Zooey Deschanel is suing popular shoemaker Steve Madden for a whopping $2,000,000 -- claiming the company stiffed her completely over an endorsement deal she made with them in August 2010.
According to a lawsuit filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court, Deschanel and SM made the $2 million deal ... but Madden came back to Deschanel saying they couldn't get retailers to back the deal, so they re-negotiated for $1.5 mil.
Zooey says she held up her end of the deal -- including turning down other deals -- but Madden never forked over the $1.5 mil. Deschanel also claims SM promised her a percentage of the profits as well -- if sales reached a certain level.
If those walls could talk -- Jesse James just sold the house he shared with Sandra Bullock in Orange County, CA for millions of bucks ... TMZ has learned.
Sources tell TMZ the house located in Sunset Beach -- which James originally listed for $5,995,000 back in April -- sold on December 10 for $4.5 million.
Wesley Snipes' attorneys just filed a new appeal -- asking the court to let him out of prison while he attempts to take his tax evasion fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
According to the documents -- filed today in Florida -- Snipes wants the U.S. Court of Appeals to overturn a decision that denied him bail last week ... right before he entered Federal Prison.
Snipes' lawyers want SUPCO to determine if Wesley should get a new trial because of alleged juror bias during his tax evasion case.
Ronnie Ortiz from "Jersey Shore" was indicted by a grand jury today in Ocean County on an assault charge stemming from a fight that went down during season one of the show.
Ortiz was charged with one count of third-degree assault ... punishable by up to five years in state prison. The alleged incident went down September 4, 2009 in Seaside Heights, NJ.
Sources tell TMZ the reason it took so long to charge him was because both sides were trying to reach a plea agreement, but couldn't. We're told a plea still could happen down the road.
The guy on the receiving end of the alleged punch, Stephen Izzo, has a pending lawsuit against Ronnie, MTV, and the producers of the show.
A rep for Ronnie tells TMZ, "This comes as a complete shock to us, as far as we know, our attorneys have been in contact with the prosecutors office and we are waiting to see the documents."
Floyd Mayweatherwas just sprung from the pokey in Las Vegas -- and made his getaway in style.
As we first reported, Floyd was arrested last night at a Vegas casino ... for allegedly poking a security guard in the face last month during a parking dispute in Las Vegas.
Floyd left the PD without posting bail -- on his own recognizance -- in a Rolls-Royce.
First LeBron James called him MVP ... now New York Knicks star Amar'e Stoudemire is making a power move for Amber Rose -- hooking her up with the hottest ticket in NYC ... TMZ has learned.
Sources close to Stoudemire confirm the NBA baller made sure Kanye's ex has a prime seat for tonight's Knicks-Miami Heat showdown in the Garden.
Amar'e is having a helluva week -- dude was out clubbing last night with Amber, LeBron and Dwyane Wade. Not to mention his almost-buzzer-beater against the Celts.
We'll see if Kanye interrupts Stoudemire during tonight's game.
Mel Gibson will get to see his daughter more than he has in the past, thanks to Judge Scott Gordon.
As TMZ first reported, Judge Gordon modified the existing custody agreement late Thursday.
Now sources tell us Gordon has given Mel more time with Lucia, but not a lot more. We're told the increase is measured by hours -- not days -- per week. Sources say the increase for Mel amounts to a little more than one day a week.
According to the agreement Mel and Oksana Grigorieva signed in May, both have joint physical and legal custody of Lucia. Under that agreement, Mel had visitation rights a total of 6 days -- with three overnight visits -- every two weeks. The judge has now increased Mel's face time.
It's a far cry from what Oksana wanted ... namely, to strip Mel of overnight visits altogether and to only give him monitored visitation.
Sources tell us Judge Gordon told the parties there were no winners or losers, but that the change was made for the best interests of Lucia.
Brett Favre crossed a major line by allegedly texting pics of his penis to a woman -- Charles Barkley says the Vikings QB broke one of the Ten Commandments ... y'know, the one about tiny man-junk.
Barkley joined The Roundtable on WJOXin Birmingham this morning -- and told the host, “My biggest problem with the whole Favre thing is if you’re going to send a woman a picture of your junk, it should be huge."
Check out the other verbal gems Chuck dropped this morning.
Tori Spelling needed all her focus -- and the help of a few close friends -- to walk the short distance from Mr. Chow to her car last night in Bev Hills.
One of Spelling's friends can be heard preparing Tori to walk ("1, 2, 3") ... before three friends guide her to a waiting vehicle.
Someone is enjoying the holiday spirit ... or spirits, perhaps.
Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch has been miraculously restored, after falling into disrepair in the last years of Michael Jackson's life.
Colony Capital -- which owns Neverland -- surprised its employees yesterday by busing them north of Santa Barbara to host a Christmas bash at the compound.
TMZ has learnedFloyd Mayweather was arrested in Las Vegas last night, in connection with the warrant that was issued for his arrest for allegedly assaulting a security guard.
We're told Mayweather was at a casino on the strip when a security guard recognized him and called the Las Vegas police.
Mayweather, who was all smiles in his latest mugshot, is still in custody.
As we first reported, a security guard patrolling Floyd's gated community claims the boxer poked him in the face when confronted about a parking violation.
If convicted Mayweather faces a maximum of 6 months in jail.
UPDATE: Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Floyd has been released from custody.
Malil appeared in court in San Diego County yesterday -- where he was convicted of the attempted murder of Kendra Bebe ... who miraculously survived the attacked.
Malil was sentenced to spend 12 years to life in prison ... and will be eligible for parole in 10 years.
In court, Malil said, "I failed miserably, not only as a human being but as a father, son, uncle, brother, friend. What I did to Kendra, I don't have the words to express my remorse."