Looking flawless in an animal print bikini, bronzed beauty Gisele Bundchen turned her Rio hotel balcony into a runway this weekend.


The 30-year-old is in her Brazilian homeland for Carnival.

With his right foot still in a cast, NFL star Tom Brady accompanied his wife Gisele Bundchen down to Brazil today for Carnival.


Wonder who had to foot the bill?

Instead of getting ready for this weekend's AFC championship game ... Tom Brady trekked through a snowstorm in Boston yesterday so he could hang out in his multi-million dollar pad ... with his supermodel wife ... and eat really expensive food.



What a loser, right?

Tom Brady must be a glutton for punishment -- because with the NFL playoffs looming the Patriots QB thinks it's scooter time?!  Someone needs to put New England's golden boy in a bubble ... stat!  



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David Beckham just joined the Tom Brady Butt Cut Club ... and now the two sports stars are going head-to-head to see who's got the better 'do.


So we gotta ask...

Oh wait. It's actually supermodel Gisele Bundchen with son Benjamin.


Apologies to Tom Brady.

Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen's electric bill is gonna be through the roof this Xmas -- TMZ has learned the couple is spending $7,500 to light and decorate their L.A. mansion for the Holidays.


Sources close to the couple tell us ... G&T placed an order with A-1 Christmas Trees and Lights in L.A. on Tuesday -- purchasing two twelve-foot Christmas trees ... and a whole mess of lights for their house ... totaling approximately $7,500.

Big surprise -- we're told the lights are red, white, and blue ... Patriots style. Clark Griswold would be proud.

Tom Brady may be getting a new linebacker -- a hairline backer.



The folks from Rogaine tell TMZ they're more than happy to offer the reportedly follically-challenged QB a 3-month supply of the product.

Rogaine's PR people offer this sage advice to Tom:  "He shouldn't just try and grow his hair to cover that bald spot...he should try and regrow the HAIR that belongs there!"

The company wants to send Tom a free, 3-month supply of Hair Regrowth Foam -- the unscented, so he doesn't get bullied by his teammates.

On the bright side, Tom, it's another way to stay topical.

With his New England Patriots teammate Randy Moss probably heading to Minnesota ... Tom Brady spent some quality time with his other favorite wide receiver last night ... Gisele.



After beating the crap out of the Dolphins on Monday Night Football ... Tom stayed in Miami for a dinner date with his wife at Prime One Twelve steakhouse -- but took a backseat to the supermodel on the way home.

It's the first time they've been out in public together since Gisele was photographed at kissing distance with some other dude in Paris ... who turned out to be her longtime "friend."

Supermodel Gisele was caught getting real up close and personal with some guy who was not her husband Tom Brady at a masquerade gala in Paris on Thursday.


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Plus: Photos of Gisele Bundchen getting close to a man that is not Tom Brady.