No worries...
Not 100% on the situation but here's my thoughts and experiences...
1. Famous client is billed but not paying bills: Send them to collections if they're a big business that's just normal to them and they usually don't take offense. If they aren't I don't care, they won't be big for long with business practises like that. If you want to keep them offer them an alternative or payment plan first.
2. You agreed to do the site for the famous client 'back when' either pro-bono or for very little, and now you've grown and can't afford the time etc. We had this one with a couple of our better known clients. Over time we've begun requesting payment for updates, and maintenance etc. They were very accepting of the arrangement.
Only other thing is see if you can justify how much business having 'them' on your portfolio is worth to you, or possibly direct referral business they've given you. maybe it would be worth it.
Good luck, it can be a hard call but always remember business is business and there's lots of fish in the sea!
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