Disney Actor Devan Leos Explains Plea Deal in Attempted Murder Case I Was Defending Myself!!!
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3:49 PM PT -- Devan Leos has hopped on social media to explain his plea deal, and he insists he was only out to defend himself and his property.
The Disney actor basically recounted what we'd already heard ... he and his buddy got confronted by a homeless guy, who Devan describes as having been "super methed-out" and wielding a knife, and after the man started kicking and denting his car ... he says he decided to use his vehicle to get out of the situation -- namely, by ramming him.
Devan also says he's got PTSD and was in fight-or-flight mode at the time. He also acknowledges he could've done something different ... but makes clear he didn't try to kill anyone.
Disney actor Devan Leos can breathe a huge sigh of relief ... he won't spend any time behind bars after striking a plea deal in his attempted murder case.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Devan pled no contest to 1 count of attempted murder back in April. He was sentenced to 5 years probation, 120 hours of volunteer work at a homeless shelter and 30 days with Caltrans. We're told the 1 count of assault with a deadly weapon was tossed.
The plea deal stems from an incident that went down in December 2018. Law enforcement sources say Devan -- who appeared in Disney Channel's "Mighty Med" -- and a friend were at a 7-Eleven convenience store in L.A. where they got into an argument with a transient.
We're told when Devan and his friend got back in their car, the transient kicked it as they were pulling away. That's when Devan allegedly drove toward the transient and accelerated several times before hopping the curb and knocking down the transient.
We reached out to Leos ... no word back yet.
Originally Published -- 12:50 AM PT
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Hidden within this super stretched snap is an actress best known for her multitalented roles ... from movies to television this celeb has truly made a name for herself.
Recently this famous face was featured in Kacey Musgraves' Amazon special, '"The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show." She joined the Grammy-winning singer in a duet to "Mele Kalikimaka."
Now it's your chance to prove yourself and see if you can uncover the big mystery here ... take a really good look around this photo, and use the clues here to help you figure out who might be hiding in this warped photo!
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Evander Holyfield Warns Boxing World ... Don't Give Up On Andy Ruiz
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Evander Holyfield ain't giving up on Andy Ruiz -- telling TMZ Sports he strongly believes the former champ can win his belts back ... if he busts his ass!
Remember, Holyfield and Ruiz go WAYYYY back -- they famously sparred back in the day when Evander was training for his comeback in 2011.
Ruiz was a nobody way back then ... but Evander has said he could tell Andy had killer potential and wasn't shocked when he beat Anthony Joshua back in June.
Of course, Ruiz lost the Dec. 7 rematch -- and blamed himself for eating and partying way too much -- but Holyfield says if Ruiz can get focused again, he's a legitimate contender.
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"Joshua became champion again, right? He made an adjustment," Holyfield tells TMZ Sports.
"People who make adjustments, their chances is still good. He made some bad choices. When you make bad choices, you gotta be accountable. If you're accountable, you can make adjustments."
Holyfield -- who knows all about coming back after losing a belt -- also had some advice for Ruiz.
"Go back to the work plan. Do whatcha daddy tell you to do. All these years, he's been right, what makes you think he's goin' be wrong?"
There's more ... boxing superstar Terence Crawford also believes in Andy ... telling TMZ Sports he understands why Ruiz lost his focus but strongly believes he can bounce back.
In fact, Crawford says he's good friends with Ruiz and knows what he's capable of doing in the ring when he's not raging outside of it.
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Eliza Dushku Good Genes or Good Docs?!
Eliza Dushku is slaying these good looks!
Here is the 17-year-old version of the "Bring It On" actress, who starred alongside Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union, at the "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer" movie premiere back in 1998.
And, 21 years later ... the producer and model -- who is celebrating her 39th birthday tomorrow -- known for her action-packed roles in television shows such as "Dollhouse" and "Tru Calling" looking better than ever attending a special screening of 'Mapplethorpe' in New York City earlier this year.
Brr... It's cold in here.
The question is ...
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Lions WR Marvin Jones Says 6-Month-Old Baby Son Died ... Team Offers Support
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Detroit Lions star Marvin Jones broke some heartbreaking news this weekend -- his infant son, Marlo, has died ... a loss that has shaken the organization at large.
The wide receiver made the announcement Saturday, saying his boy -- the youngest of his 5 children who was born this summer -- had passed away. He didn't reveal a cause, but in an emotional post made clear the kid had left his mark on both him and the family.
Marvin took to Instagram and wrote of his son, "Yesterday the Lord called home a piece of my family’s heart, Marlo. It is hard to believe that our little angel, our fighter from day one, our son “Marlito” has unfortunately passed away and is no longer here with us."
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He continued, "Marlo, the joy that you brought to us everyday, with that smile, and that energy was like heaven on earth. You will always be in our hearts. We will always remember you." Marvin added he and his wife, Jazmyn, hadn't gotten a chance to hear his first words yet -- which he notes would've been in Spanish -- among many other "firsts."
The NFL player finished by saying, "We know that everything that We do from here on out will be with you. Every step we take, you will be with us. Whenever we have a bad day, We will think of your smile. We miss you already buddy and will forever love you. Rest peacefully our sweet baby boy. You have gained your wings."
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) December 29, 2019 @Lions
The Lions released a statement after hearing word that Marlo had died, saying Marvin and Jazmyn embody the meaning of family with the example they set in the Detroit community. They also asked for privacy on behalf of the Jones family.
Marlo was 6 months old. RIP
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Andrew Dunbar passed away on Christmas Eve in Belfast, Ireland ... this according to his friends and an extras acting agency that had employed him. No cause of death was immediately revealed, but the news seemed to stun his contemporaries, including Alfie.
The English actor posted tributes of his 'GoT' stand-in, saying "RIP Andrew Dunbar," and then going on to share his full thoughts. Alfie wrote, "Andrew Dunbar was an actor who was also a stand in as Theon on GoT. Extremely shocked and saddened to hear of his passing. To lose a loved one so young, I can only imagine what his family are going through."
LSU Offensive Coordinator Daughter-in-Law Dies in Plane Crash ... NOLA News Reporter Too
LSU's offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger lost his daughter-in-law in a plane crash this weekend just hours before his team was set to take the field for a football game.
Carley McCord -- who was also a New Orleans-based sports reporter -- was among five people killed in Lafayette, LA Saturday morning as the private aircraft slammed into a parking lot and burst into flames in what's said to have been an emergency landing after takeoff.
The plane was heading to Atlanta for the Peach Bowl, where Ensminger and the Tigers are facing the Oklahoma Sooners. McCord's husband, Steven Ensminger Jr., confirmed to AP she was one of the people killed. Only one passenger has reportedly survived.
Witnesses on the ground captured footage of the fiery wreck, and it looks like the plane landed in the lot of a Post Office, which was near a Walmart. Per local reports, the plane skidded and hit a nearby vehicle before stopping in a field. The driver of that car has reportedly died, and another bystander was transported to a hospital in critical condition.
BREAKING: A small plane has crash landed in Lafayette, Louisiana, 2.3 miles from the airport. There are several fatalities. 2 people were transported from the scene with serious burns.
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) December 28, 2019 @DavidBegnaud
The plane landed in a post office parking lot & skidded into a field, after crashing into a car pic.twitter.com/KoQxc6Dxe4
Residents in the immediate area also reportedly lost power due to the crash. First responders were quick on the scene, which had been filled with smoke as well as onlookers.
As for McCord, she's reported to have been a staple in the NOLA sports scene -- and was even an in-game host for Saints and Pelicans broadcasts. She'd done freelance sideline work for several different stations, including Cox Sports Television, ESPN3 and WDSU-TV.
Her father-in-law is expected to coach despite the tragedy -- he's on the field at the moment. The team hasn't released a statement as of yet ... kickoff is just a few minutes away.
McCord was 30.
RIP
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Marlon Wayans Blows Up at HS Basketball Game ... That's the 2nd Time, Ref!!!
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Marlon Wayans is a sideline dad who'll go to the mat for his kid -- and we think we mean that literally by the way he was screaming at the ref during a basketball game for teens.
The actor and comedian was at his son's high school basketball game Friday night at Bishop Alemany High School in L.A., where he was attentively watching from the bleachers. He eventually came down to court level though to do a little yelling over the officiating.
Apparently, Marlon felt his boy, Shawn, was getting fouled and not receiving the calls for it. He even pointed that out in his own home videos that he posted on social media.
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Welp, it looks like the frustrated commentary turned into a shouting match down below, because eyewitnesses tell us Marlon let the refs have it and then some, cussing included.
In video of Marlon's tantrum, obtained by TMZ, you hear him seemingly call at least one referee a "motherf***er" before storming out of the gym. Another parent agreed with him.
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MW wasn't done quite yet. At another point in the clip, it looks like he circled back and confronted the refs directly at the scoring table, and did some intense finger-pointing and chastising before having to be restrained. Marlon cooled down and walked away.
Luckily this thing didn't escalate to the point of no return. In the end, just another case of an involved parent who loves their kids. No harm, no ... uhhh, maybe not actually.
We reached out to Marlon's camp for comment ... so far, no word back.
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Swae Lee Ex-GF Puts $20k Bounty on His Head ... Takes It Back, 'We Good'
Swae Lee's on-again, off-again girlfriend is probably in off mode for him right now -- 'cause she says she tried breaking his windows ... and also offered cash to have his life taken.
Crazy video presumably taken and posted by the Rae Sremmurd rapper's ex, Marliesia Ortiz, made the rounds Saturday, which appears to show her recording Swae in his driveway near what's been described as his Lamborghini Urus ... which retails from $200-$300k.
In the clip she says she tried busting out his windows as she taunts him for being "broke," while Swae seemingly tells her to scram. She also had a pretty stunning caption attached ... "Someone kill him I got 20k cash for you." The vid ends with Swae leaving.
Later, she posted a message that seemed to be a 180 from what she'd just put out into the world ... saying, "I was mad and meant nothing I said. We good now u guys can chill."
It's unclear if Swae was made aware of the threatening post, or if cops were called for this incident. If they were, we know it wouldn't have been the first time for these two.
They've had a rocky relationship recently, with accusations of cheating, verbal abuse and in one case, alleged violence. Marlie got arrested in September for what cops believed to be a physical altercation that she escalated, which allegedly ended in her headbutting him.
No charges were filed in that case, and the L.A. City Attorney decided to have a hearing with both parties to hash out their problems. After this though, she's kinda playing with fire.
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Mama June & Geno Allegedly Trashed Hotel Room ... Shattered Glass, Cops Called to Scene
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Mama June and her boyfriend, Geno Doak, left a filthy, bloody mess behind at a Georgia hotel ... and the incontrovertible evidence consists of photos allegedly snapped after they left.
Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... June and Geno have been bouncing around hotels south of Atlanta, and were shacked up at a FairBridge Inn & Suites a couple months back when they had a fiery argument and trashed their room.
We know cops were called to the hotel for a disturbance, but law enforcement tells us no report was filed and there were no arrests.
Based on the pics, their hotel room was completely wrecked after they split -- broken TV and lamp, garbage strewn about ... and a shattered mirror with what looks like a bloody handprint on it. Some $20 bills ripped to pieces for some reason also appear to have been left behind.
Our sources say, all in all, Mama and her man did $1,000 in damages. We've reached out to the hotel to see how the matter was settled, but we're told the place is under new management ... so nobody knows.
We also reached out to June ... no word back yet.
As you know ... the troubled reality TV star has been living outta hotels with Geno since unloading her Hampton, GA home for $100,000 cash earlier this year. When we last saw them together, they were hitting up a casino in North Carolina on Black Friday ... not looking particularly lucky.
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Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello Dining On Tongue Sandwich
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Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes are closing out their 2019 Extreme PDA World Tour in grand fashion.
Camila and Shawn hit up Chubby's Jamaican kitchen in Toronto Friday night, and they couldn't keep their hands or lips off each other. It's clearly super cold up there, because they really bundled up before leaving the restaurant at around 9 PM.
They stayed for more than 2 hours ... drinking red wine and eating big, green salads.
Lots of people questioned if this was a real relationship or just a promotion for their song, "Senorita." Camila and Shawn actually leaned into the conspiracy theory by posting this video of a super-awkward kiss.
But, here's the thing. It was a viable theory when the song debuted, but it came out back in July and it's now #21 so the song isn't really in the picture anymore.
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Ice Cube Mr. Jones CGI in 'Last Friday'??? 'Nah, Never'
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Ice Cube's gone back to the drawing board with the fourth installment of "Friday" ... and he's clearly pissed.
The N.W.A. rapper revealed there's been some major beef between him and the film's production studio New Line Cinema ... for dragging its feet on green-lighting "Last Friday." The rub and possible deal-breaker ... John Witherspoon -- who plays Mr. Jones, Ice Cube's father in the film -- has died.
Back to the drawing board since New Line Cinema was slow on green lighting the LAST FRIDAY script that was full of Mr. Jones. I’ve been pissed off about it since Spoon passed away. https://t.co/wsWhPlIWQn
— Ice Cube (@icecube) December 23, 2019 @icecube
So, when we got Cube Friday at LAX, we asked if he'd ever considered using CGI in the film -- since Carrie Fisher's fam was okay with a Princess Leia CGI in "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" -- and he could not have been clearer.
"Last Friday" is the fourth and final installment of the 'Friday' franchise that kicked off in 1995. It's been about 18 years since the last 'Friday' film, and Cube says, "It's all on New Line, man." He's especially pissed cause, if New Line Cinema didn't take its sweet time, they easily would've been able to put Witherspoon in the flick.
Back in May, Cube revealed he wanted to release the film on April 26, 2020 ... but that's clearly not happening now ... if ever.
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FaZe Clan President Gamers Make Bank ... Eventually Could Be As Much As NFLers
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FaZe Selkoe -- aka the president of the famous FaZe Clan -- says Esports stars ain't making NFL player money yet ... but he tells TMZ Sports it could eventually happen.
And, why? The 44-year-old says their business model is just perfect for today's society.
Selkoe tells us because fans can watch and interact with players during tournaments AND in practice sessions, he says the potential for the growth of gamers' wallets is HUGE.
"They'll have hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people watching them play and interact," Selkoe says ... "It's really this amalgamation of pop culture, actual sports and classic entertainment."
Of course, some gamers are already pulling in the hefty checks ... Esports star FaZe Banks is reportedly worth around $3 MILLION, while gaming legend Ninja has said he makes roughly $500,000 A MONTH.
As for Esports eventually overtaking the NFL, NBA, NHL or MLB in popularity ... ya gotta hear why Selkoe thinks that might be possible as well!
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Stars and Scars You Be the Judge
Bill Cosby sure got super aggro on Eddie Murphy over Eddie's 'SNL' joke about him, and everyone's bracing themselves for what's about to happen -- 2020 Presidential election. So, we gotta ask ...
What's The Big Frigin' Difference?
Don't let these two almost identical images of Christina Hendricks drive you mad ... stay focused and see if you can harness some holiday magic to help you find the sneaky switches that have been made to this tricky pic!
The 'Mad Men' star was spotted getting in the seasonal spirit, alongside designer Zac Posen, at an event in West Hollywood, California earlier this month. We made a few changes to this pic, so be sure to take a really close look and see if you can figure out the differences between these two super similar snaps!
**HINT -- There are THREE differences between the above photographs!**
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YK Osiris I'm Not Missing Any Recording Sessions ... Despite Assault Arrest
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YK Osiris won't be missing out on any studio time on the West Coast as he deals with the aftermath of his arrest for aggravated assault on the East Coast.
The singer says he needs to travel back and forth from California to Georgia over the next three months for recording sessions ... and, according to new legal docs obtained by TMZ, a judge in Atlanta just gave him the green light to travel outside the state for work.
As we first reported ... YK Osiris was arrested last month after allegedly beating the crap out of his girlfriend at his own birthday party. Osiris maintains his innocence and claims he never touched the woman, adding he has witnesses to back him up.
YK has NOT been charged with a crime, but he's still got an open court case stemming from the alleged incident ... and that's why he needed a judge's permission to leave the state.
Go west, young man.