Dennis Rodman -- Enters Rehab for Alcohol

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Dennis Rodman is in rehab to treat an addiction to booze ... TMZ Sports has learned.

Sources connected to Rodman tell us the 52-year old basketball Hall of Famer checked into a treatment center a few days ago in New Jersey ... on the heels of his disastrous trip to North Korea.

We're told Rodman is "beyond exhausted and overwhelmed" ... and he will be in treatment for 30 days.

The Worm has had multiple stints in rehab. Dennis checked into a Florida treatment facility in 2008 ... and in 2009 he appeared on the third season of "Celebrity Rehab." He relapsed shortly after the show premiered.

Rodman blamed booze for his explosion during a recent CNN interview from N. Korea.

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Jennifer Hudson -- I Got Nothin' For First Lady's 50th Birthday!

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Jennifer Hudson was kinda awesome flying into Washington D.C. today ... to perform at Michelle Obama's 50th -- giving a definitive answer on what you get the person who has everything.

Although Michelle will end up with bubkis ... she has solid logic on why she decided to give her assistant a house!

Jennifer says she's rock Michelle's 50th birthday party at The White House with her latest single.

Nice gig.

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Mariah Carey -- Dictator ... He Hardly Knew Her!

Mariah Carey's pockets may have lined her pockets with dictator cash in teh past ... but the 43-year old diva says those days -- like Mussolini himself -- are gone.

Carey was navigating her way through a sea of paparazzi at LAX Friday night when our photog asked if she'll ever perform for a dictator again.

As you know ... Mimi was blasted in 2008 for performing at Moammar Gaddafi's family party. She apologized ... but did it again two years later -- when she performed for Angola dictator Jose Eduardo Dos Santos.

She sure knows how to dictate.

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Kanye West -- Is That Your Jacket? Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

Kanye West flashed his lion-like dong in public Friday afternoon during Fashion Week in Paris ... is what we thought when we first looked at this photo.

Then we saw other photos from the set ... and realized it's just a bad angle.

You gotta admit ... it totally looks like a wiener.

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Rabbi To The Stars -- Kabbalah Leader Threatened To 'F**king Kill' Me

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A Kabbalah leader -- who hobnobs with the likes of Madonna and Ashton Kutcher -- sexually attacked a woman and then threatened to "f**king kill" her if she told anyone ... according to the woman, who's just filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit.

Jena Scaccetti is suing Yehuda Berg -- co-director of L.A.'s famed Kabbalah Centre -- claiming he was her spiritual advisor and Kabbalah teacher when he groped her and threatened her in October 2012.

According to the lawsuit ... Berg -- a married father of five -- invited Scaccetti to dinner at his mother's apartment, claiming he could help heal her kidney stones.

Scaccetti claims Berg complained to her about his life at the Kabbalah Center and began trashing other teachers at the Centre... even describing his sister-in-law as a "c**t" and a "star-f**ker."

In her lawsuit, Scaccetti claims Berg then plied her with Vicodin and alcohol and started hugging her and touching her legs. She says he asked if her genital region "...was Brazilian or shaved" ... and made the move to seal the deal.

The woman claims in the lawsuit she resisted his advances and Berg got angry, saying he would "f**king beat the whole right side of [her] until [she was] blue" and that he would "f**king kill you."

Scaccetti now wants justice with a dollar sign -- she's suing for $15 mil ... plus another $40 mil in punitive damages.

We've reached out to Berg and the Kabbalah Centre ... so far no word back.

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Machine Gun Kelly -- Photog Sues ... I Want My Mug Shot Money, Bitch

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This photo of Machine Gun Kelly is now at the center of a big legal battle ... thanks to the photographer ... who claims the rapper's manager STOLE it from him to make crappy t-shirts.

Dario Calmese filed the lawsuit in New York, claiming he initially shot the MGK photo in 2012 for a limited edition t-shirt line with clothing company Black Apple (above) -- emphasis on "limited."

During production, Dario claims Black Apple submitted the photo to MGK's manager Byron Kirkland for final approval ... and everything appeared hunky dory.

The Black Apple tees hit the market without a hitch -- but soon after, Dario claims the mug shot photo began to surface on cheap knockoff t-shirts around the web, including at online stores Spencer's Gifts and Live Nation Worldwide.

Now Dario is pissed ... claiming Byron hijacked the photo for his own personal t-shirt production -- outside of Black Apple -- not only using the pic without his permission, but cutting him out of the action as well.

Dario wants everyone (except Black Apple) to STOP producing the mug shot tees stat. He's suing Live Nation, Spencer's, Byron Kirkland and more ... demanding a bunch of money.

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Beyonce Cuts Kelly Rowland Out of the Picture ... In Aaliyah Tribute

Beyonce has cut Kelly Rowland out of her life -- and it was truly the unkindest cut of all.

Check out this photo (above) Beyonce posted on Instagram last night ... in honor of Aaliyah's 35th birthday.

But here's what you don't see ... Kelly Rowland ... who was in the pic when it was snapped in 2001 at the MTV Movie Awards, mere months before Aaliyah was killed in a plane crash.

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Kelly posted the original photo on Instagram hours before Beyonce. Then Beyonce reposted it in black and white, completely cropping Kelly out of the pic ... and putting herself smack in the middle of the shot.

So we gotta ask ...

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Octomom -- Rocks Pant Suit to Welfare Hearing ... Please Take Me Seriously

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Hoping to convince the judge she's not a total scumbag, Octomom donned her finest black pant suit to court today to face charges she scammed the gov. out of welfare cash.

Nadya Suleman just shuffled into L.A. County Superior Court where she's expected to enter a plea on charges stemming from allegations she bilked the State of California out of $16,481 by failing to report income from personal appearances and her porno career.

Octo's been hit with one count of aid by misrepresentation and two counts of perjury by false application for aid. She's facing up to nearly 6 years behind bars.

TMZ is in the courtroom -- stay tuned ...

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SWV -- Sisters With Voices Meet Fans With Sucky Voices

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Seeing the ladies from SWV back together is like a time machine -- shooting you straight back to the early 90s for a little ... "I get so weak in the knees I can hardly speak."

Aww yeah ... they're still awesome! And we still can't sing.

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Kate Gosselin -- Double Your Humiliation ... Twins Stage Silent Protest

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Kate Gosselin won't be dragging her 13-year-old daughters out on TV anytime soon -- not after the twins logged on to zipit.com just as she needed them to start blabbing.

Revenge. A dish best served quietly?

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Ruth Robinson Duccini Dead -- Last Female Munchkin in 'Wizard Of Oz' Dies At Age 95

An actress who played a Munchkin in the "The Wizard of Oz" has died at age 95 ... and now there's just one surviving little person from the flick.

Ruth Robinson Duccini -- who stood 4 feet tall -- was the longest surviving female Munchkin ... she died of natural causes today at a hospice center in Las Vegas.

Duccini received no screen credit for her role as a Munchkin townsperson -- she was one of 124 little people cast in the movie.

Now ... only one Munchkin survives ... 93-year-old Jerry Maren -- who was a member of the famed Lollipop Guild.

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'Orange Is the New Black' Star Michelle Hurst -- Seriously Injured in Car Accident, Placed in Medically-Induced Coma

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"Orange Is the New Black" star Michelle Hurst -- who plays Miss Claudette on the show -- has just awakened from a medically-induced coma ... after suffering serious injuries in a recent car accident.

According to Hurst's family, the accident occurred just before the holidays and Hurst was placed in the 16-day coma so doctors could perform surgeries close to her spine.

Hurst is currently recovering in the ICU at UNC Chapel Hill Hospital in North Carolina.

Details surrounding the accident are unclear.

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Jon Gosselin -- Kate Put Our Kids in 'Horrible' Situation

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Jon Gosselin says he felt TERRIBLE for his daughters for having to appear on the "Today" show with Kate this morning ... telling TMZ the whole thing was "horrible" to watch.

Gosselin appeared on "TMZ Live" moments ago and said Kate's humiliating meltdown on live TV this morning shows exactly why the kids shouldn't be forced to participate in a lengthy publicity tour with their mother.

"I’m going to handle this as a family matter," Jon said ... adding, "I don’t want to affect the children anymore."

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Meek Mill Kills Court-Ordered Etiquette Classes -- Please, Sir, I Want More

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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.

The rain in Spain falls mainly in the plain.

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'The Bachelor' -- Lawyer's Opening Statement ... I'll Play Dumb for Juan Pablo Galavis

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Andi Dorfman isn't just another bimbo fighting for a rose on "The Bachelor" -- she's a bimbo with a law degree! Ok, maybe she's not a bimbo, but she definitely doesn't mind acting like one.

Exhibit A ...

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Robert Pattinson to Kristen Stewart -- I Dumped Our Mansion ... Like I Dumped Your Cheating Ass

Robert Pattinson has just gotten rid of the L.A.-area mansion he once shared with Kristen Stewart ... ya know, before she cheated on him with the married director of that "Snow White" movie.

We've learned ... Pattinson just closed the sale of his 4,026 square foot Spanish Colonial home in Los Feliz for a cool $6.35 MILLION.

The "Twilight" star has only owned the home for a few years -- he bought it back in Sept. 2011 for $6.275 ... so not a huge profit, but better than taking a loss.

The mansion is pretty incredible -- with a great back yard, 3.5 bathrooms and a steller master bedroom that Kristen Stewart probably never saw again after July 2012 ... when she went behind Robert's back and hooked up with the very married Rupert Sanders.

Robert's moving on ... maybe we should too.

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'Cheer Perfection' Star -- Another One Arrested ... This Time for Drugs

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There must be something in the water in Sherwood, Arkansas -- TMZ has learned, another star from TLC's "Cheer Perfection" reality show has just been arrested ... this time for drug possession.

As we reported, one of the show's moms Andrea Clevenger was just arrested Tuesday morning for allegedly raping a 13-year-old boy.

Now, less than a day later, Cheer Time Revolution co-owner Ronald Dunlap has been arrested for marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.

According to the Sherwood police report, Dunlap and CTR coach Ryan Dahl (who doesn't appear on the show) were popped around 1AM this morning after an officer claims he found them inside Dahl's car, which reeked of pot.

When confronted, the officer claims Dunlap and Dahl 'fessed up to smoking weed and were placed under arrest. The officer claims he also found a glass pipe in the vehicle. Dunlap has since been released. Dahl is still in custody.

Ronald's wife and CTR co-owner Alisha Dunlap is NOT happy either -- she tells us, Ronald and Ryan are both currently suspended from the gym, which has a zero tolerance drug policy.

Seriously, you can't make this stuff up.

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Javaris Crittenton -- Arrested for Drugs

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Javaris Crittenton -- the former NBA star who was famously involved in a locker room gun standoff with Gilbert Arenas -- was arrested on drug charges in Georgia, TMZ Sports has learned.

Crittenton -- who is still facing murder charges in the 2011 shooting death of an Atlanta woman -- was busted in Fulton County early Wednesday morning.

According to his booking sheet, the 26-year-old was arrested for "Conspiracy To Violate Georgia Controlled Substance Act."

It's details of the arrest are still unclear.

Javaris is currently in custody.

Story developing ...

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Justin Bieber -- Egg Raids Lead to Busted Friends

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Justin Bieber learned a hard (boiled) lesson -- cracking eggs on a neighbor's house ... makes cops scramble ... and gets your friends busted. For drugs.

But if ya love puns ... egg raids can be fun! For everyone but Lil Za.

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Chewbacca -- Royal Crushing on Princess Leia

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Han Solo's hairy sidekick Chewbacca was extremely tight with Princess Leia during filming of the "Star Wars" flicks -- at least that's how some new behind the scenes pics make it seem.

Sure, it's damn near bestiality ... but it beats kissing your sister. Right, Luke?

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