Reality TV

Kendall Jenner is a lucky woman ... she narrowly avoided serious injury after almost being swept under a moving vehicle.

Kendall was on her way back to her hotel in Milan after a Versace fashion show when her driver stopped to let her out. The driver got out ... presumably to open Kendall's door. But Kendall opened it herself, not knowing the driver failed to put the vehicle in park.

Get ready, citizens of Miami and Houston -- because if the producers of 'Love & Hip Hop' have their way, new spin-offs of the show are coming your way.

Producers are already auditioning cast members in both cities, according to our sources. They're hoping to get the casts nailed down by April, so they can premiere by late summer. Whichever city seems more promising -- aka ratchet and drama-filled -- will air first.

We're told the show likes those cities because they have completely different vibes from New York, Atlanta and L.A.

As for the cast ... we're told a few big names are in the mix, but producers also want lesser known people tied into each city's nightlife.

They're looking at you, bottle rats.

Dog the Bounty Hunter squared off with an old opponent in Las Vegas and when fists started flying cops had to get involved.

Dog was at Luxor in Vegas Wednesday for a bail bonds conference when he ran into an insurance broker named Ronnie Frank, who's had beef with Dog in the past.

A rep for Dog says Frank got in a threatening stance and said, "I'm gonna kill you, you long-haired mother f*****." Dog's security guard tried to break it up by putting a hand on Ronnie's chest.

We're told Ronnie slapped his hand away, and that's when Dog's guard punched Ronnie in the face. Hotel security called Vegas cops, who cited Dog's guy for battery.

On a positive note for Dog -- Beth was voted President of the Bail Bonds Association later that day.

Captain Monte Colburn from "Deadliest Catch" just paid the piper for a crime on the high seas.

Turns out the captain was on the hunt for crab in an area that was strictly off limits. The excursion went down in November, during the taping of his show.

The reality is ... he could have gotten away with it, but there was a non-deadly catch. When he docked his boat, Fish and Game officials inspected his catch and found a certain species -- Opilio crab that live in waters that are protected during that time of year. In other words ... busted.

Monte was slapped with a $750 fine, which he just paid.

BTW ... last season Monte enraged his brother, Capt. Keith, by pulling the same stunt.

Kelly Clarkson full-on broke down -- not once but several times -- during her incredibly emotional return to the "American Idol" stage ... an appearance that brought the judges to tears.

Kelly sang her song, "Piece by Piece" -- a song about her dad abandoning her and how she would never do that to her child. Kelly, who's 9 months pregnant, couldn't handle it and had to stop mid-song.

The first 'A.I.' winner had turned her back on the show that made her famous. For many years she tried to shake the show off her back, but in its final season she's embracing it again.

Jax Taylor must have been drinking Mai Tais during his geography class ... because apologizing to the "city of Hawaii" for his shoplifting antics just doesn't cut it.

The "Vanderpump Rules" star was leaving Villa Blanca in Bev Hills Thursday when our photog asked him about the photo we got of him drinking a daiquiri in Waikiki, just before he copped a plea in his felony sunglasses case.

Jax was caught on surveillance video stealing the sunglasses. He was sentenced to 1 year probation.

A contestant on "Survivor: Kaoh Rong" failed to outwit, outplay and outlast the feds ... because she pled guilty to felonies for falsifying Hurricane Katrina water test results ... TMZ has learned.

Debbie Wanner, a 49-year-old chemist from Reading, PA, was arrested in 2010 and charged with 3 counts of falsifying test results from Hurricane Katrina water samples.

Wanner worked for a private lab that did testing for various Pennsylvania counties and private companies. Her company was hired to ensure water met various environmental standards.

According to legal docs, Wanner took on clients when she knew her company did not have the proper equipment to provide accurate results. The criminal complaint alleges she falsified water test results.

Wanner pled guilty to 3 felonies for falsifying results. She was placed on 1 year probation.

It's interesting timing ... she's on the show in the middle of the Flint water crisis.

Debbie's strutting her expertise on 'Survivor' on all things water ... if they only knew.

BET Networks tarnished the image of an incarcerated husband beater and the former inmate is now gearing up to sue the network.

Sara Stokes claims a production company approached her while she sat in the Saint Clair County Jail in Michigan and convinced her she could re-write her narrative by appearing on a new reality show produced by Queen Latifah, "From the Bottom Up."

Stokes says, all the promises of showing her in a positive light never materialized. In fact, she says she was trashed on the show, which referred to her as a "man beater."

Stokes' legal team plans to sue BET for damaging Sara's image for its own commercial gain.

Kim Richards was called on the courtroom carpet Wednesday for stepping out on a red carpet with high heels.

Kim has not performed her community labor for her public intoxication conviction -- her excuse is that she suffered a foot injury which prevents her from working.

But prosecutors blasted her in court, claiming if she's so injured why are there photos of her on a red carpet with high heels?

Good point, said the judge.

Kim was sentenced to 30 days community labor in her case. The judge has ordered her to come back to court June 1, and either prove she's enrolled in a community labor program or submit a doctor's note explaining why she can't.

We couldn't find the red carpet photo, but we did get this photo of Kim in heels over the holidays.

Four of the "Little Women: Atlanta" cast members got into a knock-down, drag-out fight that ended with one of them -- the pregnant one -- ending up in the hospital.

In an episode airing Wednesday ... Emily and her friend Bri got into it with twins Amanda and Andrea Salinas. The twins just started waiting tables at the same club where Emily and Bri work as dancers -- and as everyone knows ... waitresses and dancers don't mix.

Watch, Emily (with cornrows and a "Boss" tee) is the one with child ... but she didn't hesitate to throw down. We're told she went to a hospital for a checkup after the fight.

Big Ang drew a big crowd for her final send-off Monday.

Friends and family -- around 200 strong -- showed up at the Basilica of Regina Pacis Church in Brooklyn.

Ang's estranged husband, Neil Murphy, along with Carla Facciolo and Renee Graziano were front and center for the funeral.

"Hollywood Divas" star Elise Neal says she bailed on her show after equipment busted her head open during a shoot, and producers refused to foot the medical bills.

Neal tells TMZ she was taping a scene at a bowling alley when a light fixture broke and knocked her in the head.

Neal says producers were heartless and told her she needed to finish shooting the scene. She claims production tried to cover up the accident and then just filmed like it never happened.

According to Neal, "Hollywood Divas" has refused to pay a cent of her sizable medical bills, which include the cost of x-rays and MRIs.

We reached out to the show's producers ... so far, no word back.

Big Ang was honored at a disco wake in Brooklyn, and by the look of the crowd, it got super emotional.

The wake was held at a Brooklyn funeral home. "Mob Wives" star Renee Graziano says Ang looked beautiful in the open casket. Other who attended included Janine Detore, Ang's sister and her estranged husband, Neil Murphy.

A member of the cast tells TMZ, Karen Gravano was persona non grata. One cast member told us the reason ... "No rats allowed."

Big Ang's Staten Island palace, frequently featured on "Mob Wives," is available for purchase for a cool million bucks.

Big Ang passed away from cancer earlier this week and her longtime friend and real estate broker, Laird Klein, is helping with the deal. He says it was listed 2 months ago right before she got her last diagnosis ... that the cancer had returned.

Ang made a lot of renovations to the home -- as seen on the show -- and Laird says it now "reflects her personality, her level of style, her persona for life.”

"Mob Wives" fans won't see Big Ang and her family during her final days ... TMZ has learned cameras weren't rolling to capture the end of her battle.

Sources close to production tell TMZ, filming for season 6 wrapped in January and the cast shot a reunion episode in early February. Ang was a part of both. However, production didn't gather a crew when her health went south a few weeks after the reunion.

We're told the main focus of season 6 will be Ang's cancer battle, and the cast supporting her.

As we reported, Big Ang died early Thursday.

Jo Frost's reality TV crew recorded footage of a father disciplining his child with a belt, and she felt the incident was so severe she reported it to child services ... TMZ has learned.

While recording an episode of her new show "Jo Frost: Nanny On Tour" ... Frost visited a family last October in Gwinnett County, GA. Sources connected to production tell us the Spivey family contacted the show because their 3 kids don't respect mom's word around the house ... only dad's.

After Jo's visit the show left surveillance cameras -- with the Spiveys' approval -- which captured a scene where the father sends his 9-year-old son up to his bedroom, takes off his belt and then goes into the bedroom. The boy was in trouble for using dad's charger.

The episode, which aired Thursday night on the UP channel, doesn't show any beating, but you can hear the boy wailing from behind the closed door.

As part of her follow-up with families ... Frost reviews the footage and we're told when she saw what happened between Chris Spivey and his son, she immediately reported it to DCFS.

We spoke to the Spiveys, who confirmed DCFS investigated. Mr. Spivey admits using corporal punishment in the past -- which is legal in Georgia as long as the child isn't injured -- but he denies hitting his son in the video. He claims he only "hit his bed," and claims the boy was crying because "he was frightened."