The death of ex-Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh was tragic enough, but now his family is shocked because they believe he might not have written a will for his reported $840 million net worth.

Tony’s father, Richard, and brother, Andrew, are asking a Clark County, Nevada judge to appoint them special administrators of Tony’s estate. No shocker there, but in the docs, obtained by TMZ, they claim he didn’t have a will in place when he died the day after Thanksgiving.

Tony’s fam says they’re “unaware of the existence of a fully executed estate plan” and “have a good faith belief” that Tony, who was unmarried and had no kids, died without leaving a will. The family’s asking for access to Tony’s accounts and safe deposit box to see if there are any estate planning docs in them.

The family also says a special administrator is needed to tend to Tony’s “business obligations and commitments that require funding from assets that are presently frozen.”

Forbes estimated Tony had a net worth of $840 million before he retired as Zappos’ CEO earlier this summer. Tony, who made his initial fortune after selling his internet advertising company to Microsoft in 1998, died last week after sustaining injuries suffered during a house fire in Connecticut.

A Black restaurant owner went off on a section of mostly Black women after one of them got up at their booth and twerked … and now he’s getting dragged AND applauded, while also defending his actions.

The incident went down at a joint called TRUE Kitchen + Kocktails — it opened just 5 months ago — when the owner, Kevin Kelley, says multiple women got up and danced on their chairs up against a glass wall.

Kevin just wasn’t having it and decided to loudly let everyone in the restaurant know about his ground rules, which several people recorded. You see him walk over to one of the twerkers and shut her down.

Another video shows him lecturing women in that section of the restaurant … which many did not dig. He said he doesn’t wanna see that type of behavior in his establishment, and that if they don’t like it … get out.

Now, we talked to Kevin on “TMZ Live” Monday, and pressed him on what exactly he had a problem with — twerking, in general … or the fact that it was happening in his building? He insisted it was the latter, noting there was a time and place for that type of dancing.

However, watch what he says about “classy and nice Black women” at his restaurant because it’s at the heart of the backlash — the insinuation being twerking doesn’t fit that description … for him.

You can watch and judge for yourself, but long story short — his tone didn’t sit right with a lot of people who feel TRUE bumping music, serving booze and promoting itself like clubs do make it ripe for dancing.

Kevin Hart‘s personal appearance in a mass public convo about his new Netflix special has received all types of interpretations — but one that Kevin himself says isn’t true is that the chat was in any way about Black women or belittling them.

The comedian hopped on Instagram to address the scrutiny and backlash he’s received for joining a live Clubhouse chat room earlier this week titled “Is Kevin Hart funny??” and engaging with dozens of real people on the subject.

The reason the group was started in the first place is because of Kevin’s new comedy special, “Zero F***s Given,” in which at one point he jokes about his 15-year-old daughter, saying he’s already seeing “hoe activity” from her.

Of course, Kevin referring to his daughter as a hoe — even jokingly — raised eyebrows, and folks on Clubhouse decided to have an honest dialogue about whether he was promoting, wittingly or unwittingly, the degradation of Black women by evoking a trope about none other than his own kid, who’s still a minor.

Welp, Kevin caught wind of the Clubhouse chat room and joined himself — and part of that conversation was captured by a third party and posted online. It looks like this thing went at least 15 minutes, if not more, and there’s a lot of voices in the room … sometimes all talking at once or over one another at various points.

There were lots of topics covered, but one that kept getting revisited — and which was later dissected on Twitter as well — was the idea that Kevin’s male fans have a tendency to shut down, write off and silence Black women who criticize Kevin whatsoever … which they felt was part of a toxic culture he perpetuates.

Fast-forward to Kevin’s response … and it’s pretty clear he saw it as a constructive conversation with actual people who had different viewpoints on him and his comedy. He insists the narrative that the whole Clubhouse chat was aimed at Black women or meant to pit him against Black women is completely false.

You can listen to the conversation for yourself and decide what’s what, but it seems like Kevin liked talking it out with people … but just didn’t enjoy the analysis that followed — much of which was critical of him and his supporters.

President-Elect Joe Biden says he’s celebrating Thanksgiving 2020 the way he’s urging others to celebrate — with a small group of folks who are part of his bubble.

Joe and Jill Biden went on camera to wish everyone a happy turkey day, saying, “I know this isn’t the way many of us hoped we’d spend our holiday. We know that a small act of staying home is a gift to our fellow Americans. Yes, it’s a personal sacrifice that each of our families can make and should make to save somebody else’s life. But, it’s also a shared sacrifice for the whole country.”

Dr. Biden added this … “This has been a year filled with heartache and loss. Yet, there’s still so much to be thankful for. We’re thankful for the millions of Americans who’ve been working on the frontlines throughout this pandemic. Those who care for our sick, who helped put food on our tables, who teach our children and who have put on a uniform to serve our nation and the families who loved them as well. We’re thankful for everyone who met this moment with kindness, bringing groceries to neighbors or asking, How can I help.”

The Prez-in-waiting was optimistic, saying “I know better days are coming.”

Dave Chappelle just flexed his industry muscles big time — he asked Netflix to pull his old Comedy Central sketch show from their service … and they actually did.

The comedian broke the news Tuesday in a new stand-up segment he posted called ‘Unforgiven’ — where, in front of a live audience, he talked about how he recently called up Netflix and told ’em how displeased he was that they were streaming ‘Chappelle’s Show.’

In his act, Dave recounts how it went down. Long story short, he says he has no say, rights or rights to revenue over the show — it belongs to Comedy Central, which belongs to Viacom — and that it’s perfectly legal for Viacom to do what it wants with it since he signed a deal years ago. But, he also asks … is that right?

Apparently, Dave posed that question to Netflix as well — and the honchos either agreed with him, or just wanted to keep him happy. Either way, “Chappelle’s Show” is off the platform … something they didn’t legally have to do.

It speaks to the relationship Dave shares with Netflix — he’s churned out special after special with them for a few years now … which have been wildly successful.

Clearly, Netflix respects him enough to honor his wishes and to keep that partnership going. Dave forecasted his frustration about Netflix and HBO Max landing rights to stream ‘Chappelle’s Show’ in his SNL monologue just earlier this month.

He made it clear then … he didn’t make a dime off the licensing deals, and worked the revelation into a bit about being bought and sold like a slave.