Money

Olympic gold medalist and failed reality star Ryan Lochte still has tons of cash -- or maybe just sucks at math -- because he just dropped a 200% tip at an expensive Las Vegas steakhouse ... TMZ has learned.

Sources at Andiamo Italian Steakhouse in the D Casino & Hotel tell us, Lochte stopped by with a bunch of dudes Wednesday night and ran up a $314 tab -- on top of which Lochte added gratuity of $606, for a grand total of $920.

We're told Ryan -- whose reality show "What Would Ryan Lochte Do?" was canceled after one season -- asked all the waiters to split up the ridiculously generous tip evenly.

But we know ... you're still wondering why Lochte's pockets are so damn fat?

Our sources say he had just won big at the roulette table before dinner and was feeling pretty flush. Ain't no money like house money!

Courtney Love's relationship with her daughter Frances Bean Cobain was destroyed by a conniving lawyer who illegally meddled in their lives ... according to a lawsuit filed by Love and obtained by TMZ.

Love says she hired the attorney, Rhonda J. Holmes, in 2008 ... to help track down millions of dollars that Love suspected was stolen from the estate of her dead husband, Kurt Cobain.

In her lawsuit, Love says Holmes spent months on the case ... but never made any real progress because she was "too busy" with other stuff. Love also claims Holmes tried to undermine her ... by writing a bizarre, secret letter to Love's daughter, Frances, who was 16 at the time.

According to the docs .. Holmes' letter warned Frances of a "very scary conspiracy" and that evil people were out to get her. It also said, "The sooner I have your support and hence the support of your Trust Fund, the sooner I can ease this matter out of your Mom's hands."

Love says she didn't find out about the letter for two years ... and says it should never have been written -- it's a breach of attorney-client confidentiality.

But even worse ... she says ... the letter ruined her mother-daughter relationship ... by convincing Frances that her mom could not be trusted to make the right decisions.

Love is suing Holmes for legal malpractice among other things and is claiming emotional distress.

We contacted Holmes' office ... but so far no response.

Conrad Murray has sued the State of Texas to win back his medical license.

As you probably know ...the Lone Star State took swift action after the whole Michael Jackson thing and yanked his license for good in August of last year.

TMZ first reported ... the doc will challenge both Texas and California for putting the brakes on his ability to practice medicine.

Tori Spelling knows she could easily make a quick million or more by releasing her sex tape ... but TMZ has learned she has plans to do that ... NEVER.

Sources close to Tori tell us ... what happens in the bedroom stays in the bedroom ... and she's flat out rejecting Vivid honcho Steve Hirsch's offer to take a look at a bone-n-groan vid she claims to have made with her husband Dean back in 2009.

The exact quote: "She would never entertain an offer like that ... ever!"

We first reported ... Hirsch wrote a letter saying he's prepared to make a "substantial offer" for the video ... but wants to see it first to make sure it actually exists.

Fact is ... almost no one knew it existed ... until Tori decided to write about it in her new book.

David Ortiz wasn't chugging cheap champagne during his crazy World Series celebration last night -- the stuff Big Papi was pounding runs $100,000 per bottle ... TMZ has learned.

You've seen the pics -- Ortiz hoisting a giant gold bottle of bubbly, while the rest of his Boston Red Sox teammates celebrated their victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Now, we've learned ... the booze was a 15 litre bottle of Armand de Brignac Nebuchadnezzar Champagne, also known as "Ace of Spades" ... and it runs between $100k and $150k in the club scene.

These bottles are SUPER rare -- a Russian billionaire once splurged on a bottle for Zac Efron and Heather Graham when he spotted the actors at a bar in Chicago.

Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore have settled their protracted divorce beef ... and sources connected to Demi concede ... she will NOT be getting any spousal support from her soon-to-be-ex.

The divorce is being handled by various lawyers, coast-to-coast. Our New York sources tell TMZ ... Demi tried to get spousal support on grounds Ashton cheated on her. She finally realized, IT DOESN'T MATTER. The divorce is in California -- a no fault state -- and even if your husband bangs another chick, it doesn't entitle you to spousal support. So our Demi sources say she finally backed off.

As for the division of property ... we're told Ashton was "a little more generous than he had to be," but they basically split the stuff they acquired during the marriage. Demi didn't do nearly as well as she did when she divorced Bruce Willis. Fact is ... Ashton had just started his gig on "Two and a Half Men" when they separated, and he wasn't making the big bucks he's pulling in now.

FYI ... our sources say aside from cheating, she was pissed because she felt Ashton was hiding some of his tech businesses from her and she wanted a piece. In the end, we're told they are both satisfied with the settlement.

If Farrah Abraham's sex tape was huge, Tori Spelling's could be titanic -- at least according to Vivid President Steve Hirsch, who's already prepared to offer big money to acquire the footage that Tori claims exists.

Hirsch just fired off a letter to Spelling, saying Vivid would like to make a "substantial offer" on the tape, presuming it's actually real (possibly in the millions).

Hirsch writes, "This is a serious offer for a real tape and it could yield significant returns to help you through your difficult financial situation." But first, Hirsch wants to see a clip of the tape to verify its authenticity.

Spelling recently revealed in her new book that she recorded a sex tape with her husband Dean McDermott on Valentine's Day 2009, and one of Dean's "friends" later claimed to have copied the file from Dean's comp.

Spelling says her lawyer quickly went on the attack and they didn't hear from the man again, but now the cat's out of the bag ... and Hirsch is pouncing on the opportunity.

It's unclear if Tori plans to take Hirsch up on his offer, but she might want to consider it -- Tori has also recently said that she and Dean are having money problems.

For what it's worth, Farrah Abraham earned in the "high six figures" for her tape ... nearly $1 million ... so Tori would probably get even more.

Justin Bieber's dad is living in a pretty badass Canadian home ... along with his two kids ... but TMZ has learned, JB is the one who sprung for the place.

Sources connected to the Bieber family tell us ... Justin wants to make sure his half-brother and half-sister are living in a really nice home, so he shelled out a cool $850k in cash for a 5-bedroom cabin-style pad in Ontario, where they live with their dad.

We're told ... this isn't a case of the family sponging off of Justin -- it's Justin who made the offer to the family.

The house is located way out in the Canadian wilderness in a small town of roughly 8,000 people.

But it's not like the family is trying to get off the grid -- the family name is plastered right on the mailbox.

Britney Spears is already picking up some Vegas hangers-on … ‘cause Mini-Britney is launching her own rival act on the Strip -- and TMZ has learned it’s opening the same night as big Brit's show.

Sin City sources tell us ... Mini-Brit, aka Elena Gant, is steppin’ up large ... kicking off a new show at Beacher’s Madhouse in the MGM Grand Hotel on Dec. 27th… the same night Spears opens at Planet Hollywood.

And 12" isn't the only discrepancy between the ladies (5'4" to 4'4") -- Britney is set to rake in about $310,000 per show … while mini-BS will make a slightly shorter stack of $310 per night.

Still undecided about which show to check out? If you order an expensive bottle of booze at Mini-Britney's gig … a little person flies out of a stuffed elephant’s BUTT to deliver it to you.

Stay classy, Vegas.

A topless paparazzo might have the most valuable breasts in NYC -- TMZ has learned, the City of New York has agreed to pay her $40,000 ... after police arrested her for baring her bazoombas in public.

As we reported, 46-year-old Holly Van Voast -- who regularly prowls the streets, topless, looking for celebs -- sued NYC and the NYPD, claiming officers had no legal right to arrest her for going boobs-out.

In the suit, H.V.V. claimed she's been arrested or detained at least ten times since 2011 for being topless in public, despite toplessness (male or female) being perfectly legal in NYC. Seriously, look it up.

Now, Voast has emerged the victor -- NYC has agreed to fork over a $40,000 settlement.

A screenwriter claims he's a victim of Hollywood bullies -- and that the movie he wrote that became a Justin Timberlake feature was flat out stolen from him.

Odysseus Lappas filed a lawsuit -- obtained by TMZ -- in which he claims he wrote a screenplay in 1996 called "Time Card," about a man who lives in a future world where people died at age 25 unless they can purchase more time. Sounds interesting.

He claims it also sounded interesting to 20th Century Fox, which offered him $80k for the rights. He turned the offer down because he wanted to produce and/or direct the film.

Fast forward to 2011, when Fox released the film, "In Time," starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried. Lappas says the movie is a ripoff of virtually every element of "Time Card."

"In Time" grossed $37.5 mil. -- not exactly "Titanic."

Jane Seymour, aka TV's Dr. Quinn, has officially pulled the plug on her marriage to actor/director James Keach, filing for legal separation ... TMZ has learned.

Seymour filed the docs late last week in L.A. County Superior Court ... citing irreconcilable differences.

62-year-old Jane and 65-year-old James have been married for more than 20-years and have 17-year-old twin boys. In the papers, Jane requests joint legal and physical custody.

The couple announced in April that they were splitting up, and negotiating terms of a divorce ... but the docs make the split official.

The former Bond girl is not requesting spousal support.

Pauly D strolled through a New Orleans airport this weekend, but his ego stretched to Texas ... because his adoration for his 5-month-old baby is partly that she looks like him.

Pauly still hasn't met his kid ... it seems there's some jockeying going on. Although he's clearly the dad, he hasn't gotten a judge to sign off on visitation rights, and the baby mama seems to have cash -- not visitation -- on her mind.

Pauly says he's looking forward to playdates witth Snooki's baby son. Let's hope down the road the playdates don't end up in a drunken Vegas liaison.

Kourtney Kardashian is telling the man claiming to be the father of her child to stop extorting her and to shut the f**k up and go away ... or else.

Kourtney's lawyer, Shawn Holley, pulled out a can of whoop ass on Michael Girgenti -- the guy who claims to be the father of her 3-year-old son Mason. Holley fired off a cease and desist letter to Girgenti, making it clear ... Scott Disick is the baby daddy, and he has a DNA test to prove it.

Holley says in her letter -- obtained by TMZ -- that Girgenti had the audacity to tell Kourtney he'd back off his claim IF she paid him some loot. To that Holley threatened that she'd ask the judge to make HIM pay for the alleged extortion.

Holley also says Girgenti knows full well he's not the father, because he flunked a polygraph.

"Entourage" WILL hit the big screen, because the cast and the producers will all sign on with Warner Bros. as early as today ... TMZ has learned.

As we have previously reported, several people on the show have been holding out for a bigger piece of the action, but everyone has been pointing fingers at each other. Now we know ... the holdouts have been Adrian Grenier and Jerry Ferrara ... this according to sources connected to the production.

Production sources tell us ... Grenier, Ferrara and some other cast members are resentful that Jeremy Piven will be getting a bigger salary and bigger piece of the back end than them, and they've been haggling.

Our sources say Warner Bros. told the cast and producers that it would give a certain amount of back end, and it was up to them to figure out who gets what. Our sources say the wheeling and dealing is just about over and lawyers from all sides are trying to ink the deal today.

We're told if it doesn't happen today, it will happen in the next few days by necessity ... there are certain tax issues that create a make-or-break situation for the movie, and that deadline is days away.

Bottom line -- Kevin Connolly wasn't lying ... we're told IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

Pauly D says his baby mama is a shameless fame whore who's treating their daughter like a winning lottery ticket ... and he won't let her keep him from seeing his little girl.

Pauly was rollin' through the airport in North Carolina this morning when he was asked how he felt about becoming a dad.

"I want to give the baby the best life she ever had," Pauly said.

He also joked that D.T.F. no longer means, "Down to F**k," ... it's now, "diapers, tantrums and formula."

But that terrible joke aside, Pauly says he's ready to go to war with Amanda Markert because, "I want my baby."