The UFC shared some behind-the-scenes photos from its collab with the FBI earlier this month at the agency's headquarters in Quantico, Virginia ... showing off some of the work accomplished during the combat seminar.
In one of the photos, you see Patel watching as Weidman and Gaethje give recruits pointers on moves they can break out on bad guys. Another photo shows Gadelha -- a former contender in the UFC strawweight division -- going with a more hands-on approach in her lesson.
Kendra Duggar isn't sugarcoating the reality of her husband, Joseph, being behind bars on child molestation charges ... telling him his family is "disappointed" during a jail call obtained by TMZ.
You can hear part of the "19 Kids and Counting" star's chat from last Thursday -- the couple is talking about Joseph's famous family when she says everyone still loves him even though they're not happy about his current situation. And Joe seems understanding of their disappointment ... noting he also feels their love.
Kendra goes on to encourage him to take everything one day at a time ... and he happily obliges.
Kyle Cooke got hit with a brutal one-two punch -- his ex-wife moved on with his best friend ... and TMZ has learned he feels completely blindsided.
Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... this isn't just about Amanda Batula's new romance with West Wilson -- it's the fact West was one of Kyle's closest confidants, making the situation feel like a straight-up betrayal on two fronts. We're told the "bro code" violation has hit especially hard, and Kyle is not taking it well.
As we previously reported ... Kyle had been hearing rumors for months about Amanda and West possibly being a thing, but when he confronted both of them directly, multiple times, they denied anything was going on. Even as recently as this past weekend, our sources told us Kyle believed it was all just speculation.
Brandy is finally confirming the old rumor that she dated Wanya Morris of Boyz II Men fame when she was just 16 years old, and he was 22.
The singer and actress admitted to the romance in her new memoir, 'Phases' ... revealing the pair started dating around 1995, about a year after they met.
Brandy says she admired Wanya, who served as her music mentor, during the early days ... but, she says he quickly "weaponized" that admiration.
Wanya called himself Brandy's "boyfriend" in private, she says ... and, though he wouldn't publicly state they were together, Brandy says she was "under the impression that we were madly in love -- or at least what I believed love to be at sixteen."
TMZ's call for pics of Congress members on spring break is nonpartisan, and even though Rep. Rich McCormick does think one party's more responsible for the shutdown ... he's also seen enough in DC to get why voters are fed up.
The U.S. Congressman from Georgia joined us Tuesday on "TMZ Live," and he went back and forth with Harvey Levin on what compromises both sides of the aisle should be willing to make to strike a deal to end the current shutdown.
Rich eventually concedes ... but says even if he runs our suggestions up the flagpole, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will instantly reject them.
Pumpkin has come a long way since "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo"! Alana Thompson's sister is all grown up and on OnlyFans ... and she told us she's making a killing on the site.
Pumpkin -- whose real name is Lauryn Efird -- Tuesday in NYC where she told us that after only 2 weeks on the platform, she's already in the top 0.5% of creators. And not only that ... she's making bank!
"Summer House" star Kyle Cooke was kept in the dark on his ex-wife Amanda Batula and West Wilson's secret fling ... even approaching them multiple times, but they continued to deny the speculation, TMZ has learned.
Sources close to the group tell TMZ ... all the buzz about Bravo stars Amanda and West possibly being a thing was still just speculation to Amanda's ex Kyle ... even up to as recently as this weekend, before anything was officially confirmed.
We’re told Kyle had seen all the rumors swirling online, but when he directly approached both his ex-wife and his best friend multiple times, they shut it down and denied anything was going on.
Former Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem is speaking out over allegations her husband, Bryon Noem, is a cross-dresser who takes selfies wearing oversized fake boobs.
Kristi's camp responded to a salacious story published Tuesday by The Daily Mail ... telling The New York Post she's "devastated" and "blindsided."
The statement reads, "Ms. Noem is devastated. The family was blindsided by this, and they ask for privacy and prayers at the time."
Influencer Lexy Panterra chartered our "TMZ After Dark" bus for her single release party, loading the bus up with influencers and OnlyFans models for a wild, rolling bar crawl ahead of releasing her new track “Pressure” -- out April 3. And yeah ... it was as chaotic and hot as it sounds.
The hot group of girls hit a few spots along the way … and they weren’t exactly blending in. Heads were turning pretty much everywhere they went. One of the main stops was Saddle Ranch, where Lexy and some of the girls jumped on the mechanical bull and let's just say ... brought the OnlyFans energy on that bull.
We caught Lexy during the crawl, and she told us what her song is all about -- women applying pressure in relationships by leaving things behind at a guy's place on purpose to make a point.
Tiger Woods has entered a not guilty plea for his DUI case ... TMZ Sports has learned.
The golf superstar has retained Douglas Duncan to once again represent him for his latest legal troubles ... the same teammate he had when he fought his 2017 DUI.
According to court records, Douglas was listed as the attorney of record for the golf legend and filed a waiver of Woods' presence at pretrial conferences on Tuesday.
We reached out to Duncan for a statement, but his office said "no comment."
The attorney prosecuting Tyler Robinson in the case concerning Charlie Kirk's killing tells TMZ the bullet matching test results were inconclusive ... but that doesn't remove Tyler from suspicion.
Attorney Christopher Ballard tells us, "Generally when a bullet fragment analysis comes back as inconclusive, that means the fragment did not contain enough detail for the examiner to say one way or the other. There's just not enough there to determine whether the bullet was fired by a particular firearm. We have ample evidence to demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that Tyler Robinson committed this murder and we will present some of that evidence at the upcoming preliminary hearing -- and then we will present all of that evidence at the trial."
As we reported ... Tyler's defense team argued there’s a discrepancy between the ballistic evidence and the weapon prosecutors say is connected to Robinson.
"Vanderpump Villa" star Marciano Brunette claims he filmed for 'Mormon Wives,' despite his ongoing lawsuit against cast member Demi Engemann, and accuses producers of tricking him, TMZ has learned.
According to court docs obtained by TMZ, Marciano, who sued Demi and 'Mormon Wives' producers in late 2025 for defamation, said he filmed for the Hulu reality show months after his legal battle erupted.
Marciano said he is friends with cast member Chase McWhorter. “While I was on my way to Utah, Mr. McWhorter called me and asked me what I thought about permitting filming of Mormon Wives” when he visited Utah.
Marciano said they planned on staying at an Airbnb with friends, and Chase told him that producers planned on filming at the rental. Marciano said he agreed to film but had no communication with the producers.
A man seen getting brutally beaten while dressed as an ICE agent at a protest in Hawaii is NOT with the feds … this according to the Department of Homeland Security.
A DHS spokesperson tells TMZ ... “This person is NOT an ICE agent and is not connected to DHS in any way."
The man -- who got his butt whooped by a bunch of people over the weekend in Waikiki on video -- could now get slapped with charges ... with DHS telling us, “Anyone caught impersonating a federal immigration agent will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
Actor-comedian Alex Duong's death is putting a lot of emotional and financial stress on his family ... TMZ has learned. But loved ones are rallying around them.
Duong's very close friend and GoFundMeoperator Hilarie Steele tells TMZ ... the mounting medical bills from Alex's cancer treatment could add up to $500K or even $1 million ... putting a lot of pressure on his wife, Christina.
2:10 PM PDT -- Gervonta Davis' legal team released a statement to TMZ Sports after the surveillance video surfaced ... saying, "We were disappointed with the court’s ruling today, as we do not believe the video tells the entire story."
Gervonta Davis grabbed his ex-girlfriend by the neck at a Miami strip club during a dispute in October, and the ugly scene was captured on surveillance video.
The attorney for the alleged victim rolled eight clips in a Florida court on Tuesday ... showing the then-30-year-old boxer confronting the woman in a back hallway at Tootsie's Cabaret in Miami shortly before 4 AM in October 2025.
Davis appeared to grab the woman by the neck/hair, push her through the hallway and down a set of stairs, and through the closed/empty club before exiting an exterior door, which led to a parking lot.
Megan Fox is learning what life without being bothered by her ex, Machine Gun Kelly, online is like ... posting more sexy snaps to Instagram after blocking the music star.
The actress threw on a tiny skirt and a tight white shirt in these pics ... bending over on top of a bed while taking notes -- with some NSFW photos, including one seemingly showing two people engaged in some adult action, laid out in front of her.
Fox seems to be harkening back to the naughty schoolgirl days of the early 2000s -- think Britney Spears in "...Baby One More Time" -- complete with the pleated skirt, long socks, and pigtails.
