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Taylor Parker -- the Texas woman convicted in the shocking "Maternal Instinct" murder case -- appeared to express remorse in a handwritten letter sent to her former boyfriend's father from prison ... TMZ has learned.

In the emotional note, obtained by TMZ from the Bowie County court, Parker directly addresses the father, Jimmy Griffin, of her boyfriend at the time, Wade Griffin, and asked for forgiveness while acknowledging she may not deserve it ... adding "I've asked God for forgiveness and I believe He has showed me it."

Read the letter ... as it offers a glimpse into Parker's state of mind following her arrest in 2020 and prior to her murder conviction in 2022 ... with much of the message focused on faith, family, and her relationship with Jimmy and Wade.

The WNBA just punished Alyssa Thomas for putting her fist on Caitlin Clark's throat during Wednesday night's game.

The league dropped the news minutes ago ... saying it reviewed footage from the Indiana Fever vs. Phoenix Mercury matchup and determined Thomas deserved a flagrant foul 2 penalty and one-game suspension for "recklessly making contact with her fist" to Clark's throat area.

The moment was deemed to be a "non-basketball act" ... which went down with 6:52 remaining in the second quarter of the contest.

Eva Longoria is a wonder in white as she sports a cheeky bikini to soak up some sun on the Spanish coast.

The 51-year-old flaunted her flawless figure in the teeny 2-piece on Thursday while she laid out on the Marbella beach and waded in the water with her son, Santiago. 

The actress also stunned when she was covered up ... rocking an oversized button-down as she shared a smooch with husband José "Pepe" Bastón.

Lele Pons is celebrating another hot year around the sun, so we've whipped up her sexiest shots -- you're in for some fun 🤩

From fire orange hair to white-hot bikinis, this Venezuela native broke out as a star on Vine, and years later she's still looking mighty fine!

Make a wish, 'cuz this revealing bikini shot topped off with a lit cupcake isn't the only batch of cakes you're about to take in ...

We've done the heavy lifting so you can kick back on your Thirsty Thursday ... check out the gallery!

Kangaroo Jack's looking a lot like Jackie Chan in this circulating video on Instagram that shows a Duel of Fates between two large marsupials!

Jump into this clip ... a man in Australia -- because, of course, it's in Australia -- was able to catch a fully fledged fight between two Kangaroos -- and they are going at it full MMA style.

The guy who shot the video is just calmly filming while the two 'Roos use his backyard for an all-out battle.

Dorit Kemsley isn't letting Boy George's public criticism get under her skin ... brushing off his Father's Day outrage by suggesting he's simply being dramatic.

We got "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star out Wednesday and asked her about Boy George blasting what many assumed was a Father's Day dig aimed at her estranged husband, PK Kemsley.

Dorit pushed back on that assumption, questioning who said the post was even about PK before brushing off George's reaction, saying he's got "the flair for the dramatic."

Bode Miller just skied right past a criminal case ... because prosecutors are dumping all charges against him.

Attorney Jeromy Stafford tells TMZ that Fremont County Prosecutor Lindsey Blake has agreed to dismiss the misdemeanor drug possession and paraphernalia charges that stemmed from Miller's June 6 arrest following a traffic stop in Idaho.

Prosecutor Blake tells TMZ ... "I can confirm our office is dismissing the misdemeanor charges against Mr. Miller. Although the deputy had sufficient probable cause to arrest Mr. Miller at the beginning of June, we recently received information which resulted in our office determining it is in the interest of justice to dismiss Mr. Miller's misdemeanor charges. I will not be discussing the specifics of this recent information due to it being related to another active case." 

Floyd Mayweather's return to the boxing ring will have to wait 'cause Saturday's bout against Mike Zambidis has been canceled after an events company sued the legendary pugilist, claiming he took a multi-million dollar advance, and then ghosted them.

Mayweather vs. Zambidis, a Greek kickboxer, was just hours from going down in Athens when Floyd's attorney informed the court they were pressing pause on the event over litigation in the States.

It all goes back to a story that TMZ Sports broke last week.

CSI Entertainment, a company that puts on big events, sued Floyd in New York, claiming they inked a deal with the 50-0 fighter for the exclusive rights to fights with Mike Tyson and then Manny Pacquiao.

JWoww's wedding had a more exclusive VIP list than the cast's old hangout, Club Karma ... because a couple of her castmembers didn't even get the invite.

Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... Angelina Pivarnick and Ronnie Ortiz-Magro were left off the guest list for JWoww's big day.

Our sources say the two other "Jersey Shore" castmates who didn't attend -- Pauly D and Vinny Guadagnino -- were invited ... but unclear why they did not attend. They also didn't know it was JWoww's wedding ... remember, she sprung that news on her guests after they showed up for what they thought was a film premiere.

Millie Bobby Brown wasn't just saying goodbye to "Stranger Things" -- she was making sure she wasn't losing her TV family too.

The actress revealed during a discussion with "Happy Sad Confused" podcast host Josh Horowitz at 92nd Street Y she called "all" of her castmates -- which includes Noah Schnapp, Gaten Matarazzo, Finn Wolfhard, Joe Keery, Sadie Sink and Caleb McLaughlin -- after filming wrapped ... just to make sure they were all still cool.

Millie admitted they probably thought she'd gone a little crazy, but she wanted to hear they weren't about to stop talking. She even apologized in case she'd ever upset any of them, telling the cast they were basically her siblings.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce might be getting married at Madison Square Garden after all ... though it may still be a more intimate affair than the 1,000-person event that's also going down.

TMZ has confirmed the pair is having a gathering of around 100 people on July 2 ... the day before the main wedding celebration is set to go down. The New York Times was the first to report this news.

It's unclear what the pair plan to do on July 2 ... but, given it's a smaller group before a wedding celebration, it seems highly likely this could be the actual wedding itself -- or perhaps a welcome bash for close friends and family.

Terrion Arnold is spending the weekend in jail -- and potentially a whole lot longer -- the Lions cornerback just made his first court appearance, and the judge ordered the 23-year-old to be held without bond.

Arnold, wearing a green anti-suicide vest, stood before a Hillsborough County (FL) judge Thursday afternoon, where he's facing eight felony charges -- four counts of kidnapping and four counts of armed robbery -- going back to an alleged February 4th incident in Tampa.

Authorities say the former Alabama star coordinated and directed the robbery of three men at an Airbnb.

TikTok is cleansing itself of a disturbing social media trend that appears to mock the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf, TMZ has learned.

As TMZ previously reported, videos nicknamed "Austin Bloopers" spread across the internet that showed creators seemingly acting out stabbing motions to mimic the horrific April 2025 attack, with other clips taking aim at Austin's family circulating as well.

TMZ has learned TikTok is fast at work scrubbing the app of such distasteful videos. A spokesperson tells us ... "Our Community Guidelines make clear we don’t allow content that harasses or bullies others, including mocking someone's death. Any violative content is being removed."

The amount that Nicki Minaj’s mom is set to receive as a settlement of the wrongful death lawsuit over her late husband’s death was revealed in court.

TMZ obtained court docs in which the rapper’s mom, Carol Maraj, broke down the settlement between her and the man who fatally struck Nicki’s dad, Robert Maraj, in 2021.

Carol says she agreed to $400K ... $300K from Charles Polevich -- the driver who struck Robert -- and another $100K from an insurance company. In her paperwork, Carol said she agreed to pay her legal team around $133K in fees and another $9800 in reimbursements ... leaving his estate with the remaining $234K.