Money

Britney Spears was doing well with her Vegas contract -- raking in nearly $30 mil for 2 years ... but we just found out, 50 shows into her run, her show was so successful she got an even sweeter deal.

Sources connected to Britney tell TMZ ... the singer did indeed sign a contract for $310K per performance, and with 96 concerts over 2 years the total was $29,760,000.

But Planet Hollywood was blown away by ticket sales, which they said broke Vegas records. So Britney's people went back to the bargaining table and hashed out an amendment -- with back end, merchandising and other perks, the singer will earn around $475,000 a show. Celine Dion, the top money earner in Vegas, makes $476K a show.

Planet Hollywood actually added shows for Britney ... she'll now do 140 shows during the 2-year residency.

Bottom line ... with all her ventures ... we're told EVERY WEEK, Britney's people deposit around 1 MILLION DOLLARS in her bank account.

TLC's ex-manager is a conniving, dishonest businesswoman who hoodwinked 3 innocent girls -- that's how it looked in a TV movie about the group ... and the ex-manager is now gunning for justice.

Perri "Pebbles" Reid claims in a new lawsuit ... the TV flick, "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story" assassinated her character by portraying her as a liar and a cheat, when actually she invested her time and money as TLC's manager and created one of the best-selling female groups of all time.

Pebbles says the film falsely depicts her as pressuring Chilli to get an abortion ... pushing T-Boz to put the group ahead of her health ... and doling out a measly $25/wk for the girls.

Reid says the film -- which first aired a year ago and several times since -- destroyed her reputation, and she's suing for $40 million.

Jennifer Lopez is in the final stages of making a deal to perform in Vegas ... and according to the contract -- obtained by TMZ -- she'll rake in more per show than Britney Spears.

Jennifer is being offered a whopping $350K per show at The Axis at Planet Hollywood ... the same place Britney is performing.

Britney is making a paltry $310K a show.

But Britney will ultimately score more than JLo because her contract provides she'll do 96 shows over 2 years. JLo will do 72 shows, 3 times a week for 24 weeks over a 1 or 2 year period -- the contract leaves that open.

So, in the end, Britney is guaranteed $29,760,000 for the 2-year run. JLo will be guaranteed $26,383,326.

It's all chump change compared to Celine Dion ... who does 70 shows a year and gets $33,320,000.

Sorry baseball ... Floyd Mayweather is just not that into you.

In fact, Floyd's so indifferent about America's pastime, the legendary gambler is sitting out of one of the biggest sporting events of the year -- the World Series ... TMZ Sports has learned.

As you know, Floyd's quick to drop anywhere from $20k to $1 MILLION on a football game (college or pro) ... but our sources tell us Floyd won't touch the MLB.

And why not? As one source puts is ... "He's just not into baseball."

Serena William's swag just reached new levels -- 'cause the tennis superstar got herself a new luxury watch that comes fully equipped with 323 DIAMONDS!!!

It's called an Audemars Piguet Millenary timepiece -- made with 18-carat pink gold, a black mother-of-pearl dial and 323 brilliant-cut diamonds! The watch usually runs around $75K.

A rep for Audemars -- popular with celebs like Jay-Z -- says the luxury watchmaker has a relationship with the tennis champ ... but this watch wasn't a freebie from them.

"Serena is a friend of the brand but that isn't a piece we gave her," the rep tells TMZ Sports.

Halle Berry would love for Gabriel Aubry to take a lesson from her 9-year-old co-star -- because the kid is killing it when it comes to making big money ... on his own.

Pierce Gagnon plays Halle's android son on the sci-fi show "Extant" -- and his paycheck is out of this world ... a cool $25K for every episode of season 1.

According to his contract -- which was filed with the court because he's a minor -- Pierce made $325K for the first season and will collect even more for season 2 -- $26,250 per episode.

Plus, he's locked into the contract for the next 6 years -- if the show lasts that long -- which means he could be a millionaire by the time he starts shaving.

Watch and learn, Gabriel ... is what Halle would say.

Bad Religion guitarist Greg Hetson is finally out of his disastrous marriage, and he's snatching back the one thing he wanted from his ex -- a poster ... that's all.

The divorce just became final, and it sounds crazy ... but when Hetson and his ex-wife Alia divvied up their property his ONLY demand was she hand over the poster. He got it, but we have no idea what it is.

The poster is so shrouded in mystery, it's only described in the divorce docs as being "framed."
Meanwhile, Alia gets artwork, art supplies, a vase collection, and a couple pieces of furniture. According to the docs Hetson won't pay monthly spousal support, but will fork over a one-time lump sum of $23K.

We tried contacting Hetson to find out about the poster ... of course he's not talking. Best guess? Gotta be a vintage Farrah.

The IRS has learned a thing or 2 about self-pleasure from Octomom ... because the agency is now pleasuring itself by going after her unpaid taxes on her masturbation video.

Uncle Sam and his buddies believe Nadya Suleman raked in at least $116,000 in 2012, largely from the tape. They're demanding that she ante up all payroll records to show exactly what she made ... and they clearly think she shorted them.

Octo caught the eye of the feds after she pled no contest to a welfare fraud charge in July.

It looks like the wacky tape didn't have legs, because in 2013 her take plunged to around $8K.

Tax records show Suleman collected about $116K from her management company in 2012.

Lady Gaga is a first-time California homeowner ... but she's not starting small. TMZ has learned she just bought a massive $24 million Malibu compound.

Real estate sources tell us ... the house sits on 6 acres. It has the usual for rich people ... lots of bedrooms and bathrooms, his and her walk-in closets, a pool, gym, wine cellar. But it also has a custom safe room and 2 lane bowling alley, bocce ball court and an 8-horse stable.

The seller was Dan Romanelli, the founder of the Warner Bros. Worldwide Consumer Products Division ... which makes us here at TMZ feel grossly underpaid -- they own us.

Pretty cool moment from Ellen DeGeneres -- when she hooked up Cincinnati Bengals player Devon Still with a $10,000 DONATION to help his 4-year-old daughter in her fight against cancer.

Still's story has captivated the nation -- his daughter Leah was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma stage 4 cancer in June, and doctors have told her father she has about a 50% chance of survival. Still says she's fighting like hell.

The Bengals announced proceeds of his #75 jersey sales would be used to help raise awareness for pediatric cancer research ... and so far, more than $1 million has been raised.

But Ellen wasn't just wearing his jersey when Still appeared on her show Friday -- she also hooked the NFL player up with a $10k donation to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ... where his daughter Leah is being treated.

There's more ... Ellen also said she'll be getting celebs to sign her jersey which she plans to auction off to raise even more money for Leah's fight.

Oprah Winfrey followed that old adage ... when in Rome, shop your freaking face off and flaunt your overpriced purchases to the peasants.

The Big O hit up Via Condotti (Rome's way snootier version of Rodeo Drive) with her entourage -- including BFF Gayle King ... and proceeded to drop major Euros in Ermanno Scervino.

Oprah walked out loaded down with 4 huge bags from the high fashion store. Gayle had 1 ... but it's all relative, right?

Heidi Klum is officially back on the market ... her divorce from Seal became final Tuesday ... and TMZ has learned they've made a clean break ... no problems splitting property and NO spousal support.

Sources close to the pair tell us ... they did not have a prenup, but signed a postnup at some point during their marriage, keeping much of their earnings separate. We're told there were no big fights over money, and they reached a property settlement agreement months ago.

Our sources say neither Heidi nor Seal will get spousal support ... they're both well off -- she more than he.

They've also worked out a confidential arrangement for custody of their 4 kids.

As we reported, Heidi filed for divorce in April 2012. It started out rocky ... as we reported, Heidi split from Seal because she claimed he had an out-of-control temper that scared her and the kids.

The one thing Heidi demanded and got -- her name back. She's Heidi Klum again.

Heidi's single status may be in jeopardy ... the 41-year-old has been linked to 28-year-old art dealer Vito Schnabel.

No reaction yet from Seal ... but he was pretty clear to us in Sept. 2012 how he felt about Heidi's previous boy toy.

Halle Berry has had it with baby daddy Gabriel Aubry ... claiming he has been living ENTIRELY off child support, and she is asking a judge to STOP the gravy train.

TMZ has learned ... Berry filed legal docs asking the judge in their custody case to reduce her monthly child support obligation from $16,000 a month to just over $3,000 a month.

Halle claims in her legal docs ... Gabriel has stopped working and is content to live off of the child support, and that's an abuse of the system.

She notes Gabriel is perfectly capable of getting a job ... and by reducing the support it will allow 6-year-old Nahla to live a comfortable life ... supplemented by his income.

Halle and Gabriel have joint custody ... each has the kid around 50% of the time.

We contacted Gabriel's rep ... so far, no word back.

Seems the "trust issues" in Matt Barnes' marriage may be coming to light ... because his estranged wife Gloria Govan has been accused of forging the NBA star's signature to take out a $150k loan ... this according to a lawsuit obtained by TMZ Sports.

The woman behind the lawsuit is Nina Rawls -- the widow of R&B legend Lou Rawls -- who claims Gloria approached her back in March and asked to borrow $150k for a TV project produced by Gloria and Matt's production company.

Rawls says she agreed -- but the loan had to be repaid in full just 2 MONTHS later. According to the suit, May came and went ... and Gloria (who stars on "Basketball Wives: LA") never ponied up the dough.

Eventually, Nina says Gloria ADMITTED that she forged Matt's signature on the loan docs in the first place. It's unclear if Matt ever knew about the loan in the first place ... but our sources tell us Barnes was completely in the dark about the alleged deal.

Now, Nina wants the full $150k back -- plus damages.

We called Matt and Gloria's reps for comment -- so far no word back.

Jenni Rivera's husband wants $35 million from the owners of the plane that crashed and killed her ... even though the couple had filed divorce papers prior to the crash.

Jenni filed for divorce from former MLB pitcher Esteban Loaiza more than 2 months before the plane she was on went down in December 2012 ... but the paperwork hadn't been finalized when she died, so they were still married.

According to court docs ... Loaiza is suing Starwood Management for $25 million in lost future income, $5 mil in past earnings, and -- get this -- $5 mil more in loss of companionship.

Remember, they'd already separated ... so you'd think the S.S. Companionship would have sailed long before Jenni's death.

Gotta hand it to him -- pitcher's got balls.

Kenya Moore has a message for NeNe Leakes ... I'm rich enough to make an eyeball-popping donation to charity ... so now it's your turn to pony up, bitch.

Kenya tells TMZ ... she made good on the challenge NeNe made on the "Real Housewives of Atlanta" reunion show ... by cutting a $20,000 check to the Detroit Public Schools Foundation.

NeNe had said Kenya was all smoke and mirrors and didn't have that kind of loot ... but now that Kenya has stepped up, she's calling NeNe out on her own words -- that she'd match the $20K.

We reached out to NeNe to see if she'll make good. So far, no response.

As for Kenya ... she says she chose to give to Detroit because she grew up there, and the city means a lot to her. According to the deal, NeNe has to earmark her $20K for the same charity.

Go Motown!