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A new report blaming Paul Walker's fatal car accident on excess speed alone is false -- multiple informed law enforcement sources tell TMZ.The Associated Press is running a story that investigators have already concluded there was NO EVIDENCE Paul's… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/18/paul-walker-porsche-carrera-gt-mechanical-problem/]View the full article[/url]

Famed director Nick Cassavetes is going after one of his buddies ... suing him for a $72,000 check that bounced all over L.A -- and sources tell us it's a big fat gambling debt.The director of "The Notebook" is suing L.A. business mogul Kevin… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/18/nick-cassavetes-sues-gambling-debt-poker-kevin-washington/]View the full article[/url]

In February, the Swedish duo Icona Pop is set to begin warming up arena audiences for both Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry, whose “Bangerz” and “Prism,” respectively, are among the year’s biggest pop albums.[img]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PopHiss/~4/KArPmAWytX4[/img] [url=http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/PopHiss/~3/KArPmAWytX4/la-et-ms-review-icona-pop-less-than-lovable-fonda-theatre-20131218,0,7147665.story]View the full article[/url]

Justin Bieber -- who famously tagged his way across South America and Australia -- may unleash his spray cans on L.A. ... with one of the most infamous graffiti artists in the world, TMZ has learned.Alec Monopoly will be front and center… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/18/graffiti-artist-alec-monopoly-justin-bieber-believe-premiere/]View the full article[/url]

Jonathan Martin's definitely putting that whole bullying scandal behind him -- hitting an L.A. area nightclub over the weekend, and also a house party ... allegedly. JM's picking up the pieces, but Richie Incognito still can't play in the NFL. Is… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/18/tmz-sports-jonathan-martin-lamar-odom-georges-st-pierre-barry-hinson-southern-illinois-basketball-terrell-owens-air-jordans-dwight-freeney/]View the full article[/url]

George Zimmerman could have a gold mine on his hands -- selling artwork to climb out of massive debt -- and no one's happier than the lawyer who defended him at his murder trial -- who's still waiting to be paid ... TMZ has learned.Zimmerman is on… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/18/george-zimmerman-lawyer-mark-omara-legal-bill-artwork-painting-ebay/]View the full article[/url]

Few year-end culture lists can inspire more morning-after regret than the ones that provide snapshots of things we've done on the Internet. Remember the day, for instance, your coworkers caught you watching local firehouses doing the "Harlem Shake"? The good news is you weren't alone, as Google this week released its most searched-for song list, and early year relic "Harlem Shake" tops it.[img]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PopHiss/~4/wvKX7cN1EGc[/img] [url=http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/PopHiss/~3/wvKX7cN1EGc/la-et-ms-baauer-harlem-shake-tops-google-search-list-20131218,0,6685840.story]View the full article[/url]

"RapFix Live" viewers know by now that it's tradition to wrap each show with a freestyle (or freestyles), so we decided to cap off a monster year with a full blown cypher session. On Wednesday (December 18) we'll have almost 30 rappers live in the studio to kick some of their best verses off the top--no questions asked, just good ol' fashioned rapping. Guests will include Hopsin, Emilio Rojas, Troy Ave and his BSB crew, plus Vado, Chris Webby, Lantana, Dee-1, Oun-P, 360 and more. Not to mention that DJ Statik Selektah will be on hand to supply the artists with original beats for the cypher. You might wanna tune in. Catch the "RapFix Live" year-end cypher Wednesday (December 18) at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT on MTV Jams and on MTV.com. Be sure to join the Twitter conversation by using the hashtag #RapFixLive and hitting us @MTVRapFix. [url=http://rapfix.mtv.com/2013/12/18/rapfixlives-year-end-cypher-vado-troy-ave-dj-statik-selektah-and-more/]View the full article[/url]

Katherine Jackson is irate that AEG is asking her to pay more than $1.2 million in costs associated with the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial ... claiming many of the so-called "expenses" are bogus.AEG -- which won the case -- is asking the… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/18/katherine-jackson-aeg-wrongful-death-michael-jackson-expenses/]View the full article[/url]

(Pusha and Pharrell performing together earlier this year) By Sowmya Krishnamurthy Clipse fans get excited. Pusha T is officially heading into the studio with The Neptunes for his next album. Miss Info shares that King Push let the cat out of the bag during Apple’s latest “Meet The Musician” series yesterday in New York. "On January 2nd, me, Pharrell and Chad are going in the studio for 20 days. That will start the King Push album," Pusha said according to blogger and event attendee Low Key. Mikey Fresh of Vibe and Miss Info echoed the news. "I'm not relying on anything else but my fans. My family." Pusha said of the album. "That's it." The rapper doesn't have a release date for the album but said that the 20-day studio session will take place in Miami. The Neptunes' Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo have been instrumental in shaping Pusha's career since inception. The duo has production credits on the Clipse's 2002 album Lord Willin,' 2006's Hell Hath No Fury and 2009's Til the Casket Drops while Pharrell produced and appeared on "S.N.I.T.C.H." from Pusha's solo album My Name Is My Name. [url=http://rapfix.mtv.com/2013/12/18/pusha-t-working-on-king-push-album-with-the-neptunes/]View the full article[/url]

An openly gay couple on A&E's "Storage Wars: New York" is NOT offended by the homophobic comments made by fellow A&E'er and "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson -- telling TMZ, they just feel bad for him ... because man ass beats vagina any… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/18/gay-storage-wars-chris-morelli-tad-eaton-sex-duck-dynasty/]View the full article[/url]

Michael Jackson's mom SAYS she's doing a heartfelt documentary about her son's life ... but the reality is ... it seems to be a shameful money grab.Katherine Jackson has announced she wants to do the documentary, but needs the fans to send her money… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/18/katherine-jackson-michael-mj-documentary-money-grab-estate/]View the full article[/url]

The Lohan family wants to wish you a Merry Christmas this year ... but not Dina, not Lindsay, not Ali or Cody ... just Michael Lohan, his fiancee Kate Major, and their 11-month-old love child. It's only one of SEVERAL pseudo-celeb Christmas cards… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/18/celebrity-d-list-christmas-cards-photos-michael-lohan-sydney-leathers-tan-mom/]View the full article[/url]

Martha Stewart threw some shade on Gwyneth Paltrow when we asked which one of them is the queen of lifestyle. So, Martha's choice is clear ... who you got?Plus, "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson says he doesn't get why homosexual men aren't… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/18/tmz-live-duck-dynasty-phil-robertson-martha-stewart-justin-bieber-charlie-sheen-george-zimmerman-paul-walker-porsche-katherine-jackson-porsha-williams/]View the full article[/url]

The Paul Walker death investigation has taken a new turn -- mechanical experts who work at Porsche in Germany are flying out to L.A. in an attempt to get to the bottom of what caused the fatal crash ... TMZ has learned.Law enforcement sources tell… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/18/paul-walker-porsche-germany-crash-death-cause/]View the full article[/url]

Jailed members of Pussy Riot are expected be freed months ahead of when their prison terms are due to end. Russian lawmakers on Wednesday approved an amnesty law that would clear an immediate path of freedom for Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina.[img]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PopHiss/~4/gwm3q6oNatI[/img] [url=http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/PopHiss/~3/gwm3q6oNatI/la-et-ms-russian-amnesty-law-brings-pussy-riot-members-closer-to-freedom-20131218,0,191556.story]View the full article[/url]

[img]http://torrentfreak.com//images/aradilogo.jpg[/img]In August 2007, Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN [url="http://torrentfreak.com/more-bittorrent-trackers-shut-down-owners-cover-blown/"]caused the closure[/url] of six torrent sites operating from local host LeaseWeb. One of the sites, the popular AradiTracker, was soon back online. One year later and it appeared that history was repeating itself when a notice appeared on the site’s homepage warning that the tracker had been shut down by “the powers that be.” Unlike the previous year’s closure, this time it was made clear that the site would not return. AradiTracker had operated since May 2005, gathering a few thousand members in its first months of operations up to a peak of around 37,000, but it was the 2008 raids carried out by police and the Federation Against Copyright Theft that finally ended its operations. In action against the owner of AradiTracker, Hugh Reid of Northern Ireland, police [url="http://torrentfreak.com/the-inside-story-of-the-araditracker-shutdown-081221/"]seized all computer related equipment[/url] from the 70-year-old’s home and place of work. Three weeks later police and Trading Standards officers raided a second person, Reid’s son-in-law Marcus Lewis, at his home in North Wales. [b]The AradiTracker shutdown notice displayed in 2008[/b] [img]http://torrentfreak.com/images/aradishut.png[/img] Five years later in 2013, both Reid and Lewis were pleading guilty to distributing items protected by copyright law. The prosecution, who framed AradiTracker’s activities as a “movie theft” operation, said that the site received so much money that PayPal refused to process any more transactions. The cash coming in, donations given by the site’s members, was described in court as the users “buying” counterfeit content. Judge Philpott, who said the behavior of the men was “nothing less than theft”, noted that people suffer due to copyright infringement. “There are people who work here locally who work to make films locally in this jurisdiction and in others as well,” the judge said. “There are also the people who work in cinemas, the people who distribute DVDs who are all affected by copyright infringements.” Noting that Lewis had a clean record, the judge at Belfast Crown Court handed both men two year prison sentences, suspended for two years. According to a [url="http://www.belfastdaily.co.uk/2013/12/17/pair-escape-jail-over-internet-movie-scam/"]local report[/url], that money – said to be £33,000 – will become the subject of a confiscation hearing next month. Reid’s lawyer said his client “had the means” to settle the matter in full. Source: [url="http://torrentfreak.com"]TorrentFreak[/url], for the latest info on [url="http://torrentfreak.com/category/copyright-issues/"]copyright[/url], [url="http://torrentfreak.com/category/pirate-talk/"]file-sharing[/url] and [url="http://torrentfreak.com/vpn-services-that-take-your-anonymity-seriously-2013-edition-130302/"]VPN services[/url]. [url="http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~ff/Torrentfreak?a=0Cix8fchWQA:iXJVuGozqkg:yIl2AUoC8zA"][img]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Torrentfreak?d=yIl2AUoC8zA[/img]</img>[/url] [url="http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~ff/Torrentfreak?a=0Cix8fchWQA:iXJVuGozqkg:D7DqB2pKExk"][img]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Torrentfreak?i=0Cix8fchWQA:iXJVuGozqkg:D7DqB2pKExk[/img]</img>[/url][img]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~4/0Cix8fchWQA[/img] [url=http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~3/0Cix8fchWQA/]View the full article[/url]

Charlie Sheen tells TMZ ... the people who guided his career have parted company with him NOT because they were fed up -- it was "mutual."Charlie's lawyer, Jake Bloom, his publicist, Larry Solters and his manager, Mark Burg all said sayonara to… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/18/charlie-sheen-manager-lawyer-publicist-quit-statement/]View the full article[/url]

When we first met Mac Miller he was a teenage rap machine whose concerns orbited around cutting school, partying and the Nikes on his feet, but the Pittsburgh prodigy has grown immensely since his 2010 break out mixtape K.I.D.S. (Kickin' Incredibly Dope Sh--). Anyone unconvinced need look no further than Live From Space, Mac's new live album which he released on Tuesday (December 17). The material for the 14-track LP was compiled from different stops on Mac's 2012 The Space Migration Tour, where he showcased music mostly from his June 18 studio album Watching Movies With the Sound Off. "I've been wanting to do a live album for a while. I think the music just happened," Mac told MTV News of the project. Hear him explain in the video above. [url=http://rapfix.mtv.com/2013/12/18/mac-miller-thought-the-time-was-right-for-live-from-space-album/]View the full article[/url]

"Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson is blasting gays ... and not in the usual Bible-thumping way -- instead he's going off about the benefits of vagina as compared to a man's a**hole.Robertson went on a rant about religion,… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/18/duck-dynasty-phil-robertson-vagina-better-than-man-anus-gq-homophobia/]View the full article[/url]

The power singer shows a laid-back side in 'Loved Me Back to Life' that even includes some R&B.<br/><br/>Celine Dion was on a Studio City soundstage last week, rehearsing for her performance on a holiday TV special. Ne-Yo had joined the French Canadian singer to run through "Incredible," a duet from Dion's new album, but almost as soon as she'd tilted her head back to unleash a flurry of octave-scaling notes, an abashed expression flashed across her face.[img]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PopHiss/~4/56BS1XtK90o[/img] [url=http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/PopHiss/~3/56BS1XtK90o/la-et-ms-celine-dion-life-album-20131218,0,4553951.story]View the full article[/url]

Martha Stewart threw some serious shade on wanna-be Gwyneth Paltrow ... scoffing at our photog's question ... Who's the better lifestyle coach?Watch Martha blanche at the question, as if the conclusion is painfully obvious.Her answer has merit --… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/18/martha-stewart-gwyneth-paltrow-lifestyle-coach-video/]View the full article[/url]

[img]http://torrentfreak.com/images/hydrabay.jpg[/img]The past week has been a busy one for The Pirate Bay’s IT department, with the site skipping from domain to domain every other day. After pressure from anti-piracy group BREIN the notorious BitTorrent site first [url="http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-moves-to-ac-after-domain-name-seizure-131210/"]lost its .SX domain[/url]. In a response The Pirate Bay moved to Ascension Island’s .AC ccTLD, and facing another suspension it [url="http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-docks-in-peru-new-system-will-make-domains-irrelevant-131212/"]switched to Peru’s .PE domain[/url] a few days later. However, TPB did not receive a warm welcome in Peru either. The Pirate Bay team has informed TorrentFreak that the .PE domain was suspended a few hours ago, without prior warning. This means that the site had to switch to the fourth domain in a week, and this time it settled for [url="http://thepiratebay.gy"]thepiratebay.gy[/url], using the Guyana based [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.gy"].GY ccTLD[/url]. It’s unclear for how long the Co-operative Republic of Guyana will allow the site to use its domain name, but TPB is ready to relocate again if needed. “We have some 70 domain names left, so eventually we will find one that sticks,” a Pirate Bay insider told TorrentFreak. “A few domains have been prepared so we can switch over whenever’s needed.” Through court cases and informal threats the entertainment industries are working hard to render The Pirate Bay unavailable. Despite these efforts the site remains online, and the most recent domain suspensions do not seem to bother the site’s operators too much. The site’s traffic has dropped approximately 15% in recent days, but The Pirate Bay expects that this will eventually rebound as people find the site’s new home. According to TPB it remains easy to access the site as the old .SE and .ORG domains still redirect to the new domain. “Just Google for it,” the Pirate Bay team told us. [b]Google Recommends Thepiratebay.org[/b] [img]http://torrentfreak.com/images/theporg.png[/img] Interestingly, Google appears to be tired of all the domain switches and the search engine now simply lists thepiratebay.org as the top result, instead of the newer domains. According to TPB roughly 10% of all visitors to the site now access it through proxies, which are unaffected by the domain hopping. And even when all domain names and proxies are exhausted, people can directly use the IP-address [url="http://194.71.107.80/"]194.71.107.80[/url], although that currently doesn’t support logins for security reasons. As we reported last week, the torrent site eventually hopes to move to a P2P browser model where [url="http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-docks-in-peru-new-system-will-make-domains-irrelevant-131212/"]domain names will be irrelevant[/url]. They are currently developing a special BitTorrent-powered application, which lets users store and distribute The Pirate Bay and other websites on their own computers, making it impossible for third parties to block them. Until then, the domain name Whack-A-Mole is expected to continue. Source: [url="http://torrentfreak.com"]TorrentFreak[/url], for the latest info on [url="http://torrentfreak.com/category/copyright-issues/"]copyright[/url], [url="http://torrentfreak.com/category/pirate-talk/"]file-sharing[/url] and [url="http://torrentfreak.com/vpn-services-that-take-your-anonymity-seriously-2013-edition-130302/"]VPN services[/url]. [url="http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~ff/Torrentfreak?a=B4_4_V6CcOw:R1aZ97qQjXU:yIl2AUoC8zA"][img]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Torrentfreak?d=yIl2AUoC8zA[/img]</img>[/url] [url="http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~ff/Torrentfreak?a=B4_4_V6CcOw:R1aZ97qQjXU:D7DqB2pKExk"][img]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Torrentfreak?i=B4_4_V6CcOw:R1aZ97qQjXU:D7DqB2pKExk[/img]</img>[/url][img]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~4/B4_4_V6CcOw[/img] [url=http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~3/B4_4_V6CcOw/]View the full article[/url]

Dwight Yoakam's plane was on fire ... IN THE AIR! That mayday call from the pilot triggered an emergency at Van Nuys Airport, where the runway was cleared and the fire department nervously waited.Yoakam and 9 others were on board the… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/18/dwight-yoakam-plane-emergency-landing-van-nuys-airport/]View the full article[/url]

Lamar Odom can't be that torn up over his impending divorce, because he was out training hard yesterday for what he still believes will be an NBA comeback to save his legacy.We know what Lamar is saying ... he believes he could be back on an NBA… [url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/18/lamar-odom-photo-training-basketball-legacy/]View the full article[/url]