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Paul Walker could have banked up to $80 million off his acting had his life not been cut short.

Universal executives had already committed to 3 more 'Fast and Furious' films while Paul and company were filming the seventh installment ... this according to legal docs in the wrongful death case filed by Paul's 17-year-old daughter Meadow.

Meadow claims the additional movies -- plus other projects -- would have made his bank account swell by anywhere between $30 and $80 million.

Paul's earning prospects was a big factor in the settlement Meadow struck with the estate of the driver, Roger Rodas. The estate -- most likely the insurance co. -- paid her $10.1 million.

According to the docs ... Meadow and her mom got court permission to use $2 million from the settlement to buy a new house.

3:09 P.M. PT -- Prosecutors say Smith was shot in the back and right torso. Hayes appeared in court and his bond was set at $1 million.

Hayes' lawyer told the judge his client -- who he says is a pro football player -- called 911 himself, and waited for cops to arrive, but did not say why he pulled the trigger in the first place.

Former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith was shot and killed Saturday night, and it appears to be a case of road rage.

Smith and his wife were driving in New Orleans when they were involved in a fender bender. Eyewitnesses say 6 to 8 shots rang out shortly thereafter and they found the former defensive end slumped over the steering wheel.

Smith's wife was was shot twice and survived. She was taken to the hospital by ambulance. No word on her condition.

The 28-year-old shooter, Cardell Hayes, has been arrested and charged with 2nd degree murder.

Diddy multitasked like a boss at the Miami Youth Fair with his daughters last week ... putting in daddy time on an amusement ride while running a multi-million dollar empire from his phone.

Madonna seems to have struck some sort of custody deal with Guy Ritchie, because he dropped their son Rocco off to visit her at her home in London.

Madonna flew to England a few days ago, looking all business, and now it appears she and Guy followed judge's orders and came up with some sort of visitation arrangement.

The 15-year-old has been living with Guy in London since December 1st, after bailing on Madonna's tour. He says he wants to live with his dad, and Madonna had been fighting that tooth and nail.

The judge in the custody case told both Madonna and Guy to grow up and do what's best for their kid, and if they wouldn't ... he would. Apparently the parents listened.

Kendall Jenner wants to make something perfectly clear ... you can look but you can't touch.

Kendall and pal Gigi Hadid were leaving The Nice Guy Saturday night after the MTV Movie Awards when someone -- it looks like a photog -- got handsy. Kendall uncharacteristically lashed out.

Lil' sis Kylie Jenner has the same playbook, as she so deftly demonstrated a week ago.

Johnny Manziel was at his home away from home Saturday night -- The Nice Guy nightclub in WeHo -- and he revealed something about his real home and the roommate with whom he desperately wants to work.

Johnny told our photog he's living with Denver Broncos star Von Miller, who's been vocal about his desire to call JM his teammate.

Marcia Clark's pigheadedness cost her the trial ... so claims the man who ran the office and regrets tapping her for the assignment.

Gil Garcetti, who served as L.A. County D.A. during the trial, says the dialogue in the TV series is just made up and misleading. He told the NY Post Clark would not listen to the jury consultants who warned her not to put African American women -- particularly mothers -- on the jury.

It's well documented African American women felt Clark was "a bitch," but she refused to listen.

Garcetti says he didn't want Clark as lead prosecutor, but she lobbied hard and the man he wanted was too ill to take the case.

He feels she was completely outclassed by Johnnie Cochran and company. He also says there's no doubt the verdict came down to race. In the middle of the trial, he says former President Jimmy Carter told him OJ would be found not guilty and it was simply a case of "payback."

One of these chicks is 27-year-old Vanessa Hudgens. The other is her sister who's 7 years younger.

Meek Mill seemed to be flirting with disaster when he released a new diss track -- while under house arrest -- but we've learned it was court approved ... with one small caveat his fans are gonna love.

Sources connected to the case tell us Meek got an order of clarification 2 weeks after his sentencing. The judge had said he could not record ANY music during his 90 days of house arrest, but then spelled it out in more detail.

We're told the rule is Meek can release music in order to "protect his brand," but it has to be on FREE platforms like SoundCloud and YouTube.

This explains why he dropped that remix of Drake's "Summer Sixteen" a few days ago. It was totally legal ... just ill-advised.

#Gluttonforpunishment

Jake Lloyd, who played Anakin Skywalker in 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace,' has been moved from a jail cell to a psychiatric facility.

Jake's been behind bars since June for taking cops on a chase that exceeded speeds of 100 mph.

The actor's mom, Lisa, tells us authorities reached the conclusion he needed help more than punishment, because he suffers from schizophrenia ... thus the move.

Lisa says she spoke with Jake last week and can already see an improvement in Jake's personality.

We're told there's no timetable for his release. His family wants him to take his time to get healthy.

Everclear's lead singer got into a car wreck ... and he's blaming his Ford's crappy brakes.

Art Alexakis tells TMZ he was driving the speed limit (35 mph) in Pasadena last Friday night just before sunset when traffic in front of him started to slow down. Art says he tried punching the brakes on his 2013 Ford Flex but they just didn't bite ... causing him to rear end the car he was trailing.

We're told cops and EMS responded to the scene to check everyone out and gave the all clear. Art says all he suffered was a scratch on his leg.

As for the Ford, Art says it was a goner ... but the good news? Insurance is picking up the tab on a new ride and everything is wonderful now.

Justin Theroux is the most dedicated celeb fan of Howard Stern -- that's the only reasonable explanation for the giant prosthetic face now hanging on his wall.

Theroux scored a lifecast of Stern Wack Packer, Beetlejuice ... from special effects artist Mike Marino of Prosthetic Renaissance. Marino says Justin was in his studio a couple weeks ago when he saw the mold and freaked out.

We knew JT was tight with Stern -- who spoke at his wedding to Jennifer Aniston -- but we didn't know it was this deep. Marino says Justin immediately recognized the Beet mold from 2004, when he first made it on the 'Stern Show.'

He says he brought it out of retirement, made a replica, painted it bronze and shipped it to Justin as a gift. Jennifer's gonna love it.

Naomi Campbell's good looks have always been on top.

Here's a 21-year-old version of the International supermodel serving up face at a party back in 1991 (left) and 24 years later ... the working model is still slaying at a Vanity Fair party earlier this year (right).

#YAS

The question is ...

DMX says a girl he barely knew tried stealing his watch from a hotel room ... but she's claiming the rapper sexually assaulted her.

Sources close to 'X' tell TMZ he met a girl at a bar in Hollywood Friday night and brought her and a group of people back to his hotel room in Orange County. We're told it wasn't long before X's team noticed the girl had vanished ... and so had his $30k watch, so they called the cops.

Costa Mesa Police Department tells TMZ when they arrived, they found the girl with the watch and arrested her for theft. However -- once in cuffs -- she claimed the rapper had sexually assaulted her.

Our X sources say he got his watch back but the girl's story is BS ... there was a ton of other people around in the hotel room and he never hooked up with her there.

Janet Jackson must not be wasting any time in starting her family ... the singer announced she'll be back on the road next year.

Jackson posted a pic Saturday confirming her "Unbreakable" World Tour will be back starting in 2017. Janet says all tickets already purchased will be honored ... and fans who can't or no longer want to to make the show can get full refunds.

As TMZ reported ... Janet put her tour on hold this week when she revealed she wanted to start a family. Fans were pissed after spending hundreds on tickets with no guarantee of a rescheduling or refund.

Looks like Janet's brought some peace back to Rhythm Nation.