Joe Francis -- the mastermind behind "Girls Gone Wild" -- is sending Madonna a cease and desist letter, threatening that he'll take legal action if she sings the song from her new album -- titled "Girls Gone Wild" -- at the Super Bowl.TMZ has…

Takeru Kobayashi is gearing up to poop out the remains of 168-and-a-half chickens ... after putting one of the GREATEST competitive eating displays of all time. Kobayashi WOLFED DOWN 337 chicken wings at Wing Bowl 20 in Philadelphia ... defeating…

He's paid his dues ... time after time ... and now Adam Lambert says he's been chosen to replace Freddie Mercury as the new lead singer of the legendary rock band Queen!!!!Lambert KILLED IT with the band when he rocked out a rendition of "We Are The…

The Internet is blowing up with reports that Eddie Murphy is dead. NOT TRUE.We made some calls, and Eddie is very much alive.The frenzy was triggered by MediaFetcher.com. The site has been spinning bogus stories about other celebs they claim are…

Jack Nicholson has never been one to mince words ... the notion of going to the Super Bowl this Sunday makes him nauseous.  Nicholson grabbed some dinner with CSI minx Marg Helgenberger -- no they're not dating ... just old friends -- and a…

Arnold Schwarzenegger went all the way to India this week ... and all he got was a big fat REJECTION from the Taj Mahal. The ex-Governator -- who's in town for an environmental conference -- was turned away from one of the 7 wonders of the modern…

Surrounded by an army of perfectly toned asses, devout virgin Tim Tebow appeared UNFAZED at a Super Bowl pre-party in Indianapolis last night ... but he did pull off one pretty awesome maneuver for a fan. Tim was hanging out on the balcony at the…

Elton John's hubby David Furnish -- the guy who BLASTED Madonna after the Golden Globes -- tells TMZ ... there's NO WAY IN HELL he'll watch her Super Bowl halftime show. It seems like another OBVIOUS diss aimed at the Material Girl ... but Furnish,…

Just 9 days before her whip-it induced medical emergency ... Demi Moore partied under the radar at Miley Cyrus' BF's birthday bash in L.A. ... you know, the one with the penis cake ... more evidence that Demi was desperately clinging on to her…

Battling rumors she's a pretentious jerk, Madonna went out and purchased the least pretentious thing on the planet for her Super Bowl entourage Wednesday night -- pizzas ... FIFTY delicious pizzas.Sources tell TMZ, someone in Madonna's camp placed…

Joe Jackson must have been having an out-of-body experience Friday ... the man who played the role of marionette to one of the most successful musical groups ever spent the day hocking cheap perfume at a Las Vegas mall.Joe was the special guest at…

Khloe Kardashian just launched her first counter-attack after a transgender woman sued her for assault -- insisting she didn't do anything wrong during the 2009 street scuffle ... she merely acted in self-defense.Khloe filed the response in L.A.…

NBA legend Bill Bridges claims he was left permanently scarred by a recent trip to a Marriott spa -- where the steam room allegedly seared his skin and eyes -- and now, he's suing the hotel for ruining his life.Bill -- who won a championship ring…

Kim Kardashian is in desperate need of an upgrade -- hitting the streets in Miami yesterday to find an even bigger home for her beachfront clothing boutique ... to accommodate its exploding popularity.Sources tell TMZ, the Miami D-A-S-H store…

Tim Tebow says Mel Gibson movies get him fired up, but which one's most inspiring to the super religious QB? "Braveheart" ... "Passion of the Christ" ... "Tequila Sunrise"? Yeah, probably not that one.