-school-style video camera Taylor Swift was spotted filming with at the Chiefs game has created serious buzz -- so much so that the product nearly sold out after the pop star was seen using it, TMZ Sports has learned.

ICYMI, the "Opalite" singer was photographed with the handheld video recorder on Sunday, as she sat in her Arrowhead Stadium suite to watch her fiancé, Travis Kelce, and the Chiefs take on the Los Angeles Chargers.

And since, we're told the digital camera has been flyin' off the shelves!

In the immortal words of "The Wolf of Wall Street" -- "I'm not f***ing leaving!" ... and neither is Howard Stern, thanks to a contract extension he just announced on "The Howard Stern Show."

The 71-year-old radio host has signed on with SiriusXM for another three years, ending much speculation about his retirement.

The icon said, “I am happy to announce that I have figured out a way to have it all ... More free time and continuing to be on the radio. Yes, we are coming back for three years.”

The extension comes after Stern re-upped for five years in 2020 for a sum that reportedly amounted to between $450 million and $500 million.

"Selling The OC" star Alex Hall says she wouldn't sell Diddy a home in Orange County, California if he came calling after prison ... even if his budget was $30 million.

Alex was our guest host Friday on "TMZ on TV" and we asked her straight up if she would work for Diddy as a realtor when he's done serving his sentence in New Jersey.

Diddy's twin daughters are hobnobbing with Hollywood celebs, which has us wondering how Diddy will be received when he's out of the pen ... and it sounds like there will be a mixed bag.

Alex says she wouldn't sign on to be Diddy's realtor, but she does tell us how she would be able to squeeze some money out of the deal without touching it with a 10-foot pole.

No surprise here ... the game-ball from Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal's first NBA championship win just made history at auction -- selling for an insane $500K!

TMZ Sports confirmed the amount of the winning bid -- a little over two weeks after Sotheby's placed the rare Spalding call in their Winter Sports Classic lot.

To be precise, the 2000 NBA Finals game ball sold for $508,000 -- a new record for a championship-clinching basketball. Sotheby's says the previous high mark belonged to the Oklahoma City Thunder's Game 7 ball from the 2025 NBA Finals, which sold for just over $107,000.

Khloé Kardashian’s getting real about faith ... saying she was just reunited with a major keepsake -- after Kim swooped in and bought their late dad’s Bible the second TMZ reported it was hitting the auction block.

The reality star spilled it all on her "Khloé In Wonder Land" podcast Wednesday ... claiming Ellen Pierson married her dad on his deathbed and cleaned house -- so when the Bible popped up at auction, they knew they had to snatch it back.

Turns out it was the Bible Robert once passed to O.J. Simpson back in the day -- and just last month on "The Kardashians," Kim revealed she secretly dropped $80K on it at auction ... all to gift it back to Khloé.

Grey/Ven CEO Scott Weissman opened up his home to host the fashion company's third annual Miami Art Week Bash ... and we're told that the star-studded event raised $20K so far to aid some of the Palisades/Malibu wildfire's toughest first responders!!!

We're hearing the party was well-attended and lasted until 4 AM ... Cuba Gooding Jr., Lil Pump, designer Ugo Mozie, and crypto czar Michael Terpin were just a handful of the who's who on the guest list.

Weissman posted up for a flick with super producer Scott Storch and DJ Brooke Brazelton, who spun on the turntables alongside Willy Monfret.

Former NBA star Matt Barnes says he can't believe he has to clear the air on the latest rumor circulating the internet, but here he is ... denying an A.I. model scammed him out of a ton of money.

The chatter spread like wildfire over the past few days ... which stated the 14-year vet fell victim to a super-hot catfish who wound up with $61K of his hard-earned money.

His buddy Gilbert Arenas didn't do him any favors by breathing more life into it on his own podcast ... so now here he is, setting the record straight.

Jessica Simpson ain’t one to quit ... she’s giving her Hidden Hills, California crib another shot on the market -- relisting it after a quick month-long timeout.

The singer’s trying to offload the 7-bedroom estate for a cool $17.9 mil -- the same price she dropped it to back in January when she first tried to move it ... smack in the middle of those L.A. wildfires tearing through the region.

Nearly a whole year’s passed, but the place must’ve kept some bad mojo 'cause it’s still struggled to sell ... especially since Jessica first listed the mansion for $22 million back in September '23, and it’s been fighting for a buyer ever since.

Literally everything is content nowadays ... "The Originals" star Candice King turned her pregnancy announcement into an ad for Clearblue pregnancy tests in a post shared Monday.

The 38-year-old actress announced she's expecting a baby with her former costar Steven Kreuger, writing, "#ClearbluePartner We’re having a baby! Baby Krueger coming May 2026!"

Seeing as how the post leads with a sponsored hashtag, you might wonder which thing she's happier about -- the new addition, or that sweet, sweet pregnancy test money. But then she added ...

Taylor Swift can leave a "Blank Space" on a check all she wants, but she still wouldn't be able to buy her perfect wedding date from another couple at her fave venue ... so says the venue itself.

Here's the deal ... a recent report claimed the singer-songwriter wants to marry Travis Kelce on June 13, naturally, next year at Ocean House in Westerly, Rhode Island -- but that date was already held for another bride and groom.

According to the report, Taylor unzipped her wallet and dropped a bag to claw back her chosen date ... because money can't buy you love, but it might buy you a lovely, romantic venue.

12:11 PM PT -- A rep for Charlie tells TMZ ... "Brooke has been in and out of rehab for the past 15 years, while Charlie has had 100% custody of the kids, which is why she is not entitled to any child support."

Charlie Sheen's ex-wife Brooke Mueller is banging down his door, ready to collect on the huge bill -- about $15 million -- she claims he owes her for unpaid child support.

Brooke informed an L.A. County judge she wants Charlie to cough up the money ASAP. In docs filed Thursday, and obtained by TMZ, she says the ex "Two and a Half Men" star owes her $8,967,600 in child support plus another $6,418,643 in accrued interest.

And, the kicker ... mama wants it paid in full in 30 days!

Brooke explains Charlie was ordered to pay her $55,000 per month in child support in April 2010, and there were no issues until July 2011 ... when he started sending either partial payments or failed to make any payments at all. So, she wants the court to make him pay what she's rightfully owed, plus $25,000 in attorney fees and costs.

Netflix is going to buy Warner Bros. ... and they are dropping an insane amount of cash in a move that most believe will reshape the entertainment industry.

News broke Friday morning that Netflix agreed to purchase Warner Bros Discovery's TV, film studios and streaming division for $82.7 billion -- an equity value of $72 billion -- in a freaking cash and stock deal!

As you know ... WB had a for sale sign out for a few weeks ... and a bidding war was underway, which included Paramount Skydance, along with the winner, Netflix.

Mike Epps has been in show business a long time, and unlike the magnitude of people who haven't, he doesn't think Odell Beckham Jr. was out of pocket explaining how he blew through his $100 million NFL fortune!!!

The Pro Bowl WR recently went on "The Pivot Podcast," admitting how fast his 5-year, $100 million contract vanished without a trace before he even knew the spending was out of control.

We recently caught up with Mike at the StampX event for national signing day, and he tells TMZ that one's lifestyle can easily overlap and eventually OVERPOWER the money if it's flowing in big and fast.