Celebrity Feuds

Kevin Hart ain't got time for amateurs ... something a Hollywood nightclub MC learned the hard way when he foolishly tried to go insult-for-insult with Kevin in front of the whole club.

The impromptu roast broke out at Project Club LA over the weekend. The MC, Branden King, got Kevin onstage to pump up the crowd for the Halloween party. Good move on Branden's part.

The bad move came when he decided to retaliate after Kevin ribbed him about not dressing up for Halloween. Branden dared to bust a short joke (a good one) on Hart, and then things got ugly ... and hysterical!

Taylor Swift left a restaurant Monday night, which is no big deal ... but the restaurant was just a block or so up the street from the place where her Kendall Jenner was throwing a birthday bash, and Taylor was nowhere to be seen.

Swifty was at The Little Door, which is very close to The Nice Guy, where the party was held. Taylor and Kendall definitely run in the same squads -- they've hung out backstage at Taylor's shows -- but there were stories their friendship imploded over their relationships with Harry Styles.

It's interesting ... Gigi Hadid, one of Taylor's close friends, was at Kendall's party.

Casey Kasem's kids won a big battle with their dad's widow -- they're getting to cash a life insurance check that Jean Kasem tried to keep away from them ... TMZ has learned.

Casey's 4 kids, 3 from a previous marriage, and his widow had been fighting over who gets one of two $2 million life insurance policies he left behind after his death in June 2014. One for Jean, and the other for a trust in the kids' names.

But Jean pleaded with the insurer, MetLife, to hold off on paying the kids because she claimed they could have contributed to Casey's death. She wanted an investigation, and our Kasem family sources tell us the kids made a similar claim against Jean.

For its part, MetLife wanted a judge to decide who got the money.

The judge ruled in the kids' favor, saying the trustee is the sole and rightful beneficiary. Jean's $2 mil policy was never in dispute, though it's unclear if she's been paid yet.

The trash talking is over ... the speculation is over ... and now Jay Williams' reputation as a basketball player might be over ... 'cause the former NBA #2 pick LOST his bball bet with MTV star Andrew Schulz in embarrassingly epic fashion.

Jay and Andrew finally got the game poppin' in NYC Sunday night with Schulz's "Brilliant Idiots" co-host Charlamagne Tha God and ESPN's Amin Elhassan on hand to call the match up.

To jog your memory ... the two agreed to play to seven for $1k with Jay spotting Andrew 6 POINTS ... meaning Schulz only had to score once to beat the 2002 college player of the year.

Things started out great for Jay ... locking Andrew down on defense and scoring at will ... but Jay tried to get a little fancy when he got to game point, and everything went to hoops hell.

Congrats, Andrew ... we're all here for you, Jay.

Safe to say Warren Sapp probably won't be voting for Chris Christie ...

The NFL Hall of Famer and convicted domestic abuser decided to get political this morning -- lashing out at Christie, presumably reacting to comments CC made about the Black Lives Matter movement.

Over the weekend, Christie said the movement encouraged "lawlessness" -- adding, "I don't believe that movement should be justified when they are calling for the murder of police officers."

Enter Sapp ... who tweeted, "Fat Christie that's it just yell stupid stuff. Really how many get charged, damn prosecuted??"

Warren, fine if you wanna be critical -- but you really wanna fat shame? Really?

9:20 AM PT -- Miles addressed the alleged assault on his Instagram Monday morning saying, "Woke up this morning to more gossip, slander and lies ... I've never put my hands on anyone ..."

"Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood" star Miles Brock was arrested Halloween night after allegedly attacking ex-BF Milan Christopher who's also on the show.

Law enforcement tells us Milan went to NYPD cops Friday night, claiming he and Miles ended up at the same party, they started arguing and Miles slugged him in the face.

Milan filed a police report and the next night Milan tracked Miles down in Times Square, found a cop and pointed Miles out. The cop cuffed Miles and placed him under arrest for assault.

The smack talk between ex-NBA player Jay Williams and Andrew Schulz about their upcoming 1-on-1 game continues ... with Williams saying he's so confident he's willing to DOUBLE THE BET.

We got Williams and celebrity pastor Carl Lentz -- the guy who saved Justin Bieber's soul -- working out for the game in NYC when we asked him about Andrew saying he was too old and slow to win the game on Nov. 1st.

Williams then made a new proposal ... that the two men double their $500 bet to a cool $1k and give the money to one lucky Twitter fan of their choosing.

We also got video of Jay working out his game ... looks like he's still got it.

Okay, enough talking guys. Let's see this.

Meat Loaf lashed out at some critical fans, telling them, "You jerks can go f**** yourselves."

Meat was responding to a YouTube video in which he sang "I'd Do Anything For Love" at the Arizona State Fair. Some online trolls claimed the singer's pipes weren't up to par.

The "Bat Out of Hell" rock star was incredulous, saying, "You want me to sound like I'm 26 at 68, you are out of your mind. Does Elton sound like he does on Rocket man. Not a prayer."

He went on: "There is no auto tuned vocal in this show and screw you for saying such things. This show Rocks come see it before you make such stupid comments. Sorry I am singing my ass off!!"

Some of the haters apologized, and Meat not only accepted it, he offered the guy who shot the video upgraded seats for an upcoming performance, so he could shoot better video.

Seems Mark Cuban buried the hatchet with Clippers owner Steve Ballmer Thursday night ... 'cause last night, they were blowing kisses to each other on kiss cam.

Cuban and Ballmer were both at Staples Center for the first time their teas faced off since the infamous DeAndre Jordan incident over the summer ... where D.A. backed out of a deal with the Mavs and re-signed with the Clips.

You knew there was gonna be tension between the owners ... but nothing a little smoochie smooch couldn't fix, as captured by our friends at BSO.

Mark Cuban tells TMZ Sports ... he will DEFINITELY be in the Staples Center Thursday night when his Mavs take on the Clippers ... more than 3 months after the infamous DeAndre Jordan flip flop incident.

You know the backstory ... Jordan made a handshake deal with the Mavs over the summer (4 years, $80 mil) only to back out and re-sign with the Clippers.

Cuban was clearly pissed about the situation -- but says he got over it -- and DeAndre eventually issued a public apology to Mark.

Still, you KNOW how bad Cuban wants to win this game tonight.

We also asked Cuban if he had any plans to speak with DeAndre -- his response? Nope.

Jay Williams might be in some trouble ... cause "Guy Code" star Andrew Schulz says he's got a secret weapon to defeat the ex-NBA player in their 1-on-1 game ... a CURRENT NBA player.

Andrew and his "Brilliant Idiots" co-host Charlamagne Tha God were out in NYC when we had to ask about the big game he has coming up with the former NBA stud on Sunday.

Schulz only has to score once to beat Jay -- which Charlamagne thinks won't happen -- but Andrew says he's supremely confident 'cause of a little advice from one of Jay's old college rivals ... Pistons guard Steve Blake.

Andrew says Blake can give him the blueprint to stopping Williams ... from the days when Steve's Maryland team used to battle it out with Williams' Duke squad in college.

Check out the clip -- Andrew is the very definition of doubling down ... once again reiterating that Williams is too old, too hurt, and too mentally fragile to keep him from scoring.

Tyson Beckford ain't forgiving and he DAMN sure isn't forgetting that Chris Brown threatened to break his legs -- and he just made that crystal clear.

We got Tyson at LAX Wednesday morning on his way outta town, and we asked if he and Chris were cool now. After all ... it's been 5 months since Chris got heated about Tyson and Karrueche Tran hanging out together in Vegas.

You gotta see how TB's face changes -- he's definitely not amused by Chris' antics or the possibility of reconciliation.

They're both scary Irish guys ... but WWE superstar Sheamus says there's no question he'd dominate Connor McGregor in a real fight because, "I can kick anybody's ass."

Sheamus would definitely have the size advantage -- he's 6'4" and 267 lbs ... while Conor's 5'9" and 145 lbs.

Still, Conor is Conor ... violent.

There's more ... since Sheamus is especially proud of his drinking ability, we asked how many Guinnesses he could take down in one sitting.

"I lose count after about 15."

DRINKING FUN FACT -- Andre the Giant once claimed he put down 117 beers in 1 night (kids, don't try this at home).

Ex-NBA stud Jay Williams has found a reason to come back to basketball ... to shut the mouth of "Guy Code" star Andrew Schulz who dared to challenge the former #2 pick to a game of 1-on-1.

This all started after Schulz claimed he could "put seven points" on Williams when Jay was a guest on "The Brilliant Idiots" podcast last month ... a show Schulz co-hosts with Charlamagne Tha God.

Jay took that as a challenge ... and immediately agreed to a 1-on-1 game to 7 points for $500. In fact, Jay's so confident, HE'S SPOTTING ANDREW 6 POINTS!!

If you think it's a joke YOU'RE WRONG. This game is happening in NYC on November 1st ... and when we spoke with both men about the hoops battle ... EPIC SMACK TALK occurred.

Andrew: "He's about to to get it. I'm willing to do whatever I have to do to win. I'll yell out the name of the motorcycle he crashed while he's shooting to throw him off. Whatever I gotta do, I have nothing to lose."

"I played ball in high school, plus the dude has a drop foot. I know I can get one bucket off him. Saying I won't score one is where he f**ked up."

Jay: "I'm serious. Let's hoop for real. People think I can't play anymore. I might not be able to chase around Kyrie and Chris Paul on back to back nights, but this is easy."

"I been trying to make this happen since he first opened his mouth. He made excuses like his ankle was sore yet I'm the one that's had 13 SURGERIES. He's scared."

It's on.

Drake turns 29-years-old today and if there's one person who knows that ... it's Meek Mill.

Drizzy's fans have pummeled Meek's Instagram page all day Saturday with birthday shout-outs to the self-proclaimed King of Toronto. In fact, they've commented about Drake's Bday on every post Meek has put up in the last week ... that's 45 pictures.

However, it's safe to say Drake won't be expecting any gifts from Meek this year.

Demi Lovato unceremoniously dumped Adam Lambert as the opening act for her world tour, and is replacing him with Nick Jonas, TMZ has learned ... and Adam is real upset.

Our sources say Demi's people locked in Adam to join her on tour and they were working out details like lighting, billing, etc. Demi and Adam had agreed on the essential terms, including money.

Demi and Nick are repped by the same manager and we're told the manager wanted to place Nick in a tour, because he's hot now and didn't have one, so he convinced Demi to dump Adam for Jonas.

Demi was supposed to announce the tour last week but delayed it ... and now we know why.

We're told Adam feels betrayed and angry words were exchanged between the 2 camps.

An Adam source called the switch "very unprofessional and unethical."