Weird News

Ricky tells TMZ, it was just before closing time at Playhouse nightclub and his bladder was about to burst -- so he hit up the men's room ... but the line was ridiculous.

So, Ricky claims, he went out back to the smoking area and relieved himself against a wall -- at which point a giant hand grabbed him by the shoulder, and escorted him out through a rear exit.

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icky says he apologized profusely, pleading with the bouncer to let him back in so he could grab his things and leave -- but security wasn't having it. And that's when the slap fight broke out.

Some "lucky" BET viewers were chosen to present the viewer's choice award at the show last night ... but there was a HUGE mistake ... because someone put the wrong name on the teleprompter.

So the lucky fan read the winner as "Chris Brown" ... but quickly recanted and said, "I'm sorry, the winner is Rihanna." But that wasn't the case either ...

Despite the fact that Rihanna's name appeared on the video screen as the winner ... one of the presenters chimed in for a THIRD time and announced Drake as the winner!!! Drake then appeared on stage to collect his trophy.

Drake gave a short speech and described the whole thing as awkward. Understatement.

After the awards, a BET rep announced that Brown was the correct winner -- and chalked the whole thing up to a "human error" on the part of BET producers.

According to our chosen sources, Flo played a full hour at the Shaar Hashomayim synagogue in Quebec -- yes, there are Jews in Canada -- and got the pubescent crowd AMPED with a full list of hits ... like "Get Low," "Who Dat Girl," "You Spin Me Round."

Game passed the time at Black Bandits Tattoo in Hollywood last week --where he got a brand new ink job ... by playing video games.

And what a coincidence -- his new tattoo artfully chronicles the history of video games ... from Atari to Xbox.

Barbara Sinatra dropped the info in her new memoir: "Lady Blue Eyes: My Life with Frank" -- saying Frank "always smelled like lavender" and "made [her] feel special."

She also recounts the singer's alcohol use -- writing, "Gin, I think, made him mean. So when I'd come out of my room and see the gin bottle on the bar, I'd turn right around, go back in my room, lock the door, because I didn't want to deal with it."

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Smith, who has played the last five seasons with the Denver Nuggets, was not taken to jail for the offense. We're told Smith signed a notice to appear -- he'll get his court date later.

South Beach beware -- Smith was released on his own recognizance.

54-year-old former child actress Denise Nickerson claims she blazed through "cartons and cartons and cartons" of Bazooka gum while shooting the 1971 classic ... and ended up with a mouthful of rotting teeth.

A rep for the Pet Adoption Welfare Services (PAWS) tells TMZ ... Vinnie had kept all 4 animals in above-ground plastic storage bins, clearly marked as graves ... with little memorials written on them -- and even though it's really creepy ... it ain't illegal.

TMZ broke the story ... Vinnie was arrested for allegedly beating the crap out of his wife ... and while cops were at the home, they noticed the dead animals and called PAWS to investigate.

A couple HS students were filming in a parking lot outside some L.A. mall earlier this week -- and just their luck ... they ran into Mike Epps.

The two students struck while the iron was hot, asking Mike for his opinion on littering in L.A. -- and the actor responded by tossing a crumpled up piece of paper on the ground ... and saying, "Sometimes you don't want sh*t in your car."

Goodwin filed name change papers in Los Angeles County Superior Court last month ... requesting to officially change her first name from Jennifer to Ginnifer. The name change became official yesterday.

A rep for American Auctions -- the company behind the sell-off -- tells TMZ the auction's scheduled to take place on Sunday, May 22nd ... and you can expect to bid on everything from Alicia's furniture, fitness equipment, pool table, and trampoline ... to her creepy doll collection.

The man at the center of the controversy is Charles "Mask" Lewis -- who was killed by a drunk driver back in 2009. Mask was cremated at the request of his sister Carla ... who had executive power over Mask's remains.

After Mask's death, Carla claims she was approached by the co-founders of TapouT -- men calling themselves Skyscrape and Punkass -- who wanted to "borrow" Mask's ashes and urn for a public memorial service.

In a lawsuit filed in San Bernardino County, CA -- Carla says she agreed, but demanded the two men return Mask's remains immediately following the service.

Here's where things get CRAZY -- Carla says when she arrived to the memorial service, she noticed "various booths and tables" set up around the cathedral ... one of which contained, "a large shoebox-size box containing several miniature vials that were on display."

Carla says the vendor informed her, "each of the vials contained a small amount of the cremated remains of Mask, and were reserved for, and to be given to, 'special people' whose names were on a printed list."

Carla believes somewhere between 50 to 100 vials were either "sold, given away, donated or otherwise distributed to several unknown persons."

Not only is Carla PISSED about the vials ... she claims TapouT still has possession of the urn and the remainder of Mask's ashes ... and the company refuses to return them.

We gotta ask...

TMZ spoke with the president of the frat, who tells us some of his brothers approached Charlie on campus on the day of the show -- and they gave him their frat's shirt.

Charlie ended up wearing the shirt during his show -- and gave the guys a shout out from the stage.

After the show, they got to hang out with Charlie backstage -- and get this, they even offered him an honorary alumni spot in their fraternity. He thanked them for the offer, but hasn't taken them up on it thus far..

In case you missed it -- today, 4/20, is an unofficial stoner holiday.

In fact, TMZ just spoke with Tommy Chong -- who told us he plans to celebrate by taking 420 hits from one of his favorite pipes at 4:20 PM. (Side note -- that can't be good for you.)

So, in summary, 4/20 seems like every other day for these guys.