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Jimmy Kimmel now has an answer for why his emotional monologue calling out the Texas governor about the school shooting got preempted in Dallas. According to the local station, WFAA … it was an innocent technical error caused by an automated system — but you can understand why Jimmy himself was demanding answers Wednesday night…

Kevin Spacey has all new legal trouble, and this time it’s overseas — he’s been charged with 4 counts of sexual assault in the United Kingdom. Rosemary Ainslie, Head of the Crown Prosecution Service tells TMZ … CPS hit Spacey with the criminal charges for alleged incidents involving 3 different men between 2005 and 2013.

Ellen DeGeneres is ending her show after 19 seasons … and to celebrate her last episode ever, we’ve put together some of the standout celeb moments during her epic run. Over nearly 2 decades, Ellen undoubtedly made a huge impact on daytime television … sharing laughs, stunts and tears with her special guests, some of…

Will Smith continues to lay low, missing out on an event to highlight the cast of “Bel-Air” — the revamped version of ‘Fresh Prince’ — which of course, was the launching point of Will’s career. NBC continued its FYC event in Hollywood Tuesday, a promo for the network’s shows and to create some Emmy buzz.…

Billie Eilish says living with Tourette’s is exhausting, and she’s had her fill with people passing it off as a joke. Billie sat down with David Letterman for his Netflix series, ‘My Next Guest Needs No Introduction,’ and opened up about Tourette’s … something she rarely does.

Cassandra Freeman, famous for playing Aunt Viv on “Bel-Air,” doesn’t want to see any Juneteenth ice cream at “the cookout” … and says Walmart’s latest is just plain wrong. We got Cassandra Monday at LAX and asked her about Walmart’s “Celebration Edition Juneteenth Ice Cream” … which is pissing off the very community it’s intending…

The house Tyler Perry built was almost blown to smithereens — at least that’s what could’ve happened if this guy got his way … so say cops. The media mogul was at the center of a scary bomb threat from a man named Coles Arrasheed … according to Atlanta PD which arrested him for making…

Sophia Bush definitely had a scary situation brewing at home … because a woman who kept allegedly showing up at her place just got busted for stalking. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … a 36-year-old woman named Jhoseplyn Coreaarguello was arrested last week at the former ‘One Tree Hill’ star’s Los Angeles area home, where…

Skylar Astin’s looks over the years are positively “Pitch Perfect!” Here’s the 19-year-old version of the American actor and singer rocking some tight curls at a “Totally Tisch” star-studded gala in New York City back in 2007 (left) — just five years before his big break in the film “Pitch Perfect.”

Bill Maher ventures into dicey areas all the time, and he did not disappoint Friday night when he argued … gender reassignment with kids has gone too far. The “Real Time” host began his weekly editorial with some interesting stats … before 1946, only .08% of the population identified as LGBTQ. That number shot up…

Netflix star Anna Delvey is locked up in an ICE Detention, but that isn’t stopping her from putting on a show … her first high-end art exhibit. The exhibition, “Allegedly,” went down Thursday night at the PUBLIC Hotel in Manhattan. It featured sketches Anna created from jail.

Austin St. John, the actor who played the Red Power Ranger in the 90s TV series, has had his house raided by the feds and he’s now under arrest in a massive federal criminal case. One of St. John’s neighbors tells TMZ … approximately 15 FBI agents in tactical gear rolled up to St. John’s…

The life, legacy and death of rap star XXXTENTACION is the subject of an upcoming documentary, and his loved ones say it will unpeel another layer of his mystique. We chopped it up with X’s mother Cleopatra Bernard and manager Solomon Sobande in NYC outside a screening for “Look At Me: XXXTENTACION” … and his…

Shocking news coming from Stephanie McMahon — the chief brand officer of WWE is temporarily stepping down from her role on Friday to be with her family. “As of tomorrow, I am taking a leave of absence from the majority of my responsibilities at WWE,” she said on Twitter. “WWE is a lifelong legacy for…

“General Hospital” star Kelly Monaco had some bad luck on Friday the 13th … her home went up in flames, thanks to a cigarette that ignited the blaze. Kelly tells TMZ … she woke up late Friday morning to a fire raging on her front yard, with flames licking her windows. The flames quickly engulfed…

Cody Simpson can add elite swimmer to his already impressive accomplishments, ’cause the 25-year-old just earned a spot on the Australian swim team … and will compete against some of the world’s fastest in the pool at the Commonwealth Games.

Sarah Paulson is super upset and on the prowl … in search of her friend’s missing pup, after she says it was stolen by a dog sitter. Sarah pled with her IG followers Monday to help her friend, Clementine Ford, whose dog, Winnie, just disappeared. Sarah believes Winnie’s been dognapped, so she wants everyone in…

Tim Tebow’s already so convinced that Tom Brady will be great in the broadcast booth … he tells TMZ Sports he’s hoping the G.O.A.T. will give him TV advice — not the other way around!! We got the former Heisman Trophy winner — who’s been analyzing football games for ESPN for nearly a decade –…

Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard is a tragic story about the crumbling of a marriage and horrendous allegations … but there’s another layer to this trial that ‘SNL’ dared to say out loud … it’s fun to watch and ridiculously entertaining.

Bill Maher had one of his best guests EVER on “Real Time” Friday night … Rod Stewart, and the timing of the sit-down is crazy. Rod kicked off his world tour Friday night, performing at Caesars Palace in Vegas, but there he was on Bill’s L.A. set just hours before his performance.

Fred Ward, who starred in “Tremors” alongside Kevin Bacon has died at the age of 79. A rep for Ward tells TMZ he died on May 8, while a cause of death is currently unclear, his rep says the actor’s last wish was for any memorial tributes to be made to the Boston University’s Chronic…

‘Percy Jackson’ author Rick Riordan is slamming folks who are outraged that a Black actress is playing a character described in the books as white … calling the backlash racist. Leah Jeffries was recently cast for the role of Annabeth Chase in the upcoming Disney+ series “Percy Jackson & the Olympians” … with some fans…

James Cromwell has had enough of Starbucks upcharge for vegan milks … protesting the move by supergluing his hand to a counter as part of a planned PETA demonstration. The actor joined a group of PETA protesters Tuesday morning at a Starbucks in Manhattan, where they made a fuss about Starbucks making folks pay more…

Amy Schumer is opening her comedy vault — she just laid out another joke that Oscars honchos apparently said no to … and this one’s on video. The comedian revealed her latest axed bit during a set for the ‘Netflix Is a Joke’ festival going on right now — and at one point in her…