Celebrity Justice
3/10/2011 11:43 PM PST BY TMZ STAFF

Tarantino Sues -- Exotic Birds Are Driving Me INSANE

Quentin Tarantino is going to WAR with his famous neighbor -- claiming the guy owns a ton of exotic birds that constantly emit "blood-curdling screams" ... and it's affecting Q's ability to write scripts!

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Ironically, the guy Tarantino is feuding with is another Academy Award winning writer -- Alan Ball -- the guy who wrote "American Beauty" and created "True Blood."

According to Quentin's lawsuit, filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, Tarantino claims ever since Ball installed an "exotic bird menagerie" -- Quentin has been forced to endure the "obnoxious pteradactyl-like screams" of the macaw birds.

In fact, Q claims the noise has "seriously disrupted [his] ability to work as a writer in his home."

Tarantino says he tried to amicably resolve the matter with Ball -- but Alan has "done little to eliminate the macaws' daily cacophony" ... so he wants the judge to force Ball to silence them once and for all.  

12/2/2010 7:30 PM PST BY TMZ STAFF

Uma & Quentin -- Downing Booze from Her Shoes

Quentin Tarantino got a little taste of heaven last night -- when the foot-obsessed director was allowed to drink champagne out of the Holy Grail of foot-fetish receptacles ... Uma Thurman's stiletto.

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It all went down the hatch at Quentin's Friar's Club Roast in New York City -- where Uma made Quentin's dreams come true by pouring them two shoefuls of the bubbly stuff.

From the look of things ... one of them knocked it back with a bit more vigor than the other.

Toe-riffic.

Celebrity Justice
3/9/2010 2:15 AM PST BY TMZ STAFF

Quentin Tarantino Sued Over 'Kill Bill'

Quentin Tarantino Sued Over 'Kill Bill'Quentin Tarantino -- fresh from his Oscar loss -- is now being sued by a man who claims Q.T. ripped off his concept to create "Kill Bill."

In a lawsuit filed today, Dannez Hunter claims in 1999 he submitted a treatment to Miramax about a fictional character named Ren. Short story -- he says eventually Miramax, Harvey Weinstein and Q.T. ripped off his work, including the "concept/character name Ren." He claims Q.T. pilfered Ren witnessing her mother's sadistic murder, the knife through the mother's abdomen, and on and on.

And there's this. Hunter, who says he was from the inner city, applied for a job at Miramax but "was never given a return phone call, as numerous similar situated less qualified Jewish and White people were bestowed job after job after job."

Hunter continues his Jews-run-Hollywood themed lawsuit by alleging he was denied royalties in the "Kill Bill" franchise compared to similarly situated Whites and Jews.

Hunter wants more than a million bucks. Mazel Tov.

Reps for Tarantino had no comment.
Hook Ups
3/4/2010 1:22 PM PST BY TMZ STAFF

Quentin Tarantino -- Lucky Basterd

Oscar nominee Quentin Tarantino finally got his groove back ... by dancing the night away with model Eugenia Chernyshova in L.A. on Wednesday.

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The 46-year-old is a very hands-on director.

Gossip / Rumors
1/31/2010 1:48 PM PST BY TMZ STAFF

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie -- No Pics, Please

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were together at the Directors Guild Awards last night ... but they weren't photographed that way.

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Instead the only person to be seen with them both was "Inglourious Basterds" director Quentin Tarantino.

Love triangle rumors begin .... now. We kid.

UPDATE: A little searching on YouTube and you find a highlight montage from the show. For one split second, you see Brad and Angelina sitting next to each other, appearing to be laughing. It's like we got pictures of Big Foot.

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12/6/2009 2:10 AM PST BY TMZ STAFF

Quentin Tarantino Sticks to His Shoguns

Here's one of those things celebs do in foreign countries in the hopes it will never see the light of day in the U.S. -- sorry, Quentin.



The crazy commercial is for a Japanese cell phone company called Softbank -- and get this: you get a free dog-shaped cell phone speaker if you sign up with them.

Still no explanation for Quentin Tarantino's cameo ... or the bad acting.
8/18/2009 10:30 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF

Tarantino -- I Hashed It Out with Brad Pitt

Quentin Tarantino: Click to listenBrad Pitt had a brick of hash in his home last year -- and according to Quentin Tarantino ... he was definitely in the mood to share.

Tarantino was on Howard Stern yesterday, where he told the King of All Media about a night in 2008, when Pitt offered him a slice of the smokey smokey -- and a Coke can to smoke it out of.

According to Quentin, the stuff was "pretty good."

FYI: Brad recently told Bill Maher his pot smoking days are over -- but the stories ... those things will live on as long as Quentin's short term-memory holds up.

Celebrity Justice
6/24/2009 2:45 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF

Michael Madsen -- In Debt to the Rich & Famous

Michael MadsenNothing ruins a good friendship like money -- so it's safe to say Pierce Brosnan and Quentin Tarantino won't be talking to Michael Madsen anytime soon.

Seems Madsen is in debt to both guys big time. According to bankruptcy documents Madsen filed earlier this month, he owes $25,000 to 007 -- but he's into QT for a cool $1 million!

Pierce and QT shouldn't hold their breath while they wait for the "personal loans" to get paid back -- Madsen is almost a total of $4 million in the hole, and the docs say his net monthly income is $-3,392.
We're Just Sayin'
4/16/2009 3:15 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF

Quentin Tarantino: Madame?!

Here's movie director Quentin Tarantino (left) -- and the sassy plastic puppet Madame (right).

Quentin Tarantino and Madame

One of them was a bizarro mentor on "American Idol" this week.

We're just sayin'.

1/14/2009 2:10 PM PST BY TMZ STAFF

Foxy Brown -- I'll Put You On Ice, Sucka!

She's the most well known '70s blaxploitation actress ever -- and had a career resurgence after doing Quentin Tarantino's "Jackie Brown" -- but yesterday at LAX, Pam Grier still got the dreaded Q.... Who are you?

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5/21/2008 3:20 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF

Tarantino: I'm the Foot F***in' Master!

Quentin Tarantino showed off some fancy footwork at LAX yesterday -- but this time, he wasn't suckin' toes.




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