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The world just got the first look at the new Holy Father, and he's making history in another way as well ... because the leader of the Catholic Church is the first American to become the Pontiff.

Robert Prevost walked out onto the Basilica balcony in St. Peter's Square overlooking thousands of congregants in the Vatican City and announced his official papal name Thursday evening.

Prevost, a Chicago native who's now a Peruvian citizen, declared he would take the name Leo XIV.

Joe Biden says he's not surprised Kamala Harris lost the presidential election last year ... putting the blame on sexist attitudes toward the former veep -- while adding he'd have won.

The former president of the United States appeared on "The View" Thursday ... and, he was asked if he was shocked when his vice president was defeated by Donald Trump in last year's presidential race.

Joe says it doesn't surprise him at all ... pointing to sexism as a major reason Kamala lost despite how qualified she is.

Gloria Estefan says Diddy was nice to have as a neighbor ... but that doesn't mean they had any "Freak Off" parties together.

We got Gloria leaving iHeartRadio in New York City on Thursday and our photog asked her about a lawsuit she was named in last month ... where a man claimed he was sexually assaulted, raped and humiliated at a "freak off" party in Miami attended by Jay-Z, Beyoncé, LeBron James, Diddy, and Gloria.

Gloria says the guy behind the lawsuit is "not well in the head" ... and she's doubling down on her vehement denial of some serious allegations against her.

Aaron Rodgers might not be married after all -- the NFL legend was spotted out in the wild this week with no jewelry on that finger.

The 41-year-old -- who rocked what certainly looked like a wedding ring while out at Kentucky Derby festivities last weekend -- was seen leaving a Malibu, Calif. gym on Wednesday with no sign of the small black band that made headlines this week.

Of course, it's possible the signal-caller merely didn't want to pump iron with a hindrance on his left hand ... but it's also entirely possible the whole ordeal was a Rodgers ruse.

Kristin Cavallari’s no stranger to the spotlight -- but she hit pause on her main character era to shine it on someone else for a change ... her son Jaxon.

In a Wednesday IG post, Kristin was every bit the proud mama, sharing a sweet tribute to Jaxon -- her 11-year-old son with ex-husband Jay Cutler -- along with a bunch of adorable pics from the boy's birthday bash.

The pics were seriously heart-melty -- Jaxon rocked a velvet suit like a mini style icon, with the celebrations starting at home, surrounded by balloons, before Kristin whisked him off for a birthday dinner.

12:55 PM PT -- Tish Cyrus doubled down on the fact she did NOT unfollow her daughter, saying via X, "I would never unfollow Miley, her and I are as close as we’ve always been. Period. Love you Little ❤️"

Tish Cyrus is slamming the brakes on all that family feud chatter -- insisting she never hit unfollow on daughter Miley, despite the internet spiraling into full meltdown mode.

TC set the record straight in the comments of her "Sorry We're Cyrus" podcast’s IG on Thursday, saying she had no idea how Miley’s account got unfollowed -- and declared it definitely wasn’t on purpose.

Tish made it loud and clear -- she has zero idea how the unfollow even happened, and swears up and down she’d never intentionally boot Miley from her account.

A couple check-in desk agents got terminated from their gigs with Frontier Airlines after mocking a customer who was trying to check in for his flight ... getting the boot after video of their tense exchange went viral.

Footage circulating online shows a Frontier customer trying to check in at the ticket counter for a flight from North Carolina to Boston ... and things go south when the agents mention a $25 fee to check in with them in person.

The guy balks at the fee and the Frontier employees start arguing, refusing to check him in, mocking him and repeatedly telling him, "And you thought you was gonna get on your flight."

Rolly Romero's making it clear it's totally fine for men to cry ... and he tells TMZ Sports anyone who's making fun of Ryan Garcia for his emotional outburst after their fight last week can go pound sand.

The star boxer -- who upset Garcia in Times Square on May 2 -- passionately defended his opponent while out in L.A. on Wednesday ... explaining he, too, had a big cry following their tilt.

"It's OK for men to cry, bruh," Romero said ... adding, "It just shows we're human."

Sam Asghari gave fans a front-row seat to his workout with an eye-popping fitness video -- and LBR, this will have you questioning if the only thing getting a workout in is his muscles.

In an IG clip, shirtless Sam was fully locked into beast mode -- while fans were, ahem, equally fixated ... particularly on one standout asset that had some serious airtime during enthusiastic jumping rope.

Yup, you need to see the video for some serious bounce -- 'cause honestly, it speaks for itself. But just to drive it home one last time: Britney Spears’ ex? Yeah, he’s got the whole package, no question.

White smoke is pouring out the chimney of the Sistine Chapel ... so, the world officially has a new pope.

The smoke began coming out just moments ago ... and, the bells of the chapel have been rung -- two of the biggest indicators that leaders in the Catholic Church have chosen a new pope.

We don't know who it is yet ... but, Dominique Mamberti -- the senior cardinal deacon -- who should appear on St. Peter's Balcony to say "Habemus Papam" or "We have a pope" in Latin.

Cassie is set to testify against Diddy in his federal trial ... and, it better be sooner rather than later -- 'cause it looks like she may need to rest, recuperate and get ready for baby number 3 soon!

Photogs snapped Cassie out in New York City Wednesday ... standing on a stoop in a gray sweater that just barely covers her massive baby bump.

It's hard to tell exactly how far along the singer-songwriter is here, though she did announce she's with child back in February ... but, it's clear she's deep in pregnancy mode now -- and, she'll be waddling up to the witness stand soon to testify.

Former 'Real Housewives' star Lydia McLaughlin's brother appears to grab a police officer's Taser before he was shot and killed by the cop ... and, body cam footage captured the whole scene.

Southern California's Newport Beach Police Department released footage of the last moments of Geoffrey Stirling's life ... beginning when a police officer pulled Geoffrey over.

The officer asks Stirling if he's alright -- and, Stirling repeatedly tells him he hasn't been drinking -- and, he's had a stressful day, claiming multiple drivers have nearly hit him on his motorcycle.

The former Indiana teacher charged with sexually abusing multiple underage children while they wore "Scream" masks is setting the stage for claiming she wasn't in her right mind when she allegedly committed the acts.

Brittany Fortinberry's lawyer, Stephen Gray, filed a notice with the court to hire several mental health professionals to give his client a psychiatric evaluation.

Gray says he wants to see if Fortinberry suffers from a mental disease or defect, which "prevented her from appreciating the wrongfulness of the conduct the time of the offense."

Olivia Culpo and Christian McCaffrey pulled out all the stops to celebrate their impending arrival -- hosting an extravagant baby shower over the weekend ... which also appeared to serve as a make-up session between the model and her sisters.

The married couple hosted the big bash on the grounds of the Castle Hill Inn in Rhode Island on May 4 ... which had Parisian theming present throughout -- even down to the food and beverages offered to the guests.

The color scheme for the shindig was green -- the McCaffreys purposely didn't want to pick pink or blue because they're waiting to know the child's gender until after it is born, Culpo told Vogue.

Simon Cowell's known for being a bit nasty to contestants on the TV shows he judges ... but, a couple wanted him to get nasty in the bedroom too -- asking him to judge them while they did the deed.

The former "American Idol" judge sat for an interview on the "How to Fail with Elizabeth Day" podcast ... and, Day asked him what people say to him most when they stop him in the street.

Cowell says fans -- particularly Americans -- used to ask him all the time to be rude to them ... a request he usually turned down.

Zeeko Zaki, star of Dick Wolf’s "FBI," is putting his Special Agent chops to use -- weighing in on Donald Trump’s wild desire to reopen Alcatraz.

TMZ caught up with Zeeko at LAX, and perhaps unsurprisingly, he’s kinda behind the idea -- saying anything that helps lock up the world’s worst bad guys is something he can totally get behind.

Zeeko -- who's taking down all kinds of bad guys on "FBI" every week, breaks it down further, explaining why it makes sense for the shuttered notorious San Francisco Bay island prison to house criminals again -- even reflecting on the infamous lockup's history, from 1934 to 1963.