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Matt Rife and Netflix are under fire for his new comedy special ... and parents are blaming the comedian and the streaming service for ruining the magic of Santa Claus.

Folks are complaining that when they open the app, Netflix starts auto-playing a preview of Matt's Christmas special, "Matt Rife: Unwrapped - A Christmas Crowd Work Special"... and it's a joke about Santa not being real.

Matt says ... "That changes everything when you find out your parents are Santa Claus."

Gilbert Arenas says the Clippers might as well pack their bags and get the hell outta of Los Angeles ... going OFF on the organization for disrespecting Chris Paul by sending him home during his retirement season.

The Clippers parted ways with the 12-time NBA All-Star guard in the middle of the night ... and Arenas went to TikTok to go on a passionate rant on the matter on Wednesday.

"Ooooooh, I done had it with the Clippers now," Arenas said. "Y'all gon' send the best Clipper y'all ever had home and not let him finish his last year?!"

The Game is halfway recovered from his birthday bash over the weekend, but he's ready to rap 'n roll with his upcoming DJ Drama-boosted mixtape ... featuring the track "The Assassination of Candace Owens"!!!

The song's title raised plenty of eyebrows when the Compton rap legend released the track list for "Every Movie Needs a Trailer," produced by Mike & Keys.

Candace has been claiming that French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, have put a bounty on her head on her podcast for weeks ... and The Game tells TMZ Hip Hop he metaphorically took her conspiracies and flipped them into a song.

Khloé Kardashian’s the cool, level-headed fave of the fam -- just don’t pass her a drink, 'cause sister Kendall Jenner will tell you that "nice girl" act taps out real quick!

The reality star was chatting with her pal Savas Oguz on her "Khloé In Wonder Land" podcast when she admitted vodka flips a switch -- saying she gets aggressive on the stuff, and Kendall would know ... since she’s apparently beat her up a few times after one too many.

Savas backed her up, saying he’s witnessed the sister smackdowns himself -- and Khloé immediately cringed over it, saying there’s zero excuse for ever putting hands on Kendall ... since she's the nicest girl out there.

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Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift have never had a moment of "Bad Blood" between them ... because the NFL star says they've literally never argued.

The Kansas City Chiefs tight end made wild claims during the episode of "New Heights" released Wednesday ... when Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney opened up about his relationship with Amal.

Clooney claims he and his wife have never argued in their more than 10 years together ... before asking Trav if he can say the same about his relationship.

Meghan Markle might've hoped her cooking would be the way to Prince Harry's heart ... but, he roasted her as hard as a turkey on Thanksgiving -- claiming her mom's is so much better!

The Duke of Sussex made a brief appearance on the "With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration" Netflix special which dropped Wednesday when MM -- along with Chef Tom Colicchio -- made a gumbo Harry tucked right into.

While at first effusive, Harry undercuts Markle's achievement by claiming it's not as good as his mother-in-law's ... leaving Markle totally shocked.

Travis Kelce made a specific request to the Kansas City Chiefs regarding his relationship with Taylor Swift ... asking his employer to refrain from playing her hits over the speakers on gameday.

Settle down, Swifties -- he's got a good reason.

Mark Donovan -- who's been running the Chiefs' front office since 2011 -- revealed the ask dates back to the beginning of Kelce and Swift's romance ... when the superstar tight end said putting a spotlight on the singer separates him from the rest of the team.

"We never played a Taylor Swift song in the stadium when she's in the building," MD said on FanDuel's "Up & Adams" show show.

Miley Cyrus has that newly engaged glow ... flashing her shiny new ring while gushing about leveling up with Maxx Morando.

The singer appeared on "Good Morning America" Wednesday morning and spilled the tea -- saying she’s usually a total control freak, but she finally surrendered in her relationship with Maxx ... which is why that proposal completely blindsided her.

Miley said everything in her life lined up perfectly -- from dropping her original song "Dream as One" for the upcoming "Avatar: Fire and Ash" ... to locking in her real-life love with Maxx -- and she couldn’t be more grateful for the double win.

"So You Think You Can Dance" star Donyelle Jones has died after a long battle with breast cancer.

The tragic news was shared on her Instagram Tuesday, with the heartbreaking announcement reading ... "Today at 8:34am, Donyelle Denise Wilson, transitioned. A wife. A daughter. A sister. A friend. And a warrior who kicked cancer’s a** every single day she was here."

Jones was diagnosed with stage 3C breast cancer nearly a decade ago, and despite treatments, it progressed to stage 4 metastatic breast cancer.

10:15 AM PST -- Bad Bunny is the king of Spotify -- taking the honor as the streamer's top artist -- and he got quite the unique present to celebrate the milestone.

Check it out -- Spotify had a bedazzled ring made that sports a photo of the cover of his uber-successful "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS" album -- which was unsurprisingly the most-streamed album globally on Spotify.

Perhaps he'll wear it at next year's Super Bowl, where he's headlining the iconic halftime show.

Don't look now, but Bad Bunny is back on top of Spotify's most-streamed list ... dethroning the reigning queen, Taylor Swift.

Spotify Wrapped confirmed the Super Bowl LX Halftime Show headliner also headlines their 2025 list of most-streamed artist globally, having garnered more than 19.8 billion streams, marking a return to the top spot after a 2-year hiatus.

BB previously topped the list in 2020, 2021 and 2022 before Tay-Tay took over in 2023 and 2024.

Future Hall of Famer Chris Paul isn't getting a chance to ride off into the sunset with the L.A. Clippers -- the team just abruptly cut ties with the franchise great in the middle of a road trip.

CP3 announced the shocking news himself in the middle of the night ... going to Instagram to say he "Just Found Out I'm Being Sent Home" with a peace sign emoji from Atlanta, where the team is slated to play the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday.

Later on, Clippers exec Lawrence Frank confirmed to ESPN the team is moving forward without Paul ... adding it will "work with him on the next step of his career."

The mystery of POORSTACY's death is deepening ... police released 911 audio that leaves us with more questions than answers about what exactly happened to the musician.

TMZ exclusively obtained the audio clip from the Boca Raton PD, which notes the "redacted file" had "all investigative information removed" ... leaving people to continue to wonder how he died.

As we reported ... sources with direct knowledge tell us POORSTACY died by suicide after shooting himself ... but his family flat-out disputes that and believes foul play was involved.

Matthew Perry's mom Suzanne and stepdad Keith Morrison absolutely poured their hearts out in a victim impact letter to the judge ... who today will sentence the doctor who pleaded guilty to supplying their son the drugs that killed him.

Dr. Salvador Plasencia is the man "most culpable" for Perry's 2023 drug-related death, according to the letter.

They wrote ... “How do you measure grief? Can you possibly provide any rational accounting? The bottom falling out? Yes, that."

12/4 9:28 AM PT -- The footage of the drunken raccoon inside the liquor store was just released ... and ya gotta see it.

Surveillance video shows the raccoon climbing on some liquor boxes before falling to the ground ... and later, the animal is stumbling down an aisle, walking around broken bottles and puddles of booze.

A raccoon broke into a liquor store and ransacked the joint, shattering bottles of liquor and slurping up the booze until it passed out drunk near a toilet and got apprehended.

You might think this is all a tall tale ... but it's actually a true story and it happened at Ashland ABC Store in Hanover County, Virginia.

The mischievous critter did its little breaking and entering routine at the liquor shop over the weekend, falling through one of the ceiling tiles onto the floor, according to the Associated Press.

There was double trouble on the red carpet last night as blonde bombshells Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried heated up the scene for the premiere of their new flick, "The Housemaid."

Check out their stunning pics -- Sydney flaunted her famous figure in a curve-hugging sequin gown that featured a corset top and a plunging neckline that showcased her bodacious chest.

Amanda, meanwhile, looked ethereal in a soft pink dress that featured ruching on the front and offered a much tamer neckline.