Fear not "The Biggest Loser" fans, the contestants' threat to quit mid-season will not derail the show -- IF producers adopt one TMZ staffer's plan to lay down the law ... and drop a ton of LBs.Check out TMZ on TV -- click here to see your local…

Spike TV star Courtney Hansen -- the super hot chick from "Powerblock" -- has filed for divorce from her pharmaceutical tycoon husband ... TMZ has learned. Hansen -- one of FHM's sexiest 100 in 2005 -- filed divorce docs in L.A. County Superior…

Dr. Conrad Murray just filed legal docs in which he claims his manslaughter conviction should be overturned, on grounds that the judge should have allowed him to prove ... Michael Jackson was so stressed out over his financial woes ... he recklessly…

 Joe Francis hopefully saved a bunch of money from his "Girls Gone Wild" empire, because a judge just ordered him to pay Las Vegas mogul Steve Wynn $7.5 million.Wynn filed the defamation lawsuit, after Francis said he was going to reveal how…

Bam Margera still has no idea why he was arrested Monday in New Orleans -- telling TMZ Live, he was hauled to jail ... spent the night behind bars ... but was NEVER booked for a crime.TMZ broke the story ... Bam was cuffed in the French Quarter…

Buffalo Bills linebacker Shawne Merriman came face to face with police in Vegas this morning ... after a friend alerted hotel security that the NFL star may have harmed himself ... but it turned out to be a case of a simple over-reaction. Law…

President Barack Obama rocked it again last night at the White House, singing "Sweet Home Chicago" -- is it a calculated political move? And is America starting to see through it? Plus, "Biggest Loser" contestants threaten to walk out over a twist…

Former NBA star Javaris Crittenton was arrested outside Atlanta this morning -- after he allegedly shattered the speed limit in his black Porsche ... then refused to cooperate with police.Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, Javaris was pulled over for…

Pilar Sanders says her estranged husband Deion and his daughter Deiondra mind-tricked her into believing she really is a "worthless, gold diggin' ho" ... so she's suing them both for $200 MILLION. The suit was clearly triggered by Deiondra's Twitter…

Daniel von Bargen -- who played Chief Grady in "Super Troopers" -- is clinging to life in an Ohio hospital after shooting himself in the head Monday morning in a failed suicide attempt ... and TMZ has the bizarre 911 tape in which he calls for…