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Meek Mill wants to advance his knowledge of please-and-thank-yous and fancy forks -- the rapper wants even MORE lessons in manners... after completing his court-ordered etiquette classes.

Mill was ordered to take the etiquette classes last year after violating his probation in his 2008 gun possession case. The judge said Mill needed to refine his use of social media and learn to behave.

According to Meek's lawyer, the rapper passed the courses with flying colors -- including classes about dressing for success and proper social media communication -- but enough wasn't enough.

We're told Meek has now hired Gail (from the Madison School of Etiquette and Protocol) and she tells us, Meek wants her to to school him on fine dining skills, particularly of the international variety ... because he travels so much.

Country singer Trace Adkins fought himself on a cruise ship Monday -- or at least he may have thought he was fighting himself -- because it seems Trace was really wasted and he just checked into rehab.

Sources tell TMZ ... Trace was headlining a country cruise headed to Jamaica. He was in the bar when something happened between him and a Trace impersonator who was doing Karaoke. Trace -- who had been sober for 12 years -- had fallen off the wagon and got into a physical fight with the impersonator.

We're told once the boat docked in Jamaica ... Trace jumped ship. We're told he's now in rehab.

Trace and the impersonator in question previously met in 2007 (see video below). The impersonator's wearing sunglasses.

Ciara is so protective of her unborn child ... she had a 'baby clause' written into her baby daddy's tour contract ... TMZ has learned.

Ciara -- who's engaged to rapper Future -- just announced her pregnancy, but people in Future's camp have known about it for months.

We're told Future's tour contract called for a "clean" backstage environment whenever Ciara traveled with him -- no smoking, healthy foods and nothing that could be detrimental to her pregnancy.

Our sources tell us Ciara is about 7 months pregnant. Turns out the tour contract may have been for naught -- she only attended two concerts because of horrible morning sickness.

This is Ciara's first child. Future has 3 other children ... with 3 different women.

A website selling stuff owned by infamous killers has some new items to hawk ... and the former owner is Casey Anthony.

It doesn't seem like Anthony's hand-me-downs qualify to be sold on serialkillersink.net. for 2 reasons ... first, she was acquitted and second, she's wasn't accused of being a mass murderer.

Nevertheless, money is money, so Anthony's items are being sold right along side property once owned by Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy.

The website's owner -- Eric Holler -- is also unapologetic about what he does, because lots of companies -- including all the TV networks -- profit off of murder.

Check out the 13 Anthony items Holler is selling.

Kanye West has declared legal war on the people who released a virtual currency (like a bitcoin) called Coinye West ... only problem is, he doesn't really know who to sue.

West filed legal docs in NY trying to get a judge to force the people behind Coinye to immediately SHUT DOWN the marketing and sale of the virtual currency, which can be used to buy goods and services through various online merchants.

The "coins" -- which feature a South Park-esque depiction of Kanye sportin' stunner shades -- were first offered to the public for sale on January 7 and Kanye says, "With each day that passes, [my] reputation is irreparably harmed by the continued use of the Coinye West marks."

So, in an effort to shut down the rise of the Coinye currency, Kanye has requested an injunction against several companies he believes are responsible for its release.

But Kanye's facing a huge problem -- 'cause with one exception, the people behind the companies are hiding their identities through various online privacy services ... and Kanye can't crack 'em.

However, Kanye has added Amazon.com to the list of defendants because he believes Amazon provides web hosting services to the websites behind Coinye, and Amazon has failed to pull the plug on those sites.

Besides the injunction, Kanye is suing for a piece of the Coinye profits.

No word if he wants a paper check ... or if he'll settle for some Coinye.

The 18-year-old who got attacked in a doctor's waiting room by Kanye West is on VIDEO -- outside the building and before the confrontation -- and he appears to taunt the paparazzi as Kim Kardashian walks in.

The barely-a-man screams to Kim, "They're whack, dude. You have to deal with that everyday?" He then excitedly hops up the front steps like a rabbit.

The video stops as Kim walks in. TMZ broke the story ... Kim claims the man then started to hurl epithets to Kim about the paparazzi, calling them "n*****s" and "fa****s" Kim says she then called him out for using the word and then he turned on her, calling her a "n****r lover." At that point Kim called Kanye on his cell -- he was nearby -- and the guy apparently knew Kanye was listening and he called the rapper a "n****r."

We're told the guy walked into his chiropractor's office and Kanye and Kim followed shortly thereafter, and eyewitnesses tell TMZ Kanye punched him in the face.

You know you're a redneck if ... you swear to give up drinking Jim Beam and Maker's Mark for selling the company to a Japanese liquor brand -- which is exactly what comedian Ron White is doing.

The "Blue Collar Comedy" legend tells TMZ ... he's vowing to NEVER DRINK Jim Beam or Maker's Mark again -- after Beam Inc. (which distributes both) announced Monday it'd be selling the company to Suntory in Japan.

Ron explains, "It’s a goddamn shame! There’s not too many things American these days…hot dogs maybe, and bourbon. But them selling outside the United States is disappointing."

Trust us, you want to be Paris Hilton's bitch ... because her dogs already have their own mansion -- air conditioning, furniture and chandelier included -- and now she says their crib is about to get way more baller.

Paris was shopping in NYC's Meatpacking District on Monday when she told us about the SICK upgrade she's about to install for her nearly 20 (at last count) pups.

Let's just say ... you might want to change your Super Bowl plans.

In case you've never seen it ... Paris' dog house is a replica of her own house, which puts most human dwellings to shame.

Enjoy your studio apartment.

She might be rich as hell, but Oprah Winfrey proved she'll still get into the s**t ... at least when her toilet breaks.

O's BFF Gayle King posted a pic showing Winfrey getting elbows deep into the back of the crapper at her Maui home -- the same place where Michelle Obama recently celebrated her 50th birthday.

King tweeted, "Stars they are just like us @Oprah at her other job plumber ... who knows how to fix the toilet."

The so-called fecal fiasco at the Golden Globes wasn't as crappy as people first thought ... a rep for the Beverly Hills Fire Department tells TMZ, the stinky water that spilled onto the red carpet wasn't actually sewage.

The rep tells us, the pipe that burst yesterday afternoon -- mere hours before the red carpet arrivals -- was part of an old sprinkler system that hadn't been used in years.

We're told the water -- 150 to 200 gallons worth -- was stale and did smell really bad ... which is probably why people thought it was sewage, but it did NOT contain poo or pee.

The Golden Globes turned into a golden shower, of sorts ... after a sewage pipe burst today on the red carpet.

Black sewage started to gush onto the red carpet after a pipe burst around 12:20 pm PT ... hours before celebrities were set to trounce on it.

Fire fighters on-scene began using air blowers and wet vacuums shortly after to rid the carpet of the horrible stench -- and remove excess water -- but so far, the carpet isn't completely dry.

It's pretty ironic ... "Bold and the Beautiful" star Victor Alfieri -- famous for his flowing locks -- claims he was attacked with a hairbrush ... and now he wants protection from the perp.

Alfieri has just got a restraining order against 47-year-old Christopher Veech, who lives with Alfieri's neighbor. According to docs, Veech beat him in the face last month with a hairbrush ... and has relentlessly harassed him for more than a year and threatened to put him in the hospital.

According to Alfieri, Veech was arrested for battery but released a day later ... and the harassment never stopped.

Alfieri doesn't explain why there's such animosity, but he does say the right side of his face still hurts like a bitch and his right eye now twitches.

Here's the problem. The judge granted the restraining order, but can't order Veech to stay far away because he lives in Alfieri's building. So the order is that Veech must stay 3 YARDS away.

Evander Holyfield says he punched a pregnant horse in the face ... and he wasn't joking.

Holyfield made the shocking confession during tonight's episode of UK Celebrity Big Brother ... and an hour later he was BOOTED from the house.

The ex-heavyweight boxer told his horrified roommates ... the pregnant horse bucked him off and embarrassed him ... so he clocked it in the face.

You gotta watch the video ... and then reconsider the way you felt when Mike Tyson bit his ear off.

Paula Abdul is seeing red -- that's because she looked down and saw her leg burned to a crisp, and now she's suing the tanning salon that she claims scorched her to a faretheewell.

Paula claims in her lawsuit -- obtained by TMZ -- she went to UVASUN in L.A. back in 2012. She bought a SlimStar infrared body wrap treatment and then apparently went into the tanning bed.

When she came out ... she claims she suffered gross burns over her body, an "especially severe second or third degree burn on a portion of [her] left thigh."

Paula uses her legs to make a living ... come on, she's a dancer.

Apparently, there's still one guy who likes his porn in print form ... Glenn Frey from The Eagles, who bought an XXX mag in the middle of Brentwood.

Completely ignoring the convenience of the Internet, Frey made like it was still 1987 ... and went out to a newsstand to grab an adult magazine.

The good news ... Glenn's mag came with a free X-rated DVD.

Alexander Skarsgard can even make taking a s**t in sub-zero temperatures look hot -- and the beautiful bastard proved it from the South Pole.

Skarsgard posed naked on a toilet in Antarctica during a race to the Pole last month. One of his teammates posted the pic on Instagram yesterday.

Worth noting ... one of Alexander's competitors was Prince Harry.

The race was eventually called off due to injuries and safety concerns -- but we're pretty sure what Harry's victory pose would be.