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The man who attacked Dave Chappelle onstage at the Hollywood Bowl in 2022 is now suing the venue and its associated security ... alleging they allowed this whole debacle to unfold.

According to new legal docs obtained by TMZ ... Isaiah Lee -- who makes a point of saying he identifies as bisexual and has experienced homelessness in his filing -- says he rushed the stage to tackle Dave as a protest against jokes he made during the evening.

Lee says the venue's security team brutally beat him after he tackled Chappelle, allegedly spitting on him and dislocating his elbow purposefully ... and, he claims, the team allowed Chappelle's entourage to whoop on him as well.

Jeezy is firing back at his estranged wife, Jeannie Mai, whom he claims is out to smear him just because he didn't wanna have a second kid with her ... alleging she's out for revenge.

The rapper filed new legal docs in his divorce case with Jeannie, and he's offering up a firm defense to Jeannie's bombshell claims from last week -- in which she alleged Jeezy was reckless and abusive ... and that he'd gotten physical on at least one occasion.

Here in this new paperwork, obtained by TMZ, Jeezy once again denies any such notion -- just like he did when she first leveled the claims -- and asks a rhetorical question ... if I was so dangerous and abusive, why were you trying to have another baby with me???

Channing Tatum wants a judge to hear all of the issues in his divorce from Jenna Dewan in one trial ... instead of splitting up the case like she wants.

According to documents obtained by TMZ ... Tatum's asking a judge to deny Jenna's request to bifurcate the case -- which, in essence, would split the issues into 2 trials. Instead, Channing wants to keep it all wrapped up in one.

CT's argument's pretty simple here ... he's saying the issues should be consolidated, unless splitting them up would expedite the proceedings, and he thinks Jenna's trying to do the exact opposite.

Tom Skerritt has no interest in seeing the latest "Alien" sequel -- instead, he's keeping his streak going of passing on all the movies after the OG, because he says they can't compete.

The actor -- who played Capt. Dallas in the original 1979 sci-fi classic -- talked to TMZ ahead of its 45th anniversary, and says he was well aware while making the Ridley Scott film that it was going to be a classic ... and that's partly why he hasn't seen ANY of the others.

He tells us he also figured the studio -- seeing huge dollar signs -- would order up lots of sequels (8 to be exact) which include crossovers...  and the upcoming "Alien: Romulus."

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is scratching her head over Sunny Hostin's decision to blast her on national TV -- especially since they were friendly in the past ... an about-face, it seems.

Gypsy tells TMZ ... she finds Sunny's harsh criticism about her on Friday's episode of "The View" -- where SH continuously said Gypsy had "murdered" her mom and questioned how any man could fall in love with her -- surprising ... 'cause she says Sunny was nice when they met.

She adds ... "Her comments are weird because she was so nice to me on 'The View.' She was so understanding and sweet and wished me nothing but the best. Everyone was so supportive. I wonder why she turned on me." Gypsy was on "The View" back in January.

Los tres perros que se dieron a la fuga esta semana en Filadelfia después de mutilar a un hombre en la calle han sido parcialmente encontrados y su dueño también ha sido multado por la policía.

La policía de Filadelfia le dice a TMZ que dos de los tres pitbulls que participaron en el ataque del miércoles fueron localizados en las últimas 24 horas y que uno sigue con el paradero desconocido. Se hallaron lesiones en los dos perros encontrados.

Nos dicen que uno de los perros fue recogido por un civil después del incidente y devuelto a su dueño, y los policías dicen que parecía tener una herida por mordedura en la espalda.

Aaron Rodgers' awesome offseason kept right on rolling on Friday ... as he seemed to have a helluva time at Churchill Downs, smokin' stogies and hanging out with his good pal, Davante Adams!

The New York Jets superstar hit up the venerable race track in Louisville for the Kentucky Oaks one day before the Kentucky Derby went down ... and he looked like he was having a blast.

He was spotted enjoying a cigar -- and chatting it up with a bunch of famous people ... including Adams, who he was teammates with in Green Bay for nearly a decade.

The three dogs that made a run for it this week in Philadelphia after mauling a man in the street have been partially recovered -- and their owner has been dinged by cops as well.

Philly PD tells TMZ that two of the three pit bulls that were involved in Wednesday's attack were located over the past 24 hours or so ... and that one remains unaccounted for. As it turns out, the 2 pooches who were found actually ended up having injuries on them too.

We're told one of the dogs got picked up by a civilian after the incident and it was returned to the owner -- and cops say it appeared to have a bite wound on its back.

John Leguizamo might not remember Patrick Swayze fondly all these years later -- but he might be pleased to know the feeling was mutual ... so says PS' brother.

We spoke to the late actor's sibling, Sean, who tells TMZ ... he actually recalls having a conversation with Pat on the heels of them wrapping production for their 1995 film 'To Wong Foo' -- in which Patrick and John both starred as drag queens.

According to Sean ... Patrick relayed to him that he found JL to be a difficult person, that he had an attitude and they butted heads a lot on set ... so that part of John's story's confirmed.

Las peleas entre Britney Spears y su actual novio Paul Soliz no comenzaron el miércoles en el hotel Chateau Marmont en Sunset Strip, nos dicen que hay un historial de conflictos.

Fuentes familiarizadas con el tema le dicen a TMZ que Britney y Paul estuvieron en el Wynn Las Vegas la última semana de diciembre y tuvieron una pelea tan fuerte que cuando dejaron de discutir la pieza del hotel estaba destrozada. Nos dicen que Britney terminó pagando decenas de miles de dólares al hotel para cubrir los daños.

Lo que es más, durante el viaje Paul habría manejado y dañado su Mercedes, nos dicen.

Britney Spears and her current boyfriend Paul Soliz didn't start fighting Wednesday at the Chateau Marmont hotel on the Sunset Strip ... we're told there's a history of conflict.

Sources familiar tell TMZ ... Britney and Paul were at the Wynn Las Vegas the last week of December, and we're told they got in an intense fight that was so bad ... when it was over their hotel room was trashed. We're told Britney ended up paying the hotel tens of thousands of dollars to cover the damage.

What's more ... during the trip, we're told Paul was driving and damaged her Mercedes.

El hombre que escribió "Volver al Futuro" dice que es un engaño el video de un hombre que afirma haber capturado a un viajero en el tiempo en la vida real, y todo se reduce a la logística de romper el espacio-tiempo continuo.

Bob Gale, quien escribió los guiones de la trilogía de los 80, dice a TMZ que es hora de frenar la teoría de Alec Schaal de que atrapó a un tipo que habría viajado en el tiempo luego de entrar en su cobertizo y supuestamente haber salido mucho más viejo.

En su opinión como experto, su lógica simplemente no tiene sentido con los viajes en el tiempo reales, algo con lo que está familiarizado.

The guy who wrote "Back to the Future" calls BS on a video claiming to have captured a real-life time traveler ... and it boils down to the logistics of breaking the space-time continuum.

Bob Gale -- who penned the scripts to the beloved '80s trilogy -- tells TMZ ... it's time to slam on the DeLorean brakes on Alec Schaal's theory that he caught a dude who actually time-traveled by popping into his shed ... and supposedly emerged way older.

In his (movie) expert opinion ... the logic simply doesn't add up to real time travel, as he's familiar with it, which is why he thinks this whole damn thing is a hoax.

Ryan Reynolds está doblando su inversión en el mundo del deporte, y es en gran parte debido a los fans de sus 2 mayores franquicias... TMZ ha indagado.

La firma del actor -Maximum Effort- anunció el jueves que está gastando a lo grande para convertirse en uno de los principales inversores en Homage, una empresa de ropa deportiva con una especialidad en atuendos de estilo vintage.

Fuentes con conocimiento directo nos dicen que el actor está encantado con la nueva adición a su cartera debido a sus experiencias con el club de fútbol Inglés y las películas de "Deadpool".

Britney Spears se metió en una pelea enorme con su novio la noche del miércoles, y terminó fuera de control, llorando, posiblemente cortada, y casi llevada a una ambulancia... TMZ ha indagado.

Britney llegó al Chateau Marmont el miércoles por la noche con su novio Paul Soliz. Hubo algún tipo de disturbio y alguien llamó a la policía, alegando que una mujer que coincide con la descripción de Britney estaba acosando y amenazando a los empleados del hotel y los huéspedes. Los oficiales se presentaron poco después de las 10:30 PM, pero no vieron signos de problemas y se fueron.

Nos dicen que Britney y Paul se retiraron a una habitación de hotel alrededor de las 11 PM donde continuaron de fiesta y bebiendo. Mientras estaban en la habitación terminaron teniendo un gran altercado que se volvió físico -según las fuentes- y Britney podría haberse hecho daño en la pierna.

President Biden's got a nice chunk o' change for his campaign war chest after visiting Los Angeles, but it did the opposite for the city ... draining millions from the budget.

According to documents, obtained by TMZ, additional LAPD staffing costs to keep POTUS secure during his December trip, cost L.A. just north of $2.6 million ... with much of it going toward the boots on the ground.

The biggest cost, by far, is the $1,833,818.07 paid out to regular police officers -- the cops who blocked off roads and provided security for events. The next biggest expense was salaries for sergeants and detective supervisors ... which totaled $540,720.22.