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4:00 PM PT -- Reps for Sig confirm he suffered a heart attack ... and is currently resting up.

Captain Sig Hansen narrowly dodged a true "Deadliest Catch" moment when he fell unconscious on the deck while fishing for crab.

Sources close to production tell TMZ ... Sig and the crew of the F/V Northwestern were at sea, with cameras rolling, when the captain briefly passed out. We're told Sig brushed it off when he came to, and wanted to keep fishing.

The production crew insisted he get medical attention, and he was airlifted to a nearby hospital.

Stevie J was flattened outside a North Carolina nightclub ... and despite protestations he left unscathed, the video tells a very different story.

The brawl with Stevie went down outside Charlotte's Empire Lounge. There's a report things got so heated Stevie's van got shot up, but he insists that's not the case.

The "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" star says the incident was triggered by club security who roughed up a patron. Stevie says since he was hosting the event, the patron thought he was responsible, so when Stevie left the club the guy and his posse jumped him.

While Stevie insists he left unscathed, his pal and blogger FreddyO left with a gash in his head.

Joseline Hernandez struggled before scoring "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" ... appearing on a failed stripper reality show under a different name ... Shenellica.

TMZ scored footage from a 2007 pilot shot at Diamond Cabaret in Miami. The show was produced with the hopes of landing a Showtime deal, to compete with HBO's "Cathouse" series.

We're told Joseline -- a stripper at the club -- struck a deal in which she got $400 to appear on screen. And yes, she demanded cash.

FUN FACT: We're told producers were afraid if the show sold, Joseline and some of the other girls might not pass the psych evaluation.

Stevie J might agree.

A celebrity doctor who's famously treated tons of Hollywood stars has a message for embattled NFL defensive end Dante Fowler -- CALL ME, I CAN HELP YOU!!!!

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.