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George and Amal Clooney were forced to flee their home in France ... due to raging wildfires spreading across Europe.

The couple and their children left their Brignoles property earlier this week ... as fires ravage the nearby landscape.

George wrote a letter to Brignoles mayor Didier Brémond, saying ... "At this point we have no idea whether our beautiful home makes it through this terrible moment".

Taylor Frankie Paul is telling her exes "hell no" when it comes to their latest child custody proposals because she would get to see her kiddos less than 50 percent of the time, according to a new report. 

Citing a source, Page Six says "The Secret Lives of Mormon Lives" star recently received two separate custody agreements from her children's fathers, Dakota Mortensen and Tate Paul, with the men asking for 60 percent of custody to Taylor's 40 percent.

Well, that didn't sit well with Taylor, the source said, and she quickly rejected the proposals, reportedly saying she will do what's in the best interest of her kids. 

The trial for Lindsay Clancy -- the Massachusetts mother accused of brutally murdering her three young children -- continued Thursday with multiple first responders testifying to the horror they came upon.

Multiple paramedics took the stand ... and described finding the three dead young children in ghastly detail ... and described their efforts to revive the victims.

Opening statements were Monday in a horrific case ... and Clancy's ex-husband Patrick took the stand, and he defended her ... which he continued to do on the second day.

A man in Arkansas was killed last week after his car hit a portable toilet during a freak accident.

Ronald Langley was driving along Interstate 49 in Bentonville, AR, on the afternoon of July 24, along with a truck carrying two portable toilets, according to the Arkansas Department of Public Safety.

One of the toilets suddenly tumbled off the truck into the roadway -- and Langley's Honda struck it, police said. As a result, cops say, Langley suffered fatal injuries, although it was unclear how the injuries were sustained.

Before LeBron James wins a ring, he could be in one in Philadelphia ... 'cause King James just got a special invite from TNA star Nic Nemeth, as the wrestling promotion pulls up to the City of Brotherly Love!

TNA is formally asking the new Philadelphia 76ers superstar to be the Official Title Holder for Thursday night's World Championship match between Nemeth and Jeff Hardy on the Temple University campus.

The plan is simple ... Bron shows up ringside and puts the belt on the champ after the match.

English film actress Susan George was in her early 20s when she played Amy -- the confident, flirtatious English woman playing the wife opposite from Dustin Hoffman -- in the 1971 thriller/western film "Straw Dogs."

In addition to sharing the big screen with Hoffman, other actors included Del Henney, Ken Hutchison, and Donald Webster.

The father of one of Nolan Wells' friends is offering a hefty cash reward in hopes of shedding light on the mysterious circumstances surrounding Nolan's death, TMZ has learned.

Dr. Benjamin Hudson, the father of Warren Hudson, tells TMZ he's offering the reward for any information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for Nolan's death -- laying a $50,000 reward on the table for information that leads investigators to whoever may be responsible.

The teen's father also makes it clear his family isn't pointing any fingers ... telling us, "We don't know that anyone had any involvement, but we care about Nolan and want to find out what happened."

The ex-wife of Jeremiah "Shawn" Duffey, who is accused of fatally shooting Sara Gilson before taking his own life, says there will be no funeral for him ... telling TMZ his own children decided he didn't deserve one.

Stephanie Ramsay tells TMZ ... under Oklahoma law, Shawn's children were considered his next of kin and were responsible for making decisions after his death ... revealing to us they ultimately chose not to hold a funeral due to his actions, including his child sexual abuse allegations.

Instead, Stephanie tells us Shawn will be cremated, and his ashes will be placed in a family plot at a funeral home.

Journalist Brandon Tatum says he had no prior relationship with Mississippi Chancery Court Judge Ashlee Cole or Warren Hudson's family before they reached out ... pushing back on claims he was chosen because of an existing connection.

The "Officer Tatum Show" host sat down with "TMZ In the Know" to discuss Nolan Wells' death and addressed speculation Cole sought him out because his conservative politics made him a friendly platform for Warren's family.

Tatum says he'd never spoken with Cole before she contacted him, adding it's only natural for a parent trying to tell a loved one's story to choose someone they trust to present it fairly. He compared it to Nolan's mom, Christine Wonsley, turning to attorney Ben Crump to advocate for her family after her son's death.

Mackenzie Shirilla is taking her fight from Ohio's highest court to the feds ... launching a sweeping new challenge to the murder convictions that landed her in prison.

According to a federal petition, obtained by TMZ, Mackenzie is asking a judge to throw out her convictions and order a new trial ... challenging nearly every part of the case against her.

Her attorney, Steven Bradley, argues there wasn't enough evidence to move Mackenzie's case from juvenile to adult court -- she was 17 when she crashed -- or convict her of intentionally killing her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and their friend, Davion Flanagan.

The ex-JPMorgan banker accusing his boss of sexual abuse admits he pinned his claims on another employer online ... but says he was only covering his tracks out of fear.

According to new court docs, obtained by TMZ, the banker is pushing back on a claim from Lorna Hajdini -- the JPMorgan exec he sued -- that he visited an online legal-advice site and accused a Morgan Stanley supervisor of similar misconduct, involving drugging, sexual assault, and rape ... as part of an alleged scheme for personal gain.

The banker admits he used the site and made the claims appear to involve Morgan Stanley ... but insists he was actually describing his alleged experience with Hajdini at JPMorgan and camouflaged the details because he feared retaliation.

Las Vegas police say they have no sexual assault reports involving Jared Leto ... following a new BBC documentary featuring a woman who alleges the actor assaulted her in the city when she was 17.

A spokesperson for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department tells TMZ ... "There have been no sexual assault reports filed against this individual in LVMPD’s jurisdiction."

In the Vegas allegation, a woman claims Leto sexually assaulted her inside a motel bathroom after they met at a local store in 2002.

Lil Wayne and Lil Yachty are officially winners at the racetrack ... their horse scored a massive victory and punched its ticket to the Breeders' Cup.

Listenupshance, owned by celebrity-backed Run Fast Racing, won the $400K Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes Saturday at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.

The 4-year-old gelding, ridden by Emisael Jaramillo and trained by Doug O'Neill, stayed near the front before taking the lead and holding off Maximum Bourbon by a nose.

Anthony Smith allegedly threatened to kill his wife, forced her into his car, and later tried to run her over with it after a heated argument at a Nebraska bar, according to prosecutors.

The Sarpy County Attorney's Office detailed the claims hours after the 38-year-old former UFC star went before a judge, and the allegations are explosive.

It all started when Smith, who was released on $500K bond (he only had to put up 10%) on Wednesday, allegedly got into an altercation at a Gretna, NE bar on July 26. Prosecutors say Lionheart threatened to kill his wife, Mikhala, if she didn't go home with him.

Jennifer Tilly's $175 Comic-Con horror story is getting a happy ending ... 'cause a replacement Chucky doll is officially headed her way after she was accidentally handed an empty box.

Dan Willett, owner of Unbox Industries, tells TMZ ... his tiny independent toy company was slammed with customers at San Diego Comic-Con when a starstruck employee mistakenly grabbed a sample box and gave it to Jennifer.

The mix-up went viral after the "Chucky" star posted an Instagram video opening the pricey doll she bought for franchise creator Don Mancini ... only to discover Chucky had vanished without a trace.

Newsmax TV personality Greta Van Susteren claims to have bombshell evidence about how the FBI allegedly bungled the Natalee Holloway case, which resulted in another high-profile murder.

In her Substack on Wednesday, Greta says she obtained more than 1,000 Holloway case documents that allegedly show how Stephany Flores' murder was connected to the Holloway case.

Essentially, Greta argues the feds bungled the arrest of then-suspect Joran van der Sloot in 2010 during a sting operation in Alabama after he collected $25,000 from the Holloway family to tell them where Natalee's remains were.