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Tank is putting the blame squarely on Tyrese when it comes to the breakup of their R&B supergroup, TGT.

It's an interesting twist ... Tyrese had announced the group's demise in December, but didn't blame anyone in particular. All he said was the group would be moving on without Ginuwine -- which seemed like a hint, but now Tank's pointing the finger at Tyrese.

Watch what happened at LAX when we asked for a TGT update. For Tank, it's all about the Benjamins.

A rep for Tyrese says the group's money was never split equally because the economic fact is Tyrese has had more chart success on his own. The rep did not deny money was behind the breakup.

On a personal level ... the rep said Tyrese still considers Tank and Ginuwine his brothers, but "business is business."

John Mayer clowned our photog after playing an awesome set at an L.A. club.

John was at Vibrato Tuesday night when our camera guy dropped the news he's getting hitched. He had the balls to ask John if he'd play at his wedding.

Katt Williams is racking up alleged crimes coast to coast -- he was also involved in an L.A. altercation and he's considered a suspect ... TMZ has learned.

Katt tells us he saw a car accident Tuesday outside his hotel and went down to the scene to help the victims. But while he was doing that, he says onlookers, who he described as "rappers," started making fun of his height.

Williams stands about 5'5" and he says the "rappers" were all six feet or taller. He says when he told them to shut up ... one of them hit him, so he struck back in self-defense.

He told a similar story about the 2 incidents in Georgia -- the first with 5 women in Atlanta on Sunday, and then his arrest at a pool supply store on Monday. He's accused of punching in all 3 cases.

Eddie Murphy is in rehearsals for "Daddy Day Care," Part 9 -- and his pregnant co-star's totally ready for her close-up.

Eddie and gf Paige Butcher took a stroll for java Wednesday in L.A. The couple announced they were expecting back in November ... so, we're guessing she's about 5-6 months along.

This will be the ninth spawn for Murphy and her first.

Her belly's bulging but you can tell, Paige is still holding on to that bikini bod. Motherhood is a beautiful thing.

The Erin Andrews nude peephole video was mocked openly at a Marriott exec's dinner table in Nashville ... but the exec denies having anything to do with the video being played.

Neal Peskind admits his friends pulled up the video on a phone while they were out to dinner Tuesday night. He says he quickly asked them to stop "and while they did so, it was not as quickly as I had hoped."

The damage was done. A server saw what happened and blasted Peskind and co. on Twitter. She claims Peskind and his friends talked about Erin's body and said she doesn't deserve money. Peskind denies there was any such conversation, and says, "This incident has been blown into something it was not."

Here's the problem ... the jury in Erin's $75 million lawsuit against Marriott is not sequestered. The judge has no doubt instructed them to ignore all news reports related to the case, but you know the way that goes.

On his way into court Wednesday ... reporters for WSMV, which broke the story, questioned Peskind about the incident.

Madonna and Guy Ritchie both called into a New York custody hearing Wednesday afternoon, and the judge went after them ... saying THEY are the ones hurting their 15-year-old son Rocco.

Here's what went down in court ...

- Rocco is currently enrolled in school in London. Rocco's attorney called it a "great fit for him."
- The judge is pleased about the school decision and doesn't want to move Rocco out of the school.
- Rocco's attorney said the uncertainty of the situation is having a negative effect on Rocco, but the judge says the real problem is the "inability of the parents to come up with a solution."

Bottom line -- the judge isn't forcing Rocco to move back to New York with his mother at this time ... but is urging Madonna and Guy to find an amicable resolution to visitation issues.

Aubrey McClendon -- co-owner of the OKC Thunder -- crashed his car into a bridge and killed himself in what appears to be a suicide mission ... one day after he was charged with conspiracy.

50 Cent's massive estate in Farmington, Connecticut has finally found a buyer and they're planning on turning the sprawling 52-room home into an assisted living facility.

TMZ has learned the home sold for $8 million ... $10.5 million less than 50's original listing price almost a decade ago.

50 first put the 21-bedroom, 25-bath estate on the market in 2007 for $18.5 million. The price was reduced several more times in the following years.

The 50k square foot home had been a huge financial burden for the bankrupt 50, costing around $70k per month to maintain since there's also 9 kitchens, an outdoor infinity pool and grotto, indoor pool, helicopter pad, casino, nightclub, basketball courts and pond.

It's resort-like amenities sound like a perfect fit for the buyer who is modifying zoning so it can be converted into the old folks home pending the town's approval.

Father Robert Sirico -- a celebrity in his own right for his political and cultural commentary -- eviscerated the Academy for embracing "Spotlight" while it celebrated a child molester in its own ranks.

We got the Catholic Priest -- who writes for the NY Times -- and asked about the church scandal that became the centerpiece of the movie.

You gotta hear his answer ... and he's right. Roman Polanski won Best Director in 2003 for "The Pianist," the same time The Boston Globe was breaking the molestation stories.

Polanski pled guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl and then fled the country ... he's never returned.

Check out the video from 2003, below. The applause for Polanski was thunderous and the standing ovation remarkable.

Kanye West is not jacking music and software off the Internet -- and the tweet he posted that suggests otherwise was all a setup to mess with haters.

Yeezy came under fire Tuesday when he posted a pic of a desktop monitor with a song by Sufjan Stevens ... only problem was, the other browser tabs were filled with sites used for illegal downloading.

Our Kanye sources say the whole thing was trolling -- 'Ye was in the studio Tuesday and thought it'd be funny to send out the pic. He's well aware 'TLOP' has been pirated more than 500k times, and while he'd never steal music ... he knew the Internet would have a field day.

More evidence of the trolling -- the monitor's a Samsung and it's well known Kanye's got a Mac laptop. Why would he illegally download programs on a computer that's not his?

He got what he wanted though ... the tweet pissed off not just random haters, but famous ones. Fellow Tidal artist Deadmau5 jumped all over Kanye for promoting piracy. West is laughing it off by cracking jokes about the DJ's mouse helmet.

4:00 PM PT -- Reps for Sig confirm he suffered a heart attack ... and is currently resting up.

Captain Sig Hansen narrowly dodged a true "Deadliest Catch" moment when he fell unconscious on the deck while fishing for crab.

Sources close to production tell TMZ ... Sig and the crew of the F/V Northwestern were at sea, with cameras rolling, when the captain briefly passed out. We're told Sig brushed it off when he came to, and wanted to keep fishing.

The production crew insisted he get medical attention, and he was airlifted to a nearby hospital.

Hilary Duff doesn't find anything awkward about the Hawaiian vacation she went on with her ex-husband Mike Comrie.

We got Hilary at LAX, and asked about her Maui trip with Mike and their 3-year-old son Luca ... a week after their divorce was finalized. For a lot of people ... it seemed way too civilized, especially for a Hollywood couple.

Check out Hil's answer ... she's writing a new rule book.

Katt Williams is on a Bonnie and Clyde style crime spree ... if you believe the 5 women who've now come forward claiming he and his crew held them at gunpoint.

The women say they ran into Katt and his 15-person entourage Sunday morning at 2:30 in downtown Atlanta. They say they noticed the comedian and asked for a photo, but when Williams noticed one of them was recording video ... he allegedly lost it.

The women say he punched one of them -- which started an all out brawl, until Williams took out a gun and pointed it at them. They claim he and his entourage took all their phones. One woman says she managed to grab a phone from their car ... and dialed 911.

When cops arrived Katt told officers a different story. He claims the women were harassing him, and one of them tried to snatch a chain from his neck ... and that's when he punched in self-defense. He does admit taking out a gun, but only because he heard one of the women mention a gun.

In the end, police made no arrests because there were no independent witnesses and no injuries -- but they are continuing to investigate.

As we've reported ... Katt was arrested the next day in an Atlanta suburb for allegedly punching an employee in a pool supply store.

The 5 women have lawyered up.

Absolutely NOBODY's got it better than Bradley Cooper, who's strolling around Paris with Irina Shayk ... just a few days after kicking it with Naomi Campbell.

Bradley was back arm-in-arm with his 30-year-old supermodel chick Wednesday morning, looking like they never missed a beat. It's the first time they've been spotted together in about a month.

Of course, over the weekend he was trending a bit older -- doing breakfast with 45-year-old Naomi.

That kinda range wins awards. And ass.

However -- wet blanket time ... sources close to Naomi tell us she and Bradley are just good friends, have been for years. She was in L.A. for Oscar parties, and they grabbed a quick bite to catch up.

Madonna and Guy Ritchie will square off in court Wednesday over custody of their 15-year-old son Rocco, and we've learned Madonna has changed her strategy.

As we reported, the singer and Guy have not gotten along since their 2008 divorce. In fact, we're told they aggressively dislike each other.

Madonna's initial strategy to get her son back was to trash Guy's parenting skills. She believes he's way too permissive and Rocco suffers as a result. Our Madonna sources say she is an extremely strict and controlling parent ... which often benefits the boy, but at the same time pisses him off.

Now we're told Madonna has changed her tune. Rather than trying to force Rocco back to the U.S. through a judge's order, she's trying to win him back by proclaiming her undying love ... frequently through social media.

That said, as one well-connected Madonna source told us, "She always has to be right. It's her nature. She and Guy have disagreed on every [child rearing] decision they talk about, and it's made her feel like he's a bad parent."

Rocco -- who's been living with his dad since late December -- will have a voice in where he ends up living.

Jennifer Lopez is on the hunt for a new house, and she's clearly ready to open the bank vault.

Our real estate spies tell us, J Lo went house shopping over the weekend in Bev Hills and Bel Air, looking for cribs in the $20 million range.

Check out the estate (above) owned by movie producer Frank Mancuso, Jr., whose dad ran both Paramount and MGM. We're told J Lo breezed through this property -- listed at a cool $22.9 mil -- along with several others, but isn't jumping to make an offer. She's still looking.

The Mancuso property isn't a bad choice -- it's a 14,000 square foot home on 3.5 acres in Bev Hills, behind gates with neighbors including Channing Tatum, Demi Moore and Harry Styles.