Money

8:18 AM PT Rihanna's rep tells us the singer paid the bill in full, and the allegation that there's an outstanding balance is "completely false."

Rihanna sent her grandma out in grand style ... and now the funeral company has sent her a lawsuit.

Clara Brathwaite died in June, 2012. Her body was sent to Barbados for burial, and Rihanna wanted a party, complete with tents, multi-media large screens, huge exotic floral arrangements -- the whole kit and caboodle.

But parties/funerals come at a price ... and the company that threw grandma's final shindig claims the grand total was more than $150,000, and Rihanna paid only about a quarter of that and refused to pay more.

The lawsuit claims Rihanna claimed the bill was exorbitant and she refused to pay the balance. The funeral home claims Rihanna's demands came at a hefty price.

So far no comment from Rihanna's camp.

"Big Brother's" got nothin' on Tyga -- 'cause the rapper says he's no fan of "gay ass" stuff.

The comments came flying out of Tyga's mouth outside Supperclub in Hollywood this week ... when a TMZ photog tried to ask the "Make It Nasty" rapper about the two $10 million lawsuits he's facing from some ladies who say their nipples were exposed in a Tyga music video.

At first, Tyga addressed the question -- saying, "Look at my car. Do I look like I care about a lawsuit, bruh??"

Then, he unleashed the insults on our photog -- "What you got a camera for? That's gay as s**t."

He continued, "You got a CAMERA on a n**ga ... go in [the club] and get some bitches."

When our guy explained that he was doing his job, Tyga shot back -- "That's a gay ass job."

Kim Kardashian's ex-stepmom Ellen Kardashian has just sued Kris Jenner and the Kardashian sisters for defamation, claiming the K-fam is on a mission to make her look like a bitter gold digger -- when they're the ones who should be ashamed of themselves.

Ellen filed the suit against Kris, Kim, Khloe, Kourtney, Rob, and even Ryan Seacrest Productions -- insisting the girls and "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" producers attempted to ensnare her in a recent plot line on the show, involving a private investigator attempting to hawk damaging information about the Kardashians.

According to the lawsuit, the investigator attempted to sell the information to Ellen -- in order to make her look like some kind of black mailing scumbag -- but Ellen refused to take the bait.

Ellen says the Kardashians trashed her on the show anyway, making up lies about her to fit their anti-Ellen agenda, such as accusing Ellen of marrying Kim's dad Robert Kardashian for his money -- and Ellen's lawsuit gets downright nasty.

Ellen -- who was married to Robert Kardashian before he died -- calls Kris Jenner a "manipulative and devious mother and ex-wife who simply used and exploited her children." She also calls the family's careers meaningless.

FYI, the feud between Ellen and the Kardashians has been raging for years ... it's nothing new.

Ellen is suing for unspecified damages. Calls to the Kardashians weren't returned.

Major League Baseball put roughly 2,000 people to work during All-Star weekend in NYC last month and illegally paid them with giveaway items like shirts and hats INSTEAD of cash, so says a new lawsuit.

One of the "volunteers" who worked the event has filed the suit against MLB -- claiming the organization broke the law by failing to pay the "volunteers" actual wages for doing real jobs.

In the suit, John Chen says he worked 17 hours in 4 days at the All-Star Weekend festival -- doing everything from stamping wrists to stuffing flyers into bags and even filing paperwork ... all assignments that would otherwise have to be done by paid employees.

Chen says at the end of the event, he was compensated with a shirt, cap, cinch drawstring backpack, free admission to the FanFest for himself and a guest, a water bottle and a baseball.

Basically, Chen believes the concept of a "volunteer" workforce violates federal and state labor laws -- and the "volunteers" should be paid at least minimum wage ... which, in NY, is $7.25 per hour.

Furthermore, Chen points out that MLB made a killing during the event -- charging $35 per adult ticket, $5 for a bag of chips and $7.50 for lemonade.

Chen is seeking a judgement forcing MLB to end the volunteer work program ASAP -- and pay volunteers who worked at FanFest events dating back to the 2007 All-Star Weekend.

Chen released a statement saying, "I very much enjoyed working at FanFest, but the minimum wage laws are important. People who cannot afford to work for free should be able to have the same experience I had."

A rep for MLB tells us, “We don’t comment on pending litigations."

The production company that owns the legendary, XXX movie, "Deep Throat" is suing the producers of the new movie "Lovelace" ... trying to block its release -- no pun intended.

Arrow Productions -- which owns the copyright to the most famous porn flick ever -- is crying foul play because "Lovelace" includes 3 scenes from the seminal skin flick -- no pun intended.

According to the lawsuit -- obtained by TMZ -- Arrow originally allowed producers of a similar film called "Inferno" to use scenes from the porn. Problem was -- funding for "Inferno" dried up. That's when the plan for "Lovelace" was hatched, but Arrow says it didn't give permission for that project.

Evidence Octomom scammed tax payers is growing faster than Lauren Silverman's belly ... after authorities turned up more proof of possible welfare fraud ... thanks to pay stubs from her masturbation porn.

TMZ broke the story ... the L.A. County of Welfare and Fraud Dept opened an investigation against Octo -- seizing her financial records -- and determined she'd been overpaid $15,683 in welfare funds from Jan to May of 2013.

Now the evidence has grown ... authorities seized payment records from Wicked -- the company that hawked Octo's masturbation porn -- and uncovered Octo's hefty XXX residuals:

January -- $1,839.74
February -- $2,537.27
March -- $1,807.97
April -- $7,381.99 (Easter gifts?)
May -- $3,026.67
June -- $1,295.37

6-month total: $17,889.01 (Again, these are residuals).

The discovery adds fuel to the fire ... that Octo is a welfare cheat.

Whatever skeletons are in Lady Gaga's closet will stay there -- after a judge agreed to have sensitive info filed under seal ... info which the pop star says would seriously damage her career.

TMZ broke the story ... Gaga begged the court earlier this year to seal documents in a lawsuit between her former BF/producer Rob Fusari and former friend Wendy Starland ... documents that have not yet been filed but Gaga knows are coming.

Gaga felt the information could harm her ... by exposing details of a financial settlement she made with Fusari YEARS ago, in addition to other sensitive personal info.

A NY judge has sided with Gaga and ordered the docs sealed, pointing out that both Gaga and Rob want the info under wraps. So it's pretty obvious ... Wendy's the one with the damaging info.

The judge made it clear -- the information could definitely "seriously injure" Gaga.

Ben Stiller: I milked a cat once ...you can milk anything with nipples.
Robert DeNiro: I have nipples Greg could you milk me?

Probably not. You also can't milk the U.S. Government ... which just slapped "Meet the Parents" star Teri Polo with a chunky tax lien ... to the tune of $122,000.

Uncle Sam filed the lien earlier this year against the actress -- who played Ben Stiller's wife Pam Focker in all 257 "MTP" sequels.

According to docs, Teri still owes taxes from 2011: a cool $122,929.07

Teri apparently made a killing that year ... starring in a TV series called "Man Up", guest starring on "Law & Order" and "Castle" and filming a bunch of XMAS-themed TV movies.

Mother Focker.

He can kill bears with only his bare hands and a gun ...
His sweat has been known to cure 4 types of Herpes Virus ... the other 4 are on you.
He can climb Everest without stepping foot on the mountain.

He is The Most Interesting Man in the World and he's SELLING HIS GIANT YACHT!!!

Jonathan Goldsmith -- a.k.a. the Dos Equis man -- put his 47-foot yacht on the market with Heritage Yacht Sales ... and it can be yours for $199,950.

As for the boat, it's only slightly interesting: a 2003 Beneteau located in Long Beach, includes a master room with en-suite bath, guest room with bath, kitchen, 2 flat screen TV's and a stereo system.

It also floats on water ... all by itself.

How NOT to Handle a Lawsuit 101: a lesson brought to you by Chief Keef.

The 17-year-old rapper was sued by a concert promotion company called Team Major back in March ... which claimed Keef screwed 'em over by bailing on a London gig -- set to go down Dec. 29th 2012.

TM claimed Keef's stunt cost them OVER $75,000, including his advance.

Now the lesson part: according to docs, Chief NEVER bothered to respond to TM's suit. After FOUR months of radio silence a judge ruled in favor of Team Major ... simply by default.

Then the judge stuck it to Keef ... ordering him to cough up $230,019 for damages, loss of earnings, and reputational harm.

Soulja Boy is 23 years old and has more money in his sweat pants than you'll see in a year ... which he happily showed off to our pretty jealous photog.

Soulja was strollin' around in LA Saturday when our camera guy asked if he was still celebrating his bday (it was July 28) -- at which point Soulja went all Chief Keef on him and flashed some bills.

By "some" bills -- we mean STACKS and STACKS and STACKS of cash. Possibly more than Keef.

Michael Jordan's alleged baby mama LIED about the NBA star fathering her child in a desperate attempt to cash in on his fame ... and now there are consequences.

TMZ broke the story ... Pamela Smith filed a paternity suit against Jordan, claiming he was the father of her 17-year-old kid. She demanded a DNA test, full custody and child support. Jordan called B.S. -- and even asked the court to bitch slap Smith for wasting his time.

On July 19th, Jordan got his wish when a judge hammered Pamela ... and here's why -- The judge says Pamela FAILED to mention that paternity was established way back in 2003 -- and M.J.'s NOT the daddy.

The judge called Pamela's bogus claim one big publicity stunt, pointing out she hired a publicist before even getting a lawyer ... and then dragged Michael through the mud.

Paris Hilton suffered a case of deja vu all over again when a pack of chicks snuck into her casa and tried to steal her stuff -- but rather than make off with millions like the "bling ring" ... these crooks failed miserably.

Sources tell TMZ ... the attempted snatch job went down when Paris threw herself a going away party at her Malibu beach house last weekend -- the send-off before she jetted to Ibiza.

We're told a group of random girls crashed the party, snuck into P's bedroom, and tried to jack bikinis, Paris Hilton handbags and framed pics. Not exactly primo swag.

Problem is ... we're told the banditos got spooked when someone spotted them, and while making their getaway ... they dropped all the loot.

A valet found the goods down the road from Paris' house and turned it all over to cops.

Paris' driver picked up the stuff. No police report was filed.

Not exactly Sofia Coppola material.

Hip Hop mogul Jermaine Dupri says his bank wined-and-dined him, then treated him like an uneducated idiot in a plot to snatch millions of dollars from him ... TMZ has learned.

We broke the story ... Sun Trust Bank sued the So So Def founder first, claiming he defaulted on a $5 million loan. The bank wanted $2 million for the balance plus interest ... AND his entire EMI music catalog.

Now, Dupri is firing back with a counter lawsuit ... and in the docs, he says he secured a $5 million loan in 2009 with his ST personal banker -- a man he'd worked with for years, who was lenient on loan payments and hooked him up with swag: ATL Falcons tickets, dinners, and more.

Then, in 2010 Dupri claims his personal banker took advantage of his lack of education (he didn't finish high school) and told him he had to quickly sign a NEW loan agreement, assuring him it was for his benefit.

But Dupri says in fact the new terms increased his loan payments without his knowledge. As a result ... he defaulted, and had to sell off his music catalog and his studio to settle with the bank.

This ain't chump change on the line -- according to JD his studio was worth $2.5 million, and his catalog ... $20 million!

Being Kelly Ripa's #2 sure does pay ... just ask Michael Strahan, who's throwing down serious cash to rent a $20 MILLION mega mansion in Beverly Hills ... adjacent.

Michael and hot fiancée Nicole Murphy sold their Bel Air home earlier this week for $11 million. Get this ... they bought it for $7.9 mil a year ago. Yeah, we hate 'em too.

Here's the problem -- they're currently homeless ... so for the time being they're renting a 10,575-square-foot casa in Beverly Park.

FYI -- Beverly Park's a celeb magnet -- residents have included Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Sylvester Stallone, Tim McGraw, Wayne Gretzky, Samuel Jackson ... the list goes on.

We don't have the exact rental price, but estates like this rent in the $100,000 / month range. In the meantime Michael and his realtor Bob Hurwitz are on the hunt for a permanent place.

Until then ... Michael and Nicole have to settle for the Italian style villa, with 8 bedrooms, 10 baths, guest house, perfectly manicured grounds, fountains up the wazoo, and resort style pool.

WARNING: If you try to break into Kid Rock's house -- causing him to fear for his life -- he will NOT hesitate to shoot you ... at least that's the warning he gave any would-be burglars.

Kid Rock posted this message on his website: "I am an avid hunter and marksman and I will not hesitate to shoot anyone who has myself or family in fear for our lives" ... after a 43-year-old man allegedly tried to break into his Michigan home this week.

He also offered a $5,000 reward for information regarding the man's whereabouts -- and posted security cam pics of the guy (who was on crutches) ... to aid in the manhunt.

The message was received ... Oakland County Undersherriff Michael McCabe confirmed the man was arrested Saturday after two tipsters called the cops to ID him.

The man is currently in custody waiting arraignment. Kid Rock was not home during the incident.