Humor

EVERYBODY loves watching people fall down ... even Hilary Duff ... who couldn't help but smile last night when a paparazzo lost his footing and ate it HARD ... and it was all caught on tape.

Duff was leaving Aventine in Hollywood when an overzealous and underbalanced photog tried to get in position for a shot ... and wound up flat on his back.

You gotta see Hilary's post-fall commentary, which included gems like ... "exciting" and "pretty awesome."

Legendary songwriter Diane Warren -- who wrote pretty much every hit song you've ever heard -- tells TMZ, it took her 56 years to reach the highest point of her career ... when Snoop Dogg got her blitzed out of her mind on some serious sticky icky.

Diane -- whose hits include Toni Braxton's "Unbreak My Heart" and Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" -- recently wrote Snoop's new song "The Good Good" ... and when they recorded it at the studio, Diane says they got high as kites together.

The best part of the video is when Diane's friends tell her not to talk about the weed session on camera ... and she blows 'em off saying -- "I don't care, I'm not running for office. I don't give a f**k."

It's pretty hilarious ... Diane's got a great sense of humor ... watch the clip.

Kim Kardashian's mini-me gave birth this weekend -- LIVE on stage -- complete with Mini Kanye and even a mini-baby ... yes, that's possible.

Just hours after the real Kim gave birth ... Mini Kim pretended to pinch out a baby of her own during Beacher's Madhouse at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood Saturday night.

The lil cast included a little person playing lil K&K's baby girl -- and the real Kim K's real BFF, Jonathan Cheban, just happened to be in attendance to deliver the kid.

Mini mazel.

Jonah Hill is taking a page out of the George Clooney scrotum-grooming manual -- telling TMZ, he'd totally consider getting his ball bag ironed out to remove the wrinkles.

A little background ... Clooney's joked over the years that he'd gotten some unique cosmetic work done: "I did get my balls done ... I got them unwrinkled. It's the new thing in Hollywood -- ball ironing."

Clooney was obviously kidding ... but the comment JUST inspired a real-life cosmetic procedure called "Tighten the Tackle," which uses a real laser to tighten up excessively loose scrotal skin. (Note: scrotal skin is supposed to be loose)

Andy Richter says "two drunks" slammed into his car last night while it was parked in front of his L.A. home ... and the funnyman says it happens so frequently, he's MOVING.

The "Conan" sidekick posted a photo of the wreckage on Twitter -- writing, "Two drunks totalled my car while it was parked in front of my house tonight."

"We live on a busy street. We have for 11 years. We grew tired of this, and bought a house on a quiet street."

He continued, "Our old house goes on the market in just a few days. We are moving in three weeks."

Richter referred to last night's collision as a "kiss goodbye."

We've reached out to cops and Richter for more details ... no word back.

Despite all the craziness ... and the wigs ... and the legal drama, David Spade says he still sees Amanda Bynes for who she really is -- a hot piece of ass.

Spade was hangin' at The Improv last night with his "Grown Ups 2" co-star Nick Swardson -- when Dave dropped some serious truth bombs about the ongoing Bynes saga.

"I'm scared of Amanda Bynes," Spade said ... joking that she'll call him "ugly" on Twitter if he says anything unflattering about her.

But Spade did rank Amanda's hotness -- and it's obvious, he's a fan.

"If you cut out all the 'stuff,' ... she's technically, for all intents and purposes, very pretty -- but I think she's getting in her own way."

It's almost incomprehensible ... James Woods' infamous "OOH A PIECE OF CANDY" joke on "Family Guy" was nearly a bust ... because he tells TMZ, he didn't think it was all that funny when he did it ... at first.

Woods -- who said he loved playing himself on FG "more than anything you can imagine" -- tells us, the joke just didn't make any sense ... and then it occurred to him ... that was kinda the point.

And the candy joke is just the tip of the iceberg ... Woods says some of the stuff that went on backstage with Seth MacFarlane should've landed him in jail.

Check out the -- OOH A PIECE OF CANDY!

Ladies and gentlemen, can we please have your attention. We've just been handed an urgent and horrifying news story. We need all of you, to stop what you're doing and listen.

ANCHORMAN IS BACK!!!!!!!!!

Will Ferrell was seen on set today for the first time in his patented mustache and blazer as shooting in New Orleans continued for the HIGHLY anticipated movie "Anchorman 2."

Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell and David Koechner all return ... with Kristen Wiig and Harrison Ford (yes, really) among the newcomers.

To whoever stole $300,000 worth of wiring from the Atlanta set of "Anchorman 2" ...

You should probably find yourself a safe house or a relative close by ... lay low for a while ... because you're probably wanted for burglary.

Cops in ATL are on the hunt for the scumbag (or scumbags) who broke into a warehouse that's being used as a set for "Anchorman 2" late last month and made off with $300k of wire and some computers.

According to police, the burglary is just the latest in a string of break-ins in the area.

So far, no arrests have been made.

After years of HATING EACH OTHER'S GUTS -- Tom Arnold says he made a last minute appearance at Comedy Central's roast of Roseanne last weekend ... to bury the hatchet once and for all.

TMZ broke the story ... A few weeks ago Tom was adamant he wanted nothing to do with the CC bash ... not surprising since he and Rosey had a notoriously nasty split back in 1994.

But a producer for the show tells TMZ ... Tom initially turned down his invitation to participate in the "Roast" ... but had a change of heart at the very last second and contacted producers to let them know he changed his mind.

We're told producers were on board, but had to get the green light from Roseanne first ... and in another shocking turn of events, she said yes.

The best part ... we're told after Tom roasted her, the pair shared a private moment backstage for the FIRST TIME IN 17 YEARS.

In case you're curious, here's one of Tom's "jokes" that helped settle their long-time beef:

"She may not be the perfect wife, but she is literally the worst f-ing EX-WIFE on the planet ... trust me."

Russell Brand's new TV show isn't getting much support from the graffiti community.

Some clever vandal -- who clearly isn't a fan of Russell's new late night talk show "Brand X" -- decided to tag a billboard for the show on Sunset Blvd. with a special spray-painted diss ... involving Russell's estranged wife Katy Perry.

It's pretty funny ... and it pretty much speaks for itself ... so we gotta ask ...

The brainchild behind the porn parody, "Not the Three Stooges XXX" has been threatened by the guy behind the PG version that was released Friday -- to either put the brakes on the porn, or else.

Robert Benjamin, Executive VP and General Counsel of C3 Entertainment which produced the PG movie, fired off a letter -- obtained by TMZ -- to the lawyer for the triple X version, claiming the "low budget, clearly pornographic film" is not protected as a parody under the First Amendment.

But Michael Fattorosi, the XXX lawyer fired his own letter back -- which we also got -- claiming the only way Benjamin could stop him is with a proper trademark, and Fattorosi says the only Three Stooges trademark Benjamin owns is for Three Stooges bottled beer.

But even more basic -- Fattorosi lectures Benjamin on the fact that a parody is protected as free speech.

The PG movie came in second last weekend, pulling in $17 mil.

Unsatisfied with the flying shrimp tails ... the flaming onion volcano ... and the palpitating fried rice ... Tracy Morgan hit up a Benihana in NYC recently ... and SANG HIS FACE OFF!!!!

It all went down Thursday night ... when the "30 Rock" star decided to lead his hibachi table-mates in a rendition of the Meatloaf classic, "I Would Do Anything For Love" ... and it was AWESOME!!!!

Back in 1990, an aspiring comic named Norm Macdonald appeared on "Star Search" ... and LOST to a Liberian comic named "The Bushman" ... who sorta fell off the radar ... until last night!

Here's the story -- one of our photogs called up an L.A. cleaning service to work on his apartment (lazy bastard) ... but he kinda sorta recognized the guy who showed up to carry out the job.

Turns out ... the guy doing the cleaning is The Bushman -- real name Lahai Fahnbulleh ... and cleaning is now his part-time job.

Bushman told us he still does comedy ... along with his cleaning biz ... and he also takes nanny jobs.

And while Bushman still hopes he can eventually perform with Macdonald again ... dude tells us he's 100% focused on his new career ... "I'm waiting to come and clean again ... that's my job."