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Samantha Natalie Phythian was found dead inside a burning van in Wales and was apparently still alive and pregnant when someone set the vehicle on fire.

According to the BBC, the judge said in a court hearing Friday ... "At the time of ignition the person was alive. Someone set the van alight and the person was alive and was killed as a result of the fire."

38-year-old Thomas Bell -- who's been charged with Samantha's murder -- appeared in court on video.

The week was packed and stacked with hot shots from Hollywood, but butt we can't tap out without serving you some fresh cake.

We may officially be in fall, but this star of summer Sommer is known for her buns of glory -- just ask her man, Mark Estes.

Sounds like not all famous feuds are forever ... because there may be hope for Sutton Stracke and Dorit Kemsley after a nasty fallig out.

We got Sutton in Los Angeles on Wednesday ... and she told our photog she and her "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" co-star are slowly but surely getting back on good footing.

We asked her point-blank if she and Dorit would ever be friends, and you gotta check out the clip ... because her answer actually gives us hope!

Kevin Hart is used to making people laugh ... but his recent golf shot was no laughing matter -- because it landed right in the middle of a wedding reception ... FORE!!!

The actor and comedian was golfing with YouTuber Grant Horvat when he slashed a ball that went high through the air and bounced through the area being set up for the post-wedding ceremony.

Check out the video ... the ball rattles around and bounces back on the green -- miraculously not hitting anything or anyone, though Kevin does create a stir ... with wedding guests standing up to take a look at him.

If you ever had your eye on Eva Marie's fun wrestling fits ... now's your chance to take 'em home!

WWE alum Eva Marie is joining Passes, and she is marking the launch by opening her personal wrestling archive to fans. Her first move on the platform is a charity auction of the pink ring gear she wore against Alexa Bliss at SummerSlam.

Passes is a subscription-based creator platform built around direct fan access, with paid memberships, livestreams, messaging and exclusive content. For Eva Marie, the appeal is the chance to show the parts of her life that never fit into a TV segment or a red carpet photo.

The ex-WWE star is auctioning off her iconic ring gear from when she faced off against Alexa Bliss during SummerSlam 2021.

The wrestler is parting ways with her signature pink palette, metallic detailing, and gold wrestling boots, and she tells TMZ they're the real deal.

The ICE shooting that left a man in the hospital and sparked protests in New York City was caught on video ... and it shows agents rushing up to the car seemingly with weapons ready.

Video of the incident is now circulating online ... and it shows 2 men rushing up to the door of a car parked along the sidewalk.

These men aren't seen in distinct uniforms ... instead wearing plain clothes. The men seem to be approaching the car with their guns already out and, when the car tries to speed away, one of them apparently opens fire.

A mother whose daughter used ChatGPT to write her suicide notes heard Sam Altman's response ... and she's not happy with the OpenAI honcho.

Journalist Laura Reiley says Altman taking "the privacy high road" in refusing to turn over potentially insightful chat logs is "a little rich."

She called out the hypocrisy of Altman's OpenAI and other tech companies earning revenue from advertising strategies that involve users' personal information.

The Cornell University disciplinary committee expelled Jonathan Newell, a defendant in Jane Doe's civil lawsuit, because he had sex with her without her consent ... Doe's lawyer tells TMZ.

Attorney Thomas Giuffra tells TMZ ... "We believe that [the text messages TMZ posted] were part of the Title IX process which led to Mr. Newell's expulsion after twelve days of evidentiary hearings and extensive documentary evidence. It is undisputed that the Hearing Panel found that Mr. Newell violated Ms. Doe's bodily safety in commencing intercourse without her consent."

Someone who has reviewed the hearing panel's decision tells TMZ the panel found Newell did not have "affirmative consent," meaning there was not express consent to engage in sex. Title IX says "silence or lack of resistance in and of itself does not demonstrate consent."

Although Jane Doe says in her early texts her initial encounter with Newell and Matthew Ingalls was consensual, her lawsuit she says things changed when Ingalls went to take a nap. She says Newell then began reaching for her vagina multiple times, "and each time [Doe] pushed his hand away." She says another man entered the room, grabbed her away from Newell and began kissing her while Newell groped her vagina.

Panama was rocked by a massive earthquake Friday ... causing massive damage and triggering tsunami warnings.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the country was hit by a whopping 7.7-magnitude quake, with an epicenter that was just over 7 miles outside of Pitaloza Arriba.

The earthquake hit the Pacific side of Panama just before 1 PM local time ... and there have been more than a dozen recorded aftershocks.

No word yet on injuries ... but the USGS did say that about 4.6 million people experienced moderate to severe shaking.

Check out this wild video of the moment the quake hit during a live broadcast. You can see the announcers jump up and run for cover.

You can see the entire building violently shaking ... and it even sounds like some things are breaking in the quake.

This photo shows a pool that's been rocked so hard from seismic activity that it actually began to leak.

03 Greedo showed off his new talent while ComplexCon ... and it might come as a surprise to people ... he is now a disc jockey!!!

Greedo made his DJ debut during ComplexCon at the Club X stage that was curated by Siobhan Bell and Jedi.

As you may recall ... in 2018 Greedo was sentenced to twenty years in prison on drug trafficking and possession of a firearm charges. He began his sentence in late 2018, and in 2023 it was announced he would be released from prison following a successful parole hearing.

Landlords really have no shame ... because the person who was renting out a home to Gypsy Rose Blanchard's baby dad, Ken Urker, asked his family for rent ... one week after Ken died.

Urker family sources tell TMZ ... Ken's relatives cleaned out the unit -- where he died on October 1 -- leaving it spotless. We're told the landlord inspected the place, thanked the family, and then reached out to Ken's mom Wednesday to ask about missing October rent.

Ken had been dead for exactly 7 days when the landlord came crawling back for money ... and our sources say the family felt the timing was inappropriate, especially because Ken had paid a security deposit they believed should cover October's $1,400 rent.

A Frontier Airlines flight turned into a wrestling match when a mechanical issue prevented tired passengers from getting off the plane ... and a male flight attendant got into a violent exchange with a woman on video.

Check out the new YouTube collab between TMZ and the New York Post, "The Low Down," where we bring you stories that are gripping, outrageous, and sometimes scandalous.

Text chains between the Cornell Jane Doe and two of the Chi Phi fraternity brothers she would later accuse of sexual assault show her texting them about a "gang bang" that was "our body our choice," trying to find the source of campus rumors and looking back on an "insane/jaw dropping" moment -- snorting ketamine off his penis.

The alleged attempted hijacker who authorities say planned to crash a plane into an airport in Israel was apparently inspired to become a pilot because of 9/11.

The United Arab Emirates’ Attorney General Hamad Saif Al Shamsi released a statement about Hamam al-Hammami -- the man who authorities say stabbed his copilot and tried to take control of a plane last month -- claiming al-Hammami was spurred to pursue a flight career to emulate the 9/11 hijackers.

The statement explains, "The idea of carrying out a similar operation using an aircraft became firmly established in his mind, which, according to his confessions, was connected to his decision to pursue a career in aviation."

Megan Fox has been a Hollywood heartthrob for years ... and now she's going to make beaucoup bucks on it -- announcing she'll be posting sexy snaps on her exclusive paid-content site.

The actress launched the site Friday with the help of Subs.com ... a platform co-founded by Tim Stokely -- one of the brains behind OnlyFans.

In the first pics from the site, Megan's putting every inch of her body on display ... busting out of tops and wearing very little on her bottom half -- mainly underwear or tight-fitting shorts.

Rodney Muñoz -- a longtime Hollywood costume designer known for his work on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" -- is dead.

Jimmy Kimmel announced Rodney's death Friday in a social media post ... calling him a "dear friend."

The cause and manner of death are unclear.

Vice President JD Vance is casting doubt on whether the Pentagon will follow through with plans to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan ... but if it does happen, he won't be tuning in.

"I don't know that that's actually going to happen," Vance told reporters Friday when asked about the Pentagon's plan to livestream Hasan's December execution by firing squad.

Vance then tried to move past the controversy surrounding the unprecedented broadcast, saying Hasan's crimes shouldn't be forgotten.