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"The Hills" alum Spencer Pratt reportedly has stacks on stacks of cash compared to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in their respective campaign fundraising for the upcoming mayoral race.

Spencer has raised nearly $540,000 for his mayoral campaign since announcing his candidacy in January, the Los Angeles Times reports. Meanwhile, Bass hasn't even hit the $500K mark, with her tally coming in at just under $495,000.

Spencer's got some serious heavy hitters in Hollywood behind him, including "The Hills" alum and Lauren Conrad's ex Doug Reinhardt and "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" and "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" producer Jeff Jenkins ... plus Katharine McPhee and more, per People.

"Michael" biopic honchos were reportedly paid $25 million more than their original deal after the estate had to reshoot the third act, which featured sexual abuse allegations against the pop star, TMZ has learned.

Director Antoine Fuqua and producer Graham King were originally set to make $10 million and $6 million, respectively ... but according to Bloomberg, Fuqua was paid an extra $15 million and King an extra $10 million from Michael Jackson's estate after the allegations needed to be cut out and several scenes reshot.

As you know, Michael was first publicly accused of child sexual abuse in 1993, and he reached a settlement with the family of his accuser, Jordan Chandler, the following year.

One of Anthony Edwards' baby mamas is helping his other baby mama out in court, TMZ has learned.

According to court docs obtained by TMZ, Ayesha Howard -- who has a daughter named Aubri, born in 2024 -- submitted new evidence in her legal battle with the Minnesota Timberwolves star.

Ayesha obtained a declaration from Anthony's other baby mama, Alexandria Desroches -- who has a son named Amir with Anthony -- that she is using.

"The Challenge" star CT Tamburello's ex-wife, Lilianet Solares, is dragging him back to court for allegedly failing to follow the court's order in their final divorce judgment ... TMZ has learned.

According to court docs obtained by TMZ, Lilianet claims that CT has not provided health insurance for their son, Christopher Solares.

CT and Lilianet finalized their divorce in November 2023 ... and the reality star was ordered to pay $761 per month in child support, plus $332 for each week that he cannot exercise parenting time due to work.

Cher's latest attempt to put her son Elijah Blue Allman under a temporary conservatorship just hit a wall ... a judge shut down the request -- with Elijah in attendance, calling in from a psychiatric hospital.

A Los Angeles judge denied Cher's request Friday without prejudice -- meaning she can try again -- saying there wasn't "sufficient urgency" to justify appointing someone to control Elijah's estate.

Elijah appeared by video from the facility, where the court said he's currently being held in an effort to restore competency as he faces criminal charges in New Hampshire.

A new report that "Rush Hour 4" might've already hit a big roadblock with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker wanting major dough -- and that they ain't getting it -- is being overblown, TMZ has learned.

Puck reported on Friday ... 'RH4' is in a messy place ... because the iconic star duo has not signed on after the initial offer of $8 million apiece was rejected. The pair got around $20 million each for the third film in 2007. According to Puck, this current impasse means delays ... and maybe even a project collapse.

A source with direct knowledge tells TMZ ... negotiations with the stars are ongoing, and this is all a completely normal part of the movie-making business. We're told confidence is high that an agreement will be reached -- and Chris and Jackie will be kicking back into action.

Drew Sidora claims she paid her estranged husband, Ralph Pittman, half of her 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' checks during their marriage ... TMZ has learned.

TMZ obtained alleged texts between Drew and Ralph that were submitted as evidence in their ongoing divorce battle.

As TMZ first reported, the judge presiding over the case ordered Drew to vacate the home by next month. Drew claims she will be homeless and does not have the funds to find another home at this time. She is begging the court to reconsider.

As part of her plea, Drew included texts that she believes help make her case. One alleged text, dated April 13, 2026, Drew wrote to her ex, "I most definitely cannot afford 9K of household expenses at this time."

Things might be a bit unwell in Alex Cooper's world ... she and her husband, Matt Kaplan, reportedly skipped an all-hands meeting at their company Unwell following recent gripes about his behavior, employee turnover, and more.

Unwell's chief marketing officer, T.J. Marchetti, hosted the meeting and "discussed the continued expansion of the company’s leadership team as well as plans to grow the business" ... but nothing about Kaplan's behavior, Bloomberg reports. Marchetti did reportedly acknowledge the employee turnover, but seemed optimistic, reportedly assuring staff their employee departure rate is lower than other startups.

TMZ has reached out to Alex's rep for comment ... so far, no word back.

Bill Cosby isn't backing down from his bid to erase his massive civil court loss ... but accuser Donna Motsinger's legal team says his latest Hail Mary should get laughed out of court.

Motsinger -- who alleges the comedian drugged and raped her in 1972 -- and her attorneys are urging the judge to reject Cosby's request to throw out the jury's verdict in her favor, or grant him a new trial.

According to new court docs obtained by TMZ, Motsinger's lawyers say his motion to throw out the verdict should be dead on arrival because it was filed seven days late.

Even if the judge considers it, her lawyers say Cosby is trying to relitigate issues he's already lost ... including constitutional arguments over California's sexual abuse revival law that were rejected earlier in the case.

Xzibit says he is drowning in tax debt and fighting to have his estranged wife, Krista, make an effort to get a hefty spousal support check to continue their lavish lifestyle ... TMZ has learned.

According to court docs obtained by TMZ, the rapper revealed the State of California said he owes more than $400K in back taxes, and the IRS said he owes around $900K to Uncle Sam. The total of the debt comes to around $1.3 million.

In the docs, the rapper said that his monthly income is $66,547 per month, while he estimates his estranged wife Krista Joiner pulls in around $12,843.

The social media star alleging Stefon Diggs sexually assaulted him, who Diggs then sued for defamation, wants the judge in their legal beef to force the NFL star to turn over financial information ... claiming Diggs has been stonewalling him.

According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Christopher Blake Griffith and his legal team filed a motion asking the court to compel Stefon to produce evidence that Christopher's sexual assault allegations have hurt him financially and otherwise.

Christopher claims Stefon is resisting the discovery process ... and his lawyer says the NFL player "does not get to sue and hide."

A former government employee who was awarded $755K from Todd Chrisley after he trashed her on social media is on the hunt for the money she won in court ... TMZ has learned.

According to court docs obtained by TMZ, Amy Doherty-Heinze -- who worked as a tax official for the Georgia Department of Revenue -- is making moves to collect on the judgment she won against the reality star in late 2024.

Amy filed docs in Tennessee, where she believes Todd and his family currently live, to start the process of collecting the six-figure debt she's owed.

It's the end of an Apple era ... the company announced Monday that Tim Cook will be stepping down as CEO.

TC will still be involved with the tech giant ... moving into a new role as executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors.

SVP of Hardware Engineering John Ternus will be stepping into Tim's shoes as CEO starting in September.

According to Apple, Steve Jobs' successor will still help with "certain aspects" of Apple as executive chairman ... like "engaging with policymakers around the world."

John Gotti's grandson was sentenced to 15 months behind bars … a New York judge ruled Monday.

Carmine Agnello -- grandson of the infamous “Teflon Don” -- will do time for scamming the federal government out of $1.1 mil in Covid relief funds … multiple outlets report.

In 2020, he applied for at least three Covid relief loans for his auto parts business … and used over $400K of it to invest in crypto.

Christian Dumontet tried to fast-track control of a multimillion-dollar L.A. property in his divorce from "Selling Sunset" star Christine Quinn ... telling the judge it's his property, he's been spending a bunch of money on it while it remains empty -- and he's looking to sell it as soon as possible.

Christian filed an emergency request -- according to court records obtained by TMZ -- asking for exclusive control of the couple’s Queens Court property so he could sell it quickly … but the court said there was no “imminent harm” to justify emergency action.

Christian’s argument is the mansion is his ... period.