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The "Chucky" look-alike running around Philadelphia terrorizing citizens has finally been identified ... and a manhunt is underway to capture the lunatic.

Police in Philly say the dude seen wearing all black while donning a Chucky-like mask is 22-year-old Zymire Hughes -- and an arrest warrant is out for him.

Cops suspect he's fled Pennsylvania because his story has gone national ... and he's got ties to California and Nevada. Police are working with U.S. Marshals to nab him.

As TMZ reported ... the nut has been harassing citizens in the city of Brotherly Love -- and even allegedly asked one woman, "Are you ready to die?"

Hayden Panettiere was apparently struggling to stay sober while filming one of her final movies ... and her director says things got so concerning, her team discussed staging an intervention.

Griff Furst -- who directed Hayden in the 2025 movie "A Breed Apart" -- says Hayden was "fighting to stay sober" during production ... and claims her team reached out to him about taking part in an intervention.

Furst says he agreed to participate ... but, to his knowledge, the intervention never ended up happening.

Anna Faris says she quit alcohol because booze has a ton of negative effects on her ... and she's trying to break out of old patterns.

The actress opened up about kicking her old habits during an episode of the "Dear Chelsea" podcast ... telling host Chelsea Handler she used to feel "ungracious" about her comedic career, but recently changed her tune after getting on the wagon.

Chelsea asks if giving up alcohol had anything to do with her mindset switch ... and Anna says she thinks it's one of sobriety's many gifts.

John Wayne Bobbitt says Hulu is about to tell his infamous story without hearing his side ... and he's already calling BS on the narrative.

John tells TMZ ... no one from "Good American Family" has contacted him about its newly announced second season, which will revisit the 1993 case that made him and Lorena Bobbitt household names.

In 1993, Lorena famously cut off John's penis with a kitchen knife while he was sleeping, then drove away and tossed it from her car ... it was later recovered and surgically reattached.

John says he'd gladly sit down with producers to "go over the details of what happened in our relationship" ... but fears the show will instead lean on Lorena's version of events.

Miss Grand USA has yanked Mekyla Li's crown just one week into her reign ... amid some serious legal drama surrounding the beauty queen.

The pageant organization announced Wednesday that it was terminating Mekyla's reign and releasing her from the Miss Grand USA title and all associated duties ... saying the decision was made in accordance with its contractual policies. PEOPLE was first to report.

The organization didn't specifically say what triggered Mekyla's sudden dethroning ... but she's reportedly facing two felony hit-and-run charges stemming from a November 2024 crash in Los Angeles.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's temporary move back to the UK won't impact their businesses ... because we've learned infrastructure is in place to keep things moving while they're overseas.

Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... it'll be business as usual for Harry and Meghan's production company, Archewell Productions, and her lifestyle brand, As Ever.

We're told their staffers remain in California and will continue working during the couple's temporary relocation to England.

A Colorado man has been charged with murdering his wife after claiming she died by suicide when she was found dead in their bathroom.

Patrick Theodore Barnett was arrested by the Lakewood Police Department in Colorado days after his wife, Lindsey Barnett, was found dead in their bathtub with her throat slit, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by PEOPLE.

In addition to the first-degree murder charge, he was also charged with tampering with a deceased human body and tampering with physical evidence, the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced. All three charges are felonies.

According to the affidavit, Patrick called 911 and told dispatchers Lindsey had "cut herself and her throat."

He claimed he found her after spending the night in the basement because they had a fight the previous night. He also reportedly told police his wife was suffering from postpartum depression.

Just another Thirsty Thursday featuring a topless mom who has no bad angles ... we're gonna assist with some minor clues, abd then it's on you to name who owns these dangles.

We crowned her today's "Cheek of the Week" as she recently posed with her derrière out and about in a zebra bikini -- but this fly photo just flew across our desks, and we couldn’t resist showing off her hot bod yet again.

Alabama Barker and the streamer N3on are seemingly on speaking -- and clubbing -- terms again ... arriving at a Los Angeles hot spot together after a nasty spat.

The stars hopped out of a car together outside Zouk Nightclub in West Hollywood Wednesday night for The Internet Ball ... and photogs mobbed them instantly.

While the duo didn't say much before entering the establishment, simply hanging out together is a big improvement over the previous tension in their relationship.

Lindsay Clancy's supporters turned out in force Thursday morning, as her murder trial entered Day 17 ... with dozens gathering outside the Massachusetts courthouse in a show of solidarity for the mom accused of murdering her three young children.

Many of the supporters wore pink and held signs as they stood outside Plymouth Superior Courthouse. Another group also gathered at Tewksbury State Hospital, where Clancy remains hospitalized.

They even crossed paths with Clancy's defense attorney -- Kevin Reddington -- who spoke to reporters and said his client is so "beat up" and just "so sad."

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Will Forte is giving "Coyote vs. Acme" fans their flowers ... saying their refusal to let the movie die is the reason it's finally hitting theaters.

We got Will in New York City on Wednesday, and he told us he's pumped for people to finally see the film when it drops August 28 -- especially after he had pretty much given up on it ever seeing the light of day.

Will plays Wile E. Coyote's lawyer in the flick ... helping the Looney Tunes legend sue Acme over all those faulty contraptions that have blown up in his face over the years -- and John Cena plays the head of Acme's legal team.

Brie Bella does not hold back in the ring ... and she sure doesn't hold back when talking about a recent medical emergency that landed her in the hospital ... after she passed out on the toilet.

Speaking on "The Nikki & Brie Show" ... the WWE star and her sister Nikki Bella talked about her funny and terrifying episode when painkillers for her broken scapula left her severely constipated -- until the poop floodgates opened.

Long story short ... when she finally had a bowel movement, it was so much poop at once that she passed out on the toilet in her house.

Her husband called 911, and she was rushed to the hospital. On the ride there ... she noticed she didn't get everything in the toilet -- and there was still plenty of poop left in her pants.

A Florida detective had a pretty simple reminder for his fellow cops after one deputy allegedly used police databases to stalk a woman he met on a TV set ... "You see a hot chick, you don't look them up in a database."

New footage obtained by 404 Media shows the investigation and arrest of former Monroe County Sheriff's deputy Lamar Eliseo Roman ... who allegedly tracked down an actress he met while working security on the Apple TV series "Bad Monkey."

In the video, the detective tells the woman Roman searched her name, photo, and vehicles ... then allegedly placed her license plate on a police "hot list" so he'd be alerted when she drove past a plate reader.

Prince Harry & Meghan Markle aren't cutting ties with the USA despite their move back across the pond -- we've confirmed they're keeping their SoCal home, because like a former CA gov once said ... they'll be back.

Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... there are no plans at all to sell their Montecito mansion, and reports claiming otherwise just aren't accurate.

We're told they love their home and the Montecito area ... as well as the great friend group they've built for themselves and their family.

The UCLA psychiatric hospital where Robert Carradine attempted suicide failed to follow key safety rules designed to protect patients like him ... according to an investigative report from a federal government agency.

TMZ obtained the newly filed report from the Department of Health and Human Services, which found UCLA's Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital was not in compliance with federal requirements for patient rights and nursing services.

Investigators say the hospital failed to follow its policy of checking in on Robert every 15 minutes as required ... and found that staff also failed to keep contraband out of his room.

That included the belt Robert ultimately used in his suicide attempt ... along with a bedside table.