Paparazzi

Prince William and Kate have another reason to smile this week ... they just scored more than $200k in a lawsuit over topless pics of the Duchess of Cambridge.

A French court imposed maximum fines Tuesday against Closer magazine -- as well as its editor and owner -- for publishing topless photos of Kate in 2012. A judge ordered the magazine to pay $119,000 in damages. The editor and owner also have to cough up $53k each in fines.

The lawsuit stems from photos taken of Kate while she was sunbathing topless at a private villa in France. The royal family deemed the magazine spread an invasion of privacy, and Wills and Kate sued.

The court's ruling comes one day after the couple announced baby #3 is on the way. This oughta help cover that kid's college tuition.

Rachel Lindsay must know it's just a matter of time before the world loses interest in her season of "The Bachelorette" ... so she's milking the spotlight.

Rachel and her new fiance, Bryan Abasolo, were swarmed by paps Tuesday as they arrived at the BUILD studio in NYC ... and they took their sweet time to suck face for the cameras.

In her defense, Rachel's season finale was Monday night -- so it makes sense she'd be making the rounds, posing at all the stops along the way.

Still, this display of affection is a bit too on the nose for us not to cringe. Congrats, though ... here's hoping they're couple #6 to actually tie the knot for 'Bachelor' Nation.

The green umbrella Britney Spears unleashed on a paparazzo after shaving her head in 2007 is hitting the auction block ... and at a decent price, if you've got thousands of dollars laying around.

Daniel Ramos, the pap whose car Britney clubbed with the thing, says he's ready to part with the piece of pop culture history since he thinks Brit Brit's in a good place. Plus he's making a movie and needs the dough. He has floated the idea of the sale in the past, and now it looks like he's ready to make the move.

He had it on him when we ran into him at LAX Tuesday, and it looked to be in good shape although Ramos wouldn't recommend it being used in the rain. The umbrella is listed online with RR Auction and hits the block August 10th.

As for how much it could fetch, Ramos is thinking in the $50k ballpark, and has a favored spot for it to land.

Prince Harry became Mr. Brightside at The Killers' concert this weekend -- throwing on a hat and guzzling beer with the common folk at a British music festival.

Harry was seen hangin' with some friends Saturday at Hyde Park in London, where he caught the band's headlining set for British Summer Time.

His girlfriend, Meghan Markle, wasn't with him -- but that didn't stop His Highness from having a damn good time. He was snapping some selfies, throwing around thumbs-up signs and downing Heineken like nobody's business ... all from what appears to be a private booth. The guy's royalty, after all.

Safaree Samuels couldn't care less about Nicki Minaj, Meek Mill, Nas or anyone else even arguably connected to Friday's ambush that sent him running ... at least that's what he wants us to think.

We got Safaree outside Catch Tuesday night and he became a master of obfuscation ... using the paparazzi that peppered him with questions as an avoidance foil.

Catch is where people go to be seen and Safaree seemed to be lovin' the attention. He even took a page out of DJ Khaled's playbook.

George Lucas will begrudgingly sign autographs for those shoving posters and pictures in his face -- but don't push it ... 'cause he'll tell you to get a J-O-B.

We got George in Bev Hills, where he talked about Ron Howard taking over directing for the new Han Solo movie, as well as the L.A. City Council voting on his proposed $1.5 billion museum ... all while dealing with pushy "fans" looking for his John Hancock.

Kanye West was super pumped after the BET Awards Sunday, holding court outside a WeHo club.

Kanye joined the Kardashian klan to celebrate Khloe's 33rd birthday at the Blind Dragon. Tristan Thompson and Khloe arrived together to the club.

Before joining the group inside, Kanye chatted up one of his friends on the phone, and then met up with some guys on the street.

He was oblivious to the paparazzi ... if anything, they were clowning the photogs.

A good night was had by all.

Meek Mill's happy to play the "who" game when it comes to questions about Safaree Samuels ... and he probably ain't squaring up with him anytime soon either.

Paps got Meek Saturday night leaving the District in Bev Hills -- rolling SUPER deep with bodyguards -- where he ducked and dodged questions about Safaree claiming Meek ordered his crew to jump him on Friday.

It's like a Dr. Seuss book here at first, but then Meek gets into Safaree's request for a 1-on-1 fight straight up. As he puts it, he's a "Don" ... and Dons don't fight. Okay, bud.

Corinne Olympios and her BF are putting up a united front during her "Bachelor in Paradise" sex scandal with DeMario Jackson ... even if they're not talking about it.

Corinne grabbed some lunch Saturday in L.A. with Jordan Gielchinsky, carrying on like your average couple ... even though their situation is anything but. Both were mum on Corinne's next move.

We broke the story ... Jordan is standing by Corinne in the midst of the investigation over her sexual encounter with fellow "BiP" contestant DeMario -- despite agreeing she wouldn't hook up on the show. Corinne says she was out of it and it wasn't consensual.

Classic move by a good beau.

Stephen Belafonte bitched photogs were getting shots of his daughter during his monitored visits, but his plea to change the location for those visits was shot down.

The judge decided to keep things status quo after Mel B's estranged husband pointed out photos of their 5-year-old daughter, Madison, hiding her face. Belafonte's attorney said the pics were taken outside the building where he meets Madison.

The judge felt the pics weren't enough evidence the child was being harmed, and added ... if there was a throng of paps things could be different.

Later this month, another hearing is set where Belafonte will try to convince the judge he needs emergency spousal support. As we reported, he claims he's broke and couch surfing with friends.

Blac Chyna -- unlike you know who -- doesn't have a fake ass relationship because she's a real ass bitch ... so real, in fact, she's telling the truth about the paparazzi to our faces!

We got BC leaving Argyle Monday night with the dude she says she she's dating -- though we're pretty sure she's kidding. He's her longtime hairstylist.

There's a lot to unpack in this video -- like when Blac makes a guy selling roses beg for his money. But at the crux here is BC telling it how it really is in Hollywood -- celebrities need the paparazzi.

Hear that, y'all?

Scott Disick will soon be on the same turf as Kourtney Kardashian and her new man ... and he's bringing Bella Thorne along for the ride.

We got Scott and Bella, along with her tie-dyed sis, Monday at LAX, where they were getting ready to board a flight together. Our Scott sources say they're heading to Cannes.

This new pairing didn't just come out of nowhere ... Scott grabbed dinner with Bella last week.

While Barack was hitting the links in Tuscany, Michelle Obama was hitting the sights about 67 miles away ... and looking good in pink doing it.

The former First Lady was strolling around in Montalcino, Italy this weekend -- and she appeared to be the talk of the small town. You can't blame the locals ... she kinda stood out with the pink and white. Plus ... it's Michelle Freakin' Obama. She'll always turn heads.

Michelle snagged a second for herself during a food break, but then it was right back into the international spotlight. Togliti di mezzo!

Barack Obama has made it clear ... he's worried about the state of our union, but it didn't get in the way of what looks like an awesome round of golf ... Italian style.

The former Prez hit the links at the Castiglion Del Bosco Resort during holiday in Tuscany.

Miley Cyrus tried to walk into her NYC hotel, but ran into a massive wall of fans that had to make her feel like she was traveling back in time.

Miley and her mom were absolutely MOBBED by the swarm Wednesday as she entered the London Hotel. Just watching it almost gives you anxiety, and yet Miley was happy to take pics and sign autographs ... until security moved to get her out safely.

The scene was 100% reminiscent of her peak "Hannah Montana" days.

She just dropped "Malibu" last week, and after the chaos in NYC ... it's definitely struck a chord with fans.

Jada Pinkett Smith made a camera guy break into a sweat when she accused him of dinging her really expensive whip, which could cost him hundreds ... maybe even thousands!

Jada was leaving lunch at E. Baldi in Bev Hills Wednesday when the pap, not a TMZ photog, tried to snap a pic while squeezing between Jada's black Rolls-Royce and a van. He wasn't successful.