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Paz De La Huerta claims an unscrupulous movie director and an ambulance chaser ruined her career ... a career she claims is worth $55 million, which is what she's gunning for in a new lawsuit.

It's a pretty amazing story. Paz starred in what many consider the worst movie of all time -- "Nurse 3D." She played a nurse hell-bent on murdering cheating, scummy men.

Now here's the problem that triggered the lawsuit. Paz claims she was shooting a scene where an ambulance was supposed to speed by, but it ended up clipping her. Paz says she suffered a spinal fracture and told movie execs she was going to file a worker's comp claim.

That's all the director needed to hear. According to Paz, he decided she was a pain in the ass so he had a lousy actress dub her voice in the ambulance scene and other scenes as well.

The movie tanked, bringing in a grand total of $5k opening weekend. Critics panned the flick, pointing to Paz's monotone performance.

So she says her career is cooked, and since she was making around $2 million a year, she believes that would total $55 million, plus punitive damages.

And that's not all. She wants the judge to order the director to re-dub the voice in the movie with hers. Bad idea ... it could become another "Avatar" and she could lose out on that $55 mil.

Actor Alex Rocco, who played casino owner Moe Greene in the first "Godfather" film, has died.

Rocco was the voice of Itchy & Scratchy Studio boss Roger Myers, Jr. on "The Simpsons." And he has a slew of other TV credits, including "The Rockford Files," "Starsky & Hutch" and "Facts of Life."

He won an Emmy for his role on Jon Cryer's "Famous Teddy Z."

Rocco was 79.

If 50 Cent needs a few bucks to get by, he should hit up his 12-year-old "Southpaw" co-star Oona Laurence, who just got setup for a huge payday on a new Disney franchise.

Laurence -- who plays Jake Gylenhaal's daughter in "Southpaw" -- just signed on for the Disney reboot of “Pete’s Dragon" ... plus 2 more sequels. Oona gets $100k for the first film, $200k for the second and $400k for the third.

Depending on box office numbers ... she could earn up to a $50k bonus on the first movie, and up to $100k for the second.

Keeps this kid's number, Fiddy.

John Cena says he'll NEVER turn his massively ripped back on the WWE -- claiming he wants to work with the organization in some capacity FOR LIFE ... even after he's too old to get in the ring.

Miles Teller will smoke any actor on the dance floor … says Miles Teller.

The "Whiplash" and “Fantastic Four” star was outside Mastro's in Bev Hills -- admittedly after a few adult beverages -- and we brought up his awesome dancing skills.

Maybe it was the drinks talking, but Teller bragged ... and even challenged everyone else in Hollywood, with the exception of -- Chris Brown!

His explanation's pretty funny, and includes the words -- "Miles Teller calls Chris Brown a bitch, and says he can out dance him any day."

Justin Martin -- who appeared alongside Zac Efron in "High School Musical 3" -- was arrested Tuesday night ... after allegedly getting into a gun fight with police.

According to Boston PD ... officers on patrol heard gunfire, and when they arrived on scene .. they say Martin and another man were armed and running away. The cops started chasing, and Boston PD says Martin turned and pointed his gun without firing, but his cohort did open fire.

Officers fired back, and did not hit Martin ... but they managed to chase him down, and while arresting him, recovered a .22 caliber pistol.

A second armed male suspect was also busted when he approached cops and Martin.

Martin was booked for unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition and carrying a loaded firearm -- and 2 counts of assault by means of a dangerous weapon.

Martin's mother tells us she will try to bail him out after his court appearance Wednesday morning.

12:15 PM PT -- Martin pled not guilty to all counts. Bail was set at $35,000.

Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria -- it's all starting to go down as the new "Ghostbusters" films, and we got video of a few stunts in progress.

Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon have been shooting in Boston for a few weeks, and this the first time we've seen video of the ladies in action at GB HQ.

Check out the clip ... there's a shot of someone (pretty sure it's a stunt person, not one of the stars) falling out of a window -- and the new ECTO-1 peeling out of the garage.

Have your testes been kicked into your stomach? Need to get 'em out?

Well, then call Baron Davis -- the ultimate ball rebounder!

As we previously reported, the ex-NBA star is pursuing a career in Hollywood -- and recently scored himself a role as a genital doctor in the upcoming flick "Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser."

Ya gotta check out the clip ... it's pretty hilarious ... and Davis does a helluva job extracting Joe's bean bags from his guts with a trusty pair of salad bar tongs.

Harrison Ford hopped in an airplane cockpit NOT built for World War II, and ended up flying -- and, more importantly, landing -- safely in L.A. this weekend.

This was the first time Ford was spotted flying a small plane since he crashed on a golf course back in March. This weekend's plane had room for a co-pilot, and Harrison had one with him ... better safe than sorry.

He also made a surprise appearance at Comic-Con on Saturday ... showing he's physically healed from the crash.

Ben Affleck put the turmoil of his marriage aside, and went right into Hollywood salesman mode ... charming the hell out of Batman fans at Comic-Con.

Ben and the rest of the cast of "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice" just held their news conference down in San Diego -- and you'd never know he just decided to end his 10-year marriage to Jennifer Garner.

He did make one subtle reference to his personal troubles ... while still wearing his wedding ring. Watch Ben explain how director Zack Snyder convinced him he was perfect for the role. And his story about running into a former Batman is classic ... even if he's told it before.

Roger Rees, best known for playing Nicholas Nickleby on Broadway and TV ... died in New York on Friday.

Rees' rep says the Tony Award winning star was at his home when he passed after a brief illness. He had been performing up until May when he left his show Broadway show "The Visit" to undergo a medical procedure.

Rees was also famous for film and TV roles -- co-starring in "Frida," "Robin Hood: Men in Tights," "The West Wing" and "Cheers."

He played Robin Colcord on "Cheers" ... a British millionaire who dated Kirstie Alley's character, Rebecca Howe.

Rees was 71.

Amy Smart's indie movie's already blowing up -- well, almost -- since filming is on hold right now after a real GRENADE was found on set!

The bomb scare began when location scouts showed up early Friday morning in an Altadena, CA neighborhood to begin work on "Sister Cities" ... which stars Smart and Alfred Molina.

Director Sean Hanish tells us the scouts stumbled upon what looks like an old, rusted grenade ... sitting in a driveway. They immediately called on-set fire officials. Once police got there, they decided better safe than sorry -- and phoned in the bomb squad.

Right now, the set is shut down ... and the cast and crew are being kept 500 yards back, while the cops check out the device.

This is the very FIRST day of filming. Hanish says he was only about 3 shots into filming.

Omar Sharif -- legendary star of movies like "Doctor Zhivago" and "Lawrence of Arabia" -- has passed away.

According to his agent, the actor suffered a heart attack in Cairo. Earlier this year, he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

Sharif earned an Oscar nomination for his role in "Lawrence of Arabia" and won Golden Globes for that role and for 'Zhivago.'

Fun fact: The Egyptian born actor was also known as one of the best bridge players in the world.

Omar was 83.

62-year-old Jeff Goldblum is finally a dad ... because his 32-year-old wife (a former Olympian) just gave birth to their first kid ... on Independence Day!!!

Goldblum and his wife Emilie Livingston announced the good news on social media -- introducing their new son, Charlie Ocean Goldblum.

FYI -- Emilie was a rhythmic gymnast for Team Canada in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney ... and placed 17th in the All Around competition. Since then, she's become a professional aerialist -- performing with huge stars like Justin Bieber, Jennifer Lopez and Trey Songz.

Livingston and Goldblum married in November 2014 ... and she announced the pregnancy the day before the two tied the knot.

Congrats!

No offense to photogs, but Taylor Lautner ain't one of you -- or as Twain would put it ... reports of the "Twilight" star's career dying have been greatly exaggerated.

Sources close to Taylor tell TMZ ... everyone got the wrong idea when he was seen with a professional grade camera during a Nicki Minaj performance in London. We’re told he was being swarmed by fans in the VIP area and security thought it would be safer for him to hang in the press area. As for the gear ... a photog lent it to him.

More importantly ... we're told Taylor's acting career is solid, in fact that's why he's in London. He’s currently on the BBC show "Cuckoo" ... and he's got 2 films coming out this year -- including "Ridiculous 6" with Adam Sandler.

Chris Tucker should be celebrating this week ... his Netflix stand-up comedy special comes out Friday -- which would be awesome, except for the fact he's getting sued for it.

Comedian Terry Hodges is suing Netflix and Tucker, claiming he's done a ton of work for Tucker on this special -- like editing, writing, acting, and producing -- but hasn't been paid in years. That's right ... YEARS. Hodges says he and Chris started working on the material in 2008!

Hodges says he's racked up $66k in fees, during trips to Philadelphia, L.A., and Atlanta -- and hasn't been regularly paid since 2011. On top of that, he says Tucker promised to make him a co-producer ... which would entitle him to a little back end, but that also fell through.

Tucker's attorney Marty Singer says, "This lawsuit is absurd and completely without merit. We fully expect this case to be thrown out by the court."