Michael Jackson stiffed the people who installed his TV system at Neverland, this according to a brand spankin' new creditor's claim.
According to a claim filed yesterday, a company called Video & Audio Center (VAC) installed electronic audio and video equipment at Neverland Ranch in late 2003 and early 2004. We're told the company rewired the house, installed plasma TVs and put speakers all over the house.
VAC claims Jackson's camp ran up a bill of $109,540.85 -- and paid $25,000 of that, but never settled the bill completely. According to the docs, VAC says they won a judgment back in 2007 for the remainder.
They're asking for $128,482.77 -- the unpaid bill plus interest.
"Real Housewife" NeNe Leakes still refuses to spill the beans about her alleged brawl with Kim Zolciak -- but she's not afraid to take a couple of pot shots at Kim in the midst of her consistent secrecy.
NeNe was on Q100 in Atlanta this morning, where she called Kim out about the so-called choking incident by saying, "if she was truly injured she should have filed charges ... Kim is not innocent here."
That's when NeNe took a stab at Kim by saying, "Is she still at Target in her Bentley?" -- referring to the 911 call Kim made after the alleged incident.
One huge revelation did occur during the interview -- NeNe claims she's turning over a new leaf and won't verbally attack people anymore ... which means she could be retiring her favorite insult.
A captain with the L.A. City Fire Department tells us the burns Michael Jackson suffered during the filming of the 1984 Pepsi commercial were caused by a director who wanted to get a more dramatic shot.
Captain Don Donester was at the filming, working as a fire safety inspector. Donester says after doing take after take, he overheard the director tell Jackson, "Stand there longer [under the sparks]. You'll look more majestic." According to Donester, by making Jackson stay under the sparks for a longer period of time, it would look as if the singer was emerging from the smoke and sparks.
We just spoke with the director, Bob Giraldi, who said "That's not true. Whatever." Then he hung up.
In Michael's autobiography, the singer backs up Donester's story, writing Giraldi "came up to me and said, 'Michael, you're going down too early. We want to see you up there, up on the stairs. When the lights come on, we want to reveal that you're there, so wait.'"
Donester says the director's decision went against the rules set by the senior fire safety inspector. Don also told us he was one of the people who helped put out the fire on Michael's head.
Various people connected with Jackson say the serious burns the singer suffered triggered his prescription drug addiction, that consumed him for the rest of his life.
The 911 tape made after Steve McNair and Sahel Kazemi were found dead was just released by the Metro Nashville Police Department.
Steve's friend -- Robert Gaddy -- made the call and was hysterical as the dispatcher desperately tried to get information from him. Steve's roommate Wayne Neely initially discovered the bodies and then notified Gaddy to call 911.
Cops announced today they believe Sahel murdered Steve and then killed herself.
Billy Bob Thornton transformed into a condescending, pompous jerkwad -- live on the radio today -- when the station DJ casually brought up Billy's acting career.
See, Billy Bob has a band now ... and he demands to be taken seriously -- as in, Billy demanded that the radio host treat him like he would treat Tom Petty.
Seriously, Billy compared himself to Tom Petty.
It all went down today during a CBC interview -- Jian Ghomeshi, the interviewer, introduced the band -- including a few words about Billy's film career -- which caused Billy to become a massive d-bag for the rest of the interview.
You gotta watch it -- unless you wanna continue to like Billy Bob.
NOTE: The best parts... at the :30 mark, 1:12, 2:36 and pretty much everything between 5:00 - 10:00.
California Attorney General Jerry Brown played defense on Tuesday after Howard K. Stern's court hearing in the Anna Nicole Smith drug case, insisting he didn't abuse his power by gunning for H.K.S.
Stern's lawyer, Steve Sadow, lashed out at Brown, essentially calling him a demagogue who was aching to win the next Governor's race, using Stern as his stepping stone.
Brown said there was nothing wrong with devoting a boatload of money and resources to investigating Stern and Anna's two docs. He didn't exactly answer our question -- Would he have devoted the same resources if Anna Nicole wasn't the "victim?"
The hit song "Party Like a RockStar" by Da Shop Boyz has been parodied to mirror Lindsay Lohan's vida loca! I know who mocked me! The website chasecuts.com created "Party Like a Lohan," which includes such burning lines as, "She's totally screwed" and "a pocket full of blow and a point one two." Finally, Lindsay gets a hit!
Listen as the background sniffing replaces instruments, while the lyrics mock La Lohan. T-T-Totally dude!
Michael Jackson stiffed the people who installed his TV system at Neverland, this according to a brand spankin' new creditor's claim. 
