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Britney Spears' team has taken the first step toward ending the conservatorship, TMZ has learned ... but it's by no means a done deal.

Sources tell us lawyers and others connected with the case have been meeting ... evaluating Britney's progress with the goal of ending the conservatorship. As we first reported, Britney's dad, Jamie Spears, wanted to wait until her tour ended before making the big move, but it's something he wants for his daughter only when the time is right.

We know there have been several lengthy meetings recently between the lawyers and the court commissioner in the commissioner's chambers.

Jamie and the lawyers will not make the decision to end the conservatorship. They will weigh in, but the person with all the influence is the "capacity expert" -- a psychiatrist who was appointed by the court. The capacity expert will do a thorough evaluation and submit it to the commissioner.

We're told one of the fears Jamie has ... Sam Lutfi, a guy Jamie thinks is still a threat to Britney if she allows him back in her life. He's got that right.

There are actually two conservatorships -- one over Britney, the person, and the other over Britney's business affairs. We're told the business conservatorship will likely continue. The issue on the table is whether to end the conservatorship over Britney, the person. Again, no decisions have been made, but it's all moving in that direction.

Bryon Bell, President of Tiger Woods Design, is tying the knot next weekend in South Carolina. We're told Bryon picked Tiger as best man, which makes sense. Aside from their friendship, Bryon booked and paid for a trip so alleged mistress Rachel Uchitel could secretly rendezvous with Tiger last month in Australia.

Tiger has been in hiding since the day after Thanksgiving, but if he emerges anytime soon -- it could be for his best friend's wedding.

Stay tuned.

The baronial beneficiary of the Tiger Woods saga -- the owner of an 11,229 sq. ft., 5 bedroom, 7.5 bathroom house around the bend from the golfer's mansion in Windermere, FL.

The realtor who listed the $9.8 million estate tells TMZ there's been a lot more action on the house in the past week.

A word of advice for prospective buyers -- don't invest in expensive perimeter shrubs.

One bar -- Blue Martini -- is a ritzy bar where Tiger spent many a night in the VIP lounge. People who work there say Woods -- who's a regular -- is really friendly with the waitresses and frequently hangs in the lounge with lots of women.

We called Blue Martini to ask if Tiger had been there the evening of the accident. The woman who answered said, "Alcohol was not a factor" and hung up.

And there's another local haunt -- 23 -- which Woods frequented so much managers called a section of the lounge "The Tiger Room," a private section of 23.

The waitress says Tiger's tab usually runs around $1,500 a night.

TMZ has obtained legal documents, in which the wrestler accuses Linda of stripping his home of all sorts of valuable stuff when she moved out -- including chandeliers, a tanning bed, a wine rack, fixtures, bathtubs, speakers ... and most importantly, "the wooden antique toilet seat from the guest house."

In the docs, Hulk claims Linda's alleged pillaging left the home in such a bad state, that Hulk refuses to let his realtor show the place to potential buyers ... so they can sell it and move on.

A man without his beloved toilet seat is not really a man at all.

Ashley Madison (the actress) is suing Ashley Madison (a website for people who want to have affairs) claiming the site is using her name and likeness without her permission -- and destroying her reputation in the process.

There isn't a single picture of Ashley Madison on AshleyMadison.com, but there are a few on AshleyMadisonBio.com -- a site the actress claims is connected to the infidelity encouragers.

In the suit, the actress claims she wants the site to stop using her name ASAP ... because frankly, she feels cheated.

A carpenter claims he fell head over heels for Barbra Streisand -- hard -- and now he's suing her for the injuries he allegedly sustained on the way down.

A guy named Daniel Ortiz claims he was hired as a carpenter to work on Streisand's home in Malibu, CA back in 2007. Ortiz claims he took a nasty spill into a ditch while working and badly injured himself -- and claims "negligence" on behalf of Streisand and the people she hired to handle the construction.

According to the lawsuit filed Wednesday in L.A. Superior Court, Streisand "failed to take steps to either make the dangerous condition safe or warn [Ortiz]" of the ditch -- which he fell into while exiting an on-site trailer.

Ortiz claims the accident caused him "humiliation, fear, discomfort, anxiety, loss of enjoyment of life, mental anguish, and emotional and physical distress."

Ortiz wants money for damages -- call it a last ditch effort.

Another woman is coming forward claiming she had a long-term affair with Tiger Woods ... and to prove she means business, she's already hired herself a lawyer.

TMZ has learned the alleged mistress -- that's number four on your scorecards -- claims this relationship didn't originate in Vegas, it started near Tiger's home in Orlando.

The woman -- a former VIP cocktail server (sounds familiar) -- has hired Orlando attorney Michael O'Quinn to address the media with her story very soon.

We're told the woman claims she began having the alleged affair with Tiger back in 2004 -- when she was 20-years-old -- and insists the affair lasted for more than two years.

Stay tuned ...

TMZ has learned multiple Burger King restaurants across the country are reporting life-size promotional posters of Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson are being ripped right off the BK windows in broad daylight ... horrible time for a vampire.

So far, the interstate theft has affected BKs in Maine, Delaware and Montana. One Burger King rep tell us, "The girls just walk up in the middle of the day ... rip off the posters and run ... we've had to replace them over and over."

TMZ went to the BK web page while researching this story ... and totally got distracted by the Subservient Chicken thing. FYI -- you can totally make him pee on the couch.

Ron Livingston -- the guy who played Peter in "Office Space" -- is sick and tired of someone constantly changing his Wikipedia page to say he's in a gay relationship ... and now he's suing to make the rumors stop.

Ron -- who married a woman earlier this year -- claims some mystery Internet bandit began relentlessly changing his Wiki page to say he's in a relationship with a man named Lee Dennison ... a claim Livingston says is completely false and "malicious."

According to the lawsuit, filed yesterday in L.A. County Superior Court, the Wiki-hacking began back in May -- and every time Ron's reps remove the false info from his Wiki page ... the bandit "changes them back almost immediately."

And it gets better: Ron believes the perp also created fake Facebook profiles for himself and Lee, and both pages claim the two are "In a relationship" with each other.

Livingston is suing for libel, invasion of privacy and for using his name and likeness without his permission. Damages haven't been specified.

Multiple police cars rolled out to the home of music legend Paul Anka Thursday morning after cops received two 911 calls about a domestic dispute between Paul and his wife Anna.

According to law enforcement, 2 calls came in from the couple's mansion in Thousand Oaks, California around 7:49 AM.

When cops arrived to the home, they reported no visible injuries -- and no arrests were made. But according to Paul, there was one hell of a stand-off.

TMZ spoke to Anka, who told us the couple has been having "escalating" problems for months and he's been staying at a hotel. Anka says on the day of the incident, he had rolled by the house to take the couple's kids to school, when he and his wife began arguing over the maid -- who Anna had fired the day before.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Anna called 911 and told them she was afraid because Paul had pulled a gun on her during an argument the night before. But Paul says his whole house is under video surveillance, and when officers arrived, he played the tape -- which showed no such incident. Cops took a report -- but no arrests were made.

Hours later, Paul filed for divorce in L.A. County Superior Court.

The Ankas are no strangers to domestic disputes -- around the same time last year Anna was arrested for felony domestic battery after she allegedly threw a piece of ice at Paul ... and split his head open. Paul eventually forgave his wife and refused to press charges.

The alleged victim claims around 1:00 AM, she walked up to Lamar outside of club Playhouse and told him he was "too young to be married," when Khloe suddenly "pushed me and hit me." The alleged victim immediately called police.

Cops quickly arrived to the scene, and law enforcement sources tell us they interviewed Khloe, Lamar and multiple witnesses -- but no evidence was found that a crime was committed.

We're told an incident report was taken -- but cops left the scene without making any arrests.

We spoke to multiple people connected to the 21-and-over Club LIV at the Fontainebleau hotel -- including a manager, an owner and a rep -- who all told us Miley and her posse showed up to party at the hotspot like they were adults.

They all told us Miley was turned away at the door because she obviously didn't meet the age requirement ... despite the fact that she has the voice of an 81-year-old chain smoker.

Miley's rep tells us this didn't happen ... even though it wouldn't be the 17-year-old singer's first time at a bar.

The photo of Miley we used for this post is of her leaving the Fontainebleau hotel on Thursday.

Domino's just delivered a major blow to the reality show, instructing their media buyers to pull all Domino's commercials from future episodes.

A rep for the pizza giant tells TMZ, "The content of this particular program is not right for Domino's Pizza."

The announcement could mean a huge advertising opportunity for anyone selling hair gel, vodka, self-tanning products, steroids, hair-removal products, eye-liner, more hair gel, breast enhancements, cologne, energy drinks, Affliction t-shirts, fake nails and even more hair gel.

UPDATE: A rep for MTV tells us: "Jersey Shore" may not be for every sponsor or advertiser and we understand that."

About 3 minutes into the call, which came in at 2:17 PM local time, a man tells the 911 operator, "We're having a problem with Katt Williams ... and we need someone to come out here now."

The caller then explains, "They pulled out a shotgun and stuff like this."

The operator replied, "He pulled out a shotgun?"

The caller responds, "Yes Ma'am."

As TMZ first reported, Williams along with several other men from his "entourage" were arrested in the Walmart parking lot and transported to a local jail.

So far, no word on what charges, if any, Williams is facing.

UPDATE: After cops arrived, we're told someone at the scene complained of chest pains and was transported to a local hospital.

TMZ has learned comedian Katt Williams was arrested moments ago in Georgia -- and is currently being transported to a Coweta County jail.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ that Katt and "several" members of his "entourage" were involved in some sort of incident just a few hours ago.

Several sources tell TMZ Williams was arrested in the parking lot of a local Walmart after an incident involving another "crew."

We're told six squad cars were called to the scene and cops rounded up roughly a dozen men -- including Williams.

No word on what he's being booked for yet.

Story developing...